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Darel23 – :
To me this is less a pastoral, bucolic, hay-ride in the country affair but rather a sly, green eyed smirk by someone behaving badly yet knows they can get away with it. I’ve never experienced a fragrance that combines cunning greenery and comforting warmth this so well. To be fair I’ve never really smelled a narcissus-centered fragrance either, but if this is what narcissus has to offer than call me a narcissus fan. I smelled this and immediately thought that this is what Le Cri’s ex boyfriend would smell like.
kirill.verkin – :
This is not strictly a man’s perfume! It actually seems more feminine. It straddles the line between old fashioned glamour and grunge.
The Narcissus is the first note I smelled, followed by the immortelle. Next came the seamless blend of honey and tobacco. I get a whiff of leather but no musk or grassy notes to speak of. It is skanky, to be sure.
Due to mixed reviews, I sprayed once from a sample onto my pillow and sniffed. I literally said, “mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmm!” before spraying it onto my body.
Several more minutes in, I smell a soapy musk in the background. I don’t love it; I’d rather the Narcissus be more prominent. The immortelle (not my favorite note) is skillfully blended with the honey (a beloved note) and so the immortelle doesn’t bother me. Developing further, I smell a tonka/leather accord similar to L’artisan Parfumeur’s Dzing!. Non tonka fans, such as myself, should take note that Dzing!’s tonka note is less prominent in summer, and downright annoying in colder weather. I expect the same from this perfume, too. The “barnyard-y” aspect to Dzing is present here, too, so be aware, if that is bothersome to you.
All in all, this is a solid perfume, underrated, and sexy to my nostrils. I bought my sample from Olfactif and further wearings will determine if it is full bottle worthy.
lingusvat – :
This is strictly a mans fragrance. Its done so roughly only a mans chemistry can straighten this out. Had coughing fits ..hay and immortelle with white musc should be a felony.
FARTOVIJ – :
almost dusty with a metallic vibe. Not my taste.
Egor87 – :
You’ve walked into your uncle’s study where he always smokes, and you sit on his olde leather loveseat and watch him work away. You begin absorbing the musty odors of his unkempt room and you begin to feel his humanity. After some time, he offers you hot sugar water and pours honey in it because that’s all he can drink after coughing up his lungs all night. Tabac Tabou by Parfum d’Empire.
vladynvlad – :
I agree this fragrance starts very strong and somewhat unpleasant, with a strong and pungent hay note and the bitter green sharpness of narcissus, a love or hate note. The opening reminds me of Masque Russian Tea, but not as beautiful because there’s something unsettling and it is, like others noted, uriney from the honey and the humid feel of grass and immortelle.
But after a while, the tobacco manages to smooth things out and the composition starts to smell great, more honeyed than tobaccoed, though.
Overall this is a complex green musky floral with a misleading name. Absolutely Well done, too, but I wouldn’t recommend blind buying it and if you are worried about other people’s reactions, go easy on it…
speis – :
کلاسیک، وحشی، گیرا
در تضاد با مدرنیته
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Scent & Qualiy: 8/10
Longevity: 9/10
Sillage: 9/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 7/10
Affordability: 3/10
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Overall: 7.2/10
prince-of-persa – :
To me it’s inspired by Paloma Picasso (the classic). Wonderfully re-interpreted!
Gauniorgaro – :
I wasn’t expecting such a narcissus-honey dominate scent when I picked this up, but that’s what I got. Heady floral with the tobacco as a spicy undercurrent. Then the honey blooms and blends and becomes it’s equal — and it’s a good honey too. This is stuck my nose in a jar of honey, not general honeyed sweetness and not beeswax. I’m enjoying it.
Sadly, after about 2-3 hours it goes soapy on me. I’m not sure why. Musk or something unlisted I guess. I don’t know how to rate this. It started out heavenly and turned into a scrubber.
anar5666 – :
nice, herbal, animalic tobacco..doesn’t perform like an extrait..intense perfume maybe…lots of honey in the drydown…
Urillastallom – :
Holy wow, this perfume is crazy, and I love it. Upon first applying, it’s an insane mix of L’Artisan Dzing (animal/hay notes) and perhaps Van Cleef & Arpels First (indolic, musky flowers). Soon the floral becomes more clearly narcissus, indolic-sweet, but the hay and the warm, furry animals are still bounding about in there. In spite of its name, I wouldn’t have picked up on tobacco as a major note here. However, upon reflection, this does remind me somewhat of the smell of nicotiana flowers, which are related to the tobacco plant, so maybe that’s more the angle here. After developing a while, the animalic-floral-elegant mix also reminds me of Salome Papillon, though without the cigarette smoke. Mainly, this feels like a sister scent to Fougere Bengale from the same house, which I also love, though Bengale’s immortelle is much more noticeable. This one supposedly has immortelle too, but it’s more a supporting note, blended in with all the other sweet wild things. Will probably want more of this one.
