Private Blend: Tobacco Vanille Tom Ford for women and men

This is absolutely amazing and addictive fragrance.I bought 1.7 oz and now I am going to buy the biggest one because I can't stop sniifing it.I almost bathe in it,
lol,I think, I have already been quite addicted to it. Although it stays close to the skin it is longlasting,luxurious tobacco smell, mixed with honey and vanilla. I find it quite unisex, but since I've been wearing it my bf is stuck to me as a stamp to an envelope.Thumbs up for this high-quality perfume.

I received my sample from reputable source,mentioned often.
My problem is on my skin- I get much clove- very little tobacco or vanilla and then an hr. later very faint vanilla very close to the skin.
3hr.s later ...gone. I am thinking perhaps I did not get the real thing. But if it is the real juice I am very disappointed, I have wanted to try TV for so long.

Edit- Second test- First hour very spicy second hour sweet tobacco leaf with vanilla underneath . This time it is warming up & beginning to project. Performance is more like what I expected from TV. I think this would smell heavenly on my husband but will I share? 1.5 ml. won't go very far.

This was my "fancy event" fragrance, but was soon stolen by my brother. To be fair it smells much better on him! This a smokey haze of vanilla and resin that is just beautiful. It also lasts a long long time. I put it on once, and could still smell is two weeks later. Its also lovely because its ageless. I totally recommend this perfume!

If this juice were a man I would become his slave - absolutely orgasmic.

I love this stuff... But it does smell like a pet shop...

On a bracing winter or spring morning do you wake up and go outside and smell....? What sometimes comes back is a baconey-type of smell and others a kind of nose tingling almost vanilla chilly scent!

Tobacco vanille is the latter when I first put it on - very cold, bracing, early morning, early spring or late winter! The tobacco kind of adds to this wonderful chill as deeply comforting to me, being an ex-smoker! There really is a good quality tobacco accord here!

As it dries down slightly the honeyed notes tend to put their arms around you and hug you which warms the fragrance oh so slightly and the tobacco notes calm themselves.

This is rather interesting but also a tad boring as I do find the scent rather linear - I'm not getting very much in the way of spice but I am getting a lot in the way of vanilla and a fresh, fresh pod of vanilla seeds at that but please don't think gourmand! Eat a tiny bit of vanilla paste - taste it and you will taste that uniquely unsweet vanilla seed and you will understand what I am saying...!

Personally, I find this more of a masculine scent (as I do with a lot of Tom's fragrances) than feminine EVEN with all that vanilla...!!!! It is very expensive but I do find it quite unique and I think it isn't for a younger man but rather an older man about town! In fact, I think I could fancy an older bloke just because they are wearing this LOL

I would definitely recommend this one - but do get a tester first and it might have you sniffing away at you wrist as much as I have today!

i smell anise,followed by a sweet tobacco.i guess the sweetness is the vanilla, finally a shroud of slightly spicy vanilla tobacco covered with white musk.this is a very unique scent.i find it very pleasing but i will only wear it on the occasion i long to smell well off.i was expecting a stronger tobacco note but this is very nice and unique.

Amazing juice. Expensive stuff so you have little chance of running into anyone that is wearing the same thing. That was part of the reason I was willing to spend the money for this fragrance.

The opening is a fresh tobacco & honey. Quickly the vanilla starts to come in and after a couple of hours the tobacco dies down a bit and it's mostly warm vanilla and spices that gives a fresh-out-of-the-oven vanilla/almond cookie kind of smell. After about 8 hours it becomes more a skin scent with a hint of coco.

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This is my signature scent! I love this fragrance, it is pure luxury. Perhaps the best one out there in this tobacco / sweet/ vanilla category.

Amazing fragrance but it's expensive..so i use it only for special occasions

When I first heard about Tobacco Vanille, I thought, "cigarettes?" But for some reason, I was looking forward to sampling it. And when I was finally able to test it, I wasn't too sure what to think. Still. I gave it a shot and sprayed it on a card and put the card in my pocket. After sniffing it over and over for a while, I decided that it was a very unique scent and got a sample from this huge Nordstrom after much pointless chatter with the store clerks. I just love it now, I have to prevent myself from spraying it all at once, or else I'll have a headache. I guess it smells like its name implies. Sweet vanilla mixed with herbal tobacco, but this one is simply addictive. I keep thinking, is this what being a tobacco addict feels like?

I have sampled about 10 frags this evening, so my nose is plum wore out and totally confused... I have no skin left on either arm... but I just popped a spray down inside the front of my t-shirt and stuck my nose in there... I have two words:

Root beer
Tobacco

I totally dig it.

But not for between 4 and 6 bucks per ml. I am willing to pay around $1.00-$1.75 per ml on average for a decent, respectable house scent that I adore. Less if I can swing a good deal on eBay. Someone here paid $500 for the 8oz... which actually isn't too bad considering what you can get out there right now. Its rarity perks the price.

On me, this smells like an ice cream shop next to a tobacconists. Very intoxicating and sweet, I couldn't stop sniffing my wrist. After a few hours, it dried down to a powdery hot chocolate, and continued this phase for quite some time. Further, it settles to a lovely vanilla, which was still there when I woke up the next morning, approximately 16 hours from application. Gorgeous, and perhaps one of the best fragrances I've smelled as of yet.

Fancy perfume & fancy package .
I couldnt believe myself when I got this perfume , I was literally dreaming of it and the dream came true , as a vanila lover I knew this one will suit me , but in fact i find this perfume more than amazing for me with its thick vanila tobacco & cacao combo which lasts for ages specially in fabric ,I just cant stop smelling it on me and cant reach for another perfume in my wardrobe .
Guys.. this is TO DIE FOR SCENT.But very PAINFUL price.

