Tonka Reminiscence for women

I had given away Tonka since it appeared a lil bit masculine-leaning for my taste. Today I met my friend to whom I had given it and he was surrounded with this soft scent bubble oozing honeyed tonka-esque tobacco. It smelled so good that I asked him to give it back to me in exchange for my Crystal noir (Versace) and he agreed and we lived happily ever after.

Smooth honeyed vanilla with a subtle almond in the background.

Clove is also evident without being obvious.

Yup, this certainly has a Tobacco Vanille vibe plus a touch of honey and almond.

I've liked this for quite a few years now and can easily recommend if the profile fits your taste.

I don't typically enjoy heavily sweet perfumes, but this is definitely an exception. It's nicely balanced with the spices, the honey and the tonka. Not sickening or headache inducing at all. Definitely leans feminine in my opinion, but I could see a masculine guy wearing it too. Very warm and pleasant. I can see why people recommend this for Christmastime.
Lasted over 10 hours on me.

smells amazing 😻🥰

A must have if you like Tonka. Extremely long-lasting and unisex, Tonka is so beautifully constructed that nothing sticks out. Sweet but not too sweet thanks to the combination of anise and bitter almond with tonka and vanilla. If you have problems with the honey note, just so you know the honey here is just an aura, really! Tonka is comforting, warm and wonderful! Performance is also really good. 9/10 for me.

تست امشب
ترکیبی از بوی قوی عسل و کومارین . مثل شکندون ی هسته آلبالو زیر دندون و عطری و طعمی که آزاد می‌کنه .
تلخ و معطر در کنار شیرینی عسل و بوی وانیل ستون های اصلی این عطر رو تشکیل دادند
ولی تو بطن کار آکورد فلورال و گنگی هم هست .
من باهاش حال نکردم .
مثل عطرهای باستانی هست که با صمغ ها و روغن ها درست کردند .
احساس میکنم تو معابد مصری در حال دیدن مومیایی کردن اجساد هستم .
این تیپ روایح و این سبک بو تو جامعه امروزی ما طالب نداره و چیز عامه پسندی نیست .
و من فکر میکنم حالت دافعه زیادی هم داره این کار .

I am having a love affair with Reminiscence. They have become one of my favorite "cheapie" brands to blind buy. Of course I always check out the reviews first on Fragrantica and have found that going with majority hasn't lead me astray yet. This is no different...

Tonka is a more recent obsession for me. If I see a perfume is Tonka-based then I want it! This one is beautiful, yes sweet and gourmand-oriental? Not exactly foodie-gourmand but delicious and warm. Even though this perfume isn't a thick ambery fragrance, I find the tonka in it to really stand out (kind of like it does in BDK's Velvet Tonka). This perfume is "thinner" though, even though it has the ambery, warm, sweet vanillic facets. The almond is perfectly married with the tonka too. Honey isn't a main player but I can see it being in the mix. And the top notes really don't shine - if you are afraid of them - don't be. This isn't a cumin bomb or anything. This is very smooth and easy-to-wear. Delicious and comforting. Easy reach. Great addition to my Tonka collection. And to my Reminiscence collection.

Others from Reminiscence...
I do not recommend Santal Vanille unless you want a super watered down perfumey-smelling sandalwood vanilla. It was quite sad.

Patchouli is a very thick heavy dark chocolate type Patchouli. I hardly wear it but will always keep it in my collection. I love trying to layer it with other fragrances to see what great combos I can come up with in the cooler months. It is special. Must like Patchouli though.

Dragee and the other 2 in that collection - Amazing. Just get all 3. If you like powdery almond gourmand types. They're beautiful.

...next I am looking to pick up Rem Coco. Anyone else have other recommendations from this house? I feel it has a little bit of a cult following and I'm here for it.

This has a slight sweetness, and is a pleasant warm golden scent. It has a similar feel to Angels Share, without smelling the same, so if you like that, you may well like this.
Unisex, good sillage and lasting power.

The coumarin and clove combine like a spiced tobacco and rum note. Warm, aged, vanillic. It’s a softer version of MAC’s Velvet Teddy perfume (RIP), which itself was considered a dupe for Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille.

The strength is similar to Velvet Teddy. 1 spray on the chest will project and evolve for 6+ hours. Tonka becomes a soft presence after that. The sillage is noticeable, not overwhelming. It’s an enticing, inviting scent. The price point is reasonable for such a good quality. There are no offensive stages, as are common to some middle eastern dupe houses’ sharp & nuclear versions of TFTV.

I blind bought this because I’m a fan of tonka and Reminiscence. I wasn’t expecting this scent profile, but I’m not mad about it.

