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Black Orchid Reserve
meets Black Orchid Parfum.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Truffle · Ylang-Ylang · Black Orchid · Patchouli

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with sweet; Parfum leads with earthy. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Tom Ford Black Orchid Reserve bottle
Tom Ford

Black Orchid Reserve

Concentration not recorded

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Tom Ford Black Orchid Parfum bottle
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Black Orchid Parfum

Parfum

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedParfum
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20252020
Leading accordssweet · warm spicy · earthyearthy · woody · sweet
Notes unique to this recordBergamot, Dark Chocolate, Tonka, VanillaPlum, Rum
Longevity / 53.84 · 268 votes4.08 · 1,899 votes
Projection / 42.70 · 263 votes2.88 · 1,953 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

Declared on both

  • Alcohol denat.
  • Fragrance (parfum)
  • Water aqua eau
  • Linalool
  • Coumarin
  • Hydroxycitronellal
  • Eugenol
  • Cinnamyl alcohol
  • Farnesol
  • Citronellol
  • Geraniol
  • Limonene
  • Benzyl benzoate
  • Benzyl salicylate
  • Benzyl cinnamate
  • Isoeugenol
  • Citral
  • Benzyl alcohol
  • Cinnamal
  • Anise alcohol

Listed only on Black Orchid Reserve

  • Pogostemon cablin (patchouli) oil
  • Vanillin
  • Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
  • Cananga odorata oil/extract
  • Beta-caryophyllene
  • Terpineol
  • Pinene
  • Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil
  • Linalyl acetate
  • Geranyl acetate
  • Acetyl cedrene
  • Eugenia caryophyllus oil
  • Myroxylon pereirae oil/extract
  • Eugenyl acetate
  • Rose flower oil/extract
  • Terpinolene
  • Alpha terpinene
  • Methyl salicylate
  • Benzaldehyde
  • Anethole
  • Isoeugenyl acetate

Listed only on Black Orchid Parfum

  • Bht

Matching ignores capitalization and a small set of water and fragrance naming variants. “Only” refers to these published lists, not proof that an ingredient is absent from the other formula.

Black Orchid Reserve

Parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat., Fragrance (parfum), Pogostemon cablin (patchouli) oil, Water aqua eau, Vanillin, Linalool, Coumarin, Hydroxycitronellal, Eugenol, Cinnamyl alcohol, Farnesol, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Benzyl benzoate, Benzyl salicylate, Benzyl cinnamate, Isoeugenol, Citral, Benzyl alcohol, Cinnamal, Anise alcohol, Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Cananga odorata oil/extract, Beta-caryophyllene, Terpineol, Pinene, Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil, Linalyl acetate, Geranyl acetate, Acetyl cedrene, Eugenia caryophyllus oil, Myroxylon pereirae oil/extract, Eugenyl acetate, Rose flower oil/extract, Terpinolene, Alpha terpinene, Methyl salicylate, Benzaldehyde, Anethole, Isoeugenyl acetate

Source: Tom Ford Beauty official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference ILN55910

Black Orchid Parfum

Parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat., Fragrance (parfum), Water aqua eau, Bht, Linalool, Limonene, Cinnamyl alcohol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Eugenol, Farnesol, Benzyl benzoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Benzyl salicylate, Benzyl cinnamate, Citral, Isoeugenol, Benzyl alcohol, Cinnamal, Anise alcohol

Source: Tom Ford Beauty official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference ILN42666

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed sweet and warm spicy direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Parfum

Start here if the listed earthy and woody direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.