Metallique

Okay: I have been a serious perfume collector for many years. Hundreds of bottles. Hundreds of samples and decants. Metallique is in my all-time top 10-20 perfumes. It is vanillic, yes, but somehow icy, like glass or crystal. Yes, hints of iron-rich blood. The smell of raw metal, above all. My father owns a machining (tool and die) company, and when he came home from work when I was a child, his shirts smelled of machine oil and he had metal shavings embedded in the soles of his dress shoes from walking the factory floors. An oddly comforting scent to me. Anyone who knows the aroma of an old car engine, a shed full of tools, or a freshly-oiled gun knows the smell I mean. In sum, we have Metal, blood, and vanilla (and traces of dewy green from the hawthorn and LOTV). This is not cozy, this is not a dessert, this is not candy for the kiddies. It's not precisely an aldehyde, it's not exactly green, it's not really gourmand. It's NOT powdery, unless you mean powdered glass. It is sweet ice, machine blood, a synthetic flower. It's the coins you were told not to lick when you were a little kid, but you did. It's a crystal-clear clean window showing a disquietingly foggy dawn light. There are traces of new-car smell, but it's not a leather. It smells glittery-cold yet warm, like a handful of antique diamond engagement rings. Uncle Serge's quirky Dent de Lait comes semi-close with that blood-metal, pulled-tooth twinge; it also has traces of a vintage Calandre or Chanel Cristalle. But it's not. For 9 out of 10 people, Metallique is puzzling, forgettable, strange, cuddly, nasty, "not what I wanted." For 1 out of 10, it is mindblowing. Tom Ford, my hat is off. Cheers, Friends.

I have mixed feelings about this one. From the moment I smelled the tester at Lord & Taylor, I fell in love. I could sense the aldehydes in it, and I'm most definitely an aldehyde loving girl. Then, I went to Nashville, in the Fall of 2019 to visit my cousin. I wore it every day that I was there. My cousin fell in love with it instantaneously. She had to know what it was. I told her it was a Tom Ford, and really expensive. So, I left my sample vial with her, since she loved it so much. She was a mom with two babies, and didn't really indulge herself very often. When I got back home, I ordered something from Sephora. I ended up getting a cute little roller bottle of Metallique for free. I was over the moon. But, here's the thing with my relationship with Metallique, I enjoy smelling it, more than actually wearing it. I love the smell from the rollerball. It gives me vanilla cream soda with Sprite or 7UP vibes. I can feel the bubbly aldehydes popping, and I love that part. It is such a comforting and nostalgic scent for for me. But, when I wear it, it ends being too much vanilla and too gourmandy for me. I love smelling it from the bottle though. I don't get the pencil shavings or even a metallic smell, like others have mentioned. With all that being said, I don't wear it very often, but don't want to give it up yet. Although, I'm pretty sure that eventually, I will be passing this onto my sweet cousin. She'll definitely wear it more often, and appreciate it more than I will. She's going to be to so happy, when she opens that box from me, and out pops that little bottle of Metallique. Sorry for the long review. This is why I don't post reviews very often. Ha Ha!!

I blind bought this because of a dupe I won in a mystery box! Long story short: I bought a mystery box on TikTok and received Metallico by Paris Corner in it. I had NO idea Metalique existed, but immediately fell in love with the dupe and came here to add it to my collection of perfumes. It’s not listed on fragrantica, but very much to my surprise,I saw a suggestion for Metallique and realized my dupe was based on a Tom Ford! Naturally, I immediately blind bought the real deal and OMG! The dupe is spot on, btw, and is about a 80%match with the aldehydes being a little sharper and the vanilla being slightly weaker than this one on dry down. It’s a good dupe! I’m so glad I bought the real deal, though. Metallique has more depth to it and the aldehydes are almost like a soapy incense. It’s way more complex than the dupe, for sure. For my nose and body chemistry, this makes an excellent equinox season daytime scent and a fantastic summer evening scent. Wear what you want whenever you want, but sparkling aldehydes, bergamot, Lily of the valley, heliotrope, and hawthorn absolutely do *not* scream “winter”scent for me, though I think it appropriate for all seasons. I can’t believe this is being discontinued but I’m so glad I found out about it just in time to find a bottle before they’re gone forever!