1110685 – :
Green blades of narcissus leaves, decaying upriver and depositing mineral-rich indoles that traverse a river snaking through a sun-parched prairie; collected by sweet grasses and papery scrub flowers thirstily drinking in loamy refreshment.
Honeyed plumes of heat, and clean vaporous musk create a humid mirage that leaves one in an intoxicating trance-like daze, while being harkened to the flaxen plains undulating in slow motion.
Tabac Tabou shares similar indolic, spiced floral notes to the Donna Karan classic, Gold. However Tabac Tabou is a little drier, more unisex, and bears a dense miasmic backbone that leaves one in euphoric suspension.
exodus – :
First impression: this opens very musk-forward. The animal notes recede into the background fairly quickly, but remain clearly distinguishable throughout and always upstage the subdued green tobacco. To me, this reads as a honey-floral fragrance balanced by subtle musk and tobacco undertones, which makes the decision to market it as a tobacco fragrance somewhat puzzling. On the whole, I found it pleasing and well constructed, just not what I expected. Excellent longevity (12 hrs+), and moderate projection.
bucha23 – :
Tabac Tabou is bucolic bliss in a bottle. What a beautiful, expertly balanced perfume. It starts out a little harsh…maybe a bit Dzingy; the leather/tobacco intro is reminiscent of animals and hay to me (which I love, so not a struggle). After about 20 minutes or so, this aspect softens considerably, but still quietly supports the composition as the daffodil, immortelle and honey begin to unfold. The floral aspect comes through quite strongly for me, but measured against the tobacco, leather, and honey the balance is such that I wouldn’t characterize this perfume as a floral (not my favorite category) Love, love, love this perfume. If Bach’s ‘Where Sheep May Safely Graze’ were a perfume, this is what it would smell like.
I get 6-8 hrs consistently.Sillage is soft, but you don’t have to bury your nose in your wrist to smell it. I appreciate the softness here. This scent is a little off-beat and I fear cranking up the volume would overwhelm poor bystanders that aren’t as fond of the smells of the countryside.
Did I say how much I loved this perfume? I’m really crazy about this stuff. Sublime.
egen17 – :
Je l’ai porté il y a quelques jours mais je préfère l’essayer cet hiver.
La forte chaleur de ces derniers jours et la transpiration ont fait tourner ce parfum dont je descelle du potentiel ! Alors je m’abstiens au lieu d’écrire une bêtise qui ne reflèterait pas la réalité.
Donc… Wait and see next winter !
root02 – :
The Night Café by Vincent van Gogh ,1888
AK_BARS_777 – :
This was a real experience….of a not so positive nature!
Smelled the bottle and loved it, then applied it generously and…Oh The Horror….my skin chemistry turned it into the scent of a not so well maintained public toilet….Eau de Urine in full bloom. Its really potent as it lingers 12 hours after application. If there ever was an ultimate ¨try before you buy¨fragrance, this is truly the one!
Cheers
Matz Ridderstrom
Stockholm
Sweden
zfv266speagoessenda – :
تابو
قید و بند ها؛ممنوعیت ها و خطوط قرمز؛طبقه بندی ها و محرومیت ها؛پوسیدگی ها و تحجر؛خشونت و تعصبات و شکست نهایی اونها در مقابل آزادگی و آزادی؛نو اندیشی و در مجموع تلاش برای بهره مندی و لذت بردن از زیبایی های طبیعت حسی هست که ناخود آگاه از استشمام بسیاری از کارهای جناب کورتیشیاتو بهم دست میده و از اینرو؛ارادت ویژه ای به ایشون دارم!
شروع سبز؛انیمالیک و الکلی سنگین؛با وزش نسیمی ملایم که از بوی غبارگرفته ی گیاهان خشک و حسی انیمالیک سرشاره؛به فضایی چرمی که با عظمت و زیباست میرسه.این فضای چرمی رو یه حس پودری ضعیف همراهی میکنه که در عین رسمیت و اقتدار اونو شیک و جذاب میکنه.به مرور حس پودری ضعیف میشه و یک شیرینی خاص که دودی و غبار گرفتست؛چرم رو احاطه میکنن و فضا رو به سمت تنباکویی دودی؛خشک؛تلخ و کمی سبز سوق میدن.
