Classic 1920

Okay, well, my olfactory sense must not be as refined as all that. Honestly, some of these reviews read like a wine connoisseur commenting on the hints of this and bits of that. It's a little pretentious, in my most humble of opinions, so I'll avoid all of that. First of all, anyone who claims they can, with certainty, detect even half of the notes of any given cologne is full of something that has a very earthy and pungent aroma. lol Honestly, a fragrance should be judged like food or anything else. Do you like it? Great. End of story. Now, for my review of this fragrance... I love it. It's among my top 10 all time favorite colognes. I don't smell apricot this or amber that. (btw...what the hell does amber even smell like? Isn't it a crystal?) It simply smells woodsy and masculine to me. It reminds me of The Beat by Burberry, and that is high praise from me, as I love that scent as well. It also has something peppery about it that I dig. My girlfriend loves it, as do most of my coworkers. I sell fragrances for a living, by the way, and I sell quite well exactly because I don't get all hoity toity about the characteristics of a scent. People appreciate that. When our reps come in, they basically carry on like a lot of folks here, and they fail to move their product as well as I. If it smells great, has good longevity, and is a solid purchase, that's all that matters to the buyer.

Opens up slightly sweet and fruity, nothing overbearing but not typical. Slightly feminine opening, but within 15-20 mins dries down into unisex with a slight masculine lean, but overall I think any gender can rock this. The juniper, cedar, apricot and vetiver turn this into something real nice with the sandalwood giving it a slight sweetness and creaminess. I prefer the dry down but the opening isn't bad at all. This is more of a scent bubble type fragrance rather than a heavy projector, which I'm fine with. Longevity is around average, around 6 hours. Overall it's a solid, unique, versatile (all seasons except cold winter) soft but masculine (dry down) scent that's a good buy.

smooth, herby, spicy, woody. quite sharp initial scent that dries very pleasant and inoffensive - it's like a high-class men's barbershop in the lobby of a luxurious hotel. i like the little hints of leather, tobacco, and aldehydes, they elevate this frag above typical masculine DNA. the drydown is on the sweeter side, and leans more unisex. i need to test more masculine frags but im running out of my 1 "for men" scent and the holidays are coming up so i might get this for myself. not the most interesting thing ever but very clean, fresh, and professional!

Classic 1920 is absolutely delightful, approachable, and, thankfully, not at all banal. Peach, aromatics, and citruses create a bright, balanced, and refreshing sillage. Indeed, it has garnered compliments from strangers (something I personally don't seek out) my first day wearing it. This is the first day of the year when I felt the reinvigorating energy of spring warm my being and Classic 1920 had a lot to do with it. Unisex, IMO. Projects well, more like a parfum, though the longevity is moderate.

Apricot and juniper are the most prominent notes throughout the whole duration of the fragrance. You can pinpoint the other notes if you are specifically looking for them, but in general they are not that noticeable. This is because it is beautifully blended. Perfect for the summer, perfect for the office. Not too fruity for a guy to wear. Signature scent worthy It is blind buy safe. This does not mean its boring or unoriginal though. It's quite the opposite

Bois 1920 Classic is so refreshing and balanced with soft citruses and hearty, but not cloying, stone-fruit lusciousness. The fruitiness is supported by a sustaining sunlit wooded framework. Wearing now in winter and it can certainly pick up one's mood out of the winter blues but I think ultimately this would work best in the other three seasons. Easy, breezy style perfectly suited for languid walks and window shopping.

Spicy, aromatic and woodsy describes this one too the letter. For the first hour or so, it's jumping off your skin then dries down to a nice woodsy scent that is still noticeable to others around you. I once layered Daniel Josier Green Leather on top of 1920 and was quite pleased with the outcome. Winner in my book.

Classic 1920 by Bois 1920 is a very nice fruity fragrance. At first spray you get apricot and citrus. In the dry down you can still smell the apricot with some spices and vetiver. It is a very nice and comforting fragrance. It lasts a very long time on me. IMO it is perfect for any season of the year.

