This extrait is Guerlain's unapologetic, hyper-concentrated ode to tonka bean - intensely sweet, creamy, and undeniably luxurious. Expect a syrupy, long-lasting embrace that divides opinion between those who adore its richness and those who find it overwhelming or overpriced.

No. 290 chases Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille's cigar-lounge sweetness, matching the tobacco-vanilla core reasonably well but missing the dried fruit and honeyed layering that gives the original its trademark depth and staying power.