Description
Ted Lapidus launches a new version of the original fragrance Lapidus Pour Homme (1987) named Lapidus Pour Homme Black Extreme. This edition celebrates 25 years since the successful debut hit the market.
Black Extreme version is more mysterious and warmer than the original. This dark oriental – fougere and spicy composition is distinguished from the original by prominent note of violet. Top notes include black pepper, citrus and violet leaves. Saffron and woody notes give a refinement to the heady orange blossom heart. Notes of labdanum and tonka form the dark base of this fragrance.
The creation is signed by Jean Jacques: “Lapidus pour Homme is a classic of the fougére structure I wanted to revisit, keeping some of the fundamentals like the citrus and aromatic notes. Lapidus pour Homme BlackExtreme is an oriental fougére, warm, ambery, and incandescent whose originality lies in the unique honey-saffron orange blossom harmony.”
The fragrance is available as 100 ml Eau de Toilette.
Lapidus Pour Homme Black Extreme was launched in 2012.
cti949Diobtetty – :
Just picked this up as a fall/winter cologne option in my arsenal. The longevity is awesome, wore it out couple of times and lasted almost throughout the day. The smell is more suited for the over 30 crowd. I haven’t received any compliments on it so far. But the fact that I get whiffs of it throughout the day makes me appreciate the progression more. Opening note is very fruity and incense mixed. It grows into a more floral and powdery fragrance. I get reminded of Kuoros which I own in terms of staying power, but this frag does not have the dirty note and is very pleasant but manly. A very versatile scent that can be worn for any occasion. I even wore it to work with just 2 sprays on either shoulder. If you are heading for a party you can amp it up further with one more spray near the neck, chest area. Anymore and it will stiffle you and those near you.
Saranxanda – :
Do not mind being among your group to get out of monotony
golovorezstalker – :
I GET INcense from this for some reason-i like it
kullernet – :
Very interesting and mysterious. I am a lover of dark floral powdery aromas, and this one somewhere fits the bill.
Being a true lover of original Lapidus , this one also intoxicated. Dry Down is Dry, powdery and sweet. This is a dark fragrance and got vintage feelings and that is only the reason i love this one.
andrey69 – :
this animal right here is pretty close to bogart one man show gold edition…winter only…and dont play around with that trigger…1 to max two half sprays will last on you all day…black animalic leather and lot of dry woody elements like gucci pour homme one or bentley for man absolute….it smells like a real man with beard and an axe going for logging.not for the faint of hearts 😉 love or hate …..for most….i love it…waiting for cold weather to hit me…leather is my favorite note 🙂
Payclarkpap – :
Beautiful scent and strong silage
Dyepsyamemo – :
This is PH, which is already a beast, with the volume turned up to 11.
The two share 80% of the same DNA. You mainly notice the difference in the top and mid notes, where PHBE is sharper and spicier.
At the dry down stage, PH and PHBE are almost identical twins.
I really like it and its a worthy addition to my wardrobe.
Yashumicu – :
at first smells like grape bubblegum, but dries down to something much nicer, great performance
dau – :
My God!!!!!!
That’s how heaven smells like!!!!
balon A – :
I find this to be a very underrated scent that should have become more popular. It can be bought for around €20 new here in Ireland for 100ml which is a good deal.
Firstly, the bottle, while unusual looking and definitely looks like something from the 80s (some might say dated, some might say its unique/nostalgic), it is made from plastic on the cap, and black glass on the main part. It is not see through in anyway. The box is nice, with a cool hologram sticker, I assume to check the authenticity of the bottle you bought.
The atomiser is very good, with great dispersion that travels a good distance. Only the trigger is a bit cheap feeling with not the most solid plastic trigger.
So, the smell. The initial blast is quite harsh, but fruity. You can easily smell both the fruit and the pepper combo in the top notes.
It dries down to a nice, smooth, unique smelling blend with the pepper being very prominent. It is quite a mature, strong, masculine scent, and ive seen some compare it to “1 Million”. Seriously? There is very little comparison here. The only comparison is the projection/longevity class, and the initial fruity blast of the top notes.
