Herbal

Tobacco

Note Profile

Botanical 1,302 perfumes

Also Known As

Tobacco Leaf, Tobacco leaves

About

Sweet tobacco leaf

Scent Profile

Tobacco in perfumery has a warm, sweet, and slightly smoky aroma with nuances of honey, dried fruits, hay, and subtle spice. Its scent can evolve from fresh and green in raw leaf form to rich, balsamic, and leathery when cured. The note often carries a comforting depth with a faintly resinous undertone.

ScentWheel

Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~30h lasting

Family Amber · Musk · Leather, Sweet & Gourmand, Fruity

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

What this is made of

Tobacco leaf absolute

A natural extract

CAS 8037-19-2

Tobacco leaf absolute (IFRA NCS). Cured leaf, not smoke.

How the layers join

Origin

Tobacco is derived from the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum, cultivated primarily in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In perfumery, absolute or tincture is produced by solvent extraction or maceration of cured tobacco leaves, avoiding the use of combusted material.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use tobacco mainly as a heart or base note to impart warmth, richness, and complexity. It blends well with vanilla, tonka bean, spices, woods, and dried fruit notes, and is common in oriental, fougère, and gourmand compositions.