Fuoco
EDP · 2024
Jijide
Acquired
Cigarette
Note Profile
About
Cigarette is a composed accord for the smell of a burning or just-extinguished cigarette. It is not an extract and no natural material carries it. The note is burnt paper and ash, not cured leaf, and that is what separates it from tobacco.
Scent Profile
Cigarette smells of smoky, ashy paper, thin and acrid rather than rich. It reads as burnt leaf rather than cured tobacco, with none of tobacco's honeyed warmth. A mineral, ashy edge dominates, next to a dry, papery woodiness from the burning paper itself. Left to go stale, it turns musty and earthy, sweet and acrid rather than fresh. It carries a dry, woody note, like pale timber, under the smoke.
ScentWheel
Breadthbroad
EnvelopeBase · ~24h lasting
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Seen in
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Origin
No natural extract exists. The note is a perfumery accord. A common build uses tobacco absolute, smoky materials such as cade oil or birch tar, papery-cellulosic notes, and acrid modifiers with pyridine at trace level. Other builds use no tar. Etat Libre d'Orange's Jasmin et Cigarette lists tonka bean and mate in its base. The real smell it copies comes from pyridine, nicotine derivatives, furfural and phenols in cigarette smoke, plus the burning paper. Pipe and cigar smoke have no paper component, which is why they smell sweeter and richer.
Usage in Perfumery
A heart-to-base atmospheric note in nocturnal, urban and nostalgic compositions. Niche houses use it for nightlife, rebellion and cultural nostalgia rather than comfort. Etat Libre d'Orange pairs it with jasmine in Jasmin et Cigarette. It also pairs with leather, coffee, lipstick and alcohol notes.
Similar Notes
Perfumes featuring Cigarette
A selection of reviewed perfumes where Cigarette appears prominently.