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Must de Cartier is an oriental with lots of anise in it--amazing staying power.

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Noone has mentioned Blue Sugar by Aquolina - a STRONG licorice blast at the beginning...although some people complain about the drydown (burnt caramel...I think)

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Originally Posted by levente One not yet mentioned is Azzaro's classic PH, which has a very fine anise seed note. Agreed. Azzaro PH is a brutally masculine anise.
You should also try L'Artisan Merchant Loup - a little less masculine than Azzaro PH, but perhaps a little more contemporary.
Both are excellent.

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Originally Posted by John Ditto about Very Male, it is excellent and has some pretty addictive warm/sweet supportive notes to go along with the licorice/anise. ditto that ditto....
i have it...it's perfect

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Ayala Moriel has one called ... Black Licorice. It's really, really good - it's not a thick dark mucky black licorice, it's a light and peppery and spicy.

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I agree with the previous recommendations of Lempicka, Etro Anice and Very Mat Male in that order. I'd also add Armani Black Code as next on that list.
Renato

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The reason licorice and anise are frequently conflated and confused is because licorice flavored medicines, pharmaceuticals, and confectionery of all kinds are, and always have been, flavored with anise. The association of anise with licorice comes from this fact. Licorice extract is not used, as far as I know, as a perfume ingredient in fragrances, and the extract of licorice, surprisingly, if the experts are to be trusted, has no anise-like odor. Licorice is the dried root of the European leguminous plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. Anise oil is a seed oil, derived from the seeds of the plant that goes by the Latin name of Pimpinella anisum, which belongs to the family Apiaceae (a.k.a. Umbelliferae).

If you find licorice referenced in a list of fragrance notes, you can pretty much rest assured that it is simply there to make the fragrance sound more "sexy", particularly since licorice is a more commonly experienced and known food additive than say anise unless you happen to be European, in which case anise is a popular flavoring agent of a large number of alcoholic beverages (Pernod, Ouzo, Absinthe, for example), and bakery goods.

The use of pure anise oil is rare in modern perfumery. Instead anethole, the main odor constituent of anise seed oil, is produced synthetically and used along with a host of other anise-like odorants that give further nuances to the anethole anise base.

Naturally, then, suggestions for fragrances with licorice notes in this thread have drifted towards suggestions of fragrances with anise notes.

My two favorite anise predominant fragrances are Lolita Lempicka au Masculin and KenzoAir, both of which have the beautifully enveloping and cozy persistence of anise interwoven seamlessly with a gentle, embracing vetiver and amber base.

scentemental


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You might also want to look at L'Artisan Fou D' Absinthe, which smoothly weaves the star anise note with absinthe and spices.

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Dang! I was going to make the point that anise and licorice are related but distinct scents, but scentemental had to get there first (and include a wealth of detail that I didn't know).
One not mentioned so far is Parfum d'Empire, Eau de Gloire. It has a classic cologne top and heart notes that are dominated by licorice rather than straight anise.
Edit: spelling

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By the way, if you are REALLY serious about the licorice note, Demeter makes a scent simply called licorice--you can layer it with anything and then you have a licorice scent. Could be fun to experiment although given all of the great recommendations of licorice scents concocted by the masters, you have plenty to choose from!