Noir Elixir — niche perfume house

A black jaguar dissolving into smoke, holding a faceted black glass flacon of Noir Elixir in its jaw
Noir Elixir

Maison de Parfum · Paris

Six predators. Six extraits. One darkness.

Each extrait is composed around a single animal instinct — held still, then released. Rest on a card to watch it breathe.

Black jaguar beside the Ember Skin flacon

Ember Skin

Black jaguar · Extrait

top
Pink pepper, saffron
heart
Immortelle, suede
base
Smoked amber, benzoin
I
Black lynx beside the Smoke Vow flacon

Smoke Vow

Black lynx · Extrait

top
Frozen bergamot
heart
Birch tar, iris
base
Vetiver, cade
II
Black python beside the Oud Serpent flacon

Oud Serpent

Black python · Extrait

top
Black cardamom
heart
Rose absolute
base
Laotian oud, castoreum
III
Black vulture beside the Ash Bloom flacon

Ash Bloom

Black vulture · Extrait

top
Cold ash accord
heart
Tuberose, incense
base
Papyrus, grey musk
IV
Black bull beside the Leather Rite flacon

Leather Rite

Black bull · Extrait

top
Absinthe, clove
heart
Raw leather, tobacco
base
Labdanum, oakmoss
V
Black stag beside the Midnight Resin flacon

Midnight Resin

Black stag · Extrait

top
Elemi, black fig
heart
Myrrh, opoponax
base
Fossil amber, sandalwood
VI

III · Olfactory Pyramid
Dark amber resin weighed on an antique brass scale

The Weight

Top
Black pepper, elemi
Heart
Labdanum, myrrh
Base
Fossil amber, benzoin
A glass pipette releasing a single amber drop

The Drop

Top
Cold citrus zest
Heart
Orris butter, jasmine
Base
Ambrette, white musk
Oud chips, ambergris and a black rose on dark stone

The Raw

Top
Cardamom, fig leaf
Heart
Black rose, oud
Base
Ambergris, sandalwood

Every elixir begins in silence: a single drop of oil released into glass, watched until it blooms. Nothing is accelerated. Nothing is corrected. What the maceration decides, we keep.

Our perfumer works by weight, by scale, by patience — resin measured in grams, time measured in seasons.

EST. 1928
Maison founded
41
Raw materials
6 MONTHS
Maceration