Tabac Original Extrême Mäurer & Wirtz 1990

Tabac Original Extrême by Mäurer & Wirtz

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7.8 / 10 31 Ratings

Tabac Original Extrême is a popular perfume by Mäurer & Wirtz for men and was released in 1990. The scent is spicy-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Green

Fresh

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Fresh notes

Green notes

Palm leaf

Heart Notes

Birch wood

Cardamom

Coriander

Pimento

White sage

Base Notes

Moss

Musk

Nutmeg

Sandalwood

Tonka bean

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

7.831 Ratings

Longevity

7.022 Ratings

Sillage

6.522 Ratings

Bottle

5.830 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 05.11.2023.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/02/2022

10
Pricing 5
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

manlyscents
75 Reviews

manlyscents

1

Prominent natural-smelling dirty musk

This flanker to Tabac Original EDT opens herbal and spicy with green notes, sage, cardamom, and coriander. Soon after, a prominent natural-smelling dirty musk takes over, along with some oakmoss and vetiver. If you're not into sweaty vibes, you might want to steer clear.

This is the second review I'm writing for this fragrance. The first was very different because I had to learn (the hard way) not to overspray it. If you overspray Tabac Original Extreme, the dirty musk truly becomes extreme. The furthest I'll go now is one spray on each wrist and one on the neck. WARNING: Do not overspray this or you'll feel like you crawled up into some big, fat, hairy wrestler's sweaty armpit.

I find that projection and longevity are excellent, but also directly proportional to how much I spray. With 3 sprays I get 7-8 hours on my skin. With 12 sprays, I was still searching for a decontamination chamber 12 hours later.

Masculinity Level: Sweaty Ivan Danko fighting a bathhouse full of sweaty men in Red Heat.

03/09/2020

6
Bottle 4
Sillage 4
Longevity 6
Scent

Drseid
819 Reviews

Drseid

"Extreme" Shoulder Shrug...

Tabac Original Extreme goes on skin with strong herbal bitter-green artemisia and gobs of mossy-green oakmoss with a hint of carnation florals before transitioning to its heart. As the composition reaches its early heart, the oakmoss remains as co-star to significant musk rising from the base, as the bitter-green artemisia moves to a supporting role, joined in support by nutmeg warm spice and woody vetiver. During the late dry-down the woody vetiver and musk both take the fore with remnants of the oakmoss remaining through the finish. Projection is minimal, as is longevity at 3-4 hours on skin.

Tabac Original Extreme poses quite the quandary. On the one hand its aromatic oakmoss laden open is not only eye opening, but rather fantastic smelling. Once you get past the open, however, things turn much more mundane. That is not to say the composition goes completely south, but rather it becomes more of an average product of its time, as the musk and woody vetiver come into play. If it were released nowadays I am sure I would be amazed, but when compared against its contemporaries, after the terrific open one just can't get too excited, with that feeling only confirmed by its rather linear development through the finish. Adding to the development disappointment, the relatively poor performance metrics also don't make much of a case for the composition in the end. The bottom line is the discontinued $50 per 50ml bottle on the aftermarket Tabac Original Extreme is pretty decent smelling, but lags many of the prominent offerings of its contemporaries, earning a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating, but only a neutral recommendation due to its lack of distinguishing itself from "the 90s pack."