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Black

Concentration not recorded

Leather · Vanilla · Powdery.

4.12 / 5Rating · 6,032 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
Brand originItaly ↗
Made inNot yet verified
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Brand origin means the country where the house was founded. Made in refers to fragrance manufacturing, not the origin of every ingredient or the brand’s current headquarters.

Brand origin: Bvlgari / History 1884 · Checked 2026-09-21
The official history locates Sotirio Bvlgari's first boutique and the start of the brand in Rome in 1884.

Manufacturing may vary by edition, market or batch. Check the label on your bottle.

Year1998
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerAnnick Menardo
The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Black by Bvlgari has a listed leather, vanilla, powdery profile, with notes of Green Tea, Bergamot, Rose, Sandalwood, Cedar.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

Bottle sizes for this exact fragrance have not yet been verified.

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

01

Top notes

Green Tea ↗Bergamot ↗Rose ↗
02

Heart notes

Sandalwood ↗Cedar ↗Jasmine ↗
03

Base notes

Leather ↗Vanilla ↗Amber ↗Musk ↗Oakmoss ↗

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

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Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.18 / 5

1,913 votes

See vote breakdown

category average, not hours

1
107
2
194
3
996
4
482
5
134

Projection

2.15 / 4

2,181 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = intimate; higher = stronger

1
459
2
1,137
3
382
4
203

Value perception

3.18 / 5

670 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

1
32
2
80
3
341
4
172
5
45

These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

6,554Own it
3,939Previously owned
3,872Want it
View overall rating distribution
1
46
2
811
3
174
4
2,348
5
2,653

Different measures can have different numbers of votes.

Explore a combination

Layering ideas to try.

Starting points from listed profiles, not community-tested pairings or compatibility scores.

Suggested experiment
Bvlgari Black bottleBlackBvlgariGypsy Water bottleGypsy WaterByredo

Both list Amber and Bergamot. Explore Black’s leather direction alongside Gypsy Water’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Suggested experiment
Bvlgari Black bottleBlackBvlgariTam Dao Eau de Toilette bottleTam Dao Eau de ToiletteDiptyque

Both list Amber and Cedar. Explore Black’s leather direction alongside Tam Dao Eau de Toilette’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

Compare each fragrance alone, then try a small amount together on a blotter. Keep the combination you enjoy; no application order or ratio has been validated.

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A little more clarity.

Before you try
What does Black smell like?

Black by Bvlgari has a listed leather, vanilla, powdery profile, with notes of Green Tea, Bergamot, Rose, Sandalwood, Cedar.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Annick Menardo.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.18 out of 5, from 1,913 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Black?

Its listed notes include green tea, bergamot, rose, sandalwood, cedar, jasmine, leather, vanilla, amber, musk, oakmoss. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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Black

Bvlgari

Bvlgari Black bottle
Leading accords
leather
vanilla
powdery
animalic
woody
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Green Tea · Bergamot · Rose · Sandalwood · Cedar · Jasmine

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