Come la Luna

When I first smelled this, I was not convinced I liked it, but I was drawn to it and had to keep sniffing it. It didn't take long before I realized this would be one of my signature scents. It does seem like an animalic citrus chypre. I don't always love citrus, but it is done so so well here. At times very herbal, at times Smoky- like birch tar- but always with the strong citrus/chypre backbone. This has sillage galore and great longevity on me. It seems appropriate for all times of day and all weather, although its animalicness makes me lean towards night time. I adore this one. I have 8 Bois 1920s so far, and this is my favorite by far.

The notes list for this and another Bois 1920 scent have been somehow mixed up. The notes list above is for Vento di Fiori, and the Vento di Fiori page has notes list for this one. From Bois 1920 site, the notes are: Top: Sicilian Lemon, Cardamom, Tarragon Heart: Jasmine, Galbanum, Patchouly Dry down: Amber, Oak Moss, Siberian Birch Info correct 6/10/15, hope it helps make sense, my nose felt very confused upon seeing the notes on here!

I also find CLL to be a very unisex fragrance...Totally agree with "gesch" above about "the scent reminds me of walking in the woods, hiking and afterwards settle down in a meadow and enjoying the soft sun and watching the leaves... (It's parallel how the smell develops)"...just bought this fragrance a month or so ago and I really do like it...has great staying power and even towards the end it smells great to my nose.

Shares similar DNA with Aramis, wonder if it's due to the coriander vs cardamon. But Luna is so thin, light and delicate, like a vail, through which the moonlight whispers. It suits its name perfectly in this way.

This is Bandits'"good girl" little sister.She doesn't smoke, but she has learnt how to flirt & entice.A beautiful, quality perfume, I'm delighted with it.

This smells very interesting. The opening is especially good but it doesn't stay long. I feel like this is a kinder variant of Azurée: not so strong, not so full of power but milder and softer (while in general, it is not so mild when compared to others, just Azurée is very powerful). I also smell leather here but I think I mix up leather with something else that I just don't know what it is. Maybe the incense part or birch. The more time goes on the more it smells like Azurée but it doesn't reach that strong level which is good. Edit 30.06.26: I got a good price of it so I bought an almost full bottle. That's probably the first such purchase of something that I consider 4/5. And I still like it. Bois 1920 is really a house worth to explore and discover. I actually liked Azurée and Clinique Aromatics Elixir but they were too strong on their main subject. Come la Luna is exactly right: it has a similar vibe but is much more modest and wearable. I'm not sure I'd go out with it but at home it is just enjoyable in its modesty and simplicity.

I think Gesch and mister_chaz summed this up perfectly. At first application, I wasn't sure if I liked it exactly. But in about an hour, as it warmed and mellowed, it turned into something really enjoyable. It's mostly woods on me, backed by incense and then the spices and patchouli with just the slightest citrus notes- although I wouldn't have pegged them as citrus, just something that gave it a little "lift." It sweetened ever so slightly as I wore it which made it become a bit more feminine- however, I'd still classify it as unisex for sure. I agree with gesch's note about this one having the same feel as Hermes Eau des Merveilles. It's distinguished, sophisticated and smells expensive. Perfect for cool temperatures, but I doubt I'd reach for it in warmer months. A nice surprise in the end!

Unlike others I really do believe this to be purely feminine, not unisex at all. Let me tell you why. When I smell "Come La Luna" I'm taken back few decades, this smells very vintage and old school, I could almost swear I get oakmoss. "Come La Luna" is very citrus heavy, the opening is sharp and almost herbaly bitter, but soon it settles to a very sunshiny scent - sweet mandarin and gentle spices on top of slightly bittersweet amber. The drydown gets more soapy when woody notes appear. All the way it stays feminine, well of course a male could pull this off, but I'd be taken a back with the reminder of 80ies feminine powerhouse which peer out from "Come La Luna". Mediocre silage, won't fill a room, but you'll turn some heads. Longevity very good, 10 hours and counting.

It is Come la luna, not da luna. I like this quite a lot thought not my style, it is like walking in the woods one summer morning after a long night rain, the smell of pine trees and wet leaves. It would smell delightful on an intelligent sofisticated woman with a smart casual oufit, sexy in an unobvious way but also on a man, one with a strong presence and some other .. aaah .. stuff:)) I am going to combine it with Very Irresistible Sensual, both have a distinct aromatic trade, I wonder what the result will be..to be c...

A delicious retro chypré, at first comes Bandit in mind then it morphs in a much more soapy mossy old school pepper-patchouly but without being too straight, with just the right amount of balm and vanilla to please our contemporary nostrils. Genderless and timeless élégance, lovely

Heavy green chypre. Very woodsy and aromatic with huge lasting power. It smells very feminine on me, but I can see how it can be unisex. Come la Luna is not a safe blind buy. Go for it if you love vintage chypres: it's classy, elegant and great quality.

