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Angélique Noire
Eau de parfum
A pas de deux between bitter angelica and enveloping vanilla.
Angélique Noire dances a pas de deux: that of lively, bitter angelica and an enveloping vanilla accord. Guerlain likens it to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, where the white swan and the black swan oppose and attract each other.
A pink pepper accord and cedarwood accompany this duo, making the contrast even more striking. A fragrance from the L'Art & La Matière collection that reconciles bitter and sweet.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Spring
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Day
- Night
Angélique Noire in detail
Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière collection celebrates one raw material per fragrance. Angélique Noire dances a pas de deux between lively, bitter angelica and an enveloping vanilla accord. The house likens it to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, where the white swan and the black swan oppose and attract each other.
Guerlain cites its notes in the text, without tiers. Angelica, which perfumers often use sparingly because it is so tricky to dose, shows its green, fresh bitterness here against vanilla. A pink pepper accord and cedarwood make the contrast even more striking.
Angélique Noire can be worn from autumn to spring, by day or by night, by anyone who likes vanillas that are not merely sweet.
Three amber fragrances in our catalogue come close: Ani by Nishane shares pink pepper, cedarwood and vanilla; Alexandria II by Xerjoff pairs cedarwood and vanilla; Ambre 114 by Histoires de Parfums finds cedarwood and vanilla again in a spicy amber.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.