با گذشت زمان؛عطر چرمی؛تنباکویی که دودی و کمی پودریه؛به زیبایی به سمت تنباکوی خالص رهسپار میشه که پوششی آمیخته از آکوردهای مختلف داره.
گیاهان خشک؛یه حس دودی و کمی شیرین و دیگر آکوردهایی که تشخیص اونها سخته اما ترکیب همه ی اونها؛تن پوش برازنده ای بر قامت تنباکوی لوکس؛فاخر و با عظمت این عطره.
این همه جلوه و جمال و جبروت نیازی به دگرگونی نداره و عطر به زیبایی تا پایان بر همین مدار سیر میکنه.
تبک تابو؛عطریه برای نمایش داستان گیاه مقدس بومیان آمریکا که طی آیین های باستانی سوخته میشد تا خدایان از دود اون تغذیه کنن.
گیاه شفا بخشی و تهذیب و تصفیه ی نفس.
نعمتی که مردمان عادی فقط حق یاری گرفتن از اون و واسطه قرار دادن دودش برای ارتباط با آسمانها رو داشتن و استفاده ی ویژه ی اون بعد از خدایان؛مختص کاهنان ؛ موبدان و ارواح بوده!
ایده ی خانه ی پارفوم د امپایر در خلق این اثر؛ایجاد حس برداشتن اولین گام بسوی شکستن تابوی گیاه مقدسه!
زیر پا گذاشتن خطوط و طبقه بندی هایی که تمتع از زیبایی های آفرینش رو در انحصار قشری اندک و متحجر قرار میده و بعد از اون؛حرکت بسوی خوشی؛کام روایی و محظوظ شدن از تمام خصوصیات و حسهای این نعمته…
عطری پیچیده ؛غنی؛عمیق و قدرتمند که مثل سایر آثار ارزشمند این خانه؛بسیار با کیفیت و خوش ساخته.
مثل دشواری قوانین و دستورات استفاده از گیاه مقدس؛پی بردن به رموز این عطر سخته و همچون غذای خدایان؛دسترسی به اون بدلیل تولید محدودش کار هر کسی نیست!
یه عطر با موندگاری بالا و پخش خوب که برازنده ی مردی موقر و جدی و البته جسوره.کسیکه از تجربه ی سختیهای گذشته و ساختار شکنی های اون دوران به ثبات و تعمق حال رسیده و از ماجراجوییها و چالشهای آینده؛واهمه ای نداره!
چرا که ایمان داره هیچ چیزی نمیتونه رویاهای بزرگ و آرمانهای والای اونو تغییر بده…
کامنت:م.ع
(سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل
p0staji – :
This sounds exquisite. I wish I could try it. It has all my favorite notes.
urlah – :
J’ai enfin reçu Tabac tabou que je mourais d’envie de sentir. Un magnifique parfum, très complexe. Un mariage parfait de la note tabac et celle du narcisse, deux notes rarement utilisées en parfumerie.Je comprends qu’il ait remporter un prix aux derniers FIFI Awards. A découvrir et apprivoiser. A peine après une semaine d’utilisation, j’y suis déjà complètement addict…
Il figure parmi mes favoris.
Jorik_S – :
Review for 2015 version:
This scent opens quite harsh on my skin. Rough, lots of coumarins, prickly and very strong. Over this, sweet narcissus lingers. The tabacco is already there from the start as well. This scent is quite strong and dry from immortelle and grass notes on me at this point. Almost too strong for me. Then the scent starts to change and becomes sweeter and the tobacco stronger. From here the narcissus and dry hay notes fade away and sweet honeyed tobacco takes a prominent place.
Sillage is heavy on me, longevity long.
Wow, what a gem. The tobacco from the drydown of Fougere Bengale without the prominent lavender and liquorice notes! I do enjoy the narcissus too, but it doesn’t really last on me. The tobacco does. It was quite strong at first and I like this scent best when it tones down a little and becomes sweeter. A perfume version of this would be totally my thing, but I understand Parfum d’Empire will bring out an annual extrait version and the first 2016 ones will be distributed somewhere in May. Should be interesting! For now, this one goes on my wish list!
Nikola_T – :
On my skin this is mostly “Narcissus-Immortelle Tabou” with just a little hint of fresh tobacco leaves and grass, so since I like scents with tobacco notes much more prominent than flowers, and prefer smoked tobacco or pipe’s condiment tobacco ( Latakia, as in Fumerie Turque) rather than the leafy one, and like my scents with a less “capiteux” style, this is not for me. But nevertheless I acknowledge that for people who like a more grassy feminine waxy and green smell, this has almost a natural quality in the realness of the smells. Great projection and lasting power. 7/10
assasinvlad – :
“Tabac Tabou” opens with a delightful narcissus note. Then immortelle steals the show, adding a vintage feel to the scent. Something skanky in the drydown but nothing too challenging. Great projection and longevity. Perfectly unisex. Bold and distinctive!
