Tobacco Nuit

This may sound like comparisons bridging completely different worlds, but if you've ever wished for a sweet, humid & deep tobacco fragrance along the lines of the vintage formulation of Davidoff's Zino, articulated with superior ingredients (and who hasn't?) this may work for you... The opening is misleading: after a heartbeat-brief waft of clementine, a dense, malty syrup appears that I found both very contemporary and somewhat cloying, reminding me of the ubiquitous tonka-bombs that line either side of the aisles at Sephora. Thankfully this stage, too, was relatively brief, passing in about five minutes. What follows is quite wonderful, and, as others have commented, very different from most Atelier offerings: a rich layering of dusty, earthy spices over a gorgeous amber. I don't detect an excessive use of cumin or coriander at all; it reminds me a little of the inference of bay leaf and coriander in Serge Lutens' Ambre Sultan (high praise!), adding complexity and distinctiveness to offset the indulgent qualities associated with the 'oriental' connotations of resins. The impression is certainly of sweetened pipe tobacco gradually shifting over to dry cigars in a humidor with a hint of rum-like vanilla. There is a dark, gingerbread-like warmth up close, but the sillage is the arena where this fragrance really elevates itself as the sensation of alternating texture and movement: soft, rustling, wafting, both roundly mellow and slightly bitter, hardwood-smoky with ever-so faintly tangy-sour relish of smokiness in the mouth, actually unconsciously triggering for me of the feeling under the tongue in the evening hours after I've smoked a pipe full of black & tan. You have to love the ruggedness of unapologetic tobacco fragrances like Zino to really appreciate this for daywear. I feel I should point out that I am not an Atelier fanboy per say...I have often enjoyed their compositions at the start only to find them wan or unremarkable as they evolve. Here, the base does not disappoint; there is a nice use of patchouli and labdanum here to support a high-quality frankincense note; the whole is dusky, earthy and thick, both satisfying and long-lasting (the drydown is, as landshark notes, 'moderate', but *not just* a skin scent). Note separation through the heart and base phases is excellent. Given how well-constructed Tobacco Nuit is, I expect that would readily stand up to a light, sheer wearing for daytime. This is certainly an 'aura' scent: the trail that surrounds you is densely multidimensional, and the composition overall is best appreciated without digging your nose into your wrist (you won't have to!) Not for everybody (some confidence and worldliness are required), and better for a night out than shuffling papers at the office, but, for the right character anyway, very rewarding.

Atelier Cologne's Tobacco Nuit is the first scent of the Collection Orient, released earlier this year, that I've tried on skin, and it was probably the single scent I was most eager to sample after basically smelling the whole line (Originale to Orient) out of the bottles at Neiman Marcus. It fits, broadly speaking, into the "sweet tobacco" category, but Tobacco Nuit certainly has more going on than that. It has sweet and spicy elements. The spiciness comes from the coriander and cumin, each used in moderation to produce only a moderate pepper level of spice, nothing over the top. Certainly this is more sweet than spicy. I found the sweetness to be very plum-like, as in the boozy sweetness of Single Malt By Kilian, a deeper sweetness that's resinous, almost. I was surprised to learn that tonka is the most likely culprit for this but it makes sense, in that it's not the tip-of-the-tongue uber sweetness that we generally get out of the standard source, vanilla. The resounding depth comes from the smoky olibanum (frankincense) and and earthy patchouli, so the base, softened by the usual use of cedar, does not disappoint, either. Overall, the experience is a sweet, smoky, spicy tobacco that has some of the redeeming qualities of both By Kilian Back to Black and Single Malt and being comparable to either, and perhaps even Tobacco Vanille, though I'd certainly still prefer Tobacco Vanille to Tobacco Nuit. Still, it's more moderately priced than any of those, at $250 for 100ml and $325 for 200ml, though with the latter comes a 30ml travel size spray that doesn't seem to be available on its own for now, though I'm sure it would be expensive, anyway. I have a difficult time imagining that 230ml of this would be needed, as one might justify for the lighter fragrances of the house. Performance is excellent: strong projection for the first couple of hours before drying down into a moderate (not skin) scent for a while. 8 out of 10

