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Comparison

F***ing Fabulous vs Vanilla Sex

Side by side. Scored honestly.

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Tom Ford F***ing Fabulous

F***ing Fabulous

$395· Unisex
OrientalGourmandFreshFallWinter
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Tom Ford Vanilla Sex

Vanilla Sex

$385· Unisex
GourmandOrientalFloralFallWinter
Notes overlap
Shared

No shared notes — these two land in very different territory.

Unique to Vanilla Sex

Side by side

Comparing the originals — price, breadth, listed-note depth.

Original price
$395
F***ing Fabulous
$385
Vanilla Sex
Season coveragetied
2/4
F***ing Fabulous
2/4
Vanilla Sex
Note depth
6
F***ing Fabulous
4
Vanilla Sex
What F***ing Fabulous smells like

Opens with a sharp, almost medicinal lavender cut through with bitter almond — sweet but never edible. Within minutes, the leather moves in and owns the composition: dry, smoky, and slightly animalic rather than polished or saddle-like. Clary sage adds an herbal edge that keeps the leather from going soft. The dry-down is where tonka and amber arrive, softening the whole thing into a warm, skin-close haze with just enough sweetness to feel luxurious. Projection is bold in the first hour, then retreats into a tight, intimate sillage — — Fall evenings out, confident wear for anyone who leans into darkness over sweetness.

What Vanilla Sex smells like

Opens with a warm, slightly medicinal saffron that cuts through what could otherwise be pure dessert territory, then gives way quickly to a creamy jasmine-vanilla heart that smells expensive rather than edible. The benzoin anchors the dry-down into something resinous and skin-close — soft projection, intimate sillage, the kind of fragrance that reads differently on everyone but always lands as quietly sensual. It doesn't announce itself across a room; it rewards proximity — Cool-weather evenings, close contact, people who want their scent noticed only up close.

How they overlap

F***ing Fabulous and Vanilla Sex share no notes in common — these two fragrances target very different olfactory territory, and the comparison is a question of which direction you want to go rather than which version of the same accord.

The buying decision

Vanilla Sex is the cheaper original at $385 compared to $395 for F***ing Fabulous — about 3% less. Both wear best across the same fall/winter — they're interchangeable on weather fit.

Recommendation

These two land in genuinely different scent territory — there's no "better" answer, just which direction you want to go. Read the scent descriptions above and pick the one that sounds like you'd want to smell.

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