The Aldehyde note in Metallique opens authentically Metallic & Cold. It puts me in the mind of what a Crystalline Vanilla Resin from a Dark Planet would smell like. Its a Vanilla scent created by Floral & Resinous notes that imitate the scent of Vanilla. So all at once it smells Metallic, Vanillic, Musky, Floral, Powdery, Resinous, & mildly soapy. With just a hint of Spice provided by a note of Pink Pepper. As this fragrance wears on the Floral notes begin to turn a tad morbid. A thing that Tom Ford is known to do with Florals. Its a nuance that comes from the note of Hawthorn. Just as Hawthorn imitates the scent of Vanilla. It also imitates the scent of decaying flesh. Not to say that this fragrance smells of decaying flesh. But there is a subtle nuance of decay within the Floral notes. ... and like most Tom Ford fragrances Metallique smells Haunting. Yet, Its not a Dark Vanilla. Its an Ominous Vanilla. Like a weathered Grey Tombstone on an overcast day. Beautifully unsettling like the fragrant cold embrace of the Angel Of Death. Metallique is 100% Unisex. Easily worn by both genders. Performance for this fragrance is verging on Beast Mode. So it can be too much if over sprayed. I find Metallic best worn at night in Fall & Winter, & during occasions where you're dressed your best.

I live for the dry down of this omg! Opening: Imagine you’re standing in front of a thin glass window and there’s snow falling on the other side of that window. Someone takes a big hammer and shatters the window. The glass completely disintegrates and mixes with the snow and gushes in at you! Metallic, glass, icy and chill! Mid: You run inside to escape the cold in search of warmth, you jump into a linen closet and lock yourself in. What you smell in there is fluffy warm fresh laundry! Soap bubbles, but the warmest, floral scented laundry-esque soap bubbles. And then it starts to get powdery... Dry down: You start smelling the most delectable and amazing vanilla butter scent. You realise, someone has been hiding vanilla butter cookies and other gorgeously sticky vanillic treats under a pile of sheets! You dig out the treats and sit in the floor gobbling down the sweets to keep yourself warm and fed. There’s still a shattered glass snow storm just outside your door, but in this closet, you’re safe. You’re warm. You are fed. This was a cinematic experience for me! And I love it, through and through! Find me on instagram @perfumedmemoirs ! @DT953 - this is not "vile", perhaps it just doesn't work for you :) It is in fact DIVINE.

I purchased a small roll on sample out of curiosity. I had been wearing Jeffrey Dame's Vanilla Farfule and ended up reading one of the Fragrantica articles about vanilla perfumes. This hadn't even been on my radar, as the name gives no indication that this is a powdery vanilla, and a soft one at that! I don't pick up on anything metallic here at all. Even the aldehydes are soft, not nose stinging. They help create a vanillic, gourmand fragrance that is wispy, though far from weak. The heliotrope adds the powdery element, and is just enough to give thar impression without it becoming a bomb. When I sniff close to my wrist as it evolves, I can detect a tinge of lily of the valley, and can also detect the aldehydes a bit more, and this is what I believe gives it a metallic tang. But it's so well blended that the scent bubble smells of slightly icy, simultaneously powedery vanilla. Right now it's very strong like, though I don't see myself purchasing a full bottle. If I purchase another deluxe sample, that will be plenty. It's really an interesting scent, and I am rather impressed with it. Unisex, but leaning feminine, IMO. Moderate sillage and longevity.

Coming back to this again because I love this scent and have more thoughts as the weather grows colder and I wear it more often. It's perfect to spray on a coat collar or scarf. That cool, dry vanilla aspect is what I love most about Metallique, and it's a nice respite when my smoky, spicy, sweet perfumes feel overwhelming. On my wife, I noticed that it takes on this milky, milkshake sort of quality that I really enjoy though I wouldn't consider this a gourmand by any means. I'm still working through my bottle fairly slowly. It doesn't need more than one or two sprays and the longevity is so good that I think anything more would be overpowering. I know this because other people have mentioned being able to smell it on me even 5 or 6 hours after application (most perfumes these days are skin scents long before then), and I can still smell it on my wife after a full workday. It lasts the longest on clothes. If I spray Metallique on a jacket, I have to wash it again before that smell will leave. Very good performance, as I'd expect at this price point. Unfortunately this means I tend to go noseblind to it within an hour or two... but a win is a win.

It really is unfortunate how expensive this brand is, because I think I'd like to be buried with this perfume. That loud, wild opening note is what gets me the most, I love the spicy blast of freshness. It only lasts about five or ten minutes, so you have to savor it while it lasts. It softens down quickly to an airy, mellow vanilla that isn't sticky or overwhelming, just sweet, subtle, and refreshing. The spice and sandalwood adds a richness that saves it from becoming too cold, and the total effect is like being wrapped in cool white fur. Normally I find lily of the valley overwhelming, but in this perfume the floral notes are there to bolster the vanilla and mingle with it, rather than to stand on their own. At the end of its life (about five or six hours after application), it becomes a comforting skin scent, a white musk to accompany you to bed after a long evening. I relish the chance to love a perfume that's so picky about whose skin chemistry it accepts. I don't normally gush to this degree, but I really enjoy this one, so much it annoys me given its price point. I look forward to much ebay-trawling in my future.

