Pink Wood

Pink Wood starts with boozy spicy real sandalwood, exactly like a sandalwood fan I had as a kid. the truest sandalwood I’ve ever smelled, not really sweetened, just fragrant wood. There’s a vibrant, glowing rose aura around the whole thing. And, an hour in, a very faint “cheesy” savory funkiness from the oud; not offensive at all, just a different kind of flavor to balance the sandalwood. It finally sinks into liquored amber-sandalwood sweetness, about four hours in. Pink Wood is sandalwood with passion; not holographic weightless sandalwood like the Neela Vermeire scents, not plush Frenchified sandalwood like Bois des Iles, not minimalist modern sandalwood like Santal Blush, but a bold, rich, true sandalwood that packs a punch. Canfield Cedar has a similar coppery sweetened-woods effect, but feels cozier and more casual — in a pinch I’d probably choose it over the more dramatic Pink Wood, but it’s a close call.

The more I try natural perfume brands the more I am impress with April Aromatics. Ms Bochnig can do light and dark equally well. In the case of Pink Wood, this is more a heavy scent with an emphasis on the woods and the patchouli (that is not listed here). The rose, for once doesn't bother me at all, is sweetened with fruity notes and come and go but never disappear. I associate Pink Wood with heavy velvet curtains, comfortable but not modern in the purified style sense. Instead it's very authentic and truly captivating.

deeply medicinal. this reminds me of laying in my grandparent's bed in the cool, fragrant, bookshelf-filled bedroom of their old house on a rainy day, sick as a dog, being given cherry-flavored cough syrup & watching an old musical on their grainy television. warm & menthol-cool all at once. smothered beneath comforters & feeling the chill of winter air seeping through cracks in the windowsills brush over my fevered forehead. bittersweet memories.

The rose wood really shines in this creation, the geranium gives it a spicy, fresh edge, but not too much. The fruity notes lends it a slight sweetness and overall I find this a really enjoyable, comforting scent, beautiful. Although not listed I smell patchouli in this also and a smidgen of oud.

Pink Wood is wonderful...this is definitely very woody, very oud-y with just a touch of geranium and rose to keep things interesting...I get no fruitiness whatsoever...this is a deep winter fragrance that is kept light by the floral notes, but the floral notes do not overpower...