Book

This has been bothering me for a while and I'm excited that I've experimented enough with this fragrance that I can finally say it: That is NOT dill pickle you are smelling. That is eucalyptus. Gorgeous, startlingly photorealistic eucalyptus. However, doesn't smell much like books to me. What I get instead, after an introductory flash of watery green, is a dry, gentle eucalyptus. Not sinus-clearing, like eucalyptus oil, but more like cracking open one of those stiff, waxy leaves and inhaling. The scent memory this evokes is intense: reaching up to the leaves trailing over the sidewalk, the patch of stringybarks by the lake, all the bark and leaves scattered by the path. Those leaves you secreted away in an old book, to crack open when you want to remember the land you left behind... It helps that the wood notes here -- cedar, cypress -- bulk out and accentuate that eucalyptus note. The effect is of the whole damn tree: the leaves, the wood, the dry air around it. It's impressive stuff, but maybe they should've just called it Eucalyptus Tree. After a bit, the perfume dies down to a trail of musk and sandalwood, which you then realize has been bolstering the heart notes the whole time. Performance is only okay, though. Sillage dies down to intimate quicker than I'd like, and the whole thing could be said to last 4-6 hours.

I think that pickle note is weather/skin ph level dependent. Used it on hot day and it was my homemade pickle in brine smell lingering in background (still liked it). Cooler weather opened up whole different story. Slightly smoky, woody scent. Freshly printed newspaper early morning that is still warm and has slight smoke smell, paper glue and birch sap used together for school projects in grade 4th. Not your regular mainstream cute perfume and not a safe buy. It is more like a memory in bottle, something that you would wear for yourself as a sensory experience. I find it slightly more masculine leaning yet very wearable for a woman unless your preference is strictly florals/gourmand. Unsure where people are getting old book scent because it lacks that slight musky, sweet vanilla undertone that comes from paper breakdown. To me, it is fresh print. Moderate longevity. Eucalipytus is very subtle and does great job balancing and blending scent.

I was so excited to find this at TJ Maxx for $30; as an avid reader and aspiring writer, I was intrigued. I always have a lot of trouble refusing to buy a Book, and this was no different. It’s DELISH. It smells like a book! And also reminds me of Burberry Beat, which I used to wear rather often before I started wearing almost exclusively unisex or feminine fragrances. This is an interesting return to a very classic and masculine aura, without any of the tiresome aquatic and “sporty” notes you find in all of the more jejune fragrances marketed toward men. And I am KVELLING over how great it looks on my vanity next to Pure, by Distillery General, which I layer it with often. It’s very similar packaging, and it SMELLS great with it too! Pure is a very rich floral fragrance and it complements the woods like an absolute dream and honey I am a-SNOOZIN’!

this is incredible. santal 33 but softer and greener. the woods, cypress and eucalyptus remind me of bushwalking in native forests, i think the inclusion of euc is genius. the bergamot is present but not too forward, which i like. it lends a little freshness and citrus to the fragrance without turning it into a citrus perfume. the musk makes this fragrance soft, when i feel santal 33 can be 'sharp' - though this may be due to pepper which Book doesn't have. after a few minutes, the amber, bergamot and eucalyptus come to the front. the amber is a lovely, warm, slightly honeyed surprise! i thought fragrances like this didn't suit me after santal 33, but this is amazing - softer and greener (the euc still blows my mind), while still having the iconic woodsy notes. will consider a full bottle!

On my skin, this opens with sweet sandalwood. Which is awesome. When it settles down a bit, I can really sense the cypress note, but is blended so good, that it doesn't bother me. Then the cedar comes in, but sandalwood stays the most dominant, it is definitely a king here. Even though I understand people to find it more masculine, I find it really beautiful on my skin. It has similar sandalwood note as Santal 33, but on me, it is not as sharp and aggressive. It kind of stays sweet and silky, which I love. While fresh, it is also musky and velvety, it's the perfect balance. Book- is more creamy and soft, while Book+ is maybe too sharp, this one is really Expressive, as it wants to be. Probably goes on my wishlist.

I got the sample and immediately fell in love with it. It is a gentle musky scent and stays soft on my skin throughout the day. It has more of a pillow-y touch rather than a paper-y bookish feel which I don't mind. It doesn't dry down as a muddy or an old scent. Instead, it feels like opening an untouched book which once belonged to someone who smelled like bergamot. It feels like a scent that is rubbed off on you by someone else. You want to catch it but slips right through you. It has a mellow escaping effect. It is not sharp and fast but rather slow in its flow. You can slightly smell the eucalyptus as you spray it one but it doesn't overwhelm. I will be definitely buying the full bottle.