Tonka by Reminescence is, in my opinion, the ideal scent for fall/winter.
It's a lovely, warm gourmand with delicious cherry/almond accord. The cherry is dipped in honey, slightly waxy, and accompanied with some spices. It is similar to Le Bain by JOOP, but Le Bain doesn't feel that full, intense, round, and has moderate (almost weak) longevity on my skin and moderate sillage, too.
Tonka is very intense and mouthwatering, performs really well. Very cozy scent, highly recommended if you want something like that for the upcoming fall. I'm going to wear this probably even these days, during summer. :) :P

Exact dupe for Velvet Teddy 🧸 while it isn't as strong and memorable. It will do as a back up , talking to MAC going to see when and if this is coming back

i bought a bottle about a year ago based on the notes and the steep discount at the time, and I was not all that thrilled. I was hoping it would be a less powdery version of 'what we do in paris is secret,' which seemed like the fragrance neighborhood this would be in, but the clove note dominated the whole first half of the drydown along with the bergamot and gave a cold, medicinal vibe that overbalanced the tonka/vanilla/almond. I used it a few times over a couple months and didn't find it improved, so I put it away.

a year later it's a very different scent. The spiciness is still there underneath but the honey and amber have finally come out, with tonka-vanilla richness and a bit of subdued jasmine that makes me think of jasmine extract or jasmine tea more than a jasmine flower scent. But the main feature is the spiced dark honey syrup and creamy nuttiness, like baklava or gulab jamun in perfume form, strong sweet and rich but missing that powdery cloying quality that many "sugary" perfumes have. It's hypnotic, very smooth and honestly I would wear it year round, including in hot weather because it's sweet but it doesn't feel "heavy" or fatiguing. Longevity is astonishing, too!

There is also a faint touch of smokey sweet tobacco about it, perhaps from the tonka, which does make it a close cousin of TF TV and yes, it is like a less fruity BDK rouge smoking, so if you like anything in that family it's worth checking out. However, you have to be incredibly patient with it, it took as I said, more than 6 months for it to macerate and balance out in the bottle.

edit: layer with guess seductive red for extra juicy cherry and dark sweetness! they go together really nicely 🍒❣️

It’s a lighter more tonka forward version of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. I own both and will always continue to buy TV but will still use up this bottle, though will not repurchase. I will likely wear it in the spring/summer when I’m missing TV but the weather doesn’t call for it. If you find TV to be too much, this might be an alternative. People who say this last longer than OG TV are for the streets. There is no way.

Honeyed, spicy tonka that fights well above its weight. There's a cherry tobacco note that brings to mind TF Tobacco Vanille, but this has much more lasting power. It's discontinued but still available at the discounters. Might want to stock up at this price.

Finally a successful spontaneous blind buy. Tonka is a beauty!!

Syrupy spice cake with dark vanilla, candied ginger, a pinch of black pepper, and lots of honey. I also get crisp, citrusy Coca-Cola notes that blend in elegantly and provide enough freshness to keep the sweetness in check. Well, not exactly Coca-Cola but rather its less sugary and aromatically more complex artisan cola counterparts that you can buy in thick glass bottles.

The longevity is good while the sillage is just moderate, so I can safely overspray - but I'd prefer if I didn't have to.

Tonka can be easily worn by men too - it's quite unisex, imo.

No words to describe it. I blind bought almost an year ago. This is just beautiful and it got even better over time. It was love at first sniff but I fall more in love everyday. As it macerated a bit (I keep it in the box, away from light and heat) it became even more intense and long lasting. This is honey and spice cake made by angels. Everytime I smell this perfume I'm left in awe. Heavenly smell, beast mode performance (at least on me) and it's not even an EdP! This is an EdT, which is crazy to me!!! The price is great. You can not get better than this. Absolutely flawless, a masterpiece.

Sweet dried fruits covered in honey is what I smell. It's very yummy and definitely reminds me of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille.

Lots of spice, boozy honey and gourmand almond. I can see why many folks compare it Tobacco Vanille- and I think you wouldn't need both. The latter perhaps lasts longer, but longevity of Tonka is still good at around 10 hours. I'm not sure how to rate its projection because I think I become asnomic faster to sweet, rounded fragrances like this one. It's rich, smooth, sweet and fairly linear in development. I like to sniff it from the bottle but don't reach for it often. I'll keep it for layering and to enjoy the beautiful bottle (old curved design with stars).

To me; this is very light and tender, though it is very prominent on the honey. I still have not fully recovered from a decent autumn cold, and I am no expert of the fragrance of tonka, so I can not give a full and proper review. But today, I have discovered that this goes very well together with Love Chopard. It becomes a very nice, oldfashioned honey rose. I like that a lot! ☺

My first one on us version...I am frenchebso excuse my English
Tonka is my fav of all reminiscence ( I like dragee for bedtime also) tonka bean is not a note that I can andle easily .give me some nauseas. But here it is a light tonka, vanilla,but softly spice.
Very beautifull on my skin and also my husband skin. The drydown is great. I really love this one. Warm, soft like a feather that felt in a creamy spicy sugary juice ( sugar ok but not too much)
In France it is cheap also. So I took 3 bottles .

A very very different fragrance. Not a blind buy at all.
It takes time to appreciate and be prepared to wear it.
I was expecting tonka bean, then thought it had dry cherries and dry petals of roses and then i came here to see the notes and...surprise: i feel the notes, strong honey, almond, labdanun and a bit of jasmin. I don't feel vanilla or powder, but i still think about cherries and i see de image of this smell as cherry sirop.
It reminds me of Lost Cherry 🍒 Tom Ford, but less sweet.

