La Collection 777

Black Gemstone Stéphane Humbert Lucas 2013

Black Gemstone by Stéphane Humbert Lucas

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8.2 / 10 723 Ratings

A popular perfume by Stéphane Humbert Lucas for men, released in 2013. The scent is resinous-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Resinous

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cedarwood

Sicilian lemon

Heart Notes

Myrrh

Base Notes

Frankincense

Teakwood

Tonka bean

Perfumer

Stéphane Humbert Lucas

Ratings

Scent

8.2723 Ratings

Longevity

8.8663 Ratings

Sillage

8.3661 Ratings

Bottle

9.1641 Ratings

Value for money

6.9397 Ratings

Submitted by Avelus, last update on 11/17/2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "La Collection 777" collection.

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Reviews

28 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/24/2022

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

VTrancoso
27 Reviews

VTrancoso

Helpful Review 2

Riding a Dragon

Opulent, ambery, spicy, incense/woody. It is a chic and intriguing oriental.
A perfume with enormous quality and projection / sillage that leaves no one indifferent. It provides an opening with a fantastic personality made of black velvet and smoke - accompanied by juicy and spicy lemon. The rest of the perfume is an excellent blend of notes dominated by an equally spicy patchouli, incense and soft and dense amber.
Cedarwood, myrrh, saffron, tonka and eucalyptus then dance together before the perfume transitions again to a smoky, spicy and still amber environment in the dry-down where dark resins have turned into satin. All drizzled with honey and wrapped in musky woods on a very balsamic leather base.
Concentrated and rich, it is a very well-built, dark, powerful and mysterious charismatic fragrance. Mystical and comforting, it makes us feel good about ourselves even when we are isolated on top of a mountain while the winds of war blow in the distance. A black stone that gives us the power to find ourselves inside and to calm ourselves down.
We imagine ourselves dressed in a mammoth skin and riding a dragon from a lost episode of Game of Thrones through a stormy day.

12/20/2023

9
Sillage 9
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Omnipotato
121 Reviews

Omnipotato

2

Top Notes Are Important

Black Gemstone is an incredible resinous woody smoky masterpiece. It just has one problem: it doesn't have top notes. When cedarwood is listed as a top note, which is usually a heart or base note, that tells you something about the fragrance. The lemon is non-existent; it might be used to slightly acidify the incense and give it a stronger edge, but doesn't exist as an entity on its own such as in Search.

So why are top notes important? They fade after only a few minutes in some cases. This perfume is the perfect example to illustrate. On first spray, you get an absolutely horrific burnt rubber smell. A previous review colorfully described it as spraying bug spray on tires and then doing donuts in a Home Depot parking lot. This is accurate. But the question is why must we be subjected to this offensive odor in order to get to the beautiful heart and base notes? I might understand if it were a cheapie or a $30 clone, but there is no reason in a fragrance in this price range not to mask that opening with a beautiful top accord that matches the gorgeous dry-down. For a ~$300 fragrance, I shouldn't have to endure a terrible opening, even if it is only for half an hour.

I knew this was a complex and intense fragrance so I wanted to give it a few chances, but after three full wearings, the opening still offends and irritates my nose. Not for me.

01/19/2024

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

BigJon
3 Reviews

BigJon

2

Promiscuous

This fragrance is the epitome of high quality niche perfumery. Stéphane Humbert Lucas does with a handful of beautiful accords what Roja Dove fails to execute with the hodgepodge of notes he throws into each fragrance. There is nothing about this fragrance that could be altered, same goes for the entire house 777 and Serpent line alike. Black Gemstone from beginning to end dances vicariously through the air as well as on skin and gradually develops and pronounces on skin. It is never linear and never a dull moment each note gets a chance to shine and let you know it’s here to stay. Beautiful fruits, florals, and resinous woods. Pure class in a bottle highly recommend.

02/16/2019

10
Bottle 6
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

EauMySoul
25 Reviews

EauMySoul

2

Dark, mysterious perfection

The dry down on this makes me want to eat my hand. No, it’s not gourmand or anything it just smells so good I almost want to cannibalize myself. When I first applied it, I wasn’t blown away. It has a bit of a camphorous, gasoline-like opening, and it drowns out the notes a bit and it smells like it’s going to be a typical dark oud-ish oriental. But it doesn’t actually have oud listed as a note but the combination of the woods used and the dark, resinous smokey aspect gives it an oud like feel in the opening. But it transitions away from that into this almost inky resinous incense and tonka. It has this sexy, mysterious, yet spiritual feel and it hovers closely to the skin, making it more personal experience. It has a similar vibe as Mortal Skin without the purple berries and the complexity. They do not smell the same but it has that dark inky quality. It’s not an overly complex smelling fragrance but it’s a perfect smelling fragrance. Just the right amount of everything and the dry down is a non stop wrist sniffer. Very long lasting although more of a skin scent after 4-5 hours. Unisex leaning masculine. High quality and rather natural, bordering on oily smelling.

11/18/2023

0.5
Scent

Lotusmaglite
8 Reviews

Lotusmaglite

1

Proof postive I'm the subject of a Truman Show-like worldwide prank

There is absolutely no way this many people like this... fragrance. Imagine your younger sister sprayed bug spray all over your older sister's car tires, and your older sister decided to burn off the bug spray by doing donuts in a Home Depot parking lot where their entire garden store of flowers were decaying after a massive case of some plant-borne disease.

That's the opening notes.

I wish I could describe the drydown to you, but I couldn't wait for it. I went outside and hurled the sample vial into my garbage bin so hard it accidentally broke open. Instantly, my bags of garbage began to leap out of the bin, to get away from the smell, including the bag with all the soiled clothing from my 6 year-old's bout with rotavirus.

Seriously, if that was "Sicilian Lemon," then there is a humanitarian crisis going on in Sicily, and nobody should ever drink Sicilian lemonade. This explains why there are no skunks in Sicily; they all departed due to the smell of Sicilian lemons, which were later used, I believe, in several war crimes. And if *that's* what frankincense and myrrh smell like, then those were *not* three wise men, bringing gifts to baby J. They were assassins.

Even as a free sample, this stuff cost me too much. I can never un-smell that smell, man. I've seen some things, now. Bad things. You don't wanna go where I've been, man! You don't wanna go there!

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