Ingredients · Florals · Made in a lab
Black orchid
Most orchids barely smell; 'black orchid' is a dark, luxurious fantasy flower.
- What it is
- An idea of a smell that perfumers build: there is nothing to extract it from.
- How perfumers build it
Vanillin (vanilla)Ylang-ylang, not in Ingredients yetJasmine absolute, not in Ingredients yet
Heliotropin (heliotrope)Patchouli, not in Ingredients yet- Known in
- Black Orchid (Tom Ford, 2006)
- Worth knowing
- The only orchid perfumers truly use is vanilla: the vanilla bean is an orchid's seed pod.
Named by the house in 2 of the 352 perfumes read so far