While its not the fruity, soft fragrance that most women tend to love in general, it definitely gets a few compliments in the few weeks ive had it. Which is better than most.
On my skin, its not a “clubbing monster” in terms of projection, it definitely projects better than most, and has great longevity (10+ hours).
I definitely recommend this if your looking for a good projecting fragrance that doesnt break the bank, that has a mature smell, but smells unique. I’ve not smelt anything like this before (but ive only started my fragrance journey a few months ago, but still).
I guess this didn’t sell well due to the price, which is a shame, but it’s worthy addition to your collection.
Scent ratings:
Projection – 8/10
Longevity – 9/10
Uniqueness – 8/10
Smell – 7/10
Bang for buck – 8/10
Bottle – 7/10
Shievedes – :
This is a gorgeous deep, dark and refined fragrance.
Great for the night/cold weather. It’s an “Encre Noir type of perfume – ” to love or hate, nothing in between”.
I love it, my wife hates it. For me it’s an absolute masterpiece.
Upon initial spray, it comes on quite bold. It’s a sharp scent of a dark pepperish violet, and a hint of orange. After the opening the manly dark scent remains but you note the orange note growing together with an exotic flower and woody notes. It becomes just a bit sweeter and smokier and a bit darker as well.
Its longevity is easily 12+ hours. Don’t over spray or it may become intrusive to the people around you due to its heavy dark/middle notes and heavy sillage. You get a very lovable dry down with a very strong tonka note backed up exotic flowers. So you get still a dominant dark smoky scent but always with a hint of a flowerish gourmand scent in the background.
In terms of longevity it’s not a beast but it is well above average.
This EDT smells expensive and and in line with what you expect from a Lapidus/Bogart black extreme fragrance.
It is indeed a very nice juice and one of a kind. It does not pretend to clone anything and I like it that way with its proper individuality.
My rates
Scent:9.0
Longevity:9,5
Sillage:9.0
Unique:8.0
Quality:8.5
Wearability: 9,0
Overall rating: 8.83/10,0
I love this frag.
Edit – The dry down is absolutely fantastic.
Васёк1306 – :
This fine concotion has reinvented the first one in a original way,it is really powerful and it has still an classic vibe in it,i loved it at the first sniff!It has some sour proprieties that give a particular smell and an austere vibe.Great one!
petr_ermolenko – :
Orange blossom and tonka bean pretty much sums this up. Very strong modern oriental, but quite unique. Extremely potent, very much in the Bogart/Lapidus “powerhouse” tradition. Spray here, and people two rooms down will go “Wow!”; it seriously did happen to me. Stays on clothes for days on end. So, use judiciously.
If you belong to the population of perfumistas who maintain that affordable fragrances cannot be enjoyable, or subscribe to the belief that wearing non-conventional fragrances is the worst social-life mistake one can make, you want to stay clear of this, as well as other Bogart/Lapidus offerings. If, on the other hand, you are able to appreciate a fragrance for what it is, without much concern to price, presentation, social acceptance, and other ancillary concerns, give this one a chance. You may be pleasantly surprised.
ge666a – :
This is a true brut, hard and thick, it is a synthetic bouillon that tastes like hundreds of smells all trying to claim the prize of being the first one to fertilize my nose. It is fast and is lasting so long that me and my nose become numb after 15-20 minutes, ignorant to the pain the rest of the 10+hours continue to inflict.
It is sticky sweet, maybe it’s an oriental, though could be an aromatic, certainly is not an aquatic, definitely very barbaric. Its language is mostly interjectional, its voice loud, its tone rude.
There are glimpses of a what could have been a very fine being, but my hands are too shaky to write them down.
