Black Soul

This is so great. BLACK SOUL (TL) definitely deserves the 'black' in it's name. It's a dark & smooth sweet/liquore/mint styled scent. This one and BLACK EXTREME POUR HOMME (TL) feel like cousins... Not the same smell, but are playing in the same scent area. Definitely check one out if you like the other. The opening has a very subtle liquorice opening (not as prominent as BLUE SUGAR, thank god!), with a nice resin/mint added. Dries to more of the same. It comes in a beautiful black & silver metal cannister, which reveals a high-quality and expensive flask. One of the most classy packages I've come across. Both BLACK SOUL (TL) and BLACK EXTREME POUR HOMME (TL) are two of my absolute favorite dark evening scents. --------------------------------------------- SILLAGE: perfect LONGEVITY: very good SCENT: excellent BOTTLE: excellent! (High class) VALUE FOR MONEY: good OVERALL: 9/10 --------------------------------------------- NOTE: This smells nothing like BLACK SOUL EMPERIAL (TL), which I can't bear... so don't be scared off if that one made you gag. This one is mint/liquore-cool.

This is a gorgeous deep, dark and refined fragrance. Great for the night/cold weather. It's an "Encre Noir type of perfume - " to love or hate, nothing in between". I love it, my wife hates it. For me it's an absolute masterpiece. Upon initial spray, it comes on quite strong. It's a sharp scent of smoky wood, resins, cinnamon and a hint of mint. After the opening the manly "atitude" remains but it becomes a more civilized frag, just a bit sweeter and letting you detect a very nice musk and a hint of exotic flowers. By now you may detect a vibe of 1 Million Intense - as some other reviewers stated - but more complex and agreeable. In terms of longevity it's not a beast but it is quite above average. This Cologne smells expensive and charismatic. It is indeed a very nice juice and one of a kind. It does not pretend to clone anything and I like it that way with its proper individuality. My rates Scent:9.0 Longevity:7 Sillage:6.5 Unique:8.5 Quality:8.5 Overall rating: 8.0 I love this frag. I like it a lot more than the "imperial" version.

this is a phenomenal scent with a nice rich masculine feel and really does a GREAT job with good sillage and a really nice aroma the drydown is less sweet than one million and instead it becomes richer and has drier woods and more masculine ingredients than one million (one million smells nice in top and middle notes and then just gets sweet and unisex) this one adds medjul dates and raisins in the middle notes and the camphorwood and drier spices give it a rich aromatic feel and make it MUCH better and it lasts a good 8 hours and projects nicely so the power of the scent is just right this is something you WILL like if u buy blind it will make u want to throw away everything else u own

This is so unique! This is weird but in a good way! To me this smells like how a black jellybean would taste or maybe black licorice with like a creamy edge to it. I was looking for something different and I found it! I like this one much better than the Imperial version. The unique factor for me is a 10/10 easily. This smells how the color Black would smell if you think about it. It smells like a dark room or a dark shadow. This smells gothic, or like a stormy night. I've smelled hundreds of fragrances and this is way different from many others I've tried. This is really good! I give this a 95/100.

I love this juice. Smell is deep, somewhat dark and so refined. Just a great winter, spring, fall scent or nighttime scent. The mix of Cinnamon, cedar, resin and musk is so deep and layered, absolute masterpiece. I like Black Soul a little more than Black Soul Imperial, although they smell very similar, Imperial is a slightly lighter version. Upon initial spray, it comes on quite strong. If you like only light citrus scents, this one is probably not for you. One thing this Cologne doesn't smell is cheap. Very nice juice here......... Scent:8.5 Longevity:6 Sillage:6 Unique:8 Quality:8

I can certainly see how Black soul may polarize opinions. If however you are one of those lucky enough to love this fragrance , then you will enjoy this scent for ages. Mugler Pure Havane was the reference point for gourmand winter scents by me in the past. Now, after wearing Black Soul for a few days, its safe to say there is a new king on the throne. What gives Black Soul the edge is a hard to define element in the drydown that makes for a uniquely pleasing and unusual effect. Well rounded, dynamic, always interesting and a bargain at todays prices. Good stuff ! 8.75/10

Es una locura de lo rico que es este perfume. Yo le compre a mi esposo por nuestro aniversario, y yo sabia que le gustaban los perfumes amaderados, ese era su estilo, y la perfumista me recomendó por la fijacion que tiene. La verdad es muy elegante y dura muchisimo en la persona y en la ropa. No es muy conocido, entonces no es muy comun que los hombres huelan a Ted Lapidus, y se puede destacar dentro del monton.- Ya van 2 frascos que le compré, y solo lo utiliza en ocasiones especiales. Yo como mujer estoy enamorada de este perfume.

