401 cedar, candied plum, vanilla

This one really surprised me. This feels like a scent I normally wouldn't like, it doesn't smell particularly realistic, is very sweet in a maltol-y syrupy way and has a modern ambery woody core, but for whatever reason everything just feels perfectly matched and the result is very nice. I get this delicious jammy honey plum accord which is contrasted by a labdanum heavy amber, which is kind of tart and leathery and further evokes the tart peel of a plum. Plenty of cinnamon is in there too to really bring out that warm spicy pastry feel. The backdrop is halfway between a herbal aromatic peppery basil and smokey woody cedar. It feels quite radiant, not too concentrated and base heavy with nice projection and transparency. Granted not the best blended scent with the honeyed sweetness really popping out from time to time, other times the wood feels a bit too grainy, but you forgive it because the combination just works so well together, and also because those 'unruly' elements come across as pleasant and overindulgent, rather than sharp or gritty. For me 401 just hits that perfect sweet spot between a 'homey' sweet fruitiness and a warm herbal woodiness without feeling edgy or pretentious, nor cheap or low quality.

A very good alternative to Tom Ford's japanaise plum, with a very good quality, more than acceptable performance and at a very good price. The plum is present during practically the entire development of the perfume, although with more prominence at the beginning and becoming a slight nuance towards drying. The incense part is less intense than in japanaise plum, making 401 a fresher and easier-to-wear fragrance, pulling even slightly to the gourmand, less messy side. On skin it lasts about 6 hours. I highly recommend trying this brand. The Discovery set is very affordable and the samples carry a lot of perfume. After trying several in the Discovery set I couldn't help but take advantage of the discount voucher to get a little bottle of this wonder! Scent: 10 Longevity: 7 Projection: 6 Versatility: 9 Originality: 8 Overall: 9.5

I love this! I know when I love a fragrance when I can't stop smelling my wrist. It's a beautiful blend of all my favourite note families. Overall, it's a sweet gourmand with plum that's not too cloying, with gentle spicy woods, and warm amber. The incense envelops it all really well. The longevity is moderate - I can still smell it on my skin for hours and hours after the initial spray but it's not overwhelming to the nose. I purchased the 15mL bottle, but I will be buying the 100mL when I use it up. If you're a fan of darker noir fragrances like Tom Ford's Plum Japanois, Serge Luten's range, MiN New York's Magic Circus, or Back To Black by Killian, this is in the same family.

If you know Montale perfumes, this scent goes into that direction. At the opening, I could swear I smelled oud, incense, rum and leather, with a hint of sweetness. It felt very edgy and modern. As the perfume dries down, the sweet, smoked, boozy plum comes to the front, beautifully complimented with the incense and the earthy patchouli. Obviously the woods give their depth to the scent, but I do not detect them in particular. I find this perfume perfectly unisex and I can imagine a confident woman wearing it. This is a modern oriental scent. Long-long lasting, evolving. Beautiful!

This is my scent, it's absolutely knee shaking delicious. It's an approachable sweet perfume with an edge. Upon spraying the plum is most noticeable (I liked someone else's review that it's a "salty plum"). After a few hours it becomes smoky, cedar dominant, but the tart fruitiness is still there beneath. Would float atop my skin all day in a very casual, warm way. It was my autumn/winter scent and I used the entire bottle. It smells like sitting around a fire in a cabin with your friends and lovers while the aroma of the plum clafoutis you ate for dessert lingers in the room.

SO late to the game, but just got in a Black Friday haul, and I swear my first take on this, if you are old enough to remember, was the licorice candied smell of Good and Plenty. Must be the Cypress/Elemi/Insense mixxing with the plum. Love at first sniff. Totally captivating in a GG Reserve Privee sort of way. Two totally differnet scents, but both grab my olfactive and carnal attention that way.

I don't get any vanilla whatsoever, which is perfectly fine. I get a very prominent incense note with a sticky, sweet plum. End result is a woody, a bit sweet treat, and I am hooked on the stuff. Perfectly wearable by itself, but very easy to use for layering as well. Already ordered a full bottle, can't wait to test the rest of their offerings.

Peppery incense of fresh hamster cage shavings and dried black plum skins. Vanilla musk anchors it as a skin scent. More dry than sweet. Very pleasant, a bit unusual. If you like Oddity by Rag & Bone, but find it a bit too much for daily wear, 401 may be up your alley.

Lovely warming scent with lots of incense, olibanum and nice spices. Well-balanced and radiant. The base is sweet, woody and dry: dried cherries and plums. Love it! For it’s an amazing complex fragrance, especially, perfect for its price!!! Follow me on IG: scent.guide

If you are missing Tom Ford's Plum Japonais, you should try this. Not an exact dopleganger but certainly scratches the same plum itches. Any vanilla is not sweet at all and it reads as a spicy wood plum. Nice.

This is soooo good. Gourmand with out being too sweet. Woods plum vanilla is what i get. Longevity is good, got a oki scent bobble around you! This with ombre leather is the bomb!