**(***)
WebStrannik – :
update: hit 13 hours today with 4 sprays. It’s rather distant, but if I shake my head I can still get wafts of the sweetness and that’s about all, pretty much just tonka and labdanum maybe at this point. Girlfriend just smelled it for her first time today and it was at 13 hours. She said “you smell good”. This surprised me. Maybe a little rubbed off on my shirt and that’s why it’s lasting this long.. who knows.. who cares.. beast.
rome07gt – :
4 sprays.. 2 under each ear on the neck… 9 hours later still pumping out a smooth creamy tonka dry down with hints of the honey-saffron orange blossom harmony still in there. My bottle was purchased in summer 2016 from ebay, it was like $18 and it’s definitely fairly beastly, although not as beast as Silver Scent Intense which will go longer and louder off 2 sprays.. Both beast, just different levels of beast.
PallPlali – :
Honestly, this is a weird one to describe. I really like it, but it’s weird. I thought this was gonna smell like fahrenheit due to the violet, I guess I’m skeptical with violet. Idk. But if you guys are comparing this to Lapidus Pour Homme the original, they due share a similar back bone, but most people would not pick up on that. They are two completely different scents. This one being much younger feeling, or at least more modern. It has a fruity feel but is also kind of smoky, dark smoky. Not nearly as earthy as the original. Still a little risky for your average guy. It’s pretty powerful in terms of projection. As for the smell, I get a very oddly pleasant artificial tonka bean, a lot of florals, I guess it’s the orange blossom, and the violet makes it feel almost starchy. But I don’t have much experience with violet so, IDK.
Longevity: Almost beast mode on me. 9
Sillage: Perfect, not too strong for people around me and not weak enough to go unnoticed. 10 in terms of satisfaction, 7 in terms of strength.
Scent: Synthetic and a hit or miss, try before buying but I love it even though it’s not like lapidus ph. 8
santehnikGad – :
My first Ted Lapidus scent. The first thing I thought when I sprayed it was, “Aha, Coca-Cola and incense”… I’m guessing it’s maybe the violet leaf that imparts this weird smokiness, since there’s no incense note listed? At any rate, I also noticed some mild citrus at the outset, which dissipated quickly. The drydown was a sweet floral; I got ZERO pepper out of this, and no saffron either– shame, since saffron is one of my favorite notes. It lasted a good eight hours on me. The tonka was really dominant to me through the life of the scent. It’s not at all unpleasant, a safe fragrance for office use and I’d be shocked if it was considered in any way sexy or seductive (or maybe I’m just getting old!). All in all, a successful blind buy, and I’m pretty picky about sweet-smelling frags.
lesik21 – :
Something in this remind me of Kouros…
Too soon to write even a short review with opinions, I’ll come back after trying this a little more.
monoposter417 – :
Just wanted to try and believe me，opening is great. Pepper and that Violet Leaves，dont know what it is but very similar to OMS opening. Nothing great to mention coz I guess its very linear. After 1 hour，its Tonka with Labdanum. Very old fashioned in my opinion- suitable for those in 40s. Only interesting thing is price，people are talking about monstrous projection and longevity??? Not sure but on my skin，it disappears in 2 hours. I wont be missing it. My rating:
1. Projection – Poor，2/5
2. Sillage – Poor，2/5
3. Fragrance/smell – Nothing special，very linear Tonka and Labdanum，2/5
4. Longevity – Poor，1/5
george69 – :
There’s an ingredient of a “burnt material” smell into this, Not recommended.
111jester111 – :
If you are a big fan of oriental perfumes, this is for you. TL Black Extreme is very bold and daring creation with a twist of modernism. I do see lots of people saying that TL Original is a way better than TL Black Extreme, but I think it really depends on their personal taste in terms of fragrances. For me, I prefer TL Black Extreme since TL Original was a sneezing inducer for me when I was a child.
In my opinion, TL Black Extreme is way more floral than TL Original, while TL original tends to have a very strong tobacco/incense note, which make it to be very ‘smoky’. Orange blossom is the key player of TL Black Extreme, but it has been spiced up with pepper and other types of spices (I couldn’t really detect what they are, but the presence is there). It truly has that oriental vibe with spices added, but not a typical old school-oriental type. Softened than the original with a strong splash of florals, but still maintain as a very powerful male-oriented scent (Flowers are not meant for guys? who said so?).
