In Black by Jesus Del Pozo {Perfume Short (Review)}
In Black smells very black. It starts with a burst of black cherry juice mingled with fruity citrus-y notes (grapefruit), green nuances, and spicy undertones. After a while the blend smells like root beer........
The woodsy and oriental facets of the fragrance are marked, even heavy, a little powdery and sweet. Floral notes including rose, jasmine, black lily and violet mix with black licorice creating a medicinal accord. The dry-down is woody, vanillic, musky, and lasting. It is fairly pleasant but a bit pedestrian as the oriental impression feels a bit generic.
The composition is interesting for its systematic adherence to a black-color thematic and the off-beat feel it offers. One would even go as far as saying that it offers a bit of a nerdy character given the efforts put into constructing an unusual bouquet of black-smelling notes which tends to stress the willed character of the fragrance. The quality of the ingredients gives the impression however at times that it does not quite match up the coolness of the composition.
The bottle designed by Juan Gatti is a definite plus on the scale of desirability. The creative mix of black glass, transparent plexiglass, and aluminium especially, as well as the architectural style of the flacon make it an object you want to exhibit. Not surprisingly, it garnered the 2006 Spanish FiFi award for Best Selective Women's Packaging.
It's great for Halloween and it's great for people who want to smell different but are not too picky about the refinement of the ingredients. Let's say that they give the impression of using cotton mixed with synthetics rather than natural silk, which is not a statement about the superiority of natural ingredients, but rather one about the level of refinement of the perfumery materials used be they synthetic or natural.
Top notes are black cherry, black pepper, pink grapefruit; heart notes are rose, jasmine, black lily, violet, licorice; base notes are Madagascar vanilla, softwood, Moroccan cedar, indonesian patchouli.
You can watch a video of the commercial for In Black on Ars Parfum
(Images from Ars Parfum)
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I was interested in this perfume. But smelling like rootbeer is not something I wanna be.
Thanks for the big warning. ^_^
Posted by: dee | May 13, 2008
It really smells wonderful; I just bought it and indeed Christine Nagel is a great nose; no wonder she participated in the creation of Narciso Rodriguez...
In black is so exciting, powdery and wild at the same tine, mysterious and provocative.
Indeed, a gorgeous combination; I would smell myself continuously:(
I do not agree at all with the above comment!
Posted by: diana | June 2, 2009