Japon Noir Tom Ford 2007

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Japon Noir is a popular perfume by Tom Ford for women and men and was released in 2007. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Oriental

Leathery

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Port wine

Amber

Leather

Night-blooming jasmine

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Thyme

Vetiver

Coriander

Perfumer

Pierre Negrin

Ratings

Scent

8.2110 Ratings

Longevity

8.087 Ratings

Sillage

6.980 Ratings

Bottle

8.285 Ratings

Value for money

6.614 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The photos for the advertising campaign were taken by photographer Guido Mocafico.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/20/2012

2.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

Awesomeness
247 Reviews

Awesomeness

Helpful Review 5

Smokey & Sweet

Overall, Japon Noir is a wonderfully smokey and sweet fragrance. It opens just a bit spicy & oriental on me, but quickly peels back to reveal it's smokey character which is maintained throughout the wear. As it dries, it becomes a bit sweet. The smokiness tames but still is present. JN has that tell-tale Tom Ford signature accord that's also in his Noir de Noir and Tobacco Vanille.

The fragrance is a bit low on sillage and doesn't have the greatest longevity considering the price point. Many people regard JN as the most masculine of the TF Private Blend line, and I usually don't care for masculines on my skin. However, JN strikes me as solidly unisex.

Japon Noir is quite unique, very wearable, and sadly discontinued. Highly recommend for sampling.

01/07/2012

10
Longevity 10
Scent

Cooper20
17 Reviews

Cooper20

Very helpful Review 6

Illuminating Beauty

Japon Noir

I walked through the garden today, a cloudy cold rainy day...wearing Japon Noir makes me feel sad in a way, aside from its warmth, it comes off very hostile..almost abrupt..the leather squeezes hold of my neck, the patchouli runs its way down my lips leaving a dirty earthy after taste and the jasmine looks me in the eye...all the beauty in the world slowly tormented and destroied by the powerful leather.

I kept walking through the garden..fallen petals kissing my toes, grass caressing my ankles..my finger tips brushing against the flowers. I cant help but feel somewhat dangerous with Japon Noir on my skin, almost as if this were the scent of an assasinator. Dark, violent and so beautiful..so perfect. I think the sense of fear i get from this is that the leather note doesnt quit, it literally enevelopes my body as if i were in a bondage dungeon with an audience of beautiful angelic people, looking at me..looking at my destruction.

I dont think this represents the beauty and the heritage of Japanese culture, but it for me..represents the underground..the people beneath the streets and the sakura trees...filled with darkness..waiting hungrily to release themselves out onto the night. I love the spiciness of Japon Noir, its as if im sitting in an old Japanese tea house with steam bursting from the small tea pots and beautiful geishas fanning themselves in anticipation for what is to come. But once this settles and calms down..i find myself floating in water..confused but at peace with this fragrance and all its strange beauty