Tom Ford · 2024 · Guillaume Flavigny

Black Lacquer

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

A glossy, smoky black lacquer and dark peony over leathery ebony wood, frankincense, shiny vinyl and dry cedar.

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The drawn Black Lacquer bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Lacquer’s scent picture, a draft: black lacquer, ebony, peony, frankincense, vinyl, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Black Lacquer, top notes: Bergamot, Geranium, Sweet orange, Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

Black Lacquer, heart: Black lacquer, Peony, Vinyl, Ylang-ylang, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Lacquer, dry-down: Ebony, Frankincense, Cedar, Leather, Birch, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Peru balsam, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

36 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

6 citrus7 herbs & lavender9 florals6 woods2 sweet2 amber & resins4 spices

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Dia ManAmouage · shares peony, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar) and leather$395 for 100 ml · about half of Black Lacquer’s $405
Bottled AbsoluHugo Boss · shares frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar) and leather$169 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Black Lacquer’s $405
Peony CoutureVilhelm Parfumerie · shares peony, frankincense and cedar (Atlas cedar)about $280 for 100 ml · about a third of Black Lacquer’s $405
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.