Black Orchid Tom Ford 2006 Eau de Parfum

Black Orchid (Eau de Parfum) by Tom Ford

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Ranked 90 in Unisex Perfume

7.6 / 10 2202 Ratings

A popular perfume by Tom Ford for women and men, released in 2006. The scent is floral-oriental. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.

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Main accords

Floral

Oriental

Sweet

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black truffle

Bitter orange

Ylang-ylang

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Black orchid

Black plum

Rum

Base Notes

Patchouli

Vanilla

Perfumers

David Apel, Pierre Negrin

Ratings

Scent

7.62202 Ratings

Longevity

8.71905 Ratings

Sillage

8.31873 Ratings

Bottle

7.91832 Ratings

Value for money

7.11078 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 02/14/2025.

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Reviews

112 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/26/2012

7
Scent

Coutureguru
223 Reviews

Coutureguru

Top Review 11

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

Hmmm ... how to begin? Perhaps I'll just eat my hat and then sit around simpering bashfully .
I don't like Tom Ford. I get the same feeling from him as I do from the Kardashian brood ... common and trashy.
I also had a dance partner who drowned herself in Black Orchid soon after it was launched. She turned out to be the raving bitch from hell and blamed it on being bi-polar.
I DETEST heavy Patchouli.
Why then, when I closed my eyes and applied three hefty sprays of Black Orchid to my right arm today, did I instantly and irrevocably FALL IN LOVE with it? It beggars belief that a fragrance with so many negative connotations for me ( and not tested on my skin all this time for those exact reasons) could bowl me over in the way it has. It's glorious!!
I'm going to shut up now and just glue my nose to my arm!

11/12/2012

LiliumLibido
51 Reviews

LiliumLibido

Top Review 9

A glorious, sexy, hot mess!

There are actually many more notes in this fragrance than the ones that are listed. In fact, there are so many notes that only a few truly stand out, while the others are meshing together in a sort of background tapestry, showcasing the big players.

The most evident combination, (to me) is the truffle/ambregris duo: it creates an aura of such overt sexuality that it's hard to smell it without blushing. (Actually, Tom Ford was quoted as saying that he wanted Black Orchid to smell like a man's crotch, so there ya go, lol)
In terms of dark, naughty florals, this fragrance is way up there: in this case, the jasmine is as perfectly indolic and borderline inappropriate as it should be and plays beautifully with the vetiver and the patchouli. Added to the killer duo mentioned above, it's practically an arrestable offense in a bottle, lol.

12/12/2012

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Ysbrand
84 Reviews

Ysbrand

Very helpful Review 11

Blushed and disturbed and in love

There are so many great reviews of Black Orchid i don´t think another description is needed. But i have to say something about this fragance. It climbed up to my top 10 favourite fragances from the first sniff. Just like that. I agree with the many who find Black Orchid a quasi-pornographic scent. I agree it does smell to man´s crotch (a clean enough one) and it does smell to orchid (some cymbidium orchids have the same type of flower scent) which is something to praise amidst all the broken orchid promises of so many fragances. In my imagination Black Orchid´s opening and part of its developement are a fragant version of a mix between the humid atmosphere of an orchid greenhouse and the stuffy room where sex has been performed.

I am sorry for stressing the raunchy, more inappropriated qualities of Black Orchid, i am probably a sick pig. The truth is that it does smell wonderful. It can be messy and a bit confusing, but all those notes work out together somehow. Its the only vanilla i am confortable wearing so far, it joins a very lactonic sandalwood and the result is more creamy, fleshy indeed, than is sweet. Sweetness comes from flowers instead. I love its strange floralcy, its gourmand chocolate (with the cool patchouli smells almost minty) part, its smokiness, its milkiness... IMHO I see it more as a bold modern male oriental than a very femenine fragance, but, as always, what is gender in perfume?

09/16/2013

Beachgirl2
19 Reviews

Beachgirl2

Very helpful Review 9

Unearthly

I adore this fragrance! I notice the opening notes of course of woody spices, incense, patchouli and bitter dark chocolate, but then I just don't care anymore. I loose myself in the fragrance and it overwhelms my senses.

The scent reminds me of a dark primeval forest full of strange, intoxicating and hauntingly beautiful fragrances. Slightly sweet yet very esoteric and compelling. Like rich, sweet woody roots buried beneath the soil in a shadowy wood full of unearthly scents, it speaks to me in a very visceral way.

Pablo Neruda expressed my thoughts better when he wrote " I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul."

01/23/2014

Platinum1
59 Reviews

Platinum1

Very helpful Review 7

~ Unique Unisex ~

This review is only based on minimal wearings but I have to say my initial impression as a man is this TF would be just masculine enough with it's patchouli notes to be in my weekly rotation. But if your a gent who sides on the absolutely "no labels for ladies" on your bottles or need a dark powerhouse you might pass on this sweet chocolatie vibe creation. The tropical fruit and floral notes really stand out and need a self assured wearer that doesn't concern themselves with marketing but only the assertive impression Black Orchid's sillage will give! For this Platinum Egoiste fan this is a real turn in tastes to spray but oddly I just can't keep from reaching for my sample! Will I buy a FB of this one? The verdict is still out but this unique unisex scent definitely has made an impression on my nose I won't soon forget!

Scent ~ 9/10

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