Outstanding! This wears perfect on me. Sweet Nutmeg heaven! Top Shelf for sure. The longevity is insane on me...for an EDT? The sillage is just the way I like it, getting nice pleasant tastes if you will throughout the entire day. Classic 1920 meets all my standards in a solid fragrance.

Amazing! Perfect balance, anytime, anyplace, anyone. The prima donna assoluta, the soprano sfogato of perfumes.

This is a one insanely beautiful and sensual fragrance! Equally stunning on men and women!

Classic 1920 is a modern, warm weather daytime, smooth, light & delicate scent, safe and totally unisex. It has same philosophy as Hermes Jardin line or Happy Clinique. This is not old school scent and not a hardcore classic scent. Green, floral-herbal, slightly spicy but very smooth with some citruses and fruits specifically apricot which feels watery/sub-sweet (this is not a sweet scent but it has a sub-sweet vibe) with a tiny sour pinch. It reminds me very little the Chanel Allure Pour Homme but they have different drydown and the Bois is much, much smoother and classy than the Chanel. I think this Bois could be a refined and richer version of Hermes Jardin line. I get vivid basil, nutmeg and lavander at the opening with a mild cucumber note. It's not listed but my first impression was a combo of basil/cucumber/lavender/nutmeg. The citruses have a discreet presence and never feel too much as in many summery scents. Smooth lemon and aromatic bergamot at the background. As time passes the basil calms and emerges a beautiful apricot note which becomes dominant along with smooth nutmeg. Juniper note is soft and super smooth. So everyone who hates this note could try this scent. Performance is moderate overall. Good-moderate longevity and soft to moderate sillage. The projection calms down quickly. Highly recommended for very high temperatures. It never becomes cloying. If I could describe it with one word it would be : "Smooth".

It opened very masculine with lemon, lavander and nutmeg. The scent itself is somehow sharp, but I must say in a good way - it's refreshing, deep and little bit smoky. When I get over the opening the scent becomes much sweeter, I start to feel jasmin and apricot which both lingers lovely together and make this a unisex, not masculine like one could think after the opening. There is some kind of "chocolate" quality here, which I cannot understand from whatching at the notes. It's sweet, dark and rich. Is it cedar? I don't know notes that good to understand. The one thing I'm sure of - I do feel vetiver, it greets me with the smell which resembles champagne brut and is very good. This is very, very special. Look at the notes! And all this fuss on my wrist makes a delightful scent. It's masculine, but sweet, very woody, with dryness of vetiver, with freshness of lemon and basil, with the clean notes of lavander and nutmeg. It's all there. Very unique. A must for those who search for something unique with amazing quality and depth.

I need to wear this one more. It is very pleasant. I think it is that slightly wonky carroway or paprika note at initial spray that keeps me from pulling the trigger. Once this baby dries down it is a beautiful classic Itallian fragrance along the lines of an Aqua Di Parma or Xerjoff (think 1861). It isnt particularly mesmerizing, but it is a beautiful classic combination of citrus and spices as only the Itallians seem to do right. Lovely, classic and elegant. My Score: 8.5

#1450 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Jo Malone cloned this with "Sandalwood & Spiced Apricot" and is selling it at 3X the price. Pretty ballsy I must say. I don't like this for myself, but I'll share this decant with a girlfriend who's a fellow fragrance collector, and if she likes it I'll get it for her. This is moderate, fruity scent that won't offend anyone. More for younger women I think. But not for men at all.

عطر جميل أنيق متزن غير مؤذي.. محبب جدا كرائحه ولكن للأسف الشديد يفتقد للثبات والفوحان لأول مره اجرب من عطور هذه الدار.. في انتظار عينه لعطر اخر من نفس الدار انصح بتجربته يستحق تقييم عالي لجمال الرائحه 8/10

