Sucre d'Ebene Pierre Guillaume Paris for women and men

I was expecting a more yummy gourmand for winter but this is borderline fruity. It’s very sweet and definitely sugary, some light wood, a faint syrupy almost fruity smell too. No hazelnut whatsoever. It’s a nice unique scent though. A more elegant version of sugar that doesn’t read candy or juvenile.

totally smell the grape-y orange blossom :)

As the other comments said the notes are: Brown Sugar, Witch Hazel, Orange Blossom, Vanilla, and Benzoin.

And yeah, this is truly a woody orange blossom fragrance, with a totally grapey type of orange blossom.
It's a juicy, almost boozy and vine like syrupy-grapey orange blossom with the nutty-dry and herbal facet of witch hazel, on a burnt and sweetly caramelised, reisinous dark and deep woody base. ( the wood is caremelised by brown sugar which has a fruity glucose/grape-sugar syrup like aspect also- thanks to the powerful grapeyness of the orange blossom.)
As i said it's a sugary and syrupy sweet creation - but it's not sickeningly sweet- because the dry herbal aspects and the potent woodiness are balancing this caramelised, over riped type of fruity-sugary sweetness. It's ambery-balmy but also dry at same time... it's just like you pour and drip some honey-dense, glistening, deep purple syrup and reisins on the the (semi-)burnt woods of a dead bonenife. And this bonfire was based, start up and ignite with dry ( and a bit of semi-green) hay.

So for me it's a deep and sparkling, mysterious and whimiscally boheme but also an easy to wear harvest time fragrance. - mostly for the early autumn nights.

I think there's a lot of confusion regarding the hazelnut/witch hazel/hamamelis note. It is most probably referring to Storax, a resin extracted from the Liquidambar tree. I am quoting from Matvey Yudov's article here on Fragrantica, "Styrax, Storax and Benzoin" : "storax is a resin obtained from trees of the Liquidambar genus (...) and belongs to the small family Altingiaceae. Liquidambars have only recently been separated from Hamamelis (lat. Hamamelidaceae) in the modern classification." So the note should most probably be storax, not hazelnut or witch hazel.

Taking my 2nd sniff of a sample of this beauty. Let's all agree that hazelnut is an incorrect note for this perfume.

Witch hazel, as in the flowering plant, is the correct note. I googled and the following are all descriptions of how flowering witch hazel plants can smell and these are in line w/ the sweet and pungent floral note I get too.

-The flowers produce an unmistakable, pleasant scent that surrounds the shrubs if the air is still. Not floral or sweet, but clear and piercing, and reminiscent of lemon zest...
- 'Pallida' remains the best pale-yellow witch hazel to look at and it also has an extraordinary scent, reminiscent of freesias. Many witch hazels are scented, although not all, but their fragrance varies from medicinal, to toilet cleaner, to floral. The yellows tend to have more scent and 'Arnold Promise' (a late variety developed at the Arnold Arboretum in America in 1963) has lots of small yellow flowers with a sweet, strong scent - prefect for cutting and bringing indoors.
-Their fragrances are citrusy, spicy or fruity blends that waft on warm breezes/cold winds to your unsuspecting nose.

Fragrantica does not list the notes accurately as the notes are: Brown Sugar, Witch Hazel, Orange Blossom, Vanilla, and Benzoin.

I detected more of the woody notes and the witch hazel gives it a pungent smell, which throws the sweetness off. I know some perfumers use witch hazel as a stabilizer, but this was the first that I smelled where it was used as a fragrance note.

The notes all seemed good up until the witch hazel. This was a no for me solely due to that. It made the fragrance have a pungent smell, which just didn’t work for me.

Without looking at the pyramid I thought it was amber and musk, it has this old fashioned start.
It is sugary, woody, not the most obvious hazelnut in my opinion, if anything it has a slightly medicinal ending.
Overall, too simplistic and old fashioned for me. Love Pierre Guillaume, but this one is a miss.

The notes on here are a little off. On Pierre Guillaume's site, this is described as a "musky infusion of brown sugar, hamamelis (witch hazel) extract, orange blossom, vanilla and benzoin." To be honest I only know witch hazel from skincare products and am not sure what it smells like, but this perfume definitely doesn't smell like hazelnuts to my nose.