AlexSh – :
This is beautiful, a herbal,green,tobacco sweetened with a drop of honey and a pinch of hay. Good silage and longevity, it’s a stunner love it!
Eleparguell – :
When i first sniffed this juice i realized that it was an identical… or let’s say another version of “Bosque” By Humiecki & Graef. It gives the EXACT feelings as “Bosque” but kind of powered up rather than skin close scent.
skai – :
This is definitely one of my favorite scents of 2015. It opens with a warm, honeyed, boozy wave of tobacco spiced with immortel. This is sinuously entwined with a crisp green combination of grass with a truly exquisite Narcissus, all bedded on a plushly animalic musk. Warm, sunny, comforting. In a word, heavenly. I really do think this is a masterpiece and I am happy that Narcissus appears to be making huge comeback on the market. I can’t refrain from sniffing myself. Projection moderate, lasts all day. My favorite from Parfum d’Empire. Definitely unisex in my book. I’ve often read that honey has a urinous facet but have never quite grasped it. Here I love the pissy note in the far dry down when it becomes a skin scent. Gorgeous stuff, Tabac Tabou. I’ve nearly gone through a full bottle in a month.
rsqgxlraopf – :
This is powerful on me–so much so that I cannot wear it. 12 hours of longevity and 3 feet of projection even after 8. This soaked into me and surrounded me with narcissus. It felt like I stumbled into a flower garden full of narcissus and rolled around with a girl who was wearing an animalic perfume, then ate some honey and chewing tobacco.
Far too feminine on my skin. Let me rephrase that. I’m not saying “this could be construed as feminine” on my skin, I am saying “I smell like a woman when I wear this” feminine. Not really sure about the ‘unisex’ designation. This on me is overpoweringly female, so I’m afraid I’m done with this one. But if a woman wore this around me… I’d be caught.
Let me be clearer: If you are a woman, buy this perfume. It is enveloping, entrancing. It is sexual, but sweet, it is strong, but somehow subtle. This is special.
7Gangster7 – :
Animalic Opening. The honey note is quite pleasant, adding a faint sweetness that is never too much. This lends an almost caramelizing effect on the hay and tobacco. Nicely constructed, just not my cup of tea. Well done. Thumbs up pass.
Вадян28 – :
It makes me so very happy to see/smell narcissus popping up more frequently in perfumer’s creations. It’s such a cheerful yet humble floral. Partnered here alongside the immortelle, it remains present, but isn’t carrying a megaphone to announce its presence.
The grass and hay notes here have a wonderful movement. Swaying in a cool honey-tinged breeze.
There are fleeting moments where all the components merge together in a wonderful booziness, as if drunk on themselves. If I were an ingredient in here I’d be pretty intoxicated to be in this company, too.
I’ve been jamming my nose into my wrist to find the pronounced tobacco, but it seems to be hovering above the skin. It casts itself in the projection, like drifting cirrus over the honeyed landscape below.
Absolutely beautiful!
Max09 – :
Beautiful blond tobacco, slightly animalic honey.
The narcissus note is georgeous, dense, almost waxy like the surface of its petals.
On me, the green notes barely show, but the immortelle is present all through the development, giving the tobacco and honey blend a very soft spiciness.
Projection is moderate to intense. Tabac Tabou became a skin scent on me after 4 hours of wear.
I don’t feel like buying the extrait, but if Tabac Tabou ever comes out as an eau de parfum, I would definitely get it !
mrdimshop – :
Just sampled this today and it’s definitely going on my “to buy” list. It is the tobacco I wanted in House of Matriarch’s Sacre Tabac Sucre.It opens with the most true to life narcissus I’ve ever experienced in a perfume. Then it becomes a fresh tobacco note blended exquisitely with immortelle. A fresh almost herbal green tobacco mixed with a rich honeyed sweetness. I was quite surprised by the way each note is so true to life. Usually you only get that in natural perfumes. The projection is excellent and a tiny dab to my wrist lasted all day. Ten hours later I can still smell it. This is a masterpiece.
Oblighblothrg – :
Blind buy. Let’s hope the dry down is better than the opening because I hate the initial smell.
jenyar1 – :
Deep, rich, and complex fragrance. A beautiful narcisse open the dance and makes me think that a horse is close to here. A real “Parfum d’Empire” signature. Some facets from Fougère Bengale and Musc Tonkin.
Projection is average, and last all day long.
Beautiful!