Black Walnut
Perfumer: Harry Frémont
77 ratings
From your scent profile
Banana Republic Black Walnut is a sweet, spicy and smoky woody fragrance aimed mainly at men, and it has been discontinued.
Skunky's take: When coat weather arrives, this bottle comes off the shelf.
How does it perform?
From 64 community ratings, all out of 10.
Keeps you company for a few hours, a quick refresh fits nicely.
Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Most people feel it is worth the price.
Blind buy risk
61% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Fresh
- Sweet
- Synthetic
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Resinous
Fresh
Sweet
Synthetic
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
ResinousWhat does Black Walnut smell like?
It opens with cognac, moves to tobacco in the heart and dries down to cedar. A fresh start gives way to gourmand sweetness, with a resinous, earthy warmth, an oriental feel and a slightly synthetic sheen.
Longevity and sillage are both moderate. Most voters pick fall, then winter, and evening, leisure and night out lead the occasions. It reads masculine and classic. Its profile is close to Lalique Ombre Noire and Zara Warm Black.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Cognac
First hours
- Tobacco
Towards evening
- Cedar
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 42%Autumn
- 27%Winter
- 22%Spring
- 9%Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer- Evening23%
- Casual20%
- Nighttime20%
- Daytime18%
- Office18%
Smells like this
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