Celine

Black Tie

Woody Floral · 2019

VanillaOrris RootMuskCedarOakmoss

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Moderate
Reported sillage
Moderate
Typical occasion
Evening Wear
Typical season
Autumn / Winter

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Across published reviews, most people register this first as vanilla, and reviewers consistently remark on the quality of the materials.

Modelled profile

Cedar and leather with violet softening the middle. Warm and refined, it has a quiet formality and a smooth, close feel.

Taste Profile

The Anchor archetype

The Anchor

The Dry Warmth

Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.

The warmth here is firm. It arrives unapologetic and stays put. Substance comes first, every time.

How Black Tie smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Black Tie reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthwarm, close0.81

Black Tie reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 90th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.49

Black Tie sits mid-range on projection.

Riskmid-range0.44

Black Tie sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 84th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturebalanced0.52

Black Tie carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 57th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.20

Black Tie keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 14th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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