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I personally appreciate leathery fragrances and in this respect also the La Yuqawam range. The most famous one, which has the same score as TL, is well known. Rather fewer people use the other two fragrances. One of them is Ambergris Showers.

At the beginning it becomes herb-citric, what must be the tangerine there. Never smelled it before, serves its purpose, the prelude is very pleasing. The mate probably provides the freshness kick, I perceive the smell especially at the beginning as fresh leather, whereby the leather still remains discreetly in the background. Afterwards the leather comes to the fore, it becomes short like La Yuqawam with this rather earthy, fresh note. The further one progresses, and by that I mean after three hours, the leather recedes, the mix of earthy, fresh notes and the leather seems very balanced. Even a pinch of wood is noticeable.

Who's it for? Honestly for leather lovers who tend to go in this direction even in warmer days and are looking for something fresher. The durability and sillage are good, but not as good as La Yuqawam. If you don't like leather anyway, the new clothes won't help here either, because the LY-DNA is of course clearly present and recognizable.

Basically, the fragrance follows the same process as the more familiar original version. First the clear top note, then the tart leather is the star, at some point it moves into the gentler part above which it gradually fades away over time. If you don't like that, you're wrong here too

Thankfully, I received a sample from Parfuma Fragrantic, which had raffled off samples. I'm actually more into leather and the like. Laid out respectively my collection and so I was curious.

At first, the bergamot seems to take hold, it starts off harsh, only to become sweet directly afterwards. For some moments even extremely sweet, that would have been almost too much for me. Must be the lavender that sounds more extreme through the mandarin.
This decreases and changes into a sweetness that remains constantly present. Subliminally, the oak moss seems to provide a forest coolness. It should have been more of that.

In general, this is a beautiful, sweet, linear and fragrant scent, and anyone who tends in this direction will certainly be able to access it. I myself am indeed the wrong addressee, but now I have got a better idea of the direction Fougere. Such scents only harsher and cooler, I can personally imagine that. In this respect, another thank you for letting me test this perfume!

Why Ombre Leather when it already has Tuscan Leather? Well, both are really different and could partly appeal to other buyers. First of all: both appeal to me.
For me, Ombre is more like Rasasi LY at the beginning, in which the raspberry appears fruitier than in TL. Here it is quite fruity-sweet at the beginning. In the further course of time the sweetness retreats a little bit, Ombre becomes more wearable as a leather scent for the wearer, who is otherwise rather not found in the leather store. I would compare it to Wild Leather, which has a sweet aftertaste in my eyes, but others see it as more animalistic. This is definitely not Ombre.
Well, some people compare him to Godolphin for his dignified manner. Perhaps this comparison is most apt, except at the beginning. However, the PdM version is in my opinion more straightforward, more elegant and really something for business. I can imagine OL as well, but potentially with younger candidates.


Be that as it may, OL is a beautiful leather scent, which is different from those that are often called leather. I can only recommend it to those who find leather too harsh.
Does it smell like a leather jacket? Honestly: this one is too sweet for that, for leather jacket you better go to AdP. There is a high carat that really smells like leather market

I am not usually a friend of such fir scents, too much I have to think of Badedas Classic with its firs, pines, pines and conifers. In itself the bath additive also smells good but just for bathing. At most in the sauna or the like, I put up with such scents.
In the sauna Ormonde Man could also take place especially at the beginning. But then the fir tree, which is dominant at the beginning, turns into a balsamic, soothing and clearly enters into a cooperation with the cedar. In itself here already a beautiful and really harmonious scent. One almost wants to exclaim: Stay! You are so beautiful! With time, the scent doesn't linger as long and there are two reasons for this. On the one hand, it quickly becomes quite close to the skin where it nevertheless remains for eight hours. A great sillage or even billowing scent clouds here and there you should not expect
On the other hand, the scent changes again, it becomes slightly sweetish, which is good for the fir. It doesn't stay ethereal and this woody perfume has a completely different effect. All in all, Ormonde Man is for me a fragrance that makes forest or fir tree tangible for all those who otherwise can't do much with fir except bath essences. For me it is soothing, calming and relaxing. A nice change in the fragrance portfolio.

First of all: I won't write a novel but I would like to say a few words because I really appreciate this fragrance and this was my first Tom Ford fragrance. Today, as a friend of leather scents, it is sometimes forgotten.

I knew Oud had always been my case, but I didn't even notice that somehow after a few minutes I went to get cigarettes and never came back. Anyway, the tobacco smells pleasant, not too intrusive sweet. If we take Tobacco Reserve from Aramis as a comparison, the latter is actually sweet. Tom Ford has taken the sweetness away from him, at least partly. The tobacco "breathes" through the sandalwood. Exciting, although not a particularly innovative scent. Tobacco Oud shines rather through its very coherent overall picture and as often with TF through its performance. 12 hours are not uncommon on my skin and the perfume still sends scent clouds towards my nose. At the same time, the fragrance is not so strong, even for those who find such ingredients so off-putting, that it would be unwearable in the office.

Everything well dosed, everything appropriately staged. I'm not a TF-fanboy but in terms of price this is also ok if I look at the same price segment but much more half-baked ideas and lousy performances.