Tobacco Oud

A TOBACCO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN I happen to love scuba diving! On any coral reef in the Caribbean, at a depth of about 20 meters and for 45 minutes, you can forget the problems of the modern world and just enjoy the natural environment. My most treasured diving destinations are located in the Carib, namely Los Roques in northern Venezuela, or Jardines de la Reina in Cuba. Unfortunately, current politics no longer make it easy for these destinations and I would rather trust the shores of Dominican Republic and Jamaica. But I don't want to write about politics. I really want to focus on the body feelings we experience after a dive. After pumping several atmospheres of compressed air for more than half an hour, the bloodstream becomes saturated with air molecules. Most of this is nitrogen, but there is also quite a lot of oxygen. Your sinuses have also been thoroughly cleaned with salt water. After the colourful sightseeing pleasure you experience, while diving, you feel a tremendous sense of physical well-being due to your super-oxygenated lungs along with your clean throat and nose. Smokers (yes, I am a smoker) know that there is no better opportunity to inhale aromatic tobacco smoke. Drinkers admit that it is the best time for a couple of glasses of cognac or whisky flavoured in toasted oak barrels. Gourmets advises that this is the best time for spicy snacks and cinnamon sweets. Perfume lovers can enjoy all these tips and sniff a precious fragrance with tobacco, spices, cinnamon and whisky, with some noble woody aromas mixed in.... a perfect time to get a whiff of Tobacco Oud by Tom Ford. "Tobacco Oud" opens with an alcoholic accord of aged whisky with warm spices and cinnamon. Smoky aromatic tobacco, sandalwood and (a little) oud are also there from the start, but only after some time do these notes overpower the top accords. Secondary notes can be detected in the base, namely some patchouli, amber vanilla and a hint of sweetness. These late accords take over the dry down but sustain a substantial residual woodiness. The perfume is dense, lively, quite oriental, quite gentle and undoubtedly a head turner, even for lovers of blue fragrances. Let's dive into some ratings for "Tobacco Oud" by Tom Ford: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Scent Opening: 9.0 (Aged whisky, smoky pipe tobacco, spices, cinnamon and precious woods - a stairway to heaven). - Scent Finish: 10.0 (Heaven is a place on Hearth with amber vanilla, a touch of patchouli and a background of sandalwood and oud). - Longevity: 8.5 (8 hours with 3 sprays). - Sillage: 7.5 (5 feet with 2.5 hours of projection). - Versatility: 8.5 (At leisure, cold weather outdoor events, a night out, a romantic night...). - Usability: 7.5 (Winter and many days or nights during fall and spring). - Compliments: 8.0 (A major head turner but enthusiasm only by oriental and dark fragrances lovers). - Uniqueness: 10.0 (Tobacco and oud at its best; The only plausible similar fragrance comes from Clone company Dua Brand with "Tobac Aoud | The Dua Brand / Dua Fragrances" and a recent launch by Afnan with "Tobacco Rush | Afnan Perfumes"). - Quality: 9.5 (Near perfect). - Presentation: 8.0 (The usual design by Tom Ford for the Private Collection). - Price: 5.0 (Tom Ford Private Collection pricing, with a 50 ml bottle for more than 200 Euros). ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Average: 8.33/10.0 between 7 and 8 => barely above average; between 8 and 9 => recommended; greater than or equal to 9 => do not miss it My opinion: The average rating suffers from the pricing low score. I happen to love this scent. It's a great interpretation of an oud fragrance, with whisky, smoky aromatic tobacco, warm spices and sandalwood, meaning quite far from the traditional rose-saffron-oud more common offer. The oriental dry down is magnificent with vanilla on an amber base plus the residual sandalwood and oud. The usual overpricing of Tom Ford allows me to recommend this fragrance only after an extensive test. The ladies out there need to be doubly careful. Tom Ford claims that this perfume is unisex. Really? Well, maybe during the dry down. The opening and heart notes of the perfume are quite masculine. The music: Eagles - "Hotel California"

