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OCSANA – :
Exceptional perfume! The peppery notes are among the most beautiful ever perceived by my nose! I also feel the pine and I put my hands on the fire that the pine is present! In winter it makes it not good but VERY GOOD! EXTRAORDINARY FRAGRANCE!
aspicaJakiz – :
This is a super hot and volcanic fragrance!
It reminds me of a sea. Probably the Black Sea or the Mediterranean Sea or something more northern. It is dark on a gravel beach I am walking along, there are bonfires, aromatic herbs and spices being fumed.
Furthermore, it has something of mountain air; rocks, pine trees, so wild a nature.
Longevity and projection are moderate, which is also great.
Maxendra – :
Perfume taste is truly personal …
For me this scent is just unbelievable !!!
… true to its name it does smell of pepper.
It has a smokey, sweet, spicy, peppery smell which is addictive and seductive… defintely a night perfume … probably for formal occasions.
Average longevity and sillage for me but bear in mind I have only wore it in the winter (bought it in Dec 2017)
Expensive but worth it as very few people would have smelt it.
Just class and sexiness!!!!
10/10
EDIT: 2 compliments received in bar 23/02/18
EDIT: compliment received in a taxi 21/04/18
EDIT: 3 compliments (2F-1M) received in a party 04/05/18
EDIT: 2 (female) compliments received in social gathering 08-09-18
NiP – :
Spicy – smoky – sweet earthy
Color impression: Oxford blue
Black pepper is fruit of fertile imagination of Antoine Maisondieu; the remarkable nose behind many mainstream and niche class fragrances.
Black Pepper is a solispice fragrance with embossed peppery incense notes that reminds of that in Comme des Garçons Black. Yet more refined and posh than Black, peppery notes in the actual fragrance counterpoint with cedar wood and earthy warm oriental patchouli/oud base. A touch of musk acts like final sheen on its abrasive surface. A solid pepper fragrance to die for.
★★★★
LifeGuard…. – :
That pepper smell is so authentic its unbelievable. Antoine Maisondieu did a fantastic and artistic job at the same time. Comme des Garcons as a house and their parfumeures stick to a certain subject and dont come off their path and that persistence is well noticable in their juices. They are very authentic, true to their name and the declared notes. when they say wood, they create wood , when they say pepper, they really create pepper and when its called green, then its really green. I appreciate the philosophy behind the creations of this house.
ozols1 – :
The one thing about CDG frags is that for the most part every note can be easily detected and this is no different. Sharp opening pepper blast that adds a dark and deep woody base while the Tonka keeps it from being “too” strange. Just enough smokiness from the oud adds a nice element to the dry down. Performance is average at about 5-6 hours with a nice scent bubble for 3-4 hours. All in all, it’s a wonderfully blended scent for those that want something different but still wearable.
terra56 – :
It smells like fresh black pepper, true to its name. Exactly that. You can’t go wrong with this one, it’s clean, fresh and safe.
Literally if you want to know how it smells without testing it, go and crack some black peppers, moist it and smell it 🙂
Longevity: 5 hrs
Projection: I think it’s good, you don’t need a slap in the face with this type. It projects well enough.
Sillage: Not sure. Maybe in warmer temperatures it improves but from what I could test it’s hard to tell. Feels like good for office or closed spaces.
For the price, i wouldn’t go for it. As a scent it’s good but can never be my first choice if you have Wonderoud and Wonderwood next to it 🙂
cosmos50 – :
while i was crushing black peppers the other day, there comes a whiff of blackpepper fragrance to mind! it is incredible how true to its name this perfume really is. there is something refreshing and herbaceous about it which makes it incredibly easy to wear. while cdg 2 is really hard to pull off – i wear it only when temperature drops to below 10c, blackpepper is definitely what could be described as everyday cdg. it is straightforward, simple, what-you-see-is-what-you-get perfume. love it.
lagoy – :
I absolutely love this fragrance and it was my second purchase from CDG. I can tell you for sure, this smells exactly like rich, warm, fresh cracked black peppercorn. That may be off-putting to some, but this works beautifully and is a very dry, alluring, and dark fragrance but can be worn all day as well.
