Black Silk

[nolifeking]

A throaty laugh, a sinuous whisper: blackened sandalwood and bourbon vanilla cream with gleaming Haitian patchouli, animalic ambergris accord, immortelle absolute, white benzoin, and a drop of tobacco absolute.

I'm way out of my confort zone here but could'nt resist the beautifull artwork hehe

Wet: Silky fabric! There is a really prominent salty element- must be the ambergris I guess! The patch behave nicely and stay in the background for once. The immortelle is present as well.

Dry: the tobacco come to play with the others.This is really sweet! Not sure if I detect benzoin ou sandalwood at this stage.No vanilla at all, which is sad because I'm a big fan of vanilla :'(

Verdict: This blend is..quite interesting. I'm glad I got a bottle only because it is quite unique among the scents I own! I'm not in love with it, but this is a keeper for sure! I'll need to retest this with vanilla bourbon SN

Edit 22/4:
Black Silk really started to grow on me! It just needed a little time to settle down I finally get sandalwood and vanilla Edited September 2, 2016 by nolifeking

[Blood onmy hands]

The smoky patchouli and tobacco wind up smelling like stale cigarette smoke to me, with an ambery, cologne-like feel from the ambergris. I don't get any vanilla or sweetness, which makes this unpleasant to me. Also, Black Silk is a very light fragrance with not much throw or staying power on me, in spite of its heavy note list.

[aylafr]

I expected this to be darker and throatier but it was mainly creamy vanilla with some patchouli underneath, very nice yet not what I was looking for.

[Jenjin]

All of the quirky notes smashing their little sparkling molecules together is magnificent. This fragrance for me, evokes a certain time, and material while remaining elusively vague. It achieves this feat with its seemingly amorphous quality, delicate, clean, classy and understated.
Neither woody nor floral, I can't exactly describe it as heavily herbal or musky either, yet somehow it smells distinctive and chic. Like a cross between the scent of a freshly printed upscale design magazine and the interiors of a luxury occult shop, the warm, seductive ambergris shines at the finish, while the wispy, earthy tobacco gives it a certain sensual sophistication and mystic. This makes me feel swishy and delicately swathed in timeless elegance.

Edited August 1, 2017 by Jenjin