Tobacco

It's difficult to capture in words how you feel about a scent when you adore it. You really wish you could do it justice in writing but you've just lost before you even begin. This scent had me taken by surprise the moment I first encountered it. First it was on a slip of paper, very soon after on my skin. Once I had smelled this, I pushed all the other slips of paper away from the "table of options" to just give me a break with this one only. I was carried away by its mood of tranquility, the unbreakable softness and balance. Above all I was stunned by how beautifully it represented both the feminine and the masculine, neither dominating the other. I always feel a sense of peace or inner completion when two opposites meet in harmony - when the opposites within me are both fulfilled. With this fragrance, I can be everything at the same time without being an unreliable, cloying mess - I want warm, spicy, sweet, fresh, woody... and here I have it all. There are indeed many notes that presumably make this perfume masculine (such as vetiver and of course the tobacco), but it is all softened (but not subdued) and made warm by the vanilla, and spicy by the cloves. Further, I feel like the plum is what truly uplifts this fragrance into not being heavier than it should be - bringing the balance. It's a subtle but genius move to put the living into the dying (fruit into ashes). The fragrance has a beautiful sillage, the cloudy quality of which reminds me of the "powderiness" of Karl Lagerfeld Classic or the original formulation of Dior Homme (only the quality of the sillage, the scent itself is not similar to these aforementioned). I feel like the sillage or projection of Tobacco is best done justice in winter or autumn (even the colour of the juice is like vividly brown autumn leaves), and whilst wearing it I feel very present in the moment. This fragrance suits a woman or a man who is calm with who s/he is. Confidence doesn't need to be shouted out with or asserted with a bold fragrance. Even classier, it can be done subtly with a simple yet complex truth just as this scent, and people will always think what they will. I feel like Tobacco certainly is the kind of fragrance that will catch attention, but it won't be the usual head-turner you might think of, the one that gets you compliments. No, I feel like this is the kind of fragrance that skips ahead of that flattery because it's superfluous. It has the potential of making a complete stranger want to sit you down right now and have a real human conversation with you while studying you very carefully. I really feel like Tobacco can draw people in, as it did with myself. Moderate sillage Longevity with two sprays 6-8h Scent 10/10

I honestly do not think I'll ever get over this scent, and often am thinking to myself why I do not own a backup. Sweet tobacco like a humidor that isn't edgy, with a plum sweetness that creates volume for the sweet aspect of the tobacco note, with a not-as-heavy but present clove as a third wheel -- the clove appears quickly -- and towards the end of the initial note envelope that once the clove appears, the three primary notes (tobacco, plum, and clove) blend into a pairing for the middle linearity of the fragrance. Traditionally masculine and a performer for the first half of it's wearing, I highly recommend this item for all of the readers whom have an affinity for a tobacco that is punchy, yet not-too-edgy, supported with a sweet plum top and bed of spicy clove. I can see an assertive, outgoing woman wearing this also; and, what a conversation starter that'd be. This item is simple and genius. I've long been searching for a tobacco fragrance I could wear that isn't a cinnamon, honey, nor other type like so many, and I feel I've finally found what I'm looking for with this. Relating to common items found in the same scent profile, Naxos has a honeyed ginger to me, Tobacco Vanille is a bit holiday-celebratory vanilla-esque with spices, 1821 is pure honey, Herod isn't as powerful and emphatic on the tobacco note with other things going on ... This is the tobacco I've been searching for -- tobacco center stage, with some plum nuance sweetnesses and clove to undulate an aspect of the tobacco in the dry down. If you, like me, have been looking for a bit simple, pleasant tobacco sent, I highly suggest trying a decant of this, hands down. This is so pleasing to me, that in fact, I will begin looking into others from this line -- Amber, and Leather, perhaps. Edit: easily top 10 in my personal collection, second bottle acquired. I've noticed that this has very poor longevity to the user (maybe I'm 'nose-blind'), but it doesn't really bother me reapplying, or spraying 6-8 times each application.

