Description
“Havana, Cuba, circa 1961. In the advent of the biggest drought in Cuban history, the amount of harvested tobacco leaves had become increasingly scarce. The Reina del Mar, a cargo ship exporting goods to the continental United States, contained only one crate of the famed Cohiba Maduro cigars during its maiden voyage. The finest, refined medio tiempo leaves that only the elite and influential could partake in. It was El Comandante Castros’ favorite cigar of choice. The remaining space in the cargo hold was filled with crates containing lush, tropical fruit. Tragically, two hours into the voyage, the Reina del Mar was boarded by Barbadian pirates and the ill-fated ship was scuttled. Til this day, the Maduro crate has never been found. Nobody knows if the one thousand of the rarest ’61 cigars were savored and would be worth a Kings’ ransom today. Legend has it that it is resting comfortably in slumber at the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico.” – a note from the brand.
Maduro by Fort & Manle is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Maduro was launched in 2016. Maduro was created by Rasei Fort. Top notes are pineapple, red apple, basil and cinnamon; middle notes are damask rose, bourbon vanilla, beeswax and honey; base notes are tobacco, amber, patchouli, vetiver, benzoin and atlas cedar.
tihona75 – :
Excellent release, not much to add to the positive reviews below other than the fact that this comes off the skin in a deep, 3 dimensional manner that is very alluring. Have been going through my sample for several months now and will be ordering a bottle shortly
FLXuqu39 – :
Maduro is a definite dislike for me. When I spray it on, I get this awful B.O. smell, as if someone hasn’t showered for a few days. It settles down in a little while, and you’re left with a honey/tobacco mix and some sprinkles of fruitiness (pineapple and apple). I advise you to let the scent come to you, just let it project, then it does not give off such an astringent smell. For me it lasts no more than four hours with strong projection for the first 45 minutes, to then turning into a skin scent. This is just a big miss for me, that price is not helping either.
natalka – :
Vetiver, tobacco, cedar, apples, and pineapple blast.
There is something plastic going on in here with that synthetic tobacco pineapple blend accompanied the apples beeswax. The cinnamon, amber is causing quite an awful mix blending it with apples, vetiver, tobacco, and pineapples.
This is commercial at the first degree and never considered niche as i can’t neither sense any quality in here nor creativity. i’m sorry but eeeek.
korablikxxx – :
Opens with a blast of fresh pineapple juice, which shortly thereafter gives way to a honeyed, crisp apple paired with tobacco and a hint of rose. Once fully dried down, about an hour in, I get a beautiful honey-tobacco that is kept from becoming too cloying by the rose. This is what I wanted Serge Lutens Chergui and By Kilian Back to Black to be. Chergui was a bit dry and leaned masculine on me, Back to Black was a bit too edible and cloying. This is like my perfume equivalent of Goldilocks finding the perfect bowl of porridge. If you’re looking for a truly unisex, well balanced honey and tobacco fragrance, try this.
dau – :
Maduro hits you up top with a fruity punch, like sniffing a Sorbet. It then morphs pretty quickly into a sweet mix of Honey, Tobacco, cinnamon and traces of vanilla with patchouli and benzoin thrown in for good measure. There does not seem to be much separation between the heart and base phases as such as they seem to mingle up quite quickly.
Maduro like most of the Fort n Manle I have been testing turns into a skin scent quite fast and does not project. Longevity likewise is around 4 hour mark and that’s being generous. Maybe it’s because it’s in the middle of Summer and 39C heat and I am not spraying enough from the 3 ml sample but I am disappointed. For the prices charged, you kinda expect more. After all, good projection and Longevity is not exactly an unheard of concept. Fellow Turkish Brand Nishane does it really well for instance. ( I know FnM is Australian but Rasei is Turkish)
This does smell quite lovely but end of the day, I would say save your money and get Hermes Amber Narguile or PDM Oajan which are better frags in this mould. Maduro smells good but has no punch. So this goes into the ” If someone gifts it to me, I will happily wear it” Category.
julia1314 – :
maduro is the one scent from the entire discovery set that spoke most to me. being a born and bred melburnian i was looking to possibly pick up a fort & manle perfume as a little ‘slice of melbs’ during my recent ‘trip home’. this one spoke most to me, well, it appealed to me most, what with my odd perfume fixations etc. it comes on quite sweet, fruity and a little boozy. as such, i was quite shocked to see that there is nothing remotely boozy in the mix!
that pineapple is in this does not shock me, but what got me was that there is tobacco and honey/beeswax. that shocked me the most. the tobacco and honey/beeswax in kilian’s ‘back to black’ is front and centre and does not hide at all. it’s there for all and sundry to experience. this one, however, is much more subtle. i can’t detect it at all! to tell you the truth, this one comes on like a ‘tommy bahama’ scent (one of my guilty pleasures!), and thus has a summer vibe to it. anyway, i’m gonna continue with sampling this one. there’s quite a lot to it…
Wrallsuhkar – :
Everything I have smelled so far in the Fort and Manle Discovery Set (Lucky Scent, January 2018) has truly been divine. I was least excited to try Maduro based on the notes and description, but I was basically blown away. It’s killer. IMHO, the parfumer, Rasei Fort, is a genius.
