Black Suede Dark by Avon

A nice clone of La Nuit de Issey. It’s synthetic, but it does its job and for the price, you can’t ask for more. Not bad at all.

I might be the only crazy one, but it smells similar to One Million. It’s a sweet leather scent; I’m not saying they’re identical, just very close. Very easy to wear.

What a beast! At first, I thought it would be a lugubrious, gothic tanned leather, but I absolutely love how different it is from the rest of my collection and how perfectly it complements it. The more I wear it, the more I adore it. There’s a moment that makes me feel super clean, like I just used detergent, and I love that. It’s the perfect perfume for a black leather jacket, nothing more, nothing less: ideal for cold weather and nighttime, with an impossible mystery.

I think it’s a good perfume; for the price, you can’t ask for more. It’s $540 in Uruguay.

For the price—around $5 in Argentina—and for that LEATHER, I can confidently say it’s SPECTACULAR. Now, like the Black Suede flankers I’ve been buying, its longevity is a joke. For a half-day activity or a bit of calisthenics to reapply it, it barely lasts. But at least with this Black Suede DARK, I can’t ask for more for those $5. The opening is fruity, but don’t ask me what fruits because I have no idea; it’s an undifferentiated note. I don’t know which market perfume it’s paying homage to. Watch out for this opening! Don’t get stuck with that impression, because a few minutes later—say, five—the rough leather starts emerging between the fruity notes. This combination makes it unique, like the leather-with-solvent vibe of Gucci Guilty (I’m making the comparison because I don’t have another reference, though they differ in result, they’re related in intent and family) but sweetened; as if something spiced was added to aromatize the leather. The leather lasts until the end (which is no more than three hours on my skin) with a volatile camphoraceous component (not the scent itself but the effect) that decongests your nose. I don’t detect vetiver or a dry, astringent dry-down. Obviously, it’s super masculine, designed for men (though anyone can wear it if they want). CONCLUSION: For the price and what it offers, it’s ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT if you like or want to explore perfumes with a prominent LEATHER note: because THIS ONE HAS IT. For the price, its meager longevity is forgiven (though it lasts a bit longer than its older siblings ‘Touch’ and ‘Leather’, which I’ve already reviewed). With a bit of optimism and no pretensions, this perfume could become a battlehorse for Avon.

Synthetic as only she can be XD… I just bought it blind. I like it, even though it’s not the type of scent I feel goes with me. The opening is super plastic and fruity, like a tutti frutti, an undefined fruit salad, smells artificial but not bad. That impression fades after a while and a very pleasant aromatic leather emerges, though I prefer drier leather; this one is sweet but pleasant. Is it sexy? Hmm, I think so; it works precisely because of its artificiality. It reminded me of when I first smelled Joop, like you can’t believe you’re smelling something so synthetic. Is it masculine? Nope, it’s quite unisex; I imagine a girl at a party, wearing a leather jacket, dancing until dawn… It’s cute, it doesn’t kill me, but it has something addictive that makes me not regret owning it, besides the price is a joke. Fall, winter, cold, day or night (I think it should hold up in smoke-filled places and closed clubs and parties); spring and summer could work due to the sweet fruity opening, but only at night. Do not buy blind.

This new Avon creation isn’t bad at all. It opens with a somewhat strange, cheap leather smell, but little by little it settles into a leather note to balance with the fruity notes, resulting in a pleasant scent once your nose gets used to it. The projection isn’t anything special, so I recommend spraying 6 or 7 times; given the cost of the perfume, you can spray freely. Decent longevity; 12 hours later, I could still smell traces on my wrist. A versatile perfume for day and night in spring and autumn when you don’t want to use your top perfumes.