It opens a bit sharp with a full blast of blackpepper and the dry down gives way to dry cracked pepper, patchouli, wood, rounded with the sweetness of tonka bean. I don’t get the Oud note in this, but I am sure it’s there somewhere.
For me, this is a remarkable fragrance and I really love it. If you like dry spice, dry woods, rounded with subtle warm sweetness, then you will love this fragrance.
10/10
McOneT – :
A very nice peppery fragrance with some nicely blended resins and spices. Very elegant, very wearable. The drydown is similar to that of Montale Greyland, just a bit sweeter and more refined. Performance is about average.
XxCreYxX – :
Beautiful and then 20 minutes later it dries down close to the skin, pity… after the much-loved Black, I had hoped that CDG would create a Black Beast.
Catpsn – :
Way too sweet for me, verging on the cloying. Gack.
Meyirimkhan – :
The name says it all, you will spell exactly like Black Pepper! Very masculine in its appeal on the skin; however, the fragrance does turn into a skin scent fairly quickly.
nadya11 – :
Stunning for the first 20 seconds. Then it becomes a headache inducing and loud concoction. No
feanor.ivan – :
It’s an amazing chemical trick – how can a liquid smell SO intensely and realistically of the taste of black pepper? With so many subtle shades and tones of the spice – the sort of shadowy coolness, the burning heat, the rich and fruity/woody outlying compounds – yet without making you sneeze? It’s audacious, it made me laugh out loud – a perfumer’s showoff party trick, a sort of olfactory equivalent of popping a perfect wheelie or skateboard stunt.
Spectacular and impressive. Yet like so many others here – I found it died on my skin. 25 minutes after application and NOTHING. Not the slightest tingle. Not even detectable where it was.
so, no sale, CDG – though it’s given me new respect for your lab techs!
homaaaaa – :
In many ways this is exactly what I hoped it would be. It’s a delicious variation on CDG Black EDT with added dazzle of a really photorealistic black pepper in the intro and a fuller, fleshed out tonka-driven, creamy and charred drydown. I love CDG Black but its poor longevity prevents me from purchasing another full bottle. Unfortunately, Blackpepper hasn’t performed much better despite being designated EDP-strength. I still might buy a full bottle of Blackpepper since it smells awesome and is relatively affordable. My challenge to CDG Parfum though, is to release some fragrances that put their brilliant spin on heavy, extrait-strength classic French perfumery. Escentric Molecules and Nomenclature and others have adopted the CDG minimal/industrial aesthetic of chic, fleeting, mannequin-skin scents and it no longer feels avant garde or worthy of the house. I would love to see what they do at the opposite end of the spectrum.
pdovgan – :
Anyone who reads my reviews will be aware that I’m a massive fan of Comme des Garcons but I have been a little out of the loop fragrance wise recently, so this release had passed me by somewhat.
I’ve acquired some samples now and I’ve got to say on measure I don’t think it’s very good.
The opening is fantastic and has all the excitement I’d expect, not only from CdG but from a pepper focused scent. I love the idea of black pepper being the central attraction of a scent and really like Marc Jacobs Bang and Clive Christian V for example. Unfortunately my main gripe with this fragrance is that it suffers from the same lack luster performance and intensity issues as Bang does.
Blackpepper opens well enough with an unmistakable and aromatic pepper note which is both sweet, hot, dry and then into a steaky, gourmand peppercorn sauce sort of vibe. What interests me is ‘where does this scent go from here?’ that is the question, knowing that pepper notes are fleeting in most other outings.
This one actually goes into nice CdG territory and becomes oddly sweet, reminding me of something I can’t quite place. It’s complex and more like a pink pepper after 20 mins or so but with some elements and style from Amazingreen or Man 2 and that incense modernity which is always a theme CdG nod to in most of their creations. The tonka is hinted at and patchouli works well with the pepper promoting an earthy but almost creamy vibe.
All this complexity does please and intrigue and I’m never one to be unfair to a fragrance about lack of performance but this one on my skin was a joke.
I wish I could tell you what it was like after the first hour but the fact is Blackpepper had all but disappeared.
