In Tobacco Oud the tobacco dominates, in Oud Fleur I smell a fecal rose, and in Oud Wood, I'm distracted by dry and airy woods and spice. The perfumes share a dark, moody woodiness, an intensity of character, a lush and exotic richness and a hint of bitter grubbiness. But the oud note itself doesn't jump out at me or smell the same in each fragrance. Perhaps the plethora of other ingredients, and the different focus for each of these oud fragrances actually obscures the oud note a little? Perhaps Tom Ford is trying to show a range of uses for this ingredient rather than aiming towards identifiability and homogeneity?
Fragrance ingredients are not always mono-dimensional, particularly natural ingredients, but is real oud oil used in these fragrances? For the price, I would hope so, but I'm not sure that it is. Tobacco Vanille opens on my skin exactly like a Christmas plum pudding, a sort of dark, blackened, moist-to-dry fruitcake that often is accompanied by a vanilla rum sauce. The similarity is so strong, it's striking. The rum opening is accompanied by dark pipe tobacco, cinnamon chocolate, and spices. There is a touch of cardamom and ginger, just like in a really strong Chai tea.
The subtle ginger note combined with the dark spices renders this a very different scent than Ambre Narguilé or Spiritueuse Double Vanille on my skin. It's not as sweet, light or fruity as it is in the other two fragrances, and there are no smoky, incense notes. Here, the tobacco is not like airy hookah smoke, but something a thousand times more dense. There is almost a chewy, black vibe to the whole thing with a faintly bitter underpinning, though I don't know if it stems from the tobacco leaves, the fruit, or something else. The scent to me is fresh tobacco notes mixed spices and sweet sticky vanilla.
Underneath all that is some dark chocolate undertones and cacao mixed with dried fruit notes. Initially, the tobacco and spice stands out, and it is very strong. The tobacco and spices tend to shine a little more than the sweetness of the vanilla and creamy tonka bean. Over time, the sweetness becomes more prominent, and the tobacco notes mellow out a good bit. During the dry down it smells like a holiday style scent with notes of sweet vanilla, cinnamon, spices, and some scents of woods and dark fruits. Tom Ford Tobacco Oud is more about tobacco on the open.
It's like they stripped out the sweet bits from Tobacco Vanille and Amber Absolute – the parts I can't bear – and left the parts that I like/love. A dry amber/tobacco/oud fragrance that makes me pretty damn happy. Temptalia noted that there is a difference in smell depending on how heavy you apply. I found that accurate, even though I can't imagine why it is true – it just is With a couple of short sprays, it's dry, very tobacco-like. When I sprayed liberally, it veered more toward By Kilian Pure Oud, which surprised and delighted me since that's my comfort oud fragrance. Notes are agarwood , tobacco, sandalwood, patchouli, spicy notes and whiskey.
There's an undercurrent of chocolate after about forty-five minutes of wear while, for me, a blend of vanilla and spice continues to be the main event. I felt as if there was a general haziness to the scent, which gave it a darker element, but it didn't smell smoky or incense-like; more unsmoked pipe tobacco. It was one of my favorite parts of the perfume. With a minimal quantity, Oud Fleur's opening stage somehow consisted of a sandalwood-like fragrance more than an oud one.
It never feels like actual Mysore sandalwood, but the impression of something similar has been created through subtle augmentation via the spices and resins. It boosts what feels like a rather generic "sandalwood" base into something very much like the real thing with its spiced, slightly smoked, sweet, golden-red aroma. It's all largely thanks to that cardamom note with the subtle saffron-like element .
The final result for Oud Fleur's first hour is a fragrance that is a lovely, delicate blend of creamy woodiness with sweet, dusty spices and a subtle sprinkling of light rose petals. It's all incredibly sheer and seems to positively evaporate from my skin within minutes. The Voyage perfume is a women's and men's woody spicy fragrance with tobacco, warm spicy, whiskey, oud, and sweet main accords. It has a top note of whiskey, followed by middle notes of cinnamon, spicy notes, and coriander. The base notes contain tobacco, oud, sandalwood, patchouli, benzoin, incense, vanilla, and cedar.
Tobacco Oud seems to be obtained from other Tom Ford private blends. If you like the tobacco note and scents on the sweet side, then you should try it. It is strong tobacco with an undertone of whiskey. As it softens, the spices and sandalwood becomes more exposed but the tobacco and whiskey are still there, if you deeply inhale it. The oud quickly becomes too strong for the majority of the fragrance for me.
