Poe's Tobacco

This was my first or second purchase of a Tokyo Milk scent--I was torn between this and Gin and Rose Water, and bought them consecutively on sale at the local boutique the summer of 2014. Tokyo Milk had been sold at a different boutique in my teenage years in my hometown, and I was always intrigued by the scents. Poe's Tobacco is not a conventional tobacco based scent, and it does not carry that gentlemanly (or rakish) hedonistic element. To me, it smells like a Victorian front room, late afternoon sun filtered through lace curtains and dappling the old wooden floor and furnishings. Fruity fragrance hangs in the air from the autumn's apple harvest, but the sharpness of pipe tobacco that lingers on clothes and sinks into wood from the filthy habit ground the sweetness. The raven on the bottle perhaps should not invoke the notorious raven from the poem, but call to the season's avian inhabitants cawing outside embraced by the last warmth of the soon-disappearing sun. This isn't the perfume of the Rue Morgue, of Ligeia, or of Berenice. More so the Philosophy of Furniture and Poe's shorter poems, those that prompt an image of Poe writing his tales during the day, resisting the vices that plagued his life. The bottle I purchased on sale that summer wasn't quite full, but it was the only one and I always missed those extra millilitres. I purchased what seemed to be the very last available bottle only shortly after, and it is the scent I miss most of all. I have half a bottle that came with a leaky lid and remnants of a horribly placed price sticker on the glass that I cherish, reluctant to use all but for the most special occasions. Tokyo Milk perfumes aren't the most long lasting or powerful, but I think their subdued power is part of their experience. However, I accidentally spilled some (leaky cap) on a volume of Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus, and the scent lingered on that cloth-bound book for half a year.

I sell this perfume at a boutique and I have never heard anyone make a compliment like the one she said when she tried this on... She was a 70 something yr old lady, when i sampled this on her I saw her eyes get lost to a memory long ago. She told me a story of how this scent reminded her oof a young man she knew in the 1940s. I could see tears in her eyes as she told the story of how she would sneak away to take car rides with him. She described him as a long lost love ( things movies are made of). Due to the small size of the bottle, she bought 3. The scent It's self is very light and mild, I agree with others when they say they would use it as a linen spray. I would use it to spray my lingerie.

I'm not sure why other reveiewers are smelling such wildly differing scents... maybe their samples went bad? What I smelled was a light, aromatic fruity tobacco. Though I had hoped that this tobacco would work on my skin, but alas... I think that is what I was supposed to smell within the first 5 minutes. it is a greener tobacco; more like when the fresh picked leaves are drying, versus the dark smokier cured version. then it went all musky on my skin. Curse my dang skin! Try before you buy, but if it works you cant go wrong!

This perfume is very different than anything I've smelt. I want to say it's a mature smell, but as a 22 year old, I love and wear it. It reminds me of an old library, incense... spices. Very luxurious, but I can see it being too much for some people. I feel like I'm in an old antique shop (in a good way) when I spray this on my pillow.

So strange. When I first got this is smelled completely fresh and green to me, not really something I'd normally wear, but revisiting in now it smells smokey and dry and more how I would have expected it to. Not sure if it changed or I did, but I like it very much now. Maybe it just works better in an autumnal setting.

I like this better as a room/drawer/pillow spray than a perfume. It smells nice and fresh, but with a hint of bitterness to it that suddenly becomes the principal feature as soon as I put it on my skin. I think I was expecting it to be a warmer, sweeter scent between the apple and the amber; truth be told I don't really smell either. To me it smells like strong tea and flowers, both of which are likable, but it's a little harsh smelling without a warmer base to balance it out. I get the feeling it would be nice to wear if I layered it with the right lotion, though. ~Edit~ So I got far enough past the first impression to give this another try, because often my first opinion of a fragrance is influenced by how I feel, what kind of day I had, and what I'm expecting it will smell like. And the result is that I like it more than I thought. The bitterness takes a little while to fade away (longer than I left it on my skin the first time) but it does so enough that it no longer bothers me. It's still not at all what I was imagining when I read the notes, but it's a neat, bitter-refreshing little character fragrance. I may not wear it as much as some of my others, but now and again I think I'll be in the mood for it.

