Brand: Tom Ford
Basis: Original
Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Sex: Unisex
Generally: A dark, smooth leather signature built on cardamom, jasmine sambac, and a black leather accord, made for cold weather and evenings
Season(s): Fall, Winter
Wear: Night, Day (cold weather)
Occasion: Date Night, Evening
Perfumer: Sonia Constant
Creation Date: 2018
Ingredients/Ingrédients : Alcohol Denat., Fragrance (Parfum), Water\Aqua\Eau, Hexamethylindanopyran, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hydroxycitronellal, Benzyl Benzoate, Geraniol, Limonene, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Citronellol, Methyl 2-Octynoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Pinene, Beta-Caryophyllene, Rose Ketones, Vanillin, Linalyl Acetate, Geranyl Acetate, Camphor, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Trimethylbenzenepropanol, Terpinolene, Hexadecanolactone, Juniperus Virginiana Oil (formulations can shift by batch, check the box at decant time)

Main Accords: Leathery, Amber, Spicy

Notes
Top: Cardamom
Middle: Leather, Jasmine Sambac
Base: Amber, Moss, Patchouli

The Scent

Cardamom opens warm and lightly spiced, and the leather arrives almost immediately behind it: a smooth, polished black-leather accord that reviewers consistently compare to a new leather jacket or car seats rather than anything raw or animalic. Jasmine sambac runs underneath and keeps the heart from going flat, adding a faintly sweet floral glow most people read as richness rather than flowers. The base settles into amber, moss, and patchouli, an earthy warmth that carries the leather for hours. Performance is one of this fragrance's selling points: reviewers commonly report eight-plus hours on skin, with a strong projection phase through the first two to three, and it is regularly cited as a cold-weather compliment-getter.

Worth Knowing

This 2018 release reworked the limited-run Ombré Leather 16 from 2016 into a permanent, wider-distribution Signature-collection fragrance, and it became one of Tom Ford's best sellers. The line has since grown around it: the denser Ombré Leather Parfum arrived in 2021 and the lighter Eau d'Ombré Leather in 2024. The clone market treats this exact composition as a reference. Maison Alhambra's Opulence Leather, previously sold as Amber & Leather, copies the pyramid note for note, cardamom over leather and jasmine sambac over amber, moss, and patchouli, and we stock it, so you can wear the original against its best-known clone on your own skin before deciding where your money goes.

Where It Came From

Ombré Leather launched in 2018 as part of Tom Ford Beauty's Signature collection. Perfumer Sonia Constant of Givaudan built it around the image of the American desert, in Tom Ford's words capturing the sensuality of rich black leather against warm skin, textured with patchouli, amber, and moss.

About Tom Ford

Tom Ford launched his eponymous brand in 2005, partnering with the Estée Lauder Companies to develop its fragrance and beauty side as Tom Ford Beauty. The Signature collection sits alongside the higher-priced Private Blend line, home to releases like Tuscan Leather, Oud Wood, and Tobacco Vanille.

Hand-decanted from an authentic full-size bottle by Atelier Elemental. Not packaged, filled, or endorsed by Tom Ford. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.