Comme des Garçons
Black
Woody Chypre
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Summer
Smoky leather meets bitter oakmoss and dark patchouli for a dry, shadowy character. Spices flicker underneath, warm but never sweet. It feels cool and mineral at first, then quietly animal.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Known Lane
You know exactly what you like and wear it for yourself.
You know your lane and you're happy there. The comfort of familiarity is special and should be honoured. A memory in waiting.
See your own Taste Map →How Black smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Black reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Black reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 87th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 93rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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