Ombré Leather (2018)

Tom Ford Ombre Leather opens with a moderate projection of a very natural tone of leather; the leather is by far the most prominent note. The type of leather note found in Ombre Leather isn’t animalic, isn’t synthetic, and isn’t dark; this leather feels completely natural, possibly one of the best and most authentic and wearable leather notes in perfumery. The cardamom note described as an opening note is barely noticeable; however, the jasmine seems to add a soft floral touch that goes well with the leather, same as the amber, both notes enhance the main leather note. The patchouli which typically adds a green tone is absent; finally, the moss, adds a very soft earthy/musky tone. Tom Ford Ombre Leather achieves a fantastic combination of notes where each one of them seems to contribute to the featured note, the leather. The initial and dry-down projections are very good and the transition from the opening to the dry-down is linear. Once Tom Ford Ombre Leather has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, modern and natural leather fragrance with faint floral and ambery tones. The fragrance feels aromatic, bold but not pungent, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, high-quality, leathery, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, refined, sophisticated, versatile, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 WOW RATING: 10/10. A very impressive and pleasant natural leather scent. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. Those the dislike leather fragrances, regardless of their quality, will dislike this one. UNIQUENESS: 9/10. Leather fragrances are common, but Tom Ford Ombre Leather is a unique, leather natural-smelling fragrance. MASS APPEAL: 6/10. Leather is not a mass-appeal accord, however, most people will likely find Tom Ford Ombre Leather pleasant. PROJECTION: 4/10. Good, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 5/10. Very good, about 5 feet around the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations will suffice. LONGEVITY: 5/10. Very good, about five hours with 2 of moderate projection. SEASONS: Fall, spring, winter, colder nights, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual. Tom Ford Ombre Leather is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 6/10. Very versatile for a leather fragrance. GENDER: Masculine, leather is a masculine accord. AGES: 30 and above, the fragrance has a mature character. RECOMMENDATION: Although there are plenty of leather-based fragrances in the market, Tom Ford is a very natural, very appealing, very high-quality fragrance. Those looking for a quality, and wearable leather fragrance, will find here a solid answer. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with leathery fragrances. SIMILAR: These are other leather fragrances. Tom Ford Tuscan Leather Men EDP features leather, fruity and spicy notes; Valentino Uomo Intense EDP, is a fantastic leather, aromatic but lacks performance; Al Haramain Opulent Saffron Unisex EDP features leather, raspberry, and almond and it is compared to Tom Ford Tuscan Leather; Guerlain L'Homme Ideal EDP is soft leather and almond fragrance; Mancera Gold Prestigium Unisex EDP is a high-quality fragrance that contains leather, rose, and vanilla notes; Paco Rabanne 1 Million EDP is a super sweet, leather, and orange fragrance; Tom Ford F Fabulous contains leather, almond, floral notes; Montale Aoud Leather is a great leather, warm spicy, and soft oud fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, modern and natural leather fragrance with faint floral and ambery tones. The fragrance feels aromatic, bold but not pungent, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, high-quality, leathery, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, refined, sophisticated, versatile, and very pleasant.

This is one of my dream fragrances to own man.. Before smelling this fragrance, I never really got into leather at all. The only one I knew was like Babycat. I admit that it is a very good fragrance, but it didnt really stick out to me like this one did. I was in this Sephora and they refilled all of the Tom Fords (what a good day to be alive!). Of course, I smelled the classics: Soleil Blanc, Neroli Portofino, Oud Wood, Soleil Neige, you name it! But then this one fragrance caught my eye: Ombre Leather Now I knew this fragrance because Cal Cologne mentioned it in one of his videos where he was praising it a good amount. I never had the chance to smell it until now. Let's just say that the praise was very justified from Cal's side. Also really quickly, this does not smell like the interior of a car. Dude if the interior of someones car smelt like this, I would be so jealous of them. Its kinda disrespectful to the complexity of this fragrance to just say "smell like car interior, so bad". The leather stays all the while during this fragrances evolution. It's definetly the most prominent note here. But this leather is different man.. Its so rich and authentique that it could honestly be a fragrance of its own. But it wouldnt be the same without the other notes. I especially love the Jasmine in this fragrance, it's such a good floral addition to this dark fragrance alongside the Cardamom which makes this fragrance just more likeable in general (dude Cardamom can honestly make any fragrance smell better). I don't know how to express my feelings for this fragrance, I'm kind of bad at explaining how good perfumes smell. It's just so amazing and it's unlike anything I've smelt yet. Like this leather just makes me feel like someone rich but humble. Not those loud rich people that wear designer clothes and show off their wealth, just someone thats rich with lowkey clothing that looks expensive but doesn't catch everyones eyes. You know they are rich, but they could care less if you know. They are probably wearing some really expensive crocodile leather and if you ask them what they are wearing they will tell you its just leather. They wont flex that its crocodile, they'll just stay humble. This is what this kind of person would smell like. Like even though im pretty young, I would still boldly rock this on me. Please go try this fragrance because I suck at explaining it. Such a rich and beautiful leather man please go try this out. 10/10, no further notice.. (also this performs like crazy you could probably kill someone with this lol)