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille Smell Like Woody scents are extracted from cedar wood, amber or vetiver. These emphasise the masculinity and can be combined well with other scents of pepper, cinnamon or nutmeg. Fragrances with leather nuances usually smell smoky and are perceived as cosy. These fragrances are combined with floral oils and rounded off.
The tobacco scent serves as an ideal base for other fragrances. The warm and slightly sweet aroma of the tobacco is often rounded off with floral and woody fragrances. The three categories are mainly used as a base note and mixed with floral or herbaceous essences. This creates a perfect and intense fragrance experience.
After smelling the two real oud oils, I can comment that none of the commercial fragrances that I smelt last week are particularly reminiscent of the real ouds. The two oils are so complex and rich and have distinct qualities about them that aren't reflected much in the perfumes. I'm not sure whether any of these fragrances uses real oud. They might, or they might claim to, but I doubt we'll ever know for sure. Intoxicating luxury, a fusion of precious oud and smoky tobacco blended into a rich infusion of herbs, flowers and spice. Launched in 2013, this bold fragrance opens with a fiery shot of whiskey.
The heart features a blend of spices that includes prominent cinnamon and coriander. The base delves into strong tobacco, oud wood, sandalwood, patchouli, incense, benzoin, vanilla and cedar. As soon as I got home and sprayed it, though, I understood the hype.
Dare I say, it smells better than most perfumes I own. It is quite strong , but it's absolutely delicious. The notes are warm and spicy, and it really does give you the feeling you're in a cozy cabin in the woods. And the similarities to the Tom Ford iteration are strong. That same heady, creamy, woody, warm vanilla-scented goodness comes through. As always with Tom Ford fragrances, the amount you apply impacts the notes that you detect, their prominence, and their forcefulness.
In addition, the potency of many Private Blend fragrances means tha it's better starting off with a lesser amount. As a result, the first time I tried Oud Fleur, I only applied about 2 really giant smears, or about 1.5 sprays. It made the expected difference to the notes in the opening hour. There was even a subtle whiff of a very creamy saffron note like an Indian rice pudding dessert lightly sprinkled with cardamom. The rose flits in and out of the top notes, while the patchouli works from the base to add a subtle touch of fruited sweetness.
There was just the merest, faintest suggestion of something leathered, dark, and chewy underneath, but Oud Fleur's main composition was of very creamy woods. The tobacco note is not nearly as strong as I expected, but still prominent. Lots of leather, very rich like that of an old leather briefcase.
Just after I applied it, I could seriously taste the slightest hint of maple syrup-like sweetness as I inhaled the lovely aroma; that sensation lasts but a moment and is TOTALLY addicting!! --I reapplied a tiny bit throughout the day just to get that sweet sensation again. After dry down, it's very interesting; I didn't notice it at first, but after a couple day's of wearing it, there is a smoky "Nag Champa" type smell to it. The regal, rich scent of Tobacco Oud Eau De Parfum by Tom Ford features a blend of oud wood resin, smoking aromatic tobacco, spicy notes, whiskey and an idealized Arabic tobacco.
Tobacco Oud is a woody spicy fragrance, which is unisex. Floral fragrances are among the most popular fragrance families. The feminine, elegant and natural associations emphasise the feminine side. Oriental fragrances smell sweet, heavy and intense.
The oils used are reminiscent of a world of 1001 nights with long perceptibility. A blend of floral and oriental fragrances are semi-borial perfumes. This fragrance combines the warmth and mysterious with a harmony of floral and fruity nuances. The Chypre fragrance family is characterised by a fine fragrance that particularly confident women appreciate. Chypre fragrances offer a strong contrast between warm woody nuances and fresh citrus notes.
Thirty minutes in, in my first test at a lesser dosage, the spice notes started to unfurl even more. There is a lovely light note of coriander with its lemony undertones, some candied ginger, and a soupçon of anise. There is also an almost milky accord which makes me think of thick, sweetened tea. The lemony note to the coriander adds to that mental impression of a dark black tea with milk and a sliver of lemon. It's very masculine, very proper and, yet, simultaneously, for reasons that I can't quite pinpoint or put into words, it's also none of those things. Inspired by Tom Ford Tobacco Oud perfume, this fragrance is long lasting and has moderate sillage.