At first I wasn't impressed, but I have learnt to allow a fragrance to develop and boy did I learn.

Take the softest smelling tobacco leaf and wrap it around a heated vanilla stick and allow them to fuse slowly while sprinkling down a gentle concoction of spices and brown sugar.

The tobacco burns out a little quicker but allows a smoked out beautiful vanilla take over your realm.

It is another poetic fragrance.

(personal hint : perhaps add just a little dab of Tuscan Leather to really stand out)

Tobacco Vanille, an enticingly warm and intense fragrance that intensifies as your body heat increases.

A seductive and comforting fragrance reminiscent to the aroma of marshmallows dipped in warm chocolate & vanilla.

it starts of with a trio of cocoa, vanilla & dried fruits to create a harmony of warmth with vanille undertones.

the Cocoa & vanilla stay as notes of creamy marshmallow comes out to intensify the sensuality and passion of the fragrance.

the fragrance is balanced by the smoky tones of tobacco leaf & tobacco flower to keep it from becoming to sweet.

Overall if you like the smell of toasted chocolaty marshmallows infused and heightened by the seductive tones of vanilla & tobacco, you will love this one

A very private creation, turned down the light and the warmth & gourmand notes of this fragrance should enhance any couples mood throughout the night and leave it's warm impression the morning after ;-)

I spend more than 500.00 us dollar for the 8oz . this is my favorite cologne .

I bought this one last week, but now I regret.. I can`t detect any tobacco (Tabarome millesime, that`s tobacco!) The vanilla is nice, but there is something going on there that reminds me of some kind of medicine smell. Like the smell you can detect at a dental-clinic.. Sorry, but I think it`s overrated.

The longer you wear it, the better it smells.
starts out ok, but becomes very nice.
have to pass on this one because of the price...

Sorry but as a guy, i didn't like it at all.. Too weird.

Sadly I didn't notice any tobacco, not in the opening, middle or base notes.

All there seems to be is a very strong vanilla (of the sweet confectionery kind) and cocoa. It's not a bad smell but it could be nauseating to some around you.

Absolutely do *not* buy this blind. Buy a small sample first. You will either love or hate this.
I don't "hate" it per se, but while I find it a comforting scent, others who are exposed to you may not appreciate it in the same way.

Really like this scent as it is comforting, ambery and soothing.

It is a very sweet gourmand and I do agree that the vanilla here is not the best around.

But the cinnamon and tobacco + the vanilla really is a soothing masculine concoction.

I don't agree that this smells like Spiriteous Double Vanille. Yes they both do vanilla. But this is more about cinnamon, tobacco (pipe tobacco), and warm vanilla with a little bit of a raisin and eggnog (honey) note during the first few hours. Spiriteous Double Vanille starts very boozy and ends with a vanilla icecream accord.

- So wanted to like this one.. I love the incredible 'Amber Absolute' as well as 'Noir de Noir' from Tom Ford's Private Blend Collection.

- Absolutely disappointed with it! Tried it many times over and over, but just don't like this EDP at all! It's so sweet and weird! Can only agree with "suburbanites"

mmm a delicious smell i think the most sensitive smell is vanilla some might disagree and say the tabacco is the most sensetive e.g. my sister! lol this is a sweet and sensitive smell and is perfect for people who like sweet smells like me!

This is not an everyday scent for me, maybe because the weather here isn`t always cold. Tobacco Vanille has heavy main notes that get pretty intense on hot days, distorting the harmony of its aroma. On colder days, though, is a cozy combination of honey, spicy tobacco and vanilla. I get first the honey aroma, slightly spicy, then the vanilla and at last a leafy and woody tobacco note. At the past i used to love it more, today i think it should be more interesting if you had more notes to improve its dynamic througout its evolution on skin (which is also a reason i wouldn`t wear it everyday, it seems a little bit tiresome).

I love the unreserved monstrous sillage of this.

Sadly I expected more, this is just sugar, tobacco , vanilla and a world load more of sugar. Plus almonds, and I do not like those.

There are virtually no fresh' 'freshy' notes on top, I expected a gentle spice start, even a few greens, but the perfumes structure resembles just one huge base note. Way too linear for a £80 scent.

Crazy, and a waste of money, but the quality of the tobacco and vanilla is apparent. But price must be considered, and this is barely worth half it's price and rarity for me.

However, I will give it an Ok score, the tobacco is clear, and the sweetness is true.

3/5.

Fantastic! Can't get enough of it! Very expensive, hard to find, but still fantastic :)

An intense burst of honey topped with a dry vanilla. The honey is very warm, sweet and sticky, so comforting in a way. The tobacco is soft and gentle, not overwhelming at all. Just graceful and... there. It amps up as the perfume dries down and shares the main attention with this sugared vanilla.

It's probably just my skin that pulls this ultra potent honey out, as it isn't listed as a note. I can find myself sunken into my collar smelling myself with closed eyes, it gets me so high. I wish more people could experience this scent the way I do, because it sure is a masterpiece.

it smells just like a sweet cough syrup. atleast for the first 3hours on the test paper strip.
after a month : now the same strip smells like sweet biscuits, or reminds me of vanilla tobacco for pipesmoking. after about month, i can still smell fragrance on the paper strip (now it feels nice ). i remember that the guerlain strips i tested with this one lost their fragrance after 5-6 days max.

So what can I say that hasn't already been said about Tobacco Vanille? Probably a lot.

