Tabac Original (1959)
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This fragance has been doing the rounds for over 40 years without any signs of losing its popularity. The fragrance is complemented by a very wide range of grooming, shaving and body products.
$15.19 50ml Cologne | $8.39 50ml Cologne | $7.43 50ml Cologne |
Reviews of Tabac Original| GTX777 CanadaShow all reviews | I enjoy traditional "old man" scents. Yet to me, Tabac is a creepy old granny scent. 23rd October, 2011. |
![]() Azel1488 United StatesShow all reviews | My Father loved this cologne so later in my life i wanted to remember him so i started to ware this one and it reminds me of him every time i ware it for being an inexpensive cologne it actually smells pretty good not my everyday or signature but a once in a while to smell like Dad 4th October, 2011. |
![]() i_am_me Show all reviews | I'm a middle-aged "girlie girl" who only wears men's fragrances. They are distinctive and lovely and they do not make me think of the "bubblegum" for women sold in cosmetic departments everywhere . My favorites, and the ones I turn to most often, are Habit Rouge and Guerlain Vetiver. Based on the reviews for Tabac Original, I purchased a small EDC. It wasn't that much of an investment after all. I love it! Very subtle and soft. The first spritz is not so good but within a few minutes (well worth waiting for by the way) it dries down to loveliness. 20th September, 2011. |
| le mouchoir de monsieur Show all reviews | Well, it is the Opera ball--and I must say that as far as glamour goes, a white-tie affair such as this does rival anything the world has to offer. But what fragrance to wear? There's the confinement of a box to consider, and lots of dancing. The choice of fragrance is as important as the choice of attire, no doubt about that. Here is a secret you readers shall swear to me that will never be repeated, on basenotes or off, as it's terribly embarrassing. I would NEVER "tell." Since you've read this far, you should know that I welcome openly (and encourage!) any daring man's penchant for smelling like a make-up drawer, any independent woman wishing to waft a scent of motor oil. I'm a fair, and democratic sort, so I will divulge something to you. It goes this way. When I was leaving Europe last time, I flew in and out of Amsterdam Schipol. If you don't know already, this must be the most pleasant airport in Europe: It's gorgeous, fun, impeccably clean, and so well thought out that it's amazing more airports aren't built on this paradigm: It was my first time at Schipol. Previously, I had always avoided it, convinced as I was that the security would be mayhem due to drug-related complexities. Well, none of that: the security was flawless, and one kept one's sense of self-worth throughout--a miracle. Ah! The Pragmatic Dutch. They do have a winning way about them. Regardless, I got there four hours before my take off, and, Lo! came to find that I had precisely four hours to kill. Because everything went so smoothly, I barely noticed any of it. Instead, I had a scrumptious Dutch breakfast, and, full of calf's liver pate and cheese, went shopping. Later, I indulged in an amazingly fresh and delicious plate of smoked and raw fish along with some vodka, and shopped some more (result: I now have a beautiful Hermes watch that I love) Since I was quite drunk by my second shopping spree, and happy as a clam, I went into the spectacular Schipol perfumery, where, starry eyed, it became very quickly apparent that they would stock everything anyone could ever want, my prime motivation being that I had not bathed for four straight days--and knew I needed a good dousing of something in order that I not be thrown off the plane for olfactive security reasons! (The apartment in Amsterdam is a very rustic affair: about the size of my dressing room at home, with a "bathroom" consisting of a closet equipped with a Turkish toilet on the floor, and a shower head in the low ceiling above it--only in Amsterdam would this ingenious melting of bodily functions occur. Needless to say, when in Amsterdam, being a bath tub junkie, I do quite a bit of sponge bathing in the kitchen!!!!!) I hate showers--and only have big claw footed tubs at home--Personally, I think showers should be illegal At any rate--I was fully overwhelmed by choice --so It came to light that I was stumped: "What would be good to spray on liberally, without ending up smelling like a back-packing German tourist?" (that "eau de cologne" smell they always seem to have.) Everything I considered seemed too one way, or too the other. Knowing I was going to be on a plane for hours and hours, it was a delicate choice: As delicate as that which concerns the Opera Ball. I noticed already that all over Amsterdam, in all of the perfumeries, something I hadn't seen in years, nor was remotely familiar with, was everywhere--something typically I wouldn't even consider testing--in France it had largely disappeared and that I only remembered from my youth, thinking: "why would anyone want to smell like a "Tabac?" But here it was again in this perfumery, in all its glory--the hideously cheap "Tabac Original" with its white bottle and 70's brown box. I thought: Interesting. They're selling this, which, from my ultra snob French point of view, would be the choice of some beret-wearing "Papi" in a cafe standing at the zinc bar at 8:00am smoking a cigarette and drinking a glass of cheap red wine before going to work as a janitor. Out of sheer perversion, I had to give it a whiff. I stood there looking at the etalage thinking: do I even want to be seen smelling this??? (no joke) There I was, frozen at length--going: "I'm not sure I even want my fingers touching that bottle!" Finally, in a convulsion, I dared, and, looking both ways, furtively sprayed a mouillette...and then...Surprise! I was perfectly enchanted. Walking around the perfumery waving it under my nose, it just kept smelling better and better--Finally--emboldened by the experience, bravely, I walked over, picked up the bottle, and sprayed my wrists, to then turn immediately away and fairly run out of the store, lest someone were to have seen me do it, just as if I had stolen something. All I could think of was the very real prospect that I would be sick and scrubbing away at the basins of the loo in minutes, perhaps even throwing up: At best, breaking out in a scratchy, itchy red rash...Asked by a stewardess to sponge bathe before boarding; all manner of scenarios were whirling in my overly active imagination. 22nd August, 2011. |
![]() rain///man Show all reviews | Crisp, clean and Masculine. What men should smell like at the breakfast table. 3rd June, 2011. (Last Edited: 12nd June, 2011.) |
![]() CMCoot United KingdomShow all reviews | Like this a lot, cheap to buy but with genuine character that you just cannot ignore. 19th March, 2011. |
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