Tom Ford · 2017

Fucking Fabulous

VersionEau de Parfum

Herbal clary sage and lavender over bitter almond, powdery iris and creamy leather, drying to tonka, vanilla and cashmere-soft woods.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell Almond Bitter Oil, Tonka Resinoid, iris (orris accord), Cashmeran, Leather Accord and Clary Sage Oil.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Clary sage, Lavender, Bitter almond, Vanilla, Leather, Tonka bean, Amber, Blonde woods accords, BITTER ALMOND, Bitter almond, Tonka bean, Iris (orris) and Clary sage.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Fucking Fabulous’s scent picture, a draft: almond, tonka (coumarin), iris, cashmeran (cashmere wood), leather, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Fucking Fabulous, top notes: Almond, Lavender, Sweet orange, Bergamot, Bitter orange

Heartas it settles

Fucking Fabulous, heart: Leather, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

Fucking Fabulous, dry-down: Tonka (coumarin), Iris, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Vanilla (vanillin), Amber, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Almond Bitter OilTonka ResinoidIris (orris accord)Cashmeran (cashmere wood)Leather AccordClary Sage OilLavenderVanillaBlonde woods accords

What the label names

29 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.

6 citrus7 herbs & lavender8 florals3 woods2 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus6

LimoneneBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender7

PineneLavender oilSclareolCamphorLinaloolTerpineolLinalyl acetate

Florals8

Neroli oilHexyl cinnamalCitronellolGeraniolFarnesolCinnamyl alcoholDimethyl phenethyl acetateGeranyl acetate

Woods3

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenyl acetate

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares tonka, orris, clary sage, lavender and 1 more
NaxosXerjoff · shares tonka, Cashmeran, lavender and vanilla
His ConfessionLattafa · shares tonka, orris, lavender and vanilla
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.