Tabacco d'Autore Farmacia SS. Annunziata 2015

Florence, just after nine in the morning, in a side street, the sun makes the first houses glow, much still lies in the cold shadow, smoking men in leather jackets - with turned-up collars - quickly disappear
into the countless cafés, the pink newspaper tucked under their arm, you can already hear the characteristic music of coffee grinders and the tapping of the portafilters...the melange with a hint of aftershave tells you something about freedom and enjoying life...you just have to listen closely...you can hear the sweet melancholy of “Stellina dei cantautori” by Luca Carboni...precious...not a tourist spot.

Such or similar images are evoked by Tabacco d‘Autore for me.
So far, I haven't encountered many tobacco scents...real tobacco scents, not sweetened shisha-herod tobacco or pipe tobacco...but tobacco! Creed's Tabarome comes to mind...not exactly a delight either.
Maybe it's good that I don't have many comparisons like I usually do, but can dive straight into the fray.
Tabacco d‘Autore already sounds like an old gentleman's room with creaking floorboards, perhaps just a scent for romantics. It starts fresh, with a
blend most reminiscent of grapefruit, bergamot, or dirty lemon (similar to the top note of Citron Noir by Hermes), but already something warm-spicy lies behind it. Immediately, I have a scent in mind: Avantgarde by Micallef, just not quite as creamy. With Avantgarde (Noble-Chanel-Allure PH), not much happens afterwards. But with Tabacco, it looks quite different.
It does not choose the mainstream path, not the easy way - to push the sweetness more into the foreground - but becomes herbal-bitter, spicier, a hint of sweetness remains, very aromatic. Smokers should take a whiff of the black Lucky Strike for comparison; slight leather nuances also appear. This feels very mature, not necessarily life-affirming, but real, manly, melancholic. In the end, a note of aftershave comes through, which is not unlike Creed's. With Creed, I described it as blunt; here I choose - mature! By now, it’s no longer a scent for 20-year-olds, nothing for the Alder-Digga-Chiller-victims generation, here style comes before(!) sillage.
Conclusion: Not a sky-splitter, not a heartbreaker, not a charmer, solid and honest, very good longevity, the sillage slightly above average.

Everyday usability: 7/10
Comfort factor: 7/10
Wow effect: 6/10
Price/performance: 7/10
Idea + implementation: 8/10