Sucre d'Ebene is a very sweet orange blossom and vanilla scent. It's roughly in the same ballpark as Love by Kilian, but much lighter and simpler. In the beginning I find it quite oily, a bit like a flowery, tropical suntan oil. The sugar note is present from the start, but intensifies after a while. For some reason it doesn't make me think of brown sugar, but of melting white sugar just on the edge of caramelizing. In the drydown the vanilla and caramelly benzoin step forward and make the scent warmer and creamier. The orange blossom is still there, so the scent has that typical marshmallow vibe that blends of orange blossom and vanilla often create, but without the powdery texture.
Some reviewers mentioned this smells like grapes or grape flavoring, which I don't get at all.
In my experience this is pretty true to the official notes, and I like it a lot.

Dark, mysterious, sexy, sophisticated and sweet!
Tried this at Bloom Perfumery in Covent Garden and it was love at first sniff!
I got a sample to test the lasting power, projection and to see if it morphs into something I don’t like and it passed the test!
Quite an interesting perfume that is sultry and sexy in the way that Loubirouge is.
The brown sugar is done so well here! Not burnt, not sticky sweet, not syrupy just luxurious and delicious!
It’s difficult to get sweet right with sophistication and this is it! Definitely no juvenile sweetness here!
It’s balsamic, resinous and the orange blossom add the perfect amount of floral sweetness oh myyy I really love this!
I enjoy this as a bed time scent, when I am craving a bit of sweetness or when I feel strong, super sexy and powerful.
Perfectly balanced perfume, not a loud sweetness, it’s youthful,leans more feminine but men could wear it and it’s just so put together! Lasted on skin 6 hours and projected nicely as I got a few compliments on the tube so I know people can smell it. Definitely not one that over powers a room but her presence is noticeable and you want to get closer.
Full bottle worthy 100%

Sucre d‘ébène is a sweet perfume with sophistication. The brown sugar is clearly recognizable, but it is complemented by a soft orange flower note. Even though not listed, I also smell some spices that keep the fragrance from drowning in sweetness. To me, this perfume adds some sunshine to gloomy winter days.

The minute it went on, I felt "Bello Rabello", and nothing has changed since then.
I love this, don't get me wrong, but it's sooo similar to Bello that I couldn't warrant owning both.
Slight diffs here and there, but we're talking a 95% similarity, to my nose, at least...
Anyway, I'll side-by-side them both and see how right I am...

Just discovered that Fragrantica doesn't have Witch Hazel listed amond it's notes. "Musky infusion of brown sugar, witch hazel, orange blossom, vanilla and benzoin" as stated on PG website. Hence the confusion. Witch hazel can turn either woody or herbal. Sucre D'Ebene is sugary but not necessary "edible". It sits close to skin, melts beautifully into own's skin chemistry, sometimes leaning masculine/unisexy. Slowlived, subtle opening and not as linear as it first may seem. On a personal note, deep love for all PG perfumes and the subtle magic they perform on my skin.

Woody, burnt candyfloss. Needs to be left to settle for a few minutes and for the pleasant medicinal note to calm. I like it more than most others in this increasingly crowded genre as it isn't overly vanillic but it's still too sweet for me. There's a definite whiff of school dinners about this one and the comforting, warm aroma of treacle sponge pudding.

It’s sweet with a medicinal scent. Smells like the ointment our dads use after a tiring day at work.

Regardless of whether this incorporates witch hazel or hazelnut (as there appears to be much debate about) this scent is not for me due to that note. It is sweet and woody and friendly and casual but I always find hazelnut (which is what I definitely smell) to be the next thing to nauseating.
Sorry Pierre, really I am. ( I have had a long love affair with his fragrance Long Courrier and I’ve tried several others hoping to find something equally wonderful but not successful yet )

I've not tried it yet but there is no hazelnut here it witch hazel = Hamamélis, a flower.
PG website says musky infusion of brown sugar, witch hazel, orange blossom, vanilla, benzoin.

Another 3 note perfume. Brown sugar, witch hazel and benzoin. Like most people I was intrigued by the witch hazel which does smell a bit grape like (but not actual grape but almost a koolaid rendition of grape), but it's not overwhelming. I think it ages a bit better into a sweet skin scent, it's a little bit sexy in that way. Overall not bad.

