Istanbul, 1988. The evening has fallen over the city like velvet.
Beyond the windows, domes and minarets stand beneath a bronze sky, while the streets breathe with spice, smoke, and the murmur of late conversations. Somewhere inside a hidden café, coffee is poured thick and dark into a small cup. Cardamom is crushed by hand. Cinnamon warms the air. The first sip is bitter, sweet, and unforgettable.
Black Bean captures that hour when the night becomes intimate, when the city grows quieter, and every scent feels richer than memory itself. It begins with the bold darkness of roasted coffee, deep and almost hypnotic. Then the spices rise slowly, warm, aromatic, and beautifully restless, wrapping the fragrance in a golden heat. Beneath it all, a smooth sweetness begins to appear, softening the darkness without stealing its strength.
This is not a light coffee fragrance. It is coffee in silk and shadow. Coffee with spice on its breath. Coffee served after midnight, when stories grow deeper and glances last longer.
Black Bean is aromatic richness made wearable. It is bold, warm, mysterious, and impossible to forget.
Fragrance Mood:
Black Bean feels like a hidden room in Istanbul at night, filled with dark coffee, polished brass, ancient spices, and quiet temptation. It is warm but not soft, sweet but not innocent, bold but still refined.
The coffee gives it depth. The spices give it fire. The smooth base gives it a lingering sensuality that stays close, rich, and magnetic.
Opening Impression:
Dark roasted coffee, aromatic spice, cardamom warmth, bitter sweetness.
Heart Impression:
Cinnamon, nutmeg, spiced warmth, smooth café richness, golden aromatic heat.
Dry Down Impression:
Soft sweetness, warm woods, ambered depth, roasted sensuality, lingering spice.
Fragrance Character:
Black Bean is an aromatic, spicy, coffee centred fragrance with a bold and luxurious personality. It does not smell like ordinary sweetness or simple coffee. It smells darker, richer, and more composed, like a fine cup served in a room where every detail has history.
It is ideal for those who enjoy perfumes that feel warm, spicy, dark, rich, sensual, mysterious, elegant, and deeply addictive.
Style Description:
Aromatic, bold, heavily addictive.
The aromatic side gives it refinement, spice, and character.
The bold side gives it strength, presence, and confidence.
The addictive side comes from its dark coffee warmth, a scent that keeps calling the senses back again and again.
This is a fragrance for people who enjoy depth, warmth, mystery, and a signature that does not disappear quietly.
Personality of the Perfume:
Black Bean belongs to someone who carries mystery naturally. They do not reveal everything at once. Their charm is slow, deep, and deliberate.
They enjoy late nights, meaningful conversations, beautiful interiors, strong coffee, and the quiet luxury of being remembered after leaving the room.
This perfume has the soul of a thinker, a seducer, a storyteller, and a person who understands the power of silence.
Best Occasions to Wear:
Perfect for:
Evening dinners, coffee dates, luxury lounges, winter nights, festive gatherings, intimate parties, rooftop evenings, creative events, date nights, and colder monsoon evenings.
Best setting:
Anywhere you want to smell warm, dark, spicy, elegant, and unforgettable.
Season and Indian Weather Suitability:
Black Bean is best suited for cooler weather and evening wear in India. Its coffee and spice richness performs beautifully in winter, monsoon nights, air conditioned spaces, and festive occasions.
Best seasons: Winter, monsoon, late autumn, festive season.
Best time: Evening and night.
Climate feel: Deep, warm, rich, and best enjoyed away from harsh afternoon heat.
Gender Direction:
Primary: Unisex
Leans: Slightly masculine because of its dark coffee and bold spice, yet beautifully wearable by anyone who loves warm aromatic gourmand fragrances.
This is not a sugary coffee scent. It is mature, spiced, smoky in feeling, and deeply elegant.
Performance Language:
Crafted as an Extrait de Parfum, Black Bean is designed to sit on the skin with richness and authority. Its roasted coffee opening makes an immediate impression, while the spiced heart and warm dry down create a long lasting trail that feels intimate, dark, and luxurious.
Expect a fragrance that begins bold, grows warmer with time, and settles into a smooth spiced coffee signature.
Black Bean by Evig Glans is a luxury extrait de parfum from the Secret series, inspired by Istanbul, 1988. An aromatic, bold, heavily addictive fragrance, it blends dark roasted coffee with warm spices, smooth sweetness, woods, and ambered depth. Designed for long lasting evening wear, Black Bean is ideal for those who enjoy rich coffee perfumes with a spicy, mysterious, and luxurious signature.
