Black Noir

This seems quite subdued on my skin, at least upon the first few spritzes. Either it's a jumbled mess or a well-blended perfume because nothing sticks out. It's got some undefined sweetness, some undefined soapiness, some aromatics typical of Mancera (the ones found in Wind Wood or Hindu Kush for example). The only thing I could pinpoint, though not without some effort, were the white florals, which are the most prominent part of the opening, just slightly more noticeable at times, and lasting for quite some time. In the dry down, the leather finally comes out (after two hours or so), and it's giving me the vibe of leathers of the olden days, different from these modern Tom Ford-ish ones - something about it screams classic/classy. So I'd say it's a white floral / leather classic symphony in which the leather is the conductor guiding a young and eager tiare violinist. Still, they both end up drowned in the rest of the orchestra where from time to time someone bangs on the cymbals too loud then retreats (aromatics), then the oboist misses a note and retreats (sweetness), and so forth. Ultimately a good one, but a bit subdued so far.

Wow! This is definitely going into the fall rotation this year and date night fragrances. Opens up with hints fresh citrusy spicy notes but immediately dissipates into a creamy woody, leather and tobacco with florals in the far background. I definitely get the Oud and it goes together so well with the leather and tobacco notes. However it’s undeniably a leather fragrance through and through. By far one of the more mass appealing Manceras on the market and one id consider a safe blind buy if you like masculine fragrances such as D&G the one edt, Ombré Leather, and DHP. However this is definitely its own fragrance and doesn’t smell like the ones mentioned, they just have a similar style and some similarities. Personally I feel like it’s unisex that without a doubt leans more masculine. These are just my initial thoughts and first impressions. I definitely recommend this one so far though.

Beside this being the mother of all inappropriate naming, Black Noir is actually a really nice scent. With a name like “Black Black” you’d be expecting this to be dark. But what you get is a tropical tiare flower that smells of sweet vanillic coconut sunscreen blended with a subtle fake leather accord. I don’t get any tobacco at all. From the atomizer you will get a bandaid, medicinal vibe from the Oud, but on skin this smells delightful. I could imagine this coming from a white Tom Ford bottle. Black Noir is actually a pretty good fragrance, but whoever marketed this thing as Black was playing a joke. This smells like a tropical vacation.

I've just received this so haven't had a lot of time to test. Upon initial Spray on paper this was a 100% no for me but once I sprayed it on skin it almost instantly became a 100% yes. It reminds me of three of my favorite fall winter fragrances all perfectly blended together and made more wearable. If you took the booze and floral notes from Tom Ford Black Orchid parfum mixed the tobacco and osmanthus from Carolina Herrera Mystery Tobacco with the vanilla and the slightest touch of incents from Amouage Interlude Black Iris it's absolutely beautiful.

I like this one. This is a soft, sweet, floral leather. It will go perfectly with a high end sweater and a well made suede jacket, not the bad boy vibe motorcycle style leather jacket fragrance like Tuscan Leather or Gucci Guilty Absolute (these two don't smell alike but give similar vibes to each other in terms of ruggedness). Black Noir is a three season fragrance, fall, winter and spring, once you're in summer you can switch to it's lighter sister fragrance from Montale, Oud Island, which is basically a fresher take on the same scent composition.