Plum and potpourri but like a really really good potpourri. Its simple but very well executed spice and incense are there floating around underneath that juicy plum note.

A wonderful budget Amouage - Memoir Woman clone. It's hardcore resins, got no plums ;-)

Less Dusty than PJ...I like it better and a fraction of the price⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#139 of My Fragrance Journey - Bon Parfumeur 401 - Cèdre Prune Confite Vanille: Polished wood, not a scented candle This one's got that specific late-afternoon light to it - the kind that hits your skin like a slow warm wave, thick but never heavy. No dramatic night-out theatre here, no stage lighting. Just this easy, golden kind of presence. Masculinity that doesn't need to prove it's relaxed. It opens soft, almost glowing rather than dropping on you. Plum's the centrepiece - sun-warmed, velvety, not the syrupy jammy version you usually get. Cypress holds it together underneath, keeps it from going dense, keeps it airy. There's incense too, but more like a haze sitting in the room than smoke. Honestly, it feels less like perfume and more like expensive fabric catching the last bit of evening light. Not sure that makes total sense, but it's the closest I can get to it. There's a theatre quality to it before you've even thought about theatres - old polished timber, velvet seats that have absorbed years of quiet conversation, that feeling of footsteps behind a heavy curtain. Most plum-and-incense combos rush straight for smoke and cathedral darkness. This one doesn't. The incense stays subtle, adds weight without dominating anything. Polished, not dramatic. Half an hour in, maybe an hour, the plum starts to fade a bit and turns into something woodier and deeper. Cedar takes the lead - smooth resins underneath, a touch of cinnamon, never heavy-handed. And the vanilla - which is right there in the name - barely shows up as sweetness at all. It's more of a texture thing, soft and a bit powdery, rounding off the wood rather than turning sugary. If you're expecting a big vanilla moment or a roaring trail of incense, you won't get it here. That restraint is kind of the whole point, though. It settles into this warm afterglow - not too dry, not too sweet, moderate in how far it actually projects. Won't fill a room. But it sticks around long enough for cold autumn nights, or those spring evenings where you're still not quite ready to take the jacket off. It's built for being close to someone, not for being noticed across a bar. What I keep coming back to is the control. Sweet, but only just. Woody, but not dry. Incense, but never church-like. Nothing's fighting for space - plum, cedar, incense all just know how much room they're allowed. On me it reads more like old polished theatre wood than potpourri or a candle trying too hard. If you want something loud or smoky, this isn't it, and it'll probably bore you. But for understated, it nails it. Sometimes the luxury isn't the show. It's the quiet right before the curtain goes up. Vibe: late-afternoon plum light, old theatre wood, a haze of incense Performance: moderate projection, settles close and stays through the evening Fit: cool autumn nights, spring evenings that won't commit to warm Does this read as understated to you, or just quiet to the point of disappearing? More scent stories and visuals on Instagram - @lavendercloudsjd

I’m intrigued by the plum note in perfumery - TF Plum Japonais caught my interest and I would not say it was love at first sight, but it grew on me. When in specific mood plum fragrances can brighten my day. I love the fact that this one does not come across too sweet and there is no “bacon” effect at the start as with TF which I considered rather challenging. I love the smaller size packaging and pricing for 30ml makes it really affordable (vs. TF). Who needs 100ml bottle if you have dozens different perfumes in your collection:-D Very cool unexpected discovery and I will certainly go for it. Totally unisex btw. If you are a fan of smokey fruity fragrances give it a try!

I got this as a gift from my dear husband. He bought it because he thought the scent notes sounded quite interesting. Even though it was so lovely of him, I disliked the first spray which reminded me of an Old Lady Cologne and Potpourri. Not very pleasant. However the longer it stayed on my skin, the more I liked it. Today I even really "craved" that scent. It's heavy on the incense and musk I'd say, the musk here is leaning more to the animalic family of musk. Vanilla and Patchouli are also quite noticeable on me. I do not get the plum note though. This scent is calming, mysterious, woody, smoky, comforting and mature.

Bought this for the Mrs, but had to try a spray after I read it was unisex. Plenty of wood, but a touch too sweet on my skin. The Mrs was gutted when TF discontinued plum japonaise. She loves this and wears it daily. It’s a stunning scent for the price tag. Definitely more female IMO, but some gents would pull this off, I’m sure. It’s a keeper for the Mrs. Happy wife, happy life.

A very solid unisex plum and incense. The plum comes across sticky like a raisin. Surprisingly it is one of the best plum centric fragrances I have smelled, even better than fragrances like Plum In Cognac or Orchid Leather which are way more expensive. If you like plum this might be the first thing I point to. Seems nicely balanced for an indulgent fruity thing. 7.9/10

I get an immediate spicy almost cinnamon-y, earthy vibe, followed by a dry down that is a tad sweet with some vanilla. I don’t really catch the candied plums notes that much. Overtime I do sense the incense and smoky sweetness. It’s a bit different so I do like that. I may not be able to wear this as an every day. Definitely a late fall to winter-like scent.