Black
unverifiedPuredistance · Parfum / Extrait · 2013
≈ $325 · 60ml · approx. retail
Black, composed by Antoine Lie and launched in 2013, is a spicy-woody oriental built around the concept of 'the beauty of the unknown' — Puredistance has never published an official note list for it, so the notes above reflect widely cited reviewer analysis rather than a confirmed pyramid. It is part of the current Magnificent XII Collection.
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French · 27 in collection
Antoine Lie is a French perfumer, born in Strasbourg, who spent nearly three decades at Givaudan, IFF, and Takasago before going independent in 2018 to found ALOE in Paris. He is equally at home with commercial blockbusters and provocative avant-garde niche creations.
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