A passionate declaration of love written in ink and blood. The scent opens on a dark, almost smoky red rose, pierced with crimson sparks. Metallic aldehydes emerge, adding tension and intensity. Dense magnolia adds a sweaty sweetness. The opoponax warms and deepens the whole, leaving a profound, mysterious signature.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and low light, where its smoky rose and resinous depth can unfold without losing their tension. It suits a wearer who wants a scent that feels intimate but forceful, like a handwritten note kept in a coat pocket and opened much later.
How to wear
Best worn in cool weather, especially autumn and winter, where the incense, birch and patchouli can bloom without becoming heavy. Two to four sprays are enough for strong presence; on skin it turns darker and more resinous, while in air it throws a smoky floral trail with good longevity.
Who it’s for
For those who like old-school chypres, smoky florals and perfumes with a dramatic, slightly feral edge. It will appeal to wearers who enjoy rose made darker, woods made more sensual, and compositions that feel textured, bold and unapologetically niche.
Release year
2025
The nose
Bertrand Duchaufour is one of contemporary perfumery’s great architects of texture and tension, long associated with incense, woods and complex chypres. His style often balances radiance with shadow, making materials feel alive, restless and deeply atmospheric. For Ensang Noir, Duchaufour channels that signature language into a dark rose composition shaped by smoke, ink-like aldehydes and resinous depth. The result fits his reputation for perfumes that feel expressive, layered and slightly unruly, as if beauty were being formed in real time from friction and contrast.
Collaborators
Bertrand Duchaufour not only composed the fragrance but also shaped L’Entropiste as a personal creative project, developing the concept and identity of the debut collection around his idea of entropy, contrast and transformation.
L'Entropiste’s story
L'Entropiste builds its identity around entropy as a creative force: disorder, transformation and the beauty that emerges from imbalance. The house favors genderless compositions with a conceptual edge, where contrasts are not smoothed away but turned into structure, tension and harmony.
Ensang Noir’s concept
Ensang Noir was conceived as a study in contrast, with the image of black ink, red blood and a withered rose at its core. The fragrance reads like a passionate, unfinished letter: floral, smoky and intimate, but sharpened by metallic tension and resinous depth.
Extra info
Ensang Noir means "black blood" in French, a name that matches its ink-and-rose concept. It was launched in 2025 and is available in standard bottles as well as a signed limited-edition coffret.
A passionate declaration of love written in ink and blood. The scent opens on a dark, almost smoky red rose, pierced with crimson sparks. Metallic aldehydes emerge, adding tension and intensity. Dense magnolia adds a sweaty sweetness. The opoponax warms and deepens the whole, leaving a profound, mysterious signature.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and low light, where its smoky rose and resinous depth can unfold without losing their tension. It suits a wearer who wants a scent that feels intimate but forceful, like a handwritten note kept in a coat pocket and opened much later.
How to wear
Best worn in cool weather, especially autumn and winter, where the incense, birch and patchouli can bloom without becoming heavy. Two to four sprays are enough for strong presence; on skin it turns darker and more resinous, while in air it throws a smoky floral trail with good longevity.
Who it’s for
For those who like old-school chypres, smoky florals and perfumes with a dramatic, slightly feral edge. It will appeal to wearers who enjoy rose made darker, woods made more sensual, and compositions that feel textured, bold and unapologetically niche.
Release year
2025
The nose
Bertrand Duchaufour is one of contemporary perfumery’s great architects of texture and tension, long associated with incense, woods and complex chypres. His style often balances radiance with shadow, making materials feel alive, restless and deeply atmospheric. For Ensang Noir, Duchaufour channels that signature language into a dark rose composition shaped by smoke, ink-like aldehydes and resinous depth. The result fits his reputation for perfumes that feel expressive, layered and slightly unruly, as if beauty were being formed in real time from friction and contrast.
Collaborators
Bertrand Duchaufour not only composed the fragrance but also shaped L’Entropiste as a personal creative project, developing the concept and identity of the debut collection around his idea of entropy, contrast and transformation.
L'Entropiste’s story
L'Entropiste builds its identity around entropy as a creative force: disorder, transformation and the beauty that emerges from imbalance. The house favors genderless compositions with a conceptual edge, where contrasts are not smoothed away but turned into structure, tension and harmony.
Ensang Noir’s concept
Ensang Noir was conceived as a study in contrast, with the image of black ink, red blood and a withered rose at its core. The fragrance reads like a passionate, unfinished letter: floral, smoky and intimate, but sharpened by metallic tension and resinous depth.
Extra info
Ensang Noir means "black blood" in French, a name that matches its ink-and-rose concept. It was launched in 2025 and is available in standard bottles as well as a signed limited-edition coffret.