Floral Street 2017 EDP

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Black Lotus

by Jérôme Epinette

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Floral Street Black Lotus is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2017, created by Jérôme Epinette. Black Lotus opens with Chili, Pink Pepper, and Saffron, settles into a heart of Rose, Violet, and Jasmine, and dries down to a base of Papyrus, Leather, Musk, and Patchouli. Floral Street's Black Lotus carries an Acquired verdict, a floral-led wear.

A smoky patchouli-rose shot through with peppered saffron and black cherry, Black Lotus is Floral Street's after-dark provocation. Bold, divisive, unmistakably sensual, built for candlelit rooms and cold-weather evenings, not boardrooms.
What our verdicts mean →
  • Bold
  • Smoky
  • Sensual
  • Mysterious
  • Warm
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Black Lotus Eau de Parfum bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Saffron47%
Chili32%
Pink Pepper21%
Heartas listed
Rose41%
Violet24%
Jasmine15%
Baseas listed
Leather25%
Patchouli21%
Labdanum14%
Black Cherry13%
Musk13%
Papyrus13%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Long (6-10h)
Projection
Strong
Intensity
Strong

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

Dark patchouli, smoked leather and Damask rose with peppery saffron read as cold-weather depth; reviewers tag it as a nighttime incense-rose with too much heat for warm months.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date Formal

Heavy headache-inducing sillage and a brooding patchouli base read as too much for office wear; medium-to-high projection lands it as a date and formal evening pick.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

Declarable under EU Annex III

  • Synthetic musk Hexamethylindanopyran from Musk

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

Ethics and formulation

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About

Black Lotus is Floral Street's after-dark provocation. Imagine a candlelit room that smells faintly of smoked leather, peppered rose and dark incense - bold, divisive, unmistakably sensual and not even slightly polite about it. The opening hits with black cherry and peppery saffron, fruited but dry, setting up a Damask rose heart that is warmed rather than prettied. From there the fragrance sinks into a smoky patchouli and leather base shot through with dark incense, where the cherry lingers as a moody fruited gloss. Reviewers repeatedly use "dark", "smoky" and "brooding" and compare it to incense-rose territory rather than anything floral-pretty. Performance is where Black Lotus earns its reputation. Longevity runs 8 hours and up, projection is medium-to-high in the opening hours, and the smoky leather-patchouli base clings to fabric the next morning. Wearers flag it as too headache-inducing for workplace wear and too heavy for hot weather. It sings in cooler months, candlelit rooms and on clothing rather than skin-close dates. This is not a crowd-pleaser and it is not trying to be. It is built for fall and winter evenings, formal-adjacent date nights and the kind of wearer who actively wants a fragrance that takes up space. If Arizona Bloom is a breeze-through-the-room, Black Lotus is the one you smell on the coat at the door. Community-grounded: wear it when you want to be remembered, not when you want to blend in.

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