Description
The French house of Mancera Parfums after this year’s new editions Aoud Blue Notes and So Blue represents an opulent composition which intertwines woody-chypre notes with a floral bouquet and intense leather. This is the latest edition, MANCERA BLACK PRESTIGIUM created to impress fans of chypre-leather editions with shades of flowers, wood and powder. The composition promises rich shades we will have the opportunity to test at perfume exhibition in Florence, Pitti Fragranze, where Mancera will present its collection.
Top notes of Mancera Black Prestigium blend bergamot, orris and patchouli, followed by alliance of roses and violets in the heart enhanced by Nepal oud and woody shades. Base of the composition is additionally warmed by rich amber and leather notes supported by white musk.
Fragrance Mancera Black Prestigium is available as 120ml Eau de Parfum.
Black Prestigium was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Pierre Montale.
edwarddv – :
Black Prestigium is a rich floral woody fragrance with roses, ouds, violets, irises and patchoulis. Has similar vibes with Montale’s Black Aoud but with violets, iris. It’s leans more on the masculine side and it’s pretty potent (in a positive way)! Lovers of Black Aoud (or Gold Rose Oudh) would love this as it’s more value for money at 120ml Eau De Parfum!
Having tried over 10 different frags from Mancera, Black Prestigium stands out impressively as my favourite Oriental from the Brand.
trein_07 – :
The opening is a synthetic mess of some sort of oud mixed with some sort of patchouli. The rose note gets very easily and quite soon suffocated by the chemical garbage surrounding it.
It stays synthetic throughout the whole journey, but that is no wonder from a Mancera.
It is long lasting-which in this case is not necessarily good news- and screams out loud in the wearer’s nose.
The only bearable phase of this fragrance is the violet middle note, even though one can get the same thing form any Prada l’homme flanker.
This is a mediocre mainstream creation, there is no niche here.
Sorry.
sloniki – :
very close to black to black by mancera…cousins i would say. potency is out of this world, bottle is regal.if you love rose, oud and saffron with pepper…this is it….if you own black to black you wont need this.i recommend it to winter heavy country users and mature noses
10 for the quality of a niche perfume
shu – :
All I get is leather, rise, saffron and dome genetic wood scent. Of the notes listed by Fragrantica; No Oud. No Bergamot. No Patchouli. No Amber. This is all purse-smelling leather and a bland, soft rose for most part. Blah.
petr008 – :
A very nice dark rose fragrance with some resin and booziness
If you wanted a more mellow and mature black phantom this is great
I think i like montale black aoud better
Very nice stuff indeed
Have a sniff men, 25 plus
6 to 8 hours and good projection
klerik – :
Very sad! New re-edition:( Chemical scent of perfume + cheap bottle design ingredients. My favorite BP is gone with the wind! FOREVER!!!
Fabra-raz – :
baby Poweder Extreme SOOOOOOO GOOOD
grigo.2000 – :
This seems to be perceived differently by everyone.
Opened for me with a HUGE oud. It’s reminiscent of both DKNY Delicious Night and Yves Rocher rose oud, but I think stands apart on quality and longevity. One spray was strong.
I was expecting powder and something more feminine from the reviews but it stands distinctly in the middle camp.
An expensive smelling scent, worthy of the Mancera name. No one can say these scents don’t project!
levapovobre – :
Powdery, glorious orris root and violet. Smooth patchouli, almost boozy rose. Sugary wood, amber, and musk. Very feminine. Absolutely lovely!
azartysn – :
This is definitely one of those violet mixes that smells like a grandma exploded some baby powder in your face. Thick, dry, and very feminine to me.
I think if youre a dude theres much better stuff if you actually like this sorta chalk, dry , vibe. Rather than smelling like someone busted a baby powder nut in a bathroom all over you.
kimuschka – :
Black Prestigium boasts a heady arrangement of cloudy aromatics, something like a vintage incense would have. The essence is somewhat grannyish, from a powdery, semi-floral Orris root (with a subtle cosmetic-like tinge to it); and a pale rose in the distant background. The heady nature of the fragrance desperately strives to present itself as majestic, but its perceptive effect on the senses suggests it’s just a strange illusion.
It’s like when granny is making a scene and demanding of reverence, when she was just a whore in her youth. Impossible to take seriously. And akin to that, this one is pretty impossible to enjoy, although the complexity is enough to capture the attention for a moment.
Denya – :
i love it, my girl loves it …. simple, nothing to solve
i´ve just tried a few mancera, montale, serge lutens (chergui, ambre sultan) and tiziana terenzi(laudano nero) …
and my most fave and most pleasant smell with great longevity was this … so i grabbed this from the niché shelve collection … love it
it´s hard to describe … just a quality of ingrediences
kehtrpa – :
I really enjoy this scent, but my girl hates it. She sprayed body mist to cover up the scent trail. Damn!
chz996elipseskism – :
complex, deep rich woods/iris/leather/amber. the dry down retains the complexity of early and middle stages while top and middle notes have a second life over the wearing. my skin brings out the sharp notes in the mix so that the iris is never powder but a sweet leather. not surprised that many find it feminine as, yes, it seems to me all gold silks and dark russet velvet. no vanilla at all. strong iris with amazing woody amber. even the violet/rose/oud work here as support of the main players. i wear it on formal occasions and often in winter. not light hearted and has seemed too complex for summer days; rather, is grounding and sumptuous
bill_gates_3d – :
Black Prestigium
Addendum to my review
Definitely Calligraphy Rose by Aramis. Very similar drydown. Great lasting power. It’s too pricy for what it is. Still and all, a comfortable grande dame feel to it.
