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Noir Extreme
Leather and suede are what separate Tom Ford Noir Extreme Parfum from the lighter readings of this name, and they change its character considerably rather than simply making it stronger. The opening is familiar enough. Cardamom is cool and aromatic, ginger adds a dry fizz instead of heat, and mandarin orange and neroli give a short bright lift, the one sweet and juicy, the other soapy and cool. It is a clean, groomed beginning.
Rose, orange blossom and jasmine fill the middle with a warm floral richness that never turns into a bouquet, and then the base arrives and the scent changes direction. Leather is supple and thin here, suede is its matte counterpart, napped and faintly dusty, and the two of them put a dry skin like texture under everything. Around them, vanilla sweetens without taking over, amber gives resin, tonka bean deepens it with a dry bitterness at the back, and guaiac wood and cedarwood supply smoke and a sharp clean grain respectively. Fourteen materials, and the sweetness is held in check in a way the lighter versions never attempt. At parfum strength it is dense and very long lasting, twelve hours or more, with a close finish after the first couple and a trail on clothing well into the next day. Winter, evenings, and the rather more formal sort of occasion. It is aimed at men, and it suits someone who already owns the standard version and wants something less obvious. Sonia Constant composed it and it appeared in 2022.
Every fragrance under this name comes from Tom Ford Beauty, which opened in 2006 with a luxury scent, a year after the brand itself was founded.
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