Lalique Encre Noire vs Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore

Lalique Encre Noire scores 88% against Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore overall — scored twice, once on the opening and once on the dry-down, because a scent rarely stays still on skin.

The match improves as it wears. Lalique Encre Noire opens 82% like Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore and reaches 90% by the dry-down, so give it an hour before judging it — the first spray is the least similar part of this comparison.

Both are built on woody, aromatic, earthy and fresh spicy. Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore adds tobacco, warm spicy and fresh that Lalique Encre Noire does not. Lalique Encre Noire brings musky, green and amber of its own.

Side by side

Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel SycomoreLalique Encre Noire
Price (estimate)about $300about $45
Longevity6h6h
Projection6/107/10
Sillage5/104/10
Released20082006
Main accordswoody, aromatic and earthywoody, aromatic and earthy

On the estimates above, Lalique Encre Noire sits about $255 under Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore — roughly 85% less. Both figures are typical market prices rather than one shop's, so treat the gap as a direction rather than a quote.

Why these two are matched

Evokes the deep, earthy vetiver character of Chanel Sycomore, leaning into a darker and smokier forest profile.

Scores are estimates built from note structure and community consensus, not laboratory measurements, and noses genuinely differ — treat a high match as a strong lead rather than a promise. AltScent is independent and is not affiliated with, authorized by or endorsed by any brand shown.

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