Black Lacquer

Black Lacquer by Tom Ford
Launch Year: 2024
Perfumer: Guillaume Flavigny
Concentration: Eau de Parfum

Fragrance Profile:
Winner of the Fragrance Foundation Award for Fragrance of the Year: Ultra Luxury 2025, and part of the Tom Ford Private Blend collection. Built around two exclusive innovations: an incandescent Black Lacquer accord delivering smoky, dimensional opulence, and a Makassar Ebony Wood note evoking leather and birch simultaneously. Ink, Vinyl, Black Pepper and Rum open with a bold, resinous and unexpectedly industrial opening of real distinction. Ebony Wood, Elemi, Apricot and Peony build a dark, richly smoky heart with a quietly fruity and floral softness that prevents the composition from becoming purely austere. Olibanum closes with a deep, cathedral-like incense base that lingers powerfully on skin.

Performance:
Above-average longevity with confident projection. The ebony-olibanum base carries strongly and consistently through the day, with the vinyl-ink opening softening beautifully into a warm, resinous dry-down by the evening.

Ideal For:
Autumn and winter, and evening or formal occasions. A boldly unisex oriental woody for those who want something dark, architectural and genuinely distinctive — smoky, opulent and one of the most daring and accomplished Private Blend releases in recent years.