Noir Eau de Parfum

Am so glad i bought it before it´s gone! It somehow reminds me a drydown of Le Lion - that powdery dryness - this scent is nothing gothic to me, it´s not too dark, not heavy (not so choking as Ambre Sultan) - it´s a beatufully crafted elegance appropriate for business scenarios - very professional smelling scent, nothing screaming too loud for a attention but showing professional charisma, distinct ,self-controled. A scent that radiates timeless classiness! This doesn´t represent any gothic to me, any Dracula vibe .... this is simply contemporary gentleman´s classiness as it suppossed to be. Office friendly, safe , much safer than Ombre Leather Parfum or Beau de Jour - and much more mature smell than Noir Extreme which i can´t stand for its commercial teenage pistachio vanilla cream sweetness .... this is 20 levels up with its quality - sadly discontinued as we all know

I'm really loving this at the moment. I sprayed on some of this in the back of my hand from a tester at Sephora and this is really nice. You certainly have to like patchouli because that's pretty much all I can smell here. I'm actually surprised there's as many notes listed as there are, this is an extremely well blended fragrance. The name is totally fitting, this smells black, maybe with a touch of green obviously from the patchouli. There's also a spicy and powdery quality to the scent here that's making me think of Fucking Fabulous but I don't remember if that has patchouli or not. I like this a lot but I don't really think it's a fragrance I could pull off, I'd certainly lean more towards Noir Extreme Parfum as it's also more versatile in my opinion.

My second favorite in all of my collection and my winter signature. It has a kick of lemon verbana at the opening, dries down to a powdery iris-violet combi and ends with leather amber nuances. A very complex and deeply layered perfume; it is dark, serious and ha sa lot of character in it. One of the most well-blended perfumes I have ver smelled to this very day and has everything I like it in, floral and powdery without smelling like a lipstick (looking at you, DHI). This is truly a gem for a gentleman and has an approachable mystery in it. Performance is great, I got about 8 hours on my ksin but wish it projected a bit more, mostly an intimate perfume. I went 3 bottles of this in past few years and I will continue to purchase as long as it is available.

As I often do, today I picked up the sample of this, which I sort of rejected the first time I tried it. As I recall, although it was pleasant, I found it a bit boring the first time, just a mellow iris scent. But today, when the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and spring is here although the cold air lingers on - gosh, I love this! Suddenly I pick up on the similarities with Shalimar, the bright, beautiful bergamot, but somehow toned down, with a little spicier twist and less vanilla, and of course still the powdery iris, and the candy-esque violet. Tom Ford Noir Extreme has been a longtime autumn favorite, but for me, this is possibly THE ONE for cold sunny early spring days :)

One of my favorites from Tom Ford. In the opening you get earthy violet, red pepper and subtle bergamot. After this you can smell nutmeg, violet, rose and also some geranium and pepper in the background. In the drydown the beautiful leather very similar to that in Ombré Leather, amber and vanilla plays the main role. There are also some nice resins and civet. The longevity is good but could be better just like in extreme version (4-6h and 1h next to the skin) and the projection is also great. Its an amazing unusual fall and winter fragrance and i highly recommend trying/buying it. The reason I’ve chose this and not Noir Extreme is the earthiness here. 9/10