I think you're absolutely right there.
The scent is not that great but if you stick at it for long enough then it grows on you a little bit.
I remembered I hated Tabac, it was my second ever soap so I had to come back to it regularly. Now it's by far my favourite
I just finished shaving with it and it's such a good performer and smells terrific. I use a scattle but if I use my boar brush with it then the lather kind of dissipates before the 3rd pass. With a badger silvertip the lather remains alive throughout. The boar brush does a wonderful job with Tabac too but in face lather mode. Maybe my technique is not quite right