64 community ratings

Midnight Black Tea

Name: Midnight Black Tea
Brand: Jo Malone

Perfumer: Serge Majoullier

2016UnisexClassic

7.7/ 10

Community score
64 ratings

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Jo Malone Midnight Black Tea is a sweet, gourmand unisex scent built on amber, gaiac resin, labdanum and vanilla.

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Skunky's take: Comes alive when it gets cold; fall and winter are its seasons.

How does it perform?

From 53 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.3 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

6.6 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

8.0 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

80% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Amber

Gaiac resin

Labdanum Vanilla

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Powdery
Creamy
Resinous

What does Midnight Black Tea smell like?

The notes read as a single whole rather than top, heart and base: labdanum and gaiac resin give it a resinous, woody warmth, while amber and vanilla turn that into a creamy, powdery sweetness. The spicy and oriental sides stay in the background and the gourmand character leads.

Longevity is rated good and sillage moderate. Most voters pick fall and winter, and evening and leisure wear lead the occasion votes. Masculine and feminine votes are equal, so it sits comfortably between the two. Givenchy Ambre Tigré and Carolina Herrera Amber Desire have a close profile.