Tom Ford Ebene Fume Review – 2021

Mr Ford’s been busy this year. While some brands have pulled back on their schedule of releases, he’s maintained his usual, near-incessant stream, with the latest being an addition to the Private Blend range: the evocatively-named Ebene Fume. I reviewed it over on YouTube the other day, so if you’d like to hear my thoughts, please click on this link: Tom Ford Ebene Fume review.

I concede that this particular episode ended up being more about synthetic sandalwoods than about the perfume in question. Partly, this is because I wanted to use Ebene Fume as an excuse to delve into the increasingly voluminous world of these scenery-chewing materials. But I also feel that there’s little else to say about the scent: yes, there’s pepper in the opening, and it’s possible to detect the ‘cleansing’ effect of violet leaf in the middle section, but any other nuances are lost amidst the tidal-wave of the drydown.

In the video, I talk about needing to work through my ‘dislike’ of the overuse of these particular synthetic ingredients, but perhaps the real trouble is that I’m simply hyperosmic to them. Certainly, we all have our own unique sensitivities (and insensitivities) to various olfactory materials, and maybe I just need to accept that I will always ‘read’ ebanol et al as the shouty boor in the room who absolutely never lets anybody get a word in edgewise. That said, if you must have a shouty boor at your party, my advice would be to invite Ebene Fume, because at least it doesn’t get as carried away with its own puffed-up importance as most other compositions in this genre.

Persolaise

[Tom Ford Ebene Fume review based on a sample provided by the brand in 2021.]

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