"Tabac Original" (and "Old Spice") was both my father's and my grandfather's after shave. Both have been dead for many years. But as soon as I open that iconic bottle they are right there with me...

It took me a few weeks to like TABAC- got the EDC and at first thought it smelled like an old lady's perfume. Gradually over time my nose has identified all the subtleties and I now love it and would say it is a Very masculine fragrance. I believe the barbers I frequented in the eighties must have applied it to the back of the neck after a clipper cut as that is what it now reminds me of - barbershop 100%. I cant even detect florals in it now - just a lovely shaving soap top with bitter citrus, and a dark, musky scent underneath with a kind of oiled metal vibe. Same with Brut - it seems to take the nose a while to assemble the different scents and then arrive at a whole profile- absolutely love Brut aftershave now (used to wear Kouros and Azzaro in the eighties). Thanks for these reviews- like many others am trying all the old classics now in my 50s!

Tabac is the Cadillac of shaving soaps in my opinion. All class, all the way.

Great review. Just ordered the cologne and shaving soap. 57 years old and can remember dads go to.

How refreshing and very British was your expression when you tried the scent!"" It's Unusual!!"" Very classy indeed sir

This is such a good review, filled with so much in-depth description and story that leaves the viewer with no doubt about the if's or what's of the product - with a splash (pun intended) of history and observations that also enriches ones thoughts, well done Chap!

I've recently purchased Tabac (shower gel, deodorant stick and eau de toilette). I have to say, I rather like it and I'm pleased to see a positive review. My partner considers the fragrance to be somewhat too 'old' for me and she finds it a little reminiscent of a talcum powder fragrance. The shower gel is the stand out product of the range for it is pH neutral and serves to leave my skin clean and fresh. As it happens, I find the fragrance is somewhat autumnal with notes of sandalwood, amber and patchouli. Great review....thanks. It's also good to hear a Welsh accent on KZfaq.

Love Tabac. A real classic.. damn fine review

Tabac is perfect. My wife is from Switzerland she likes this fragrance since we met first in New York..

Thanks for this great review! I first ordered the aftershave after I saw some videos about the Eau de Toilette (I wasn't aware of the smell difference). Indeed the aftershave was very floral and soapy to me and I had trouble getting "masculinity" out of it. Nevertheless, I really started to appreciate the fragrance, especially when it's on your skin for an hour or so. Later I also bought the Eau de Toilette and then came the realization that I had watched the wrong video at the time... But I was also a bit shocked about how different the fragrances of the aftershave and the Eau de Toilette really are! The latter is much more spicier and masculine, exactly as they told in the video. Still, I like them both, it reminds me of by grandpa but at the same time it's a timeless classic

I just love Tabac! When I use Tabac Shaving soap and Tabac after shave together the scent is there all day long. Even when I hit the shower before bed the scent is still with me.

I love tabac shaving soap as well.exceptional.

Very nice video. I've started to use a DE razor after 10 years with a beard. I decided to celebrate Christmas early, got a Rockwell T2 and a Tabac shaving soap. 🎅🏻 It smells beautiful, reminds me of the barber's room we had on base when I was a conscript in South Pacific in the 90's. 🇵🇫 Smells of classic soap bars, wood panelling, rice powder pump bottle, old school cologne, strops, cedar wood humidor... So many memories. I went online again and ordered some Tabac normal soap, shaving cream and aftershave! 🤣 Keep up the great work. 👍🏻

Definitely love these fragrance reviews

When I was stationed in Minden in the early eighties I was introduced to Aramis. Wore it for many years and occasionally go back to it but I'm smitten with Halfeti. Another great video Ashley Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for a great detailed review! Tabac is also one of my favorite scents. By the way the scent of Tabac EDT is a little different from the classic scent of a soap, after shave of cologne.

Nice outdoor set! Like the suit also! Cheers for the great video!