You like sugar? This perfume is for you! Linear, perfect for gourmand lovers. For sure, for cold days: fall and winter. I can't smell hazelnuts (see the previous comments). The sillage and longevity are moderate/correct.
7/10

Such an odd quirky personality scent.. glad I stumbled on it and took a chance to try it. Yes agreed get an immediate Grapey-esque quality about it weird maybe from the not listed orange blossom note with the sugar??, refreshing and uplifting grapey flowers with light vanilla. On the hunt for a new 'thee Vanilla' scent for me, got my sample today applied a dab on my hand, So different it's almost off putting at first, but as it dries there's something there that makes you come back and take deep whiffs finding my nose glued to my skin.

Of the seven samples I got this deff. grabbed my attention. Trying to see if it's full body worthy enough, It's uniqueness make me feel like it could be, still have to do a further possibly full bodied test, see if it garners compliments. really liking this one and I could deff see this suited year round mainly fall to spring, but could easily work on a cool summer's night; very unisex & also strangely kinda sexy.

From website: Musky infusion of brown sugar, witch hazel, orange blossom, vanilla and benzoin.
Witch hazel =/= hazelnut!

Sweet fizzy grape like opening. Grape soda was my first thought. Then I immediately thought of Praline de Santal. This doesn't exactly smell like hazelnuts, but it has the same vibe Praline de Santal has, before the heliotrope kicks in. So if you enjoyed that, but thought the heady flower was too much, you might like this.
About the hazelnut. This doesn't exactly smell of it. I was so puzzled, that I looked up the notes on various other websites, including the brand's site and none of them mentioned hazelnuts. What kept coming up was witch hazel. That makes more sense, I thought, the sharp, slightly medicinal opening that I mistook for grapes...
Anyway, the scent stays quite linear, it just softens and warms up a little with time. I get a very authentic sugar impression every time I catch a whiff of it. To say the scent is sweet, would be an understatement. And yet, it somehow never gets sickly sweet, even when benzoin or vanilla join in. There's also a soft woody backdrop to all this that keeps things in check, reminding me not to eat my arm.
All in all, a perfectly unisex fragrance, with soft sillage and average longevity, which actually works to it's favour. More would be too much.


Update 14 Sept. 2016

Beautiful dry down. Warm and somewhat masculine woody notes, enveloped by the sweetest creamy vanilla and gloriously balanced by the slightest sour impression left behind by the witch hazel. The use of witch hazel is brilliant in this composition. It's responsible for the playful, fizzy opening, creates a wonderful constant throughout the development of the other notes and proposes a beautiful counterbalance to what could have been a generic woody vanilla dry down.

a gentle musk with caramelized sugar. lots of powder, and maybe a little Frangelico. Sucre d'Ebene is pretty stuff.

Sucre d'Ebène looks like a wonderfully safe bet for gourmand lovers like myself, and it is, at least once it's had some time on the skin. In the drydown all those lovely notes come together beautifully, and the combination of caramellised sugar, hazelnuts and soft woody and resinous notes is just as heavenly as you'd imagine, especially since they're all rather subtle by then. Definitely warm and cosy and very sweet and rather heavy, but not too much at all, nor too conspicuously edible to be wearable. It sticks around forever, too!

So the drydown is more or less gourmand perfection, just like I was hoping for, and if it was like this all the way I'd probably already be planning to spend my christmas bonus on a very expensive full bottle of the stuff to carry me through the rest of winter. It's not for every day, but every once in a while it'd be pure heaven to smell like this.
The other phases are less perfect, though. The opening is great, but also just a bit heavy on the masculine woods for my taste. What's worse though is the off-balance feel of the (early) heart of the fragrance: like Cereza has mentioned, it's just too realistically and dominantly like burned sugar at that point. I know that's what Sucre d'Ebène is all about, but still, it's a bit too literal for a while there.

That drydown is really to die for, though! Definitely worth getting through the mildly dubious opening and heart for - who knows, I might even learn to appreciate them for their own sake while I make my way through a bigger decant. I'm sure I'll get one eventually anyway.

I just received a sample. I think I like this one. Wish I had a spray because it gives me a better grasp of the juice. I didn't think beer I thought sour or tart grape. In a good way. If I could be sure that element stayed I'd buy in a heartbeat. We will see.
update. bought a fb and am very happy I did. I have never identified myself as a gourmand lover but I started looking at my wardrobe and I think I am. Love the vanilla in this one. I still get a grape/nut thing but not as strong with a spray. almost pure sugar, love it.

