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dakikrim – :
Nice old fashioned fougere of the “barbershop” kind. Clean and somewhat butch but soft enough to fit contemporary aesthetics. Good performance on skin, manages to project that clean-cut vibe up until the drydown where it suddenly switches to a labdanum-moss combo that feels too agrestic and dissonant with the main theme.
Fougeres are a dime a dozen and while clearly the effort that went into this is obvious, the level of sophistication of doesn’t quite set it apart from a mainstream offering or even some supermarket classics (not enough to justify its price anyway). Even if I was a fougere collector this would be towards the end of my list as there are many other compositions more inspired, more appealing and less costly than Fougere d’Argent.
alexzoner – :
if you want to burn 300 Euros on a skin scent this is for you!
Whiliapyday – :
Very well blended, soft and rich masculine fragrance, a homage to late 70’s and early 80’s classics like Creed Bois de Portugal or YSL Rive Gauche with sharp barbery accords toned down throwing you back in time and giving you the sensation of luxury.
qcu164Bessinepome – :
wonderful blast of lavender in the opening notes
after a few minutes a pathetic dry down sets in
a very expensive skin scent!
aryo – :
wonderful scent in the opening, after an hour all is left is just nothing, tested it today for the second time with more sprays and all I could get was nothing, my GF share the same opinion
Poor quality scent. Projects and has the longevity that the Private Collection is known for lately…that is Pure Nothingness with an heft price tag!
GooDMaN – :
Excellent quality scent. Projects and has the longevity that the private collection is known for
unlile – :
I thought I recognized and already owned this!! I kept sniffing my wrist and said, “This smells like something I have…”. It’s amazing how fragrances have the tendency to “twin”…and it smells like one of my favorites, and SADLY DISCONTINUED, Donna Karan Woman. LOL
van948 – :
Initially I wasn’t sure about this. It was like a fougere with some parts cut out of it. And that was a little baffling. I was worried it was too soft, and too sweet. But after letting it sit on my skin for an hour or so, it got much better. It turned into a soft and pleasant fougere. Not exactly the dry powerhouse fougeres I crave, but still pleasing. I think it’s worth checking out.
Soulu – :
If you like Amouage Reflection and Serge Lutens Gris Clair you’ll like this. A sophisticated lavender-tonka at the beginning and a “hot iron” molecule in the dry down.
A polite, not loud fragrance. A beauty.
deaklysak – :
Underrated!!!! This is beautiful, mandarine and the ginger and lavender!! Wow! what a winner! this is Tom Ford at his best!
It has an aquatic type style to it, fresh and unisex!!
I am normally a white floral and leather type girl and I love OUD mineral.
This is mindblowing! the initial spray is of mandarine and then the dry down smells of lavender and ginger with a beautiful type freshness that is not only winter but summer.
A man can wear this and a female! it oozes style!!
OMG, what an amazing scent!!
Smile78 – :
Reminds me of Creed Viking gone flat. Strong muscle rub lotion, minty….harsh.
AureliaGoro – :
Finally a new Tom Ford I can actually say I love. Is it a beast? No. Is it wild and crazy different? No. But it has that Tom Ford note and I love it.
I do detect the slight metallic note from whatever it is, but the coumarin give it that smooth spicey appeal.
Gensa – :
with some projection, sillage and duration this could have been one hell of a good fragrance, but they have chose to water it down from the beginning instead of waiting for a couple of years as they did with their previous scent, with outings like this the whole brand is going down the drain…like dior has already done with their Private Line, disposable skinscents with the price tag of an extrait… res ipsa loquitur!
pismKaspquids – :
This one surprised me. It has a nice opening, with something that reminds me a bit of chocolate. Note that it doesn’t smell like chocolate at all, it just has a sweet impression right at the beginning that kinda has that vibe. It dries down to something really pleasant. Even though it’s not listed as a note I also pick up something slightly minty and fresh in the drydown. Overall pretty solid release.
