Café Tabac
Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
Votes lean masculine
125 ratings
From your scent profile
Aedes de Venustas Café Tabac is a sweet, smoky, resinous unisex scent built around tobacco absolute, dried fig and cocoa, suited to cold-weather evenings.
Skunky's take: My nose smelled fruit and Skunky cheered up.
How does it perform?
From 106 community ratings, all out of 10.
Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.
People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Most people feel it is worth the price.
Blind buy risk
84% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Resinous
- Smoky
What does Café Tabac smell like?
Tobacco absolute and beeswax absolute form the backbone, with dried fig, cocoa and caramel adding a gourmand sweetness. Cardamom and clove bring spice, while tar casts a smoky, slightly burnt shadow. Oakmoss and amber gather it all onto a woody, resinous base.
Voters find the longevity strong and the sillage good. Most pick autumn and winter, and evening or a night out. The largest share reads it as masculine, though some find it feminine, which fits its unisex label. Naomi Goodsir Or du Sérail and Slumberhouse Baque have a close profile.
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 41%Autumn
- 40%Winter
- 16%Spring
- Evening35%
- Nighttime32%
- Casual20%
- Daytime8%
- Office4%
Least picked for the office.
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