Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Royal Copenhagen Phantom Elixir opens with cardamom

Phantom Elixir opens with cardamom and pepper — a warm

then settles into something warmer and softer

Stay Neutral is a true skin tone match

Two or three sprays settle into the skin after the opening blast

a third if you're testing how well it projects

Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Royal Copenhagen Phantom Elixir opens with cardamomBlack Orchid opens with a tart blackcurrant and dark plum accord fruit that leans savoury, almost bruised. The middle is the orchid itself: a green, slightly creamy floral that sits above a base of dark woods and amber, so the whole thing feels less perfume than a scent someone chose to wear because it matched their mood. Eau de Toilette, 50ml. Four to five hours on skin, longer on clothes and hair. Two sprays is enough; it doesn't need convincing.