Tabacco (2008)
by Odori

What I really like about Tobacco is it's clearly defined scent. It smells exactly like vanilla-scented pipe tobacco, stored in a leather bag. It's rich and powerful, and a small amount lasts all day. I love it, but only wear it on special occasions, when I'm feeling especially manly.

1st March, 2011.

WOW!!!
I really like this Fragrance !!!
Rich in tone and feel...
Bitter orange softened with a hint of jasmine somehow works on my skin really well
that settles in a rich smoky base of Vanilla Tobacco...

TABAC BLOND is made very youthful .. even "Teenage" in comparison
and a Smokier robust leathery version of Chanel- Cuir Russe!
and yet there is no mention of LEATHER in the mix!

SOFT as a CASHMERE SWEATER..
Warm as a Cup of Coffee
"Grown-up" and comfortable like a
a Favorite Old Bookstore...

A new found fave!
I am unable to pry my nose from my wrist. !!! as we speak!!!

19th June, 2010.

I tend to like darker, heavy scents and this one is one of my favorites. The tobacco shows up strong at the start but becomes very mingled with a very rich vanilla after dry down in a very masculine way. It lasts for hours and seems to continue developing into something else all day. Puts me in the mind of fine cigars and really good bourbon.

I never regret this purchase in spite of the steep price.

9th August, 2009.

....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"?

28th June, 2009.

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.

19th December, 2008. (Last Edited: 1st August, 2009.)

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.

17th October, 2008.