Crystal Noir is the feminine eau de toilette Antoine Lie composed in 2004 for Versace, before Bright Crystal and Yellow Diamond. Floral oriental for the house: blackcurrant, black fig and violet in the top notes, tuberose, frangipani and jasmine in the heart, sandalwood, cashmeran, vanilla and heliotropin in the base. Elena Vosnaki sees it as the perfect all-purpose scent, twenty years on. Jewel bottle in garnet glass with a diamond-cut cap.
Versace tiers the eau de toilette in three stages on its fact sheet, relayed by its retailers: blackcurrant, black fig and violet in the top notes; tuberose, frangipani and jasmine in the heart; sandalwood, cashmeran, vanilla pod and heliotropin in the base. Its description retains only six: black fig, blackcurrant, tuberose, frangipani, sandalwood and cashmeran.
Blackcurrant, fig and violet in the top notes
The house places black fig paired with blackcurrant first, the fact sheet adding violet; The Scentaur detects a juicy burst of blackcurrant and fig characteristic of the eau de toilette. Wikiparfum names blackcurrant bud, fig and violet among its materials.
Tuberose, frangipani and jasmine in the heart
The heart rests, according to Versace, on tuberose and frangipani, with jasmine coming from the fact sheet and Wikiparfum. Vosnaki, who smells the gardenia version, describes a flower hidden in a soft, plush cocoon, an impression of thick cream; The Scentaur gives the eau de toilette as more floral and fresher.
Sandalwood, cashmeran and vanilla in the base
Sandalwood and cashmeran close out the house’s account; the fact sheet adds vanilla pod and heliotropin, which Wikiparfum also names. Vosnaki detects milky woods and clean, fluffy musks, the impression of a warm towel, which the field lists under white musks.
What remains outside the declared accord
The gardenia, coconut, peony, orange blossom, pepper, cardamom and ginger that Wikiparfum lists for the eau de parfum do not appear in the eau de toilette’s field; The Scentaur attributes them to the eau de parfum. The pepper that Vosnaki does not mention remains outside.