This is the best Tom Ford fragrance... there I said it! 11/10. What I love is when fragrance companies name their product appropriately, when a fragrance is called Tobacco Oud, you would expect to smell... Tobacco... and (you know where this is going!). Admittedly the oud is more of a supporting role in this fragrance, but this is Tobacco heaven; without doubt the most pleasant Tobacco note in any fragrance I have tried to date. However, if Tobacco is not your thing, don't even bother trying it, you will not like this. Very pungent in the opening, it really hits you in the face with the Tobacco note; it's very loud, but in a sophisticated way... I love it. If I were to give the opening a 10/10, the dry down is a 12/10, absolutely intoxicating and the whiskey note, coupled with a decent amount of spice and subtle sweetness is addictive. One of the those scents you will constantly be lifting your arm to your nose to sniff some more and have another 'eyes rolling into the back of your head' moment; definite 'nose-gasm' inducing scent. One of the most masculine scents I can think of; that's not to say a woman couldn't wear this... wear whatever you want! However I do (for some reason) think of a man in a tux... perhaps self perception as this is the fragrance I recently wore to a black tie event. Nevertheless this will be most suited to colder weather and more-so an evening fragrance, but to hell with the rules, this smells so damn good I'll wear it whenever I'm feeling a little spicy! The only downside is that my girlfriend hates it... which is a real shame... I'll have to find another girlfriend now! HA! Jokes aside she is a lover of mass appealing scents... which this is not! Whilst I think a lot of people will appreciate it, there will likely be an equal amount of people who won't. I believe if you like it, you'll love it; I don't think there is middle ground; I cannot imagine anyone smelling this and thinking "Meh!", more like "Meh-iii god this is incredible!" I've seen the comments about discontinuation... I'm in the UK, and this is available pretty much everywhere, maybe that's a US thing; I'd recommend that you jump on a plane, have yourself a trip to Blighty and enjoy yourself some Tobacco Oud. We don't have much to offer: awful food, terrible weather, the ugliest women, but we have Tobacco Oud in stock.... oh and some old buildings that might be worth seeing; make the most of it. If you do make the trip and buy Tobacco Oud, I would like to be the first to shake your hand and offer you a compliment. Good day!

Wow, wow, wow. Where do I start? I blind bought this stuff as a younger guy & as someone who generally doesn't get offended by anything. But even as someone who finds most fragrances most easy to wear, boy is this a fragrance that is hard to master, at least as an early adult. That being said, this fragrance is a masterpiece. I can't stress it enough, all the notes of whiskey, tobacco and ouds dance around on my skin to create a very suede masculine smell. The dry-down involves a more incense/wood accord (assuming that's the sandalwood) and at the end of its lifespan is a bourbon-like vanilla with faint woods surrounding it. I can't believe some people are depicting this as unpleasant and 'manure-like'. Nowhere near it. At least not for me, all the notes are very clear and perceived as well thought out in the nature that OG Tom Ford delivers. Not to mention this stuff is nuclear, I reach over 8 hours longevity with this & crazy projection. While I sit here typing this, I can smell it in the air bouncing off the back of my hand as my fingers bob up and down. It's a commonly held belief that this stuff has been reformulated, and since, discontinued. Firstly, I smelt this fragrance ages ago when I was just getting into perfume and I did not like it at all. This was back in 2018, but since smelling it today it's coming off in a way that the notes are much clearer and easier to appreciate. Perhaps my inexperienced nose deceives me, but regardless the reformulation takes away absolutely nothing from this fragrance. Secondly, the discontinuation is something that baffles me. Just like ADG's Profumo, everyone thinks it's discontinued yet is still being produced, then sold in Australian retailers. My batch code dates back only 11 months. 11 months ago was still years after rumors of discontinuation. So to anybody who wants to get their hands on a classic and TFs best fragrance, it's still out there. Just look in the right places. Also, Selfridges still sells this for <300 AUD at the current point in time of typing this. Especially cheaper if you live in the UK & can pick it up. For my Australians, you can find this in specific Mecca stores and david jones, who both price match from trusted retailers. Even though it isn't the easiest wear, mastering Tom Ford's Tobacco Oud will give you an unparalleled level of confidence. Dress nicely, present yourself well and you will wear this fragrance as opposed to the fragrance wearing you.