Tonka is an addictive scent for winter evenings at home when all you want is to cuddle and read. Good balance between almond, honey and tonka. Blends good with my skin. More than a decent longevity and good sillage, gets compliments.

First, Fragrance X lists this as unisex. I can see that but, while I'm very open to sweet or floral scents, this was too sweet for me. Oddly, some of the notes show up out of order. The opening is intensely candy-like, very "pink and white". I got a sense of a preppy teenager chewing bubblegum after her tennis lesson. In the middle, the musk was noticeable. It made me think I was around a small, cute animal like a parakeet or hamster. Didn't love that, but I rarely enjoy musk, and this was not that bad. The late dry down, however, nails it when it comes to an attractively sweet, smooth finish. Here there is light jasmine, vanilla, almond, and tonka that temper the musk nicely. Good longevity. Could see someone looking for a combination of the sweet and musky enjoying this.

I love the dry down which reminds me of my beloved Vanille Noire from Yves Rocher... But I can't get past the honey. I'm on a sugar-free diet right now....

This reminds me of bath & body works room sprays or one of their winter candles! The opening is very strong, I'm not a fan of it but the dry down is okay. I don't think this is a safe blind buy! The honey note is so potent I don't like it.

I have the original bottle with the Stars on it and this perfume is delicious! It starts off smelling a lot like tobacco vanilla but within a few minutes it changes. After the first three minutes I start getting a lot of honey, Anis and clove, almonds and roasted tonka beans. The dry down is incredible , it's bitter almonds anise and lots of vanilla! It small super edible even my kids told me it smells like dessert but not childish smelling. The longevity is amazing I don't know how it is with the new formulations but with the old one longevity and sillage is perfect. The juice is a dark Ambery Brown but is still perfect...maybe even better.

This is masterfully made! I’m quite impressed with it. I can detect all the notes listed, and it has decent performance. It reminds me a bit of TF Tobacco Vanille. Not fb worthy because it leans masculine on me.

I usually *detest* prominent tonka bean in fragrances. BUT, Reminiscence Tonka, despite being named Tonka, does not have that pesky note! Instead, it's a sweet, spicy honey almond scent. The sweetness is ALMOST too much, but it's not, it's delicious. The spices remind me so much of Serge Lutens Chergui. I really love this beautiful gourmand.

Does anyone know if this, and vanille have been discontinued? I cant find either anywhere.

this starts with a dry honey with hints of anise, almond and tonka, then it softens a bit with a hefty dose of vanilla. it turns into a powdery cloud of vanilla and tonka with hints of a dry, hay-like honey, which are reminiscent of tobacco. finally drying down to an almond and tonka powder. it smells *very* similar to something i've tried before but can't place. i haven't tried tobacco vanille but i have smelled it on someone else and this seems different to me, more vanilla and tonka heavy. but my memory could be incorrect. i think this will be great in winter.

Now that I finally own Tobacco Vanille I understand why it is compared with Reminiscence Tonka even if the later has no Tobacco. Tobacco Vanille is dominated by Tonka which wastes entirely the Tobacco note for me. Even the Vanille plays second fiddle and only contributes to the overly sweetness of Tom Ford's (once?) Tobacco benchmark.
Even if quite dense by itself Reminiscence Tonka is lesser cloying.
For sure for many people a very good alternative. And by far for a more realistic price.

Dupe of TF Tobacco Vanille. Strong, persistent, sticky gourmand not too sweet. Very realistic tonka. If you love Tobacco Vanille this is a safe bind buy with fraction of cost (but without the tobacco note). 3/5

Martzipan, dried cherries , thick honey and a pinch of bitterness, just love it

DO NOT BLIND BUY!
I had recently bought this perfume after reading the reviews on here. I expected the fragrance to be cosy, warm and vanillary, but instead on the first whiff I was hit with pure clove and honey. And I don't mean the nice type of honey. It was like super strong beeswax, almost like a candle that you'd smell at a discount store and immediately put down because its so vulgar and offensive. The dry down wasn't any better in my experience, still smelt strongly of cloves and honey - I got no vanilla, musk or jasmine from this fragrance at all. A real shame because I really wanted to love it, yet felt like I was smelling a different perfume to everyone else on here!!

So glad I have this precious juice. Just won the 2020 Best in show "Honey" frag for women. Deservedly so, this is just magnificent stuff. Warm and cozy and not too sweet.

Edit: layering this with Gourmand Coquin gives off Feve Delicieuse vibes.

I gave this as a gift to my mother-in-law a few years ago and she loved it, used it completely. She actually ordered a new bottle from an official stockist in Italy, but she says it does not have the same staying power as the original bottle. And it's not only her, people around her don't smell it after a while... So I guess that confirms that the formula has been tampered with.

Amazing... Better than TF Tobacco Vanille for me.