Unlike many of the reviewers, I find Book to be bookish in that I interpret the cypress, rosewood, cedar, eucalyptus, etc. as rather inky in the composition as well as pulpy. It's cool and warm, distant and close, damp and dry. So, it acts like a book, affected by the weather, the room, the reader. It's not like a library or a bookstore. It's a bit of decay, slightly sour. Book needs layering and I do so with sweet vanillic ouds, often, such as Lattafa Raghba, and it feels like curling up with my favorite tome and burning a stick of my favorite incense.

i love it! so nostalgic and beautiful, evokes the scent of my loved one's skin after a day spent in the woods. it's crisp, clean, and intimate. smells straight up like chopped wood in a bonfire. i wouldn't say it smells like a book, but it does give scholarly, dark academia vibes, very roast-y, like the scent of a wise old professor in a room with a fireplace. when i wear it it makes me feel cozy and comforted. idk why all the reviews say they smell pickles, cuz i don't smell that at all. on me i just smell the woods!

I am so sorry to the pickle smellers out there because this scent is a GEM. I bought 3 consecutive bottles and just finished my third today after wearing this as my signature scent for years as well as my wedding scent after my husband introduced it to me. While I would like to branch out and try something new, this scent is so comforting to me and I feel sure I will repurchase again some day. Think later nights in the library cozy and warm while it rains outside. If this works with your skin chemistry it WORKS.

Strong eucalyptus and bergamot. It certainly is a very refreshing scent that never becomes cloying and stays mostly the same throughout its lifespan. It also sticks very well and I continually get whiffs of it throughout the day. It doesn't smell exactly like books, but upon smelling it I'm still reminded of books, if that makes sense. It's a fragrance that somehow captures the concept of a modern book with a black, textured paper cover and crisp pages. I don't get the dill pickle note at all, so YMMV.

I actually really like Book! It does not at all smell like an old book, which is one of my favorite smells... However, I also love the smell of dill, which this definitely smells strongly of especially on first spray. The dill does fade but it remains very herbal and green to me, which I don't normally enjoy but I find that the subtle woodiness definitely adds a richness and depth that I really love. Not sure how often I'll wear it as I'm typically a sweet-spicy girl, but I'm really pleased with it.

A beautiful sandalwood fragrance. Smells a lot like DS & Durga Debaser & Radio Bombay, and also like No.04 Bois de Balincourt from Maison Louis Marie, with some enjoyable citrus at the top. I may well buy a FB of this. I love the warm, spicy scent and the notion of wearing a fragrance called Book. I got a Commodity sample set and have been sniffing my way through it and either liking or loving almost every one so far. They all seem to be great unisex offerings.

Beautiful beautiful book.dusty bookstore, polished floors age old bookshelves stuffed full of vintage books. You can smell the wood of the shelves, the musty ness of the books. It’s woody creamy aromatic at the same time. I can understand why some say they can smell dill pickles, I suspect from the eucalyptus and cypress. It does have santal 33 similarities, I have both but prefer book any day. I’m in love with this.

This is such a memory scent for me. The opening totally smells like the garden shop my mom used to take me to when I was a kid. Damp, woody, aromatic and a little vegetal. The dry down is a lovely smooth musk on my skin, with a hint of that greenish freshness still. Book doesn’t have much sillage but I don’t mind, I wear this scent for myself. It does, however, have some serious staying power.

I got a sample of this in a discovery set and chose this one to get a travel size. It has a great lasting power, and the longer it sits on my skin, the more vanilla I smell. It smells like you want to curl up and read a book. It's not yelling at you or distracting you from the pages, but it adds a friendly companion to your reading and encourages you to linger a little longer.

The opening of this smells like white, fresh, crisp book pages, but after about an hour it fades to something that smells like an comfy old bookstore with wood floors on my skin. I would describe this as a clean, unisex scent for those who are looking for something with no sweetness, or floral notes. This scent lasts 7-9 hours on my skin and has a medium sillage.

Rich deep woods with eucalyptus... very forest in twilight hoa hoa hoa- esque (in the best way possible) I'm loving what the eucalyptus is doing in this fragrance. This fragrance makes me feel like I'm hiking in a foggy forest and have stumbled upon a wooden cabin spa. This fragrance is chic, understated, and put together.

Love it. After it settles, it smells like an old-timey library with wooden bookcases and very old books, at least on my skin. It is lovely, but it does not project much. On the paper strip I used to test it, it smelled much fresher and it stayed that way. I could see it smelling more heavily of greens on a man.

It doesn't smell like a book, but it doesn't smell like a pickle lol. I do kind of get the cucumber vibe. I think it's pleasing. I wouldn't recommend dousing yourself in it because the cucumber smell can be overpowering. I do about 3 sprays. It stays about in my wingspan bubble. Fresh, woody, soothing.

A woody, creamy sandalwood, with some freshness still to it and a bit dusty all at the same time; much like a book! I felt it had similar notes to Le Labo's Santal 33 as others have mentioned, but a bit dustier. As a nerd, I find this scent very comforting. ❤