If you want to duplicate TV, here's what you do: Go to your local grocery. Get a bottle of decent vanilla extract (ok, even the really chemical smelling fake stuff might do in a pinch), add a touch of cinnamon, chai spice, ground ginger and some ground cocoa. Combine, decant, and spray. You'll smell like cookies, but you won't smell much different than the linear lines of this fragrance. And you'll save roughly $190.

Seriously, the over-emphasis on the wrong note is often what plagues Tom Ford's other scents as well (as much as I appreciate Amber Absolute, the emphasis on incense tends to overwhelm the amber). Here, the tobacco is a missing element or mere footnote in what should have been a well-orchestrated symphony. For so much promise, so little is experienced. This is a syrupy sweet confection that a walk around the mall will make kids wonder where the waffles are being served. This is far too linear, very unimaginative, synthetic-smelling and lacking in the focal ingredient. Too many others have done tobacco in a much more appreciable way, Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque comes to mind, Creed Tabarome not far behind. I can appreciate many of the Private Blend fragrances, but this completely misses the mark.

My husband recently bought me a bottle of something else -- something I already had -- and I exchanged it for Tobacco Vanille. I'd had a couple of samples of TV and loved it, but I guess I never really paid attention to its development.

The top notes are fantastic -- a little like standing in a humidor -- but within 10 minutes, all I can smell is cinnamon. It dries down to an interesting cinnamon-vanilla, but frankly, I can get that anywhere and for much, much less.

For now, I'll stick with Mugler's Pure Havane. Not a huge fan of PH's camphorous top notes, but the drydown is much more pleasant than TV, IMHO.

If you're looking for an overly complex scent that changes from top notes to dry down, Tobacco Vanille is not for you. However if you're wanting the best rendition of something simple, TV is one of the best out there. The tobacco is exotic and comforting rather than dry and off-putting, and the vanilla isn't so sweet as to make you feel like you just rubbed a cupcake on your arm. However the blend overall is sweet enough that I can't imagine it on a man. Sillage can be quite strong so dab rather than spray if you can, and longevity is superb at 6 hours and counting.

However, for all its beauty Tobacco Vanille is horribly overpriced. I don't mind paying top dollar for the well-blended, complex, and long-lived, but a blend this linear needs to have a good chunk knocked off the price. $120 or $140 would be tempting, but at nearly $200 for 50ml TV is the kind of scent I'll pine for but never buy unless $200 somehow dropped onto my lap.

I got cherries, chai, cloves and raisins. And, supposedly a hint of tobacco in there somewhere. All in all, way too sweet for my taste. For the first few hours Tobacco Vanille smelled ok in it's own spicy way, but by the time everything dried down, a nasty hospital/medicinal/plasticky resin stench flipped me the bird before everything finally faded out. This wretched swill stinks to high Hell.

The best vanilla scent out there, suiting ages from 20 to 100 years old.

FANTASTIC!
The tobacco adds the pinch of drama to make it mature

The cacao creates the warmth needed to comfort you

This is a monster in all senses - sillage, duration and complexity of full-on fragrant notes. Unfortunately on my skin there is no real tobacco or even vanilla note, it's pure potent Christmas pudding, which is not the effect I had wanted! Gorgeous on others, this mixes badly with my skin chemistry.

I agree with jocontrol 100%!
The tobacco note in this one definitely smells like chai, when i first spritzed i used these exact words "mmm vanilla tea!!"
Now, as much as i like this, but this note in perfumes in not my cup of tea... (pun intended)

LOVE LOVE LOVE the opening; it's perfectly sweet and spicy. i swore i could have smelled some cinnamon and black licorice in there.

i have one little problem with the drydown, however, and it's the same problem i always have with tobacco fragrances: it smells like tea to me. chai tea. i still love this fragrance but that perceived tea note does bother me.

amazing smell. tried it and fall in love. dont have it yet. quite heavy but unique and powerful

Isn't it strange how so many complain that it's too simple and/or that it's too expensive, yet it is certainly popular. So, if this is the case, why hasn't another company just marketed a fragrance that is nearly identical, which is legal? They could even call it Vanilla Tobacco Supreme, for example. I like it, but because it's a bit simple I can only wear it once a month, at most. This is also the case because I have several tobacco fragrances (Michael for Men, Le Dandy, etc.) and don't like to wear one more than twice a week.

This is powerful and lasts a very long time. I just spray once, a couple inches above the navel, to prevent possible nausea, and that seems to work fine. I think I may dilute some with vodka because it's probably even too strong that way. I think that while tobacco fragrance fans should sample this one, even those who don't probably should as well (so long as you like vanilla), because the tobacco isn't that strong within the overall composition; it's just strong because the fragrance is very strong (hence the idea about dilution).

I like it so much I have no words for it! I am running low on it and I'm going to buy it again. Perfect combo of vanille and tobacco. I feel like I'm in an old noir film with voluptuous woman when I am wearing this.

Tried it at the department store yesterday and while I did have the cash with me, didn't buy it in the end.

It really is a beautiful tobacco and vanilla perfume on me. I don't detect any spice at all and barely any honey. Just those two notes, which I happen to love. Also, the lasting power was amazing; two spritzes on my wrist and I could detect it until late at night. It's comforing, warm, mellow and just sweet enough not to be cloying. I'd love to bask in this scent but there's one thing stopping me:

My husband brought home a month ago from Duty Free, a packet of vanilla scented tobacco for a coworker who smokes pipe tobacco. The whole weekend we had the closed packet in the foyer, and everytime we passed from there, we would both stop and inhale the gorgeous scent (neither me nor my husband are smokers). It was an amazing smell and we both commented on that many times:) Well, that scent is 100% exactly like TV. So, the question is, do I really want to smell like raw tobacco, even an exquisitely fragranced one? I have the feeling that when I enter a room, people will start asking "who's smoking a pipe in here?" and that's not the effect I'm striving for. On the other hand, I just can't stop smelling my wrist; it IS an unbelievably haunting fragrance, I just don't think I'll be able to wear it very often and the price is such that doesn't allow for mistakes and regrets. I'll probably indulge in a decant first and if I go through it real fast, the small bottle will be next!

