Woody
Notesbenzoinbirch tarsmoketobaccotonka beans
Tags
#smoky
Style
unisex
Tobacco is an ancient crop, which for centuries has lured people with its enticing aroma and powerful rituals. It’s the shared, flirtatious exchange of preparing a roll-up for someone, the way the tobacco leaf crumbles between your fingers, the smell of flame torching paper. Tobacco is a notoriously difficult addiction to quit, but with Smoke, you don’t have to.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Smoke suits the unhurried intimacy of a conversation that continues after everyone else has left. Its tobacco-and-birch character suggests scorched paper and leaves rubbed between fingers, while the softer tonka base keeps that roughness close and inviting rather than austere.
How to wear
Try Smoke in cool weather, when its smoky woods and warm benzoin-tonka base feel most at home. Begin with one or two sprays on skin beneath clothing for a more contained impression; in warmer conditions, use a lighter application so the sweetness does not crowd the tobacco.
Who it’s for
For those drawn to tobacco leaf, smoky woods and sweetness used as a counterweight rather than the main attraction. Smoke will appeal to tastes that favour textured, slightly rough-edged fragrances over bright freshness or overtly sugary gourmands.
Release year
2018
The nose
Olivier Cresp is a French master perfumer whose work spans influential gourmands and widely recognised designer fragrances, including Angel, which he co-created, and Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue. His style combines a clear, recognisable idea with the balance needed to make it wearable. For Smoke, he translated tobacco and the act of smoking into a perfume rather than a literal reproduction.
Collaborators
Anaïs Cresp developed the pleasure-led concept behind Akro’s debut collection and brought it to her father, Olivier Cresp, to translate into fragrance. Her creative framework placed Smoke’s tobacco ritual alongside other familiar indulgences.
Akro’s story
Akro turns everyday pleasures into recognisable perfumes, taking inspiration from experiences such as coffee, chocolate and tobacco rather than conventional fragrance imagery. Its name derives from the French accro, meaning someone hooked on something. The house pairs this provocative subject matter with Olivier Cresp’s figurative, minimalist approach.
Smoke’s concept
Smoke grew from Akro’s founding idea of bottling familiar pleasures, inspired by the pubs, coffee houses and street life Anaïs Cresp encountered around London’s Ladbroke Grove. Its particular subject is the intimacy of tobacco preparation: loose leaves between the fingers, rolling a cigarette for another person and the instant flame meets paper.
Extra info
Smoke was one of Akro’s six debut fragrances, alongside Awake, Dark, Haze, Malt and Night. Its current official note structure is unusually compact: tobacco leaves, birch, benzoin and tonka bean.
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Notesbenzoinbirch tarsmoketobaccotonka beans
Tags
#smoky
Style
unisex
Tobacco is an ancient crop, which for centuries has lured people with its enticing aroma and powerful rituals. It’s the shared, flirtatious exchange of preparing a roll-up for someone, the way the tobacco leaf crumbles between your fingers, the smell of flame torching paper. Tobacco is a notoriously difficult addiction to quit, but with Smoke, you don’t have to.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Smoke suits the unhurried intimacy of a conversation that continues after everyone else has left. Its tobacco-and-birch character suggests scorched paper and leaves rubbed between fingers, while the softer tonka base keeps that roughness close and inviting rather than austere.
How to wear
Try Smoke in cool weather, when its smoky woods and warm benzoin-tonka base feel most at home. Begin with one or two sprays on skin beneath clothing for a more contained impression; in warmer conditions, use a lighter application so the sweetness does not crowd the tobacco.
Who it’s for
For those drawn to tobacco leaf, smoky woods and sweetness used as a counterweight rather than the main attraction. Smoke will appeal to tastes that favour textured, slightly rough-edged fragrances over bright freshness or overtly sugary gourmands.
Release year
2018
The nose
Olivier Cresp is a French master perfumer whose work spans influential gourmands and widely recognised designer fragrances, including Angel, which he co-created, and Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue. His style combines a clear, recognisable idea with the balance needed to make it wearable. For Smoke, he translated tobacco and the act of smoking into a perfume rather than a literal reproduction.
Collaborators
Anaïs Cresp developed the pleasure-led concept behind Akro’s debut collection and brought it to her father, Olivier Cresp, to translate into fragrance. Her creative framework placed Smoke’s tobacco ritual alongside other familiar indulgences.
Akro’s story
Akro turns everyday pleasures into recognisable perfumes, taking inspiration from experiences such as coffee, chocolate and tobacco rather than conventional fragrance imagery. Its name derives from the French accro, meaning someone hooked on something. The house pairs this provocative subject matter with Olivier Cresp’s figurative, minimalist approach.
Smoke’s concept
Smoke grew from Akro’s founding idea of bottling familiar pleasures, inspired by the pubs, coffee houses and street life Anaïs Cresp encountered around London’s Ladbroke Grove. Its particular subject is the intimacy of tobacco preparation: loose leaves between the fingers, rolling a cigarette for another person and the instant flame meets paper.
Extra info
Smoke was one of Akro’s six debut fragrances, alongside Awake, Dark, Haze, Malt and Night. Its current official note structure is unusually compact: tobacco leaves, birch, benzoin and tonka bean.
Featured in edits and sample packs
Smokestack