Tom Ford · 2015 · Sonia Constant

Noir Extreme

VersionEau de Parfum

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell Neroli Oil North Africa Orpur®, saffron, Indian Kulfi, Rose Absolute, sandalwood and Vanilla Ember.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions warm spices, glowing citrus, kulfi, rose absolute accord, jasmine accord, orange flower, amber, molten vanilla embers, CARDAMOM and AMBER.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Noir Extreme’s scent picture, a draft: bitter orange, saffron, rose, sandalwood, vanilla, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Noir Extreme, top notes: Bitter orange, cardamom, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Noir Extreme, heart: Rose, Jasmine, clove, Ylang-ylang

Dry-downhours later

Noir Extreme, dry-down: saffron, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Patchouli, peru-balsam, Iso E Super, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

27 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus3 herbs & lavender10 florals3 woods3 sweet1 amber & resins4 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneBitter orange oil

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals10

Rose oilYlang-ylang oilNeroli oilBenzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalFarnesolCitronellolGeraniolRose ketonesGeranyl acetate

Woods3

SantalolPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)Benzaldehyde

Amber & resins1

Peru balsam oil

Spices4

EugenolClove bud oilCinnamalAnethole

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet7

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTurpentine, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoatePhenoxyethanol, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Tom Ford, never on a label

SaffronSandalwoodVanilla EmberJasmine accordCARDAMOM

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 27 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.