Note: I also own and adore Fumerie Turque, which I have to say, is less sweet than TV and more formal than cudly & comforting as opposed to TV. Though they both have tobacco and vanilla as main notes, the effect is completely different so don't buy TV untested just because you love FT.

okay tried it again - liked it more changed my mind about it being an old man's fragrance - it’s very mature though

Pipe tobacco and vanilla i thought the this mix was such a risk umm i liked but not loved ,i don’t think anyone can pull this off!!i know i couldn’t but i would reaallly love to smell this scent on a slightly older but fit man

This smells like the gussied up version of La Perla Touch. The scent is pretty sweet and intense at the top notes and it sticks around for 30 minutes or so in this phase. It slowly transitions to a warm spicy vanilla with a hint of tobacco. I have been wearing it for6 hours now and the scent is beautiful right now.

I will layer this with La Perla to add the musk element, otherwise these two fragrances are kissing cousins.

A beautiful fragrance with the tobacco and vanille going hand in hand with spice to provide pleasure to the senses. The only thing that lets it down is it's nuclear strength!

I will be first to say this fragrance is worth the price for 3.4 oz spray.

Magnificent blend of rich tobacco from a humidor jar mixed with rich vanilla with a touch of honey. Not one note stands out but all blend together in sublime perfectness.

This has become my fall signature.

This is a quality product for sure! The accords in it very much harmonize with each other without beeing one of them dominant over the other one. Kind of reminds me of freshly collected (very) sweet type of honey mixed with tobacco + vanilla. Like you collect the honey and then bring it into an old tobacco-smooky farm-house on the country side (in Europe! as I only experienced honey collecting on European farms), that's the feel it gives to me. By smelling it near to your hand you get the honey accord more, from a distance you get more the tobacco accord of it.
For those who like honey type of sweet fragrances mixed with tobacco, it is recommended as a quality product.

I absolutely love this fragrance. A complete masterpiece in my opinion!

Just making things short: honey, vanilla and tobacco never were so good on my skin, and this combination stays and projects forever!

A MUST TRY for anyone who loves sweet fragrances.

Dos this cost me a lot I was at Holt Renfrew in Toronto and for a 100 ML I paid almost $400 but I love it so I have no regrets .

guys try Baldessarini Strictly Private it projects a better smell and more notes than this one !!!

Who likes TF Tobacco Vanille will love Strictly Private

Smooth and rich, it's an impressive perfume - vanilla and tobacco with a powerful clove drydown - unfortunately that's the bit I don't like (that and the high price).

Bought a decant of Tobacco Vanille. What i got mainly on my skin were cloves, cloves and cloves. And it projected for ages. I don't think the hype revolving around this fragrance is well justified.

Poor quality vanilla component ruins an adequate tobacco scent. Half the typical price is not justified.

Well worth the investemt!

I'd read about this and thought I'd give it a try. I normally shy away from the Tom Ford section because whenever I go anywhere near it the sales people always hover around as if they think I'm trying to shoplift. So annoying.

Anyway, there were no sales reps there today, so I gave it a try. And the first thing I thought was "cough medicine mixed with a touch of Aramis". I can smell the tobacco, and the vanilla is in there as well but this one just isn't for me.

The one thing that did surprise me is just how cheap the packaging is. Really lightweight with lots of plastic. Considering this is at the high end of the high end, you would think that Estee Lauder would have put in a bit of an effort to make it look as good as it does in the commercials.

But then, I think we all know now that nothing is as good as it looks in advertisements.

If you want to pay for the privilege of smelling like a packet of sweet pipe tobacco, this is your fragrance.

Follow up. I'm eating my words. At Nieman Marcus I put a full spray on my wrist and sprayed my neck and the front of my sweater. Well let me tell you, I take back my first unenthusiastic review and now give this fragrance a big thumbs up! I bought the bottle. It is very well composed. The vanilla and tobacco, yes it is there but the dry down is to die for. The dry down goes to another level. It is deeper and I think, rides close to the skin, but it is there and it smells wonderful. It is my favorite part of the fragrance and I can't wait for the fragrance to evolve and get to it. It is elegant for evening and great for blue jean weekends. It is a big wrist sniffer pick me up. No problems for the office, just make sure you spray your wrists so that you can take your hits on it during the day.

I wish I would have never tested this!
And its only because now that I have, I WANT THIS BADLY!

At first I get a kickback of red cinnamon & some clove spice, like that in a red chewing gum, or the candied spice in a "Mike & Ike". But then it rounds itself out into a mature vanilla & sweet tobacco scent, along with something else, maybe licorice.

It's sexy, dark, and daring for a woman. Oh yes! But I think that's what makes it so intriguing. I know a man can wear this also, and I definitely hope they would, but I would almost prefer to smell it on a female... a femme fatale. Maybe she's unconventional, secretly smokes a pipe, or rolls her own cigars??? Who knows! But this scent alone would make her extraordinary!

I just had a spray on my wrist in a fragrance shop today, and for the next 9 hours its sweet caramel and vanilla composition gave me a constant headache until I washed it off. There's no doubt about the quality of ingredients in this work, which might appeal best to those who like to see a dominant particular note in a fragrance, but I would go with the overall composition of a perfume that keeps me constantly involved, rather than listening to the same ode to vanilla all the time.

