Ylang Tabac

It boggles my mind that this frag still has no reviews! Ylang Tabac is a buttery rich and warm take on the yellow flower ylang ylang. I'd call it a floral gourmand, the ylang ylang and jasmine flanked by vanilla, tonka, and powdery almond. But the mouth-watering notes are balanced by dry oakmoss, cool orris, earthy patchouli and sweet tobacco, and just a touch of animalic castoreum and musk. I love castoreum (synthetic and otherwise), but only as a grace note in the polyphony of a fragrance. Any more than that and you get a skanky, sweaty cacophany (emphasis on “caca”!). In Ylang Tabac, the note whispers through the vanilla-almond and its skatolic bass echoes the indolic contralto of the flowers. It’s warming and grounded and an instant mood-booster. It wears remarkably well, too. One spray on my wrists (shared with the neck) lasts all day. It radiates strongly for the first hour or so but then fades to a moderate projection, fading to a skin scent by the afternoon. There it lingers, detectable even until I shower the next morning. This is a near-perfect autumn fragrance.

This might be my favorite that I've sampled from this house. I would call it a refined, spicy warm woody. There is a sweetness here but its not so sweet that it flies off the page. I also detect a spicy note, and although carnation isn't listed, if you understand 'spicy' and 'carnation' then you'll understand the type of 'spicy' I am talking about. This is comfortably unisex. More smoldering than coy, more refined than obnoxious. a 'caramel' colored fragrance. Like the comment below, I too would like to see more reviews of this house.

Smooth, warm, creamy, understated, leathery floral that's not tropical despite the ylang. It makes me think of Fall weather and an expensive purse. Performance is pretty good also.