I wanted to love it so much and it does have some merit, all comme des Garcon scents please you right out of the gate but then after a few wears in hindsight, become one trick ponies. This ran the whole series of emotions in double quick time and now I’m at the last stage ‘acceptance’ of the fact this just isn’t that great.
I will wear the rest of my samples and maybe even do a revision of this review, perhaps it was my high expectations but there you go.
g_sharapov – :
What an amazing sweet woody and peppery fragrance! There is a lot going on here: a smell of wooden hut and old dry cracked wood, as well as precious and refined smooth wood. These woods are sprinkled with most amazing black pepper. A very multi nuanced perfume.
Ruslansus – :
Blackpepper falls within that range of dark and intriguing fragrances that both draw my attention and motivate me to use for its tremendous personality.
Of minimal and avant-garde conception, its evolution is almost linear and according to drought it transmits more and more heat.
It feels like a tremendous burst of black pepper softened and warmed by the Tonka. The woods of dry nuances are transformed into the ashes of this nuclear explosion and patchouli contributes the character as if it were a black hole that catches you in addiction.
Very good mix.
Rating: 8
alex2158 – :
Hello there, I’d like to know to which olfactive group this fragrance belongs to. Any suggestions?
dididi – :
Very peppery and sharp on application, a bit medicinal, but very complex. I loved it!
And then . . . 15 minutes later, I reapplied because it felt nearly gone.
Two hours later and the scent is only noticeable from about 2 inches. Lunchtime – totally absent. I wanted this to be MUCH MUCH BIGGER a scent.
Stvol – :
This fragrance for me is a marvellous and surprising discovery of the entire fall season; it is unconventional. Traditionally, the scents on the theme of pepper are based on cedar or incense; however, here I smell a base of patchouli, a huge patchouli I must say. The amount of patchouli is higher than pepper and I wouldn’t be surprised if this fragrance would be named Blackpatchouli. It seems they used the record concentration of the Akigalawood in Blackpepper.
Tanja2010 – :
Striking similarities between this and Montale Greyland. I have both and I have to say that Greyland feels like it has more pepper than this one does. I believe it’s the pepper-cedar-musk combo that provides the common feel between the two. Smells kimd of sexy imo, but Greyland is much better in every way.
PansilaPoox – :
I love this latest addition to CDG! It’s almost perfect–the longevity isn’t very good on me and I’d like if the black pepper lasted a tad longer than just say 5 minutes. AND it’s very, very similar to Sacred Wood By Kilian which I also have…but, I’m being picky because it’s so sublime.
What sets this one apart is that it has the unique woody scent of Akigala wood which isn’t really a wood but a product of an enzymatic process. I came across this interview of Antoine Maisondieu who created the scent for CDG which I’d like to share here:
From Antoine Maisondieu:
“I became aware of Akigala Wood about a year ago. When I learned it wasn’t a wood but an enzymatic digestion of patchouli I was very interested. The reason is this is a very different process to altering the overall profile of patchouli essential oil. Distillation is a process of using physics. Enzymatic digestion is allowing enzymes to digest parts of the essential oil they find tasty. This leaves behind a patchouli altered by biology. When I had the opportunity to smell Akigala Wood it is only because I know it was once patchouli that I make the comparison. What the enzymes seem to be feasting on are the molecules within patchouli oil which impart the earthy herbal character of that oil. What is left behind in Akigala Wood is an enhancement of the spicy character in an undefined woody matrix. Which makes it a near perfect partner for the black pepper.”
As a fan of all things woody, dark, spicy, warm and patchouli, I couldn’t resist this juice. It’s unique, addictive and classy– It’s just sublime!
Longevity-4
Sillage-7
Perfume-11 (;^>
UPDATE: I got tired of this quickly and gave it to my daughter, who loves it. I like this juice but I’m not longer ecstatic–it fizzled out for me.
Bribrebialt – :
the opening of this reminds me of when you touch a greasy car part and smell your finger. to me it stays this way for a while, becoming more dry and dusty as it dries down until it takes this sudden shift and becomes this amazing, sweetish ultraviolet smell that reminds me of gasoline. thank god i’ve found an equivalent that won’t give me brain damage
jek61 – :
Vampata di pepe rapida,poi sopratutto cedro.
After rasatura,maschile.
