Coffee Tabac

Sampling Pineward Perfumes Coffee Tabac, one of the house’s most recent releases, and it delivers on its name and then some. Aptly named with lead notes of coffee and tobacco, further colored by cocoa, woods, and resins, it’s a great option for cooler weather. It’s dark and powerful, and a bit reminiscent of a combination of Slumberhouse Ore and Jeke, black cocoa pepper meeting boozy tobacco in a very dark setting. Its performance is very, very strong—stronger than most of the other dark concoctions of the house, even, I think. I feel it reaches a good balance, too, among sweet, spicy, woody, and resinous aspects, very complex but not too labyrinthine to enjoy. It’s unsurprisingly mostly sold out, currently, as word must have gotten out before I took the opportunity to test out my sample, but its pricing is in line with most of the line’s extrait concentration perfumes, at $205/135/80 for 57/37/17ml, quite reasonable in my opinion. As with many of the house’s releases, especially their darker, more cold-weather-leaning options, I’m very impressed by Coffee Tabac and it would be one of the first bottles that I’d buy from the house. 8 out of 10

My 4th from Pineward. I am really shocked by the low rating for this. I am the 8th to leave a review from nearly 50 voters. Crazy. This is just as its billed. Lightly sweetened coffee with tobacco. Leafy tobacco. Well blended. Perfect for the fall setting. My only complaint is that it isn't as loud as Treacle or Funerie. Better scent profile, but much more subdued. Still get a tad over 7 hours out of it on 3 sprays. But not a real heavy projector. That isn't a bad thing. But for me, I just want it to scream a little more. Certainly dark. I only tried on skin and you can see the color difference. I would assume, as mentioned below, that this isn't suited for light clothing. Pineward has many rich and dark scents that probably could leave a stain. Beautiful scent from start to finish. I picked up a 4ml bottle and may need to grab a larger size.

Intense, rich, cozy, and wonderful. As with so many Pineward fragrances, this does what it says on the tin: lots of dark coffee and tobacco notes (much more sweet cigar than ashy cigarette, thankfully), over a background spiciness that adds warmth and complexity without shouting about individual notes. A similar vibe to Maison Margiela's Jazz Club, but with more coffee and less overtly sweet/vanilla-toned rum--though Coffee Tabac does have a hint of that rum sweetness. Beautifully balanced and wearable, in my experience, especially on a cool, rainy day.

Such a lovely spicy, sweet, slightly smokey scent that also has a hint of coffee. BIG WARNING THIS WILL STAIN CLOTHES!!! Luckily I sprayed it on my skin and it left a brown spot that I had to dab off so be careful.

Really good scent. I love the initial rustic smell, and the charred coffee that comes with. I did about 2 sprits, and it didn't last that long, and was awfully weak on my skin. Great smell nonetheless <3