Black Karak
Black Karak by BORNTOSTANDOUT is an unisex extrait de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with cardamom and coffee, moves into black tea, cypriol and saffron and dries down to amberwood, tonka bean, guaiac wood and oud. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Cardamom Cool, aromatic spice with a eucalyptus lift. Smells expensive.
- Coffee Roasted, bitter and dark. Adds edge to sweet fragrances.
Heart
- Black Tea Dry, tannic and smoky. More astringent than green tea.
- Cypriol Also called nagarmotha. Smoky, leathery, earthy — a vetiver relative.
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
Dry-down
- Amberwood Dry synthetic warmth, sharper than amber. Everywhere in modern masculines.
- Tonka Bean Almond, hay and vanilla in one. Warm and slightly nutty.
- Guaiac Wood Smoky, tarry and slightly sweet. Like a bonfire and roses.
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
Smells like this
- Véronique Gabai Oud Elixir
- Acqua di Parma Gelsomino a Freddo
- Amouage Sequence
- Atkinsons 1799 Oud Save the Queen
- Floris Leather Oud
- Swiss Arabian Dehn El Oud Shaheen
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