Scorpion_666 – :
Interesting scent with a very pleasant opening, alas it lasts very little and soon turns into a skin scent, price tag is beast mode, don’t think I’ll pay that much for a skin scent…eau de perfume?……do me a favour!
cspinel – :
We picked up our BIG 8.5oz Decanter today at Nordstrom. What a wonderful scent. We currently have full size decanters of TF Noir de Noir, Tobacco Vanille and Patchouli Absolu, and this d’Argent is a wonderful addition to our collection.
d’Argent is fresh, green, spicy, slightly warm and super clean. It smells at once old fashioned and comforting, and yet totally modern. I would say this leans more “masculine”, but I have many more “feminine” scents that I wear, that IMO smell better on a man (me) than many “colognes”.
This d’Argent does not have beast mode of Tobacco Vanille or for sure not as nuclear strong as Patchouli Absolu, but longevity is 4-6 hours and sillage is soft, but not weak. When d’Argent is at the end of it’s life…it is a beautiful and soft skin, soapy scent (kind of like German 4711).
timoha24 – :
This is a nice unisex fougere fragrance. The lavender note in here is very sharp and almost exactly the same as is found in SL Gris Clair. Good for all seasons and occasions.
dieux999 – :
Tom Ford knows very well that within his universe of users there are two things that sell very well: provocation, usually conceptual and with a touch of explicit sensuality / sexuality, and timelessness, reinterpreted so that it loses an old aspect and wins the aura of extravagant luxury that allows you to charge exclusivity prices. Attentive to the market trends, the brand has recently invested in the Fougeres, an olfactory family that has been reborn in the luxury segment recently. If in Fucking Fabulous the brand goes more for the sensual / shocking, in Fougere d’Argent it bets on the classic reinterpreted.
With marketing being marketing, Fougere d’Argente is sold as a bold reimagining of the fougere accord, which is falsely sold with the idea that oak moss is no longer available and that to compose the Fougere accord with lavender and coumarin the brand goes in a provocative direction by using instead of the moss the Givaudan captive called Akigalawood, which is mentioned as a patchouli derivation with a spicy, woody and bitter aspect. In practice, there is nothing exactly daring here, the most daring in practice is the transformation of a classic fougere in the style of a Fougere Royale into a modern olfactory symphony that can be sold exclusively.
It is necessary, rather, to correct the false idea that the brand sells of that a Fougére accord is formed only by lavender, coumarin and oak moss. Although these 3 components are essential, a Fougére accord also involves the use of geranium and vetiver and it is not uncommon to also find elements like clove and patchouli in the basic formulation of a fougere. Now there are available to the perfumer versions of oak moss that have a low content of the molecules that can cause allergy and since the 80s it were already created fougere perfumes with low levels of natural oak moss, using synthetics and anchoring the base in patchouli. In practice, the brand sells a false boldness related to a technical restriction to pass under the nose of the consumer a repagination precisely of the elements that make a classical fougere dated.
Thus the modernization of the classical family in Fougere d’Argent focuses on simplifying the olfactory elements of a fougere base while maintaining the contrast between the fresh lavender scent, the green, slightly sweet aspect of the coumarin and the earthy and woody aroma of the base. At the opening, the perfume passes an interesting clean and slightly metallic aura, which seems to emanate from the lavender itself. The lavender does not have functional connotations and together with the coumarin it forms a beautiful Fougere accord, curiously between a classic like the Fougere Royale and a more modern oriental fougere, something in the line of an Amouage Reflection Man, but less floral and more focused on the dynamics of lavender-coumarin. As promised in the description, the base delivers the woody and slightly bitter and spicy nuances, devoid of the most earthy and classic aspect of a classic fougere base. Fougere d’Argent sells its concept well, calibrating the modernization of the fougere idea to the extent that it does not sound banal. That this in 2018 id sold as luxury is more a marketing issue that the brand has wisely tapped since the beginning of its existence.
Jabisguirerus – :
Man this is a damn good scent, it hooks you, Fresh, Clean, Greenish, more on the masculine side. It could of been a masterful scent, but here’s the let down though, an instant skin scent for a eau de parfum. This is the only reason I didn’t buy. I just bought samples online instead.
Diamond-2210 – :
I went to Nieman Marcus to try the Vert line and of all the cards that got sprayed there was one that stuck out. We narrowed it down to this so I took home a sample.