Sweet. Dark. Spicy Cinnamon. Like PR - $1m?.....err no. This is however more similar to Police Wings for men (not the earlier flanker - Silver Wings) another nice sweet, dark, Cinnamon scent. I prefer Black Soul though as it is darker, a little more complex and lasts a little longer than Wings. In it's own right I don't find myself reaching for Black Soul over my other daytime Autumn/Winter scents but my wife always compliments me when I wear Black Soul as do female colleagues at work (varying ages 25-35'ish).

I've got both versions of Black Soul (BS and BS Imperial)and love them both. This one is little bit lighter, than Imperial, and seems to me, better. Similiar to 1 Million, but more herbal and spicy. Longevity is rather shorter than 1Million, but still very good (about 8 hours on my skin). My rate - 4/5... Overall - very good stuff.

کار بسیار شیک و مردانه ای میباشد دوام و پخش مناسبی هم دارد شیک جذاب مردانه گرم و شیرین با مقداری تلخی کلاسک خیلی ها حتما آنرا خواهند پسندید از رایحه اش خیلی لذت بردم و خانمها نیز معمولا رایحه اش را پسندیده و آنرا خیلی خوشبو توصیف میکنند very good

if u like dirty english and the drier types of smell this is a good buy too. this starts out sweet and similar to dirty english but they both have a very smoky rich type of smell in the drydown

One of the real deals. Very multi-faceted. Be careful when wearing it in hot climate, though. The tea note can get overpowering in a stale way.

Love this perfume. one of my favourites. 9.5/10

**blind buy.. and its awfull right off the bottle , there's just something that makes you me think " who would wear this ??" so I wouldnt recommend you smell the nozzle as an indication to what this fragrance is all about. When you spray it , there is no sign of that horid lurking outter bottle smell. Instead theres a powerfull and un-usual scent. Very minty, Not entirely a bad scent which gets better "easier" to capture each element as time goes on and you find yourself trying to smell deeper and longer to discover all the hidden scents oozing off your skin. I think its the hebal effect of the Tolu :D After 30 mins youre left with a very woodsie, Minty ( not fresh mint, but rather a dirty,heavy mint), very rich spicy, warm, definatley masculine aroma. I think the cinnamon plays a big role in carrying the mint into the more woody musky scents & masks them well. After a good hour if you smell your skin , that-there is the Masterpiece of this fragrance !!! The saffron, teroli and lemon blossom pick this deep and heavy scent up a notch to a very pleasing day dreamy almost fresher level, if only for a moment and then its gone !! overpowered by the musk & wood. This is a great & complex frangrance with many elements that weirdly work together.Well done to the nose of Alexandra Carlin I can picture this frangrance on other people, but not on me . Its just too murky and dark , maybe thats why its called BLACK SOUL !!! will keep a bottle in the colection just because its so interesting at a low price

It took me 8 months to start appreciating this perfume. I bought it during summer, and back then, all I could smell was something that reminds me of urine. The full bottle went to the declutter box. Only now it opened - or my mind expanded, lol - to perceive the beauty of this fragrance: a brief 1 million vibe with the first spray, the cinnamon/cardamom duo, the cedar with the resins that give this lasting amber feel with the musk. 8 months. Hang in there, it can still surprise you.

Obviously a 1 Million clone. The most striking differences are Black Soul's chewing gum top note and a minty-spicy, less sweet undercurrent. If you like 1 Million, but don't want to smell exactly like all the other 999.999 guys who wears it, Black Soul is a great and inexpensive alternative. It is more fun and I like it better than the "original". Perfect for a night out among the younger crowd.

The original BlackSoul is a nice fragrance,very oriental,with an huge opening that last a little bit(is a sweet combo of cinnamon,mint,saffron,cardamom),to settle in this resinous state that lasts a bit(6-7 hours)and give a sexy smell around you,i don't find it so dark,the flanker is much better.

It's fine so it does smell good but not anything crazy though, I'll put it like this I have it but I don't usually use it in fact I received it as a gift a while back and before I was into fragrances so I used it from time to time seeing as it was there so to speak.

Ten hours in ashram - that would be a proper name for this scent :-) To me it seems that the regular Lapidus pour homme is a better choice than this, although - Black Soul smells to me like Nag Champa incense sticks, which I love!

