I’m sure you’ve seen people often comparing two legendary colognes from Tom Ford and arguing which one’s the best, Tuscan Leather or Ombre Leather?
Both of these fantastic fragrances have enough reasons to compete and claim one better than the other.
But, If you haven’t tried any one of them yet, then which cologne should you get?
Finding the answer to this can be very frustrating as both of these colognes have many versions with different features.
Don’t worry! After testing both of these colognes on myself, I have rounded out their similarities and differences to help you make an informed decision.
So, without wasting any more time, let’s see which cologne comes out with a victory in this battle.
Clash of Scents: Tuscan Leather vs Ombre Leather
Tuscan leather
Main Notes: leather, suede, raspberry, jasmine, olibanum, saffron, amber
Tuscan leather was released in 2007 by the famous American fashion house Tom Ford. Undoubtedly, Tuscan Leather is one of the most iconic fragrances on the market.
Tuscan Leather is a fruity-leathery fragrance. The compliments factor of Tuscan Leather is extraordinary. It’s not just a leathery fragrance, It’s a whole package.
Ombre Leather
Main Notes: leather, moss, jasmine, amber, patchouli and cardamom
Ombre Leather is a masterpiece creation of Sonia Constant. Ombre Leather is a leathery fragrance, and it’s totally masculine. This fragrance will remind you of the black leather jacket.
This legendary fragrance was released in 2018, and in a concise time, it got many compliments.
Read on to find the superior fragrance.
So, here is the comparison between Tuscan Leather and Ombre Leather:
Opening
In the case of Tuscan Leather, they used raspberry, saffron, thyme in the opening. The opening of Tuscan Leather is fruity-flowery. The combination of the opening is marvelous. You’ll fall in love with it’s opening.
On the other hand, Ombre Leather used cardamom in their opening. Their opening is good enough, but it’s totally spicy. You’ll feel a cardamom blast, and soon it’ll mix with leather.
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Now, which is better?
As you can see, Tuscan leather has some variations, but Ombre leather’s opening is simple and clean. Both of the openings are great. But Personally, I felt the opening of Tuscan Leather is much more prominent.
So, the winner is Ombre Leather, But I must admit both of them are really good at it.
Projection and Longevity
Both Tuscan Leather and Ombre Leather projects really strongly after you wear them. As they both used premium notes, you can be sure about getting excellent projection and longevity from these colognes.
In the case of Tuscan Leather, it starts with a fruity-flowery opening, and soon it touches it’s middle notes and projects a lot. The longevity and projection, both are amazing in the case of Tuscan Leather.
If we talk about Ombre Leather, It starts with a spicy note and soon it mixes with leather and others. The longevity of this fragrance is good enough. In the case of projection, it’s moderate.
I found a major gap between the performance of Tuscan Leather and Ombre Leather. Not only Tuscan Leather long lasts, but also the projection level of Tuscan Leather is way greater than Ombre leather.
So, if you’re looking for excellent longevity and projection, Tuscan Leather is the one.
Compliment Factor
Tuscan Leather and Ombre leather both are massively popular fragrances in the world. But here, we’ll figure out which one gets more compliments.
Well, Tuscan Leather is not just only a leather fragrance. It includes flowers, fruits, woods, amber, etc. As a result, Tuscan Leather becomes a top priority of many people. People of all kind tends to love Tuscan Leather because of it’s mixed behavior.
On the other hand, Ombre Leather is a total masculine cologne. On every bit of it, you’ll get an ambiance of leather.
You can wear this fragrance with leather jackets, formal suits, etc. People will love your masculine scent profile.
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As we can see, both of them are really good at getting compliments. For the mixed behavior and vast projection, I’ll choose Tuscan Leather in this case.
So, for compliments, any of these two scents will work. But if we compare, Tuscan Leather is the clear winner here.
Versatility
In the case of Tuscan Leather, it’s not just limited to leathers only. It has various types of notes like fruits, flowers, etc. As a result, you can wear this fragrance wherever you want. Like you can use this for parties, events, meetings, fancy dinners, etc.
On the other hand, Ombre Leather is a full leathery fragrance. The scent profile of this fragrance is much more complicated because it only used heavy notes. If you always prefer masculine looks, then don’t want, go for Ombre Leather.
As none of them are inoffensive, and they both used heavy notes, it’s really tough to choose one on the basis of versatility. But as we can see, Tuscan Leather used many other notes like fruits, flowers, etc.
In my opinion, Tuscan Leather is better for everyday use. And it’s more versatile than Ombre Leather.
Value For Money
The price of 50ml of Tuscan Leather is 270$. It comes in 100ml and 250ml also. And the prices are 365$ and 670$.
In the case of Ombre Leather, the price for 50ml is 140$. And the price of 100ml is 195$.
As we can see, there’s a major gap between the prices of Ombre Leather and Tuscan Leather. Undoubtedly, both of these are expensive fragrances, and we can see a clear price gap. Both of them used premium notes, and both of them smell amazing.
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So, in terms of the best value for money, Ombre leather is the winner.
Overall Scent
Are you looking for an incredible fragrance to wear each and every day? Ombre Leather is just the one you’re looking for. It has the potential to become your signature scent.
The notes used in Ombre Leather are masculine and prominent. If you love to maintain a masculine personality all the time. It’s the best decision to make Ombre Leather your signature fragrance. The projection level of Ombre Leather is also moderate.
Moreover, the price of Ombre Leather is way more than Tuscan Leather.
In the case of choosing a signature scent, price and availability is big issue. As you can see, the price range of Ombre Leather is not that much high as a Tom Ford fragrance. And Ombre Leather will help you to get compliments as well.
So, If you’re looking to add a signature cologne to wear every day, you can go for Ombre Leather.
Our Final Verdict
I have to say this is a tough call.
Both of them used leather as their primary note, and both of them are from the same house.
As we can see, in terms of value Ombre Leather is way better than Tuscan Leather. Moreover, Ombre Leather is better as a signature scent.
Both fragrances have some pros and cons.
If I had to choose between these two, I would pick Tuscan Leather over Ombre Leather. Tuscan Leather is not a typical leather cologne. It’s mixed with varieties of other notes.
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Please vote on which cologne you think is better in the pole/comment section. And suggest which fragrance battle you wish to read next, and I’ll get on it.
