Fougère Platine

Smelled this 2 months before buying it and not even on skin. Couldn't remember what it smelled like, but the name intrigued me and the reviews had me very interested. This was basically a full 50 mL bottle blind buy on eBay, and I find it a safe one for those interested. The scent is divine! Super "wow" moment for me both times that I've worn it so far (once to bed to test and then today to work). There aren't many fragrances that I think smell really "professional," but this is definitely in that category. Although I'll probably do it sometimes anyway, this doesn't smell like shorts and a T-shirt; it's a Brioni suit... or at least business casual. It's also perfect to go along with your date at a swanky restaurant after work. This is totally "gentleman in a bottle" as I'd like to call it. It's not a soft floral; it's masculine without being some form of stench-y or at all generic clean. Totally fit for a king! To me, it's almost edible--kind of gourmand, like a chocolate note of some sort. Maybe I'm crazy. The lavender sits in the backseat to me while everything else is driving, but it's still ever-present and asking "Are we there yet?" occasionally. I get tobacco (but not a dirty one), mixed perfectly with this beautiful wood--primarily cedar to me. The color of this is a dark shade of British racing green, as it's got some green notes that tie wonderfully. It may not be a compliment getter (usually just super fresh scents are, at least here in Mississippi), but I can almost guarantee that people are gonna think that you're smelling good! Fall is probably the best season for it, but I'll wear it year-round with no issue. It's versatile enough for that. The scent rides through humidity with great projection. Performance is great! Just half a spray is quite strong with above average longevity. It became a strong skin scent for me with nearly a full spray on the wrist after about 6-8 hours today. Before that, it was radiating probably about 3-5 feet or so. I showered 11 hours later, and now after 14 hours I can still FAINTLY smell it on my wrist. When you almost exclusively shop niche and high-end fragrances, you begin to get a little bored/jaded with what's out there. It takes something very special to capture my attention like this has, and I'm very fortunate to have it! I've bought about 20 fragrances the past year, and this is in the top 5 for sure--perhaps top 3. 10/10 scent (maybe masterpiece and a jewel in the TF collection), 9/10 sillage, 9.5/10 longevity (wish it projected longer). Edit: wore this to church recently, and in the car on the way, my girlfriend got a headache because the two sprays I put on were just too potent. Go easy!

I made the mistake of overlooking Fougère d'Argent & Fougère Platine when they first came out in 2018. By the time I was in the market for some more Tom Ford, Beau De Jour had just been released at the start of 2019, & I instantly went for the big bottle. Absolutely love it. But WOW, did I miss out on a couple great scents. Even with giving them a test wear, my expectations - or better put, my preconceived notions - clearly ruined my first impressions of both d'Argent & Platine. Revisiting my samples, both are fantastic & worth owning alongside BDJ. I love all 3 & to me, they each fit a mood, although they're entirely interchangeable to suit yours. All 3 are going to be general crowd-pleasers. D'Argent is the safest but it's a bit deceptive. It really evolves a lot & while it doesn't strike the wearer as potent, it is. It projects more than you realize & even 8 hours in with a couple sprays on each arm, I'm getting wafts of wood, citrus & lavender, even though it seems like it's down to a skin scent when sniffed directly. Definitely agree with the comment about this being along the lines of a ADP fragrance, in a very good way. Platine is more herbaceous & bracing, or "cooling". It's probably the hardest to quit sniffing of the 3. The blend is just fantastic & so soothing. A bit more "serious" than d'Argent, Platine strikes me as mature, confident & sexy... Perfect for the office, a date, or dinner with friends. That leaves Beau De Jour (in my case, the Private Blend version) as the screamer. It's definitely the most unapologetic one of the trio. I absolutely love it & get tons of compliments on it... But if you appreciate BDJ, you'd probably love Platine & d'Argent, too... Admittedly, you may need a couple wears to realize it, but at least you'll smell great doing it. IMO all 3 are safe blind buys. As fougeres they're masculine leaning but they all smell so good I'm sure some women will love wearing these, too. All 3 are clean & fresh with some edge & clever twists to them. It's straight to FB's + backups for me. 3 excellent releases... TF is on the right track with these.

