Fleurs de TabacWoody Amber Extrait de Parfum

Fleurs de Tabac by Cherigan is a niche woody, amber, and tobacco perfume extract, unisex, and the house's flagship: the only one of the seven fragrances in the collection to have actually existed in 1929, reworked from the original formula. Approximately 90% natural ingredients.

A house from 1929 risen from the dead

Cherigan was founded in 1929, at 120 avenue des Champs-Élysées. Its name already tells of its era: chéri and gant, back when people still perfumed the skin of their gloves. The house opened a boutique in Havana, charmed movie stars, created about fifteen fragrances—including a Chance long before Chanel, in a horseshoe-shaped bottle, as well as Parisienne and Bleu Impérial—then disappeared around 1966. Luc Gabriel, CEO of The Different Company, rediscovered it in 2016 in the perfume archives, bought back the name, and relaunched the house in 2021, in the spirit of Roaring Twenties Art Deco. The catalog is divided into two ranges: Les Iconiques, reconstructed original formulas—as is the case with this fragrance—and Inspirations, new creations. Available as extracts in 100 ml and 15 ml.

An opening of Italian bergamot, jasmine, and rose

Italian bergamot opens bright and zesty, immediately joined by jasmine and rose. Two major flowers from the very first second, something that is no longer done.

A heart of sandalwood, Virginia cedar, and benzoin balm

Sandalwood brings its creamy lactonic note, Virginia cedar its sharpened pencil dryness, and benzoin balm a vanilla resin that softens the structure.

A base of vetiver, musks, tonka bean, and labdanum

Vetiver establishes its earthy root, musks the skin effect, tonka bean its almond sweetness, and labdanum—cistus resin, leathery and honeyed—the amber warmth. The trail lasts a long time.

The house's signature touch

One of the very first tobacco fragrances in history—and it opens with flowers. Its position in the history of the genre is precise: it appears just after Caron's Tabac Blond and before Molinard's Habanita, the two other legendary tobaccos of the era. Bergamot, jasmine, and rose before the slightest hint of wood: no one would write a tobacco fragrance like this today, where the genre begins with dried leaf and honey. It is the signature of an era, restored as it was rather than modernized—with only the adaptations required by current regulations and the disappearance of certain materials. Second point, unique to the house: Cherigan does not reveal the names of its perfumers. "In the 1920s and 1930s, no one cared about the perfumer's name; they were artisans who worked in a laboratory," explains the man who relaunched the house.

For whom, for what occasions?

Woody, amber, and tobacco, this extract is for those who love floral tobaccos and traditional fragrances. It gives its best from autumn to winter, in the evening, and is equally suitable for women and men. The 15 ml size has an applicator cap, without a sprayer: it is applied drop by drop, and the bottle is refilled each time it is closed.

With Fleurs de Tabac Cherigan, the house reinterprets a 1929 formula without correcting it.