This is a very complex scent. Funnily enough, I don't get much of the tobacco note. More of a deep vanilla and something else I can't describe. It's boozy but not as much as I would have thought. I don't understand why it gets so much hype. I do really like it though. It reminds me of an old world wooden library.

I enjoy the masculine-leaning unisex top notes. Rich tobacco meets smooth vanilla, in a seductive, out-of-harmony, yin-yang dance, that cannot and should not be ignored. Unfortunately, this phase was fleeting. Once the music stops, the tobacco disappears. The drydown is pretty much all vanilla on me, and not my very favorite vanilla at that. Over time, the vanilla becomes unpleasantly generic. I have to wash it off.

Well, I bought this fragrance after sampling it several times. At first I thought it was nice but not great, but now I appreciate it even more,it's composition. It is superb with what I would call the Arturo Fuente Opus X cigar scent and a medium strength vanilla. It is a bit boozy, like Goslings rum. Very masculine, very sophisticated. The dry down is where you will experience the cocoa. I sprayed some on my son just to see what it smells like on another person and it smelled great, and he loves it too and wants his own bottle of it. It rides close to the skin, but you will get whiffs of it throughout the day. It lasts a good 8 to 10 hours.

I so want to try this. Instead of buying a sample, I'd like to sample it free in a retail store. Where is it carried?

I don't think this is as simple as the note pyramid suggests. I get spice and an herbal kind of note (in the far drydown). In any case, some people seem to think the vanilla is too strong, while others think the tobacco is too strong. I think the balance is very good. There seems to be a dried fruit kind of note up top, which recedes to the background over time. It's a bit sweet but not nearly as much as some recent fragrances. I like that it doesn't become syrupy or powdery, as so many amber fragrances do. This one, for me, has enough "counterpoint" to the heavy, sweet, vanillic element. I can understand the idea that it gets a bit boring over time, but I don't think this is one to be studied. It may be a "one hit wonder, but it's going to be on the charts at #1 for a long time. It's creamy and rich, olfactory decadence for sure. Longevity and projection/"sillage" are excellent.

Unique, very well-blended, in a way quite simple, which is the greatest surprising factor. You go like: how come no one ever thought about blending tobacco and vanilla together? This scent is just amazing, it's been on my skin for 14 hours now - and vigourously breathing. Not even Joop or Aman can achieve this spectacular record... Tobacco Vanille is not just an overpriced fragrance. It's not just a marketing coup as some say. It's for real one of the best fragrances out there. Of course the difficulty to find it and the price it costs give it an unreachabale aura. Now I gotta have my bottle too... Meanwhile, I'll enjoy my 5ml decant.

update: just got my full 50 ml bottle... It's definetly my passion at the moment. Feel like eating my wrists. Can't imagine any woman wearing this. As someone above has said, it has to be a very daring woman. Love the blend.

Probably the most nauseating perfume experience I've had since Serge Lutens' Miel de Bois. The opening was very delicious and boozy vanilla, very nice actually, but soon morphed into such a excruciatingly, sticky sweet scent that I actually became sick to my stomach. After two hours, I still didn't sense much tobacco to calm down the vanilla, and in the end reached for the baby wipes to scrub this one off.

Thumbs way down.

This is very strong and it has been almost 9 hours since I tested it in the Dept Store and it is still smelling very strongly on my hand. I get a very sweet pipe tobacco smell with heavy vanilla and cocoa. I prefer it in the dry down and am not too keen on the initial top notes on application. The projection and sillage from one squirt from the bottle is huge and lasts for a very very long time on my skin. I also get a fruit cake scent mixed in with a woody scent too. I don't know when I would wear this apart from winter/xmas time as it reminds me of that season. I will probably buy a few sample size vials as it so strong and I would never use the smallest size bottle they had in the store which was very expensive!!!

Well, it is day 5 wearing these samples of tobacco vanille. The verdict is inconclusive. It is linear in it's top notes, light tobacco, the boozey vanilla, it does get a little caramelly and cocoa in the drydown, which I think is it's best quality. This indeed rides close to the skin. I get compliments on Hermessence Narguilie and creed's Sublime Vanille but not on this one. It did not live up to the hype, that being said, it is a very nice scent. The best vanilla in my humble opinion is Sublime Vanille and that one rides close to the skin as well. I'll give it another week to test, but so far - no buy.

On my skin:
Top:
Vanilla: 50%
Tobacco: 50% , 6-8 hours

Middle:
Vanilla: 70%
Tobacco: 30%, 3-4 hours

Base:

Vanilla: 80-90%
Tobacco: 10%, 3-4 hours

Wow, this is for girls? Don't think so....seriously, this is extreme. It should have been labelled eau de parfum extreme instead. With the label warning of 'extremely strong'

I was about to blind buy this, seriously love the name, tobacco vanillle.

But as I am not really a collector, I just enjoy the samples, so when I try, I think I have made a good 'investment' not to blind buy it.

Seriously, this is a hit or miss fragrance. Some people will enjoy it, some will hate it. I am on the linear side.

Its good. Really its good. Sillage is like a monster.
PEOPLE WILL NOTICE YOU (1 on the neck and you are set for 24 hours!!!)

I enjoy tobacco and vanilla, but this....kinds of cloy my nose.

This is a lounge fragrance. You know, having a drink with your buddy. I can't imagine wearing this at work. Man.... its crazy. If you think the real cigars can cut this, your are wrong.

My warning to all purchasers:

Sample it first. I repeat. Sample it first.

Best at the night, cold nights.

My rating (base on 5 stars)

Scent: 5(Unique for sure).