Whatever it was on the card I don’t get it on my skin. Pretty soft projection from the get go and it falls to skin scent quite quickly. Stays noticeable on the skin for a few hours but seems like pretty awful perfomance. I was running errands by myself so maybe its projecting more than I can detect and just didn’t have anyone to verify.
It’s a nice scent and I think perfectly unisex. I couldn’t really recognize any notes and got an overall root-beer/rubbery-woods accord. Even with better projection I don’t think I’d wear this, but it’s nice and has a high quality feel to it. “Sophisticated” is a perfect descriptor. If someone liked it I think they’d be hard pressed to justify paying private line prices for it.
Edit 8/29/18
My first review was after two wearings, and after three more I’ve done a complete 180. Well, maybe not complete 180, but I’ve come to love it so much that I’m trying hard to justify the private line prices. Most recently I applied with a heavy hand (wondering if I was getting too little juice from my decant) and found quickly that it can indeed be oversprayed. But even without going that far I do actually get better sillage than I realized before. Five sprays today (which is usually the most I’ll go with anything) and at around the 7-8 hour mark I found myself catching whiffs when getting up and sitting down at my desk, or when changing directions while walking. Hitting the collar of the shirt helped, I’m sure, but I think there is truly more sillage than I can recognize with this one. When I can catch fleeting whiffs, I stick my nose to my wrist and it’s a barely detectable skin scent. But now I’m sure it’s there, but theres just some nose magic preventing me from getting the full experience. Stays on clothes for at least a whole day because I caught a whiff late in the night while undressing, long after I thought it’d disappeared.
I cant shake the root beer reference I made earlier though. Something like syrupy Barq’s that has spilled out and dried. I can smell it immediately on the sprayer every time I pull the cap. Odd, but that’s one thing I definitely get.
Might be a bit more masculine than I gave it credit to at first (maybe?), and I can clearly pick out the lavender now. It definitely stands on it’s own as quite a bit different from the classic fougeres I’ve tested before. I wish I could describe it as well as some of the other fragrances that I have come to love, but I’ll just say that I find it sophisticated, but not formal, and quite versatile. I am hoping that it works well year around in the office and casually. Now if I can only justify adding a bottle to my collection… Its certainly the top contender for me for anything in this category.
expacleMeance – :
SCRUBBER!
I liked the opening and could detect a sort of Tom Ford DNA in it, but, wow, when the basenotes came on it smelled like rancid Play-Doh on my arm. No, no, no.
Romaxxa – :
Smells like a toned down Amouage Memoir Man
Skagearce – :
hmmmmmm dissappinted to say the least, its not unpleasant but pretty boring, it smells nice enough but a pointless release in my opinion, tom ford seems to be releasing fragrances far too often at the moment, maybe should slow down and take his time with them, he should release a dirty green vetiver frag, something strong, not grey vetiver direction 6/10
SAnek777LeGioN – :
A slightly floral and soft spicy amber fragrance with a classic 80s backbone accord with lavender
Another tom ford that smells sexy,sophisticated and modern
This is the best use of florals in a men’s fragrance I have ever smelled and is something special you could buy for your mid aged father.
Projection is poor, but sillage is fair and longevity is 4 hours. Another fragrance that speaks and adds to your character, instead of dominating or being overbearing on your image or presence.
I think oud mineral is still my favorite personally, but this one could be yours.
I do find the price to be too high at times and especially after discontinuation for this.
dafnaplus – :
Interesting…
Tom Ford you’ve made a good one here. It’s formal, lot’s of lavender and heavy on the spicy herbal notes. Medicinal without being overtly so. I wouldn’t call this sxy by any means – but it is smart.
I feel like this is business formal and could be worn to the office if sprayed appropriately.
oleg676 – :
When I first got my nose on this fragrance I wasn’t a huge fan maybe due to the opening. Well my thoughts on this immediately changes when the tonka bean, akigalwood and finally the galbanum showed it’s face I couldn’t stop smelling my arm neither could my girlfriend. She said this is what a modern man should smell like during an evening out. The people at Bloomingdales were kind enough to give me three 4 ML samples from the Tom Ford counter for me to really test out before i hand them 240 dollars. And the sillage is close to monsterous.