It deserves it ́s name, it is dark deep in it ́s soul. It is very sweet, but there is something behind that sweetness, something heavy. I love these kind of fragrances, ambiguous and hard to figure out.

I like this juice. A pleasant woody, slightly minty and spicy fragrance. Longevity is good. The dry-down reminds me of Altamir (which is the nicer fragrance) This is nothing really outstanding. It's OK.

Black soul smells fantastic. You can't go wrong with this one. I love wearing it. I don’t wear colognes on my skin, but this smells great on my clothing, and projects well.

1 Million without the bubble gum, tutti-frutti opening. I Kinda like it very much and have a great sillage and longevity!

@mpbrown - yes. I feel similarity with PR 1 Million, which suits women better.

I'm surprised that some people here don't pick up on the 1 Million similarities in the opening. It's not exactly alike but the influence from Paco Rabanne is definitely there. I would say after the opening, the similarities between the two completely end. Black Soul goes quite powdery on my skin. It's very pleasant but there's something not so appealing in the opening. Some people have mentioned a urine-like smell and they're absolutely right. The opening has a heavy stale urine smell which does fortunately fade after 20 or so minutes. If you can get past the opening, this is a nice fragrance. I feel like it has quite heavy projection in the first 30-60 minutes but it does stay quite close to the skin after that.

What fragrance could be a daytime version of BS?

What a gorgeous bottle and canister! - the black lacquered bottle juxtaposed with its chromed features exudes class - one of the best presentations I've ever seen. However folks, that's where the good news ends. The price is cheap for a reason, it smells cheap (to me) - cheap as in low quality ingredients and a largely uninspiring blob of balsamic notes. Moreover the longevity is not much to write home about as it fades away too quickly and all traces have disappeared from my skin within 3 to 4 hours. It's clear to me where the most of the budget was spent on this - the presentation. It's overrated and I simply can't recommend it. I was originally looking forward to use it but now I can't wait to finish my bottle and move on....

I have to give an honest review of this and how it reacted on my skin. Please don't buy this thinking you are getting one million cause your not and don't buy this thinking it's better than one million cause it isn't. Don't buy this thinking it's going to last longer on your skin cause it won't. Truthfully, this does smell a little like one million but this is way mintier and really this only lasted on my skin for about 4 hours and that's surprising coming from a lapidus fragrance. If you don't have the cash for one million this maybe a safe bet for you but if it's one one million you are wanting than save up and get what you really want.

From my two tests in the shop, I can only describe an initial first impression. I was greeted with an instant, almost off putting bubble gum scent. However it started to change into a sweet woody aroma. Apparently a cousin of Paco Rabanne - "One Million." For now, Black Soul has only pricked my curiosity - that is all. I would not add it to my current collection among the many other more recent releases on the shelves. Not with standing that, I find the Ted Lapidas House to innovative, creative and interesting. Somehow I feel I will re visit this one.

As has been mentioned, it has a mild 1 Million vibe off the top from the sweetness, but it also has a tinge of urine to it. Think of this as a weaker and more dirty version of Eros...sweetness with an animalic musk. I personally am not a fan.

its similar to 1 million in its mid notes and dry down. but it has got more bubble gum like feel. it is heavy rich an dark. good silage and longevity. not a unique fragrance but a nice one. i give it 6 out of 10.

This fragrance smells like it has a hint of camel urine, a smell that isn't known by many people, but if they knew it, it'd be terrifying to even imagine that there are people who enjoy this. Dear lord of the seven heavens, send help.

Smells like warm mint, but very cheap smell, not classy, i don't like it one bit. I feel that every lapidus fragrance i tried reminds me of a car freshner, not a fragrance, i hate myself for buying them crap.

