Tar by Miguel Matos
Men Women 2019
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Description
Tar by Miguel Matos is an oriental fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2019, this composition was created by Miguel Matos. The top notes unfold with licorice, star anise, aldehydes, pineapple, bergamot, and sandalwood; the heart reveals smoke, rum, oregano, cinnamon, lavender, valley lily, and ylang-ylang; while the base notes complete the structure with caramel, opoponax, coffee, oud wood,…
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In the collection
Leading answer I want it
223 votes
What do you think?
Leading answer Love it
51 votes
Season
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48 votes
Time of day
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27 votes
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About Tar
Tar by Miguel Matos is an oriental fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2019, this composition was created by Miguel Matos. The top notes unfold with licorice, star anise, aldehydes, pineapple, bergamot, and sandalwood; the heart reveals smoke, rum, oregano, cinnamon, lavender, valley lily, and ylang-ylang; while the base notes complete the structure with caramel, opoponax, coffee, oud wood, animalic notes, tonka bean, tobacco, musk, and patchouli.
Spices Fruits, vegetables and nuts Green, herbal and fougère Flowers Sweet and gourmand Woods and mosses
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Longevity
Leading answer Very long-lasting
31 votes
Sillage
Tied for the lead Strong / Room-filling
37 votes
Character
Leading answer Balanced
22 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
17 votes
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This Miguel Matos perfume begins with an explosion of colours: white, black, pink, purple and yellow. It is an olfactory fantasy that takes you to childhood dreams and nightmares, to parallel worlds populated by characters like Bitelchús, the Mad Hatter or Jack Skeleton. Although its name, ‘Tar’, means pitch, it does not smell of freshly tarmac roads; rather, it is a staircase into an imaginary realm of melancholic, gothic characters and situations with innocent sensitivity. The first thing you notice is a slap of star anise that gives way to sweet licorice, like that in black bar sweets, with a touch of pineapple and citrus for a spark. Then come soft floral notes, like the scent of a lavender field reaching you on the breeze. Next enters the hard core of Tar: smoky and tobacco notes that create that typical fairy-tale mist. Caramel and real tonka bean highlight the licorice and soften the nuances, because after all, Tar is a scary story for children. It is extremely original, a challenging composition yet with an aroma for everyone, which will attract the attention of the non-expert for how well and differently it smells. It is another perfume by Matos that in a perfect world would be a best-seller. Its balance between smoky, sweet and spicy makes it a gothic gourmand. And its performance is brutal: well above average. Here, the word ‘reapply’ does not exist. Imaginative, fanciful, melancholic, adventurous and sentimental, this perfume is the signature of Eduardo Manostijeras. A great creation for which only congratulations are due to its perfumer.