Agonist Parfums - Onyx Pearl

Onyx Pearl (“Onyx”) is a new oriental woody offering from the Swedish niche perfume house Agonist Parfums.  With Onyx, the brand intends to create a blur of boundaries between male and female and create a “seductive and enchanting” juice suitable for everyone.

The fragrance opens with a bold floral oud tinged with a suede-like leather.  The leather and later heliotrope and sandalwood cool the somewhat spicy opening.  There is a clean, almost powdery, feel to the first 2 hours of wear.  At the end of the first couple of hours, in comes a complex patchouli and a resinous amber.  The drydown begins for me at roughly 3 – 4 hours into wear and a light cedar balances the juice.  For me, the cedar re-emphasizes the oud in Onyx.  There is a barely perceptible musk in the drydown, however, the usual intensity of musk is overshadowed by the woody notes.

Onyx wears for me for roughly 8 – 9 hours with moderate projection.

I’d like to thank Nir Guy of Perfumology (King of Prussia, PA) for the sample of Onyx Pearl.

Notes: Oriental Flowers, Arabian Oud, White Leather, Heliotrope, Indian Amber, Indonesian Patchouli, Australian Sandalwood, Virginia Cedarwood, Whitemusk