Tabacca

As a reformed smoker, I despise the smell of burning cigarettes and I really don't want to smell like an ashtray. But pipe tobacco is a different matter altogether. Costamor Tabacca delivers! From the beginning spray, a cherry pipe tobacco scent kisses my nose. This is not burning tobacco, but sweet, moist and full of potential. The cherry morphs into an apple peel/tobacco/slightly boozy accord like cured leaves that have been soaked in apple jack. There's a faint floral and honeyed spice blend lurking in the background adding to the pleasing roundness of this brew. Woods and amber form a strong and perfect support for all the tobacco goodness. And here's the best part. I can enjoy my Tabacca with no smoke - not even a hint of a flame to ruin this beguiling, wicked juice. Beguiling because it draws you in relentlessly and wicked because it's highly addictive. There are worse habits one could have than to be seduced by Tabacca.

I have never received as many compliments on a perfume as I have had with this one. Almost every time I wear it! Even from people who don't really like perfume. This fragrance is what I wanted Back to Black to be, but Back to Black goes Baby Powder/Kids Bubble Bath soap on me... It reminds me of being a kid, my mom used to buy loose tobacco and maker her own cigarettes. I would always open the container and smell the tobacco, it smelled slightly sweet like honey and slightly fruity, I loved it. This mimics that wonderfully, with some extra pleasantries. The apple in it is like a baked apple so it's nice and warm, I get a little bit of powder that threatens to turn baby powder on me but never actually does (which is a good thing, I don't like baby powder). My friends thought I was weird when I used to say I wanted a perfume that smelled of tobacco, but considering those compliments and the reviews on here, I'm not the only one

Not what I was expecting. Nice tobacco was there but there's the apple-y fruity thing going on that I wasn't prepared for. I know I saw it in the note listing but I didn't expect it to be so prominent. It's kind of powdery too and that was an unwelcomed surprise as well. I was expecting a more true tobacco scent with a hint of the apple as an accent. I'm very sad because I had high hopes for this one and it looks like it's not going to work out for me EDIT...I judged this too soon. I tried the sample again and just allowed the scent to "marinate" on my skin for a while. What a deliciously divine fragrance! It is a beautifully strong yet sweet tobacco scent. Not a cloying sweetness but a warm sweetness like apple cider. It's a hot apple cider cigar. I must have a full bottle now.

just brought home my beloved 'What We Do In Paris Is Secret' and now, wouldn't you know it, i'm scheming up ways to get my hot little hands on this!!! i just happened to sniff it as i was literally walking out the door from the Scent Bar, with my 'Parisian Secret' in tow and now i'm in love. it's THE most beautiful tobacco scent I've yet to smell. I'm always on the search for that perfect sweet yet seductive tobacco and this one is by far my favorite. It smells so warm and rich and expensive. At $75 I can't complain, ooh, and better yet, can totally justify ;) Oh and the longevity is astounding! going on 5 hrs now and it's STILL smells like I just sprayed it! gorgeous!

Richly aromatic !!!! Hypnotic and seductive fragrance. Costa Rican Tobacco Leaves blended with something sweet .. honey like .. Apple notes ? Yes .. that's the sweetness to it... I don't get the Floral notes ... Jasmine and a Rose Tea. but I'm sure they are there ... Costa Rican Precious Woods and a Soothing Amber mixed into an amazing long lasting unisex scent!!! I'm impressed and sold on it .. $75.00 50ML. The other fragrance that is almost like it in its... Sensuality and Lushness is Odori Tabacco $210.00 100ML. which I just adore !!!!

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a sample of this beautiful fragrance and am wearing it today. It is VERY similar to Frank No 3. The initial opening is a bit more powdery and softer than Frank No 3, but beyond that, they are almost identical. Like Frank No 3, This is a gorgeous scent! Luckily I do not have to try to find a bottle of this discontinued beauty, because I have Frank No 3. Bottom line: If you can find a bottle at a good price, grab it! If not, try Frank no 3.

The opening is just a mix of sweetness and powder and nothing that reminds of tobacco to my nose. After an hour though, I started wondering what smelled so yummy and I realized it was me! The dry down is simply to die for: sweetness -but not too much- a little powder and amber with tobacco mixed together. This is so delicious it's bordering on gourmand:) Amazing scent, more unisex than feminine IMO, and perfect for all year round. I have to have this!

i personally liked it. it has a hint of tobacco in it in a way that is mixed with sweetish vanilla flavor. i feel it's quite common but honestly there is something made me like it and so much want to have it, maybe because it's quite different than my type of perfumes. after all it is a good perfume and a cheaper version of Kilian back to black

Agreed that the opening is this overwhelming mess... The dry down on the other hand is just pure raw tobacco and amber honey on me. It lasts and lasts. Definitely worth trying if you want a rich, exotic tobacco.

