Tabac · 1959

Original

Budget$, 1 of 5
Tabac asks about $18 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $11
100 mlabout $18
150 mlabout $25

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Cologne

Soft musk and ambergris warmth over precious woods, in a clean, classic cologne.

Tabac says

You’ll smell musk, ambergris and precious wood.

Press one to keep this perfume on your shelf.

The drawn Original bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Original’s scent picture, a draft: musk, ambergris, precious wood, coumarin (new-mown hay), citral (lemon), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Original, when you spray it: Citral (lemon)

As it settlesheart notes

Original, as it settles: Geraniol (rose), Eugenol (clove)

What staysdry-down notes

Original, what stays: Musk, Ambergris, Precious wood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Cédrat 37Le Labo · shares cashmere knit and ambergris$545 for 100 ml
ParadoxePrada · shares cashmere knit and ambergris$185 for 90 ml
MYSLFYSL · shares cashmere knit and ambergris$170 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.