Black Tourmaline

I just have to comment this fragrance, which, according to me at least, is one of the most beautiful fragrances ever. It opens up very leatherly and smoky and after a half hour or so it turns more woody with incense-oud elements. It is dark, rather dry, and spicy. It dries into an amber mossy, musky beautiful dry down. It is considered to be a unisex fragrance, in some descriptions even female, but to me it is more masculine than feminine. It evokes memories from the past, which certainly most fragrances do, and that is maybe a reason to why we like or dislike certain perfumes, this make me think of wild nature, paths, stones, birch, camps. In the same time it is elegant and most wearable. It is well blended and the composition measured and well planned. A tribute to Olivier Durbano and his designer company. So wild, mysterious and outdoorsy and at the same time sophisticated elegance. It is hard to compare Black Tourmaline to other scents, it stands on its own, it really has its own face. A very good scent. And fast delivery, I ordered it online and 36 hours later I got it, a 36 hour delivery from France to Sweden.

This piece of art is one of very few things I've been fascinated from very first moment I've met/smelt it. For me it is the biggest masterpiece of modern perfumery. I really love this divine mixture of smokey woods, ash, dark spices and cold, bitter-sweet olibanum. There is only one problem - on my skin it unveils its beauty only during really cold weather, so for me it is definitely winter scent. In my mind this is smell of some northern, pagan ceremony. It's amazing how unique this perfume is. I don't recall any frag even remotely close to BT. Although there is some commonality between BT and other Durbano's work, especially Rock Crystal and the newest one Heliotrope. I will call it Durbano's signature. I agree with Nysa, Black Tourmaline is truly unisex fragrance. Since art doesn't have gender. Calling it "sexy" or "for real men only" is blasphemy and devaluation, btw. who decides who is a real men?

I'm obsessed with this scent. It's smokey, woodsy, warm, sophisticated. I want to be in a study in a mansion with tall ceilings and bookcases for walls with leather and velvet couches, dim lighting, and nothing pressing to worry about. It smells like what a castle in a high fantasy novel would smell like. It also smells like camping trips of my childhood, of crawling into a tent after a bonfire, but elevated. I have absolutely no place or reason to wear this. The one time I tried my (now ex) boyfriend and his friends were confused and put-off about where this smell was coming from. It is definitely a more masculine scent and not a crowd pleaser. But it is one of the most exquisite scents to me and I love it so much. It is both comforting and elegant and I would happily live in a world that smells like this.

Black Tourmaline is a beautiful and challenging creation by Mr. Durbano. It took me a couple of samples to decide on a full bottle purchase. He takes darker perfume elements like Oud, spices, incense and weaves them into this magic potion which is still delicate, other-worldly and very wearable. Definitely not for lovers of sweet or floral perfumes and please try out before buying. On my skin, this starts off with a dark oud incense note and dries into an amber moss beauty. Very unique and interesting, and only for the more adventurous perfume lovers.

This is one fine example of a smoke scent. It has a lot going on with pepper, leather, incense and musk, but it manages to all work together really well. Very masculine. This will not disappoint if you are a fan of these types of fragrances. Might be a bit hard to wear, this is almost like fine abstract art. Some people might not get it or appreciate it, but they should not argue the quality. I cannot see this being worn in warm weather. I tried it out in 45o weather and it was perfect.

Loved it from the first whiff. My wife loved it. Many positive comments from males and females all day. This is one of the best fragrance for men to come along in ages. For those men who like to smell "sexy and manly". This frag is not unisex. "FOR REAL MEN ONLY" This is a must addItion to your wardrobe. Like all scents, never purchase without trying. Save your money for the ones that work on you.

This is a real masterpiece of Olivier Durbano! The opening, silliage and drydown are perfect and even after showering i still smell the darkness on my skin! Sergio, i disagree. It is not for real men only. I am a women and it's great on me and i get complimented all day bij men and women! This is one of a kind and i will never tell anyone of my friends what it is and where i bought it, lol!

This one is absolutely amazing. Smell of smoke,incense,floor wax. Beautiful and odd. Good longevity and medium projection. Durbano is a master of incensy frags. Real master. The whole stones poemes cycle is a stunning piece of art perfumary. I would love to have them all :-)

The second favourite after ROck Crystal by Olivier Durbano is this. Olibanum,leather,sandalwood combined in a magnificent perfume called Black Tourmaline.It is a real tornado,all you incense lovers should try it!!It has Medium longevity.

This is the best out of the Olivier Durbano bunch without a doubt. It's a dry smokey frankincense, moss, pines and... pomegranate? Smells cold, leathery and tart. Very long-lasting and noble scent, possibly a masterpiece.

A smoky, balmy and dark, incense-oud masterpiece combo. During a cold winter evening this fragrance will keep you warm and will leave a spicy mysterious sillage behind you. Great job by Olivier Durbano.

