LeneMarie99

In 2021, I moved to a bigger city in my area and, like many other perfume lovers, I needed a new fragrance that I could associate with my new experiences. I have always been a fan of heavy, dark and sexy fragrances. However, many are too sweet, too musty or the durability is not good enough for the price. Now I was standing in a perfumery and sprayed Black Orchid Eau de Parfum on my wrist. Why not put it on a test strip first? Well, I found the bottle so appealing that I couldn't do it quickly enough. Then my first impression: I wrinkled my nose. For God's sake!!! I thought to myself. Who would wear something like that voluntarily? Even my grandma would find it too much of a good thing!
After I didn't find what I was looking for and drove home, I kept asking myself what smelled so good. Not the pungent, penetrating, stale water?
When even my mother asked me what I was wearing because I smelled so good (she is a complete perfume hater), I immediately ordered a bottle. The drydown is the most sensual thing I can imagine. It's sexy, dark, minimally sweet, cold and almost arrogant. About a year later, I moved back to my home town. I still had leftovers in my bottle, which I carefully divided up. Black Orchid Eau de Parfum is really not an everyday fragrance, perhaps at most in the depths of winter and then only in small doses. And yet I had to make a quick purchase before my appointment in the evening. After about an hour, I had a message on Facebook from a young man I only knew by sight. A compliment on my scent! Yes, it was a little creepy, but that was the only compliment I've ever received from a stranger about a perfume I've worn. And it has to be said that I live in a small town. People are sparing with compliments there. Then I wore the fragrance completely "to death". I simply couldn't smell it until the end. I don't know why myself. It was just too much for me at some point. Now I was looking for a new fall/winter fragrance and sniffed a sample of Honey Aoud
There was something familiar about this fragrance. Something captivated me. I opened my cupboard and smelled all the bottles I owned and hadn't worn for a few years. And that's when it happened to me and I had to order Black Orchid Eau de Parfum again.

The fragrance became part of my collection at the end of last year. A safe blind-buy candidate, I thought to myself when I saw the price. A tipsy apple cinnamon cake in a whiskey glass was what I had in mind. Unfortunately, that wasn't quite the case. You can clearly recognize the spicy apple in the opening. Unfortunately, the fragrance also reminds me strongly of a Hugo Boss men's fragrance mixed with Angels Share by Kilian.
Nevertheless, I thought it was very recognizable and really wanted to make friends with the fragrance. But whenever I wore it, it felt artificial. It was too intense for me, too much headache (and I actually love very strong fragrances!)
When I smell the scent, I think of fall, golden leaves, apple pie and cinnamon buns baked by a man who wears too much aftershave. It could have done with a little more freshness for my taste. Now it's sitting on the shelf, waiting for me to get my hands on it again in the fall. And who knows, maybe I'll like it a little better after a year of "maturing".

The new Black Opium over red was highly praised in all kinds of social media.
So I was all the more delighted when I received a sample. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks of TF's lost cherry when I think of cherry. And I hoped that the resemblance wouldn't be too great, because I wanted something other than a heavy cherry liqueur. I knew the Black Opium DNA would probably be there. I wore the scent every day when I was 18... and what can I say? You just get sick of it over the years. Full of expectations, I spray the sample on my arm... The opening is really a nice cherry. A little fresher than you would expect from lost cherry. Not too synthetic, really delicious. But after about 10 minutes there was no trace of it. What remained was the Black Opium that I wore to death years ago.
It's not a bad fragrance if you don't have too high expectations. I am a little disappointed because I was hoping that the cherry would last longer.

I had been looking for a fragrance for a long time that did justice to my imagination. I wanted to smell like I imagine a white satin dress to smell. A fragrance that you can wear in everyday life as well as for dinner when going out. Something gentle, soft, creamy but it should be special and eye-catching. Simply a heavenly fragrance with recognition value. After some research, I came across This is her and read, among other things, that it is definitely not a blind buy candidate. But I couldn't resist when I was able to get the fragrance for a bargain. The first time I sprayed it on, I thought: "wow, this is exactly what you've been looking for!" A soft, creamy, feel-good fragrance. It smells neat but expensive and niche. After about 30 minutes, I could understand the reviews that said the scent smelled like baby spit-up. It has something milky and spicy about it. But I wasn't put off at first. BUT after about an hour, the fragrance reminded me of a Zara men's fragrance that my ex was wearing at the time. Where had the creamy, comforting and soft scent suddenly gone? In the drydown, the fragrance smells extremely woody to me. I'm still trying to like it because it blew me away in the first few minutes. I now only wear the fragrance for layering, with scents that make it a bit more feminine. We are friends, but unfortunately not best friends yet.