Paco Rabanne leans darker than usual with Black XS Perfume, cranberry, pink pepper, and tamarind arriving bright and immediately tart in an unusual spiced fruity combination bolder than typical designer florals. Cacao, rose, and black violet carry that darkness into genuinely gourmand floral middle territory, the cacao note especially giving this composition real distinction. Vanilla, patchouli, and massoia wood ground the dry down in dense, resinous richness that lasts for many long hours after the fruit above has faded.
Nights out and evening wear both suit this fruity oriental Eau De Parfum especially well, bold rather than conventional about its own considerable personality. The name promises real darkness, and the fragrance delivers on that promise fully throughout the entire wear.