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Tom Ford Private Blend Moss Breches... It's all about the labdanum

People who know me understand that labdanum "gets" me like no other note. Something about its longevity, its deep yet subtle warm animalic nature... I just can't get enough (but sometimes have to take a break from scents containing it... go figure.) Moss Breches is one of those labdanum-note-containing scents that "got" me on first try, and still has me. A friend described this scent as "warm, musky, sweetish, and verging on gourmand" and that is not a bad description. I find it incensy, with definite hints of honey up front that warm up wonderfully... and then after an hour or so that labdanum magic weaves its spell and stays, and stays, and stays. If the labdanum and oakmoss are synthetic, which is likely given IFRA regs, though the MB I own is somewhat "vintage...and could be real oakmoss at the very least...it's hard to tell. So well-rendered. This scent is so very comforting and uplifting to my spirits... I am very glad that I obt