# Mercedes-Benz — Mercedes Benz Club Black Eau de Parfum

> Club Black Eau de Parfum (2025) is the EDP companion to Mercedes-Benz's cult-budget Club Black EDT (2017) - a "dark vanilla" oriental reworked with more resin and incense. Composed by Olivier Cresp, H

## Essence
Club Black Eau de Parfum (2025) is the EDP companion to Mercedes-Benz's cult-budget Club Black EDT (2017) - a "dark vanilla" oriental reworked with more resin and incense. Composed by Olivier Cresp, Hamid Merati-Kashani and Fabrice Pellegrin, it keeps the EDT's creamy-sweet vanilla DNA but layers in prominent myrrh and elemi for a smokier, more "oriental," late-night reading. It's positioned around a "Mercedes-Benz Speakeasy" concept and aims to feel more expensive than its price.
## Scent Profile
From the notes (elemi, Calabrian bergamot / vanilla, musk, jasmine / myrrh, amberwood, Ambrox Super), the opening is a fizzy, lemon-peel bergamot with elemi's resinous-woody facet - close to the EDT's familiar sweet, creamy, slightly powdery vanilla intro. Where it diverges, according to launch coverage detailed review, is that "quite quickly, the fragrance becomes spicy and resinous... elemi resin and almost simultaneously myrrh emerge very prominently," giving an oriental character that distinguishes it from the EDT. The heart is vanilla, musk and a light jasmine; the base is myrrh, amberwood and Ambrox Super (an ambroxan-type woody-amber). wearers descriptors: "dark chocolate" facet, a "slightly oud-y but not dirty" vibe, smoky incense over rich creamy vanilla. Some find the incense/woody-amber harsh or "screechy" if sensitive to those aromachemicals. Largely linear once it settles into smoky vanilla-amber.
## Performance
Mixed and contested. The brand and some users tout a "magnetic" trail; one wearers reported the EDP outlasting the EDT side-by-side, "not nearly a skin scent" at 7 hours. But a substantial group calls performance weak for an EDP - "does not last for shit," "performs like an eau de toilette," skin scent within hours even with many sprays. One reviewer reported a "macerating" effect, with a freshly bought bottle smelling like "NOTHING" initially and needing weeks of airing to bloom. Honest synthesis: longevity is moderate and batch/skin-variable; projection moderate. Best in cool weather (fall/winter evenings).
## Wearing Context
A cool-weather, evening, "date night to clubbing" scent per wearers framing - the vanilla-incense-amber profile is cozy and dark rather than fresh. Unisex leaning masculine. Not an obvious office/daytime or hot-weather pick given the sweet resinous heft. Practical reading: a budget-friendly going-out vanilla for fall/winter nights; reach for the EDT instead if you want the brighter, more "unique" incense-vanilla version.
## Comparisons & DNA
Closest reference is its own sibling, the Club Black EDT (2017) - the EDP is "the late-night version," darker and more myrrh-forward, with less of the EDT's distinctive incense bite (some find it thinner/"stripped down," wishing Mercedes had "bulked up" the EDT instead). wearers comparisons: Parfums de Marly Althair (cinnamon-dusted vanilla - the EDP is more resinous, no cinnamon dusting), Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille (boozier, more vanilla-extract realism in SDV), Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Extreme (vanilla-spice), and a noted near-match to the discontinued Le Couvent Maison de Parfum "Cologne of the Missions" (one reviewer: "REALLY close... about 90% there"). DNA family: affordable dark-vanilla orientals.
## Reception
Generally positive-to-lukewarm, with performance the main gripe. Praise: smooth, elegant, versatile, "smells way more expensive than it costs," good value, the rich myrrh-vanilla. Criticism: weak/short performance for an EDP, "disgustingly generic," redundant if you own the EDT, and the maceration issue on fresh bottles. There's also wearers annoyance at AI-written reviews flooding the new-release page. Axes of polarization: EDT-vs-EDP loyalty, and whether the myrrh/incense is an enrichment or a distraction. Blind-buy verdict: low-risk on price but sample or buy the EDT first; many feel the EDP doesn't surpass the cheaper original.
## Versions & Reformulation
Two distinct concentrations under the "Club Black" name: the original Eau de Toilette (2017) and this Eau de Parfum (2025). The EDP is a new composition sharing DNA, not a reformulation. Bottle: the deep-black EDT flacon with the Mercedes star, now with metallic red lettering replacing the EDT's silver. Per launch coverage, it became available from mid-April 2025 in 50ml and 100ml, "through the official Mercedes-Benz website and select retail stores"; marketed by INCC Parfums.
## Acquisition Notes
Affordable/budget tier - the EDT became famous as a sub-$50 (often sub-$40) "cheapie," and the EDP launched higher but is also discounter-bound. Sizes 50ml and 100ml. Sold via the official Mercedes-Benz Parfums site and select retail; decants/samples available through decant houses. The EDT has seen hype-driven price spikes and scarcity rumors of discontinuation, which drove some buyers to the EDP. Counterfeit risk is low-to-moderate for a budget line; the bigger authenticity issue reported is fresh-bottle maceration (juice needing to "open up") rather than fakes.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- Marketing concept is the "Mercedes-Benz Club"/"Speakeasy" - a hidden members-only bar, with the EDP as the "incandescent" red-accented evening evolution of the EDT.
- It's a licensed fragrance (INCC Parfums), not made by the carmaker.
- The EDT's outsized reputation as a "best vanilla for the price" is the real lore here; the EDP arrived to capitalize on that cult status.
- No notable celebrity tie-ins or controversies beyond the value-and-performance debate.