Sillage and longevity wise, this is one of those ‘projection monsters’. It is really long lasting and sillage is MASSIVE. My dad is using it and every morning, I wake up once I walk in to the bathroom (Yeap, my dad sprays perfume in the bathroom after he takes a morning shower!). The scent lasts almost whole day in the bathroom’s atmosphere. So, be aware if you are a type of person who prefer a light-weight scent.
For those heavy-oriental-loaded lovers, bring it on! 🙂
TOKNH2008 – :
Blind buy here. Not disappointed. 10/10
alexfzr – :
To add. This is nice. It’s potent, sweet, fruity, smoky (a bit) and spicy with a somewhat powdery drydown. A sort of blend of TL homme, OMS Gold, and CityTower but not as good as any of them. The name “Black Extreme” suits this one. Still a good one though – just a little…………strange.
ViAcHeSlAv22 – :
Just got a 100ml bottle based on reviews here. I saw the notes, and heard ‘sweet’ from reviewers, and was expecting something more like AZZARO SILVER BLACK/ONYX… so I was a little dissapointed upon first smell.. But that was my own pre-conceived fault.
The initial spray seemed ‘strange’ to me (as in I wasn’t expecting anything like it)… then after a while, i sniffed my wrist, and I liked it more (?), and upon a small re-application (not that it needs it because longevity is monstrous), it smelled absolutely PHENOMENAL.
Maybe I haven’t smelt as many scents as others, but to me this smells very original… even the bottle design looks like it came off the set of Prometheus, I really can’t fault this fragrance. LAPIDUS PH BLACK EXTREME really surprised and impressed the hell out of me.
This is a modern masterpiece.
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SILLAGE: perfect
LONGEVITY: excellent
SCENT: excellent
BOTTLE: strange (like a HR Geiger design)
VALUE FOR MONEY: greatOVERALL: 10/10
———————————————PS: I own both this and the classic PH (and love them both), but this one projects and lasts a bit better to my nose… That isn’t saying much though, because they both last for weeks 🙂
BAIR – :
Hey, “the original” is dead and burried, let it rest in peace and don’t mourn it so much. I have written on it’s page in my review: what you can buy right now in the grey bottle is a weird concoction which dies down completely in maximum two hours – the last hour sitting flat on the skin. I’ve bought it only because I’ve read here heaps of glorious reviews, all of them extatic, not a single one stating that the actual reformulation is utterly useless. Let us embrace the present, and when remembering the past, let us make it clear that it’s the past we are talking about, collector’s items, not to be bought in retail stores. Carpe diem!
Smalec – :
Not quite like the original but it’s a nice fragrance, somewhat synthetic though.
prereabberb – :
This isn’t so bad. It is a little different to the original, but I do detect some similarity at the start (a kind of slightly animalic aspect). As it settles on the skin I get an aromatic accord somewhat like sarsparilla. There is also an incensy feeling to both the original Lapidus pour homme (grey bottle) and this one. After 6 hours the fragrance is quite close to the skin and there is a definite muted sweetness. It is similar to One Man Show Gold Edition, though to what degree I am yet to ascertain with a side-by-side comparison.
alenachka_m – :
Had extremely high hopes for this and I was sadly let down. I am a really big fan of the original Lapidus Pour homme and felt this would have been great to stand beside it’s big brother in my collection. Well big brother kicked little brother out lol. This to me is almost like a mixture of one million and one man show gold edition. It really doesn’t project well and the longevity is ok around the 4-6 hour mark a bit spotty at times. The top notes are very nice but they only last for a few minutes and from there the whole scent just falls apart. I tried to spray more to get better longevity and projection but what your left with is a really sickly sticky scent that almost cause nausea at times. I hate being so open an honest about a fragrance like this because it comes from a house that I respect and enjoy. Lapidus step up. You do not have a winner here.
romangim – :
Average fragrance with good lasting power.
