Bvlgari Man Black Orient Bvlgari 2016

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Bvlgari Man Black Orient is a popular perfume by Bvlgari for men and was released in 2016. The scent is oriental-spicy. It was last marketed by LVMH.

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Main accords

Oriental

Spicy

Woody

Leathery

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Rum

Cardamom

Heart Notes

Tuberose

Taif rose

Base Notes

Leather

Oud

Perfumer

Alberto Morillas

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Ratings

Scent

8.0165 Ratings

Longevity

7.8149 Ratings

Sillage

7.6151 Ratings

Bottle

7.7165 Ratings

Value for money

7.653 Ratings

Submitted by Guerlinde, last update on 04.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is French model Patrick Petitjean.

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/22/2020

10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Volker1964
63 Reviews

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Volker1964

Top Review 13

Oriental and modern ? Bvlgari make it possible !

Yes, I gave this fragrance top marks, not without reason A modern and oriental fragrance, very well combined, simply brilliant.
It has a very spicy, strong and intense aroma from the start. Wonderful, I'm very pleased A bouquet of the finest roses is added in the middle section. Lovely. Can it get any better? Yes!!! Finally, Ouf comes on top. This oud smells neither artificial nor cheap. I'm in love. ?????.
Bvlgari has become a top manufacturer.
Men in Black is already a great scent, Black Orient takes it to the next level. Way to go.
Could easily be a non-scent It all sounds a bit gushy, I know, but I also like it because it is 100% my taste.

With kind regards

10/17/2018

4
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

PicSniper
15 Reviews

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PicSniper

Very helpful Review 8

Oriental rum bomb

Right at the start, rum and tuberose race head to head. A hammersill layer that lasts for about 2-3 hours. Then it gets weaker and closer to the skin, but still better than some or many other fragrances. Oriental, masculine, heavy, spicy and actually not sweet I would describe this fragrance. I would emphasize the rum as the dominant note, but it is never intrusive.

The scent is very noticeable and you should be careful with the dosage. Maybe apply only two or three sprays during the first "external test" to see how the scent develops on your own skin. As I said, it was quite violent for me in the first two to three hours, and I only had one sprayer on my forearm. After that the Sillage collapses a little and you have to get closer with your nose. However, I don't yet have the feeling that I will have to do more - the performance is still sufficient.

It is a really very pleasant, great fragrance, which is perhaps a little loud in the first minutes, but then it swings in nicely and remains for a few hours a quite conspicuous, unusual, oriental companion. You don't smell it very often, at least not here in Vienna, and that's exactly how it should be, something special :-). The ladies like him on the man - I could notice that too. I wouldn't necessarily wear it in the office because it's too unusual, but I'd rather wear it in the evening, on dates or events, etc..

By the way, the bottle is a Schas, as they say here in Vienna. You can lock the spray head by turning it 90°, but that's quite a problem with my specimen at least, and I thought I broke it. After turning back and forth a bit, it worked again, but the hook is still doing it. Well, I'd rather leave the locking mechanism, otherwise it'll be really broken soon. Cheap plastic and not worthy of the quality of the fragrance. This concerns only the upper part of the flacon, the rest is of course glass and ok. What might still bother me is the opacity of the bottle, where you can't see how much is still inside.

05/11/2020

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

Chizza
273 Reviews

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Chizza

8

Composition with low expressiveness

At that time I had already written a short commentary and would like to make it more detailed and differently hung up now. Hanging it differently, because I was allowed to test much more perfumes and therefore my perceptions changed. We all know this; our beloved first fragrance is suddenly not so wonderful anymore, if you have smelled something different. At the time I said that this is one of the few creations by Alberto that really succeeded. Also the only sensible man. I would like to change both to a yes and no
The rum at the beginning is not very sweet, the cardamom helps to give it a spicy, fresh flavor. Unfortunately this harmonizes little with the rum, at least at the beginning. The two top notes can't come to terms and then the tuberose and rose burst in prematurely in my eyes. The result is confusing and not at all beautiful. This impression remains for at least 1-1.5 hours.
Only then does the cardamom retreat and the two flowers become temperate. I'm not an expert on roses and tuberoses and I have to speculate here: for me, the beginning smells like the rose is pressing forward; it is powering out and then it says goodbye. The rum remains as a volatile substance and the warm, sweet and lovely tuberose gives the middle part a dimly seductive aura. After that, there is only the end of a perfume that becomes more and more volatile.

Leather and oud as a basis, well, with a lot of goodwill there is something that illusory leather, a kind of new shoe/bag leather. Oud? Uh... yes... oud so... I don't know if Bvlgari mistyped it? Or wanted to create the enhancement of defused oud for western noses? Quasi non-existent oud for the top 100 sensitive European noses?

Nevertheless, this is the best Bvlgari Man for me. I scissor all over one comb because I was allowed to test four more extensively. It's like the Aqva series, as if you only want to create one positive outlier. The others are even more loveless, predictable and boring in my eyes. In this respect, Black Orient is the one-eyed among the blind, if you like. Partly it smells wonderful, partly you have to like roses and the like.

Would I put on that perfume again? No, I can't wear it, it's too smooth

02/07/2023

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Oleo
46 Reviews

Oleo

4

The Fallen Black Knight

This is a fragrance that -in my opinion- improves everything good about Man in Black - the famous previous flanker - and solves all its weak points, taking the original olfactory idea to its maximum artistic expression - without leaving its series, of course -:

- Creamier, more mysterious, more refined… better blended, better performance, better sillage... If you like MiB, it's hard not to like this one; it also dispels that inconvenient “drunken scoundrel” reminiscence of the first:

Black Orient replaces MiB's tobacco with cardamom, orris with Taif rose and benzoin with oud, creating a fantastic olfactory composition albeit a little darker, more enigmatic and elegant.

Unfortunately it wasn’t cheered on YouTube as happened to its sister who became the bet of the brand, discarding the rest of similar iterations.

If you like MiB and you can get this, you shouldn't hesitate, although I don't advise paying collector's prices either.

So I see the shelf with the fragrance bottles and I reach out and pick up the black bottle crowned with gold, knowing that with each new breath, it draws closer to its dark destiny…

03/29/2021

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Yesman91
3 Reviews

Yesman91

3

Recommended For the Cold Nights

I bought this one to test it because of good reviews, and I was happy with it the scent is good a bit harsh ( so not everyone will like it) it's not really spicy maybe more leathery.
The performance : to test it out I did one spray on my arm and continued with my buisness as usual
So for the first 02 hours I could smell it really good and it projects really well; after that it drawdown a bit.
For longevity : 08 hours on my skin, I could even smell some traces on my arm after more than 12 hours.

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