Top notes: truffle, gardenia, blackcurrant, ylang-ylang, jasmine, bergamot, mandarin, Amalfi lemon.
Heart notes: orchid, spices, gardenia, fruity notes, ylang-ylang, jasmine, lotus.
Base notes: Mexican chocolate, patchouli, vanilla, frankincense, amber, sandalwood, vetiver, white musk.
Perfumer: David Apel, Pierre Negrin. Year of release: 2006. Black Orchid is the first and still the most famous Tom Ford scent: dark, luxurious and deliberately excessive. Its heroine is the black orchid, which the brand invented as an image of the ideal, unattainable flower: luxurious, elegant and slightly dangerous. This is a scent about old-school evening luxury — velvet, dark chocolate and spices gathered into one dense composition. The opening is unexpected and bold: black truffle with gardenia, blackcurrant, ylang-ylang and citruses sounds earthy, floral and slightly daring. In the heart, the orchid itself unfolds — dark, spicy, surrounded by jasmine, lotus and fruity notes. And the base of Mexican chocolate, patchouli, vanilla, frankincense, amber, sandalwood, vetiver and white musk adds depth: warm, resinous, almost gourmand.
