Fucking Fabulous
Tom Ford (2017)

Just rather plain, sweet, and linear. Some people love that type of scent and will probably love this. I am not those people.

The fragrance is good, but it doesn't live up to its name of being "F-ing Fabulous." It has a pleasant sweet almond and tonka bean scent that is linear and straightforward. While the marketing and name of the fragrance are appealing, the scent itself is underwhelming. Considering the price, it might be worth passing on this fragrance.

This scent is "just okay" to me. Nothing not done better a dozen times over. I feel this way about all the Tom Fords I've tried; in my humble, they just don't warrant the price tag.

Fucking fabulous. Is it? To be honest it’s semi fucking fabulous. Nice warm scent. Not going to ever knock your socks off but a pleasure to wear. Long lasting. Sweet and comfy. Would recommend.

The opening blast is dominated by bitter almonds, but they are not unpleasantly bitter due to the counterbalancing effect of a vanilla not, which has resinous characteristics.

The other counterbalance is provided by an orris impression, which exudes a discreet spiciness that works very ell with its two predecessors. resulting in an original composite aroma that is on the bright and positive side. An undertone of coumarin gives is additional depth, assisted by a light and soft leather accord with minimal smokiness only on me.

Towards the end herbal touch of dried sage develops, based on a backgound of a nonspecific woodsiness contributed by a cashmeran that is lacking any spiciness at this stage.

I get moderate sillage, excellent projection, and a very good longevity of eight hours on my skin.

This scent for bright and warmer autumn days manages to throw together a few constituents, a mix of an unusual one with several more commonly used ones, to create an original composition with good performance. A couple of ingredients are rather generic, but overall the over-hyped marketing was unnecessary: This is a quite good fragrance. 3.25/5

But how could it live up to such a name? Is the only question I ask myself as I feel somewhat underwhelmed.

Okay, with that out of the way and expectations aside - it's a very nice scent. The opening is unique to me. The creamy orris/tonka opening really surprised me and initially I was not keen. But I couldn't help but keep smelling. It grew on me over the course of the day to where I was madly sniffing at my arm because it was so more-ish (for lack of a better term).

Where this falls slightly short of the mark (for me) is the leather. I don't get leather as much as I get a leather polish type of accord on my skin. It works but it's just not quite to my taste.

Overall I'd say this is a solid 7/10 in terms of fragrance. But as it is 'fucking fabulous' and also fucking expensive - I'm not sure I'd be getting value for money with a full bottle purchase. Thumbs up, but a 10ml decant is good enough for me