F pour Homme Black (2009)
by Salvatore Ferragamo

This scent was surely designed for seduction. I'm pretty positive about it. It is very elegant, smooth, woody, spicy, masculine, serious, slightly powdery. Sillage and longevity are great, one should be careful when applying. This scent is a whole year rounder, although I presume it would develop best during cold weather, summer evenings - not bad, but only one spritz. I can see some connections with Terre d'Hermes, but also it has a certain similar vibe with Givenchy Very Irresistible For Men. Ferragamo is a house rarely mentioned, it remains so but without apparent reason as their scents are in general of good quality and highly appealing.

9th May, 2011.

Will definitely be getting a bottle of this. Did not expect much coming from this fragrance when I was given a sample but was pleasantly surprise. Starting with versatility, this is much better for winter and fall but can be worn spring and summer nights quite nicely. projection is decent, nothing groundbreaking, and longevity is pretty good at about 6 hours with a weak little sample. I expect more when I get the bottle. As for smell, I get a very elegant lavender from the lavender absolute. It is very sophisticated and this can definitely be a formal-wear scent in my opinion, best worn at night. It is a melange of the elegant lavender and creamy tonka to my nose. I do not smell much in the way of the pepper nor much coriander. It stays pretty linear to me with the tonka emerging a little more with time and the lavender fading a little. The labdanum I feel is definitely there too, integrating with the creamy tonka. It is slightly sweet from the labdanum but mostly a smooth and creamy, almost velvety with the creamy feeling, wrapped lavender. nicely done by ferragamo in my opinion

21st March, 2011.

I like F Black a lot!!! I think there's beauty in simplicity and you don't have to spend a fortune on Ferragamo fragrances. I think Ferragamo is underated. This is one sexy fragrance get compliments all the time

3rd February, 2011. (Last Edited: 3rd August, 2011.)

The lavender / green tea doesn’t work on my skin: on test paper it smells okay, but on my skin it comes across as synthetic to the point of being quite annoying to me... It smells almost like the openings of several of those automobile fragrances. As usual, I don’t get much pepper in the middle level and the middle level coriander doesn’t help the synthetic nature of the opening get any better. I feel that the top and middle are overdone and can easily turn cloying. I like the drydown better than the earlier levels: I guess the labdanum / incense note fulfill my resinous loving preferences. I can still smell the lavender toward the end of the drydown, but it’s more palatable, and I don’t mind the way the lavender comes across in the base.

Sillage is a little weak but it has very good longevity. I preferred the original F pour Homme.

10th June, 2010.

Yes, I'm amazed. I had never tried Ferragamo's fragrances but this one really caught me. Nothing special in bottle design but nevermind, juice is heaven. At first it reminded me of Allure by Chanel or even Givenchy pour monsieur, and sure it has those same earthy and orange notes in its base, but I have to say they work better here, Gucci's Envy pour homme also seems to be in this sofisticate scent line. Unmistikable masculine, definitevely one of a kind fragrance, dangerously lascivious. Nigh is the right time to wear it but it's good for daytime too. Get this one and compliments will rain over you. Thumbs up, of course!!!

7th May, 2010.

...Ok Olivier Polge...For this exercise I want you to reach into your massive box of crayons and find your 5 fravorite colors. Good, now draw the the most appropriate thing you can with the colors you've chosen. What do you think you could draw?... Oh, a nebula or the milky way? They both sound like wonderful ideas Olivier, that's a lovely shade of purple you got there. I think you'll do well...

Good god I love this fragrance. It's very warm round and smooth. It's straight up sexy and not to complex. It's a minimalistic approach with only 5 notes, but it's a masterpiece. It's one of my favorite crayons in the box, and I reach for it often.

27th March, 2010.