Tom Ford
Explore 132 Tom Ford fragrances — notes, longevity, sillage and community ratings, matched to how you want to smell.
About the house
Tom Ford joined Gucci in 1990 and became its creative director in 1994. He left in 2004 and set up a label under his own name; sources date its launch to either 2005 or 2006. Domenico De Sole became chairman of the label.
Fragrance came through a partnership with Estée Lauder. Tom Ford Beauty launched in 2006 with Black Orchid as its first scent, which the house describes as at once desirable yet unattainable. The Private Blend range followed in 2007 with 12 scents, among them Tuscan Leather, Oud Wood, Neroli Portofino and Tobacco Vanille. Ford is reported to have called the range his own personal scent laboratory. One later addition, Fucking Fabulous, was released in 2017 and sold out in a single day, according to the Fragrance Foundation.
In November 2022 Estée Lauder announced it would buy the brand for $2.8 billion. Ford said at the time that the company was the ideal home for the brand. Estée Lauder's own announcement pointed to net sales growth of nearly 25% for Tom Ford Beauty in its most recent fiscal year.
The deal closed on 28 April 2023. Estée Lauder took the Tom Ford brand and its intellectual property, while the fashion business went to Ermenegildo Zegna Group. Peter Hawkings succeeded Ford as creative director that same day, and Haider Ackermann was named to the role in September 2024.
Signature notes
These notes show up in Tom Ford fragrances at least twice as often as in the catalogue as a whole. We worked this out from each fragrance's listed notes. It is not how the house describes itself.
Best known for
Tobacco Vanille, Ombré Leather (2018), Lost Cherry, Oud Wood, Noir Extreme and Tuscan Leather — the most-rated in our catalogue.
Releases
From 2007 to 2026, 132 fragrances with a known year.
Said to be the inspiration
Some houses say which fragrance one of theirs was inspired by. These are the Tom Ford fragrances they name.
- 2 houses describe 2 fragrances as inspired by Tobacco Vanille. What they say →
- 2 houses describe 2 fragrances as inspired by Oud Wood. What they say →
- 2 houses describe 2 fragrances as inspired by Bitter Peach. What they say →
- 2 houses describe 2 fragrances as inspired by Oud Minérale. What they say →
- One house describes one fragrance as inspired by Lost Cherry. What they say →
- One house describes one fragrance as inspired by Velvet Orchid. What they say →
