Tom Ford fans can snap up 'stunning' £75 perfume for cheapest ever price in Black Friday deal, says fragrance expert
16.11.2023 - 20:39
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Perfume lovers can get their hands on a luxury Tom Ford scent for one of the cheapest prices I've seen in one retailer's huge Black Friday sale. I'm a perfume expert, and have tried a lot of scents on the market, as well as making my own fragrances in the perfume capital of the world - Grasse, France.
Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Parfum Spray is definitely up there as one of my favourites, but can often prove pricey. But not the scent has has been reduced to just £60, the lowest I've seen it, at Look Fantastic, but remains £75 at the Perfume Shop.
It's an amber floral fragrance marketed towards women with a really complex build up of notes. The top notes are a combination of fruity, floral and earthy.
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It opens up with truffle which is somewhat unusual in a perfume. Lingering around the top of the perfume are also notes of gardenia, blackcurrant, ylang-ylang, jasmine, bergamot, mandarin and Amalfi lemon.
The heart notes double up in some places with gardenia, ylang-ylang and jasmine making appearances but they're mixed between spices, fruity notes, orchid and lotus flower. It's the base notes that linger on the skin all night long as they're the true soul of a perfume.
There are sweet notes of Mexican chocolate and vanilla as well as more earthy vetiver, sandalwood and patchouli. Amber, white musk and incense round out the fragrance giving it an undeniably alluring scent.
The scent has thousands of fans, on Look Fantastic it's got an average rating of 4.73 out of 5 across 91 reviews but over on John Lewis it's