Vintage Tabarome

It's not just a perfume. It's a matter of history, authority and legacy. My late grand PA and great grand PA used creed oils. He was a noble man. Several broken travel atomizers wrapped in leather were found from his belongings. For years I tried to find the private creed tabarome but couldn't. Finally found vintage creed tabarome from a friend's collection. This thing is class... Pure class... Not elite but ruling class. Opens up with a burst of oak moss and leather. Transforms into clear tones of tobacco, green tobacco vibes as well as that humid pipe or cigar tobacco notes. Smells like worn out leather jackets, black American leather recliners, racks of the trophy room, old journals, medals, orders and honors, like the sheath of the sword of honor. Pure pleasure for me! I feel myself lucky to finally carry on the legacy of my fore fathers and elders. For my fellows who are reading this review before buying it, don't go for it unless you are at least 30 yo. This is not a crowd pleasing scent but for your close friends who have similar vibes and aura as you have. Women think this is a pungent fragrance Ladies find it appealing. Regards!

Rummaging through my father’s old stuff, I found a nearly full flacon of this stuff. It is simply incredible. It makes complete sense that Churchill wore it - cigar rooms and leather couches. More specifically, a sharp citrus opening that dries down into the driest of Oakmoss and tobacco leaf with traces of resinous leather. It is blended incredibly well and smells unlike anything else. Is it dated? Of course. Churchill wore it. Does it smell like “old people”? Of course. Churchill wore it. Is it overly masculine, evoking a time when gender roles were firm and men were truly men? Of course, Churchill wore it. Is it nevertheless one of the absolute best formal scents I have ever had the pleasure of wearing? Of course. For all his flaws, Sir Winston Churchill wore it (supposedly). ;)

It’s incredible that Creed has not re-released it. It is a masterpiece of a fragrance that is tailored for a powerful boardroom presence. It has the tobacco, the Brandy, the sandalwood, the ambergris and probably more in the blend. I still have the bottle that I bought 10 years ago. It is dry now but periodically I uncap it and it still has the stunning fragrance that made me fall in love with it. I wish Creed would bring it back. I would buy it in a heartbeat. Update: please see my recent review of Rien by E’tat Libre de Orange. This is an excellent substitute for VT.

Creed PRIVATE TABAROME (as my sample vial is labeled) or VINTAGE TABAROME is one seriously intense little elixir. A couple of drops and I am basically overwhelmed by what appears to my nose to be a very leather-heavy scent. Yes, there are chypre elements here, but leather definitely dominates to my nose. I had been looking forward with great anticipation to trying this Creed creation, as I adore TABAROME and am planning to add a bottle to my collection. While still a high-quality composition, PRIVATE TABAROME is an entirely different beast, literally and figuratively! I smell dark, rough leather above all and all over the place. If there is tobacco in this composition, it is nothing like the shiny wet green leaves found in TABAROME and Trussardi JEANS or the other tobacco frags so coveted by me. Still, I think that PRIVATE TABAROME has its own appeal. This is a dark, rich, ponderous fragrance along the lines of CABOCHARD. One thing's for sure: a bottle will last you a VERY long time!!! Guys and gals alike will want to apply this powerful potion sparingly--well, unless you like to hang out with bikers. Or want others to think that you do. (-: I probably would not want to wear PRIVATE TABAROME alone, but it may mix beautifully with a good rose perfume. In fact, I think that I'll try that right now... Update (8:24pm): blends beautifully with FLEURS DE BULGARIE!

I'm rather shocked this hasn't been more reviewed than it has, but that likely owes to lack of production since say 2009. I recently opened my Creed Atomizer of this without spraying as I was contemplating a sale of it -- last time I saw this on auction, it was pricing at (and fetching) $1700 for the same amount. I dreaded parting with it, and opened the atomizer to smell the whiff of the juice within. I was absolutely NOT going to part with this. It's about the most brilliant rendition of a tobacco and leather scent, something one would only hope to achieve via imitation. It smells of a clubby room decorated in oak wood, leather chairs, brandy glasses and good cigars or pipes. My God, why did I even consider selling it?!? Now that I've been intoxicated again, this might rear its head on occasion and make a guest appearance on a cool evening when the breezes are right. If you are lucky enough to have smelled or have a sample, you'll understand all of this. If you're luckier still to have more, you'll have experienced it. If not, I wish I could convey in words what you're truly missing as Tabarome Millesime pales by comparison.