Sasha_1996 – :
Powerful and dark, it opens to orchestral excesses. Wonderfully blended, controlled, and of course, of high quality. After an hour of a spritz, the woody notes remained too strong for me. But then, it settled into a powdery cosy rose. Again that grandiose Mancera touch that I love so much. Reminds me of Aramis Calligraphy Rose which is surprisingly affordable though discontinued and made with high quality ingredients. Check it out as an affordable alternative.
I give it an 8 out of 10 because it’s not linear at all but does an oriental dance. Staying power too.
aloha67 – :
Based on reviews below and a couple of YouTube videos, I decided to buy MBP blindly expecting it to be an expectacular fragrance. With patchouli, wood, Oud, leather, and amber I was expecting this juice to be very manly and a dark scent powerhouse. Also I expected MBP to be non-linear.
Instead what I got was a linear flowery/leather composition. I was told the opening had a big blast of bergamot (a bright and refreshing bergamot hit at the top is always welcome in introducing dark fragrances). But none of it. I was immediately hit by a dark Arabian/Turkish rose accompanied by violet and orris, and just a little sweetness from the amber. No patchouli, no musk, no Oud (huge dissatisfaction here), just a very faint woody note (a sandalwood accord that only lasted for the first hour), and leather (this I detected, a soft and easy-going one which I was pleased with because I generally don’t like heavy leather scents). The amber died down after 1 hour. And that is pretty much how it remained for the duration which is what a good EDP lasts on me (6-8 hours, but certainly no 17 hours with heavy scrubbing at shower time to remove It as I heard on one of the YT videos available at the time of this review). The big stars here are the rose, the orris, and the leather, with the violet adding a little side flavor. I wish I had smelt more Oud, woods, amber, and patchouli. I also wished the bergamot opening would have been more noticeable.
Mancera classifies this perfume as a masculine one, but I found this composition to be a little the feminine side, smelling like a brand new leather purse most of the time.
I had to spray it 7 times (1 on each side of the neck, 1 on the back of the neck, 2 on the chest, and 1 on each wrist) to get the 8 hours performance when I was told by a couple of people that anything more than 3 sprays would be lethal.
Well, thank God my sister liked the rose/iris/violet/leather combo here (which is all she also got), because I would have lost my $160 dollars watching the bottle go to waste on my dresser. At least she is enjoying it.
Happy Christmas sister!
ionkeira – :
The iris really shines through and gives the composition a waxy, lipsticky vibe which turns into a very powdery scent. The leather does it’s job well to balance the composition though and creates an interesting alluring blend but in my opinion this would be better on a woman.
I find this to be a sensual and interesting fragrance with a
very good performance.
дед52 – :
This is different, if you like Xerjoff richwood, take a look at this as they both have that dark powdery wood note. Not a copy, but similar vibes. Not bad, if you can get over the super strong opening
674122259 – :
First Impressions:
WOW!
What I get it’s a gorgeous big but elegante dirty woody rose soften by the powdery notes (I don’t really like powdery notes, but in this case it works wonderfully, they are note very evidente) with the back bone of leather and amber complemented beautifully by a soft touch of Mancera oud, wow, just wow!
I can see why some people see this with a little bit of a feminine side, it actually works great in this fragrance as a unisex fragrance.
gari2010 – :
Very nice review by Das Huffer. I kind of agree with it “leaning to a feminine side” this fragrance seems to have but it surprisingly doesn’t annoy me. I usually fancy stronger perfumes and actually picked this one over Wild Leather which also deserves a review.
The softness of the powdery-violet note on top of amber & musk is discreet enough to bring delicate warmth without being too sweet. No wildness here, the leather note is completely tamed.
What stroke me on the finish is that every scent in Black Prestigium gets together in a perfectly balanced and dosed out ensemble. This perfume evolves a lot with time: Rose, “spicy” patchouli, light earthy notes… swirling around the classic Montale/Mancera oud touch. Average longevity, nice sillage, not too strong.
It has a sort of comforting coherence without being too deja vu. Could be a quieter version of Montale’s Starry Night on the drydown.
Black Prestigium possesses a maturity feel in a distinguished and manly manner.
Edit: I finally bought Wild Leather which deserves its own review…
Combining both is definitely a great mix!
abate – :
For most of the life of this one I’d have to say it leans heavily towards the feminine. It borderlines on gourmand at times. Vanilla isn’t listed, but there’s a period where that was one of the strongest scents I got. Perhaps it’s a combo of the orris and/or amber and/or musc. I was hoping for a stronger violet presence, too, but I definitely got the rose, and a very powdery one at that. It spoke to being worn by a mature woman at this stage.
The drydown, however… wonderful! Here the oud, amber, and musc are left to shine warmly, and they do so beautifully. The finicky florals settle way into the background and only hint that they were ever there.
I would buy this, but knowing full well I’d need to apply it well in advance so it had time to reach its beautiful finish before I headed out.
I found the sillage to be above average, and the longevity moderate.