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Koshovenko – :
Natural smell but on me it didn’t sum up to the marketing or the note listing.
It started with a strong clove smell, natural and powerful (I like cloves) and quickly dried down to a clove smell with an oily natural vanilla.
In fact it smelled exactly like Vanilla Essence Extract (food flavouring) like my mother used to put into her cakes. So much so that was all I could think of. I swear that this is all that this is.
So, maybe there is tobacco in there but I can;t help but feel this was/is creative marketing hiding a simple formula. The sweet smoke label to me was completely misleading though sweet it is.
I certainly didn’t feel this was a tobacco scent but a natural gourmand smell.
AvgustGetchk – :
Very bad performance. Just 3-4 hours.
mvmukranian – :
Stronger and a little spicier than Tobacco Vanille. I love it and it’s the best Alexandria fragrance I’ve tried so far. With 3 sprays to the chest and neck area, projection is moderate and longevity is great–I’m still getting good whiffs 8 hours after applying.
Iodistontotte – :
Smells a little bit spiceier than TV, but like all Alexandria fragrances I’ve dealt with, the longevity is terrible. 4-5 hours, max. In my opinion, save your money
for a decant of the OG.
Shdsatofog – :
This blend truly is amazing. TV is so good but I could never pull the trigger on the price. I found this and pulled the trigger because of the reviews. It really is 95% TV. The vanilla in TV is like a candle and this vanilla is more powdery. But you have to really smell them together to distinguish.
gagiu80 – :
Many years ago, I worked in a pipe tobacco shop, creating and blending unique recipes. I can still remember being up to my wrists in bags of Virginia, Burley, and Cavendish tobaccos. Real pipe tobacco has such a wonderful aroma. There’s nothing like it.
When I sprayed on Sweet Smoke for the first time, I gasped. I was suddenly right back in that pipe tobacco shop, mixing and packaging two ounce bags of new product. I’ve smelled half a dozen or more “tobacco” fragrances, many of them very good, but nothing I’ve experienced so far has smelled so exactly like the real thing.
That sweet and spicy Cavendish smell sticks around for 6-8 hours (amazing — I figured the top notes would disappear long before that), and when it fades you are left with a creamy vanilla base that has been there all along, supporting the tobacco smell. Over all, the fragrance lasts 10-12 hours. Great longevity.
evboro – :
Fantastic! I had the opportunity to smell this wrist to wrist with the original Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille and the similarities are 95%. Performance is impressive and projection is top notch; I’ve worn this to bed and smelled it in the morning.
As far as scent goes, I get sweet spiciness working well with gourmand nuances. I love this scent and it’s one of those must haves for cooler weather and date nights. I smell tobacco, vanilla and spices.
This is a very wearable scent that is appropriate for work when sprayed modestly and perfect for cooler temperature date nights if sprayed a little heavier. A must have no question.
zzbcgglsvhc – :
This smells a lot like Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille, except Sweet Smoke amplifies the “spicy” aspect a bit. I can smell the clove a little more distinctly than I can in T.V. I really like clove, so I really enjoy this fragrance. It doesn’t have the powerhouse sillage and longevity as T.V, but that’s okay with me. Makes it a little more work-friendly in my opinion and the 30mL bottle doesn’t take up too much room in my purse for when I need to reapply.
Enemyr – :
This Alexandia “clone” is one of the better ones. It’s pretty good in most categories of performance. The scent is decent and it’s a solid release.
dimakot75 – :
Definitely a good interpretation. I feel that I cannot distinguish the drydowns. I feel like this is overall slightly sweeter. The opening of TV has a round chocolate tobacco to it, whereas this feels like a spicier (peppery) cigar. I heard this described as “herbal”. I preferred the opening that TV has, though I think I possibly prefer the drydown of this. Again though, considering the price… this is amazing. Of note is that everyone around me preferred the opening of this to TV! A little more crowd-pleasing with the slightly increased sweetness compared to the intriguing, perhaps more complex (challenging?) TV.
aoyuo – :
It seems like Hany is onto something! I have purchased Hawaii Volcano in lieu of Creed’s Virgin Island Water, and I love Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille, yet cannot own a bottle due to price and quite honestly, the longevity I got with a sample wasn’t the greatest. But for something (that I have yet to smell) to almost be a clone and project and last a lot longer, is definitely something that we can all get behind. Once I receive my first purchase from Mr. Hafez, that will be the deciding factor whether I get Sweet Smoke! I can’t wait!
mokmor – :
I’m a huge fan of Tom Ford TV, but it’s now become redundant since getting Sweet Smoke. It’s a little lighter on the vanilla but boy oh boy what an interpretation! This is masterfully blended, and dare I say goes head to head with TV…but consider the price and it blows TV out of the water. This is beast mode on me, sprayed twice and it was on steroids!
For me personally, it’s a masterpiece.