Scent of the Day: Tom Ford Tuscan Leather

I am going to be covering men's cologne quite extensively, but I wanted to start off where I started.

Cologne is an aspect of my appearance I have long neglected.  It wasn't until 4 or 5 years ago that I even really owned any cologne.  I got a bottle of Aqua Di Gio as a gift, and I remember having a big smile on my face as it genuinely smelled really good.

And time goes on, and I start to notice other men wearing cologne.  And more often than not I noticed they were wearing the same thing as me, or something really similar.  And I quickly stopped wearing it all together because now it was like associating a sausage fest with a scent.

There is too much of a niche market out there to have to not have your own unique scent.  I started picking up a number of 10mL decants of cologne blindly.  One of the first scents I picked up lit me up like a christmas tree...  Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather.

Its a strong scent for sure, and its very linear meaning there is not a lot of subtly about it or lingering sub scents.  But what it is, is dead on right and it makes no apologies.  Its considered a reinterpretation of a traditional english leather.  Its stripped down, and a more sweet/sour of a traditional leather.  It strangely smells like cocaine, so right there you are building an allure around yourself.  The other nice part is it a one spray scent and it doesn't transform over time (the opening comes off the same as the basenote) and it lasts forever.

Now here is where it gets interesting,  Tuscan Leather is part of Tom Ford's Private Blend line which includes a dozen other scents.  The entire line is meant to be mixed and layered with each other to TRUELY give you your own unique scent.  The layering concept probably explains why the scents them selves are all quite linear (but they all do stand up on their own).

The most difficult part about the layering concept and well Tom Ford in general is that the price is incredibly high.  50mL in the Private Blend line will run you $195, or $260 for 100mL.  I picked up a 100mL because I know this is a scent I want to wear for a long time and will definitely state it is worth every penny.