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Not my cup of smoke

Tabac Sahara by GuerlainGuerlainTabac Sahara3.99 ratings
3/5
Longevity4/5
4 / 5
Projection5/5
5 / 5
Sillage4/5
4 / 5
Bottle5/5
5 / 5
  • Full wear
  • Tested at home
  • On skin

I walked right into this one, so I have only myself to blame. Therefore I must warn the others, even though it's quite obvious if you think about for a minute. I love juicy, sweet, inevitably synthetic raspberry. I love tart and smoky tobacco. So what do raspberry and tobacco combined smell like? A vape, that's what this is. Raspberry flavoured, tobacco infused vape. If you're into this sort of smell - good for you, that's your guy. Sadly, I very much not like any flavours in tobacco, so this perfume is not for me.

Honestly, at first, I thought there must be some mistake, but then I turned on my braincells, looked at the notes... And yes, that's exactly what it should smell like. Even the promo video on the Guerlain website looks somewhat like a fancy vape ad.

I must admit, with time raspberry gets weaker, tobacco pulls through it becomes more of a fruity hookah sort of affair. But again, not my thing. If it's yours, go for it, though, you're in for a treat.

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Comments6

  1. Jscajoy@jscajoy

    This one shocked me too. I love Guerlain. They can nearly do no wrong but apparently when they do…it’s bad. It smells like melted wax and the smoke in the air after blowing out a fruity candle. I tried it again because I thought I was having a bad day. It’s my least favorite Guerlain ever. 😬

    1. SugarPink@sugarpink

      There are people who like flavoured tobacco scent. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any market for vapes. Same with fruity candles. As I said in the review, it makes total sense why it smells like that. I would be surprised if there wasn't a single Guerlain I didn't like 🙂

  2. Shawn@shawnmyers

    On my skin there was no raspberry at all. What I got off my skin was a very spicy tobacco. When I say that there was tobacco but it wasn't all that strong either. Just a very spicy scent with tobacco in the back ground. It doesn't really smell natural but it does smell really nice. Not sure if I'll ever buy a bottle unless I find it for a deep discount

  3. Ivana@ivana

    · Edited

    I was so excited to try this one (sounded like a perfect match for me). Sadly it turned out to be my least favorite from Guerlain 😔 Oh well...

    1. SugarPink@sugarpink

      It does have this very unGuerlain-like synthetic quality that doesn't suit it 😞

    2. Ivana@ivana

      Replying to @sugarpink

      I came to the conclusion that raspberry+ leather is a much better combo for me personally..

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