Note

Black Amber

Black amber usually suggests dark, sweet resins, warm woods, and sometimes a smoky edge rather than one defined material. The accord forms a lasting base with vanilla, spices, leather, and flowers.

In 18 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
18%
Heart
0%
Drydown
82%
Found in Moonlight, Glorious Indigo and Stockholm 1978

Most popular with black amber

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to black amber more often than chance would predict.

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Woody and amber above all. Reaches for leather, patchouli and mossy far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • woody
  • amber
  • citrus
  • sweet
  • leather
  • patchouli
  • fruity
  • earthy