I do wonder if the TokyoMilk batches are inconsistent... I love jasmine, and citrus, and flowers, but Poe's tobacco does not really smell like these things. Nor do I smell suntan lotion (yuck). It is much sweeter than I expected, and to me smells of pipe tobacco, wood, amber incense, and oolong tea. No apple. I actually find it a bit strong, so I apply it very lightly. There used to be a little tobacconist and gift shop in my town. The main store sold carved wooden boxes, imported French perfumed soaps, custom engraved flasks and pillboxes, fancy paper, and other random treasures. To the side, through an antique door with red velvet curtains, was the tobacco room. Pipes, papers, cigars, cigarillos, etc. Red carpet, black shelves. I don't even smoke and I loved stepping in there. It was glamorous, and anachronistic, and it smelled WONDERFUL. Poe's Tobacco reminds me very much of that place.

They never said which Poe this belonged to. It sure wasn't Edgar Allan. More like Melissa Antoinette, his young cousin's daughter! On freshly washed skin all I get is straight jasmine. After several more tries I got a faint hint of apple....once. The drydown has a very faint hint of something dry and resinous, but not tobacco. This fragrance sits close to the skin and has a very short life. 2 hours or less. It did pair very well with Tokyo Milk's Absinthe lotion. The greens came out stronger and the life increased to about 3 hours. I think this one is going to be different on everybody. Until you try it you won't know which member of the Poe family you have!

When I saw the name I was expecting the sweet smell of pipe tabacco. I was surprised to find that it is a clean crisp smell that is slightly floral. My boyfriend said it was a fresh out of the shower type of smell. I could smell mostly Jasmine after about half an hour. Within one or two hours the smell was all gone with a tiny trace of Jasmine. It would be a good everyday wear but it would have to be reapplied most likely.

Nice scent. Doesnt smell anything like tobacco, but its nice. :)

Notes: Tobac, Tea Leaves, Amberwood, Autumn Apple I really did not like this scent. I feel like it would be perfect for an old businessman sitting in a big leather chair in his CEO office smoking a cigar and counting money. As a 21 year old male college student, it just didn't fit. I found the woodsy notes to be overwhelming, and I couldn't smell the apple at all. Even though it's supposedly unisex, I find it to be definitely more of a masculine scent. To be clear, this scent was not BAD, it just didn't fit me well and I wasn't a fan of its notes. Even though I got it cheaper than what it normally retails for, I regret it for a blind buy. This is definitely one you HAVE to check out beforehand if you are even considering it.

Poe's Tobacco is the third Tokyo Milk fragrance I've blind-bought based on notes, and the second one that I've been a bit disappointed in. With a name like Poe's Tobacco, I expected something a bit "darker." And with tobacco, amberwood and "autumn apple" as notes, I had hoped for something like a dry tobacco lightly sweetened with a little amber and a bit of fresh apple to brighten it up. Well nope - no Poe, no Tobacco, and definitely feminine, not unisex. It's strong white floral (jasmine and lily) and industrial-made 'white tea' accord. In short, the first thing I thought when I sprayed it was that it smells like a Glade air freshener. Even after a couple hours, the same notes were there, just a little closer to the skin.

I really, really wanted to like this perfume, but this faded so quickly. Poe's Tobacco opens with beautiful tobacco, apple, black and green tea, and woody notes. Unfortunately, these notes quickly fade into a soapy wood smell before disappearing completely. Despite the name Poe's Tobacco does not smell especially cologne-y or masculine, although it could definitely work as a unisex scent. I'm a big fan of some of Tokyomilk's other offerings, and the initial scent of this perfume is wonderful, but I'm completely disappointed by the perfume's quick transformation into soapiness and lack of sillage and lasting power.

This perfume would be really unique on the right person. On me, the scent was surprisingly green. I could definitely detect notes of tea and tobacco. The drawback for me is that there is something going on in the composition that smells like wasabi on my skin--spicy and bitter. Not for me, but I do think it's nice.

This scent is plain tobacco and tea on me, and unfortunately it translates into something like an air freshener. If the apple note had been more prominent it might have felt better balanced.

Smells like plastic.I put this on today and it faded within 10 minutes.When I hear the word tobacco used in a perfume I expect a rich, black tea like aroma and this one missed the mark.

What a waste of such a pretty name and bottle! I don't understand why these notes translate to a jasmine heavy scent. I get nothing else, only jasmine. Sad.

