1881 Black

1881 Black is an eau de toilette for men from Cerruti, launched in 2006 and composed by Michel Girard. A variation on 1881, it draws on the warm, spicy atmosphere of an Italian evening: bitter orange, santolina and lavender in the opening, nutmeg and cumin at the heart, and a sweet woody base of agarwood, guaiac and marzipan.

Brand: Cerruti
Launch year: 2006
Perfumer: Michel Girard
Gender: Men
Olfactory family: Woody
Secondary family: Oriental
Concentration: Eau de Toilette
EAN: 0688575181180 (100 ml)

Published October 12, 2026

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The Cerruti house was born in 1881 in Biella, in Piedmont, where Nino Cerruti’s grandfather founded a textile mill. Its men’s fragrance 1881, launched in 1990, has had many variations, including 1881 Black in 2006.

The composition is signed by Michel Girard. Osmoz reports that the perfume draws on the warm, spicy atmosphere of an Italian evening; the presentation texts speak instead of a starlit Italian night.

The eau de toilette is sold in fifty and one hundred milliliters, in the 1881 bottle turned gray-black.

What the house says

The presentation texts describe an elegant, charismatic man, sure of his power of seduction, and a perfume that links past and present while remaining faithful to Nino Cerruti’s values. Wikiparfum evokes a man dressed in a black Cerruti suit, in a dark and mysterious setting.