EBC Collection
MUST BE BLACK BEAR PERFUME
EDT · 100 ml
$20
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From our own shelf: sold under its own name by the house that made it.
How it smells
Mapped on twelve accords, from the box.
We haven't put this one on skin yet — no scores, no measured numbers until we do. What the house publishes:
EBC Collection MUST BE BLACK BEAR PERFUME Eau de Toilette, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A unisex fragrance in the woody family. Top notes: Pink Pepper, Pear, Indonesian Nutmeg, elemi and Bergamot. Heart notes: Rose, Clove, Magnolia and flax. Base notes: Haitian Vetiver, Cashmeran, Sandalwood, Amber and Sylkolide.
Decoded from the note list the house publishes.
Top notes
First 15 minutesPink Pepper
Spice
Rose-tinted peppercorn — fizzy, fruity, light.
Pear
Fruit
Soft, dewy fruit with a fresh-cut sweetness.
Indonesian Nutmeg
Spice
Warm, dusty, faintly narcotic spice.
Elemi
Resin / balsam
Bright resin — lemon-pine and peppery.
Bergamot
Citrus
Bitter Italian citrus peel — bright, slightly floral, the classic opener.
Heart notes
The next few hoursRose
Floral
Petal-rich flower — honeyed, green, sometimes jammy.
Clove
Spice
Dried bud — hot, sweet, dentist-warm.
Magnolia
Floral
Lemony white flower — creamy and fresh at once.
Flax
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Base notes
What's left at the endHaitian Vetiver
Wood
Smoky, earthy grass root from Haiti.
Cashmeran
Wood
Synthetic musky wood — soft, warm, plush.
Sandalwood
Wood
Creamy, milky wood — soft and long-lasting.
Amber
Resin / balsam
Labdanum-and-vanilla accord — warm, sweet, glowing.
Sylkolide
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Note list as published by the house. Descriptions explain the raw material itself — not how this bottle performed on us.
What our shelf has learned
From 324 bottles and 21 logged wears in our own register.
How these notes have behaved on us across every bottle we've worn — not a measurement of this bottle.
- Bergamoton 99 of our bottles, 11 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Vanilla, Musk
- Amberon 73 of our bottles, 5 wornoften sits with Musk, Vanilla, Patchouli
- Pink Pepperon 30 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Jasmine, Vanilla
- Sandalwoodon 57 of our bottles, 2 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Musk, Cedar
- Pearon 38 of our bottles, 2 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Vanilla, Jasmine
- Roseon 39 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Jasmine, Musk, Vanilla
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
