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Back to Black

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Sweet · Honey · Tobacco.

4.01 / 5Rating · 6,504 votes

Sizes offeredNot yet verified

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Year2009

Marketed forUnisex

PerfumerCalice Becker

Collection: The Smokes

The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Back to Black by By Kilian has a listed sweet, honey, tobacco profile, with notes of White Honey, Tobacco, Cherry, Vanilla, Raspberry.

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

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

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The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Concentration unspecified on official page · US listing · 50 ml refill ; 100 ml refill; 50 ml perfume

Alcohol denat. , Water\aqua\eau , Fragrance (parfum) , Coumarin , Limonene , Linalool , Alpha-isomethyl ionone , Hydroxycitronellal , Citral , Geraniol , Citronellol , Disodium edta , Bht

Source: Kilian Paris official US size-specific ingredient list · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference ILN44375

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Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.92 / 5

2,555 votes

See vote breakdown

category average, not hours

102

132

537

880

904

Projection

2.59 / 4

3,058 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = intimate; higher = stronger

295

1,141

1,130

492

Value perception

2.22 / 5

1,209 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

298

470

344

These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

7,426Own it

2,722Previously owned

9,690Want it

View overall rating distribution

144

985

401

2,123

2,851

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Explore a combination

Layering ideas to try.

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

Suggested experiment

Back to BlackBy Kilian

Lost CherryTom Ford

Both list Benzoin and Patchouli. Explore Back to Black’s sweet direction alongside Lost Cherry’s cherry profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Suggested experiment

Back to BlackBy Kilian

Bitter PeachTom Ford

Both list Benzoin and Cardamom. Explore Back to Black’s sweet direction alongside Bitter Peach’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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A little more clarity.

Before you try

What does Back to Black smell like?

Back to Black by By Kilian has a listed sweet, honey, tobacco profile, with notes of White Honey, Tobacco, Cherry, Vanilla, Raspberry.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Calice Becker.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.92 out of 5, from 2,555 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Back to Black?

Its listed notes include white honey, tobacco, cherry, vanilla, raspberry, almond, gingerbread, amber, tonka bean, nutmeg, benzoin, chamomile, saffron, cardamom, olibanum, patchouli, french labdanum, oak, virginia cedar, coriander, geranium, bergamot. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

04 / Find your next bottle

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Back to Black

A scent, in focus.

Sizes offered

Understand what you smell.

Main accords

Inside the bottle.

How it wears.

Longevity

Projection

Value perception

Season preferences

Day or evening?

Often compared with…

Herod

Sweet Tobacco Spirits

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Tobacco Honey

Layering ideas to try.

A little more clarity.

Let your skin have the final say.

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Back to Black

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Verified variants and retailers

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