Onyx Code

Onyx Code opens with black pepper, bitter orange and cardamom, a sharp spicy-citrus start that leads into neroli and saffron through the heart. Agarwood, patchouli, leatherwood and olibanum settle a dark, smoky base. Versace's original keeps its oud and pepper fairly restrained, holding a quiet composure that works equally well in a boardroom or after dark; this version turns the volume up on the spice and agarwood earlier, giving it a louder, more assertive character that trades some of that quiet polish for immediate impact. The pepper-saffron-oud-leather signature is still unmistakably the same idea. It has strong persistence and moderate-to-strong projection, comfortable moving from a smart office day into an evening out through cooler months.