Lavender Extreme by Tom Ford bottle
Tom Ford

Lavender Extreme

4.1/5 · 1,230 votes Unisex 2019
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Fragrance notes

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Character

Longevity3.5/5
Sillage3.2/5
Day100
Night62
Fall98
Spring94
Winter74
Summer58
Our take

Lavender Extreme opens with a startling violet and lemon zing, as if someone cracked a cold, citrusy whip over a field of herbs. That jolt settles quickly into the heart, where lavender takes center stage but not alone. Cinnamon and geranium muscle in, turning the lavender warm and almost dusty, with a faint rose threading through like a memory of something floral and refined. The base brings tonka and coumarin, softening everything into a sweet, vanillic powder that clings to the skin for a modest few hours. It feels like a lavender sachet left to bake on a sunlit windowsill, the heat coaxing out honeyed, spicy notes from the dried buds. The scent is undeniably aromatic and fresh in the top, but the drydown leans decidedly sweet and warm, with a synthetic smoothness that feels more polished than natural. This is a mainstream-leaning niche, safe enough for the office but with enough personality to suggest you mean business. It suits the lavender loyalist who wants a more gourmand take, but anyone expecting a true, herbal fougere will find the cinnamon and tonka too intrusive. Wear it on a crisp spring day or a cool fall evening, because the sillage is polite and the longevity only average. It thrives in the daylight, where that violet lift can shine, but fades too quickly for a night out.

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