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REVIEW OF BLACK CASSIS – (Not in Fragrantica Database)
NOTES: British black current, lavender, patchouli, vetiver, vanilla and a hint of pepper.
Since Black Cassis isn’t listed in the database I’m leaving a review here instead. Inspired by the roaring 1920s, Black Cassis truly does remind me of elegant, flapper girls partying on hot summer nights, the Charleston, and the jazzy tones of Cole Porter and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue!
I picked up a gift set of the 50ml edp & 150ml hand cream at the Art Deco Museum gift shop in Tulsa. Since the flapper girl boxes are being discontinued the entire BSQ. Collection was on sale at half off the original price. I tried the Fig & Cherry first. It was beautiful but as I wanted to sniff all the bottles available I moved on. Black Cassis was the last scent I picked up but It was love at first sniff! The most lusciously dark, juicy black current with a hint of vanilla swirled around me. It has since been about 5 hours since I first sprayed it…not bad longevity for Oklahoma’s wilting, desert heat at the height of summer. The dry down is softer with the vetiver and lavender coming out to play shyly, while juicy current remains the star of the show.
Update: Longevity of this juice lasts about 6 hours tops on skin in humid temperatures. It does last longer on clothes, or skin in cooler weather or air conditioning, about 9 hours. An absolute STEAL for $20 for the set!
Nekiy_Phoenix – :
I like this. It does smell very sweet and jammy to start off with but the drydown is earthy and warm.
punker_86 – :
I love fig and i have great expectations for about this one. What a mistake! It was a great disappointment. It’s very synthetic, boring, syrupy and cheap scent.
dis117 – :
Very synthetic from start to the end, I gave it away to young girl which find it lovely fruity.
Genera1Zod – :
Love it, it’s light, but interesting. Cherries aren’t too synthetic, and I can feel fig leaves too. I think it’s one of the most interesting fragrances from BSQ
Chtammo – :
It opened with a burst of alcohol and lipstick. The kind of lipstick our grandmothers used to wear, powdery and rosy, but not pleasant at all. I do feel something smoky, but mostly it’s just fig and cherry as the name of the perfume stands. I couldn’t agree less though to those who have said that it smells more expensive that it actually is. For me it smells very, very cheap. I would suggest this fragrance to those who love something like Morgan fragrances (the one with cherry), because this will be more natural and won’t disturb the others around you.
I have spoken. Based from reviews I waited for lovely cherries, but this has no depth, no nothing. Just cherries dipped in alcohol.
Fantom99 – :
I was drawn to the retro packaging (and the price…very reasonable) but both my 20 year old daughter and I love this fragrance (had only smelt it previously in air fresheners!)It is really different and has a dryness to it that makes me want to keep investigating it.
tochocink – :
Cherries are delicious, and I love fig fragrances, but this is not for me-at least for regular wear. It doesn’t smell cheap-it’s not cloyingly syrupy– it’s just super-duper jammy as sky76sky made clear for everyone.
I prefer my fruit as more refreshing/light/juicy or bitterish/tart and serving a very complementary place in a composition-all of the notes are well-balanced for me but the cherry is just too sweet-perhaps not tart enough. I will be wary of cherry in general-but I actually don’t dislike the smell of this-even if I didn’t feel excited about the smell, my work day wasn’t interrupted by a desire to bathe, or thoughts of “get it off me, I don’t want to try this anymore/right now”. The lasting power is decent-I would say 4 hours-perhaps 3-since I got a small bit on my shirt, and some of the fragrance was surely radiating from my shirt rather than my skin alone. Once the cherries fade a bit, the fragrance becomes much prettier for me, but this is Fig & CHERRY, so wearing this and waiting for the cherries to fade is kind of silly.
It’s not my bag, but for someone who certainly really loves floral fruities AND cherries or even gourmandy fragrances, this might be what you have been looking for! I think I could like it more with every wearing even, but I would rather follow the fragrance path that matches me more closely.
dominikabc – :
I didn’t hold much hope for this inexpensive little fragrance, but the 20’s cloche hat drew me in for a closer look & a quick sniff as I waited in the queue to pay for my shampoo.
Sweet serendipity! This is a rich, creamy fragrance jam-packed with fruit & softened with cedarwood – not my usual choice of fragrance, but one so cheery & upbeat that I bought it on the spot.
Juicy figs & cherries, apricots & an assortment of black berries made into a rich, aged & almost crystalised & fermented jam.
Syrupy sweet, dark & delicious, this scent skips past the twee & tweeny icing sugar & candy offerings & almost lands in the cough medicine section if it wasn’t for the healthy amounts of cedar wood & musks in the mix.
Smells far more expensive than it is although the lasting power is only average. If you enjoy compots of rich fruits, morello cherries & hot honeyed figs you won’t regret buying this.
Jam, jam, jam! 🙂