I tested this juice yesterday and my initial impression was very confusing. At first, my nose detected something that I have smelt before, like some mainstream fragrance with a lot of neroli and orange blossom. Then, my mind brought the image that I was looking for: a cross between One Million by Paco Rabbane and Altamir by Ted Lapidus. If you see the notes breakdown of One Million, ALtamir and Black Soul, you can see the relation between this three scents: woods, spices and florals. In my point of view, Black Soul is more in the floral-spicy side of the street beacuse of the big accent in flowers like neroli and orange blossom and in spices like cinnamon and cardamom. At the initial spray, you got the same "sweet bubblegum" smell of One Million, but this top notes fades very quickly (1 hour max). Then you got a lot of neroli, orange blossom and some resins (tolu balsam?). A very flowery heart mixed with cardamom, a bit of cinnamon and some resins. This stage is very sweet, tasty and projects like a beast for 2 or 3 hours. Then, at the base, it seems like all the resins, spices and other notes were faded away, leaving you with a blast of sweet neroli with musk. Sadly, no prominent woods were detected to balance that sweet mess. What surprised me of the drydown of Black Soul is the fact that smell the same way as the opening of Altamir (same "übersweet" neroli smell), so if you are a man, and you love neroli and your favorite fragrance are Altamir by Ted Lapidus or Fleur Du Male by Jean Paul Gaultier or any unisex frag, this is for you. About the comparison with One Million, I say yes, but just the opening of both are alike. The rest of Black Soul is just the "Lapidus trademark". Projection: Great! Sillage: Awesome Longevity 9-10 hours + Recommended for young and mature crowd that are into "flowery-spicy/unisex" fragrances. 8/10

This is a really nice blend that can stand up to or even surpass most recent designers. Why? It smells more natural than so many of those and it's more interesting. Why are there are more negative reviews than make sense (to me)? Perhaps it's due to the expectations of most of those who buy it. That is, they either want a party scent or something in the industrial direction, such as Gucci Homme Absolute (with aroma chemicals being used in large amounts). Instead, this is a "nice" scent with a touch of this and that (mint, something that comes across as having a hint of burnt rubber, etc.), the kind of scent that doesn't get irrritating after a short while and yet remains interesting and pleasant. Also, a new 100 ml tester with cap cost me less than $12 total. How can today's designers compete against this? Most of those I'd guess (from experience) are actually more "chemical" than cheapos like this one! But most importantly to me, can the scent be enjoyed for hours? Yes, this one can. Criticisms about a scent being boring, with no further explanation, are puzzling to me. How many scents, some of them niche and selling for a lot of money, are dominated by vanilla, tonka, or amber - are they all boring? I know what I like, and I'd rather wear a pleasant, inexpensive scent with a little something different included than some new designer with a chemical overload that leads to headaches within an hour and never smells pleasant! As to aesthetic issues, the bottle is nice, but I'd go with a deep, dark red and not black, and I'd name it something like Soul of an Artist, as Black Soul conjures up the notion that that might be along the lines of Black Tourmaline or a scent of that type.

I took it upon myself to unleash my inner fragrance connoisseur and tested a tiny vial of this perfume not too long ago. Well, let me tell you, my olfactory senses went on high alert, and boy, did they send out distress signals! The scent hit me with an overwhelming sweetness that made me wonder if I had stumbled into a factory of plastic dolls. Talk about a budget fragrance vibe! But wait, there's more! I can't help but worry about the endurance of this perfume. It's like an uninvited guest that overstays their welcome, lingering around for what feels like an eternity. I'm starting to suspect it might be plotting world domination in the scent department. To all the perfume enthusiasts out there, if you happen to fall head over heels for this fragrance, I implore you to exercise caution when spritzing. A gentle reminder that what floats your olfactory boat might sink someone else's. Let's aim for a harmonious scent atmosphere, shall we?

I deleted my previous review and I'm embarrassed to admit I reviewed the wrong fragrance! My previous review was extremely negative and although I'm still not impressed with Black Soul, it's not as bad as I originally indicated. I purchased it last fall because I enjoy wearing cinnamon based colognes in the fall. Unfortunately I don't get any cinnamon in this, it's mostly a bubble gum sweet top with a musky base and drydown. I don't get the comparison to 1 Million which has a much more detectable cinnamon. 1M is also is a beastmode in projection as we all know. Black Soul is packaged extremely nice in a metal decanter with shiny chrome top and inside a metal canister. However the scent is nothing special. It's more like Cuba Royal than 1M except for the musky drydown. I don't hate it and I don't love this fragrance. It's just meh. The longevity is 1 hour sillage and another hour or so of a skin scent. I give it a 6/10.