Tom Ford's line of Fougères including Beau de Jour are what I consider professional fragrances for men. Fougère Platine is the best Fougère in his lineup and also the most underrated. To me, this is the perfect office scent for someone aged 25-50. This is a multi-season fragrance with one to two sprays only being necessary for the summer months with the lavender, green and citrus notes giving it enough lightness for the humidity. The tobacco, woodsy and olibanum accords give it depth for the colder months and also anchor this fragrance for a massive sillage and duration that's around 10-12 hours, which is something one should demand when shelling over $250+ for an eau de parfum. Having tried Fougère d'Argent, the most promoted fougère, it maybe lasts 5-6 hours if you're lucky; with Beau de Jour cracking around 8 hours tops. This fragrance, however, isn't for everyone, if you're a guy under 25ish especially unaccomplished, this parfum simply outranks you giving you the appearance of a pretender. This is a 25+, tailored suit or business casual, office scent, also suitable for a post-work happy-hour rendez-vous. This has become my preferred year-round signature office/professional scent. Lastly, I'm thrilled this isn't promoted as Fougère d'Argent or Beau de Jour, given I wouldn't want everyone to smell like me. Easily a 10/10 in almost every category. Platinum Fern indeed!

Not a typical fougere such as Beau De Jour. I can clearly detect the Vert D'Encens dry down (which means a lot of chocolate/vanilla incense) mixed with clary sage which gives some metallic character akin to Noir Anthracite, it stays a bit linear on my skin, feeling more and more airy as time goes by. It's nice but I am not sure if it worth having it if you have Vert D'Encens (or vice versa). Anyway both of them are discontinued so I think they will become the new private blend unicorns and the price will sky rocket soon. Really nice scent, really interesting and worth trying. Tom Ford was really creative here (not sure if he still is, scent wise), even if he was repeating himself a bit. Follow my scent journey on instagram instagram.com/scentsexual *This review was written after several full wearings of the perfume and not just after smelling this on paper or on wrist.

I revisited this beauty today, I rarely leave a second review on a scent but today I felt like doing it. I appreciate Fougere Platine as time goes by more and more, it is so classy, well built and feels really expensive. I was thinking why Tom Ford discontinued this one so soon after its release, I guess that whatever doesn't sell very well get axed in order to make room for his new releases - which feel less niche and more mainstream lately. The honey note works so well here, feels like the one that connects everything together. The scent is linear, has great longevity and projection. I get the comparisons to Kouros and L'Envol, I can imagine mixing those two together and getting something really close to Fougere Platine actually. I am sure that every well dressed gentleman would love to smell like that. Huge love from me.

Artistic, with all the masculine punch you'd expect from a fougere, but not without offering a unique twist. It's quite strong on application. There is a metallic element to it, as others have said, but it doesn't seem that invasive or overpowering to me. It compliments everything else going on quite well - such as the slight sweetness, which lends it some credit in distinguishing itself from the masses of the genre. I find it a novel blend to be honest. On one hand, you have the serious, green elements of a typical fougere, but there is a sublte, playful side to this fragrance as well. I understand why it seems to be a hit or miss, but for me, it's the former. This is discontinued and I'm glad to have a 100ml bottle. It's an easy reach whenever I want a reliable, masculine scent.

This is such a wonderful fougere that brings a few notes not seen in these types of scents. I love all three of the TF Fougeres but this one is the furthest from shaving cream as you get a very herbal opening with a hint of tobacco that eventually dries into a masculine metallic lavender. The hint of honey thats present throughout evokes gold, essentially the 'platinum' fougere notes being drenched in honey and glistening gold. Very modern take on fougere and a instant masculine classic. It kind of reminds me of Chanel PE to a degree but just done better with something extra that makes this special. Extremely underrated scent and one of my favorite uses of honey.

