If you like SJP Lovely, try this ...

Encre Noire Pour Elle is not Black Ink. Instead, it a woody rose. ENPE opens quite soapy to my nose but doesn't stay there. As it dries, it reveals a rose in the heart which strikes a balance between classic and modern. The base is woody with a touch of musk.

The bottle -- reminiscent of an ink well -- is unusual, chunky, & substantial. It's perfect for storing and maintaining a fragrance, although I'm not sure of why this references ink, other than it's an Encre Noire flanker, as Shera suggests. I purchased a manufacturer's tester ... it was perfect, included the top, but came in a generic box. For the price I paid, it's worth seeking these out on evilbay.

Overall, Encre Noire is a well-balanced, close-wearing, soft feminine fragrance. It smells like a high-quality fragrance as well - no plastic notes, no synthetic cast. I highly recommend this one for sampling by rose lovers, if not blind buying. Those who like SJP Lovely and Narciso Rodriguez for Her will likely like ENPE as well.

Adam's Rib

Although I do not believe that Lalique ENCRE NOIRE POUR ELLE is a bad fragrance, I also do not find it all that memorable. Part of the disappointment may derive from what I regard as the house's mistake of naming this creation as a flanker to the male version, ENCRE NOIRE, which does have a unique personality and develops through very distinct stages (whether one happens to like them or not...). In contrast, POUR ELLE seems a bit vague and linear, yet another somewhat thin, lightly woody floriental among hundreds. I find this composition wearable but inoffensive to the point of being forgettable.

While the original ENCRE NOIRE prominently features Iso Super E, the female version is said to contain Kephalis, a synthetic molecule whose acquaintance I have not made elsewhere (at least to my knowledge...). I wish that this composition contained more ambrette, which I do not detect at all. Instead, this seems to me like a somewhat generic, ever-so-slightly soapy (in the drydown) lightly woody rose.

Even the formerly beautiful bottle of the original ENCRE NOIRE has been marred by the over-the-top wedding invitation script used on this flanker. Kind of a sad metaphor on Adam's rib: an afterthought.