Tom Ford Métallique is a fragrance that plays entirely on contrast: it is the scent of a steel armor that hides a soft and dusty heart. The opening is an electric discharge. The aldehydes here are not the "vintage" ones like Chanel N°5; they are modern, cold and almost metallic, similar to the smell of hot iron or fresh snow. Pink pepper adds a pungent sparkle that amplifies this “white light” sensation. Tom Ford's true stroke of genius in this creation is the transition from metal to leather: The Floral Heart: The heliotrope brings an almondy and powdery nuance, which softens the initial impact without eliminating that sense of extreme cleanliness. The enveloping base: When the "metallic" part subsides, a not too sweet vanilla emerges, deepened by the Peru Balsam. This is where the fragrance becomes "skin scent": a smell reminiscent of clean skin, warmed by the sun. Métallique is a futuristic fragrance. It is not the perfume for those looking for classic seduction or a romantic bouquet of flowers. It's an "architectural" scent: clean, detached, but incredibly magnetic once it blends with body heat.

Funny I never really gave this a chance because of the name- I thought it would smell sterile and cold. I was at the Tom Ford counter overwhelming my senses as usual and not paying attention at what the Sales Associate sprayed on the blotter and handed to me. When she handed this to me my eyes lit up and I said "omg what is this? is this new?". Wow why have I never tried this one before. Anyways, don't judge a perfume by its cover. This is a dry vanilla with refined aldehydes, a bit of powdery heliotrope, and the soapiness of lily. It smells mature and serious, but also clean and elegant. To be fair this does smell sterile and cold in a figurative sense - it's the smell of a wealthy, disapproving, mother-in-law. If I had to picture a fragrance on Maryl Streep in the Devil Wears Prada, or Jane Fonda's character in Grace & Frankie, it would be this. I see this on a confident older woman who is well-preserved with a chic, expensive wardrobe. Just fabulous. Office appropriate, a great option for important business meetings.

Love, love, love. So nuanced and interesting on my skin, and I typically have bad luck with TF. I had a sample a long time ago that I adored, and I finally found the bigger size on sale. She starts off sweet, then moves to straight leather. It's nice. Then there is this interesting minty pepper, very pure masculine note, that comes into play and it feels effervescent, almost bubbly the way it moves. Maybe the 7-up smell others get. She settles into a cold vanilla, and the balsam and pepper continue to make her an interesting and odd vanilla, sophisticated and unisex. Not quite masculine, but I imagine it would smell lovely on a man. There is a bergamot that finally emerges, but it's soft and doesn't announce itself loudly at all. A peppery, bergamot-leaning vanilla that never becomes too powdery. It's sexy, odd, and one of my all-time favorites. I love weird vanillas that run cold at first, then settle nicely into my skin and become warm over time.

It doesn’t get the recognition it deserves! This is a fresh “cooling” soft airy vanilla fragrance which is sweet but not gourmand. Very alluring yet cozy! The aldehydes with the citrus and pepper is perfect in this and is what gives that “cool metal” feel! Once the opening subsides you’re left with an amazing sweet powdery musky vanilla. It may seem feminine but I think this is very much unisex! With spring coming up here in Canada this is now my daily driver! I have 50 & 100 ml sealed boxes available, can contact me here or for the fastest response my IG is :FragvistaCA Im a perfume hobbyist that sells fragrances below discounter pricing whenever feasible. I ship out from Toronto Ontario Canada, within Canada and to the u.s anywhere else just dm me on my ig, where you can see reviews and orders of past buyers :)

I'm in the camp of "this just works on my skin" as well. Signature worthy stuff to be honest. It's constructed around vanilla mostly, with some balsams and flowers. I definitely get a soapy aldehyde note with a hint of freshness from the citrus. But it's mostly the flowers and vanilla that dominate. Heliotrope has a very intense and distinct smell, and it can either be too much for some people or absolutely heavenly. It's a note that smells better if it's tamed down in a composition because no matter what, you'll always know it's there. It just doesn't like to hide, and I love how it's carefully placed here. Nothing "metallic" in this to my nose by the way. In fact, I find it very easy to wear. Call me crazy, but if Kouros had a "cleaned up" vanilla based cousin, I can imagine it smelling like this.

