Black Currant
Black currant smells tart, purple, and vivid, with juicy berry flesh, green buds, crushed leaves, and a sulfurous tang that gives it bite. It can read fruity, leafy, wine-dark, or catty depending on the dose, which is exactly why perfumers love it. In fragrance it appears in fruity florals, green florals, chypres, rosier compositions, and modern musky blends, where it adds contrast and brightness. Black currant makes rose feel sharper and white florals more contemporary. It is iconic in Lancôme Trésor Midnight Rose, where berry sweetness blooms, and in Creed Aventus, where black currant adds a brisk, polished fruitiness to woods and smoke.
- Tom Ford — Black Orchid
- Mancera — Aoud Cafe
- Diptyque — Eau Rose Solid perfume
- Tom Ford — Black Orchid Voile de Fleur
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian — Aqua Celestia
- Amouage — Imitation Woman
- Giardini di Toscana — Scintilla
- Juliette Has a Gun — Mad Madame
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian — Aqua Celestia Forte
- Mancera — Black Vanilla
- Mancera — Cedrat Boise
- Penhaligon's — Elisabethan Rose
- Diptyque — 34 Boulevard Saint Germain
- Diptyque — 34 Boulevard Saint Germain Eau de Parfum
- Etat Libre d'Orange — Hermann a mes Cotes me Paraissait une Ombre
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Portrait of a Lady
- Initio Parfums Privés — Musk Therapy Hair Perfume
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Rose Cuir
- Nishane — Ani
- Maison Margiela — Springtime in a Park
- Parfums de Marly — Perseus
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Synthetic Nature
- Montale — Blue Matcha
- Montale — Bubble Forever