Tabac Grande

Sultan Pasha Tabac Grande. I love this attar. It ranks among his more popular compositions, and once you smell it, you quickly realize why. I'd say, it's a no-brainer if you are a fan of tobacco perfumes. It plays on the boozy and moist tobacco qualities, to my nose, supported by a good dose of castoreum, resins, and slightly fruity and chocolaty touches. The cognac accord opens the way. Even for me, who doesn't care for these facets, it is so satisfying. It has a nice fruity undertone, something like cherry or plum liquor, and I believe the tonka bean helps a lot with that. I also get a chocolaty quality in it, although not listed. It might be the interplay of coffee and resins. The former is not as strong as in his Cafe Ambre Noir, only slightly there as a supporting note, hence, I could very well perceive it chocolatier than it wants to be. To this boozy, fruity, and liqueur-like opening, the tobacco joins in, quite raw and full-flavored, as well as a big dose of castoreum. The latter feels chewy, leathery, and smoky, pairing with the tobacco perfectly. I don't necessarily pick up the herbaceous notes listed, nevermind the flowers. This is a dark, sweet, and syrupy attar. In the base, the resins become more assertive. I get Sultan's signature base accord with the benzoin while the castoreum clings to the composition till the end becoming slightly dirtier as the oil dries down. It is a superbly blended composition, like all his creations, smoothly transitioning between stages. Overall, it reminds me of blends like Tobacco Oud Intense, and Jeke (the original version), both of which play on that boozy-fruity tobacco accord drenched in resins. It is more polished than the Slumberhouse, and less smoky and refined than the Tom Ford, yet more natural smelling. If you love tobacco perfumes, boozy accords, and thick resinous blends, I highly encourage a sample. I don't talk about performance as it doesn't matter to me much, but for those curious, it is nuclear and you only need a tiny dot to fill the room. It is not just an amazing scent but a great value as well. IG:@memory.of.scents

This is off the charts! Absolutely, stratospheric! Life-changingly good! I mean...holy moly! I have used tobacco absolute materials of varying origins and they are all pretty fantastic. However, as surprisingly thick and potent as they appear, they can bit tricky to use and fight for pride of place in a composition. Anyone who thinks it's easy or linear to present tobacco in this way is naive to say the least. The opening for me is like the blend of classic perfumes in that you get a realistic honey note and animalics in the background humming away. Then the tobacco builds and what a fine tobacco material he's using, deeply, deeply faceted you can just fall into it and be enveloped by the dark, seductive goop. Now I smoke cigars and have been known to have a pipe now and again and I can honestly say this tobacco although incredibly authentic, doesn't evoke the saccharine sweet tobacco that I usually go for. Nor does it have the manure or peppery edge of a fine Habana cigar and this shouldn't surprise anyone but it doesn't smell of the smoke of tobacco, but instead the beautiful sensation of sticking your head right into one of those tubs of pipe tobacco they have in the tobacconists. This is a particularly mellow tobacco and probably not one I would choose to smoke, as I mentioned I prefer the almost too sweet smelling stuff because it remains sweet in the smoking, which I like. Something like this would smell DIVINE raw but that's not why I buy tobacco to sit around admiring and not smoking it. It does have a hay like quality (maybe some hay absolute) but likely just from the tobacco, bitter coffee nuance, animalics, natural sweetness, woodiness, booze, it's a complete treat and takes me right back to being a kid and buying tobacco (perhaps when I shouldn't have been?) from Henry Monks which also sold shotguns! This is a revelation and the attar is very thick and very dark and would likely stain your clothes badly but in all likelihood you could spill this and it would take about 3 years to migrate out of the bottle, if it even moved at all?

Imagine if you will that you are staying at a hotel in Casablanca and the manager has invited you to the Cigar Lounge. On entering the first thing that you see is how rich and decadent the furnishings are. We are talking about dark leather bound chairs, mahogany tables with the walls fitted with dark wooden alcoves. To your left there is a old piano with someone playing a Jazz tune and straight ahead is the bar with a man dressed in a tuxedo serving a customer a whisky drink. You take a sniff of the air and it's filled with cigar smoke and alcohol from the nights festivities. As you take your seat in one of the leather bound chairs the manager signals to a waiter who brings you a leather bound pouch. As he places this in front of you he mentions this is the finest pipe tobacco laced with a vintage special reserve cognac that is kept in the walk in humidor for when the mayor visits. You take your Sherlock Holmes pipe out of your pocket in anticipation and then proceed to open the pouch of the finest pipe tobacco. You close your eyes and inhale deeply, the smell of rich aromatic tobacco laced with a fine smelling alcoholic Cognac greets your senses. It's warm and spicy with a slight sweet muskiness coming from the cognac. This smells fantastic as it is blended so no one note overwhelms the other. You take another sniff and you notice a dry woodiness that smells like cedar giving the scent that dry warmth. This is what I get when I smell this scent, rich tobacco with a beautiful alcoholic Cognac that has a slight sweetness to it. It's aromatic and at the start it almost has a lacquer quality to it with what smells like dark molasses. But I think it's the dark resin with a touch of immortelle which is the signature Sultan Pasha accord that is in a lot of his scents. The projection is soft and the longevity is good, I've had it on my skin for about six hours and it's still there. So all in all a very rich, decadent smelling aromatic pipe tobacco of the finest quality.

For those who are looking a tobacco beast that will outlast and out shine virtually almost any tobacco fragrance I have ever tried. (I own or have tried over 30 fragrances which list tobacco as one of its most important notes.) For those unfamiliar with Sultan Pasha Attars, each of them attempt to provide a genuinte attar experience. To wear one of these fragrances a drop or two will be more than enough. Th longevity will still be over12 hours and the silage will be strong or very strong. One important note, this fragrance will stain clothing so be careful when applying a drop and give it some time to sink in to the skin. The overall effect of this fragrance is simply stunning. Nothing comes close. If you think I am exaggerating please read some of the other reviews. As one writer puts it this is the Everest of tobacco scents. Is it expensive? Well, it is not cheap, but as I say a drop of two is all one needs to enjoy hours and hours of being developed in a classy regal fragrance. It is perfect for cold weather. It is masculine and should be worn mostly in. the evening. I feel blessed to won this one.

To those unfamiliar with Sultan Pasha Attars, you should, at least once in your life, purchase one of his many masterpieces. The DNA of his scents is present in the several I have obtained over the years. This one is my current favorite of his. Those who think this might smell like some of the usual suspect tobacco scents (TF, Josier, Byredo etc) just be prepared to have the opening of this one shatter what you thought a superior tobacco fragrance could or should be. It only takes a drop or two and this will not only starts with a bang, it then sticks around for 8 hours-- at least. If you read the reviews below this one, you will see that most of them consider this as the Everest of tobacco scents. The coffee hits me harder than the boozy note at the opening, but the tabac takes center stage for the full three acts. Rather than buying a popular brand may I suggest this one instead. People will ask you about it, and since very few know much about this house you will stand out, and you will find yourself enveloped in a magisterial robe that will make you glad you have this gem.