I get the beer too. Unfortunately it doesn't develop any yummy notes on my skin. I feel it needs some additional notes to elevate the scent so it doesn't get too heavy.
I like the sugar part but not the malty beer.

Anyone else smell beer? It's like a malty, hoppy, fermenting real ale to me. I don't know if this 'sucre' or sugar has turned into alcohol, because that's what I get from this fragrance.
As it dries down it becomes a heavy benzoin accented fragrance with a base of wood and some real sweetness now. It's a gourmand which masquerades as a foamy pint for a while then boy does it get yummy...?
In fact...Sucre d'Ebene is pretty gorgeous when dried down. The opening is a bit strange though, it's like any fragrance with a wheaty note (Serge Lutens Jeux de peau) it takes time to get used to.
Sits very close to the skin but smells very sexy.

Yummy gourmand! This is like toasted hazelnuts coated with sugar that has been cooked in a pan until it has caramelized. At first it reminded me of Pink Sugar, with a burnt sugar kind of opening, but this is much easier to love right off the bat. It's caramelized--not burnt! Actually for some time it smelled exactly like nag champa; I mean EXACTLY. But the gourmand qualities pick up more after about 30 minutes. A few hours into the drydown it smells like a rich and somewhat dark, woody vanilla. This is not a complex nor over-the-top perfume compared to Pink Sugar. Sillage is a bit more polite, but I would still caution one to go easy on the trigger. Definitely recommended to gourmand lovers.

I wanted to love it...I really did. It's great all around EXCEPT for the fact that there is a strong powdery/nose burning note to it. I don't really know how to explain it. It really would have been great if they would have left that one note out...well, at least it would have been great for me. I was very disappointed.

This is one of my very favorite parfumes. I wore it all last winter (I would definitely say it is a autumn/winter scent for me as it is too warm for hot weather. It's sweet, for sure, but not in a candy sort of way, soft, burnt, it doesn't wear very long though. Half way through the day I would find it had disapeared, but whatcha gonna do!?
I will be trying L'Artisan Parfumeur Vanille Absolument next for something a little different, but so far this is my favorite sweet scent.

Dark and caramelized sugar at it's finest. It did open very sweet, very edible and 100% gourmand.
Unfortunately there is a very noticeable note of burnt sugar at the heart part, which I cannot say I enjoy. I do feel the dark woody background which, in my opinion, smells amazing, but the "burnt" front is simply not enjoyable for me.
As it develops it gets a whole different character, funny enough - on me it's not sweet anymore. It is dark and smoky and a bit on the heavy side. Much better than I hoped for, that is for sure as I wouldn't want to smell as a sugar cube. Also a hazelnut note is starting to show it's face making this even more interesting.

Not something I would wear, but worth a try 100% as it is a very unique take on gourmand sugary scent.

This smells how a warm cube of sugar melting on your tongue would taste.

I like this a lot more than my fiance, who prefers acqua e zucchero and love by kilian, but I really like it. I can see why one wouldn't want to own all three because of the similarities, but they are different to my nose. Acqua e Zucchero is much stronger cotton candy, love is more marshmallow, both with more projection. This fragrance is very much so pure burnt sugar and maybe some berries. I cant say I smell much more, it doesn't last as long as either of the other fragrances I have already, but it is different enough to me to eventually add to my collection.. Not this second, I can milk my sample and live with that for a long time. 8/10 for me because I love the brown sugar note so much, sweet gourmands are my favorite.

I finally got a FB and this is much better with a spray, medium projection.

This is a really great fragrance. Sweet and very elegance. I agree with la louve, this scent is veeeeery relaxing :) Sweet delicious sugar with a hint of woodsy notes. Excellent!

Similar to Pink Sugar with a floral-musky note and water lily.

For long time I was lover of gourmand fragrances but later on it was enough for me. However still I have kind of sentiment for sugary smell. SE is another story. This is very sweet solution but with prominent note of woods. They are completely covered by burned dark or caramelized sugar – IMHO this is cedre. For sure it can be good choice for both sexes. So this is not only yummy interpretation of common foody scents but this is real niche fragrance. If you are in a bad mood go ahead and enjoy this marvelous smell.

So far I have only a little sample of "sucre d`Ebene" .. but: I was using this delicious "stuff" today, after a gig, and I felt so cozy and relaxed when I was driven home... in this "warm cloud of burned SUGAR"... grrrr...! :-)Now I want more from this parfum...! LOVE! :-)