10/03/2020
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A bridge to Daltroff's classic Tabac Blond
In the top note, it is not yet clear that Jean Jacques, Caron's in-house perfumer since last year, is continuing the founder's tradition with this fragrance. Because first of all I think: Ah, a leathery sweet patchouli scent with a milk chocolate feel that the world doesn't need.
However, it becomes less sweet quite quickly and makes clear reference to Tabac Blond.
Tabac Blond, this symphonic fragrance composition by Ernest Daltroff, which quietly turned 100 years old last year, was recently relaunched in a new reformulation. What was I trembling about whether I would still recognize my favorite perfume. I rummaged through the list of fragrances previously created by Mr. Jacques, which had often found little mercy in perfumers' noses, and doubts grew.
After I saw that the newly formulated Tabac Blond was back on Caron's website as an eau de parfum, I resumed the thread of my now very nice email communication with customer service. The extract is only available in the Parisian boutiques. When I held my bottle in my hands in early August, my relationship to the hurdles of Caron's ordering process had also changed: What kind of friendly, sympathetic contacts develop when you can't order your perfume by mouse click! I now know two of the boutique's employees by name, one of whom took care of my order from her vacation. Also a direct telephone contact was mastered despite language barriers.
By the way, I had asked if I could try the four new fragrances when I bought them. There were no samples of these in serial production yet, so I received samples that had been bottled for me by hand.
Full of excitement but then sprayed the new extract of Tabac Blond. And lo and behold, everything still there: the cognac-like dark powdery leather note, accompanied by tobacco, clove, vetiver, cumin and iris. The smoky animalic abyss and mossy depth can also be perceived, and all this without the oakmoss extract in the list of ingredients on the box. The weights have shifted a bit, but all in all, the current fragrance is close to the previous version by Richard Fraysse.
Mr. Jacques now quotes the leather tobacco note that is so typical of Tabac Blond in Tabac Noir, lighter, more tonka-sweet, woody-drily. More modern. Certainly not a temptation for me. I love the original
But for those who like the special leather from Tabac Blond and are disturbed by the dark smoky animalistic component, Tabac Noir with its patchouli accentuated leather could be an alternative.
In any case, I like the fact that Caron, with his new tobacco perfume, is borrowing from his classic and trying to combine tradition and modernity. As long as the original is also cultivated, I also welcome this version, which is more pleasing and more in tune with the spirit of the times.
However, it becomes less sweet quite quickly and makes clear reference to Tabac Blond.
Tabac Blond, this symphonic fragrance composition by Ernest Daltroff, which quietly turned 100 years old last year, was recently relaunched in a new reformulation. What was I trembling about whether I would still recognize my favorite perfume. I rummaged through the list of fragrances previously created by Mr. Jacques, which had often found little mercy in perfumers' noses, and doubts grew.
After I saw that the newly formulated Tabac Blond was back on Caron's website as an eau de parfum, I resumed the thread of my now very nice email communication with customer service. The extract is only available in the Parisian boutiques. When I held my bottle in my hands in early August, my relationship to the hurdles of Caron's ordering process had also changed: What kind of friendly, sympathetic contacts develop when you can't order your perfume by mouse click! I now know two of the boutique's employees by name, one of whom took care of my order from her vacation. Also a direct telephone contact was mastered despite language barriers.
By the way, I had asked if I could try the four new fragrances when I bought them. There were no samples of these in serial production yet, so I received samples that had been bottled for me by hand.
Full of excitement but then sprayed the new extract of Tabac Blond. And lo and behold, everything still there: the cognac-like dark powdery leather note, accompanied by tobacco, clove, vetiver, cumin and iris. The smoky animalic abyss and mossy depth can also be perceived, and all this without the oakmoss extract in the list of ingredients on the box. The weights have shifted a bit, but all in all, the current fragrance is close to the previous version by Richard Fraysse.
Mr. Jacques now quotes the leather tobacco note that is so typical of Tabac Blond in Tabac Noir, lighter, more tonka-sweet, woody-drily. More modern. Certainly not a temptation for me. I love the original
But for those who like the special leather from Tabac Blond and are disturbed by the dark smoky animalistic component, Tabac Noir with its patchouli accentuated leather could be an alternative.
In any case, I like the fact that Caron, with his new tobacco perfume, is borrowing from his classic and trying to combine tradition and modernity. As long as the original is also cultivated, I also welcome this version, which is more pleasing and more in tune with the spirit of the times.
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