I am not sure if people are reviewing a reformulation but I have the vintage bottle with stars on this and totally disagree with the voted notes. First, let me say that this is beyond love. My nose calls it a dry tonka with tons of musk (TONS, like Salome had a baby with a tonka bean), an almost myrrhlike quality, and a hint of floral; incredibly sexy. It's mainly a musk fragrance with tonka wound together in bed. I think the honeyed note that is being voted is because of the animalic quality. That beeswax scent more like. It's not really syrupy or sweet. I also do not see almond in this at all. That was when I wore it in the spring. Now, I am wearing in fall and the honeyed note is more dominant. A honeyed floral note. So wonderful how in different seasons and even different years our noses pick up different things in the same scent.

To my nose, this one isn't exactly named right: it's focused on honey as much as it is on tonka. That combination is undoubtedly a good concept to base an almost-gourmand fragrance on: the two notes go together very well, from the heady, boozy, almost startlingly strong opening to the delicious, cosy powdery-sweet drydown. The other ingredients are just there for support, but they're very nicely done as well - for instance, spicy accords can be tricky or irritating for me, but in this composition there's not a false note anywhere. Great for the colder months! Projection and longevity are just right as well.

So another admirable creation by Reminiscence, although I think I personally prefer Vanilla from this line - I've realized tonka is one of those notes I like, but not enough to be drawn to fragrances where it's the main star.

Purchased this approximately 1,5 years ago. I was pleasantly suprised. TF TV is in my collection and I love that one. This reminds me of TV. It’s softer though, more easy to wear. To me it’s reminiscent of Christmas. I love it and would therefore recommend to anyone who loves sweet, warm and cosy scents.

This was a blind buy, based on note list and reviews.
At first sniff, I just hated it. oh, I was SO disappointed, too much honey for my tastes, just too much. BUT...after about 20 minutes I smelled my wrist again and, OMG, It’s turned out into a sweet, delicious, cozy scent, and now I’m so happy It’s in my collection! Can’t wait to pour it all over my body when the weather gets cooler

A beautiful fragrance. I mostly get honey, tonka, almond and vanilla, in that order. The other notes are also detectable, but in the background. This is sweet, but also balsamic and spicy, it's not sugary sweet. It reminds me of Tobacco Vanille, but this is not as heavy as TV. A lovely, comfortable scent, with an average sillage and an amazing longevity. This was a sample, but I'll buy a full bottle for sure!

here's a review from a man.

im not a big fan of this opening, smells like dirty vanilla mixed with a little bit ashes with strong mint maybe come from bitter almond, although it's lean to masculine at the opening. and that opening last almost 2hrs on my skin.

in the middle phase, the creamy nuances start to takeover the dirty powdery sweetness, it become smoother, and likely more feminime than the opening.

i think this best used for nighttime hangout as the performance is pretty good on my skin.

Scent: 7.5
Longetivity: 8.5 (7-8hrs)
Projection: 8.5 (3hrs)
Sillage: 7

This is the second Reminiscence scent I have, the first being Vanille. This is spicy sweet vanilla and almond, drizzled with honey and touched with leather. It’s like the oh-so-cool big sister of Vanille – leather jacket wearing, groovy piercings, funky coloured hair (the one who will sneak her underage brother/sister a sneaky alcoholic drink at a party). The one who waits until her parents are have gone out, then races out and zooms off on the back of her (secret) boyfriend’s motorcycle. It’s still got that innocent sweetness from the vanilla, but the anise and clove give it a feisty, grown-up edge. I think this would work ok on the blokes as well. It’s a love.

I was expecting something sweeter and simpler with this one. I was wrong. It opens up strong and dirty - a true masculine feel, but as it dries down it opens up to reveal luxurious layers of sweetness, spices and a hint of floral. I don't get tobacco at all so I truly don't understand the comparison to TF TV. It shares the same full and rounded vanilla note, but that's about it. It's shamelessly sexy, sticks around for hours and projects beautifully. I love the scent it leaves on my clothes for days.

I am a vanilla and tonka lover. I especially love when they are paired together as wonderfully as they are here. The perfect mix of sweet, spicy and earthy - perfectly unisex, and won't cost you a kidney. A happy blind buy for me.

Beautifully warm, rich honey and tonka with tobacco nuances akin to a TF Tobacco Vanille sans the dried fruits. While I wasn't keen on TV I LOVE Réminiscence Tonka. Sillage is huge, longevity lasts well over 12 hours! This scent is only to be worn on a chilly Indian summer or autumnal days as the sweet warmth is overbearing in summer heat. 1 single spray to my neck has lasted from 10am this morning to my getting home from work at nearly 9pm! (I have the original vintage star bottle).

I blind bought this after reading reviews that it was very much like Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. Got it on sale at 44% off, so I picked up 100ml for under £40. Happy days.

Had my first experience with it yesterday afternoon after it arrived. There was an note to it that I wasn't sure about, but I was busy so I got on with my day. It's a scent I immediately liked, so that boded well.

