Tom Ford Ébène Fumé Courtesy Tom Ford website
As we turn the metaphoric (or actual) calendar page from December to January, there comes a moment when reflection meets renewal, when we take a step forward while glancing behind. Around the world, those in every culture seize this moment to begin anew. In South America, born of an ancient Incan tradition, the Palo Santo tree (translated as “holy wood”) is burned as a gesture of positive transformation, its smoke thought to dispel negative energy and kindle a spiritual revival.
Burning Palo Santo, Courtesy stock
Forged in Palo Santo smoke and fire comes a new creation from the house of Tom Ford which creatively advances a genre while respecting its history and strength of character. Tom Ford Ébène Fumé, “ebony smoke,” is a triumphant return to the glory days of the brand’s pillar Private Blend launches. Ébène Fumé was composed by the great Rodrigo Flores-Roux, the master perfumer behind some of Tom Ford’s classics such as Jasmin Rouge, Sahara Noir and the mega-hit Neroli Portofino.
Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Senior Creative Perfumer and Vice President for Perfumery in Givaudan’s New York Studio. courtesy of the perfumer
Tom Ford Ébène Fumé emblematizes the signature earthy-opulence for which the line is most revered, while remaining wholly unique and artistically evolved. Further enhancing the spiritual aura, a golden-hued incense rises throughout, curling in and out of ebony wood and smoldering resins. The incense ignites a memory of Gucci Pour Homme, a discontinued masterpiece which many have heralded as Golden-Era Tom Ford, who was, at the time, the creative director of Gucci before bringing his talents and vision to his own fragrance line. Despite its name, I find Ébène Fumé to be more wood than smoke, a buttery wood at that, beautifully balanced amid additional notes of crackling black pepper, violet leaf, a touch of leather, labdanum, papyrus, cade oil and rose. I also detect an unmentioned osmanthus accord further softening every edge.
Tom Ford Ébène Fumé has renewed this weary spirit. As someone who once stood in line at Bergdorf Goodman’s to have Tom Ford autograph a bottle of Amber Absolute, I’m thrilled with this new launch which has taken a prominent place on my shelf amid Moss Breches, Plum Japonais, and Bois Marocain.
I own my own bottle, and the opinions are my own
-Michael Devine, Contributor
photo by Michael©
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