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.

This is definitely stronger than Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, but different scent profiles This is quite sweet with a lot of cinnamon- reminds me of your typical starbucks white girl and uggs combo. but then combined with the darker resin and tobocco- the girl drinking her iced chai from starbucks goes out for a quick smoke break smoking a vanilla backwoods. If you buy this with the intention of a 1:1 clone its not gonna meet it. But as a spicy, sweet fall fragrance that has good projection and longevity,. its an easy buy. Not as mysterious as other dark sweet spicy tobacco- more on that sweet coffee date type of scent. Its pretty easy to pull off.

This definitely has a similar smell to Tobacco Vanille (from my somewhat limited smelling of that one), has the sparkling vanilla which personally reminds me of a root beer float and a bit of a tobacco smell. I'm not sure where "coffee" came from as a listed note. It definitely doesn't smell like coffee and isn't listed in the OG. There is something that reminds me of cloves (which is a prominent spice used in Chai Lattes), so I can see the comparisons to a chai latte. However, this doesn't smell like tea (nor coffee), so I can't explain the coffee note. Performance is good, seems to last all day which is all I'd want from this.

Definitely a good interpretation. I feel that I cannot distinguish the drydowns. I feel like this is overall slightly sweeter. The opening of TV has a round chocolate tobacco to it, whereas this feels like a spicier (peppery) cigar. I heard this described as "herbal". I preferred the opening that TV has, though I think I possibly prefer the drydown of this. Again though, considering the price... this is amazing. Of note is that everyone around me preferred the opening of this to TV! A little more crowd-pleasing with the slightly increased sweetness compared to the intriguing, perhaps more complex (challenging?) TV.

Absolutely spot on...maybe one of AFs closest to the OG. Opens with that familiar sweet spiciness. One of the best openings in the game. As it dries down, the tobacco and vanilla continue to come to the forefront, they blend so well with the spices note. Ultimately, it becomes a beautiful smooth vanilla fragrance. Longevity is not one of AFs best, but it lasts longer than OG. Projection is great for first couple of hours before settling in to personal space. Easily a unisex fragrance. An easy recommend from me. If you’re not familiar with the DNA, sample it one way or another before purchase.

I've got tftv on one hand and sweet smoke on the other, They are almost identical, tftv smells slightly sweeter at spritz, like the inside of a Christmas fruit pie but as they dried they became so close in smell I couldn't tell them apart. I think there is a place on the market for both but for me personally I purchased Sweet Smoke in 30ml as it was affordable. Thankyou Alexandria perfume for this very realistic alternative. The silage is amazing, I can smell it from one end of the house to the other. I am actually loving sweet smoke more than Tobacco Vanille . Now I want a big bottle. A+ ❤

I must say, this fragrance, in particular, is truly best used from fall to winter... The moderate smell of vanilla and spicy tobacco leaves gives off a different impression like a hint of cinnamon (maybe from the tonka beans?) when I wear it on different occasions... I would say that this isn’t for all types of skin which can decrease longevity... On my end, it lasted 4 to 6 hours maximum... Overall, I highly recommend it to those who favor a moderate fragrance that doesn’t overpower and favors sweet scents...

A clone of TV? Yes, but better at a price that doesn’t say Tom Ford (i.e. overpriced). I don’t get the sickening sweet honey of TV on the dry down. HUGE plus.

to my nose it's mostly a sweet chai tea latte with some tobacco. Love it

Very bad performance. Just 3-4 hours.

I bought this based on the forum talk and reviews here on Fragrantica. I had my TF TV on one arm and my Sweet Smoke on the other. They didn't smell alike at all on the initial spray. I get smoke first and foremost from TV, but spices came out first for me in the SS. A few minutes in, it was a BLAST of cinnamon with the SS. Yes, it's not on the pyramid, but that's what I smelled. I had FOUR other people sniff this and they smelled the same thing: cinnamon. Then as the dry down began, I got a more piney-spicy smell from both the SS and TV (yes again, no pine on the pyramid, but that's the best I can describe it... maybe that wood resin?). I was actually getting annoyed because I think the SS brought out the more latent parts of TV, and I didn't like them. Not for me as a woman. This louder spiciness smelled more manly, more generic "Cologne for Men," less mysterious, less sexy. But then came the smoke. When both were fully dry they smelled very similar. I got my smoke. Still a hint of the spice in the SS, so if you like that, go for it. And I will say SS does seem more masculine (for that very reason), than the TF version, IMO. It IS very close to the TF. Very very close. Not exact though, but impressive. I do think Alexandria is stronger. Many of the reviews I've read say AF is stronger than TF, so that is a plus. Worth a try; it's a lot cheaper! For me though, I am sticking to the TV because it is more Stevie Nicks billowing out of the fog on stage before singing Gypsy, and that's the essence I'm after.

Natural smell but on me it didn't sum up to the marketing or the note listing. It started with a strong clove smell, natural and powerful (I like cloves) and quickly dried down to a clove smell with an oily natural vanilla. In fact it smelled exactly like Vanilla Essence Extract (food flavouring) like my mother used to put into her cakes. So much so that was all I could think of. I swear that this is all that this is. So, maybe there is tobacco in there but I can;t help but feel this was/is creative marketing hiding a simple formula. The sweet smoke label to me was completely misleading though sweet it is. I certainly didn't feel this was a tobacco scent but a natural gourmand smell.

ive been keeping score before i pulled the trigger on sweet smoke and do i regret it? well to improve my frag collection, i didnt have a cool weather tobacco dominating frag. for me it starts with tom ford at the top then herod and tabac rouge. tabac rouge was off putting to me. herod is cool. wanting TV but at times when a budget friendly shows up. sweet smoke fills that void...At least i wanted it to and tried to act like it satisfies that tobacco spot on my roster..its not perfect but it smells similar to tobacco vanille, i say 70%. syrupy tobacco and vanilla dominates and i do get some dried fruits in the background. Basically this is a watered down tobacco vanille.

This isn't a fragrance that young folks can pull off. The aroma is that of a middle-aged, well groomed and sophisticated man that would be spending his afternoons walking through a tobacco field smoking on a vanilla stick. Its a nice smell, but something that Id only wear when I am with the fellas heading to a cigar event or just around the late fall evenings while smoking a cigar in the park. It's sweet with warm tobacco, zesty and spicey at the same time, almost like the old Cuba colognes and a mix of Calvin Kleins Obsession, but still has its distinctions. Doesn't smell cheap at all. Definitely worth trying out! 7/10 for me.

Compared directly with TFTV, one spray on each wrist. At first spray they smell quite differently. While TFTV feels pretty smooth and almost soapy, Sweet Smoke is stronger and more spicier. As someone previously mentioned, it really smells like cinnamon, even if this note is not listed (I even checked with cinnamon I have in the kitchen). I also smell cloves. The "spicy" and strength difference is still there on the dry down and several hours later, but much less obvious. SS 's longevity is a tad better. Overall a nice perfume on its own right, not identical to TFTV, but from the same "family" so to speak.

Really good attempt at the dried red/black fruit notes that are the magic thing in Tobacco Vanille that people always forget! Dua Sweet Tabacum does the TF TV tobacco & vanilla blend a bit better, but misses the dried fruits completely. Both are clones that are missing the other piece so I'd recommend waiting for TF TV to go on discount as your best bet still. This paired with Dua Sweet Tabacum makes a very close smell to TF TV on the dry down - but for the price of both to combine them you're probably best off just waiting for TF TV to go on discount.