My boyfriend adores this perfume on me but only after the drydown. He hates the opening but it transforms to a sexy mysterious smoky yet sweet tobacco. Very sexy and seductive. Trés femme fatale!

I'm not sure I like it enough to keep it...my husband thinks it's great on me, though. I think it's masculine (which I normally go for on myself) but also youthful. I'm not a man nor particularly youthful, so it feels like someone else's perfume... The gist: Top is Dr. Pepper without a ton of sugar Middle is just about identical to a "sweeter" cigarette like Marlborough (red package), unlit. You get the deep fruit smell but it's not syrupy at all, plus the tannins of tobacco leaves (provided by the tea), plus a simple, earthy almost warm-garden-soil smell (like the patchouli in Mauboussin). All pretty dry. Not moist tobacco like Tom Ford, but not dusty either. Dry down is the same amount of fruit that's been there from the beginning, plus the earthy note. Like dried apple skin and topsoil. EDIT: to say that today on wearing #2, I got the honey others have mentioned. An animalic beeswax note. Sweet and dry. It became recognizable in the heart, then shone in the dry down with the earthy note and the apple skin. Hmmmm.

Apple juice, wax, soft, fuzzed out tobacco, golden sweetness (honey??), tiny touch of indole Tabacca was a love and in my wants list for a long time, but now that I’m finally getting around to reviewing it years later, I think that it’s getting demoted to a “like”. It’s a lovely fragrance, but I’ve met and enjoyed tobacco fragrances since then that flesh out the tobacco better. The tobacco here has a fuzzy, blurred quality and is missing some of the dry, grassy/hay elements that I like. Tabacca plays up the more fruity/floral elements to make it more feminine, rather than the whiskey and vanilla pairings that are more common. It plays on the fruitiness of tobacco with a lovely apple pairing. The apple note here reminds me of the sweet, golden apple juice that I used to drink as a kid (side note, why is apple juice just a kid’s drink in the US? Do adults drink it too?). I was surprised to see that there is not any honey listed in the notes. Medium projection. Linear. Like.

Okay so I really wanted to try this because there's a guy on Youtube (who sounds a lot like Peter Griffin consequently) who raved about it. So I order a sample - one among many - and I'm immediately taken by the quite natural pipe tobacco smell...actually smells like hookah tobacco; the scent of which I love. I thought "great, this should be nice", so I put it on my skin and, there again, it's very nice...not so complex to my nose, but a nice, unisex, slightly sweet (but in a natural way...maybe due to the spices?) fragrance. Well, then I get to the drydown, and it has this vaguely familiar smell that I can't put my finger on...it's not awful, but not quite pleasant either...then it hits me. It smells like feet in the drydown. Not the sulfuric, dirty feet smell, but like you've walked around in boat shoes without socks - you know that kind of sour, in between the toes smell? Yeah, I don't like the way in between the toes smells.

After wearing Chergui again the other day, this does not really match up like I expected from these reviews. The bottle smells so amazing, I was certain I would love this. The apple at first is stong and interesting--syrupy and a little like medicine, but in a good way. That quickly dissipates, and I end up with more of a powdered amber scent than tobacco. Yes the tobacco is there, but I thought it would be like, "BAM! Tobacco!" Nope. Sillage is not very good. I have not been able to smell it unless I sniff up close. And after only 2 hours, I get the urge to spray again because the scent is so light. Tabacca gets a lukewarm reception from me.

Warm and sultry! As a teenager I would occasionally smoke sweet pipe cigars, Tabacca reminded me a little bit of the freshly unwrapped, unsmoked cigars. Tabacca is a bit sweet but perfect for me! At first I smell a very heavy cherry note from the tobacco, theres a tinge of cough syrup quality to it. But after a time I sense a tiny bit of apple-crisp apple, the sweet tobacco leaves. Its sexy, warm and spicy, a little powdery but not as powdery as B2B by Kilian. I can smell this on my arm 5 hours later and the sillage is good. It is unisex and very affordable! I need to add this to my collection, can't get enough of the tobacco!

Sweet honey and powdery tobacco and shortly thereafter the powder is gone and its a very nice real pipe tobacco note! Almost like Back to Black but not as sweet and the honey note isn't as prominent. The sweetness goes away a bit and turns into more of a tobacco absolute, like an unlit cigarette. Not bad...Actually is a good cross between B2B and Chergui. Has the honey and tobacco of B2B and the powdery tobacco of Chergui. Different but nothing too great. EDIT: Deeper into the drydown it loses its sweetness and becomes a very realistic dry, leafy tobacco. Nice!

