Tabac Man by Mäurer & Wirtz, 2000

There's a reason almost all the reviews here for Tabac Man are "thumbs down". This is a bad fragrance. Yes, it's strong. Yes, it's dark. And yes, it sells at a good price. I even like the opening accord, which is a black, Trussardi Uomo-like spicy leather smell. Unfortunately everything goes to shit after the first 15 minutes, and the fragrance decomposes into this chemical, synthetic smelling wall of stink. It's a generic, lifeless, and totally unmemorable cinder block of boring smell, like chemical waste. It's a shame really, because the opening accord promises so much, yet delivers nothing. MY RATING: 3/10

Oh boy, are all these notes in the pyramid actually in this bottle? They must be kidding! Welcome to the hell of fragrances, where EVERYTHING is sandalwood and vanilla and tonka - but, only their synthetisized ERSATZ. I never would have thought that a scent has the power to shrink yout testicles - but this one can. Stay away as far as you can from this crap. Btw, tabac original, by the same company, isn´t that bad at all.

I don't like this one one bit. I can't find anything pleasant about it...

It smells potently synthetic - some of the notes in it smell so synthetic and dominant that I can't even pick anything else out in it...

It just smells synthetic and highly generic, from start to finish...It is aweful and piercing to the point that it gives me an aweful headache...dissappointing - nothing like the original, which is a perfectly fine offering, and an exeplary budget fragrance.

Sorry, all I get from this one, on me, my brother, my dad and two other people that I know is a generic, woody syntheticness. Not impressed at all.

Strong and everything Naed_Nitram said seems to be right on.
Get this: the dry down smells like COC CHANEL for women! My wife pointed it out.

Dark, but not as subtle as the classy chypre Tabac original. The heavy, "dark" notes are so powerful, so that others are almost impossible to smell. Long, but rather stuffy drydown, exhaling a too powerful notion of old-days macho. And yes, like stated before, it is hard to believe that it contains any tobacco. Strange combination that would gain from its lasting power differently would it be differently abled- more complex and more refined, that is.
A certain indecesive mix of too strong, yet too limited range of fragrance notes.

This must be one of the very worst "tobacco" scents ever.(i don't think it even has tobacco in it). I couldn't deal with it in its entire run and it did last a while on my skin. the only good part of it is that the very end of the drydown is a bit musky and a bit sweet. The fragrance itself feels like a disorderly classroom that has too many bad apples and can't be controlled. They are a bit wild and somebody didn't go to the bathroom either. It smells common as well. It's very fresh at the start i'll give you that. Boring!

Strange amalgam. Several reviewers of this scent have remarked on its complexity. Its complexity actually seems to reside in its being a hybrid of a number of other well known quality scents. The opening seems to occupy a rather undefined territory, dry and reserved with a twist, somewhere between Azzaro Pour Homme and Caron's Third Man. Then, as it develops, it gets softer and warmer, nodding a recognition to scents like Ungaro II, Escada Homme, and the original Caroline Herrera for Men. At all times quite soft and subdued and acceptable, it is without doubt a scent of complexity and delicacy for a so-called 'mass fragrance'. It is a very different animal from Tabac Original (which I love) and doesn't win me over in the same way. Neutral or thumbs up? Highest common factor or lowest common denominator? I'm not sure. An Edsel among fragrances?

I got this fragrance because it was said to be much like one of my favorites, Ghost Man. It indeed has many of the same ingredients. My first reaction was one of disappointment, as I really could not see the similarity. However, as I came back to total objectivity I realized how nice and complex this fragrance really is. Not surprising considering it has more ingredients than most fragrances. IMHO, one of the better unheralded scents out there.