Still flabbergasted by the low rating of this incredible fragrance here on Fragrantica. It's one of my favourites, and certainly a scent profile that stands alone. There is no other perfume that smells similar to Metallique. Because this is one of the most unique and original scents I have ever smelled I've always thought it would be difficult to successfully replicate. Well, I was wrong. Please look for Paris Corner's Emir Metalico. Not only is the delicious scent of Metallique brilliantly cloned, the presentation is the same as the original. In fact, the packaging of the Paris Corner offering is better, more high-end than the Tom Ford. You are going to have some trouble finding differences between the clone and the original, so for only $20 you can have a $180 fragrance.

Oof! Love this. My small decants just haven’t done it justice. The atomiser really delivers. Sparkly modern aldehydes with lovely almost juicy fruity aspects softly land on a more powdery creamery vanilla with what feels like a fruity, ylangy quality swirling through it. With time the sandalwood comes forward and holds that thick vanilla and developes an almost resiny aspect. She’s a beautiful shapeshifter that wears so well and really lifts off the skin. Clean, yet comforting and not juvenile. Reminds me in places of TF Musk Pure with the addition of the sparkly aldehydes, sandalwood and vanilla. Why this house discontinues all its most interesting scents I’ll never know. Shades of brilliant lemon yellow, crisp white, dove grey and Aurora borealis sparkle.

(Disclaimer: I am wearing Dossier Powdery Hawthorn) I don’t get vanilla or a metallic scent like others do. My first impression is pencil shavings. In fact I have a box of Muji colored pencils (cedarwood) I can smell right after I sniff my wrists, and they smell identical. I assumed that was musk since the only other scent that comes to mind is BBW Musk No. 2, but apparently the note in this fragrance is ambrette musk (mallow). Does ambrette musk (mallow) smell like pencils? I sprayed more and took a deep inhale of my skin, and I get the aldehydes. Soapy and a little sweet. Maybe that sweetness is the vanilla. But what translates to metal as some is just woody musk to me. If it is not the ambrette musk it may be the Peru balsam + sandalwood.

Anyone who claims not to smell the vanilla in this might want to test for COVID because Im not sure how thats possible. It starts off slightly metallic with hints of soap (aldehydes) then becomes this vanilla cupcake scent in the drydown. It's lovely, cozy and comforting. Projection is quite good because when I went for my doctor's appt I got compliments on how amazing I smelled. All I needed was one spray to the back and 2 on shoulder blades. Longevity is about 6 hours before it becomes more of a skin scent. This blows Vanilla Sex out the water since that one is straight up almond. Unfortunately it's being discontinued so those who are looking for this, the price has dropped at many retailers so get on it.

I remember smelling this straight from the bottle in Sephora shortly after it was launched. they were out of paper blotter and I was scared of putting it on my skin based on the notes, the wrong perfume can really ruin my day. it intrigued me enough to later buy the roll-on version though and I'm so glad I did! I could wear this every day. it's so clean and crisp and fresh! plus there's a undeniable "strong, independent woman" vibe yet the woman is a lady, nothing loud, no bad taste or unnecessary drama. there's sometihng about her even when she's going grocery shopping on Saturday, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. long story short, confidence in a bottle and office appropriate as a bonus :)

I have a 5ml rollerball of metallique, and I'm surprised to be learning that it comes in an atomizer primarily. I cannot imagine the projection and strength a spray would produce. As a sensitive 🥺 little guy I'm certain I would be overwhelmed. The airiness of the sweet vanilla and amber softens the cold metal, and while it may be too much to say it's a comforting scent - its a light and fun scent. I do layer this to fresh watery scents to provide some incense backbone and added longevity and projection. Pairing it with a death and floral scent who's primary notes are mandarin and steamed rice makes no sense and yet I keep doing. The lily of the valley is the stand out note in this.

I am so disappointed in this perfume. It just doesn't seem to last on me. Not like a typical Tom Ford scent at all. BIG EDIT 04/09/22: I am now in love with this scent! On me, it is meant to be sprayed lavishly everywhere all over my body so I can exist in it's extraordinary complexity! I can't help but take big sniffs down my shirt all day to sample the bright, metallic, soft floral, vanilla scent. My new everywhere, everyday fragrance! ADDITIONAL EDIT 05/10/22: Now that 100°F weather has hit west Texas (it's too early, even for here 🥵), this is lasting over 12 hours on my skin. I like to sleep in it because it feels very comforting to me. I absolutely adore Metallique!!!