Tabacco by Odori, 2008

I seemed to have had my perfume friend, Late Hit's good luck today: I dropped into a thrift store to pick up a couple of cheapie t-shits and I was checking out, I noticed an odd object inside the glass display case below the counter. I asked the clerk to see it and it turned out to be Tabacco by Odori with the leather cap and bottle that's suspended in a wooden frame. The taped-on tag said $6.95. I vaguely remembered seeing a bottle like that as I was researching tabacco scents a couple of years back, but I wasn't sure. I spritz some on and liked it instantly. It opens with a the strong sweet scent of a freshly opened pouch of pipe tobacco and even though eucalyptus and jasmine, and orange flower are listed, I don't get those notes. The scent seems to slowly quiet down to a subtle combination of tabacco, incense, a dusting of cocoa powder and vanilla beans (just a tad bit too much vanilla for me), that reminds me of something between new Tabac Blond by Caron, and Serge Luten's Fumerie Turque. From time to time I ponder trying to purchase either a full, or partial bottle of Fumerie Turque, and I scour ebay looking for vintage Tabac Blond, but both are so far out of my price range that I know I'm just going through the motions. With this full, 100 ml bottle of Odori's Tabacco I can end the search (for those two, at least) as Odori Tabacco satisfies my tabacco scent craving completely, even though it could be a little more dry and smoky. Silliage is moderate. I think men would appreciate the opening phase more and women would appreciate the sweet woody dry down more.

Odoris Tabacco exhibits an unusual and creative way to handle the tobacco accord. The tobacco is immediately noticeable with the first spray. I dont 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 Ive experienced in that it is rather humid and sweet and a bit dark at the same time. Its an intriguing presentation of tobacco, but it doesnt 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 its too light: Im not ready for a skin scent in the heart notes of course it could be my skin thats 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 Novelles 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 Odoris Tabacco I couldnt smell a thing. My sniff of Acqua di Cuba overwhelmed my nose and I couldnt smell Tabacco for forty-five minutes: A knock-out punch in one sniff. As beautiful and creative as Tabacco is, its too light and it doesnt last long enough.