Tobacco Vanille Eau De Parfum

When I grew up, everyone smoked everywhere. Church was the only place, where you could go and find a smoke free environment. Looking back at it, it was absurd. But that was, how it was. I myself started smoking at an early age. Luckily, I was able to get rid of my lethal habit, when I was in my early 30s. When I succeeded,it felt like a huge victory for me. Had anyone asked me then, if I would say positive things about tobacco in the future, I would have laughed. That was before I met Tobacco Vanille or some of the other beautiful, delicate tobacco note based fragrances. Recently, I have increased my Tom Ford collection with three scents. For some years I have had Violent Blonde and Black Orchid, two really interesting and well composed fragrances. Lately, their relatives Noir pour Femme, Lost Cherry and Tobacco Vanille have joined them. Purchases I do not regret the least. All have an aura of ‘quality’ around them. I am not saying that I will like all Tom Fords - I just yet have to meet one I do not like. Tobacco Vanille is a fragrance, that I love to wear. It is unique and alluring. Even though it is fairly new in my collection, I have already worn it several times - and I have a good bunch to choose from, so it is rather special. By alluring I mean, that I experience that people tend to notice it, but obviously they are not sure whether it is a perfume or something else their noses are picking up. Some ask. Some just stand very close and look puzzled. That is so fun! I wear TF TV when I want to keep my cool; comforting, sweet and totally low key, this fragrance supports me and I love to wear it. The next morning I can still smell it. I even wear it at the gym, which I suppose a lot of people will not understand. But it works great for me. I have three good gym scents but lately TF TV has been the one I reach for. I love the square Tom Ford bottle design that is used for many of the TF fragrances. It looks like something from an old apothecary. Recognizable but not pretentious. Maybe Tobacco Vanille is the best Tom Ford ever… TV will definitely be a new classic, and I shall make sure that I always have this in my collection.

"Tobacco Vanille" opens with a fruity tobacco accord, delicately sweet and spicy. I can feel dried apricots, raisins and cranberries, with the slightly sour taste, sugary and just a touch honeyed. With advance of tonka and cacao the scent becomes richer and velvet-like, comforting and weaving an image of an old plush library armchair in one of the aristocratic grand houses of Old Engalnd. It has the whiffs of tobacco smoked the night before still permeating the air, with a billiard table across the rooms and hundreds of leather-bound tomes lining antique mahogany or oak shelves. Vanilla and tobacco blossom are not that noticeable in the composition during the Fall-Winter period, there are hints of them in the roundness of spices and woods, but that is all. When worn in Spring - Summer, - vanilla is more "confident" in her stance, especially during the drydown. But she is never cloying or overbearing, nor gourmand-like. Fragrance' projection is a sensible one, not shouting or punching, but being present and noticeable all the same. It becomes alike of a curled up sleeping cat when transforming into the skin scent, and just like the cat - lingers on for hours and hours. "Tobacco Vanille" is all about aristocratic luxury, the almost inevitable continuation of the bloodlines and the innate understanding and knowledge of elegance, tasteful opulence and centuries-long class of its own existence.