Smoked Rosa Tabacum

A relatively late addition to my Dua collection since it was vaulted and I only retrieved a bottle by the grace of another, Smoked Rosa Tabacum is a provocative combination of rose, smoke, tobacco, oud, patchouli, and vanilla. The opening is very sharp---mainly smoke and rose, that comes off a bit powdery, even---but it quickly dries down into a deeper, richer blend with the vanilla, oud, and patchouli. Smoked Rosa Tabacum marks the fifth rose-intensive fragrance I've acquired from the house, after Mukhallat, Hypnotic Santalum, Night Rosa, and Rosa Nectar. It's second in sweetness and sophistication to Night Rosa but Smoked Rosa Tabacum is still impressive and a unique departure for the line. Performance is predictably outstanding, standard for most Duas. A great rose fragrance! 8 out of 10

Smoked Rosa Tabacum is a very heavy rose n tobacco, slightly smoky from the incense and some oud in there as well. Very unique smelling, havent smelled a frag quite like it but the smell seemed somehow familiar until I was sitting down for dinner and my Dad asked me why do you smell like "Meetha Paan"? ( Indian condiment made of rose petals, sweet fillings, cloves and sometimes tobacco used as an after meal mouth freshener) So the smell association clicked in my head but now that it has I cant seem to wear this anymore without thinking I smell like a paanwallah. Families are cruel sometimes that way, ha ha. Anyhow, longevity is monstrous and so is the projection. I somehow think this would be a great frag but needs a little tweaking of some of the notes. maybe they can fix it in one of the later batches. Very unique to say the least.

What a waste of money! derivative and nothing I don't already have, absolutely NO tobacco, incense or oud; this is straight up jammy rose like a Lush Imogen Rose or closer to Tauer Rose Flash with none of the complexity; dries down powdery; six sprays and not the Middle Eastern beast I expected, on first spray I would have told you I HATED it; let it dry down 20 minutes and put two more sprays on the back of my hand then was able to get the sweet rose beyond the powder, now about 30 minutes in it is changing a bit with a little greenness and lots of spice coming forward that I am HATING again because it is a cinnamon powerhouse like a red hot candy

Here is my honest opinion. It does not smell good. As the previous reviewer said, there is no tobacco, only rose and very chemical one I should add. Although I have to disagree with him on the longevity, this is a beast by any standard. A perfume must above all, be pleasant to the nose. And I have done everything suggested including leaving it open to let it 'macerate' but no, I just can't wear it.

I got a sample of this today. Its very rosy and i did not get any tobacco here. I agree with kanak here... it smells like 'Meetha Paan'. I'm not a rose fan. Probably rose fans would love this. The quality of perfume is excellent. 8/10