Seduction in Black
Antonio Banderas (2009)

One of the most underrated cheapies on the planet. I have been wearing Seduction in Black since its release, as well as its prior release Blue Seduction, both are great, but Seduction in Black is better.

It has everything I want in a fragrance. It's unique, it's good for day time, but also good for night time, making it versatile. It's good for a date, or for casual use. It has fantastic performance, and is cheap. My one complaint, is after owning several bottles of this, sometimes they turn, and start to smell funky. But at what 10-20 bucks a bottle, I can throw it out and buy another. I wouldn't recommend owning a bottle of this for more than 3 years, before it starts to go bad. There must be an ingredient in here that causes this issue, as I only have it with Seduction in Black, and not Blue Seduction. My guess would be the coumarin they are using. I am pretty sure it's the same one used in Spicebomb that makes Spicebomb sometimes go bad too.

Aside from that, it's worth it regardless, because odds are it won't go bad I've only had 2 out of 6 bottles go bad - yes I've owned 6 bottles of this. I should note the 2 that went bad were both 1 oz bottles. One of them, the sprayed from the atomizer kept coming off, so perhaps the air seeping in is what turned the smell. I digress though, this stuff is phenomenal. It smells like a mix of Armani Code And Acqua di Gio. It gets tons of compliments, and when I tell people a bottle costs under $20 they can't believe it.

I've owned/tried a lot of cheapies, and this would be in my top 10 best ever, it's stunning.. and I highly recommend it. It's not at all generic by today's standards, it's actually very different. It may remind you of others, but the combination used is one of a kind. In fact, it's the only fragrance I would label as a gourmand aquatic.

Take my word, if you have my same tastes, and think we share the same preferences in fragrances, I highly recommend trying this one out!

There are a TON of flankers to this label, both Black and Blue. I have tried a handful, and found them mostly to be money grabs. None as good as the originals. Seduction in Black is the king of this label, but I do plan on eventually trying as much of the line as I can.

Shouts 'chemical' from the word go and kind of reminds me of Davidoff Silver Shadow. However, unlike Silver Shadow, this one has character and is dark, sweet bitter and musky with a wiff of slight soapiness in the basenotes tinged with dark, mildly spicy undertones and a hint of bitter almonds and some reminisces of the initial blackcurrant. All ingredients blend very well. This perfume is cheap as chips but a brilliant attempt at perfumery nevertheless despite its synthetic flavour.

Seduction in Black is for a while crisp, bitter-sweet and mastered by this accord of dark fruits/bergamot (providing bitterness, darkness and angularity), blackcurrant (notable) and synth musky-amber. I detect cedary woodiness and surely cardamom which imprints a freshly musky, fluidy and piquant modern twist. There is a vague Armani Code-Gucci Guilty Homme-Polo Black-Police Dark Men-Montblanc Emblem's sort of vibe (each of them jumping vaguely on mind for a bunch of diverse nuances) but this Bandera's juice unfolds an its own peculiar individuality. The final amber is spicy, kind of bitter-almondy and woody-musky. Cardamom and crisp-angular patterns provide bold freshness, blackberries provide bitter-fruity darkness while nutmeg, ambroxan, blackcurrant and musk enhance a denser enigmatic vibe. This juice is a synth freshly seductive scent with a final twist of warm ambery mystery (and a sort of soapy-herbal "sporty" undertone). Best for night time casual use.

I really enjoy this scent,was impressed by the smell quality.i got a 1oz for under $10.smells like it could be something made by a bigger designer frag compan at $60.Smells like something I would like to wear on a night out,classy smooth smell.been complemented when I wear this.love the manly light musk mixed in with the light water melon smell and vanilla.

I enjoy wearing this one. It's a delicious version of black currant and vanilla with a bit of the nutmeg and coriander in the background. If this had a smokiness to it I might even be inclined to say it has an Aventus like vibe. Not bad at all and would make a great work fragrance.

It does the job.
Currant smoothed out by vanilla is all I pick up here, LINEAR for sure.