I found this fragrance when I was looking for an alternative to Tom Ford Tobacco Oud. I'd bought a bottle of TO from Ebay for a decent price, but ended up receiving a fake bottle. So, after that malarkey, I read about this bottle as an alternative scent that has similarities, so, I decided to take a chance, and am I happy I did! The spicy opening of this reminds me of TO (from the one time I smelt it in store) and it has the same sweetness in the mid, however, that's where I feel the similarities end, at least from memory anyway. Regardless of the similarities, Tobacco Nuit is a beautiful creation in its own merit. As I stated, starts with a rich spicy opening that doesn't seem challenging to me but may be so for some people, so buyer beware. A sweetness then begins to seep through the layers of the fragrance and makes the scent have a resinous facet that I absolutely love. I get a lovely tobacco under everything else going on in the scent but to me, this is all about the cumin and resins. For me, this is a very versatile scent. All you have to do is adjust how many sprays you use depending on the weather. That said, in England you really get any extremes, so that may be the case for me but may differ if you're somewhere where you have extreme temperatures. Really enjoyable scent, love that I have 200ml of the juice, so I will be wearing this liberally! (Still on the hunt for my bottle of Tobacco Oud at a reasonable price. Retail is a bit too much for the scent in my mind. One day... hopefully, or maybe not with all the discontinuation talks.) 9/10

Tocco Nuit is quite simply stunning. It's evocative, profound, and vivid. It's dark and nefarious, yet poignent and somehow romantic. On me it starts off fresh, green and citrusy, with cumin adding a sharp, pungent hit. It's not the BO kind of cumin (thankfully), but rather a piquant kind of cumin. As it slowly dries down, tobacco takes over. It dominates the fragrance from this point on, with a sweet, leathery, almost animalic labdanum strongly supporting it, while frankincense quietly adds more sweetness, along with a warm, woodsy, balsamic creaminess. This is not your grandpa's tobacco; it's an exclusive gentleman's club tobacco; a complex, floral-musky-woody tobacco. Eventually, the labdanum and frankincense give way to a warm, clean cedar wood; a musky, earthy patchouli; and a tonka bean that adds a slightly spicy vanilla-caramel-dark honey flavour. But, that floral-musky-woody tobacco still dominates. Everything else just adds a touch more "flavour" to that tobacco. On my skin Tobacco Noir is an intoxicating, sensual tobacco fragrance that has moderately heavy sillage and is extremely long lasting. The opening is BIG and it takes a couple of hours of very gradual softening to reach the heart of this perfume. It settles in comfortably for the next several hours before slowly starting to transition to its final phase, where it very, very slowly and quietly starts to fade away. Brilliant!

Tobacco!!!wow.. It's a really awesome tobacco scent.. An smoky/balsamic cocktail paired to Tobacco blossom and Olibanum on the base. i love this fragrances.It's not a wow factor at the start,but to me, the dry down is an excellent scent.This is a great scent in general but especially if your 1st getting into fragrances.It smells smooth Tobacco(smoky)in the drydown. This product is appropriate for all weather. It has a perfect amount of silage in my opinion.I can smell a hint of the scent when I move around.I was more impressed with it's performance.great job! تنباکویی ملایم اگر سبک ملایم میپسندن معمولا عطرهای تنباکویی در رده بوهای شیرین وتند قرار میگیرند درحالی که اسم این عطر تنباکوی تلخ است همواره زیره سبز گشنیزو فلفل در این عطر احساس میشه سبک عطر دودی اسپایسی(فلفل بسیار ملایم) به همراه پایه پتچولی است که مفهوم تباکویی در واقع همین حالت دودی و تند و کمی شیرین رو تداعی میکنه همیشه مرجع تنباکویی ها بک تو بلک کیلیان و توباکووانیل تام فورد است ولی این مورد را میشه به عنوان یه کار تباکویی ملایم(تاکیید روی ملایم) ونه چندان تلخ بلکه شیرین ولی نه در حد بک تو بلک کیلیان و توباکو وانیل تام فورد دانست بهترین فصل استفاده زمستان وپاییز ماندگاری بسیار عالی و پخش بوی قابل قبول تجربه تستش را از دست ندید برای من که بسیار جذاب بود