Some speculate that it was impacted by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA)’s revised standards, which were introduced in 2013 and triggered a wave of reformulations of popular fragrances. (We haven’t been able to deny or confirm.) Layering A year later, in 2007, Tom Ford introduced the Private Blend Collection of luxury fragrances, and, with the addition of new scents, that collection has been growing since. Tobacco Vanille Facts House

Tobacco Vanille is a fragrance for the man or woman with strength and courage. It exudes a combination of elegance and warmth so rare that it suits only a certain type of wearer who is so self-reliant that he or she dares to be authentic and sincere in a way that society has long forgotten.The vanilla is clearly perceptible as the scent dries down, and is accompanied by dried fruit—in an oriental way, mind you, not a tropical one—as well as sugary wood sap, the kind Canadians boil to make maple syrup. Having served as the Creative Director at Italy-based fashion powerhouse Gucci and, previously, at French luxury house Yves Saint Laurent, Thomas Carlyle Ford founded Tom Ford in 2005. For someone who prides himself on having quit smoking many years ago, I find the smell of Tobacco Vanille strangely familiar and relapsingly addictive. It is dark, but also playful. It is stimulating, but also hyggelig. It is assertive, but also inviting. If you recognize yourself in that description, it will fit you like a pair of driving gloves as you ride around town on an autumn day in your 80’s Porsche with the top down. And, while smoking tobacco recreationally has fallen out of fashion and is verboten in many parts of the world, wearing tobacco perfume has once again become permissible and intriguing.

Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille Eau de Parfum (EDP) is sold in five sizes: a 0.33 fl oz (10 ml) travel spray and 1 fl oz (30 ml), 1.7 fl oz (50 ml), 3.4 fl oz (100 ml), and a gigantic, 8.45 fl oz (250 ml) bottle. Denatured Alcohol, Fragrance, Water, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Geraniol, Limonene, Coumarin, Citronellol, Eugenol, Isoeugenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citral, Cinnamal

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As the scent settles on the skin, the sweetness of the vanilla and the creaminess of the tonka bean slowly but surely unfold. You can smell the musky and heady scent of the tobacco plant. The opening is smoky and peppery, it hits you right off the bat. (Some say it’s so strong, it almost always makes them sneeze). The top notes are tobacco and oriental spices. The heart notes are vanilla, cacao, tonka bean, and tobacco flower blossom. The base notes are dried fruit and sweet wood sap.