Sweet Smoke

Very similar to TFTV. I am doing a side by side, sweet smoke on one arm, tm ford tobacco vanille on the other. The opening is a cinnamon burst with tobacco where TF is smoother and smells like real tobacco, almost like a pack of cigarettes but smooth not bitter. Sweet Smoke has a cinnamon smell for first few minutes. Odd, as cinnamon is not a listed note. 15 minutes into the dry down, they are very similar. The "hot cinmamom" smell toned itself down and is very slight. Tom Ford had a smooth, yet slight dirty tobacco smell. Its that authentic dry tobacco smell, it has the smoke, the earthy subtleness. TF gets that so right. that Id say the initial dry down is 97-98% the same as TF Tobacco Vanille. I have to say I am impressed. I can smell Tonka in Sweet smoke vs the vanilla of TF. I prefer this, as I typically find vanilla a very cloying smell. It makes sweet smoke far less gourmand which again, a plus in my book. I smell NO coffee, have no idea where they get that. Sweet smoke has a "nip" to it. I don't know how to describe it. But its distinct and tobacco. TF is much more rounded and smooth. So similar in their tobacco but there is a difference, not one over powering the other. The tobacco smell i would say is equal in prominence but VERY slightly diverges from one another. Sweet Smoke definitely beats out TF in its sillage and longevity. I can smell TF fading much quicker. The dried fruits and resin warmth are also in TF. Sweet smoke i get the resin but not the dried fruits. Perhaps a bit linear compared to the original in this regard. Compared to original, its reallty hard to not like sweet smoke. They are just too close to really, truly prefer one over the other. If you REALLY enjoy the more sweet, slightly gourmand smell of Tom Ford, I would say for some, it would be worth spending on the Tom Ford. Going forward, ill likely stick to al haramain's Amber Oud Tobacco. I feel like its a bridger of the two, maybe akin to a spicier flanker. I'll get Tom Ford on a really good deal at this point. Sweet Smoke is just so close to it, it really justifies the price difference and is much stronger and longer lasting. Sweet Smoke is id say overall 97-98% identical. Al Haramain Amber Oud Tobacco I say is about 95% identical. If you prefer longevity and sillage, choose one of the two dupes. If you prefer more spice and clove, choose Al Haramain. If you want to keep it as close to Tom Ford without a crazy price, Sweet Smoke. If you prefer smooth, more rounded and ever so slightly sweeter, while losing sillage and longevity, choose Tom Ford.

I have not smelt Tom Ford Private Blend Tobacco Vanille, but if Sweet Smoke is as close to it as people say it is, I can understand why it is a beloved unisex scent that I think leans more masculine. Not that women can't pull it off, but I think the notes are more masculine. It opens with a strong tobacco note that lingers through out due to it opening with tobacco and having a tobacco flower note. I made the mistake of wearing this to work on a colder day. I work at a school and when we were outside a student smelt the tobacco coming off the wind and said "I smell cigarettes or tobacco." This was about 6 hours after the initial spray. I think I did three sprays so that is amazing. Besides the tobacco note is vanilla which maybe helps the tobacco note. There is a coffee note, though it is more bean or dark roast. There are a slight dried fruit and a slight resin too which maybe helps with the tobacco sticking through. Performance as I said is really good. It projects for about three hours if not strong, nearly strong. It lasts on my skin about 10 hours off of 3 sprays. As I mentioned, 6 hours after spraying I did get a reaction, albeit a negative reaction, mainly due to tobacco being frowned upon by younger generations (even me though most tobacco scents don't actually annoy me, unless it is smokier.) Use I find is a problem with Sweet Smoke, if there is one. As I work at a school, I cannot wear it at work. The district I work at (and I'm sure others) have a no smoking on the job policy. They smell this on you and you can easily get in trouble for that. In an office, you might have HR problems from this one too. It is good for dates, maybe going out (not clubbing) and dressed up cooler weather occasions. Sadly, I don't have much I can do that with. Overall Sweet Smoke falls into Club de Nuit Intense Men category. It is a love, but I cannot ever see getting a bottle of it. I have the travel decant and when that is done, maybe I'd get a second if I need a filler. That said, I do love the scent. I just don't have a use for it. It is unique to my collection, but since I mostly work, I don't have a need for it. For this I rate it an 8.4 out of 10. For what it does, it does great. Smells great, performs and works in the right situation. In the wrong situation, you might find yourself in trouble.

Every time I put this on it seems better.......Deep Wisdom. 3/3/23 In January, I said: This was one fragrance in a "sample pack" (brilliant idea), my first experience with AF. I "LOVE" all eight (they threw in a "sample" I hadn't ordered). I've only had them for a little over a week, barely enough time to "get around" to each of them, however, they have made my other "designer colognes" obsolete. I have Aventis, (2 other Creed), Layton, Boss, Valentino, Armani, Ford and others, but I haven't referred to any of them since receiving these, and I like them more and more each day. Of the fragrances I have the AF's are "at least as good" but in most cases better (the nuance, durability and wearability quotient. The qualifier I'll throw in, is that I don't wear fragrance for "compliments" or what other people think of what I'm wearing. I love the experience for myself. I wear it on the back of my hands, on my sleeve, on a handkerchief, in my car. I like catching a "whiff" now and then as I move through the day....on my pillow at night. It adds to my Joy and Love of Life, my "state of Being" in the world. I'm eager for my next "sampler" of other "flavors". Is it possible I'll feel the same about another seven?

A sniff off the bottle and it is a dead ringer for Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. But dont get too excited, there are differences. After spraying Sweet Smoke you can smell that they are different. The tobacco note is sharper, more pronounced and different. The tonka is wetter, more harsh. One can definitely smell that same Alexandria Fragrances musk/fixative that is in most, if not all, of their offerings. That is a big negative in this fragrance. After an hour the scent settles and starts to sweeten becoming closer to Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. However it never fully achieves a dead on dupe. A few hours into the scent it is at its best, and smells most similar Tobacco Vanille. It is not as smoothly blended as Tobacco Vanille, and lacks that delectable vibe. It seems to lack the chocolate notes that Tobacco Vanille brings. However, it is a nice fragrance and definitely affordable alternative. 88% - 92% similar imho.

This fragrance is inspired by Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. I have tried out Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, but these two fragrances smell completely different on my skin. For the Tom Ford version, on my skin it just smells like a sickeningly sweet honey. That was a big let down for me. But Sweet Smoke smells completely different on my skin. I get a combination of tobacco, vanilla, cacao, spices and other woody notes, all of which surprisingly smell like a nice spicy chai latte, and on the dry down (I'm talking 8 hrs later) I get sort of a toasted marshmallow scent. I really really like this one and hope to get a bottle of it in the future. As for performance, as stated I get 8+ hours out of it, and it creates a nice scent bubble to where every time I move, I get nice gentle whiffs of this stuff. I would recommend this only for cold weather, as in the summer time it would be too rich in the heat.