🚬 Royal Tobacco by Amouage | Samplin' Samples 

My friend you are, as always, miles ahead of the other youtube reviewers regarding in depth fragrance deconstructions. My favorite connaisseur by far! ❤

Cecile Z is a phenomenon. Her resume is incredible. To have that many beloved fragrances to your name, so early on in her career, is astonishing. I'm always keeping an eye out for what she does next.

I've been waiting for this one. When I tried it, reminded me of TF Tobacco Oud (extremely pungent) but I much prefer Amouage RT (which is still pungent but not like TFTO).

4 months after my initial comment. It's December now, the cold one,yeah :) This fragrance become bully among tobacco fragrances and I love it! Cecile pumped this tobacco up really good. Nothing classic tobacco fragrances are about. No mixing with honey, fruit or whatever. It's raw Cuban tobacco leaf with all the balsamic stuff and God knows what else. It's very bold to wear but wirh beautiful aura scent.

Great review man, thank you 👊

Excellent review!

This fragrance is phenomenal

Great one, my friend. Your scent presentation skills are simply awesome!

Awesome as always Marc... ^_^

Enjoyed the detailed review. When lightly applied RT is 🔥. Would like to hear your review of King Blue.

Excellent fragrance. Thanks for the review. It gives me a cozy feeling while reminds me of my childhood Christmases with the tree, spices, chocolates and cookies.

I LOVE when reviewers put pictures of the notes!! Thank you.

You helped me in my Decision to purchase thank you robes

*SUBSCRIBED!* You are amazing at describing fragrances ! The imagery really helps me smell through the screen! I’m actually looking for a more unisex tobacco scent influenced by sweetness and florals any suggestions?

Good work! 👏👏👏

Great review as always. Like you, I am a total fan of this House…particularly the Christopher Chong era. I remain an ardent fan and enjoy several of the new releases: Boundless, Purpose and, of course Royale Tobacco!! AND I ADORE THE WORK OF CECILE. Now for the fragrance. Your review and visual references are spot on. At the time of your review I had my bottle for over a year and absolutely love the scent. As per usual, I like to watch trusted revelers , like you, to help me understand why I love a fragrance so darn much. Your visual references achieved that objective! Thank you

I smelled this last week and wasn't as inspired as you were. Great video as usual kid! I have plenty of fragrances that I initially wasn't too particular about and revisited them later and was like "what was I thinking, this is great" maybe this could be one of those fragrances.

This is exactly how I like fragrances to be described. You have a great way with words. I highly recommend Search next, a gorgeous smokey lime & lemon with a slight creaminess in the background. Looking forward to getting my nose on King Blue next.

Excellent review

Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed day

I got a sample and I didn't understand why everyone saying it's Tabocco but I am liking it much more then my first impression.. Great Video 💯 Friend

Overture man is one of my favourites from the last few years, I think it was Chongs farewell fragrance. Great beastly stuff!

Hi Marc. First let me say I am new to your channel. I only found it after Mr. Smelly mentioned you a couple weeks ago, but I've watched some of your back catalog. I really enjoy your approach (i.e. thoughtful, full of impressions not just descriptions, not trend driven, etc.). You definitely bring something special to the table, so thank you! I sampled RT rather extensively and then found a bottle for a discount a few weeks ago. It really is unique and beautiful. Unfortunately, living in NYC, this is not the time to be wearing it, so I've turned the AC down a few nights and enjoyed it by myself at home lol. I agree that a big part of the magic of this scent is how it manages to keep so many balls up in the air without dropping any. I can only imagine how many iterations this went through to get it perfect. A couple of thoughts, I wonder if what you are thinking smells like immortelle could be the fenugreek. I've heard this gives a maple syrup facet to perfumes. It's a spice I've used in cooking, and I have to say, I have not noticed that there, but I believe I heard Cecile talk about it and she mentioned it. I actually get that almost off the top and it does certainly nudge the line into gourmand for a while, but as you say, the maple recedes and it does 20 other things. Also, anise in perfumery is sometimes sweet. The pic you showed is star anise and that is a completely different thing with a different smell. Actual anise is licorice-like and sweet. According to Cecile & Mr. Salmon ,who spoke about it at ScentXplore last year, the Royal in the name is the royal frankincense and then obviously there's the Tobacco, so the idea is that it is Oman meeting Cuba (and a lot of other things they mentioned), so the name actually makes sense. Unfortunately, that's not going to be obvious to very many people. I have not been able to pick up either plum or oud, but I'll keep trying. The longevity and sillage are crazy. I can't imagine ever wearing more than 2 sprays of this. But we shall see. The cold does interesting things...

