Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Royal Copenhagen Soirée is a deep charcoal

Soirée is a deep charcoal with pearl — the kind of shade that reads black from across the room but catches the light when you move

pitched somewhere between skin scent and proper projection

Phantom Elixir opens with cardamom and pepper — a warm

10ml stick with a twist-up applicator

a third if you're testing how well it projects

Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Royal Copenhagen Soirée is a deep charcoalBlack Orchid opens with a tart blackcurrant and dark plum accord fruit that leans savoury, almost bruised. The middle is the orchid itself: a green, slightly creamy floral that sits above a base of dark woods and amber, so the whole thing feels less perfume than a scent someone chose to wear because it matched their mood. Eau de Toilette, 50ml. Four to five hours on skin, longer on clothes and hair. Two sprays is enough; it doesn't need convincing.