Sillage: 5 (Monster).

Time length: 5 (Monster).

Occasion: 1 (night lounge).

Overall base on mathematics: 4/5

A good scent that won't be in my usage...for now. I might revisit it when I am like...40 years old? =p

I expected to love this, as I'm a vanilla lover, but this was just so syrupy sweet and strong that I couldn't bear it. Could be lovely I think if it came in a watered down version. However think it is as advertised. You definitely get the smell of an old gentleman's club with how the tobacco intertwines with the vanilla. The dry down is nice, but the first, like three hours are overpowering. My cat however, went absolutely crazy for this for some strange reason! He couldn't get enough! :)

How can I begin to describe this awesome scent ?
It is hauntingly delicious, mysterious and oh so tempting ! When I first wore TV at the office two of my lady colleagues went rampant over it :-) Well, almost :-)
They loved the scent describing it as something they had never smelled before. Neither had I.
TV begins with a rather sharp and striking note of cloves and other spices, then turns into a big big vanilla darling, on my skin the tobacco remains rather subtle. In the further drydown I detect honey and caramel - it is a dream !
Its price is definitely rather a nightmare but well, what can you do ?
TV is absolutely unisex, so ladies, do not hesitate to try this if you love vanilla and spices. By the way I do not smoke :-) So please do not worry about the tobacco, it smells un-smoked and very very pleasing.

This is the best fragrance in the entire world. Fact. I am actually in love with this perfume, like, real 'I spray it and get all happy and emotional' kind of love. I love the chic box, the stylish bottle, even just seeing everything labelled 'Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille' makes me excited.
I saved and saved to buy a bottle of this, and felt so proud walking away from the Tom Ford counter with my beautiful Tobacco Vanille in an equally beautiful black Tom Ford bag. I even love the fact it's so expensive, because it makes wearing it feel such a luxury, that no matter where you are or what you're doing, you're wearing a small bit of expensive luxury. The price also stops the fragrance becoming commercial and prevents 'just anyone' from owning it - the person who owns a Private Blend is a true perfume connoisseur!
Now, I suppose if I'm going to post a review, I actually ought to talk about the fragrance! Well, let me start by saying - you will never smell anything like this with any other fragrance. From the first spritz, Tobacco Vanille is at once sweet, warm and spicy. It smells, as you might say, expensive. This, although it claims to make an appearance later, is where I smell the cocoa - and not a sickly sort of chocolate smell, but a true, refined cocoa: rich and sumptuous. Of course, it wouldn't be Tobacco Vanille without tobacco and vanilla! These both make themselves present in an outstanding manner, both decorated with spicy, and as some have said, Christmas notes, not dissimilar to festive treats such as nutmeg and cinnamon. The tobacco is in perfect ratio to all the other essences - not too herby/smoky, but instead just at the right level of providing a mesmerising intricacy, reminiscent of winter nights and gentlemen's clubs (as was Tom Ford's intent). I can assume the rich, velvet accord is provided throughout by the tonka bean - again, in perfect synchronisation with all other aspects of the fragrance. Tobacco Vanille is consistent throughout, or as some others may say, one dimensional, but to that I would say 'If perfection is achieved within the first spray, why attempt to create anything further for the sake of the mass?' - after all, as Mr. Ford said in an interview, the Private Blend is not meant to be a universal fragrance, it is a niche, it appeals to a certain sort of person; you will either fall in love with it for what it is, or you won't.
As I said at the start of this miniature essay (my élan a testament to my adoration), everything about this fragrance for me is perfect. Yes, it's expensive, but if you can afford it, and if you love it, go for it - you won't regret it!

TOBACCO VANILLE is the fourth Tom Ford creation that I've had the pleasure of sniffing, and I see a governing aesthetic coming into view for this house. I would compare it, texture-wise to gourmet caramel. Thick, rich, relatively homogeneous, made of only a few simple yet very high quality ingredients with a great deal of heft--these are not lightweight frags. I'm not saying that Tom Ford produces caramelly perfumes in the sense of "foody" or gourmand. No, I'm saying that they share a common aesthetic of delicious voluptuousness. TF perfumes wear the way caramel rolls over the tongue.

Just as well-made caramel sauce is a pleasure not only for its taste, Tom Ford perfumes offer a similar combination of comfort and seduction. They are so directly sensual, particularly in the early stages, that I would not recommend them for office wear--possibly too much (though it would depend upon where one works...)

TOBACCO VANILLE opens slightly sweet and lusciously rich but dries down to a more and more masculine fresh pipe tobacco scent. I know this because it reminds me of my stepfather, who carries a pouch of pipe tobacco with him wherever he goes. (Little does he know that he smells like the drydown of a Tom Ford perfume!) Although I initially found TOBACCO VANILLE a touch on the feminine side, as the sweet vanilla subsided, ceding to a dominant tobacco drydown, the overall effect seemed quite a bit more masculine to me. More masculine, in fact, than Creed TABAROME and certainly less feminine than Trussardi JEANS--two other tobacco perfumes which I esteem.

The viscous rich caramel texture which I love in the opening of TOBACCO VANILLE makes me wish for more of the same, and since I prefer the opening to the lengthy drydown, I'm probably better off with the TF ORCHID and PATCHOULI perfumes... Like the other TF compositions I've tried, TOBACCO VANILLE has extraordinary longevity, but I do feel that it may be better suited for men.

My mother, my male cousin, my best guy friend and I all find ourselves to be in love with TF Tobacco vanille. I believe it is unisex but i think its a little manly on its own, so i will often layer it with a sweeter vanilla (usually my favorite, tihota- the combination of the 2 is amazing!) I love tom ford, I have the collection of minis from the private collection and a bottle of this, black violet, black orchid, and black orchid fluer. My favorites from him are black orchid, black violet and of course, tobacco vanille!

