With its golden perfume bottle and lingering smokiness, Tom Ford‘s Sahara Noir channels a desert of amber tones, sparkling sand, and spiraling plumes of incense. Settling somewhere between his Private Blends and mainstream fragrances (both in style and price-point), it’s also decidedly straddling the feminine and masculine (much like this wearer). To that end, I had to get a bottle, even if it comes dangerously close to the Amber Absolute Private Blend that I favor at this time of the year. Sahara Noir is lighter than that though, and a better fit for everyday wear. Where Amber Absolute smolders, Sahara Noir simply glows, its embers settling nicely into a smoky incense-like romp through the fall nights.