The first few minutes of this fragrance are somewhat repulsive to my nose. Almost immediately however, it begins to transform itself into a mild powder for a short time before abandoning all previous notes and heading into a beautiful honey tobacco scent that is almost identical to Back to Black. For the price it can't be beat, but it is slightly lacking in longevity, sillage, and a certain appeal that dropping $250 on B2B forces you to appreciate. Totally unisex. Even still: 8-10 hours = 8/10 Sillage = 7/10 Overall = 7/10

A less expensive alternative to Back to Black. It has the same sensuous, honeyed tobacco luscious powderiness (minus the weird chamomile note of BtoB). Longlasting but intimate and soft. Cozy, even. Reminds me of an autumnal hayride through a tobacco farm. Count me in.

What a beautiful feminine treatment of this traditionally masculine note. Extremely sweet cherry tobacco scent layered with apples and light florals. The rose is especially complementary to the tobacco note. Lovely!

Baby powder with amber & sour apples. A mature, unisex, winter smell. The start is the worst part then it gets much better with the drydown.

I DO NOT like. Its smokey and powdery but there is a scent there that smells like poop. I dont know why but i smell it clearly. Like baby poop. Its not attractive at all. Its a little on the masculine side. Not my type at all

Me like it. I was looking for a fragrance starring tobacco and this is a great one. Tabacca smells like natural unsmoked tobacco leafs drenched in Amber. This is a tobacco/amber fragrance. When I first apply it the fresh tobacco hits me deliciously but then the amber appears almost immediately and from that point forward it is a dance between these 2 notes. I don't smell the apple. I wish I could. If it is there it must be adding some sweetness to this fragrance transparently. I totally disagree with the apple scent being voted as the 2nd main note. That spot goes to the Amber. I do smell the rose, enough to give some touch of refinement to the tobacco. It mixes very well w/ it. There is little pinch of spiciness here. Very minimal (just right), not meant to stand out but to shape the fragrance a bit. The spiciness does not interfere with the main accords. I don't get the tea note or the other "woodsy notes" listed by Fragrantica. Tabacca performs. The longevity is long and projection is moderate on my skin. If you apply to your clothes Tabacca will give you more than 12 hours easily. Be careful not to apply it in light colored clothing as it may stain it. My skin drinks perfumes and extracts like water. I don't get much performance from most fragrances (lucky if I get more than 1 hour of projection before going skin). But Tabacca is one of the exceptions. This is one of the best performing and one of the most natural tobacco fragrances I have encountered. For the price, Tabacca is a steal. Tabacca is totally unisex. I don't find it feminine at all. 10/10

WOW! I ́m a woman, and I don ́t find this too masculine at all, at least not after dry-down. First it is kind of harsh with a peculiar sweet plastic-note, but after 15 - 20 minutes it ́s addictive, like golden amber, smooth, dripping honey and aromatic, spicy, fresh pipe-tobacco. A dark, sweet, spicy but also smooth "compact and dence" scent. My autumn-comfort-scent - so cozy and rich!

This started very nice for me, but didn't last that way. At the start, it is tobacco with the inherent powdery notes that has, and notes of fruit and what smells like rose; A nice smooth comfort scent, but it got very sweet upon full dry down and became a sugary cloying mess. My skin does amp sweet, though, so maybe this wouldn't work the same way for others.

For those who've been searching for this fragrance, I just received an email from Lucky Scent explaining its mysterious and (thankfully) temporary disappearance: "The owner of the brand re-released the same formula and bottled the scent under FRANK Los Angeles. Tabacca is officially now called Frank No. 3." So, it's back but with a different name!

I wish I got more of the sweet apple note that everyone else experiences, but that part is gone on my skin within a minute. What it dries down to sadly has a moldy/mildewy smell. I don't know why this doesn't work for me as beautifully as everyone else.

I want this so bad. Very nice at $75, but any decants out there? My sample from LS is gone but the smell is lingering forever in the tiny vail. I am not a smoker, but this fragance is just intoxicating with its sweet tocacco richness.

This was really a lovely scent, one of the best tobacco ones that I have sniffed. As others have said, I can't find it anywhere now :(

A rather good sweet wet tobacco scent that reminds me of the highest quality Russian Leather scents. Unfortunately it fades quickly.

Really like this. It appears to be extinct on the market now so I need a substitute that doesn't involve actual cigars.