I hate to say it but this scent profile comes across to me like a smoother and spicier windex. Flashbacks of washing the sliding glass door as a kid. A unisex fruity floral. Not bad but I can’t shake the scent association. 7.5/10

this scents a busy bee its a plethora of notes yet somehow it managed to tie it all together at the end but will it work on your skin? bois 1920 - classic was conceived in 1920 and it smells like it this mix of note takes me back to a time where smell was a true journey with twists and turns compared to most of todays scents that are linear and dont keep you guessing on how it will wear today yes even tho the complexity of this scent is what appeals to me i personally dont like that dominant note of apricot it just throws me off where this scent does shines and boy does it shine bright for those brave enough to work their way through the opening is in the middle and dry down i find those two points very rewarding even tho one has to wait until later to get to the good stuff so at this price point one needs to ask them self how much do i love it this scent will work great for fruit lovers and people who dont wanna jump out with their scent trail and projection as its very soft and sits close to the skin but unfortunately I'm not one of those people so as much as i adore the bois house this one turned out to be a pass on to the next

As a fan of Bois 1920 and Odori this review is not going to be easy for me as my disappointment for 1920 Classic is quite consistent. The name 1920 Classic made me think about a sort of signature scent with a classic oriental structure and a solid execution and all I got is a quite conventional and unremarkable fruity oriental. B1920 opens with a terrifying, sweet and sticky apricot / citrus / osmanthus accord that immediately made me worry about becoming diabetic. After a couple of hours or so the overripe fruit note settles down and sweet amber makes its appearance with no surprise joined by some pale floral patterns, hints of vetiver and woods (?). In this phase Bois 1920 it's almost pleasant but yet too conventional. Overall this is a barely fine fragrance if you're into super sweet fruity compositions but the challenging price tag should be a serious deterrent, anyway. Not for me, sorry! Fortunately (for me) I didn't get much sillage. Very good lasting power, though. Rating: 5/10

What a wonderful juice this is! I have tested all of the scents by this house -- they are all top notch though not all for me -- and Classic 1920 is one of my favorites. The minute it hits skin, it does a quick flash of sweet. This seems to be a house thing, perhaps from a base accord. Don't let it scare you off! The first three to five minutes of crazed sugar lemon calm down very quickly and then the perfume opens to reveal its depth and roundness. This isn't a scent that easily "smells like" anything else in perfumery. The sweet aggression of the opening dries down and yet the top notes seem to linger, providing a slight citrus veil around the heart notes of deep, spicy, slightly floral woods. When the base chimes in, maybe 40 minutes into wear, it's like a basso profundo voice joining an already amazing chorus. It was great before, but now! Oh my. The musk is subtle, nothing too animalic, no dirty undies aspect for those who are turned off by such things. Just a grounding note that anchors the scent and gives it that much more presence. You might think from this review that Classic 1920 is a screamingly loud scent. It isn't. Sillage is good but not "OH MY IS THAT OBSESSION I SMELL?," you won't be inspiring any workplace fragrance bans in this one. Those near you will almost certainly notice little whiffs of something very good, but you won't knock out dining companions and office friends. Longevity is fantastic, as it is for all of the scents in this line. Figure if you put it on in the morning, when you get home from work you will still smell at least the middle and base notes. And if you are a morning shower person, and your skin not terribly dry? You'll wake up with just the ghost of the scent clinging to you until you shower it off. Then, this being such a great fragrance, you'll probably slap it right back on.

Well, this certainly does smell "classic"--as in Creed water masculine colognes or even Banana Republic Classic! Blasphemy of all blasphemies, yes indeed. Bois 1920 Classic 1920 is perhaps an excellent illustration of the thesis that gender designations vary radically from house to house. I recently tried Carthusia Numero Uno, marketed as masculine but completely unisex to my nose. In the case of Classic 1920, the fragrance is marketed as unisex but really leans masculine, it seems to me--and I'm a liberal! I'm sure that there are tons of interesting herbs and woods and spices and probably even some vestiges of flowers in this composition, but to me it all winds down to a guy's cologne, in the end. The opening is a bit overwhelming, to be honest, but the scent never really fades all that much, making the "cologne guy" opening impossible to forget. Lavender, nutmeg, basil, and cedar loom large. This one's not for me, but I'm sure that there are plenty of Creed aficionados who would love this fragrance. Reminds me also of some of the Bond no 9 made-for-men colognes. This is "classic" in the sense that it smells like something who wants to wear a classic cologne would wear. There is something somehow stereotypical about this scent.