Please go straight to edit, and then read top (please!). I went to my local beauty supply store for a cosmetic bag, and thought "what the heck" and "I'll try this." I have a huge perfume collection, but am always open to a "new scent." I love this. I'm surprised at the other reviews because this one smells "right on" and true to the notes listed. I did not order this online--I tried it on in the store, and I'm heading back this Sunday to buy. Before I got online to write this review, I was thinking, "MMMMM tobbacco, both leaf, flower, cured and uncured, a little bit of honey (like their honey and the moon scent), a little gourmand (see H&TMoon), and very woodsy ambery, with everything deep and darkly balanced. There is definitely a bit of white flower, more like a "lily of the valley" maybe gardenia in there, though not listed, and it's not the top note, but appears on that second sniff. I don't believe in "age" associated perfumes, and I'm pretty open to trying anything, so scents associated with sex I sorta ignore. However--caveat--I think this is a bit too gourmand and sweet for a man to wear, but, hey, if your chemistry works, it works. As a woman, I have worn everything "girlie" to "manly" to "old"--perfumes do not have age; they just have class or they don't. Or they just add something special to our lives or they don't. For "my men"--I don't think it gives me the acrid yet soft quality I'd look for. That's fine. More for me! I love this and give it a 9 (10 is reserved for my VDR). If you are familiar with Tokyo Milk, this is a good choice for people who like heavier scents, gourmand with a lower level floral and a heavy dose of woods and incense. I do find myself simultaneously wanting to sniff my arm, and eat my arm. I don't get the "spraying on linen at all." This is not a clean smell--not dirty either--but just not clean and aquatic or fresh smelling. It smells like Tobacco. As much as I like it on my arm--I wouldn't want my linen closet to smell like this.... I highly reccomend. I'm off to sniff my arm some more.... Edit: two-three weeks later. Okay, what one smells after spraying "falling in love (in the store)" versus "living with the someone for...seven months." I still love/very much like this; it does still smell like tobacco to me, but I now get the "fresh linen" quality that others are noting (so yes, I might want my linen closet to smell like this). It's very much the tobacco flower, much more white and light than my earlier impressions (lily-like yes); there is still a rich honey-like quality that peeps, and the incense is quite a bit lighter now. It is less gourmand now to my nose and the wood notes are not as deep. This does make me curious as to the bottle that I kept trying at my "local" (which was so rich). The perfume may "age" a bit faster than some in the bottle--or, there are differences in the batches, or my skin chemistry changed, or my perceptions changed...or, or...Well, after "living together" I'd still say this is a very good fragrance for the price, one that I drop in my purse and go, and feel that it's perfect for day and night--highly versatile and makes me happy to wear. I can see young or old wearing it, and perhaps some men, but it's more feminine. Someone made a comment about "Poe," as in the author, and, while I agree that Poe the writer is about things knocking in the night, critters buried in the wall and ravens, etc, I'm not sure that is exactly the reference here. There may be some play on Poe: There really is a "Poe's Tobacco" as in a horticulturist and aggraian who developed various strains of tobacco plant and which are famous, although Poe's adopted father was a worker on a tobacco farm (so there is some connection there). There was also a Simon Poe fined 1000 pounds of tobacco in 1759. I suspect the name is quite common, particularly in tobacco-growing regions, and has various types of tobacco (there are several) that are connected to "Poe" growers. As for the raven on the bottle, well, that is Poe--"The Poe," but it could be a rather convoluted reference to his adopted father as Poe was more into opium as I understand. At any rate, our relationship is still going strong!:)

I thought The Perfumed Court sent me the wrong sample, because I got something light, fresh and citrusy with hints of white floral. I was expecting something like Back to Black by Kilian or Diptyque Volutes, but in Poe's Tobacco, I could detect no tobacco. But it seems like the other reviewers on here agree that it is indeed a clean, crisp scent, and not a heady and dank one. Has anyone at Tokyo Milk actually read Poe? He writes about dismembered bodies buried under the floorboards and people locked in a castle with the bubonic plague...pretty dark stuff. The sample that I have smells like a Glade or Snuggle scent- something that would be dyed yellow with the name something like "Sunny Meadow Mountain Morning." I really don't get it. I might add I also have a candle from Paddywax's "Library Collection" called Edgar Allen Poe and it lists the notes as cardamom, absinth, and sandalwood, but it also smells fruity and tame. Poe should be associated with heavy spice, old wood, moss, smoke and pipe tobacco, not girly scents! WTF?!

I like it, and it really does smell like all the notes listed on the bottle/packaging. Tobacco - soft fresh tobacco, slightly sweet and earthy. Tea leaves - dry, grassy black tea leaves. Amberwood - a soft woody pine tree like smell, a little dry. I wonder if they used lots of amberwood as a fixative, because this perfume is long-lasting, with an airy sillage; it lingers all day and projects well. No complaints. Autumn apple - crisp, delicious, ripe red apple. Cute well-made bottle, nice 'sprayer'. In my mind, it's a fall time fragrance. Makes me think of Halloween, 'harvest-time', fallen leaves on the ground. With a name like Poe's Tobacco it's certainly not dark enough... but, after all, "all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”