Comes off the top as too medicinal and herbal for my likes. The middle is a little better, but not a keeper. I have a full 3.4oz bottle with box if anyone is interested!

I just enjoy wearing it. It is very good citruce notes and harmonic patchouli. Long lasting parfume with long and heavy sillage.

An opening of seemingly pure pepper, it began a bit unpleasantly. After some time, some citrus and woods appeared, but not enough. This perfume was far too masculine for my taste. When I am out in public, I often stop dead in my tracks when I hit a cloud of men's cologne, and I sniff around wondering who is wearing such offensive sillage. I don't know why people talk about women's perfumes as being cloying because the main offenders to my nose are always heavy men's fragrances. Anyway, Come la Luna smells just like them. I can't fathom paying so much money for this. Not a fan whatsoever.

This is an odd one from Bois. Smokey, floral woods is all I get here. It feels green due to the coriander. A bit too austere and animalic for my taste. This could essentially be the woman’s version of Kourus. I don’t know how I feel about a woman wearing this, but last I checked its still (somewhat) a free country.

I agree with the reviews below. It's a love/hate scent with no common ground. On my skin it's an herbal/lemon/oakmoss bomb. Untolerable as I had to wash it off after an hour.

I agree with Cheramy - this is indeed an old school leather chypre which reminds me very much of the Caron's Accord 119

Cheramy nailed it, I completely agree that this is a leather chypre. And this list of ingredients looks wrong. It's got a lovely citrusy herbal opening which really emphasizes the greener aspects of sicilian lemon, underscored by tarragon and I smell pepper. Underlying this is spicy mentholated coriander which creates a bridge to incense, patchouli, airy rosewood(?), jasmine, and a deeper leathery accord which combines a dirty labdanum and oakmoss (Evernia Prunastri extract on the list of ingredients). Come la Luna smells like the bright citrusy top of a Miss Balmain with the leather of Cabochard but a bit lighter in weight, woodier, and airier. I do smell all the notes listed, emphasis on rosewood and patchouli in dry down, also a dark woody note I associate with ho wood essential oil. Very natural smelling with good sillage in first hour. The style of fragrance is not very popular now but I would say this is a lovely updated version of the green leather chypre. It's flaw is that it lacks distinction as a fragrance personality. It has a lot of pretty parts that transition beautifully with great raw materials, yet each part is a little indistinct. Not the moon--but 'like' the moon. However maybe the name tells the story, and that, combined with quality of materials, makes up for its lack of a memorable accord. Here's its progress: a beautiful citrusy/ spicy/ herbal opening to charm--like the bright full moon, which wanes as the coriander arrives, slowly dispersing until it leaves a dark, mossy leather base, like the new moon. This disperses into airy woods reminiscent of dawn. And its easy to wear. Lastly, if you are curious about vintage leather chypre EDTs, this is a good version that nicely represents what they are all about. $99.99 on Amazon!

Come la luna - a beautiful allegory, which I would transfer to another perfume/scent. ClL opens with a really old classic fashioned scent between citruses and spiced up leathery wood. I say old fashioned, but in a sophisticated and not outdated meaning. I liked to try it:like refreshing my nose and mind, but do I like to smell like this? Not really, it just doesn't suit me now. At least not the first half hour. Then it mellows down and the spicyness settles more, green wood notes mellow it more down and it smells divine. Hopefully I will grow into it. Like mellybee I think the scent is definitely on the verge to masculine topic - on a somewhat outdoorsy type of guy who isn't into the artificial and vanity side. The scent reminds me of walking in the woods, hiking and afterwards settle down in a meadow and enjoying the soft sun and watching the leaves... (It's parallel how the smell develops.) And here goes my imagination again... I'm sorry to see that it isn't classified as unisex, I think it'd be great on guys!

Having both Vento di Fiori and Come la Luna, I can attest that these are not, in fact, the same fragrance launched under two different names. Come la Luna is the chypre; Vento di Fiori is the woody citrus. Though they share some ingredients, including real evernia oakmoss, they are not the same. Notably, Come la Luna is all green galbanum, warm spice, and an oakmoss base sweetened by amber. Vento di Fiori is much more hesperidic, with a heart of rosewood and a biting patchouli oakmoss base. One gives the sensation of opulence (Come la Luna the plush chypre) and the other restraint (Vento di Fiori the cold incense). I love them both. Gender-wise, Come la Luna can be worn by a man but I get the feeling it's meant for females who love a classic green chypre. Vento di Fiori is the opposite--can be worn by gals but it's scent profile is much more masculine than la Luna. They are both wonderful fragrances & both come in stunning gold leaf bottles.