Tom Ford · 2025

Black Orchid Reserve

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Tom Ford asks $300 for 100 ml
45 ml$500
50 ml$205
100 ml$300
250 ml$890

The houseFor women

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Bergamot and zesty timut pepper over ylang-ylang, dark orchid and truffle, settling into patchouli, chocolate, roasted tonka and vanilla.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Orchid Reserve’s scent picture, a draft: orchid, patchouli, tonka (coumarin), black truffle, ylang-ylang, black pepper drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Black Orchid Reserve, top notes: Ylang-ylang, Black pepper, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Black Orchid Reserve, heart: Orchid, Black truffle, Dark chocolate, Clove, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Orchid Reserve, dry-down: Patchouli, Tonka (coumarin), Vanilla (vanillin), Peru balsam, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

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.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender10 florals3 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins8 spices1 powder

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

Black OrchidTom Ford · shares orchid, patchouli, Black Truffle Accord, ylang-ylang and 2 more$240 for 100 ml · about the same as Black Orchid Reserve’s $300
RemainAmouage · shares patchouli, tonka, ylang-ylang, bergamot and 1 more$475 for 100 ml
Como MoiselleMaison Alhambra · shares patchouli, tonka, ylang-ylang, bergamot and 1 more$22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Black Orchid Reserve’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.