I sprayed again in the evening so I could pay a bit more attention to it, and the note became clear - it's the bitter almond! That is what is making people think of it as being like Tobacco Vanille, even though Tonka has no tobacco in it. It's the combination of the almond, jasmine and coumarin that's making a scent that is almost like tobacco. Very clever!

However, this isn't very like TV to my thinking and won't be a replacement for it. It's definitely got a cakey thing going on. Bakewell, obvs. I also smell a clean soap, honey and a little anise and clove, but that's not overpowering. I don't get the musk, which is fine, since I'm not a big fan. I do get the vanilla, which blends really nicely here. I also get the cistus (labdanum?), a bit stronger than I prefer, but it softens with dry down. On me, almond is Queen in this fragrance and stops it from being sickly sweet.

For TV substitute, I might have better luck with the L'Occitane Eau des Baux, which is my next fragrance purchase. Failing that, I'll save up to add TV to my collection, since I find the scent so richly comforting.

On me, Tonka's sillage is moderate and longevity poor. But on second wearing I found that I am into it for it's nasty almond note that draws me back to sniff myself again and again. This isn't something I'd have thought I'd enjoy, so it's a bit of a surprise to find that I'm digging it so much. I imagine it'll be a bottle I'll reach for regularly. Maybe even backup worthy.

This is definitely a unique fragrance and not something I think you could get a substitute for. I'll be wearing this for a while to build a "relationship" with it.

It's strong! I like it. The opening is pretty masculine but it becomes more feminine as it dries down. This could be a unisex scent. The sweet honey, almond, vanilla and tonka bean notes linger beautiful together. The anise and clove notes add some spice. The musk is subtile and the white florals create more dimention. It's slightly overwelming but I don't mind. This scent would be wonderful during the cold months!

Gave this a proper wearing last night... This is absolutely stunning! I haven't smelled TV, so can't comment on any supposed similarities, but enough people have, so my two penn'orth isn't required.

Tonka is very smooth and beautifully blended; I scored a 50ml bottle on eBay for just under £40 and I would be thrilled with it at twice the price, as it smells far more expensive. A lightly spiced, slightly sweet (but not cloying) Oriental, I feel it tiptoes into gourmand territory. I don't get a heavy clove or anise hit from this at all. It is summer (late July) here, but I am in Cornwall and it was cool and very damp last night.

Many people have recommended Tonka as best worn in fall/winter, but I don't think it feels too heavy to wear in summer; to be fair, I should mention that I have a fondness for heady orientals, so may not be the best judge of seasonal appropriateness!

Sillage is moderate - my husband (who is very sensitive to - and not fond of - "perfumey" smells) couldn't smell this on me until I was within arm-length, so I doubt this would offend anyone.

The longevity is impressive; I can still clearly smell this on my dry, perfume-eating and (on this occasion) un-moisturised skin, having spritzed a good seven hours ago; I did use about six sprays though, once I'd assessed its strength. However, this is "only" an EDT, so longevity is better than some far more expensive EDPs.

Very highly recommended - I am thrilled with this blind buy.

NB. For what it's worth, I think this fragrance is "unisex" (I should qualify and state that I don't ascribe to gender assignation in perfume - wear whatever makes you happy).

yesterday I went to Sephora. the girl assisting me (unwanted/not needed) had no clue about basic fragrance notes and basic families and perfumes scents in general. by the way I was curious to check this Tonka and as soon as she sprayed I said: 'OMG a dupe of Tobacco Vanilla by Tom Ford!!!' She was clueless (TF who?) I was so shocked!I got it immediately for an insignificant price.this perfume as many said is TV without the annoying reason I was not buying it (too much tobacco, some cloves, something that stopped me to buy that perfume for that price). so i am absolutely satisfied by this fragrance!!!!

Yeah remind me TF tobacco vanille.
Smell: 9/10
Longevity: 10/10 (over 12 hours on my skin)
Projection: 7/10
Not feminine at all

Buono!dolce ma non soffocante.
Il miele regna sovrano accompagnato bene con tutte le altre note senza esagerazioni.
Apre unisex con vaghi ricordi alla TOM FORD senza il tabacco e si evolve alla KILLIAN senza la nota di camomilla.
Piu giovane e serena.
Un miele orchestrato molto bene.
quindi...
DONNE... attenzione agli orsi!

I am wearing the sh*t out of this today, and it's AWESOME!!!! Again, I think I prefer this to Tobacco Vanille... it's got more notes, less masculine, sweeter, fuller. The TF quality isn't there of course....
This has all my fave notes: anise, honey, vanilla, almond, tonka.... but yes... it's pretty similar to TV. It doesn't say "tobacco" as a note, but there is no mistaking the similarities to TV. IN A GOOD WAY! <3

I blind bought this from reviews and comparisons to Tobacco Vanille (which I love). I love sweet scents, gourmands, spicy vanillas, etc... and I love the smell of vanilla-cherry tobacco.

This is pretty spot on for TV. Haha. I prob shouldn't have bought it. BUT-- it is a tiny bit sweeter, smoother, and creamier. A little more cake, less clove/tobacco. So I guess it's more feminine. I think I like this more....

