It's good quality, but I don't like the ambergris, which dominates the rest of the notes. It's very overpowering and the vetiver loses its shimmer as a result. Not bad but not great.

I love vetiver, and I love TF fragrances but this is underwhelming. It's like Vetiver by Guerlain watered down with the most recent, under-performing formulations of Bleu de Chanel EDP, then watered down some more. It's not a bad scent, but it's too bland, and there are many other, better, vetivers out there for a lot less. Update: it gets better in the dry down, very creamy, and stronger and more persistent than I expected.

Weird synthetic banana smell, like H24.

Pure lemon meringue pie, sort of synthetic and weird, but I have no idea why this is called Métallique. This and Soleil Blanc are the only Tom Fords I actively dislike.

There's a lot going on here. It's got everything, but somehow it works. I'm nasally devouring my wrist over and over again, loving the floral extravaganza.

All of the above notes are there, but strongest of all is patchouli. It's a very nice, but very needy perfume, so I have to be in the mood for it.

A boring perfume in the same spirit as L'Homme Idéal EDT by Guerlain, which is more striking and complex. Pi gives me almond and vanilla and not a lot else. It smells good, but not interesting, and certainly not worth the price.

Richer than the EDP with a wondeful ginger element. I also get a tobacco vibe as someone else mentioned. Together this makes for a sexy, smokey scent. On the opening, it's seems similar to the wonderful Homme Idéal Intense from Guerlain, but this one has stronger sillage, legs and complexity, which is only right given the huge price. Given the criminally bad performance of the EDP, the Parfum slightly redeems the line. I say slightly because it's way overpriced. Now I have smelt this, I find the EDP insipid and quite horrible.

This leaves me completely cold in the winter but is incredible on a hot, humid day. Who would have thought 🤷

Wonderful opening, stays wonderful for an hour, then becomes a basic, cloying, nauseating horror show.

An air banquet of rare truffles and chocolate flakes, oozing and wafting, deep and dark, velvety and smooth. Just delicious and super addictive. This is one of the only perfumes I can sniff close up and deep and there's nothing but joy, no harshness. I love it, it may even be the most exquisite perfume in my collection. After a long while, the dry down reminds me of L'Instant de L'homme EDP by Guerlain, but while I love the Guerlain, this is next level. Perhaps it's the quality of the ingredients, I don't know, but it's sublime.

Craaaaaazy performance. One spray, then wash it off a bit, then dominate the air of any space you occupy. The scent is addictively sumptuous, rich and complex. Every note described above is discernable, loud even. Truly gorgeous and for the bold/attention seeker. It's no surprise this is by the nose behind Interlude.

Smelling this having recently bought 100ml of Imitation Woman, I can really link the two. This is like the sketch version, whereas years later the same perfumer realized a magnum opus for Amouage based on the same basic principle. I feel like Tom Ford took this composition to one apex in the form of Noir de Noir, focusing on the chocolate patchouli sumptuousness, and Amouage saw the idea reach a different conclusion, this being a juicy, psychedelic blackcurrant and aldehydes explosion (there are aldehydes in Black Orchid if you look for them). All of the above-mentioned perfumes are great, but my heart stands still for Imitation Woman, and wearing Black Orchid just makes me wish I was wearing that. If I'm gonna wear one of this collection, I'll opt for Black Orchid Parfum, as it's less shouty and further down the truffle road, or Velvet Orchid, which is a crazy fun time in a bottle. Shout out to Orchid Soleil too!