Challenging... in a good way.
When I first sniffed Black Orchid in a magazine sample before it was released I was captivated by the dark roundness of the scent and promised myself to try it once it got on the market. Thus was the beginning of my love/hate affair with Black Orchid.
I got a sample of it at the department store and LOVED it. This is truly a complex daring sensual and sophisticated scent that smells like none of the current musk/flower/fruit celebrity fragrances out there. It opens heady and strong but settles into something dark and warm. Great staying power. There's something in this scent that smells like decadence on the verge of decay but never quite gets there. This is what makes Black Orchid especially intriguing and sexual -- the hint of feralness underneath the sophistication. To me the complexity of this scent makes it incredibly emotional. You're struggling with yourself when you smell it. Is it gorgeous? Is it disgusting? Is it gorgeous because it is disgusting? When you smell it the memory of it WILL stay with you for a long time.
The only reason I docked off a star is because it MIGHT not work on all skins all the time. When I first applied it to my skin several months ago something in the perfume turned on my skin chemistry and it dried down into a disgustingly sour stench. But today I decided to return to my vial (the same one!) to give it another go and this time it didn't turn at all and faded out gracefully. (Thank God! I can go back to adoring this perfume without it hating me!)
Black Orchid is a round dark smooth luxurious and sensual scent. And at the same time it's incredibly tempestuous and challenging. I really hope this scent sticks around and becomes a classic for the very fact that it is what it is: not willing to just be another fluffy "general" smell that everybody will find "pretty." Black Orchid isn't pretty but it is seductive and sultry and repulsive and beautiful all at the same time.More detail ...
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