My interpretation of Maduro is rolled tobacco leaves, honey, and bourbon vanilla. The tobacco comes in the form of premium cigars that have not yet been lit. There is a hint of apple and basil, and a fair amount of amber. After a while, the vetiver and beeswax play around with each other. It would be equally amazing on a man or woman, but if I smelled it on a man- I might fall in love. Something about it gives off a similar vibe to Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Suleyman le Magnifique, and Harem Rose (all by Fort & Manle- all amazing). They are each unique in their ways, but they fit together superbly in a family. If they were siblings, Maduro would be the tough older brother with a secret soft side. Suleyman le Magnefique would be the very rich brother wearing many gold rings who owns several houses around the world- all with many gardens, palm trees, and yachts. Harem Rose would be the sultry sister who gets into trouble occasionally. Fatih Sultan Mehmed would be the quiet, graceful, mysterious sister with a secret. Confessions of a Garden Gnome (my favorite so far- supremely beautiful) would be just that- and the gnome would have traveled between Suleyman’s many gardens, and would have had much to say about her experiences.
With Maduro, if I close my eyes while, this dark, boozy potion transports me directly into a walk-in humidor. It even smells humid, if that could be possible. The walls are cedar, it is dimly lit, intimate, warm, inviting and comforting. I can smell the nuances that flit in and out from different cigars- vanilla and some fruit-flavored, thick honey, and the ever-present rich, sumptuous tobacco leaves.
This is a prime example of the magical power of scent to transport wearer through time and space. 9/10, only because I wish there was greater projection. I also wish I could own each of the Fort & Manle perfumes- they have all been FB worthy.
MahmuddIas – :
Maduro unfolds on my skin with boozy fruits, pineapple and apple blended in a fusion that projects a tremendous boozy aroma with tobacco and honey picking their head up quickly, in the heart the composition switch gears and develops a sophisticated woody spicy profile, the woody character of the scent elevates the boozy fruity accord for extended period of time, with vanilla and benzoin amplifying the sweetness a bit further.
My only complaint with Maduro is that I wished it projected more, since I find the longevity to be very good, but the scent seats very close to the skin throughout its life.
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kolachnikow – :
Maduro gets me lots of compliments. Its a head turner. Warm and delicious. Sweet and comforting. Massive vanilla. Fresh tobacco – as in the leaves, and like a fine cigar (of course) not dried, cut tobacco. The patch isn’t overpowering. Definite honey vibes.
I usually put a hefty base of Laurence Dumont Vanille Bourbon underneath as a bit of a foundation. Not that it needs it, but I like layering my vanillas.
I’ve also added the comparison to Memoirs of a Trespasser. They aren’t exactly alike, but I sampled the IA last night and I smelled similarities. Same warmness and richness. Though I think Maduro is sweeter. Both equally complex in different ways though. Where MoaT lends towards smoke and woods, Maduro leans to tobacco and amber.
lusinda_65 – :
Fort & Manle Maduro is best characterized as a sweet, fruity, woody tobacco fragrance but this is surely a bit of an oversimplification, as it has a long note list, from which much can be taken away.
Tobaccos is certainly a dominant accord here but not so dominant that it’s not part of a far more interesting medley, comprised of, mainly, to my nose: apple, cinnamon, benzoin, vetiver, and cedar.
This note arrangement is very harmonious. I’m able to enjoy almost boozy, creamy aspects of the benzoin and amber without being disturbed by vanilla, and I’m able to detect apple and cinnamon without those interfering with the tobacco, and grounding the fragrance is the cedar/vetiver combination, soft and sober as cedar is, but with ever so slightly the earthy edge that vetiver provides.
I don’t detect the patchouli, which is fine, as too much of that might ruin what I enjoy about Maduro—namely, the abovementioned balance. I don’t detect any basil, either.
It’s mainly a cold-weather leaning fragrance, particular the autumn, for which apple and cinnamon conjure this season, at least in my part of the world.
However, the fragrance is comforting enough that it could really be used year-round.
Performance is very good, not as robust as Amber Absolutely but still quite solid—a modest projector but seemingly long-lasting.
The standard pricing of 230 AUD / 178 USD for 50ml isn’t cheap, but this is a great creation I’d like to add to my collection, along with Amber Absolutely. Really superb stuff.
7 out of 10
партизан-К3 – :
To think of Maduro as just another sweet tobacco fragrance would be doing it injustice.
This opens with the juiciest of red apple notes, and somehow along with sweet pineapple and cinnamon, manages to give the illusion of a chocolate accord.
All this might sound to sweet to some, but it is perfectly pitched to then develop into a fluid rosey beeswax. For my nose, it is very similar to the beeswax you can find in Antaeus. As it does in many compositions, the rose accompanies us to the final transition where vetiver and patchouli add a tinge of green to this fresh, damp tobacco.
It isn’t the Pure Havane sweet tobacco and not Havana spicy tobacco. This is new and this is quite a beautiful, complex scent eith plenty of depth.
AffentFew – :
I LOVE Maduro.
Maduro is an extravagant perfume, built with woods, fruits, herbs, resins, and tobacco – a gluttonous delight of notes! Maduro never feels heavy because there is a considered tension between these notes, and what results is a shimmery, oscillating accord of tobacco and wood surrounded by radiant herbs and fruit. Within the heart and base of the composition comes a smoky stickiness that manages to seep itself throughout the entirety of the fragrance. This is particularly complimentary with a honey accord, receptive to smoky tones.