33 year old man. I thoroughly enjoy Tabac, its notes remind me very much of Chanel No. 5

Floral notes thanks to neroli, lavender... not only tabac! I agree! A summer scent? The basic notes are oriental sweet with a twist of spicy. The EDC is so intense that I recommend this fragrance for the colder days, especially in winter. But as you mentioned, you can use the milder AS as a scent throughout the whole year. I agree in that! You say that the EDC is more intense than the ASL. True! You say th the EDT is more intense than rhe EDC. False! (by definition should be.) but although both EDC and EDT are officially Tabac Original scent I have experienced that the EDT is a complete different scent. (more similar to 4711 EDC than to Tabac Original EDC)

Their shaving soap is the best you can get. Very good for foaming up. Thick and creamy. Use a brush and saftey razor. Great shave.

Started using Tabac products in 1973. I still do.

Another review that I enjoyed from The Chaps Guide. I believe the name Tabac is derived from the French tobacconist/restaurant/bar term over a tobacco aroma. It's an intriguing smell and I agree it's classed as an older man's Eau de Toilette. However, to me, it defines class with gentle, subtle smells. Which from a relatively modest cost, distinguishes itself with the modest tones not often experienced with a less expensive brand.

Fantastic.. 100% going to revisit this. I'm 47 and my friends dad used to wear this and I hated it 35 years ago.but your spot on,we change with age and have just ordered the a/s and the deodrant. .trip down memory lane for £15!! A snip.. really enjoying your channel chap👌

Great video! Tabac is a classic. The lather on the shave soap is fantastic.

15:30 Also remember Haar Tabac (Hair Tabac) 👍 For the evening: Tabac Fire Power. They should have slapped a much higher price tag for Fire Power, for what it is.

Thanks for the video. I'd never heard of this fragrance so definitely look forward to seeing if I can find it next time I'm in a department store.

Excellent review. Thank you.

I love it excellent saving soap and it’s all top quality and stands the test of time it’s fresh and clean.

I absolutely love TABAC. I knew it would be appropriate for a 'chap' channel!

Omg i love tabac...i also love floid mentholato vigoroso.

Top tips as always, and like you, I remember Tabac from years ago. Off to Amazon to give it a try, it'll maybe be a useful alternative to 4711 :)

Excellent presentation. Thank you for this review. I have only just discovered you, and this is my first ever viewing of The Chap's Guide. Really enjoyed it. I have subscribed and I look forward to catching up with you again soon. Best wishes from South Africa.

My wife says it smells like baby lotion lol. I think it settles down to a nice "clean" aroma after the flowery notes have dissipated, like having used a scented hotel soap.

I love Tabac shaving soap and splash. Easy on the splash though, it can be overwhelming. I did a little bit of time at RAF Gutt myself. Nice presentation Ash.

It's my all time favorite when it comes to aftershave. Also the shaving soap (I use the one in the pot) is one of my favorite choices if i'm going ro use the brush. I don't use canned foam very often, but the Tabac foam is one of the best I ever tried and the can gives a very high yield. I also tried the EdT and the EdC - they aren't bad too, but there's a small difference to the AS in the fragrances used (especially the EdC has - at least subjectively to my nose - way more citrus but less soapy, aldehydic notes), so I won't buy them any more, because to me the aldehydics in the AS are what makes Tabac so original. I much like the shower gel too, but to me it feels overpriced compared to "ordinary" shampoo/gel, so i won't buy. Really disappointing to me was the shaving cream: the scent isn't bad, but it isn't something special either, nothing that i would show excitement for. But the consistency was one of the worst i ever had, when it comes to shaving creams - inhomogenous and way too liquid compared to any other shaving cream i used before. If cream, then I use "Speick" (coincidentally also a german brans), I haven't found another product that can compete with it when it comes to shaving cream on my skin. But for Aftershave "Tabac Original" has been and hopefully will always be my favorite, i just love it. I'm a male, in his Mid to end 30s, Austrian, using a double-edge safety razor with Pakistani blades. The blue "Treet" blades, if someone wants to know.

