Ombré Leather
Anyone who found the standard concentration too polite should look at Tom Ford Ombré Leather Parfum, which takes the same six material idea and gives it considerably more weight. The materials are cardamom, sambac jasmine, leather, patchouli, oakmoss and amber, and at parfum strength each of them is louder and the leather in particular is denser and darker, closer to a thick hide than a thin one. It is still clean rather than smoky, but there is more of it and it arrives sooner.
Cardamom opens cool and aromatic for a minute or two. Sambac jasmine is the richer, sweeter form of the flower, heady and almost fruity, and at this concentration it pushes further forward than you might expect, giving the first hour a warmth that the lighter version keeps in reserve. Patchouli and oakmoss do the grounding, damp earth against dry bitterness, and amber lays resinous warmth over the lot. The finish is thick and stays close, and it sits on skin rather than floating above it. Twelve hours or more is realistic, with a trail on clothing afterwards, so one spray will usually do. Cold weather and evenings, and a wearer who already knows this scent and wants the fuller version of it. It reads unisex and is worn mostly by men. The trade off with any concentration like this is flexibility: it is superb in cold air and heavy going in a warm room, so it is worth owning alongside something lighter rather than instead of it. Sonia Constant composed it, released in 2021.
Estee Lauder agreed to buy this brand outright in November 2022, having already run its beauty division for years, and the fashion side went to Zegna on licence.
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