I've been back and forth on this one - I like it but I'm not sure just how much. It's fresh, light and sweet but I feel that I'm sitting in a fruit basket. In the initial spray, I can smell a hint of light orange or bergamot, a bit of lemon and a blast of apricot. The bergamot and orange are quickly relegated to being background players and the apricot note completely dominates the fragrance. It stays that way through the life of the fragrance, although as time goes on, I do detect a slight bit of musk, although I don't detect sandalwood, amber or vetiver at all. Bottom line: If you like a strong apricot fragrance, this one is for you. If not, take a pass.

Some say this is too "masculine," and on some level I'd agree, but on another, there is a kind of aldehydic quality I associate with "feminine" scents. I kept waiting for tobacco but I mostly kept getting the aldehydic quality, "feminine" type woods, and florals in amounts that just didn't work for me. And it was blended enough so that there wasn't much dynamism. It's not as rich or deep as I expected either. I can see the appeal, to those who like scents like Platinum Egoiste perhaps (and want something more "unisex"), but it's far from where my current preferences lie. I swapped off my large bottle, obtaining something I greatly prefer to this.

I've been testing a lot of different scents lately. I acquired Classic 1920 Bois via sample. Because of the "classic" title, Im thinking,"been there done that". I wasn't in a rush to open the package. This feeling of ennui came over me...After applying, that feeling was an afterthought. This fragrance is a leg drop from the top ropes! Grandpa Guido was on to something when he created this. Does it smell great? Yes. Does it last a long time? Yes. Will people smell you passing by? Yes...and for that reason, you should check it out. *BLIND BUY WORTHY AWARD*

goes on a little sweet at first but it really does have a more classic scent. don't really own anything that is like it, overall like it. I am not sure I would purchase it yet, but my first impressions were favorable. I think it is worth a sniff..i would imagine when it was first introduced it would have turned a few heads in a favorable way, I do see it more on the masculine side but that is just my first take after trying it for the first time, it seems to hang around a while and the drydown is actually very pleasant, so we will see over time.

opens with apricot. after 5 minutes its getting woodier but apricot remains there. this is a very polite perfume. its soft, elegant, fruity and not at the same time. there is no possibility to deslike this one. i dont know other people opinion in how i smell (couse i just bought it) but 3 sprays needed at least. its perfect for any time, any season, day or night, alone or not in bed. its very hard to find such a versatile as this one. in my opinion it is a mens choice. longevity: 6 sillage: 5 price: 9 class: 10

You gotta love aromatics to appreciate this, I don't! This scent is all about Nutmeg, basil on a backgrounds of osmantus. Lavender appears in the opening and slowly fades. I don't like any of the notes mentioned, hence this one isnt my cup of tea. However if you do like them, you might like this scent as it's beautifully executed, clean polite and elegant. This is masculine and mature to my nose and taste, can't see a woman wearing this. Performance is on the weak/ moderate side.

I think for this style of perfume its very well done, but it's not a style I typically like. I get a nice spice and a nice floral and some citrus and some woods. Yet somehow it manages not to become too much or perfumey. It is difficult to pick out individual notes, but it always feels like one is standing out just out of reach, rather than becoming muddy. In the end it's an inoffensive scent blend. While it's not quite my style I have to acknowledge it's quality.

This is probably my favorite scent. For my it has it all if you like woody fragrances, tobacco, leather but also herbal fresh scents. I haven't found anything like it. Was wearing for years Femite du bois by shiseido (now Lutens) then tam dao by diptyque and oud immortel by byredo which comes a bit close in my opinion but still can't compaire them. Very elegant unisex perfume really love it! pricey though ...

Good apricot note, but after the opening the apricot is all I smell. If the opening lasted more than a few minutes this would be better. I am getting no cedar, vetiver, rose, or amber lavender, and the osmanthus/sandalwood are very faint