What an amazing fragrance this is! Its opening is heavy with spice and wood. At first there is a sharp, camphorous, aromatic quality,not unlike cloves or pepper - which I find most appealing. The woodiness which is almost smoky at first, makes me think of Lapsang Souchong tea or a handful of smouldering pencil shavings. I once owned a bamboo flute, which had been burnt inside as part of its manufacture and which had the same kind of smell. The complex combination of spices and woods make this very warm, intense and frankly, most unusual. As the fragrance develops and the woods and spices start to fade the musk becomes more obvious, yet only in a subtle way. It lasts quite well and a single tiny spritz from a tester was still detectable on my arm after two hours. It is very different to any fragrance I currently own and I will definitely add it to my wish list.

i will buy this as an alternative to V&R spicebomb. Im still very sorry because of the reformualtion that have happened on the original spicebomb. UPDATE: so i've bought it and im severely DIS-APPOIN-TED <<< HAH see what i did there? anyways this is not what i've sampled at the department store what i mean is that i can hardly smell any notes as in the one in the tester and it evaporates too quickly and the projection: NONE could it be that its batch dates to 2012 i'll never know. But for closure's sake i'll say that it's probably its characteristic. Some frags are born strong and some are born weak END OF. UPDATE 2: I went to the dept. store and the salesperson smelt it and told me it was OK so that was a load off which leaves me with one conclusion that weak perfumes are weak.

I bought this blindly, and have no regrets whatsoever. I read all of the comments describing this as a "One Million" clone. It is indeed in the same vein as that scent, but I wouldn't label it a cheap copy. Black Soul is more camphorous and spicy and lacks the fruity synthetic bubble gum of One Million, to my nose. Instead this comes across as a more herbal cousin. In my opinion it is more mature, refined, and sensual. It has about the same sillage and longevity as Paco Rabanne's creation, but is softer and less shouty. Those of the opposite sex seem to love it. Of course younger audiences will like O.M. more. To those folks who love One Million, I would recommend you test this one before buying.

Striking opening with so-called niche complexity à la Amouage. Now I look and see nose Carlin has done 2. A convincing teenage black i.e. black glitter and glossy spray paint effect. Carlin has done 4 Icebergs and 4 Ferraris. After an hour, pleasant smoked tea & spiced cookie aroma. I wish the mint lasted longer and camphor/menthol was stronger. The lack of funk and damp makes this easy and safe for any age. My 2019 bottle no doubt missing the possibilities of the oughts. Applied with a heavy hand, Black Soul could fabulously replace some young dude's Axe. 20 bucks in Europe and quality presentation. Recommended!

I was surprised at how much this smells like black soul imperial, which I had first. They're definitely sharing some sort of base. It's strange the notes are all different. I wish I had a better nose for Individual notes so I could explain properly. Edit: notes are Head - Spearmint, cardamom, neroli, bergamot Heart - cinnamon, medjool date, raisin, saffron, Base - Tolu balm, gaiacwood, cedarwood, musk The ones here are close, just missing dates and raisins, but I hate when they're all jumbled up like that.

I initially bought Black Soul as a blind buy due to some of the positive postings, but must say I am very disappointed. It smell's like a cheap perfume bought at a flea market with no silage or longevity what so ever! Cuba Gold with 1/3 the price is 100 times better than this. Safe your money and don't bother with this junk!

i tried this today...it's my brother's birthday and i wanted to get him a new perfume.so i tried this at first and wasn't interested in it at all...but when i got the first sniff it really got my attention!!!! amazing cinnamon openning and vanilla(i do smell vanilla from the top note to the bottom!!!)he loved it

recently i bought black soul Lapidus & Longevity is very poor i guess reformulated . i bought 2-3 years ago was quite different, the scent quite lasting and base notes i could smell little balmy. The base notes i couldnt smell balmy anymore of the current Black soul! what a waste fragrance

TL Black Soul has a similar DNA as Versace Eros. I don ́t get the PR One Million comparsion. Also no bubblegum here. Black Soul is a sweet and slightly smoky fragrance. Reminds me of something like metallic ash. Longevity and sillage are moderate.

Phantastic beautiful refined designed black elegant bottle and... enough ordinary perfume.for me it smells boring and conventional...it is good safe universal mediocre perfume for every day;). A little close to Paco Rabanne "1 million" etc.

hm... at first, i didn t like it at all...i really couldn t stand an minty part...but now i must admit, this is interesting one...hm,, like spicy, little minty 1 million,,, and i love 1 million,,hm, now i started to like this one too

Cool juice! It has a great horse stable vibe in the first half an hour, almost iconic, 70's style mood, very brave, then dries down to a cardamon heavy, sweetish, modern and enjoyable aromatic scent. Good quality!! Like it!!

La mayoría de los comentarios dicen que es igual a One Million, la verdad es que tienen cierta similitud, pero Black Soul es.mejor, menos unixes , más oscura , más varonil, más espaciada , un gran perfume sin duda