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Carner Barcelona
Black Calamus
With Black Calamus, Carner Barcelona composes a dry and elegant woody fragrance. It opens on sweet flag and pepper, reveals labdanum and incense at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla and oud.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
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Opening First minutes
Sweet flag · Pepper
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Labdanum · Incense
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Base Several hours
Vanilla · Oud
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 2 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Sweet flag: a niche material, declared by only 2 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
- Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
- Woody, amber, gourmand and spicy: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with woody supplying 2 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
- Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Black Calamus by Carner Barcelona seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
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