Tom Ford
Black Orchid EDP
Amber Woody
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Orchid and lavender over an earthy truffle note and dark oud. It feels shadowed and sensual, warm and full, with an unusual dampness that gives it its edge.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
See your own Taste Map →How Black Orchid EDP smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Black Orchid EDP carries across a room and announces itself, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Black Orchid EDP reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 76th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black Orchid EDP carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black Orchid EDP sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 96th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black Orchid EDP sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 62nd percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Black Orchid EDP keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th 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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