I am truly heartbroken that this bottle is no longer available in Japan. I find Platine to be overwhelmingly superior to Fougere D'Argent. In addition to its classic fougere structure, this fragrance carries a metallic and dark elegance that feels entirely contemporary. It opens with a cool and luminous quality, true to its name, with artemisia and clary sage shining like platinum from the top notes, followed by a long lasting bitter texture of lavender, labdanum, and frankincense. I cannot fathom why it was discontinued. This bottle was, at the very least, a magnificent fougere worthy of a lifetime of wear.

I once was at a concert of a friend of mine, in an open space and was wearing this fragrance. I sprayed this 2 hours before arriving at the concert. My friend was on the stage preparing his instrument, at like 7-8 m. and he spoted me. He stared at me for 5 seconds then came down from the stage and told me that he could smell my fragrance from the stage. This is how this fragrance works in the open spaces.

It is quite an original scent, even among the fougere family! I like it quite a bit as i am wearing it for the firs time today. I am really enjoying Tom Ford' fougere offering: D'Argent, Beau de Jour and now Platine. I would say that Platine is probably the hardest to get into as it is quite polarizing. It is probably the least easily wearable and original of the three.

Love it. Smells classy and expensive. My first and only fougere so far. I don't think any other fougere can compare to this (which is why I'm hesitant to seek another one). I too will write letters and shed tears with Vincents1278 when mine is gone because this is a versatile masterpiece. I will use mine respectfully like the precious elixir it is.

Glad to have this one at great price for 100ml 195$ Its really amazing i love it more than fougere dargent i have both now but this one is less barbershop smell its amazing with tobacco note its really blended well Very masculine and classy, not your usual fougere shame for being discontinued

It's gorgeous. It's slightly spicy, vegetative, and very dark. It's an intense dark masculine perfume with very pronounced beautiful notes. Sage and artemisia are very interesting notes that add a gin-tonic like quality to this perfume. I do not feel any metallic notes at all!

Just picked up a sample of this one, it’s hard to describe. It’s somewhere between Aberdeen Lavender and Beach Hut Man. I personally am in love with the lavender-absinthe combo, so I will be picking up a bottle in the near future.

This smells very much like a mix of Tom Ford's Noir Anthracite, Italian Cypress and Vert d'Encens and yet it has it's beautiful own character!

Tried this out today for the first time in years. This now to me, smells like Dior Sauvage + Absinthe in the best way. Very nice!

I love this scent... If people don’t like this scent, they got a problem. It’s smooth and sophisticated. Grown man scent.

Slightly metallic fougere. Will leave you smelling clean all day, even if you are sweating in July. Soapy.

Fougere's don't get much better then this. An absolute classic one of my top 3 of all time.

Tom Ford - the brand and the man - have never run short of things to say about the retro aesthetics of yesteryear. Fougere Platine is one of the brand's (handful of) musings on the classic barbershop fougere genre. Perhaps it is only me, but this perfume almost feels like it's meant to be a joke; a fun, playful, self-deprecating take on a genre meant to represent the clean, crisp, serious but not stuffy, well-groomed man. The lavender note played in this perfume turns far away from any of the aromatic, oily, and floral qualities it can sometimes have to solely be bone-dry and herbaceous, and we are given an ample dose of sage to drive the point home. But then some artemisia and honey, really rather unserious and lighthearted sweet notes, are swirled into this retro mix's bowl. There are, of course, notes of bergamot and woods, particularly cedar, but it's the touches of olibanum and labdanum injected into the base to make sure the perfume doesn't lose the elegant feel that great barbershop fougeres should have. If it weren't for the honey and artemisia, this would likely come across as a very serious, tight, and modern rendition of the genre, but the notes of artemisia and honey add such a light-hearted juxtaposition to the rest of the perfume I'm almost certain the perfume is aware it's making a joke. Or, maybe this is a dandy that doesn't realize he's a bit foolish. Either way, it's an enjoyable take that is very much worth pursuing for those who love this genre.