Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › Four new Tom Ford Private Blend musks - anyone try them?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Four new Tom Ford Private Blend musks - anyone try them?

post #1 of 18
8/28/09 at 4:58pm
Thread Starter 


Private Blend White Suede Eau de Parfum Spray

White Suede exudes smooth white leather blended with elegant suede, heightened by saffron, warm amber, and sensuous musk.

Notes include: Bulgarian rose, saffron, thyme, Lily-of-the-Valley, white leather, suede, amber, sandalwood, and musk.





Private Blend Urban Musk Eau de Parfum Spray

A musk of carnal passion, Urban Musk is a sexy hedonistic scent that leaves an indelible and irresistible impression.

It reveals the raw power of musk amidst seductive notes of jasmine, honey, black plum, and incense.





Private Blend Jasmine Musk Eau de Parfum Spray

A favorite of both men and women, this scent is an intoxicating mix of heady florals, ylang ylang, jasmine, smooth vanilla, and earthy patchouli.





Private Blend Pure Musk Eau de Parfum Spray

This transcendent fragrance captures the essence of youthful sensuality.

Derived from Ylang Opur, white pepper, bergamot, jasmine, Lily-of-the-Valley, orris absolute, tonka, beeswax, and musk.



Same $180 per 50 mL price, same bottle, but rather than the dark/amber design, these are clear with white caps. They are all musks.

Interested to hear from anyone who's tried them, I believe they just became available.
Reply
Reply

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
post #2 of 18
8/28/09 at 5:04pm
Yes, Ive tried White Suede thanks to a fellow BNer passing on their sample. It is very powdery and rather feminine with some dramatic florals and sensual musk.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 18
8/28/09 at 5:08pm
I've sniffed all of them. My favorite so far is the Jasmine Musk. I believe there will be a special coffret containing all of them coming out for the holiday season - it will be a pretty pricey presentation, but you can always plead with Santa.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 18
8/28/09 at 5:10pm
Is there any other scent you could compare White Suede to Dimitri? The Florals + Musk make it sound pretty good, although I must admit i'm equally hyped about all 4
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 18
8/28/09 at 5:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jardanel View Post

I've sniffed all of them. My favorite so far is the Jasmine Musk. I believe there will be a special coffret containing all of them coming out for the holiday season - it will be a pretty pricey presentation, but you can always plead with Santa.

Don't cha love santa I've tried Urban Musk and all the others but Urban Musk was the only one that really stood out in my mind the others were been there smelled that but the amber musk combo in UM was great
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 18
8/28/09 at 6:56pm
Thread Starter 
Who is the perfumer for the Tom Ford private blends? Is it the same person for all of them?
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 18
8/28/09 at 8:42pm
I tried all four and the only one I found remotely interesting was Urban Musk, the others are about as meaningless as his chemical miasma called White Patchouli. Too much, too soon. For some reason Tom Ford, who has run out of interesting things to say, just keeps blabbering on. Someone needs to take away his coke.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 18
8/29/09 at 11:50am
Just to let everyone know they are now available at Neiman Marcus's website, don't know if it's been mentioned yet.

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/search.j...294967222&va=t
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 18
8/29/09 at 12:28pm
I never noticed the 3.4 oz. size of some of the private blend frags. Hmm...
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 18
8/29/09 at 12:35pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tedster View Post

I never noticed the 3.4 oz. size of some of the private blend frags. Hmm...

The only one I liked enough to pay $450 for was Amber Absolute. I really really like that one.

It's a whole lot, but if you consider that it contains the same amount of EDP as five 50 mL bottles, 5 x $180 = $900, so at $450, it's like ordering five 50 mL bottles but only paying for 2.5 of them.
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 18
8/29/09 at 12:37pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mtgprox05 View Post

Just to let everyone know they are now available at Neiman Marcus's website, don't know if it's been mentioned yet.

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/search.j...294967222&va=t

Didn't you catch all the Neiman Marcus hotlinks I included in my original post?
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 18
8/29/09 at 12:40pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neurotic Scientist View Post

Didn't you catch all the Neiman Marcus hotlinks I included in my original post?

Haha, after I posted that, yes.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 18
8/29/09 at 12:43pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neurotic Scientist View Post

The only one I liked enough to pay $450 for was Amber Absolute. I really really like that one.

It's a whole lot, but if you consider that it contains the same amount of EDP as five 50 mL bottles, 5 x $180 = $900, so at $450, it's like ordering five 50 mL bottles but only paying for 2.5 of them.

The link above has 3.4 oz. bottles of private blends for $260.00. I've seen the 8.3 oz. and 1.7 oz. bottles at Neimans, But haven't seen the 3.4 oz. before.
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 18
8/29/09 at 1:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

Too much, too soon. For some reason Tom Ford, who has run out of interesting things to say, just keeps blabbering on. Someone needs to take away his coke.

LMAO. I'm a TF fanboy and I could not agree more

I tired these the other day and frankly I do agree they have run out of ideas. The really need to slow it down. At this rate they will have a different TF fragrance for each day of the year in no time.
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 18
8/29/09 at 1:40pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tedster View Post

The link above has 3.4 oz. bottles of private blends for $260.00. I've seen the 8.3 oz. and 1.7 oz. bottles at Neimans, But haven't seen the 3.4 oz. before.

Ah I see, I didn't catch that, I immediately assumed you were talking about the 8.3 oz since in my mind there were only two sizes available... now three I guess.

One thing to keep in mind with the 8.3 oz size is there is NO atomizer, and it has a VERY large opening at the top of the bottle. You CANNOT refill the 1.7 oz size because the bottles do NOT open. So you will pretty much need a separate perfume atomizer and a pipette for transferring the fragrance if you get the 8.3 oz size.
Reply
Reply
post #16 of 18
12/27/09 at 10:45pm
I tried them all recently. They have them now at Holts in Canada. I thought White Suede & Musk Pure were both okay. I can't really remember how they smelt like but they didn't smell musky, more clean/fabric softener than anything.

Urban Musk was disappointing, there's something fume-y about it, like one part Bulgari Black or maybe Tar/Skai from the CdG Synthetic Series. The Black Plum was very prominent, sort of reminded me a tiny bit of Noir de Noir. It sounds interesting but it really wasn't. Oddly, my favorite was Jasmine Musk but it was too feminine and flowery. Kind of reminded me of Carnel Flower from Frederic Malle. They both share similar notes of jasmine and ylang-ylang.
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 18
12/28/09 at 12:17am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neurotic Scientist View Post

Who is the perfumer for the Tom Ford private blends? Is it the same person for all of them?

The only one that I dare mention is the Urban Musk. That was created by Yann Vasnier. When I was telling him about what I thought of UM and what it's smell was like, he got the giggles. He told who the other perfumers are that created the rest of the Musk range, but he swore me to secrecy because Estee Lauder are not making it public who the perfumers are, for some strange reason.
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 18
12/29/09 at 7:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Prince Barry View Post

The only one that I dare mention is the Urban Musk. That was created by Yann Vasnier. When I was telling him about what I thought of UM and what it's smell was like, he got the giggles. He told who the other perfumers are that created the rest of the Musk range, but he swore me to secrecy because Estee Lauder are not making it public who the perfumers are, for some strange reason.

That is strange - and a bit ridiculous. Why would they keep this secret, when the noses for the other Private Blends have been made public?

I didn't know Vasnier did the Urban Musk (the one of the 4 I have not smelled yet).
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: MFD Archive

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › Four new Tom Ford Private Blend musks - anyone try them?