Ibraheem Al Qurashi Brazilian Tobacco

Raw, earthy, and deliberately unsweetened, Brazilian Tobacco is the 2023 Extrait de Parfum from Ibraheem Al Qurashi that made a strong case for tobacco done without gourmand softening. Where most tobacco fragrances reach for vanilla or dried fruit to sweeten the accord, this one leans green and primal. Aromatica carries the Ibraheem Al Qurashi Brazilian Tobacco decant in Bangladesh in all available sizes, so you can try it and decide if it belongs in your collection.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Red Chilli Pepper, Lavender

Heart: Tobacco, Oud, Cedarwood, Cherry

Base: Leather, Patchouli, Vetiver

Full note breakdown on the Ibraheem Al Qurashi site.

The Scent

A dry, slightly electric combination of bergamot and pink pepper is the first thing the nose registers. It reads citrusy but not bright or cheerful, more like the smell of a sun-baked wooden counter with a bowl of spiced fruit nearby. The red chilli pepper adds a faint sharpness, a prickle that keeps things from feeling too polished or linear. Lavender is present but restrained, giving the opening a faintly aromatic, almost barbershop-adjacent edge without making the fragrance feel classic or old-fashioned. The bergamot lifts the pepper and chilli enough to stop the opening from reading purely sharp, while the lavender threads a quiet herbal green note underneath. That interplay between citrus brightness and spiced dryness is brief but well-constructed. The spice and citrus phase does not linger long, and the transition into the heart begins faster than you might expect, the green quality already hinting at where the tobacco will take things.

As the heart develops, tobacco steps firmly to the front. This is not a sweet, cured tobacco. It reads green and raw, closer to freshly cut leaves than dried pipe tobacco or a smoky room. Cedarwood reinforces the dryness early in the heart, adding a clean woody backbone that keeps the tobacco from feeling musty or heavy. The oud enters gradually, threading through the composition as a dark, resinous undercurrent rather than announcing itself. It deepens the tobacco without redirecting it, functioning almost as a shadow rather than a note in its own right. Cherry is perhaps the most surprising entry in the heart. It does not read as fruit so much as a faint, sweet-sour resinous quality that gives the tobacco accord unexpected depth and a slight fermented edge. It can read as a distinct fruitiness that briefly softens the composition, or it can recede almost entirely beneath the tobacco and cedar depending on skin. The heart is where Brazilian Tobacco earns its reputation as one of the more unusual tobacco compositions in the Ibraheem Al Qurashi lineup.

The dry-down settles into leather, patchouli, and vetiver in a deeply grounded finish. The vetiver is the defining note of this stage, earthy, slightly smoky, and rooty in a way that anchors the whole fragrance close to the skin. Patchouli adds a warm, slightly dirty earthiness that blends naturally with the vetiver without pushing the fragrance into heavier territory. The leather note that emerges here is dry and restrained, not the sharp or almost chemical leather found in some compositions. It sits quietly beneath the patchouli, contributing texture rather than dominance. Taken together, the base reads as something settled and intimate, the kind of drydown that rewards proximity. The base is where the green, earthy character of this release fully resolves into something coherent and worn-in.

When to Wear

Brazilian Tobacco belongs to cooler weather, autumn evenings and winter nights out, where the green tobacco and earthy base have room to settle into the skin. It suits a formal dinner, a private gathering, or an evening event where the fragrance has room to evolve. For others in this family, browse the Tobacco collection at Aromatica.

Who Is It For

Brazilian Tobacco is for someone who gravitates toward dark, earthy, understated orientals, the person who finds most tobacco fragrances too sweet and wants the rawness of the leaf without the dessert.

Browse the full Ibraheem Al Qurashi collection at Aromatica. Within the same house, Ibraheem Al Qurashi Blue Oud leans into a similar oud, leather, and tobacco frame, worth a side by side sniff for anyone drawn to this direction.

Available as an authentic decant in Bangladesh at Aromatica in 5ml, 9ml, and 15ml.