Tabacco (2008)
by Odori

"Citrus-floral ashtray."

On me, the whole scent becomes transparent, probably caused by the combination of bitter orange and eucalpytus -- conjuring an image of smoked cigarettes floating on iced orange juice, but with all the ice melted. Wears lightly with slightly subpar longevity and sillage. Very unsatisfying.

....The bitter orange gives way almost immediately to the sweet incense and ever-present tobacco within seconds. The top and heart of this scent bear notable similarities to JPG's Fleur de Le Male, with the orange blossom in FDLM and the bitter orange here. In Tabacco, however, the entire composition is smoother and the base richer-in comparison to FDLM, where the base remains the sharp ashtray note that we meet early on. Here it wears off with the heart....I do find Tabacco fairly potent, unlike other reviewers, but maybe that's because I am comparing it to women's frags instead of men's.... The eucalyptus and vetiver are used very judiciously and do not present as individual smells, but rather as part of a larger harmony. ..I have been keeping a tin of Bay Rum tobacco next to my bed for years to remind me of my dear Grandpa Taylor. This scent is as close to that tobacco as ever I have smelled. I would definitely wear this, mostly to bed ;}. It's about as comforting as hubby's big camelhair cardigan.

Wondering what comprises "Somalian Incense"?

Odori’s Tabacco exhibits an unusual and creative way to handle the tobacco accord. The tobacco is immediately noticeable with the first spray. I don’t get the bitter orange that is supposed to be on top, but I get a stab of incense. I believe that this is the first time I smelled the combination of tobacco and incense. The tobacco note here is quite unlike other tobacco notes I’ve experienced in that it is rather humid and sweet and a bit dark at the same time. It’s an intriguing presentation of tobacco, but it doesn’t hold up long enough… it gets too weak IMO. There is some adjacent action of eucalyptus, vetiver, and jasmine occurring with the tobacco in the middle notes, and I would really love what is happening if it had a little more presence on skin, but it’s too light: I’m not ready for a skin scent in the heart notes… of course it could be my skin that’s the problem. The drydown is a very nice vanilla, oak moss, and continued tobacco… again, I like it very much but it is too, too weak. To show what I mean about its weakness: When I first sniffed this, I thought it reminded me of Santa Maria Novelle’s Acqua di Cuba (they are actually quite different), so I sprayed some Acqua di Cuba on the back of my hand and gave it a good sniff. Then I turned back to the spray of Odori’s Tabacco – I couldn’t smell a thing. My sniff of Acqua di Cuba overwhelmed my nose and I couldn’t smell Tabacco for forty-five minutes: A knock-out punch in one sniff. As beautiful and creative as Tabacco is, it’s too light and it doesn’t last long enough.

Sweet, sweet tobacco. Like a really well-kept tobacconist's shop. Heavenly. Smokey. Sweet. There's nothing more to say. I'm not a smoker but the smell of a good tobacco scent, pipe or cigar really gets to me. Excellent.

This is gorgeous. Honeyed vanilla notes with tobacco are not my style, and yet I find much to appreciate here. The opening notes, although sweet, are not cloying. The impression is of a sweetly-scented tin of pipe tobacco that has just been opened. This is a very attractive, even sexy scent. The tobacco leaves are restrained and give a beautiful brown-leaf tang. Moving into its development, the scent displays luxurious incense and jasmine. The incense reminds me of myrrh, another sweet and perfumed aspect. Vetiver is mellow rather than grassy. So I have to say this is one of the best scents in the tobacco family that I’ve ever encountered. It is classy and compelling. My problem is that vanilla and tobacco just get sweeter and more opulent on my skin, and after an hour I grow weary of them. But this is truly a lovely scent, and I’d enjoy a romp with a lovely woman wearing it. So, a neutral vote but still appreciative.