I’ve said it repeatedly and I’ll hold to it forever: Ombre Leather 16 should’ve been the Ombre Leather we got. It is superior to Ombre Leather EdP and Parfum. This takes a lot for me to say because I adore Ombre Leather, though I think I understand why we must go without. It seems, at least olfactorily, 16 was perhaps too close to Tuscan Leather in terms of where it sits on the “leather spectrum”. On one side of the spectrum is the orris-cum-suede powdery and lady’s handbag leather, and on the other is the smell of Satan’s foul and feverish beast. Tuscan Leather and OL 16 lived somewhere in the middle but slightly on the side of Satan’s pet, with 16 going more in that direction with the animalics but holding onto the parched herbs that gave TL its Tuscan feel. Ombre Leather goes even further in the direction OL 16 wandered. The perfume announces its intention from the get go: this has no intention of being a safe leather; this is for serious leather fans in all of its chemically and animalic glory. It opens just like that first whiff from a can of black leather polish over freshly tanned American leather. It is hot, it is bold, and it wants the chemicals and tanned hides front and center. An incredibly dry jasmine indole sucks all of the moisture from your palate. Once the jasmine departs yet the leather remains, a pale, woody, and slightly sweet cardamom comes in to cool off the leather but make no mistake, OL is not done and its not cleaning up its act as it introduces a properly dank, musty, composted patchouli note like your fresh leathers just got some mud on them. The leather accord still goes on even after the cardamom and most of the patchouli dispense but their dividing lines get a bit muddy as we dry down into an base of animalics, earth, and a bit of moss. I still miss OL 16, but I do love this perfume. Why couldn’t we have both? I know why, because TF is a business before it’s a fragrance or fashion house and someone in their marketing department said they couldn’t have two, little alone one that sat as close to their juggernaut Tuscan Leather as OL 16 did, even though there were sufficient enough differences to the nose. Though I am glad they took it in the direction on the leather spectrum that they did, and far enough for it to be a challenging leather meant for true leather-heads. It’s excellent.

OMG. Talk about dark and sexy. Opens a little sweet, but not quite fruity, before quickly transforming into an incredible black leather scent. Rough leather. Like holding a brand new leather jacket pressed against your nose. This leather isn't even in the same realm as the Bottega Veneta leathers and the Eau de Gaga's out there. The moss drags the scent down, heavy and dangerous, speaking with a dark timbre in its voice. As Ombre Leather develops, I pick up smoke, growing darker all the time. Not cigarette smoke, more like black soot, standing too close to an open fire in a clearing in the woods, almost burning your nostrils. Intoxicating. After a while, the darkness lets up, growing a little sweeter again. It's an experience. This is a fantastic perfume, but I'm picturing a biker with a black beard. Or a pirate. I might do him, but I wouldn't wear him, if that makes sense. This stuff smells like power. Self-assured power that's taken for granted because it is granted. The person wearing this is ruthless and dangerous. If it is a woman, she's a rarity. She's no-nonsense, possibly a shrewd lawyer in stiletto heels. The scent does not make the (wo)man though. On a scrawny kid just out of his teens, this would be laughable. Even Christian Grey from the movies is too metro to pull this off. Someone wearing this might yell 'This Is Sparta'. You have to either be the devil, the Terminator or Idris Elba, so beware. EDIT: I woke up this morning, smelled my wrist and was confused for a second because I thought I smelled Gucci Guilty Intense (for women). Turns out, these scents both have amber and patchouli for a base, and the moss in Ombré Leather is barely detectable after 12 hours. So there's a bit of a Cinderella thing going on where you go to bed with Idris Elba and you wake up with Evan Rachel Wood, but it's still hella delicious.

I had a sample that I was holding onto for a special occasion. I was invited to a metal performance and hey, wearing a leather fragrance to a metal music show, that seemed like some kind of perfect occasion to wear that to me. I’m getting more and more open to enjoying leather fragrances. My very first experience with Tom Ford fragrances was smelling Noir Extreme, Black Orchid and Ombre Leather at a store – I ended up leaving with Noir Extreme that first day, but I ended up really falling in love with Black Orchid. I do remember smelling Ombre Leather and kind of being blown away at how realistic the leather with. That being said, I really enjoy the smell of leather but in that moment, I also wouldn’t have wanted to smell like that myself. Back then. Now, after wearing it to that event (and basically going through my entire 1,5 mil sample that one night) I definitely feel like in the opening the leather is the most prominent, but when it dries down, you get the beautiful white flowers and it mixes so beautifully. Honestly, it got me feeling like maybe I do need a bottle of this. I personally feel like the Tom Ford Signature Line is always worth the price, as far as performance and uniqueness goes. My thing is that I don’t see myself gravitating towards this scent that often, so that kind of doesn’t justify the price either? I’m going to keep my eyes on discounters, or possibly grab a travel size... It also got me a compliment at the event, and when I showed the sample, the woman who complimented me wanted to spray it on herself too. So while I figured that men would want to wear this more than a woman, there’s still women too who want to wear it.