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The Fragrant Arbors of Amberabad
Spontaneous associations are not really my thing when it comes to scents. It’s more about the memories I connect with fragrances, memories of places, of people, or the mundane mnemonics of the scent notes. With Tabacca, it was different, mainly due to the coincidence of my engagement with a libretto (Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri 1843) and its source (Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh 1817) and the first sniff of this wonderful fragrance composition.
Amberabad is one of the significant cities of the oriental fairy realm of Dschinnistan, from which a Peri (angel-like fairy) seeks the way to Paradise, and after she is ultimately granted entry there, she breaks into a triumphant and joyful finale that remarkably consists mainly of the weighting of scent descriptions, juxtaposing earthly fragrances with paradisiacal ones. And "the fragrant bowes of Amberabad" are undoubtedly of earthly nature, for the rhyme, especially when it turns out to be mediocre, is often the end of all magic: How dull [...] the fragrant arbors of Amberabad!
Tabacca is just as little dull as the strained arbors; it simply explains why there is no 10.0 for the fragrance, as that is reserved for the perfection of Paradise. And to symbolize the unimaginable greatness of Paradise, something merely great is lightly left behind.
Tabacca is an amber scent. Tabacca is a wood scent, Tabacca is a spice scent, and above all: it is, as the name suggests, a tobacco scent! One of the most beautiful I know, moreover! The rest of the other scent notes supports and connects, but otherwise remains more or less discreetly in the background. Only at the opening, immediately after spraying, and only very briefly and fleetingly, when alcoholic notes can still be detected, does Tabacca remind one of long cask-aged sweet rum with its fruity notes.
Now there are countless fragrances that bear tobacco in the name or in the scent pyramid without this note "tobacco" appearing in any of its countless and different forms in a lasting way. With Tabacca, it’s different, as tobacco is present here in two different versions, once as fresh green leaves and then as dried leaf material. Both are distinctly noticeable and remain consistently present throughout the entire scent journey. Even more: from the combination of the malty sweetness of the dried tobacco with cedar wood arises this typical honey-spicy sweet note known from mild, well-aged Havanas. This honey-spicy tobacco note, combined with the amber note, carries the fragrance in the base. Just to avoid misunderstandings: we are not talking about smoking! A tobacco note only becomes smoky when something is ignited, whether in the processing phase or during smoking itself, and with Tabacca, there is no trace of smoke!
It is an incredibly warm sweet scent of tobacco and wood supported by an apple note that only clearly stands out at the very beginning before quickly disappearing again. Initially precisely sharp and fresh defined, it quickly transforms into sweet apple compote whose fruitiness retreats behind spices like cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and vanilla. Caligari's bourbon association in his statement captures this compote-vanilla-spice composition well, especially in connection with the woody notes, although the alcoholic aspect is missing here. Besides this so-called compote association and the tobacco-honey-spice base, there is also a subtly fresh, slightly ethereal note that holds everything finely woven together, which I would also see as a combination, namely the fresh green tobacco leaves and the rose tea mentioned in the scent notes. To be honest: a floral tea note is clearly present and beautiful, but which roses they are overwhelms me. They are too well packaged for me. Everything described about this fragrance so far seems completely harmonious and rounded, and yet Tabacca has a small irritation built in that makes the scent incredibly exciting and which can be found in the woody notes: In my nose, it is a sandalwood note that places a masculine cap on an evidently feminine fragrance. Not a large one, but one that is big enough to irritate, which directly raises the gender question:
Tabacca has appeared as a feminine fragrance. The reissue as Frank No.3 as a unisex fragrance and also here in the statements has raised the question. Personally, this wonderful fragrance is too sweet, too soft, and too rounded for me to wear it myself, but it gives me an incredibly beautiful and adventurous joy to spray it on my wrist and see what happens and to delight in it. Perhaps like admiring a grand painting in a museum and still not wanting to hang it at home. To get to the bottom of the gender question, I even compelled my wife to spray Tabacca not only on her wrist, which I managed to do after some resistance on her part over several days. Result: although Tabacca smells delightful, the fragrance was made for neither me nor her. Whether for another man or another woman remains to be tested - although, just to take a side, I would be more interested in a woman wearing Tabacca (or Frank No.3). Simply because, for me, the gourmand touch of the fragrance, which remains somewhat more present after two to three hours, is feminine.
Ultimately, in my eyes, the fragrance is stylistically, in its appearance, a truly great melancholic scent that has nothing playful, light-footed, or carefree about it. It is a brooding and almost slightly melancholic oriental fragrance of incredible grace and beauty, perhaps metaphorically like a giant mountain landscape by C.D. Friedrich in its radiance. And one must want and be able to wear that...
What, however, appears finely chiseled with the size of the fragrance is the sillage: Tabacca is indeed incredibly long-lasting on my skin, it lasts, at least close to the skin, easily 8-10 hours, however, its physical projection is significantly more discreet, which ultimately supports its refinement and makes it not unbearable. Tabacca is not a bomb, but a tobacco scent composed outstandingly down to the last detail. You can really notice that, especially with the sillage!