Did I just saw the Guru "rub" his hands after applying the fragrance?!... Once upon a time that was prohibited! 😅

Damn, anise is me-bait, especially when it's front and center :) Now I have to sample :D

Amouage is my favorite house i down own any of the ones with the new direction guy but only only i smelled in his leadership was search and i love it i own 8 from thr brand need to try the opis collection and also oveture i have nkt smelled yet

I got full bottle of Royal Tobacco. Wow!!! I have Herod and like it. I wanted better. RT is heaven !!! I smell my skin a lot after spraying. The fenugreek creates maple note. I LOVE this maple note and licorice. Osmanthus gives apricot touch. The sweet note with buttery resins are crazy good. I am getting a 10ml Jubilation Man today. Tried it? It also has gotten rave reviews. I cant wait

What a description. Thorough as thorough can be. Cecile knows how to make 'em, that's for sure. And yes, I do have a crush on her. 😆 Let's just say, if I smoked cigars, she could provide the 🔥 Est-ce qu'il fait chaud dans mon pantalon? ❤‍🔥 Still working on that french. I think that means..."call me."

Got my bottle 2 weeks ago. I was super hyped,you know how it is ;) Smoky sweetness,syrupy,resins everywhere,very intense! This one NEED COLD to open. Weather is like super hot here so will let it age some more. One thing I noticed. When spray it in the air I get what fragrance is about.

Great breakdown Marc. I 100% agree with your assessment. Amouage has definitely taken us on a bit of a rollercoaster ride over the last several years. Hoping their bangers are much more consistent going forward. Im hearing their newest release does not disappoint as well. 🤞

Marc, you have to do a review of Dior Tobacolor

cecile z (and gaultieri) have to be my favourite perfumers now. great review of a super-classy scent (my decant is empty, need a bottle now). i agree about 'tobacco' being misleading, but i can also see the marketing team not vibing with 'royal anise' or 'royal basil'. ;)

Very well done Marc 🐏

Went to Nieman Marcus and tested RT. I liked it. I bought tester bottle off ebay for $200. I have interlude black iris and overture man coming nxt week.

My next tobacco fragrance is most likely going to be the Byredo, but I’m going to smell this one before just in case.

One of my favorites from Amouage. What artwork did you use for the thumbnail background?

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Sampled this twice before Buying it Comp diff with a spray from the bottle & It is beast mode & I know I overspray “BUT” dumbing it all down I have gotten too many complements all of em saying I smell like a Christmas tree! So Are they really just talking sh*t lol!!! The pine & heavy resins def take away the want to wear right now in Houston

This work by Cecile Zarokian, and this frag is so many happens to describe 😊

I'm very interested in trying this one as I'm a big Amouage fan... And your right is time to start seeking the new generation noses worth following.... I've been impressed with Julian Rasquinets creations. Vici Leather by Electimus a recent acquisition I've been loving. Thanks for your thoughts ✌🏻🙏🏻

Wasn't a massive fan of the open on this, bit too much but the mid to drydown is great where you start to get all the hidden notes.

What model is your tom ford eyewear

I have a decant of this and I have a different experience every time I wear it. Sometimes it’s heavy on the tobacco, which I really enjoy, and on other wearings all I smell is basil, which I don’t like at all. This fragrance doesn’t quit and when it’s a basil day I’m really sick of it after 6 hours. Weird fragrance for me.

You forgot to answer one question as you did a sampling sample. Are you going to buy a bottle of this? I Think prices go from 300-345 USD for a 100 ML bottle?

A masterpiece fragrance, though not sure it’s a good personal scent, if that makes sense.

Smells better than Paulie Peanuts getting stuffed in his locker in high school

Next one Silver Oud?

You get sexier with age Mark.

This is one of those fragrances that really disappointed me, let me give you a little background: my father was a smoker, and every once in a while he smoked Cuban cigars and if you have smelled a Cuban cigar, it’s got nothing to do with this fragrance, I’m not a smoker, but I have smoked Habanos, if you want the real deal, Royal Crown’s Habanos capture the nuances and the experience of it. I think that’s my issue with the majority of tobacco fragrances, there’s pipe tobacco, and there’s Habanos or cigarette tobacco, a whole different animal. Try a Romeo y Julieta Churchill it’s an incredible olfactory experience. To me it’s an Incense - Anise fragrance and I’ll pass on this one. Thanks for the Sampling Marc!!!

I got a sample of this one and loved it! Would love for you to review King Blue sometime the new one from Amouage

F I order this and I d0nt care if someone like or not , hav3 vibe tobacco oud by tf but it is more wearable like tobacco vanille tf

I had a bottle of Royal Tobacco, but quickly sold it. Not a huge fan of Amouage lately. Their best era was when they made Epic, Memoir and Jubi.

This was literally the worst scent I’ve ever had the displeasure of smelling. DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE

I hated this when i sampled it 🤢

It's a sad era for the Amouage house, a shame because it was the best niche house

Amouage makes me very sad. Formally my favorite brand with eight of their fragrances in my collection. But, I used to be able visit two stores locally and sniff. One store removed the brand completely. The other store has not been restocked for about five years, so none of the "new" offerings are available, and just a few of the old stock remains, the less popular ones remain on the shelf. I will not be ordering tiny samples, so... bye-bye Amouage. It was great while it lasted.