Tabac is a brand of fragrance that was created by

Mäurer & Wirtz Mäurer & Wirtz is a German manufacturer of personal care products and perfumes. Since 1990 the company has been a subsidiary of Dalli Group. The company is managed by the fifth generation of the Wirtz family, joint CEO Hermann Wirtz. The headq ...

in 1959. It is said to have a floral fragrance and contains a blend of bergamot, neroli, lavender and is accented with

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

, oakmoss and

vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia''). Pollination is required to make the p ...

. The scent is used in various Tabac branded products, including eau de toilette,

eau de cologne Eau de Cologne (; German: ''Kölnisch Wasser'' ; meaning "Water from Cologne"), or simply cologne, is a perfume originating from Cologne, Germany. Originally mixed by Johann Maria Farina (Giovanni Maria Farina) in 1709, it has since come to be a ge ...

shaving soap Shaving soap is a hard soap that is used to produce lather with a shaving brush. The lather it produces is used to coat the face during shaving, softening the hair in preparation for shaving. While shaving soap produces plenty of dense and long- ...

aftershave Aftershave is a product applied to skin after shaving. Traditionally it is an Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol-based liquid (splash), but it can be a lotion, gel, or even a paste (rheology), paste. It often contains an antiseptic agent such as de ...

, and

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Trivia

In the episode "The Yellow Package" of the 1963 spy series The Fifth Column (television series), a bottle of Tabac can be seen in the main character's bathroom, next to a bottle of Old Spice After Shave.

References

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