I like tobacco like perfumes so much. The most perfumes in this class have tobacco scene next to other materials like tonka, honey, vanilla, Amber and so on. But Tobacco by franck Boclet has a very natural scent versus other perfumes in this class. Tobacco by Franck Boclet has a tobacco scent that it is so similar to dry tobacco leaf not smoked. This brand isn't niche designer , but I believe that three perfumes of this brand that I had tested (Incense, Tobacco, Oud), have quality near niche perfumes. This perfume is a little similar to CK One Shock for him by Calvin Klein, But Calvin Klein is sweeter and fruity like than this one and silage and longevity in CK isn't huge like this perfume, but Longevity and silage in Tobacco by Franck Boclet is so huge... ------------------------------------------------------------------- من از عطرهایی که سبک تنباکویی داشته باشند خیلی خوشم میاد. اکثر عطرهای این سبک بوی تنباکو رو بصورت تقریبا خالص به نمایش نمیزارن و میتونین کاملا بوهایی مثل عسل؛ تونکا؛ کهربا و وانیل رو در کنارشون حس کنید. ولی این عطر به نظر من یه شاهکاره و بوی توتون رو بسیار طبیعی بازسازی کرده. بوی حاصله اصلا بوی توتون دود شده نیست. بویی هست که شما در حین بوییدن توتون خشک بسیار مرغوب حس میکنید بوی این عطر تا حد زیادی از نظر من شبیه به عطر سی کی شوک از برند کلوین کلین هست. با این تفاوت که کلوین کلین یه مقدار شیرین تر و میوه ای تر هستش و بوی تنباکو هم در سی کی شوک به طبیعی این عطر نیست و در ضمن سی کی شوک بوی تنباکوی دود شده رو میده در حالیکه این عطر همونطور که ذکر کردم؛ بوی توتون بسیار مرغوب خشک داخل پاکت رو میده با وجود اینکه این برند از برندهای نیش نیست؛ ولی سه تا از عطرهای این برند رو که تست کردم بنظرم در حد کارهای نیش هستند از نظر پخش بو و طول عمر هم که دیگه این عطر واقعا حرف نداره وفردی که این عطر رو میپوشه رو کاملا راضی میکنه

This is my next purchase! I have a sample of it and I can't stop sniffing it. It's a beautiful tobacco fragrance. And about the similar ones around in the popular ones, I'm ranking them by sweetness. TF - Tobacco Vanille: Yes, they have a similar vibe but TVanille is much sirupy sweeter then F.Boclet Tobacco. Zara - Rich/Warm/Addictive: I think they are the closest similar out of the four I own. But zara is a little bit honey like sweet, the sweetness in between TF TVanille and this Tobacco, and it has no longevity at all (2 hour). In F.Boclet Tobacco clove is stronger (to my nose it closer to cinamon then clove, but it's my nose), and it's much more longlasting (6-8 hour). F.Boclet - Tobacco: I already write the diferrence between them. I love all 4 of them, but the best side of this is the strong clove note (to me it's absolutly powder cinamon). So it's a must have for me as well. :) P.De Marly - Herod: I think they are not so similar, but yes, they have the tobacco vibe, so in thet category maybe. Herod is "drier", not thet sweet then the other ones, but still sweet in my tast. To my nose Herod is the perfect unisex fragrance, becouse it sometimes leans masculin and in the same time leans feminin. The other ones leans feminin to me becouse of the sweetness.

Finally added full bottle of this gem to my collection. It is almost identical to Phaedon Tabac Rouge, but slightly more masculine due to substitution of cinnamon with cloves and addition of some cedar and vetiver. Although it has a lot in common with Tom Ford Tabacco Vanille, I think it is not fair to compare them as they have different character, despite of similar scent profile. Which in turn calls for using them in different situations. Franck Boclet creation is less agressive and slightly less sweet. TF TV is for attending galla or large party, FB Tobacco is for party with small group of friends, first date, or even office in winter time. In my opinion it is safer blind buy for man than either TF TV or Phaedon Tabac Rouge. If you can find it, because it took me 8 years to finally get it here in US. It tend to be sold out in matter of days, if not hours after it pops up at retailers. It is 10/10 fragrance for me, and is my favorite from about dozen of Franck Boclet frags in my collection. As a matter of fact, I'll be buying me backup bottle ASAP, because I know it will be one of few bottles in my quite large collection I'll finish in less than 3 years.