Kenneth Cole was initially under LVMH via Parfums Givenchy (just like Michael Kors), but regardless of manufacturer or distributor, all men's fragrances from the house made in the 2000's have that unmistakable "Kenneth Cole DNA" in them, thanks to the designer's love of ozonic top notes (usually but not always grapefruit) as a signature of the brand. What makes Kenneth Cole Black so "black" isn't really anything tangible other than the marketing of the decade that denoted "black" flankers to established masculine perfume lines had to be mysterious with an air of seriousness to them, but in reality all this meant was make something markedly different from all the other flankers in a line, as Ralph Lauren did with Polo Black (2005) by making it a super fruity neon ozonic mango thing over violet ionones and woody notes. I honestly don't know which bottle was made more recently - I swiped the stopper bottle from my dad after my other ran out, but he might have bought his before I bought mine. The opening of ozonic aldehydes, "watermint", mandarin, and basil over some dry ginger feels like a cold bolt of lightning that quickly gets surrounded in ionones that represent both fruity, woody, and floral configurations sans any iris. NOTE: As a seller, you are solely responsible for the legitimacy of the product, and its images and descriptions.

Kenneth Cole Black really is just an office scent that came to work in baggy jeans and a band shirt, so the shock and awe only lasts until it gets down to work. So the big deal about Kenneth Cole Black, why it should be more loved, is that it represents a prototype for the later post-aquatic "blue" fragrances that would initiate with the release of the aforementioned Bleu de Chanel.water ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate butyl methoxdibenzoylmethane ethylhexyl salicylate alpha-isomethyl ionone linalool citronellol hydroxycitronellol butylphenyl methylpropional hexyl cinnamal limonene. All of this probably sounds rather yucky, and the young men of the era (like me) definitely over-sprayed it, but the long-term effects can still be positively felt in releases like Bleu de Chanel (2010). In short, this stuff isn't as tacky as you may remember or have been told, but it is still definitely "out there" compared to "blue" juices that followed. The thing is, even though it's a bit more higher quality smelling than Claiborne's line of men's fragrances ie Curve, Mambo, Bora Bora, it's too synthetic and, despite it's fresh nature, a bit cloying.

Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Secondly, while the reputation of Kenneth Cole Black being a youth market release still haunts it nearly twenty years on, it is a youth market release from another era and many of the notes and accords in this stuff have since "matured" in mainstream men's perfumery.Jacques Polge must have been a fan of Harry Freemont and Sabine de Tscharner's work here for Kenneth Cole, because he copied about 60% of it into Bleu de Chanel. just wanted to ask to people who had tried or smelled Kenneth Cole Black,what are your thoughts on it? It does have a solid opening but as you go along for the ride through the mid and base it turns synthetic and boring. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Kenneth Cole Black can probably be blamed somewhat for that, as it is a rather bombastic atom smasher of fresh and fruity notes over floral notes, dry woods, and a pre-ambroxan attempt at an ambergris base.

It’s fresh, aromatic, slightly citrusy, with some woodsy notes and amber, making it smell masculine without being overbearing.

I'd use something like Kenneth Cole Black now as a work or office scent, since it doesn't have the "night club factor" anymore after being years removed it. r/fragrance is an inclusive, adult community for discussing finished retail perfumes and other scented personal and home-care products. Kenneth Cole Black for Men was created by Harry Fremont and Sabine De Tscharner and is a unique, sensual and long-lasting fragrance for gentlemen. However, it is amazingly powerful by modern standards and it does have a nicely blended late appearing blackish incense note that stands it apart from the modern norm.