{"product_id":"black-enigma","title":"BLACK ENIGMA","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"frag-header\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 1.5rem 1.5rem 1.25rem; border-bottom: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.15); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Anthropic Sans', -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frag-brand\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eAreej Al Ward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frag-name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eBlack Enigma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frag-tagline\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.5px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.75; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\"Some things are not meant to be understood — only felt\" — a brooding, subterranean opening of truffle and dark plum descends into a heady, intoxicating heart of rum-soaked florals, before paring back to a single, devastating base note: patchouli, raw and absolute, like the last word in a language only the skin understands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pyramid\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 1px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.15); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Anthropic Sans', -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(48, 48, 46); display: grid; grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr; gap: 1rem; align-items: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"note-layer layer-top\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 9px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.09em; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 8px; display: inline-block; width: fit-content; background: rgb(30, 30, 46); color: rgb(200, 196, 232);\"\u003eTop notes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-names\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245); line-height: 1.65;\"\u003eTruffle · Plum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-timing\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eOpens in the first 15–30 min\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-pills\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eDark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eEarthy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eFruity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eSubterranean\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-desc\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.8;\"\u003eBlack Enigma opens from the underground. Truffle arrives immediately — raw, intensely earthy, and deeply musky, its complex fungal quality unlike anything else in perfumery. It does not ease you in; it pulls you down into something ancient and primal, evoking damp forest soil and the hushed darkness beneath centuries-old trees. Against this extraordinary earthiness, plum emerges — dark, jammy, and luscious, its deep wine-dark sweetness acting less like a fruity top note and more like a bruise of colour against a dark canvas. There is no brightness here, no citrus shimmer, no herbal lift. Just two ingredients that share a common soul: both born of the earth, both rich beyond measure, both impossible to look away from. The opening of Black Enigma is the most singular in the collection — and the most unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(48, 48, 46); display: grid; grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr; gap: 1rem; align-items: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"note-layer layer-mid\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 9px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.09em; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 8px; display: inline-block; width: fit-content; background: rgb(42, 21, 37); color: rgb(212, 168, 192);\"\u003eHeart notes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-names\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245); line-height: 1.65;\"\u003eRum · Ylang Ylang · Orchid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-timing\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eEmerges after 30–45 min\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-pills\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eIntoxicating\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eNarcotic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eTropical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eHeady\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-desc\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.8;\"\u003eIf the opening descends, the heart intoxicates. Rum sweeps through the truffle and plum with a warm, boozy richness — sweet, slightly smoky, with a molasses-dark depth that amplifies the plum's darkness and gives the entire composition a dizzyingly indulgent quality, as though the fragrance has been left to ferment in an oak barrel until it became something altogether more complex than its ingredients alone. Ylang ylang blooms through the rum in full, tropical abandon: heady, narcotic, and intensely floral, its banana-custard sweetness edged with a rubbery, almost medicinal depth that makes it one of perfumery's most polarising and magnetic materials. It does not soften Black Enigma — it deepens it. Orchid drifts through last, adding its signature vanillic, slightly powdery floral softness — a moment of mysterious, barely-there beauty that functions like a half-glimpsed face in the dark. The heart of Black Enigma is not comfortable or easy. It is intoxicating, disorienting, and completely hypnotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(48, 48, 46); display: grid; grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr; gap: 1rem; align-items: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"note-layer layer-base\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 9px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.09em; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 8px; display: inline-block; width: fit-content; background: rgb(15, 26, 15); color: rgb(136, 187, 136);\"\u003eBase notes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-names\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245); line-height: 1.65;\"\u003ePatchouli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-timing\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eSettles after 1–2 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note-pills\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eAbsolute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eFermented\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eMossy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pill\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 11px; border-radius: 20px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.3);\"\u003eInevitable\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note-desc\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.8;\"\u003eAfter everything — the truffle, the plum, the rum, the ylang ylang — Black Enigma reduces to a single, perfect truth: patchouli. Alone. Unadorned. And devastating. Here, standing without vanilla to sweeten it or musk to soften it or wood to structure it, patchouli reveals what it truly is: ancient, fermented, mossy, and deeply animalic — a material that has been used in perfumery for centuries precisely because nothing else smells like it or does what it does. On skin, it becomes biographical — patchouli's famous chemistry with human skin means it smells different on every single person, slowly evolving and deepening over hours into something that is no longer just a base note but a second skin entirely. The choice to anchor Black Enigma in a single base note is not minimalism — it is mastery. A statement of absolute confidence from a perfumer who knows that sometimes, one note says everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"overall\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; border-top: 0.5px solid rgba(222, 220, 209, 0.15); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Anthropic Sans', -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"overall-label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eThe full story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"overall-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.5px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.85;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eBlack Enigma is the most unconventional, boundary-defying fragrance in the Areej Al Ward collection. It follows none of perfumery's conventional rules — its opening is earthy rather than bright, its heart is intoxicating rather than harmonious, its base is singular rather than complex. And yet it works with a kind of dark, magnetic logic that draws you back again and again, discovering something new with every wearing. This is a fragrance for those who are comfortable in shadow, who find beauty in the unfamiliar, and who understand that the most compelling things in life are rarely the ones that are easiest to explain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"compare-note\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 12px 14px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-left: 3px solid rgb(60, 26, 58); border-radius: 8px; font-size: 12.5px; color: rgb(194, 192, 182); line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(250, 249, 245); font-weight: 500;\"\u003eBlack Enigma vs Plutonia —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eboth feature truffle, both are deeply dark. But where Plutonia uses truffle as one voice in an opulent choir, Black Enigma opens with truffle front and centre — rawer, bolder, and less mediated. Plutonia is subterranean luxury. Black Enigma is subterranean instinct.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attrs\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(100px, 1fr)); gap: 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-val\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003eDark Oriental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-key\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eFamily\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-val\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003e10–14 hrs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-key\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eLongevity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-val\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003eHeavy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-key\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eSillage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-val\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003eAutumn \/ Winter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-key\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eBest season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(38, 38, 36); border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-val\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(250, 249, 245);\"\u003eNight \/ Intimate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"attr-key\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(156, 154, 146);\"\u003eOccasion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Areej Al Ward Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51341081674037,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/0166\/2005\/files\/BLACKENIGMA.png?v=1762413714","url":"https:\/\/www.areejalward.com\/products\/black-enigma","provider":"Areej Al Ward Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}