So, that was my first comment attempt here, and I can only conclude by thanking Parfumo once again very warmly, who gifted me a remaining bottle of this true gem along with some other wonderful fragrances! I would never have stumbled upon this scent otherwise. Thank you!
Amberabad is one of the significant cities of the oriental fairy realm of Dschinnistan, from which a Peri (angel-like fairy) seeks the way to Paradise, and after she is ultimately granted entry there, she breaks into a triumphant and joyful finale that remarkably consists mainly of the weighting of scent descriptions, juxtaposing earthly fragrances with paradisiacal ones. And "the fragrant bowes of Amberabad" are undoubtedly of earthly nature, for the rhyme, especially when it turns out to be mediocre, is often the end of all magic: How dull [...] the fragrant arbors of Amberabad!
Tabacca is just as little dull as the strained arbors; it simply explains why there is no 10.0 for the fragrance, as that is reserved for the perfection of Paradise. And to symbolize the unimaginable greatness of Paradise, something merely great is lightly left behind.
Tabacca is an amber scent. Tabacca is a wood scent, Tabacca is a spice scent, and above all: it is, as the name suggests, a tobacco scent! One of the most beautiful I know, moreover! The rest of the other scent notes supports and connects, but otherwise remains more or less discreetly in the background. Only at the opening, immediately after spraying, and only very briefly and fleetingly, when alcoholic notes can still be detected, does Tabacca remind one of long cask-aged sweet rum with its fruity notes.
Now there are countless fragrances that bear tobacco in the name or in the scent pyramid without this note "tobacco" appearing in any of its countless and different forms in a lasting way. With Tabacca, it’s different, as tobacco is present here in two different versions, once as fresh green leaves and then as dried leaf material. Both are distinctly noticeable and remain consistently present throughout the entire scent journey. Even more: from the combination of the malty sweetness of the dried tobacco with cedar wood arises this typical honey-spicy sweet note known from mild, well-aged Havanas. This honey-spicy tobacco note, combined with the amber note, carries the fragrance in the base. Just to avoid misunderstandings: we are not talking about smoking! A tobacco note only becomes smoky when something is ignited, whether in the processing phase or during smoking itself, and with Tabacca, there is no trace of smoke!
It is an incredibly warm sweet scent of tobacco and wood supported by an apple note that only clearly stands out at the very beginning before quickly disappearing again. Initially precisely sharp and fresh defined, it quickly transforms into sweet apple compote whose fruitiness retreats behind spices like cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and vanilla. Caligari's bourbon association in his statement captures this compote-vanilla-spice composition well, especially in connection with the woody notes, although the alcoholic aspect is missing here. Besides this so-called compote association and the tobacco-honey-spice base, there is also a subtly fresh, slightly ethereal note that holds everything finely woven together, which I would also see as a combination, namely the fresh green tobacco leaves and the rose tea mentioned in the scent notes. To be honest: a floral tea note is clearly present and beautiful, but which roses they are overwhelms me. They are too well packaged for me. Everything described about this fragrance so far seems completely harmonious and rounded, and yet Tabacca has a small irritation built in that makes the scent incredibly exciting and which can be found in the woody notes: In my nose, it is a sandalwood note that places a masculine cap on an evidently feminine fragrance. Not a large one, but one that is big enough to irritate, which directly raises the gender question:
Tabacca has appeared as a feminine fragrance. The reissue as Frank No.3 as a unisex fragrance and also here in the statements has raised the question. Personally, this wonderful fragrance is too sweet, too soft, and too rounded for me to wear it myself, but it gives me an incredibly beautiful and adventurous joy to spray it on my wrist and see what happens and to delight in it. Perhaps like admiring a grand painting in a museum and still not wanting to hang it at home. To get to the bottom of the gender question, I even compelled my wife to spray Tabacca not only on her wrist, which I managed to do after some resistance on her part over several days. Result: although Tabacca smells delightful, the fragrance was made for neither me nor her. Whether for another man or another woman remains to be tested - although, just to take a side, I would be more interested in a woman wearing Tabacca (or Frank No.3). Simply because, for me, the gourmand touch of the fragrance, which remains somewhat more present after two to three hours, is feminine.
Ultimately, in my eyes, the fragrance is stylistically, in its appearance, a truly great melancholic scent that has nothing playful, light-footed, or carefree about it. It is a brooding and almost slightly melancholic oriental fragrance of incredible grace and beauty, perhaps metaphorically like a giant mountain landscape by C.D. Friedrich in its radiance. And one must want and be able to wear that...
What, however, appears finely chiseled with the size of the fragrance is the sillage: Tabacca is indeed incredibly long-lasting on my skin, it lasts, at least close to the skin, easily 8-10 hours, however, its physical projection is significantly more discreet, which ultimately supports its refinement and makes it not unbearable. Tabacca is not a bomb, but a tobacco scent composed outstandingly down to the last detail. You can really notice that, especially with the sillage!
So, that was my first comment attempt here, and I can only conclude by thanking Parfumo once again very warmly, who gifted me a remaining bottle of this true gem along with some other wonderful fragrances! I would never have stumbled upon this scent otherwise. Thank you!
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