It has a strong opening, but once it settles on your skin, one can appreciate the high quality of the ingredients and the harmony between the different notes. Therefore, it is an extremely pleasant, suave perfume that is well balanced and sits right in the middle between being light and heavy. A dark charming tobacco scent, it conveys class and will make you keep coming back for more. Tobacco Oud was created by the same perfumer who made Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille – one of the flagship best-sellers in the Private Blend line.
I've seen several comparisons to Amber Absolute in existing reviews, but I'm not getting that. I hate Amber Absolute with a passion and danced and ate cake on its grave when they discontinued it. My son described it as "like getting punched in the nose with a beehive." Or maybe it was having an amber beehive on your head?
If it smelled like that, this review would have been short, sweet and gutting. Oh to explain, I can't bear to wear Tobacco Vanille, it's just too heavy, but I like sniffing it on other people, as long as they aren't in my bed or the elevator doesn't break. With one of its wearers in it with me It's just too much to smell more than a few minutes at a time, much like Hermessence Ambre Narguile .
With a much bigger application, the ginger came to the foreground, but Oud Fleur's opening hours were also heavily dominated by the pimento which was completely nonexistent during my first test. It added a fiery kick to the fragrance, feeling precisely like the sort of peppered heat of a red chili pepper. The larger application also brought significantly greater definition to the floral notes. Before, Oud Fleur was primarily a creamy wood fragrance that was initially dominated by a dewy, pale rose with some fruitedness, cardamom, and some other vaguely osmanthus-like elements. The second time, however, Oud Fleur opened mainly as fruity-floral fragrance with heavy amounts of chili and ginger, and a lot of the davana flower's apricot-floral overtones. There was no real incense, and the woody notes were largely overwhelmed.
Mark also sent a sample of ambroxan 10% in alcohol for me to sniff, as I was certain perfumers were using ambroxan regularly in oud fragrances. It's light and airy, subtle, and not very complex. Upon entering Mecca Cosmetica, I discover Byredo's Accord Oud, and spray keenly onto a tester card. The knowledgeable and helpful sales assistant notices that I'm writing the name of the fragrance on the card, and asks if I need assistance.
I explain that I'm trying to figure out what oud smells like for a blog post I'm writing. He immediately leads me away from the Byredo and over to Le Labo's Oud 27, explaining that of Mecca's range of fragrances, this is the closest thing to real oud. I'd forgotten about Oud 27 and that I had indeed sniffed this fragrance many times before, particularly in my early days of becoming obsessed with fragrance. To me, it smells like the inside of an old oak barrel that's been impregnated with the scent of batch after batch of maturing red wine. As a child I frequented the Barossa Valley wine district in South Australia with my family, visiting cellar doors and going on winery tours. Oud 27 reminds me of being in cool, damp underground cellars full of gigantic oak barrels.
The fragrance is also a tad fecal and smells very much like antique wooden furniture. The Voyage is a warm-spicy tobacco-y and woody unisex fragrance which will make you feel luxurious and classy. Just like Tom Ford Tobacco Oud, this has tobacco and woody notes which combine to give a deep, dark, smoky scent.
The Voyage is majorly a winter and fall fragrance but can also be worn in spring. It is best worn in the evening and for nights out. This perfume reminds of Tom Ford Tobacco Oud & Natura Essencial Mirra. Tobacco Vanille has scents of tobacco leaf, vanilla, cocoa, ginger, tonka bean, and dried fruits.
This is a warm and sweet gourmand like fragrance that appeals to both men and women. It is based on an English Gentleman's club with notes of spices, vanilla, and tobacco flower. While Eau de Toilette contains 5-9% of perfume oil, Eau de Parfum usually contains 8-14%. Eau de Parfums therefore last longer and smell more intense.Natural or synthetic fragrances? Perfumes are often designed with top, middle and base notes, and designed to smell different based on the time after application.
For example, some top note citrus scents smell stronger immediately upon application, while a lavender middle note may be sensed after some time from application as the top note evaporates. The rum note here is also different from that in the other two fragrances. It's not as light or sugary but, rather, like a dark, sullen version. Or, perhaps, it's just not very rum-like at all in the beginning, though that may well be the result of the amount you put on. I tried Tobacco Vanille twice, in differing concentrations, with the first time involving half my usual dosage. On that occasion, I didn't get rum so much in the opening as some other strong alcohol.