I find this to be strictly a man's fragrance. A rich blend of the finest pipe tobacco and vanilla.

Now when I say man - I mean a well established man in his life and career. I can truly understand Tom's price point for this product it is only mean for those who can afford such luxury in their lives.

Tobacco Vanille, mon amour!

I was so very curious about this fragrance for a very long time now. I found it much more wearable than Black Orchid, and dont get me wrong, I love Black Orchid, but I can wear it very rarely when I am in a special mood, and not all occasions seem approproate for it.
Tobaco Vanille hit the perfect balance between the smoky tobacco and the sweetness. I have tested a few 'tobacco' perfumes today, a few gave my nose very hard times, a few smelled like mouldy basements, and I started thinking that me and this note are not meant to be friends. But who says you cant have a cake and eat it? Yes you can, with this creation from Tom Ford!
Tobacco here is spicy, yet round, pleasant, but not 'edible sweet'. Kind of made me think of Oxford, wearing Tobacco vanille would be like having a chocolate bar in one of its old libraries. It's funny how on me the tobacco note always comes first, and only later the sweet cocoa-vanille notes take over. Definitely a very interesting one, my only wish is that the price could be a little lower...

My father is American and lives in the US, so he kindly offered to bring this one over. It is all I thought it would be and more! Creamy, enveloping, refined, alluring, delicios, and above all outstanding. It is the only vanilla fragrance (pure vanilla I mean) that i can wear and love. Incomparable, imo. Evokes a Victorian gentleman's sitting room, with bookshelves, paintings, velvet sofas, fireplace, and cigar smoking away in a silver tray. Bravo Tom Ford!

After all the raves I thought this one would be outstanding. I was a tad disappointed. There's a couple things that factor into that.

The first being I am having a love affair with Ambre Narguile. If you want a cozy, spicy, slightly gourmand, fresh moist tobacco scent, go for that one.

The second being I nearly had to bathe in this! Talk about close to the skin!!

The scent itself is more subtle than Ambre Narguile. What makes it differ is there is a very slight note in there (not listed) that helps to lighten it up some and make it so you can wear it more often/more occasions than Ambre Narguile.

It's light unflavored raw tobacco with a not too sweet vanilla note to it. I don't pick up the chocolate at all. It's pretty basic.

It's better than a lot of tobacco scents I've tried but it is not outstanding. I'm sticking with my love, Ambre Narguile.

Oh gosh, I was reviewing the wrong scent in my last review. I thought I was reviewing for TF Amber Absolute.

Ok, now for this scent. On first application it reminded me of Organza Indecence or Tea for Two by L'artisan. As it wears the spice lingers on and I get a warm, spicy scent with vanilla achoring the spice. It still reminds me of tea for two, but this is stonger and lasts longer.

I was hoping that this fragrance would remind me my dads tobacco pipe he used to smoke when I was a kid. But I dont get the tobacco interpretation. Frankly it smells good but not great or anything I ever need to have.

But if you like oriental spicy scents as I do. This is a good one to explore.

Well, Im have the opposite view of Raina. I find this to be mostly a vanillic scent. Not spicy enough, and I honestly dont get any tobacco. I find it smells like a boozy, amber scent with a typical vanilla/amber drydown that isnt new to me. I agree, this is overhyped. Its way too overpriced and overrated.

I was so disappointed with this. I ordered up a sample and spritz some on wrist with the highest of expectations. Turns out the hype was just that; hype.

I now fully understand why this is unisex; its a combination of an old man's aftershave, toothpaste, and the very faintest hint of vanilla. Now before you fragrance aficionados scoff and lift your noses at me, I didn't not like it, just that I know its something I will never ever wear.

I can see this working for an older and more mature woman who rides a motorcycle and wears leather like she was born to. I love true vanillas, and the vanilla in this is so wonderful that it makes me so sad that its buried under all that tobacco and spice.

If you're a gourmand fan this probably won't be to your liking as its very sharp and you can only detect the vanilla if you hold the area of application under your nose and focus really hard on sniffing it out. However if you like that spice with the tiniest hint of sexy, then go for it, this is for you. I will not be purchasing.

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

I have noticed that this one of the most loved Tom Ford private blend scents which is why it pains me to say it was just not for me. Like Tuscan Leather, I got an immediate headache from a whiff of it. It smelt like an old gentlemens club. For men, this may be more appealing or for women who like really strong cigar smelling fragrances. It is just not an appealing smell to me, I prefer tobacco scents such as Hot Couture which have a softer more feminine drydown. I just recommend you sample before you buy a full bottle because this is very masculine.

Well, what can I possibly say to describe this amazing fragrance that hasn't already been said?

To me, Tobacco Vanille is sex in a bottle. This fragrance seems to be edible, however I wouldn't classify it as a gourmand.

I've grown up surrounded by the scent of tobacco, however I am never repulsed by it. The smokiness of the scent seems to be a comforting medium for me. When combined with the rich vanilla in this fragrance, the tobacco really takes on that soothing feel. It feels rather 'homey'.

The scent is very strong at first, very rich and tobacco-y. If you've ever smelt a packet of cigarettes you'll find that they have a slight raisin type smell. This certain smell has been emulated in Tobacco Vanille's opening.

The vanilla is sweet, yet not too sweet. This is certainly something that would smell amazing on both men and women, a true unisex fragrance.

Expensive, yet well worth the money spent. Tobacco Vanille has amazing sillage strength and lasting power. I'm talking in terms of days. Since this is the only fragrance from Tom Ford's line that I've tried, I am very interested in testing them all.