Scent 8.5/10
Performance: 9/10
Sillage :9/10
Compliment factor : 8/10
priliko – :
Way too much lavender,very heavily handled in my opinion.Similar in strength to Serge Lutens Gris Clair but that has a smokiness and a metallic style which is far more interesting and more depth to it.The ginger note?..well they may have waved the ginger over the top of perfume when it was being made.All in all rather a disappointing effort by Tom.I even bought a bottle after I sprayed by wrist but as I drove home and was smelling it intermittently I began to reconsider my purchase.It is still unwrapped in my drawer and considering exchanging it for Plum Japonais,which I really do love.Wanted to like this one but alas not for me.Rather an insipid new release along side Fougere Platine.Methinks I will stick to the classics.
karney – :
Not a fan. Smells like a fancier version of that FCUK that sell at Shoppers for $20.
moncllaetf – :
Fougère scents are not my favourite – probably because they remind me of old fashioned, cheap smells that men used to splash on with abandon. That’s not to say that this isn’t a lovely parfum, but perhaps I just expect something a little more revolutionary for the price point. Sure – there is a subtle woody dryness that peeps through, but apart from that I’ve smelt this scent a thousand times before. It does have excellent strength and sillage and if you are looking for that classic barber shop, clean fougère smell with the tiniest of modern updates, then this is the fragrance for you.
akper22 – :
Fougere D’argent is quite similar to another Tom Ford masterpiece which he launched for Yves Saint Laurent called Rive Gauche. But in the case of Fougere D’Argent its less barbershop~y and more refined. The combination of lavender, ginger and akigalawood makes this scent quite sophisticated and smart. Its quite long lasting with decent projection on my skin. Would be perfect signature worthy scent to those who like elegance without any weird nuances.
Borodam5 – :
If I guessed without looking at the pyramid I would have said lavender, LOTS of minty geranium leaves, and some nasty modern woods. Unfortunately the opening is lacking the usual flair of fougere greats.
ur5mbc – :
Close to penhaligon’s Sartorial, both great Scents but not unique at this point.
dimon pakimon – :
Australian release date for this latest Tom Ford is around 6th August.Heard through the grapevine at the David Jones Sydney city store.not long to wait for it now.
hd67wue4n – :
Tom Ford Private Blends have finally explicitly dipped into fougere territory, this time with the brand’s own re-imagining of the formula, oakmoss being replaced with akigala wood, said by one source to be a enzymatic variation of patchouli.
The opening of orange, lavender, and ginger is bright and freshly sharp but very much short-lived on my skin, drying down relatively quickly over the course of 1-2 hours to the sweet, semi-animalic blend of coumarin, labdanum, and the abovementioend akigala wood, which lends the spicy character of patchouli that the oakmoss would have provided.
Perhaps due simply to the labdanum/coumarin pairing, Fougere d’Argent is noticeably sweeter than most fougeres (or even most near-fougeres like Chanel Pour Monsieur), and perhaps that’s in the more modern trend of masculine fragrances leaning sweeter. This is branded unisex by virtue of its inclusion in the Private Blend line, but even a deviation from the traditional fougere rings masculine.
Performance is solid, reflective of the price and that, genre-wise, Fougere d’Argent is year-round-friendly and while I regard it as more of a daytime option, it can certainly suit someone at night, and surely for formal scenarios as well.
The lower end of the Private Blend pricing is now up to $235 for 50ml as evidenced by this new release and its sibling, Fougere Palatine, so this is wholly in the category of “need to love it in order to buy a full bottle” and even with one wearing, I expect Tom Ford has won me over with the innovation and versatility of the fragrance, but more wearings of my decants will follow.
8 out of 10
kuznetrus – :
Has a barbershop/shaving cream classy vibe to it, softer scent after dry down. Overall I like it.
svitluk – :
The Tonka Bean is up front and center in the opening with some sparkle from the ginger. Lavender is definitely making itself known too. The opening is actually quite nice! I don’t smell any mandarin. Hoping to get some patch from the Akigalawood as this dries down. Now that it’s dried down for several hours, it smells quite a bit like Masculin Pluriel by MFK.