Di garcons nemmeno a parlarne…questo e’decisamente maturo.troppo maturo!
dobeeerman – :
I bought a full bottle in Paris. I already have Wonderwood and Wonderoud and I think this is the younger brother of both. A softer version with less sillage. Safe fragrance for man anyways. I like it, and I love Comme Des Garcons, but maybe this is a little bit more of the same IMHO.
shtuchka4000 – :
I got this fragrance yesterday and it has been instant utter joy. It starts out with an explosion of delicious oily pepper that soon calms down a bit and it then becomes utterly beautiful and warm for a surprisingly long time. As with most scents with a Comme des Garçons signature it stays relatively close to the skin but with an immense longevity. During the drydown on my skin, once the pepper has significantly softened, it feels like a distant cousin to Rive Gauche Pour Homme but still retains enough individuality to be its own distinct scent. A simply wonderful and highly recommended fragrance that feels modern, elegant and really distinguished. Seldom has the colour of a bottle (which actually isn’t jet-black in real life) been more accurate in depicting the overall olfactory impression.
DailedDima7s – :
Pitched in-blacker hue somewhere on a darker and fuller-toned olfactory spectrum of CDG’s beautifully aromatic Monocle Scent Tree, Sugi, BLACKPEPPER is an absolute triumph and, arriving in a glossy Beetle appropriately finished in polished black and released as if freshly hatched from the CDG hive, the Perfume, plus its box, inner paper, and bottle is like a Nicolas Winding Refn film shot in ultra-levels of HD with a meticulously attention to every detail as each respective scene is imbued with a dramatic and gloriously lit and dynamic palate.
Reminding me of the somewhat heady residues of cannabis that waft over an initially obedient liturgical mood located in Montale’s, ‘Greyland’, BLACKPEPPER displays a stripped-bare muscularity and mesomorphic rugged structure smudged all-over with that which I assume is some form of oily
rotting oud like the uber-virile Tom Hardy naked and camouflaged as ‘Bronson’ – albeit without the threat of imminent unbridled aggression and violence.
Indeed, as abundant lashings of black pepper enliven a truly intelligent use of cedar – the latter obliterating the monotony of the modern pencil-shaving accord by appearing strangely and warmly charred – a fugacious, weird, ‘nappy’, ‘panty’, musky-patchouli accord muses on proceedings as if such basic of garments were discarded indifferently in a heap in the corner of a room.
Prima facie, ‘masculine’, I would love to smell this on a woman as it slightly leans towards territory occupied by Olivier’s ‘Black Tourmaline’ and, more distantly, the oh-so dense, ‘Interlude Man’. Moreover, I would wager that, although not listed above, there is a resinous incense lurking somewhere within that, together with the aforementioned vegetal nature of musk, shifts emphasis just as if the dangerously defiant Bronson, on-capture, was subject to an immediate hose-down and scrub clean with a caustic industrial coal-tar soap.
Characteristically CDG: BLACKPEPPER manages to present something not-so new yet portrays it in such a comprehensive and intelligent way that it is like encountering such an olfactory theme for the very first time and initiates a reflex cascade of seemingly involuntary re-sniffing in this writer.
Smoky, darkly woody, pinguid, and intriguing, BLACKPEPPER is notably dissimilar to the more intense incense-based and liquorice delights of ‘Black’ although, like the latter, is arguably one of the best releases from CDG in recent years. Easy to wear, and ‘dangerously polite’ as when Bronson found cathartic expression through his artistic endeavours, this is a treasure and a must-have for all CDG fans and lovers of the Beetle in all its aromatic darkness.
8-10
fiho – :
It opens with quite a medicinal almost eucalyptus note mingled with the black pepper. It’s sharp and oily but this soon softens to something more wearable. The pepper starts to dry out into a more powdery tone as the wood starts to emerge. There is a truly satisfying smokey aspect of burnt cedar that develops in the heart which is mysterious and alluring. I don’t detect much in the way on tonka though this probably helps soften and add the tiniest sweetness to an otherwise otherworldly dry woody pepper fragrance.
This falls in line nicely with the CDG collection; it’s not earth shattering but it’s deliciously wearable and will make a fiine autumn winter scent.