BeauFort London · 2026 · Euan McCall

Sunken Tobacco

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
BeauFort London asks $170 for 50 ml
50 ml$170

VersionEau de Parfum

Anise, cardamom and saffron over juniper, clove and myrrh, settling into salty tobacco leaf with seaweed, oak and birch.

BeauFort London says

You’ll smell (Star) Anise, cardamom, saffron, Cherry Mead, frankincense, blackcurrant absolute, juniper, clove, iris (orris), myrrh, damson, Tobacco Absolute, seaweed, oakwood, ambergris, guaiacwood, birch, oakmoss, cedarwood, vetiver, labdanum, gurjun and cypriol.

More from BeauFort London’s description

It also mentions Tobacco leaves and Salt.

The house’s page

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The drawn Sunken Tobacco bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Sunken Tobacco’s scent picture, a draft: anise, cardamom, saffron, cherry, frankincense, blackcurrant drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Sunken Tobacco, when you spray it: Anise, Cardamom, Saffron, Cherry, Frankincense, Blackcurrant, Geranium, Citral (lemon)

As it settlesheart notes

Sunken Tobacco, as it settles: Juniper, Clove, Iris, Myrrh, Damson, Marine notes

What staysdry-down notes

Sunken Tobacco, what stays: Tobacco, Seaweed, Oak, Ambergris, Guaiacwood, Birch, Oakmoss, Cedar, Vetiver, Labdanum, Gurjun balsam, Cypriol, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What BeauFort London names

(Star) AniseCardamomSaffronCherry MeadFrankincenseBlackcurrant absoluteJuniperCloveIris (orris)MyrrhDamsonTobacco AbsoluteSeaweedOakwoodAmbergrisGuaiacwoodBirchOakmossCedarwoodVetiverLabdanumGurjunCypriolSalt (marine notes)

What the label names

17 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender4 florals3 woods4 spices

Citrus3

LimoneneCitral (lemon)Terpinolene

Herbs & lavender3

PineneLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals4

Geranium oilCitronellolRose ketonesGeranyl acetate

Woods3

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Spices4

Clove bud oilbeta-CaryophylleneAnetholeEugenyl acetate
1 more line on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell1

Alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares anise, cardamom, frankincense, myrrh and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Sunken Tobacco’s $170
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares frankincense, blackcurrant (cassis), clove, myrrh and 5 more$550 for 100 ml
Isola BluRoja Parfums · shares anise, blackcurrant (cassis), juniper, orris and 4 more$500 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.