This is definitely one of those fragrances that men are going to like much more than most women. Don't get me wrong some ladies love itz but typically it doesn't score large amounts of compliments from random girls walking around the mall like your Blue fragrances and aquatics do. This one honestly smells like something created in the late 80's to early 90's. It has that same vibe that Chanel Egoiste, Balenciaga Pour Homme, or even Ungaro Pour Homme III have without exactly smelling like them. One reviewer stated it smelled like Jimi Hendrix's bedroom and I can see what they mean. To me it smells like an attractive wealthy businessman like Michael Douglass in Wallstreet or even Rob Lowe in Wayne's world. It definitely fits that look. I honestly wish my entire home smelled like this one ( I actually spray Drakkar Noir throughout the house and Kouros in the bathroom)but of course I'm not using an expensive niche fragrance for an air freshener lol. Anyway I was so disappointed to see it discontinued when they could have just put it in a different line like they did Ombre Leather. I also have smelled the Intense version and I like it but just not quite as much as the original. I think the sweetness made it less attractive to me. Ok on to the controversial compliments subject. Im typically an Aventus and Terre D'hermes guy. Sometimes Hacivat too, but I love my 80s and early 90s powerhouses especially Egoiste, Safari, Fahrenheit, and YSL Opium Pour Homme so this one gets quite a bit of wear in the cooler weather. If you are dressed the part and carry yourself well this one will indeed get you compliments. Since it is a heavy fragrance definitely go a bit light on the trigger at least your first couple of wearings. But yes Chanel Egoiste, Balenciaga Pour Homme, and Ungaro Pour Homme III always got great compliments so I'm not surprised this one does at all. I really don't even need to explain performance as you know this fragrance is as powerful as it gets. Only bad thing is discontinuation but I grabbed one online that popped up so they are still out there. My recommendation is to grab it and even if you don't like it it's a very easy resell. Finally if you cannot find this beauty or it's just too expensive but you want a fragrance with a similar vibe I recommend Chanel Egoiste for sure. Both fragrances have that very unique tobacco and sandalwood duo. Again they don't smell alike, but definitely in the same family.

From Disdain to Devotion: My Journey with Tobacco Oud Fragrance has a unique way of shaping our memories, evoking emotions, and even changing our perceptions over time. One such transformation happened with a perfume that once sat unnoticed in my father’s drawer—Tobacco Oud. I remember disliking it as a child. My undeveloped nose could only pick up what seemed like an overpowering, almost animalic scent. It felt too bold, too complex, and far from the fresh, inviting fragrances I was accustomed to. Yet, despite my initial aversion, there was something oddly comforting about it—a scent I couldn’t quite understand but also couldn’t ignore. Fast forward a few years, and I stumbled upon Oud Al Khanjar, a bakhoor that completely redefined my perception of fragrance. It had a deep, resinous richness that triggered something familiar, reminding me of Tobacco Oud. Suddenly, the notes I once dismissed as harsh became mesmerizing. The scent, which I had once considered my least favorite, transformed into an absolute masterpiece in my eyes. Even when I first encountered Tobacco Oud with an untrained nose, my initial reaction was, “Oh, I can smell whiskey.” That bold, boozy opening, laced with subtle spice, unfolds into a beautifully warm, oriental blend of oud and amber—a scent that exudes comfort and nostalgia. The tobacco, while present, remains refined and never overpowering. To me, this is what oud should smell like: rich, enveloping, and deeply evocative. The fragrance has sparked debates among enthusiasts. Some argue it lacks a Middle Eastern character, leaning more towards a Westernized interpretation. But to my nose? It’s a perfect Oriental Arabic Oud and Amber fusion—one that clings to fabric and skin for eternity, leaving behind a whisper of warmth and familiarity. It’s the kind of scent that makes you feel at home, no matter how far away you are. Sadly, Tobacco Oud has been discontinued, making every drop I have even more precious. I hold onto the hope that a Middle Eastern brand will one day create a worthy dupe—something with the same nuclear intensity—or, perhaps, that Tom Ford will bring it back. Until then, I’ll continue savoring every last spray of this olfactory treasure.