Black Amber 2011

Black Amber by Agonist
Bottle Design Åsa Jungnelius, Kosta Boda
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7.5 / 10 170 Ratings
Black Amber is a popular perfume by Agonist for women and men and was released in 2011. The scent is smoky-resinous. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Smoky
Resinous
Woody
Spicy
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense Spanish labdanumSpanish labdanum Black haw blossom DavanaDavana Red algaeRed algae
Heart Notes Heart Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense CedarwoodCedarwood Java vetiverJava vetiver Tobacco flowerTobacco flower NagarmothaNagarmotha
Base Notes Base Notes
Black amberBlack amber Indian sandalwoodIndian sandalwood PatchouliPatchouli StyraxStyrax Bourbon vanillaBourbon vanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.5170 Ratings
Longevity
8.0134 Ratings
Sillage
6.9138 Ratings
Bottle
8.1130 Ratings
Value for money
6.515 Ratings
Submitted by FrieMo, last update on 12.12.2023.

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Serenissima

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Helpful Review 10  
"Black Amber" meets Carlos Santana
When I got to know this fragrance last winter, I initially had a heck of a lot of respect: virtually no experience with amber and then a name that sounds a little dangerous at first - "Black Amber"!
A little on tiptoe I approached this bottling; what did I expect?
Certainly not this rich, dark fragrance intensity with surprising "friendliness", as Meggi wrote me later quite right. To him I owe this experience.

In the meantime, we like each other very much: "Black Amber" and I and even a third (maybe even fourth) is with in the bunch:
For me, "Black Amber" is the opener for an inner door: "Black Magic Woman" by Carlos Santana then sounds pretty quickly and remains also some hours the fragrance accompanying with me.
A fragrance so, which delivers an earworm equal - how crazy is that then?
In mid-August, by the way, this guitar god Carlos Santana gave an open air concert in the city.
Not in the unfriendly, actually always a bit damp Waldbühne: no, it was the more intimate setting of the open-air stage at the citadel Spandau selected!
A fitting ambience for a two-hour concert that not only the hearts of Santana fans beat high: a true summer night orgy in sounds played out there!
The 71-year-old let the already warm night vibrate full of sound and eroticism!

"Black Magic Woman", no: "Black Amber" combines unusual fragrances to a successful creation.
A little feminine - a little masculine: this fragrance is both!

Alone by Davana, this Artemisia plant, with its fruity light-woody aroma.
This golden-orange oil is used in aromatherapy mainly against women's complaints.
In addition, it has, among other things, emotionally balancing and in combination with other oils it helps to increased concentration and inner peace.
Also for perfumes Davana is often used: so this interesting fragrance has here the first appearance.
Together with the somewhat scratchy resinous spice of labdanum and slightly musty red alga, the way is paved for the rich scent of blackthorn flower.
Also called blackthorn, this spring bloomer delights not only with its white, fragrant flowers; these also contain an aromatic nectar with a slight plum sweetness - it is just a plant of the Prunus family.
Spicy, not yet very scratchy incense closes a very special scent circle here: "Black Amber" is not for sensitive noses - it challenges!
This incense also meets a much more powerful relative later.
Before that, the oriental, slightly earthy scent of Nagarmotha develops.
This is often compared with that of the precious eagle wood (oud wood): musty, heavy, earthy, spicy and balsamic.
I remember to have read that just this fragrance is to stand in the reputation, a man smelling thereafter can conquer any woman. (Let's just leave that uncommented!)
Well, here opens with it anyway a sensual, full fragrance composition, which also includes the spicy sweetness of tobacco flower.
Vetiver also fits perfectly with its earthy note to the fragrance development, allies with Nagarmotha. Both are a little relatives in the fragrance.
The spiciness of cedar shares the final applause with heavy dark incense: alone up to here "Black Amber" is a revelation!
But this is really only the prelude: black amber sets fragrance accents that are unparalleled.
Full spicy and yet somehow luminous here fragrance atoms fly through the atmosphere. Thus it fits wonderfully with the golden shimmering patchouli, before only styrax with the light vanilla touch, then the true vanilla let their erotic intensity and warmth flow into this mixture.
This is now really great cinema for the senses!
That sandalwood this time rounds off this strongly scented work of art, is cleverly arranged: sandalwood is rarely the keystone in the architecture of a fragrance - this "building" he holds together perfectly!

"Black Amber" fascinates; it fascinates with cleverly combined components, which were combined into a harmonious extravagant and also powerful fragrance.
The course of the fragrance makes me pause again and again, although the curiosity for the next surprise actually pushes forward.
It is an exciting story that "Black Amber" tells and that I will certainly hear more often and hopefully understand better each time.

This spicy, resinous smoke is very clingy and becomes lighter and friendlier towards the end.
The masculine fragrance portion cleverly combines with the feminine, creating a work of art that appeals to both men and women at the same time.
In women even the feminine sensual still strongly emphasizes.

