Collection: N.C.P. Olfactives Perfumes.

Scendira carries 14 perfumes from N.C.P. Olfactives, priced from about $86 to $133. Two bottles stand out in the fragrance communities Scendira tracks: 201 Apple & Driftwood and 301 Jasmine & Sandalwood. The house names its scents by number and ingredient pair, and both of these are spare, built on one or two clear notes.

The two N.C.P. Olfactives picks

201 Apple & Driftwood launched in 2017 and comes across as cool crisp apples with a green herb mist. Apple opens it, and herbs and musk close it.

301 Jasmine & Sandalwood, also from 2017, is creamy jasmine petals on sandalwood, a short two-note line from top to base.

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