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.
Mark Behnke, for ÇaFleurBon, considers Back to Black one of Calice Becker’s best perfumes and one of the high points of the Kilian line.
What critics say
Mark Behnke, ÇaFleurBon, 31 January 2014
In his series on modern masterpieces, Mark Behnke sees Back to Black as “one of the best perfumes by Mme Becker”. He says he falls under its spell every time he wears it and ranks it among the finest achievements of the Kilian line.
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