Description
Prominent perfumer Mark Buxton is famous for his top-notch perfume compositions by the houses of: Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Versace, Salvador Dali, Chopard, Cartier, Ferre, as well as for his long-term cooperation with niche house of Comme des Garcons. His motto is: ”Simplicity is the ultimate degree of luxury.”
Besides his author work in perfumery, Mark Buxton‘s interests intertwine by connecting exploration of top quality and beauty. English painting, antique and gastronomy certainly make a part of mosaic of personality and world view of the famous perfumer. New, personal collection he has recently presented, was named Metamorphoses of Colours and Moods by Mark Buxton.
Colours are closely connected with mood. Mark Buxton demonstrated secrets clearly and simply by connecting colours and person’s character and mood in his collection of seven fragrances, with the offered colour palette. Choose your colour and you will be offered a range of notes and aromas.
Collection Metamorphoses of Colours and Moods encompasses seven perfumes with the following names:
Wood & Absinth,
Black Angel,
Hot Leather,
English Breakfast,
Around Midnight,
Sounds & Vision,
Nameless.
Black Angel is the ultimate mixture full of elegance. Englishman in New York. It incorporates aromas of citrus, bergamot, orange, mandarin, rosemary, ginger, cardamom and coriander in top, with nutmeg, jasmine, lily of the valley and iris root in a heart, finishing with styrax, Guaiac wood and patchouli in base notes.
The palette of seven new fragrances of the collection shows moments of life, colours of moods, feelings and experienced emotions, which affect us sentimentally. Find the mentioned palette of colours on Mark Buxton‘s official website and check which fragrance belongs to you… or which fragrance you belong to! Black Angel was launched in 2008.
IP7an – :
Not a great scent, somewhat generic with low sillage and longevity. There are other spicy citrus fragrances out there. Received as a free sample, I won’t be making a purchase.
Ninka_emizebraabito – :
عطر لطيف جداً
يصلح ان يكون بديل لعطر ميمو افريكان لاذر
لمن ينفرون من الروائح الثقيلة والقوية
Therceecofe – :
9154mf and Charli both wrote descent and good reviews about this very nice fragrance. Other reviewers are like fallen from the Mars 🙂
SaNyEtChEk – :
2/10
mavrik69 – :
This is mostly a sweet citrus perfume, kind of weak, boring and derivative. It’s not original or surprising in any kind of way and the spicyness is not strong enough to make it interesting.
HIDE_2012 – :
Okay, I’ve tried this twice now and, while it’s bright and pleasant, the combination of notes smells pretty precisely like toothpaste and mouthwash. A better name might be “Good Hygiene”. I’ll give Mark Buxton credit for always swinging for the fences–his hits are fabulous and his misses tend to be spectacular.
Sillage: 1-2 ft
Longevity: 2-3 hours
Fabulosity: semi-annual checkups
Value to price ratio: poor
2/10
lightb – :
“Black Angel” is all about the zingy top notes for me. I get a wealth of spicy ginger and fresh coriander, with citrus fizzing through like lemonade, over a whisper of jasmine.
For some reason, however, on my skin it seems to skip the sparkly opening act and sink straight into the dry woody sweetness of the base notes, where the texture is less ‘spicy aromatic’ and more warm, almost gourmand, like ginger bread. I assume this is down to body heat? The store owner was even surprised at how different it smelled on my arm, and although she thought my skin “enhanced” it, I rather preferred the quality it had on paper.
The longevity and sillage were also quite disappointing, but this may have been down to over exposure (it was the last in a long list of testers). I might try it again with a fresh nose, as it did intrigue me. Definitely a recommend for ginger lovers.
Manxzflovx – :
I agree with some reviewers: very citrusy and very masculine. I tried all newer Mark Buxton scents, which are all unisex, and I simply can’t see them for women. To me they also were more scent impressions than wearble scents for men or women.
Romaxa – :
I really enjoyed the sample I had of this. At first you get a strong boozy citrus blast, which makes you feel like someone has thrown a cocktail over you…in a good way, kind of. Then the spices come through and the perfume settles into something very pleasant and wearable. I don’t recognise this perfume from the advertising blurb on Buxton’s site. It is more suitable for daytime for me. The lasting power is alright, but for the asking price one would expect a bit more. It is wildly overpriced. Most perfumes are, but the ingredients listed aren’t so exotic and it’s not a ‘special occasion’ scent. Who are the people who can afford this stuff without a sharp intake of breath, and why aren’t I related to them?
Nfernal – :
It’s like a soft citrus with some bracing ginger and herbs mixed in. It’s nice and well blended, but strikes me as a bit too masculine. Soon some warm spices come in.
лябуль – :
I do not like this….(see edit)….I love woody, spicy, warm scents, but there is a certain woody character that turns my stomach and is too rich…..it is here and also Josef Statkus does it, maybe it’s the patchouli combined with the wood and spices. Not sure. Anyway, there is a similar effect in CB’s Fire From Heaven, but I actually love that scent. Not really sure what crossed the line in this one. : /
Edit: Tried this again and it’s not so bad. Maybe I just over-applied? I actually like it today, still not enough to go for a whole bottle though.
Mesod137Diobtetty – :
I really love this perfume. It is at the beginning a fresh spicy citrus that settles down to a quiet ginger as “pitbull friend” says. But i also find a mild vanilla note i the base, although vanilla isn´t found in the fragrance notes. There is nothing “Black” about this perfume, altough i expected it when i bought it. It´s a light sweet spicy scent – and it is wonderful!