I love it. And if you can't afford/get Tom Ford TV-- I highly rec this! It was about $50 from ebay. And it's so damn close.

This was a tissue test, will report back on a proper skin/clothing wear. :)

Mmmmm..... less clove/green tobacco than TV, and more sweet. Like snickerdoodle cookies. ;) But still a great dupe for TV.
Decent sillage/potency- not super strong (mugler strong) by any means, but I kept covering myself in this because I enjoy it so much. And I wanted to assault my own nose with it. :)

My day-after tissue test is a little more flowery powdery (jasmine/almond?- has some slight relation to Hypnotic Poison) - but not much. In fact, my day-after tissue test is EXACTLY the sweet vanilla/cherry tobacco scent I was aiming for! My co-worker smokes a pipe, and his van/cherry tobacco smells SO GOOD- I wanted a perfume to match that. And this is closer to that than TV. It almost makes me want to sell my new TV to buy more Tonka backups! Haha!

This is just delightful. My first tissue test has lasted for days. A sweet honey tobacco smell. Sort of like TV meets Lalique Le Parfum.

This is way more masculine than I expected.
It opens with spices and bitter almond, then the spicyness mellows-a bit- down and a dirty,dark vanillic honey/tonka combo comes in front.It never becomes too sweet.
This perfume has a strong character and it's very well blended.It's not an ordinary one.
To me,unfortunately, the spices are too much, but I'll give it some time,maybe I'll change my mind.
Medium sillage but it's very longlasting.

Sweet syrup and RUM,anyone? Somewhat recalling a rich winter Christmas cake.

This is beautiful
A gourmand version of TF tobacco vanille.
I get lots of bitter almond, clove and for some reason cinnamon.
Its a very toasty, boozy, vanilla.
TF smelt like a strong luxury tea to me and this smells more like a luxury vanilla candle, warm pancakes and furniture.
Men can pull this off also.

i'm a man but i bought this because a frag reviewer on YouTube said this smelled exactly like TF Tobacco Vanille... I haven't even smelled TFTV but my god this stuff is great. Smells rich and masculine. Love the honey and clove on the top and then it transitions into a really nice subtle pipe tobacco smell. Addictive. Gotta get a bigger bottle. Long lasting as well. Don't even mind the very feminine packaging either lol.

I smell ROOT BEER! I know it's weird and maybe my schnoz is off cause I don't see any sassafras note, but none the less, that's what it smells like to me. It's pleasant! I decided to try this because of the comparison made to Hermessence Ambre Narguile. It does not compare to Ambre Narguile, it's lacking depth and warmth. There is an almost salty marine note hanging around as well. It has mild sillage, and good lasting power, although the scent itself is really very light, which I was not expecting since the only other Reminiscence scent I have smelled is Patchouli and WHOA!!! That one is crazy powerful.

I must say that this is the best honey scent I have tried as well. It is fantastic. The honey-tonka-almond-vanilla with the cloves and anise is SO addictive and intoxicating. There is also a fresh tobacco character to it that is very becoming, sweet and edgy at the same time. Love.

Honey -> Almond -> Tonka -> Vanilla.

By far the best honey scent i've smelt so far. There's an underlying hint of jasmine (I think my nose hones in on this now as it's one of my favourite notes) but it's beautifully blended and sweet but not cloying. Love love love!

If Pure Havane by Mugler is sold as a male perfume, i don't see why a man cant pull Reminiscence Tonka. Smells unisex to me. I love it and got a few compliments!
Every phase of the scent is good, very good : from the nutty smell in the opening, to the vanillic drydown, its really a gorgeous scent, i do detect a green (as "fresh leaves") tobacco note inthe mid phase, with a sweet (but not cloying) honey and i'm surprised not many pointed how it sometimes smells like a lighter version of Tobacco vanille, less potent, less sweet but drier (i actually believe Tonka is more masculine than TV). The performance is still very good, 3 sprays work fine for a whole workshift (8/9h) though the projection is average. The drydown leans on the gourmand side, it reminds me of warm biscuits (vanilla, tonka bean and almond blended). Im just slightly disappointed by the fact that the tonka is actually weak in that fragrance. The honey is too strong so that it sometimes overshadows the other notes. But at that price, the quality is worth it !

Scent 16/20
Longevity 8/10
Sillage 6/10
Projection 6/10

RATING 7,2 / 10

What @SexyJasmine said

I used a dabber sample for this. The opening is nutty and honeyed warming to a tobacco smell reminiscent of Diptyque Volutes EDP or By Kilian Back to Black. The honey really intensifies at this point and verges on too sweet for me. I do love honey notes in perfume so I'm enjoying the drydown which is still(non-skanky) honeyed/vanillic, slightly nutty, and more soft hay than tobacco with less sweetness than in earlier phases(and I think this captures the Tonka bean, coumarin smell quite well). Comforting and inoffensive, fairly long lasting and the price is great for what it is.