Really enjoyed your review, I was thinking of buying this aftershave, can you tell me when worn does the smell last long or just become a skin scent and have you tried the Tabac eau de Toilette spray is it better than aftershave? Thanks David

I bought myself the EDT. Its smells soapy like after a good shower to me.. I like it. Then I tried the Sir Irisch Moos what a difference, Very mossy indeed like a moist garden. If that is not manly.

I wore this fragrance (the aftershave), very nice floral and a bit musky scent, but it ain't on my line, as from my point of view, it's too floral although it's a classic and I rather wear something more woody and with a bit of Oakmoss in it.

is this more masculine than old spice. since i would put old spice 1 level below brut as far as how masculine it smells.

Tabac is good stuff!

Love Tabac 👍👍Great Video 🏆🏆

If it’s good enough for Jason King,it’s good enough for me!😁

just tried tabac i like the body soap and the shaving soap very much the aftershave is also very good but i like the balsem a little bit more

Got the aftershave for free. Nicked it off my dads shelf. Looking to buy a cheap aftershave. Probably a brut or pinaud

I used to pinch a bit of my dad's Tabac, not too bad at all. cheers.

I love the scent of Tabac and the performance of the shave soap. However, SWMBO hates the scent with a passion so I rarely get to wear it.

Oh I don't know, I think it is quite masculine in fragrance, only subtly so. Masculine scents don't always need to be strong and borderline offensive. Tabac is the sort of scent a man wears when he doesn't feel any need to prove himself. I think that is why we older gentlemen prefer it to other scents. If you enjoy American artisan soaps and shave products, five brands I recommend are: Stirling Soap Company, Chicago Grooming Company, Declaration Grooming, Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements, and Dr. Jon's.

I love tabac,, pity it can't be purchased hardly in UK shops,

Has anyone mentioned that photo of the Beatles using Tabac yet?

I was HORRIFIED when you described this as an OLD Man's aftershave. You also got "crossed off my Christmas Card List" for saying "it's not the sort of thing I would have worn in my TWENTIES", because that's when I discovered it, and have stayed with it ever since! But it is of course a personal thing. Like a painting, everybody notices different things, about exactly the same thing! But I do disagree with it NOT being MUSKY. That's why it is called TABAC (or tobacco). It doesn't actually smell OF tobacco, but DOES have the same sort of "heaviness" , as does Old Spice. NOT MASCULINE? I'd have defined it's thick, heavy smell AS MASCULINE myself. This is a "up and close" fragrance that isn't intended to be noticed by anyone but the delighted wearer, and his up - and close lover! What you like more is room- filling fragrances that WAFT. For what I would define being "on the pull". Interesting, though to talk about this! I'm still looking for my SHAMPOO they used to do - I'll make inquiries to see if they still do it You really MUST get the SOAP, which comes in such a lovely clear fake horn oval box!

Evolving! ✈️

Like your review Plz review TNT perfumes from same manufacturer Thanks

What is your opinion of the eau de cologne vs eau de toilet?

Should I get the EDC or the EDT ?

beautiful presentation ! Tabac is cult, you know the Beatles whore it back then ...very good quality products, the scent has a little bit changed, as I remember, as it was the scent of my father.. And a fragrance that is 61 years old and still doing well, I challenge the expensive ones to do the same :)

I bought one in Boots (after shave) for £ 7.50.

Tabac is mostly tobacco flower, and no tobacco leaf.

What company is it made of at 02:10...Murry and Wirz?......marry and woaz? What the heck? Why on earth are are you "butchering" this name? Sorry man, I am just kidding...I am a German, and as the TV-Moderator Conan once said: we are all somekind of mean. Put this jokes aside, I have just shaved myseff with a pro raso pre-shave and this Tabac wonderfull shaving soap....finished this with the aftershave! Outstanding! What a pitty Tabac do not have a pe shave...I am sure, I would love it. Grüße aus Deutschland (Greetings from Germany)

Is this smell like cigarette or tobacco

Smells like 4711 but a bit weirder

🤣 it smells of sweet tobacco

Oi

To me Tabac smells like the bottom of an old ladies handbag. Sorry - I don't like it.