Signed by Calice Becker and released in 2009, Back to Black is the eighth perfume in Kilian’s L’Œuvre Noire, an aphrodisiac woody in which a languid honey lifted by sweet spices blends with cedar, smoky incense and vanilla to recreate, according to Kilian Hennessy, the narcotic appeal of tobacco, without real tobacco.
Lacquered black and refillable, the bottle bears the shield of Achilles on its sides and, on the front, a silver plate with the perfume’s name.
Kilian describes a black lacquered bottle, made in France and endlessly refillable, each side of which is engraved with the shield of Achilles; a silver metal plate, hand-engraved with the name, completes it. The 50 ml comes with a 100 ml refill.
The packshot used, relayed by Escentials, shows on the front a large glossy black panel centred on a satin silver plate; it bears Back to Black and aphrodisiac under the former by Kilian signature. A lacquered cylindrical cap tops a short neck.
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