Amazing scent!!! I don't know which version I got, the older one or newer one... which sucks... well, on my skin it lasted only half an hour... 9/10

Materpiece worth everypenny i get a eucaliptus vibe with smokinesss and woods

Amazing scent, smoky leathery trully insensy, but... not longlasting

Just out of the shower and tried my decant....I LOVE THIS! A gem indeed! Everything about this scent calls my name and draws me into the experience. I can't even identify all the amazing things I smell except to say that the blend exquisitely into a smokey incense and burning wood with spices calming it all down into a truly lovely scent. I love all the notes listed, so I am not surprised that I love it so much. After sampling the wonderful La Curie line (Larrea, Incense, and Ossuary, I have become obsessed with the outdoor smokey incense fragrances because they don't smell mainstream and all fruity vanilla (thank goodness). I grew up in the Mojave Desert...a tomboy with lots of camping and campfires, so Black Tourmaline transports me back to a time in my life that I treasure more than any other. Follow up: I've worn this for several hours now and while I like the soft woody dry down, it's pretty close to the skin and I really miss that smokey, tar, incense blast that drew me in in the first place. Unisex and beautiful, but try before you buy. ** Wore this for the second time & OMG, I do love it! Wish I could afford a big bottle. Really intriguing perfume.

I don't get smoke in this at all. The Oak Moss and Olibanum are the stars here. This is crisp, cedary, woodsy, incense but without any burning involved. It is both disturbing and enticing, and when wearing, I'm conscious of how I smell all day long. I have an older ed. first run of this, and I think it's possibly been reformulated based on the smoky vibes people get. My juice is elegant, veering "masculine"-- and GREEN. The image is of conifers retaining a vibrant green leafiness with a woodsy incense that is simultaneously cold--and sexy. Oud and Patch are strong supporters here--but there is absolutely no headshop vibe with the patch, nor is there skank. Some might smell terpines, but they will not be of the cannabis kind--just that nose-tingling green spicy-herbal-brisk quality. As a cis-woman, this in my mind veers masculine. I like it, but I feel like I should be wearing a white shirt and tie, drinking a martini in front of a Baccarat table. Or, wearing jeans and using my Stihl to fell a tree (the latter of which I do:). I think on a man this would be very sexy.

Mainly a spicy experience, Black Tourmaline by Olivier Durbano is pepper-dominant to my nose, with incense, leather, oud, and patchouli all contributing somewhat to its intensity, though I admit I cannot really pick these out individually, perhaps a testament to how well-blended it is. Incense (olibanum) is really the only other main element that stands out apart from the pepper. So it's very simple--incense and pepper--if those are elements you like a lot. I generally enjoy black pepper but I don't feel it's especially well-used in this perfume. Decently strong for an EDP at its opening but not overwhelming in the way of projection, at pricing of $205 for 100ml on Luckyscent this is potentially bottle-worthy for someone who loves it more but for me it's mainly a "like" not a "love." Still, a solid cold weather option I might opt for if it were priced a little lower or had something extra. 7 out of 10

Lately I am experimenting with perfumes containing incense and having read reviews that this particular fragrance is a must try for incense lovers i got myself a sample. It is an extraordinary fragrance. It did not remind me of incense but of hot tar and burnt wood. It reminds me of the smell of a traditional shipyard for wooden boats that existed in the village where I grew up. One could always find there wooden boats with slightly burnt surface (in order to get rid of the old paint) and a pot full of boiling tar ( in order to get them waterproof again). I also guess that this could have been the smell of the old wooden sailing boats in earlier times. If a salty sea note was somehow included (besides tar and burnt wood) this could have been the fragrance of captain Ahab. For me a very masculine perfume. I cannot imagine a woman wearing it.

Black Tourmaline is so far the best incense perfume that I've tried (ex aequo with Aedes de Venustas). Yes, incense! I agree with other reviewers. Although not listed in the notes, it's my first and main thought when I smell this scent. I like the fact that this incense doesn't have a straight, biting, church-like quality. It's tamed with woods and light spices. Buergerites - black tourmalins, are rare. They are a bit transparent. In Sinhala language (Sri Lanka) tourmalin is 'turamali', which means 'stone attracting ash'. This perfume has the right name. It's rare that an incense perfume is so well-balanced with other notes. It's somehow light and transparent, suitable for both women and men. And it attracts people around you like a tourmalin attracts ash and pieces of paper. One drawback: staying power only about 4 hours.

Love Durbano! Have many - ummed and ahhhed bout this one. Arrived today as a sample from Luckyscent. Usual quality - really does smell like a palatable pleasant version of oily turpentine. I can see where the origins of the base for Jade and Turquoise come from - they however evolve into gorgeous unique scents. Don’t worry though after fifteen minutes the scent becomes quite weable and interesting though not sure it will be for everyone. This one is not for me.