"Black Amber" is interesting, seductive and very sexy!
A fragrance that invites you to "Samba Pa Ti"! (To stay with the Carlos Santana.)
What develops from this, we will then experience ...
Because this fragrance is a bit like flying through the universe: it knows no boundaries!
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Metalfan

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Metalfan
Top Review 16  
Like a North Sea wave in the twilight!
When I first got a taste of Black Amber, my first thought was: "He belongs to the sea!" He's got something "fishy," but not gammy or nasty - honor alive. I wonder if it's the Amber Honestly, I have no idea what Amber smells like.
Then a character after Jack London came to mind, "The Sea Wolf." Literarily surely a high-quality material, but the film adaptations of the novel were quite hard fare for a little boy like me at that time. I couldn't get these cruel and inhuman actions of the leading actor out of my head. His intelligence, intellectual superiority and physical strength also made him seem invincible.
Today I am an older gentleman and in relation to films nevertheless quite emotionally resistant. It's just a movie and Black Amber's just a scent. Or is this setting wrong?

Black Amber is a difficult fragrance. He wants to say something, but what? I realized I was blocking myself. Maybe he wants to say something that I don't want to know that scares me?
I decided to put him on ice and wait for the right time for a second test. I already had an idea!

A few weeks ago I stranded, of course with Black Amber in my luggage, on the beautiful North Sea island of Borkum. My family doctor, who had been urging me to take a cure for quite some time, was to blame for this. Hochseereizklima, which only prevails on Helgoland and Borkum in Germany, should help me to alleviate my chronic bronchitis (my receipt for 31 years of cigarette consumption).
Some applications and extended beach walks were announced. Unfortunately, my wife and dog could not come with me, which I found very regrettable. On the other hand, I now had the opportunity to concentrate exclusively on my recovery.

One day, in the middle of June, the thermometer was 12 degrees at dusk, with a strong wind and some rain showers. And right now, Black Amber, your time has come - I thought. A few sprays on the wrist, shoes on and out to sea.
Once there I took off my shoes and walked barefoot along the edge of the water. The spray flew around my ears and I had to be careful that no sand flew into my eyes. I thought it was funny that I didn't freeze a bit despite my thin shirt. Somehow I felt strong and nothing could stress me out. Also not the sharp-edged mussel, into which I stepped and now bleed a little at the foot.

There were many shells on the beach and there were more and more. And a dead bird, jellyfish and crabs or parts thereof. I never noticed it like that. The beach is suddenly a gigantic cemetery. I look at the sea and wonder what all the deadly things might be lurking in it. How infinitely much fate and drama may have taken place in it in tens of millions of years?
And in that moment I could understand him, the Black Amber!

Black Amber doesn't have a black soul! He's neither good nor evil. It tells the true story of the dark side of the sea and its constant force of nature. That makes him a demigod among fragrances for me! Its colour is green, brown, black - like a North Sea wave at dusk.
Black Amber is often described as mystical, voodoo - cult, demonic etc.. I can understand that very well. He has nothing human about him and radiates a scary - beautiful aura.

The next day the beach was full of life. A Brazilian live band plays in a pavilion, the acoustics are amazingly good. Some people dance and sing along. Small children build a sand castle or fly kites with their daddy. You surf what you can...
We humans just have our own laws.
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Gold

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Astonishing Amber-Approach
Top notes: strong association of medicated treacle, kitchen herbs (thyme, pepper) and camphor. "Amber" (when it's not "Ambregris", i.e. the real animalic thing we're talking about) is a construction trying to evoke an "oriental feeling", and its main components are labdanum and vanilla. Theses classic ingredients cannot be found in "Black Amber" - at least not at first sniff. The initial sharp blast fades rather quickly and makes room for the heart, which is marked by incense and vetiver, but also by patchouli, the over-all effect adding up to an impression of moth-balls. Nevertheless, the fragrance improves a bit with time and the drydown is dark, herbaceous and spicy (cardamon?). A touch of vanilla lures in the background. This is the typical smell you find in Indian grocery shops, a mixture of curries, Basmati rice, incense-sticks, perfumed teas and washing-powder. "Black Amber" by Agonist is nothing I'd like to wear on my skin, but it's kind of interesting to watch its development from cough syrup to Indian grocery store. Astonishing. Even more so when you consider the price of this "experience": 880 Euros per bottle. A visit to your local Indian grocery store will cost you nothing.
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SaradoninSaradonin 4 months ago
7
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5
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8
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8
Scent
Liquorice, resins, woods and candle smoke. Fascinating fragrance.
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HermeshHermesh 8 years ago
7.5
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7.5
Sillage
7.5
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9
Scent
Versatile and beautiful: resinous conifers with some greenery and beautiful modern incense, which brings a pleasant dry touch.
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