Marrakesh
Extrait, Bortnikoff (2023)

A tobacco fragrance pure and simple but for one fact - no tobacco is listed.
I can't believe there's no tobacco here! Instead we get a note listing of Tunisian orange blossom, black pepper and nutmeg in the top. Heart notes of nectarine, jasmine, hedione and elemi. And base notes of vanilla absolute, benzoin and oud.
There's some alchemical magic at play here!
I get a very brief nectarine blast upon first application but that fades instantly.
A clear tobacco soon dominates and it does have a faint vanilla edge to it. I detect a bit of nutmeg and black pepper and there's a dried fruit thing happening as well. I don't get a lot of florals but perhaps it's the orange blossom, hedione and jasmine in combination with the resins and the dot of Indonesian (Kalimantan) oud which create the illusion of tobacco?
In the late life of the scent the florals seem to become a bit more prominent as does that pesky vanilla. The oud is barely there but the dry tobacco lingers.
Performance is moderate. The scent doesn't push out far and it'll last 6 hours or so largely as a skin scent.