This Is Not A Pipe

[NOV. 2023] Boozy cherry tobacco with a hint of cola fizz. And only for $32AUD! This is what I've been looking for in a tobacco fragrance, something with both smokiness and sweetness and similar to Tobacco Oud. But first off, don't buy a Demeter fragrance expecting the same showstopping performance of a $320 Tom Ford. I'm just saying that the scent profile shares similar qualities, being a sweet-smokey cherry tobacco scent. But for its limited range considering its price, Demeter nails the *impression* of what a cherry tobacco smells like. Good blind buy, moreso than Tomato by Demeter and that was already a great green fragrance. Performance is better than usual from a Demeter thanks to its deeper, warmer base notes. Which is, to say, it performs moderately and requires 3 spritz to be noticeable from an arms distance, sprayed neck and wrists. And then you'd need to spray again after it dries down on the same areas to make the scent trail last, in projection. A Tom Ford only needs one, and very little at that. In fact, if you really want something noticeable by others, just get the Tobacco Vanille body spray for $110AUD. A can of a Tom Ford body spray, in quantity, lasts up to a year. But this $32 fragrance is more than enough tobacco for me. This is not a pipe indeed. 👍 EDIT: The drydown smells a bit like cherry-barbecue! Funny.

I have sprayed this for the first time 5mins ago. At first sniff I was unsure if I liked it or not, it was slightly offensive. It however developed quickly into a natural pipe tobacco smell. I am non a smoker, however, I briefly toyed with a smoking pipe and it does smell a lot like pipe tobacco with a hint of that burnt wood smell from the pipe itself. Like many of demeters scents, I would suggest layering this with other fragrances. I am currently wearing spicebomb extreme, and I think this is a great way to butch-up sweeter scents. I would also consider pairing this with something fruity. If you like tobacco then you need to buy this. It is quite different from other tobaccos I've smelt. It's pushing the masculine woody side of the spectrum where many designer fragrances are scared to tread these days.

....well??? Even though I don't smoke, but have been around those that do, this is undeniably an authentic tobacco pipe that is sweet-bias but not in a cloying/overbearing way, and not really like burnt cigarette butt either. Usually from Demeter products don't have great longevity, but on paper it lasts quite a while (even though after some few hours it becomes somewhat a skin scent, but even after a day, the scent profile is not abated. Given the typical rep of having perfumes with poor longevity, this was probably just a casualty of the ingredients. Even so, insane value for what you get.

I've dreamt about quite tobacco scent as I used to smoke pipe but had to stop smoking at all. And this perfume made my dream come true. It's quite precise aromatic pipe tobacco with hint of cherry brandy.

This is a really good scent, I can picture being in front of a fireplace in a cabin in the snow wearing something like this