Tom Ford for Men (2007)
by Tom Ford

I am shocked that Tom Ford for Men is so unpopular here! To me, this is almost the perfect understated winter workhorse.

It opens with a nice, bracing bouquet of dry citrus and spices. There is no sweetness in the citrus at all: it is a very manly opening. Soon after, the citrus fades I get a slightly green but mostly peppery patchouli accord. Mossy woods and tobacco gradually enter the equation and soon we have a nearly perfect masculine base.

The evolution is steady and fluid. Tom Ford for Men is one of those scents that is blended so well that the evolution is difficult to track in terms of distinct phases. It just morphs and evolves as the notes fade in and out. There is nothing synthetic or cloying or obnoxious about it.

It lasts well over 12 hours on me, but stays close to the skin. I feel good in it, and people like it. There are no standout notes, but that is not a requirement for me. It is a standout in that it smells great.

This is a great cologne. The dry down is the best. If you only want one cologne, this is the one. Job well done Tom Ford.

For all the hype, this is a disappointing (and very short-lived) fragrance. It’s certainly masculine but in a run-of-the-mill sort of way. If you love subtle scents, which require constant re-application, this one may be for you.

[Original submission date: 10 April 2008]

Well somebody has to give this puppy a thumbs up so i better step up! It is a well blended subtle concoction in a well designed bottle if supported by slightly overly heated publicity ( you can youtube the commercial and be amused ! ) The fragrance is nice and i'm not sure whay people here seem to require something either very unusual or with overly loud sillage. This one attracts positive comments and just like some of the greatest Creeds ( such as Neroli Sauvage ) it whispers at people for attention...and gets it. Look, if you want something that screams "I'm here" and "I'm not subtle" buy the original Polo ( green bottle ) and spray it in copious quantities. You will be emitting fern like odours for weeks. As for Tom Ford for men this is a solid offering and i would have thought warrants more thumbs up here. Each to their own i guess.

Great juice! This may be really dependent upon skin chemistry. If someone told me this one was made for me, I'd believe it! And it lasts forever, 12 hours or more (but again, that might not be the case for you). My "mind's nose" is teased for hours by the great dynamism of this fragrance. It may not be "challenging," nor break new ground in any other way, but the simple dynamism of this fragrance is as good as it gets. I would have dismissed this one as bland and boring a year ago, so I'm glad to have obtained a bottle at this point in my olfactory understanding. Now, most of the time, I don't want to be "challenged," but instead want to enjoy the fragrance, and TFFM fits this job description perfectly (no I was not paid to write this! LOL).

Unappealing. Very dark and musky, with a strong cinnamon tone. It smells like something made for a much, much older man. I was expecting a fragrance from Tom Ford to be young, hip, and edgy. This just smells like something a retiree in Florida would wear. The drydown is a little more tolerable, but still not worth waiting for the top and middle notes to fade away.