As its name says, Tobacco Vanille is tobacco leaves and vanila. It is just perfect and somehow addictive.

It starts with sweet vanilla and fresh tobacco leaves. It is quite spicy in a sweet sexy way.
After a while the tobacco gets more dominant and it is really sensual, and it reminds me a lot of Havana Vanille by L'Artisian Parfumeur, but Tobacco Vanille at this stage has a more masculine touch.
The dry down is to die for. It smells like sweet, cosy, nice vanila blended with a pinch of autumn dry leaves.

I adore Havana Vanille, and now I've found that Tobacco Vanille is a more sophiscated grown-up multifaced slightly darker version of it. I'm totally falling for it.
Worth trying!

This so reminds me of my late father-in-law. He used to smoke the pipe and he enjoyed saying the term ''blend and blend all the way'':).Well vanilla & english toasted tabocco all smoked up and there you have Tobacco Vanille by TF.

Comforting in a strange way but not to actually spritz yourself like a pipe lounge.

This is not what I expected, but it is wonderful. This could be the perfect cold weather fragrance for me. More floral and sweet that I expected, but not in a cloying way at all. Smells fresh, rich, spicy, warm and a little fruity all at the same time. The tobacco is there, but not overwhelming and blended in very well – like sweet vanilla pipe tobacco. The scent is very strong and long lasting. Lovely, but use a light hand in applying.

Tobacco Vanille is exactly like walking into a small cozy cigar shop. A bin of vanilla tobacco sits by the door hitting you as you walk in, the aroma blended with the cup of Chai tea the cashier has. I love this smell. It's warm, sweet, and comforting. Truly I could swear there's essence of Chai tea blended in. As mentioned by others the lasting power is incredible. If you have fond memories of friends or fathers smoking pipes, or visits to the cigar shop, this will take you on a blissful trip down memory lane. And you'll love every moment of it.

It is not that I dislike this scent, but I just cannot see myself spending the $$$.$$ for it. The Tobacco and the vanilla really compliment each other and mesh very well. However, The scent leaves me wanting more which to me usually means its an average scent. Overall 6/10 for a man.

This is one perfume that delivers exactly what its name promises - tobacco and vanilla/tonka. At first the tobacco seems dry and crumbly, like old dried leaves that are disintegrating. Then the vanilla comes through and mellows the tobacco, although it never becomes as moist and aromatic a scent as I recall my father's pipe tobacco being. TV is a fairly linear scent, with the tobacco staying in the forefront the entire time. This is a scent that I'd have to really be in the mood for, not one that I'd want to wear every day. I'd be curious to smell it on a hot day, though.

This is perfection. I was finding Lolita Lempicka EDP and Hermes Ambre Narguile too heavy for the spring/summer months or what purports to be the spring/summer months in Ireland and have now found the perfect fragrance for this time. It is also perfect the rest of the year.

Tobacco Vanille is not what I would call gourmand. The vanilla seems to round out the tobacco in the most pleasant way. The way the tobacco and vanilla play off each other is complicated but comforting. Imagine finding your non-smoking mother baking but with a cigarette in one hand and a tray of cookies straight from the oven in the other. (Inspired maybe by that photo of Sopia Loren taking the pizza out of the oven.)

The vanilla is clean and almost sharp without the warmth many vanilla fragrances have. The tobacco is pleasurable and not dirty. The two together so blatantly and contradictory yet working together so well just makes you take notice but then step back and enjoy it without overanalysing it.

I have a 4ml bottle of this and am going to buy the full size, which will mean my life will be cheese sandwiches for a month but so worth it!

If you get a chance, please do try this. You might find you are most pleasantly surprised.

Definitely delicious. It almost reminds me of a clove cigarette with the smokey spice notes, but overall it's a delicious vanilla tobacco scent without reminding me of 'grandpa's pipe' sort of scents. Lovely and very wearable for either sex.

does anyone know of a scent that smells similar to tobacco vanille?! i freakin love it but its just a little too pricy for me! please comment if u have any suggestions! thanks!

True to its name, this scent is all about tobacco and vanilla, or, maybe more accurately, vanilla tobacco. Rather than coming across as two separate notes, the two are blended perfectly into a sweet and spicy, uplifting fragrance. The tobacco isn't that of a lit nor unlit cigarette or even a quality cigar; it's the most comforting of tobacco smells, at least to me: pipe tobacco. It's not harsh or invasive but warm and inviting. People often cough when they walk by cigarette smokers, but, more often than not, people smile and remark on how good it smells when someone nearby is smoking a pipe. It is, however, a dangerous scent. Though the sillage and longevity are great, at $180 for 50ml, this juice is prohibitively expensive. Even for what is obviously high quality stuff, I have a hard time thinking about dropping nearly $200 on 1.7 ounces of anything. Fortunately, the first time I smelled it, the SA was nice enough to make me a 4ml sample (really well done too; a little glass jar with the gold Tom Ford label with the name of the scent), which works out to be about $15 worth. For me, this is the ultimate fall fragrance (maybe it's the similarity between the sweet smell of TV's tobacco and the sweet smell of hay in the sunshine); I just hope I can save up enough to get a bottle by then.

I found this description: tobacco with notes of tobacco leaf, spice notes, tonka bean, tobacco flower, vanila, cocoa, dry fruit, sweetwood sap –smells like pipe tobacco. This is delicious! Sweet, but not too sweet, mostly vanilla but the other notes come through, too. It really lasts; I could still smell it on my wrist the next morning. My husband liked it very much and said that he'd wear it, too.