Description
Deep woods keep dark secrets… Imagine a forest floor shimmering with mystical energy that radiates from petals of Black Gardenia and rare Spiced Orchid. Rich layers of Balsam and Vanilla conceal a whiff of both danger and mystery, making DARK ORCHID a phenomenal hypnotic and addictive treasure. A fragrance impossible to forget!
Dark Orchid by Amouroud is a fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Dark Orchid was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Cecile Hua. Top notes are mandarin orange, citruses, black gardenia and sicilian bergamot; middle notes are jasmine, ylang-ylang, lotus and black orchid; base notes are sandalwood, indonesian patchouli leaf, incense and vanilla.
Finaret – :
Do you love Tom Ford Black Orchid but you find it overwhelming? Try this Dark Orchid. It is similar if not a copy. The vibe is 100% feminine though. The TF is darker. Sillage is heavy and the longevity is also above the average.
The combo of ylang ylang/vanilla gives a caramelish vibe which dominates along with orchid and patchouli. Pretty linear, less strong than TFBO, a beautiful feminine evening scent for cool weather.
VDmaster – :
Sorry – I have to contradict the review posted below by Jeffwithfrags; his description is so wide of the mark, I am wondering if he tested another fragrance and has accidentally posted his review on the wrong page!
Dark Orchid bears absolutely NO resemblance – at all – to Chanel No 5. If you decide to test or buy Dark Orchid with that expectation, you are going to be very sorely disappointed; this is unsurprising as the two perfumes have hardly any notes in common.
There are no aldehydes for starters; if there were and they were anywhere near as pungent as they are in No 5, I wouldn’t have Dark Orchid in my collection, let alone count it as one of my favourite autumn/winter perfumes. (My apologies to No 5 lovers.)
Calvini and milkyway have both nailed the description of Dark Orchid; it is a less sweet but richer (and far more expensive!) version of TF Black Orchid. In fact, every time I wear it, at least one person asks me if I am wearing Black Orchid.
Fragrantica have neglected to allocate DO to a perfume group, but I’d venture to suggest it belongs in the “Oriental Floral” category – with Black Orchid.
7191 – :
It’s a fruity floral which I tend to steer away from, so naturally this would lean towards feminine and have pronounced flower notes in it.
And, it does! It opens like a nicer, vanillic Chanel No5, or basically; like a 1000 other ‘nice’ fruity florals.
I do not get any of the ‘citruses’ as pronounced. The scent is quite milky, smooth and definitly you can smell the thick flesh of a petal in there amid pillowy, non-syrupy vanilla.
0 darker notes here in the beginning.
Later, the vanilla ‘mush’ sort of thickens and maybe, I find some nice sweetish wispy smoke in there, but this just may be the mandatory woods playing in.
Meh, nice on a whim but pass for me. Women of course are likely to smell this much ‘better’ than what I am getting, so of course my votes are always very subjective
Testing courtesy of Harrods
My rating: 5/10
magnum367367 – :
Wow it is pretty similar to Black Orchid, but thankfully not as cloyingly sweet! Instead woodier, more floral & incensy. You can smell the aquatic-woody-floral lotus in the background right behind patchouli & incense, which should be alongside the yellow-tinted ylang. More sensual than LM Parfums Sensual Orchid (chuckle) and feels like it could’ve been in Tom Ford Private Blend Atelier d’Orient. The drydown is even woodier with sandalwood peaking out; now I REALLY like it!
Леха26 – :
Very beautiful – sweet, orchid and patchouli, with a lovely touch of the vanilla, a nice tang of citrus, lovely rich delicious fragrant ylang-ylang, gentle lotus and intense jasmine; and the incense and sandalwood make a very rich and smooth dry-down. It all makes a beautiful well-blended, strong, orchid perfume…..really does smell like a sweet orchid…..It’s really gorgeous.
Rikekayallbem – :
Very sweet patchouly orchid. The vanilla was lost to me behind the patchouly. Heady, sweet and incensy this fragrance does not play around, but jumps right at it.
There is some citrus pill and incense in the beginning together with a blast of a fragrant, heavy heady smell of orchid, just like you get when you smell the flower really close. The heady sweetness that remains in your sinus for a while afterwards, cancelling all the other smells. The flowers are blended wonderfully here – if you really focus, you can smell the aquatic lotus, earthy jasmine and tangy and sweet ylang ylang.
This is a floral heavy hitter, a lot more interesting than TF’s Black Orchid imho.