Just got this in the mail today. I compared it to TF Tobacco Vanille and while there is a similarity, Tonka is milder and lacks that clove punch that is in TFTV. I like them both equally. Tonka is a bit softer and the honey is quite dominant but not cloyingly sweet. Great alternative to TF. Highly recommended

Another blind buy but thank you Fragrantica! Due to the reviews of this fragrance on your website I purchased this and OMG! It's excellent. It is quite beautifully put together. At first I smell the anise,(what is that minty smell that I adore) honey, cloves and vanilla with a slight hint of jasmine.The musk makes it soft for lingering. This is just the beginning. I can see myself wearing this on a daily basis. I believe the sillage is decent because as I turn or move I catch the scent which makes me want to turn or move.
I'm happy with my purchase and this will not be a re-sell.
Love, love, love it!
UPDATE: I smell coconut too but do not see it listed here. I sprayed this perfume on my neck/clothes area and walked away, came back into the room and thought OMG! What is that smell. Then I remembered I sprayed this perfume on me. I think it's marvelous! Heavenly and wonderful. I am headed to buy yet another bottle while I can.

Honey alert. I've been searching for a true honey scent for ages. L'Occitane's offerings were the closest I got, but the miel citron line was too citrusy, and the honey water lasted all of five minutes on my skin.

Tonka just might be the honey scent I've been searching for---just lovely. I am very partial to the warmth of tonka bean (to me, tonka is a mature vanilla, and a young amber--it lends sweetness w/o the candy and warmth w/o the mustiness) and the cherry-smoothness of almond, I wish it were stronger, but it does last longer than many offerings, and at a fraction of the price. Tonka is what I wanted, and expected, from What We Do In Paris, without the face-powder dry down, with much better longevity, for less money, and I can actually find it in my country. I'm sold.

Tonka smells on my skin like slightly tamed version of Tobacco Vanille without that annoying clove scent i get everytime i try to wear TV. Funny thing is that in fact Tonka contains clove but i can't really detect it. On me it's all about sweet sweet honey with small dose of vanilla. Wonderful addition to my collection. When i wear it i feel amazing in sweet cocoon of coziness. Longevity - great, about 10 hours with couple of sprays, sillage - satisfying, gets stronger when worn in cooler weather.

I love this stuff. It is all I hoped for and more. I love this not overly sweet, warm spicey tonka heaven in a bottle. Definitely unisex and yes, I see a similarity with SL Arabie. I find this perfect for day wear as it is not overly strong. My girlfriends find this a bit masculine but hey, what do I care. It might be an edt but its more potent than many an edp I have tested. Very long lasting and with a moderate sillage. I just cannot stop sniffing my wrist.

Love it but to me it's just a skinscent. No projection at all and rather poor to moderate longevity. Keeping in consideration the tester at the store might have been off a bit due to the spotlights and the heating, this is not going to be a FB purchase. According to the SA this was one of the least sold perfumes of the Reminiscence range.

Reminiscence Tonka smells like artificial cherry, sweet vanilla, almond and tonka on me. It does remind me a tiny bit of Tobacco Vanille, but it's not a dupe. I do like this perfume, but I don't really love it. I will give it some time to impress me.

All right, now I know that once this settles into the skin for a few hours I really like it. The artificial cherry note has disappeared, and that's a good thing for me. I am not a fan of anything artificial cherry. Now it smells really cozy and warm, which was exactly what I wanted out of this smell.

On me i get sweet, sweet honey and tobacco. But mainly the honey. Not quite sure about it. I like it but maybe it's a bit sickly?

fratello di musc ravageur, meharees e costume national homme, è un'ottimo accordo resinoso e caldo. le prime note sanno di miele epperò si assestano rapidamente su chiodi di garofano (non preminenti) e fave di tonka (cumariniche ed eccellenti). l'evoluzione procede poi su vaniglia, mandorla e sentori di ambra. mi piace assai.

A wonderful scent but not on my skin. Great mix of Tonka, Vanilla, Musk, Almond & Honey. Great on other girls and on paper-strip but not on me. Very longlasting. Timeless - I can see all women 20+ wearing R Tonka for both daytime or to party.

En underbar doft men inte på min hud. Otroligt fin mix av Tonka, Vanilj, Musk, Mandel & Honung. Fantastisk på andra tjejer och på pappersremsa men inte på mig. Otroligt hållbar på huden. Tidlös - jag kan se alla över 20 år bära denna, både till vardags och till fest.

Deliciously dirty honey and cloves. This is wonderful! It reminds me of something... I can't quite place it yet, argh!

Surprised to find sillage a bit subdued for my taste after the intensity of Rem's Patchouli (edt)!! Maybe just because I dabbed from a sample?

Anyway early on it's a 'love' for me. Will give it a bit though, I try not to fall too quickly ;)

ETA: Is it Lutens' Arabie I'm reminded of? Hmm that could be it. Been a while since I've smelled that one though.

This reminded me of a softer and more round Tobacco Vanille. It's not as powerful, but at its price point it is a nice alternative. Although not as strong projecting as Ford's perfume. I sprayed it on at a local warehouse today and I still smell it on my wrist.

