Kilian Angels' Share and Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille are two of the most wanted sweet scents. Both are warm, luxurious and have vanilla at their heart, so they are often compared. In reality they smell quite different. Here is how to choose.
How Angels' Share smells
Angels' Share is inspired by cognac ageing in oak barrels. The opening is boozy and warm, with cognac and cinnamon. Then come praline, tonka bean and vanilla, and it dries down to a sweet, creamy woodiness. The scent is candy like, playful and very addictive.
How Tobacco Vanille smells
Tobacco Vanille opens with dense, dry tobacco leaves and spices. After a while it reveals a rich vanilla with tonka bean, cocoa and dried fruit. The scent is darker, heavier and more mature than Angels' Share.
Comparison
| Angels' Share | Tobacco Vanille | |
|---|---|---|
| Character | Sweet, candy like, boozy | Dark, tobacco, dense |
| Sweetness | Very sweet | Sweet but drier |
| Longevity | Very good | Outstanding |
| Projection | Strong | Very strong |
| Season | Autumn and winter | Autumn and winter |
| When | Evenings, holidays, dates | Evenings and special occasions |
Which one is for you?
Choose Angels' Share if you like sweet scents that are fun and playful, and you want something almost everyone will love.
Choose Tobacco Vanille if you want a more serious, darker scent that projects from a distance and stays on your clothes until the next day. Go easy with it: two sprays are more than enough.
Why not try both?
A full bottle of either costs hundreds of euros, and taste in sweet scents is very personal. That is why the smartest move is to compare them on your own skin. With 5 ml decants you can wear each one for a few days and see which suits you better.
Add them to Build your set together with a third scent, for example Xerjoff Naxos or Mancera Xplicit Vanilla, and get 10% off the whole set.