BlopSealley – :
I own over twenty Private Blends and this one is, at least on my skin, the weakest performer of them all. The scent is interesting/pleasing enough but it’s in skin scent zone within 15 minutes! Coumarin, lavender and ginger gives this a distinctly minty accord. I don’t get ANY mandarin whatsoever… but it’s fresh! Super versatile- wears well day or night and all seasons. Definitely unisex- doesn’t lean any one direction although I’ll say I’d love to smell this on a woman. I’ll experiment with more sprays for my next wearing but man… sure wish this had more power/sillage/longevity.
Blade227 – :
Boozy and beautiful. Somewhat reminiscent of Tom Ford’s Tobacco Oud, but with powdery lavender accords. Seriously digging this.
wovan1977 – :
I smelt this one today! Very nice! Although, I find it does fade fairly quickly for whatever reason on my skin. Initial spray reminds me of Vert D’Encens. I even sprayed it on my wrist, and it disappeared rather quick. I’ll stick to Vert D’Encens.
Expert23 – :
This one smells offputting when it combines with my skin chemistry. It smells like warm gingerbread cookies dipped in chlorinated water. That would be the ginger and lavender! After those top notes start to fade a bit I get a warmth that seems to be borrowed from the Vert series. Once it turns into a skin scent it starts to smell like other orientals such as Amouage Beach Hut Man and Byredo Oud Immortel. A few years ago that would have been a very unique smell, but now i’d consider it generic. While this scent didn’t work with my skin, it did work with my dad’s. So I recommend you sample and definitely don’t blind buy
banybebiker – :
This is strictly my personal opinion, no offense to anyone who thinks differently. As miserably as Fucking Fabulous and Vanille Fatale failed me, Tom Ford strongly bounced back to his significant sense, with two newly launches Fougère Platine and Fougère D’Argent. And he once again, earns my respect and money!
This is exactly what I would like to smell on myself AND my husband. An absolute sex in a bottle. Fougère D’Argent opened up with a beautiful mouthwatering “ginger-y” orange scent, so juicy and vibrant to my taste. There was absolutely NO sharp tone whatsoever as usually found in citrusy notes. While I was still in shock with the impressive pleasure, it developed further more, and hit me with the sexiest tonka bean + wood combination ever, that I hardly remembered smelling from any unisex fragrance before. What a super pleasant surprise to my nose. Also at this stage, NO fierce or sharp spiciness that I detected. So far so deliciously SMOOTH! Last but not least, in the dry down, soft lavender showed up and joined in to bring it home for the whole composition with its known-to-be-relaxing effect. The thing that I LOVE the most about this fragrance is that it did not turn powdery, or spicier, or sweeter in the end. Sillage and longevity are fairly fantastic.
From start to finish, with Fougère D’Argent, I have not experienced any “roughness”, “sharpness”, or “unbalance” or sudden “turn”, as I often find in majority of men’s fragrances. And yet, it does NOT, by ANY mean, lean more toward a female fragrance either. Fougère D’Argent stayed true to its scent and fairly succeeded as a TRUE unisex fragrance on my skin. It serves a purpose of being a great enhancement for BOTH genders, and it does not favor which side it serves. It is designed with all the notes orderly combined in a way as if I was dined in a fine restaurant with a fancy 3-4 course menu: appetizers, main course and dessert. And all was served at a high level of satisfaction.
I think Fougère D’Argent would make a lady feel sexy and confident in her own skin. On the other hand, it would enhance the manly and irresistible side of a gentleman. This is such a FINE fragrance for a compatible couple. Very well done in my opinion!
If you are a fan of lavender (whom I was not, but now I’m convinced by this one) and tonka bean combo, check this one out. You will not be disappointed.
Fantom-2 – :
This is a great fragrance. It can be worn all year round in my opinion. It’s not too loud nor is it too quiet and smells really good. Perfect for dressed up occasions.
kingarthyr1 – :
Would I be qualified to judge a restaurant’s food just by reading their menu?
No. But I’ve just voted on the notes and performance of this fragrance based purely on guesswork and fantasy.
Ok, maybe some people do have early access to this but not your average Joe right? Me for example.
No wonder new releases are all over the place on here.
Silliness is what it is! lol