Tabac Sahara

As a tobacco fragrance enthusiast, I’ll give you the most honest and detailed breakdown of this fragrance so you can have a clear idea of how it smells before deciding to purchase it. Price & Value: At $150–$180, the pricing is excellent for a fragrance from Guerlain. For the level of quality and craftsmanship you’re getting, it’s a very fair price point and relatively accessible compared to many niche tobacco fragrances. Scent Quality & Composition: The quality here is undeniably high. This is easily one of the smoothest Tobacco/Raspberry combinations on the market. The opening starts with a sweet raspberry note that brings a slightly fruity brightness, accompanied by a cherry-like tobacco accord in the background. At this stage, the tobacco is still relatively light and not fully developed. The raspberry can feel a bit sharp or harsh for the first 10–15 minutes, which is why many people judge the fragrance too quickly based only on the opening. Once the fragrance settles, the real character begins to appear. A smooth, realistic DRY tobacco note emerges and blends beautifully with animalic ambergris, giving the scent a deeper and slightly sensual edge. Just when the composition begins to feel darker, vanilla steps in to soften everything, smoothing the blend and adding warmth. The result is a beautifully balanced and well-crafted composition. Comparisons & DNA: This fragrance reminds me somewhat of Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Zafferano and Dior Tobacolor , although it maintains its own identity. Performance & Compliment Factor: Performance is extremely strong. On my skin, I easily get 10+ hours of solid wear, followed by another 4–5 hours as a skin scent. Projection is powerful, so go easy on the sprays. Because of that strength and the darker dry tobacco profile....this fragrance fits fall and winter best. While it leans unisex, the dry-down feels slightly more masculine due to the mature tobacco and animalic ambergris combination. In terms of compliments, I haven’t received many. In fact most people with more “basic” noses didn’t really enjoy it. This is definitely not a crowd-pleaser. Instead it’s a fragrance for people who truly appreciate complex tobacco scents, like I do, and understand when and how to wear them. It requires a specific mood and taste to fully enjoy. In the air, however, it smells very refined, mature, and well-blended. Because of that, I wouldn’t recommend it for a younger crowd. This is definitely a mature fragrance that feels more suited to someone with a more developed taste in perfumery. Overall, I’d give it a 9/10. I enjoy it a lot, and I’ll definitely give it a few more wears to see if it grows on me even more.

Well, this is a smoother, more elegant, and more fem leaning sibling of Killian's Smoking Hot, and as it dries down it will also remind you of Creed's Centaurus. If you like any of these two, you need to check it out. The raspberry opening is nose-grabbing, perhaps too impressive for some noses, and soon after that the rosy nuances start to appear. For the first hour of its journey, the scent is Smoking Hot but pink instead of green. The tobacco is not as upfront in Tabac Sahara, but it's pretty much the same thing in the air. Apple shisha is too distinct of a scent, but having worn that one quite a few times, all I kept thinking with this one was "Berry shisha, cool!" They share enough aromachemicals to make this smell like a flanker to SH. The rose accord is not very prominent, but it elevates the pinkness of the blend, so some people will find it feminine. But, because of the tobacco/shisha accord, it is less feminine than something like Angel's Share Paradis. As it evolves you start to notice a good dose of ambergris which stays present for more than 10 hours on your skin and smells fantastic, it really fits the profile, never going too intense, too salty, but really enhancing the skin scent. Also, you get this amber accord that for some reason makes this smell like Centaurus without the cinnamon red hots aspect, also a great fit for the profile. Performance is fantastic, and apart from the opening which might be hitting too hard for some, this is a great blend. For the price, it is FANTASTIC and I would realy consider getting this if I didn't own Smoking Hot. I can't wait for another full test wear in October/November where I'm sure this will shine.

I am a sucker for Guerlain - the classics, the aqua allegoria line, the oriental line, and of course the luxury ones. Tabac Sahara is nothing like anything tobacco I've ever smelled - and the reason why that is, is because the combination of raspberry, citruses, tobacco, rose oil and red berries bring, I'd say, a new facade to tobacco fragrances. With a creamy raspberry tart-like opening, diving into a deep veil of strong smoke infused with rose, then to a relaxing finish of ambery vanilla and a hint of wood, this piece is a glorious take on fruits and tobacco in the actual juice. While I'm not exactly sure why they'd call it "Sahara", since the smell is not at all suggestive of desertic dryness, I think that it's a lovely play on what the wearer expects - something dry, heavy on tobacco or smoke, and then after the first spray... it envelops the wearer into a lovely fruity and smoky journey. Congrats to Guerlain for this amazing piece. 10/10.

The scent trail of this is sexy as f. As a fan of tobacco note, when I first got this and sprayed it, I wasn’t impressed or wowed. I was like, “Okay, not bad.” I felt it was too dry and cough syrupy, but still unique. Over time, though, the scent began to grow on me. Wow. The smell in the air, especially when you don’t overspray it, is so glorious. I find this unisex enough, and the performance is superb. At least 10hrs on skin. The tobacco note is leafy and dry. The opening is syrupy, with something like plum or davana peeking through. You can also smell the raspberry accord in the background, and it adds mystery to the scent. I can also detect a salty nuance as this dries down, and it’s also very noticeable when you sniff the atomizer. I think it’s from the ambergris accord. This one might not be an instant love for many people, but I’m sure over time, it’ll grow on anyone who dislikes it at first.

My dreams have come true. I had long wished to find a perfume with my beloved tobacco note: vividly expressed, yet sweetly feminine. Usually, perfumes with a clearly pronounced tobacco note either lean masculine, lacking enough sweetness, or, if they are sweet, they often sound very oriental-beautiful, but not always suitable or wearable everywhere. This perfume, however, manages to be both richly tobacco and feminine, and it leans more European than oriental. It’s mystical, enveloping, intriguing, sensual, and stylish. At first, I notice a lot of tobacco, smokiness, and an abstract sweetness. Then it softens, becoming smoother and more fluid. The initial brightness of the tobacco fades fairly quickly (I do wish it lingered as powerfully as it does right after spraying), leaving behind a pleasant, sweet, more concrete raspberry note, whose depth is beautifully conveyed in tandem with warm amber.