Tom Ford makes three cherry fragrances, and they aren't three takes on the same idea. One is a boozy cherry cordial, one is tart and bright, and one is cherry held over a fire. We make all three. Here's how they differ and which one to buy.
Blood Mountain: Lost Cherry
Lost Cherry came first, in 2018. It's the one people mean when they say "the Tom Ford cherry." Tom Ford pitched it as candy on the outside and ripe fruit underneath, and that description fits. It opens on black cherry soaked in cherry liqueur, with an edge of bitter almond. The heart is sour cherry syrup, Turkish rose, and jasmine. It settles on Peru balsam, roasted tonka, sandalwood, cedar, and vetiver. The almond is what keeps it from tipping into pure candy.
Blood Mountain is our impression, and it's very nearly dead on. It has the same liqueur-and-almond opening and the same warm, balsamic finish. Of the three, it's the crowd-pleaser and the easy date-night pick.
Sugar Mountain: Electric Cherry
Electric Cherry and Cherry Smoke launched together a few years after Lost Cherry, and they pull in opposite directions. Electric Cherry goes bright. Tart Morello cherry and ginger open it, jasmine sambac sits in the middle, and pink pepper and musk sit underneath. Tom Ford described it as the flirty early stage of a romance. It has no liqueur and no almond, and it's the lightest of the three.
Sugar Mountain is close enough that you'd struggle to tell them apart. Wear it in warm weather and during the day.
Wayah Bald: Cherry Smoke
Cherry Smoke is the dark one. Tom Ford framed it as the darker side of cherry. Sour cherry and saffron open it. Osmanthus brings apricot, olive, and leather into the heart. Smoked woods and cypriol finish it.
Wayah Bald is one of the most accurate impressions we make, period. The opening is where it gets you: the sour cherry and saffron land together, and it's intoxicating in a way the other two aren't. Then the leather and smoke move in, and it becomes something you'd wear by a fire in November.
Which one to buy
- You want the famous one, or a date-night scent? Blood Mountain.
- Warm weather and daytime? Sugar Mountain.
- Cold nights, or you've always found cherry fragrances too sweet? Wayah Bald.
If you only buy one, make it Wayah Bald. It's the most captivating of the three and one of our closest matches.
All three are hand-blended at extrait strength. They're $29 for 15 mL, $49 for 30 mL, or $19 for a 5 mL travel spray. Each also comes as a 2 mL sample for $10, so you can try all three for $30.
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