Tabac Rouge
**Tabac Rouge** arrives with a plush, honeyed sweetness that immediately sets it apart from orthodox tobacco scents.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 accords.
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- Powdery50
- Floral50
- Tobacco30
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min read**Tabac Rouge** arrives with a plush, honeyed sweetness that immediately sets it apart from orthodox tobacco scents. The opening leans into dried fruit—particularly fig and date—layered over soft, resinous warmth rather than the acrid smoke or leather you might expect. As it settles, a gentle spice emerges, something close to cinnamon bark with a breath of saffron, grounding the sweetness without overwhelming it.
The tobacco itself feels distant and burnished, more like aged wooden humidors than fresh leaf. There's an amber glow throughout, almost gourmand in its richness but never cloying, kept in check by subtle pepper and a whisper of incense. The overall impression is one of opulence without weight—a perfume for cold evenings and velvet furnishings, quietly sensual rather than assertive.
Best suited to those who find most tobacco fragrances too austere or masculine, **Tabac Rouge** offers the genre's depth with an unexpected softness.
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