Bulgari Black(1998)

Created by Annick Menardo for Bulgari, this composition opens on tea, bergamot, and an unusual rubber accord, moves through a heart of amber and woods, and closes on vanilla, tonka bean, and leather. Its rubber note, evoking the smell of a tire or bicycle tube, was a genuinely radical, unconventional material choice for prestige perfumery, and Bulgari Black remains one of the most acclaimed and frequently cited unisex niche fragrances of its era, still discussed as a landmark in unconventional material use.