Tabac
by AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo

I can't add much to hirch's lucid desciption. It is indeed a wonderful, must-try fragance. I, too, appreciate the absence of honey-dripping sweetness, as in SMN's Acqua di Cuba, Boellis Panama and many other tobaccos and anyone who finds the musty density of vintage Tabarôme overly stifling will find here a clearer, more accentuated and tobacco-focused scent. That said, it is by no means simple - Dubrana has pointed out that this is in fact his most complex fragance in which he employs ingredients themselves constructed from many individual oils. Yet it is supremely elegant and easy to wear and even quite long lasting for a natural perfume.

Tabac

Starts with a slightly boozy blast of tobacco, like an islay malt, smokey and resinous with echoes of hay. For a short while the tobacco remains centre and top until it settles down and it drops into a strong structure with the warm tobacco at the low register, some lovely fluid labdanum, sweet tonka and beautiful vanilla sitting in layers. There is clary sage too, seamlessly integrated as flavouring. The drydown is absolutely my favourite tobacco accord of all time. The balance is wonderful, the tobacco is present but not too sharp or musty, not sour and thin or thick and overwhelming but with body and lightness at the same time. The other notes are carefully built around to pull out aspects of its complex smell.

This has instantly become my favourite tobacco scent and one of my favourite perfumes of all. If you like tobacco at all, you must try this.

While the opening is quite masculine, I think the drydown is very wearable by a woman who likes tobacco.

I am not sure if it is the natural materials, the composition or both, but there is something in these profumo perfumes which gives me the impression of 3D, its almost like I can see the layers of the structure, distinct but in balance and with clear air between them.

One of Luca Turin's favorites, "... without being overly sweet or honeyed. A deliciously comfortable masculine." Have to admit, I'm not quite man enough for Tabac, but it has my respect. Starts out quite strong, but quickly wears close to the skin. Not smokey, more like freshly cured leaves. A must-try for tobacco-loving colognoisseurs.

Very nice tobacco fragrance that actually smells like tobacco -- dry, dusty, earthy, a little spicy. Exceptional craftsmanship. Dubrana doesn't over-sweeten it the way so many other perfumers do, and as a result, this is one of the best tobacco fragrances I've run across.

Dubrana is an all-natural perfumer, so his fragrances have a short to medium life span, and won't overpower a room (unless you dump an entire bottle of the stuff over your head).

Tabac smells of burning, pipe tobacco: slightly sweet but obviously masculine; ample and rich. It's not just a fragrance with some tobacco component, it's really true to tobacco with some ciste and maybe other herbs just like pipe tobacco. It's the pleasure of tobacco without the smoking... One of my favorutes, I wear it very often. Duration is medium on me.