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Tabatchin(1930)

Molinard · Molinard in-house perfumers · Amber

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A tobacco-and-floral composition from Molinard, opening on bergamot and spices before a heart combining tobacco leaf and florals, closing on amber, musk, and leather.

Did you know? This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital. Read the full story →
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Launched
1930
Family
Amber

A tobacco-and-floral composition from Molinard, opening on bergamot and spices before a heart combining tobacco leaf and florals, closing on amber, musk, and leather. Its tobacco-leather structure follows the genre Caron's Tabac Blond had established a decade earlier, applying the smoky, dry accord within Molinard's own catalog. The name appears to be an invented, exotic-sounding coinage rather than a real word, consistent with the period's fashion for evocative pseudo-foreign fragrance names.

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Top notes
BergamotSpice
Heart notes
Tobacco LeafFloral Notes
Base notes
AmberMuskLeather
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-16