# Stéphane Humbert Lucas — 2022 Generation Black

> 2022 Generation Black is a blackcurrant, yuzu, mint, and oud composition built around the friction between futuristic freshness and traditional Middle Eastern wood. It is widely treated as the black-f

## Essence
2022 Generation Black is a blackcurrant, yuzu, mint, and oud composition built around the friction between futuristic freshness and traditional Middle Eastern wood. It is widely treated as the black-flacon presentation of 2022 Generation Homme or Man from 2013, rather than a separate formula.
## Scent Profile
The opening is tart and bright: blackcurrant brings a dark-fruit bite, yuzu adds acidic citrus lift, and mint cools the first spray. Within minutes the fragrance turns drier and darker. Cambodian oud and precious oud take over as a modern woody-oud accord, polished and inky rather than barnyard-heavy. Spices and balsamic warmth round the base, while the fruit becomes a faint green-black shadow.
## Performance
Performance is one of the divisive parts of the fragrance. Some wearers experience enormous projection and all-day persistence from the dense woody materials; others find it becomes quiet quickly, likely because the modern woody-amber materials can trigger anosmia for some people. The safest expectation is a strong opening, a dry woody body, and highly skin-dependent longevity.
## Wearing Context
This suits cool weather, evenings, and dressed-up situations where a dark modern oud will not feel out of place. It is nominally masculine in presentation, but the scent itself is wearable as a unisex statement if you like dry woods, black fruit, and polished synthetic oud effects. It is not a casual office default.
## Comparisons & DNA
The dossier places it near the modern oud lineage of Tom Ford Oud Wood and Nasomatto Black Afgano, but with more blackcurrant freshness and less traditional rose-oud structure. Wearers also compare it with Arabian Oud Kashmir. Within SHL, it belongs beside Black Gemstone and Mortal Skin as part of the house's darker, dramatic vocabulary.
## Reception
Reception is sharply split. Fans praise the dark fruit, smooth oud, and bold projection. Detractors hear a mainstream woody-amber construction, too much ISO E-style dryness, or a price that exceeds the perceived refinement. The main divide is whether the oud feels compellingly modern or merely synthetic.
## Versions & Reformulation
The dossier identifies 2022 Generation Black as the same masculine 2022 Generation composition also catalogued as 2022 Generation Homme or Man, launched in 2013. No formal reformulation is documented, though wearers have reported bottle-to-bottle performance variation.
## Acquisition Notes
Expect high niche pricing for a 50 ml bottle. Because the scent is polarizing and performance varies heavily by wearer, sampling or decanting before a full bottle is the sensible path.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- The 2022 concept came from Lucas's vision of tradition meeting the modern world after travel in Qatar.
- The date points toward a future horizon rather than the fragrance's actual launch year.
- The house's 777 symbolism reflects spirituality, protection, luck, and Lucas's attachment to the number seven.