After wearing and testing this during the past year, I've found that it is not so much similar to Tobacco Vanille, but more similar to Phaedon Tabac Rouge. Both are powdery and have a strong honey note. If I had to compare them, I'd put Tabac Rouge somewhere in between Tobacco Vanille and Tonka, but much closer to Tonka than to Tobacco Vanille.

Highly spicy and warm. Too strong for me, not enough creamy, not enough sweet. Too bad.

A great scent for Xmas - very festive with its spicy oriental gourmand feel. Lots of honey, tonka and vanilla. It's not a complex scent but it has presence. Good longevity too. Try this if you like Back to Black (similar gourmand feel but Tonka is more spiced).

To me this is very similar to By Kilian Back to Black. It's very sweet and it lasts forever. It's good but it's a simple fragrance, It's perfect if you want to wear something easy and warm for the colder months.

To me this smell exactly like Meharees by L'Erbolario.
I like it. But it's really expensive so for the price I go for Meharees..

Wow! Eventually a scent that moved my soul, at least for memory reasons.
I knew it was about to come out but I forgot, then I noticed it on a shelf and just had to try it!
I like Reminiscence because they make scents which are both original and not too complicated. Musc is modern musk, Ambre is powdery amber, Patchouli is hippie patchouli... I just don't like the blue Rem line.
Before spraying Tonka I expected a tonka bean scent in the style of Guerlain's Samsara (lost one!) drydown, powdery and delicately Woody.
Instead I was shocked by explosion of anise seed which I like very much. Maybe some bergamot was there, no clove identified.
Soon after came the HONEY in cubital power and ate the anise that was trying to pick out.
Honey won and for a good hour that was all. Honey.
Not my favourite stage. I have a love-hate relationship with honey in perfumes. Along the years I noticed that eating honey was not good for me, especially my throat. I had a strange reaction of clenching. But this reaction came first with the note of honey in perfumes that is much more concentrated even if probably not the real thing.
The positive side is that honey in Tonka doesn't become stale on my skin as for other scents. Just a tiny bit.
Then tonka bean came...
Jasmine? Bitter Almond? Maybe a vague trace of them.
Instead the tonka bean is there quite present but overwhelmed by honey.
It's a sweet tonka with a light powdery effect, similar to Guerlain but less powerful and more shy in the blend.
Basically it's a fragrance about honey, at least on my skin.
In spite of all this honeyness, Tonka is a true beauty.
I think that it is a sexy scent, or better sensual/ cosy, intimate like a couple hugging in front of a fireplace in the mountains.
Along its life all the stages come and go, so the scent is not flat. It's an interesting effect that keeps the wearer captivated, softly teased.

When I try a perfume and like it on the spot, I usually make a quick comparison spraying also Samsara on the other wrist, even if nowadays is tester of the diluited monodimensional EdT. If I like the new one the same or more during all stages it means that I really like it :-)

Well, today with Tonka it was different because I immediately noticed that there was something purely emotional about this scent. I may not like it, but there was a familiar feeling.
It took me about one hour to remember but it happened.
I must be old and like many older people I cannot remember what I had for lunch and dinner yesterday, but sudden memories of decades ago come out.
I had a flash of myself very young, propably aged 3-4 looking at my mother who was polishing the dark wood furniture in our old flat with a spray called Pronto Mobili, very common and still in use, in the vintage bottle of the '70s.
I saw myself following her in the house, staring at her with love and adoring eyes, trying to catch her attention and being focused on everything she did and all her moves. In the flash I could feel that atmosphere again and also details like the cloth for polishing with a flowery pattern and the light coming from the balcony hitting the light green wall.

That spray is based on beeswax.
I'm not saying that Reminiscence Tonka smells like a furniture spray, but it comes close :-)


ps. I want it.

This is very, very similar to Tobacco Vanille: fantastic fragrance and fantastic price.....Thumbs up!!

I just tested this one, quite nice, but I don't love it specially, the coumarine tonka note is very strong, the almonds also, give the impression like there is also heliotrope, it's quite powdery, dense; the most prominent tonka facets here are the honey ones, and some tobacco also after a while; not for me, but quite nice anyway, lasts for ages and good sillage as usual! If you like tonka, then go for it, also reminds me Tonka Imperiale, maybe less complex, and a bit Dolce Acqua PFR with its heliotropine & bitter almond notes.

does this remind a bit of what Hypnotic poison used to be before? Vanilla & anice, really have to test this one!

Perfection!!!

I got to test this today and unfortunately for me this was not up to the huge expectations I had for this scent. Too sweet, nothing magic with it, just too much vanilla and anise and honey mixed together with jasmine and a touch of musk. Reminiscence is sweet too with all that star anise, but it ends up being a magic perfume thanks to the grand mix of spices within, but Tonka, no... far away from being a unique fume.
So I gladly grabbed a bottle of Patchouly and ran back home...
C'mon Reminiscence, you can do much better than that!