This does not smell like the hotel, and it's fine...
... my favourite hotel's scent is called 'Black Orchid'. Whilst they do have a perfume version of it, it smells not close as amazing as to what they pump in the air in Hong Kong. So, I went ahead and blind bought a bottle of Tom Ford's Black Orchid in the hope it is similar. It is not.
I actually have never smelled it before, since I am usually not a great fan of Tom Ford perfumes and find them overprices for what they deliver.
Now, what I got is a spicy concoction in which I can zero of the mentioned blackcurrant, even the truffle is hard to detect as a truffle person but I can attest a certain woody and dirtiness for sure.
There's something that resembles the smell of the Ritz, that must be Black Orchid, so far so good. I do get some of the fruit on the dry down, plenty of wood and strong hints of patchouli and some vetiver kick.
This is a fundamental unisex fragrance. I can see how people hate it, I can see how people think its overprices, I really like it, but am not sure if I buy it again.
My biggest issue is - I don't think it performs well. Probably my skin or my nose, but after an hour or so it's very much a skin scent. Even, when I spray it on fabric.
Anyway - smells nothing like the hotel, I am glad I bought it anyway. What rambling! Cheers!
