Cé Noir has an enjoyable, inoffensive smell — and that’s my main issue with it. Of the few things Beyoncé said about the scent in her unboxing video, what stood out was that she wanted to create a “monolithic” fragrance. It’s accurate. It smells like someone who is comfortable with uniformity and sameness, which feels out of step with the whole vibe of Renaissance.

— Read more in Beyoncé’s Cé Noir Fragrance Is Not What We Expected at Allure.

“It’s so feminine that it almost smells like she wouldn’t even have to put this on; this smells like it would be her natural scent,” our fashion writer, Danya Issawi, said. For fragrance lovers who need something to compare it to, it reminded me a lot of Parfum de Marly’s Delina Exclusif, mostly because they blend both fresh and warm notes, with rose being the overpowering one.

— The Cut on Beyoncé's upcoming fragrance release. Read more in Now We Know What Beyoncé Smells Like.

The new scent—which leans both floral and gourmand—offers fans a rare glimpse into what Queen B smells like up close, containing a blend of clementine, golden honey, rose absolute, and golden amber notes. It’s priced at $160 for a 1.7-ounce bottle, currently the only size available.

— Read more in Beyoncé’s New Perfume: Everything We Know So Far at Harper's Bazaar.