Vanilla Pipe Tobacco was formulated based off of the original perfume oil recipe and smells very close to that format. It is formulated to be a bit stronger and longer lasting and is slightly different from the roll-on version. The opening is just a little stronger on the chewy dry tobacco note but after a few minutes, this note recedes and the drydown is just about identical to the perfume oil that Solstice Scents has carried for a while. On cold sniff and initial application, a sweet, dry chewy tobacco note blooms on top of a beautiful vanilla base. The vanilla becomes warmer the longer this perfume is on the skin. The coumarin hay-like note paired with warm tonka bean adds a dimension to this scent that makes it smell exactly like a sack of moist fresh vanilla flavored pipe tobacco. Vanilla Pipe Tobacco is truly exquisite and a must try for anyone looking for a realistic, wearable pipe tobacco fragrance (unlit, not smoky). It is a very pleasing authentic scent that is amazing worn alone or layered with oud, leather, apple, spicy, amber or chocolate scents. Vanilla Pipe Tobacco is an eau de parfum, edp.
SOLSTICE SCENTS VANILLA PIPE TOBACCO REVIEWS
Fragrantica: Chewy dried fruits and smooth moist tobacco. No smoke, no burning, match, or fire notes. No real warmth, no spices at all but still sticky sweet and rich. This scent completely reminds me of rum raisins! A beautifully simple and controlled take on tobacco. Very well done! This is a review of the perfume extrait. I ordered a full bottle of the EDP spray and will do an update/comparison with the perfume extrait when it arrives.
Fragrantica: I started looking for a real tobacco -pipe tobacco- fragrance several years ago and honestly was about to give up. Bottles and bottles of muddy, mucked up mishmashes later, and, cue choir-of-angels sound and curtain reveal. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the real deal. Pure pipe tobacco smell, rich, and pungent. If you have a memory of this in your past, it will immediately take you back. Dries softer as some others have mentioned, but tobacco profile stays the same. If anything, the tobacco becomes a little more pronounced as the vanilla backs off. Personally, I like that it stays linear, because the initial smell is so frickin good, having it change into anything else would honestly just be a let down. Bravo for keeping it simple.
Fragrantica: This one is gorgeous. A true, realistic vanilla tobacco pipe fragrance. So realistic and smells like fresh vanilla tobacco just pulled from the pouch/tin/box/container. Did I mention how very realistic it is? Yeah, well making sure I drive that point in as that's the main attraction here. To me, exactly like smelling the real thing... you'd swear someone just pulled out their pipe and packed tobacco. It is so rare to buy a fragrance that claims to smell like something and it turn out to actually smell spot on. The oil on me lasts a good while and the sillage is good. I'll be exploring more of the Solstice line for sure. This IS vanilla tobacco without any silly extra notes thrown in. No attempt to make it unique or interesting with extra notes that end up as nothing more than distracting and often as the exact notes you wish were left out and it'd be perfect. No, this has exactly what it needs to and nothing more. In truth, this realism could possibly be a problem for some looking for a designer take on scent. It forgoes fancy and complex in the name of absolute scent matching. If you're a fan of tobacco, definitely try this.
Fragrantica: Definitely the most realistic pipe tobacco scent I've encountered. This is just like opening up a packet of Captain Black Royal or some other similarly rich, sweet pipe tobacco. To be clear though, this is such a good mimic of actual pipe tobacco that it also captures the slightly overwhelming, slightly cloying nature of unsmoked wet tobacco, like if you took that packet of Captain Black Royal and stuck your face into it. Still a great smell, but it's one of those that is better experienced wafting off of you rather than right up on your nose. But yeah, hands down the most realistic pipe tobacco fragrance, in my experience.