There are so many on the market similar Bogart fragrances,e.g City tower and some others so I dont find this that original.
The opening is harsh but the drydown is much softer and sweeter,definately a cold weather fragrance which also turns a little soapy on my skin.
Dont think it has the power of the original TL or the originality.I bought the original years ago and think the ingredients might have changed.
.The original is a love/hate fragrance but the black extreme is more mainstream perfumery for today’s market.
My rating out of 10… probably a 7!
rlq256Diobtetty – :
Nice, but classical Lapidus is much, much better (with his power and better projection).
I expected something a little more “darker”. So, I’m a little disappointed…
pan77 – :
Begins strong, sharp with pepper and muted citrus that quickly turns to intense orange blossom. There is some serious tonka in here, which dominates the fragrance, overshadowing the subtle woody notes. As it dries, a noticibly synthetic harshness becomes apparent, at which point I find the scent slightly nauseating. TL BE is VERY sweet-spicy, and much sweeter than the original in it’s current formulation. To my nose this smells like JPG Classique EDT (F)with a slight indolic undertone-the only semblence to the original TL I can pick up.
durman – :
Ted Lapidus Black Extreme is modern version of Ted Lapidus Pour Homme with perfect longevity and excellent sillage.Very masculine,classy,sharp .Highly recommended.
ToraBais – :
this has nothing to do with the original. It is more generic and not like the original, i was disappointed. Others may like it but is not for me. Orange blossom, citruses and a bit old fashion but in a modern way. Not for me and nothing special but for the price, is a very good investment.
Peessyoccably – :
So, the questions are always the same: “Is it similar to the original?”, “It lasts like the original?”, “It projects like the original?”. The basic answer is: YES!
This version could be the “modern” version of the traditional, ready for the market that claims for colognes with a touch of niche perfumery, without the 80’s aroma and with the ballad and one night stand focus. While the traditional is a bomb full of notes (like honey, pine, pineapple, incense, roots, etc.), this one has less notes and variations, which makes it easy to identify some nuances. It opens with some citric (which I really don’t recognize), black pepper and violet leaves (very noticeable), that splicing in the middle part with saffron, woods and the orange blossom. This orange blossom note gives a touch that reminds me of Fleur du Male (even though 20x subtle). To finish, tonka beans and labdanum, as strong as grey amber.
The result: a strong and sweet cologne, with a hint of the traditional smell – you really swear that it is present – and with excellent projection and lasting power, which is a standard in Ted Lapidus colognes. In my opinion, it can be worn in many places and situations (cinema, dinner, bowling, work, etc.) since the weather is cold. I know there is no rules to wear a cologne, but I am a little bit severe with this flexible use of fresh scents at the winter (cold places) and/or gourmand and strong scents at the summer (hot places). I rather use the good sense!
And, if I could give an opinion to its creator, I should say: “put a little bit of aoud. It is going to be extraordinary!”.
Once again, Ted Lapidus makes a cologne that will divide opinions but, with no doubts, has excellent quality.
Nils – :
Just bought this blind because I adore T.L. Pour Homme. I find that this one is a sort of blend between Ted Lapidus Pour Homme (naturally), Bogart’s One Man Show Gold Edition and Silver Scent.
The drydown is quite dry, dark and powdery but nice also and I do get a whiff of CityTower by Bogart here. There does seem to be a link with Bogart Fragrances with Black Extreme – this seems to have facets of several Lapidus scents and several Bogart scents blended together.
Longevity and sillage are great as always with Ted Lapidus’ fragrances. I suppose it IS like a darker version of the sublime Ted Lapidus pour Homme esppecially the drydown.
This is a nice sweet powerful scent – but just wish it had more of it’s own character and not be like several others.
LeCiel – :
There is nothing in the official Ted Lapidus boutique about this, not even a review in the internet. i suppose because is new….it is only $23.95 in the internet and i bought it….i will say some comments as soon as i receive the shipment….the original was my signature back in 1990-1992…will see this one!