Tom ford black orchid

[Mummyoftwo91]

Does anyone wear this? What's it like? Going on holiday in a few days and going to make the most of duty free!

I love it. It's quite heavy and lasts all day. Got a sample of Dior Posion Girl recently and it's also nice but certainly doesn't have the same staying power.

I think you need to wear it to see for yourself. I loved the smell in the bottle but it smelled like aftershave on me.

I sprayed some of this on my wrist the other day, and couldn't wait to get home and scrub it off! And now it's hanging around on my watch strap (which is bloody metal!)

I hate it, it's cloying.

I love it but it is very strong!!

I love Tom Ford Jasmine Rouge. It lasts all day and I often get comments. I wear it daily and the bottle lasts about 6 months.

I've got black and velvet orchid. Velvet is more wearable imo

It's beautiful , very rich .
Not a daytime fragrance.

It was Michael Jackson's fragrance of choice.

Really strong! CD Poison is a good comparison as that used to be everywhere and umistakeable in the 80s. I used to live somewhere that Black Orchid was really popular in the year or two after it was launched, you would smell it on people going round the city centre shops and in mainstream expensive bars in the evening. I got really tired of the perfume although I quite liked it when it was a novelty. Perfumes which used to be similarly ubiquitous, but aren't as strong, didn't pall so much, e.g. CKOne.

Not tried the Velvet Orchid but it sounds lighter and more wearable.

Thanks everyone I will have a good sniff round duty free! I usually wear Gucci fragrances but find the smell seems to disappear!

I love Black Orchid but I tend to wear that more on a night out as it is quite heavy. Velvet Orchid is more wearable for the day.

I wear velvet orchid, I agree it's more wearable than black

I prefer the orchid soleil, it's lovely, huge hit of white flowers. Gardenia. Mmm

Heavy, strong, old, dark, migraine inducing.

I love it. Hated it when I first smelled it but it's grown on me and now I wear it for nights out, or velvet orchid. Lasts for hours but far too overpowering for work (school) or small spaces like planes.

Hate it. I love a heady scent but Black Orchid has no complexity or charm. Just patchouli and some cloying chocolate.

Velvet Orchid is lovely.

I found it rather boring and forgettable.

I love it, it's my favourite perfume. Though definitely a night perfume. Also like velvet orchid, though it doesn't have the "moreish" quality that black orchid does. Soleil blanc is nice and more of a daytime scent. X

Beware - this perfume is so strong and evocative that it will remind you of whatever you were doing / the situation you were in when you first started using it! For me, this was not a pleasant thing, so now whenever I smell it I remember those times. It's annoying, because it's a gorgeous fragrance.

Tom Ford's Sahara Noir is even nicer, IMO. It's discontinued now but you can find it on Amazon and Ebay. Smells like church incense and wooden pews in a chapel.

I have both black and velvet. There's a new one in a gold bottle that's gorgeous with a vanilla undertone. It's on my Christmas list.

I absolutely love Soleil Blanc but it's a bloody outrageous $300+ here!

I have it. A little goes a long way!

Velvet definitely sounds more up my street by the sounds of it, I will let you all know which one I buy!

The gold bottle is orchid soleil, I have it. It is lovely. I liked the soleil blanc too but yes, it's far more expensive!

I was given this and had to gift it on. Too heady for me.