Woody Sage

so far I love this perfume! I don't know if I agree with the first note being fruity - I get a slight fruit note from the opening but overall it is mostly aromatic and woody, smelling pretty much exactly like Jo Malone Wood Sage and Sea Salt but with much better performance and longevity. it's not really fig-forward to me like Diptyque's Philosykos but fades into the same kind of aromatic wood base with a soapy figness in this distance. i don't know if it's my body chemistry, the bottle i got, or both but it performs so much better than Jo Malone on me as well as other dupes like Finer'ys Before the Rainbow, both of which I could barely smell after 30 minutes (no exaggeration). i saw Wood Sage and Sea Salt mentioned in a couple different posts as suggestions for a good bedtime fragrance, as a lot of people enjoy that the scent smells spa-like. for me, I am more of a fan of the skin-scent this perfume fades to after and hour or two than the initial spray, and the faded scent is more comforting to me. with that in mind, I like using it as a bedtime scent, but usually spray in the evening rather than right before bed as the grapefruit opening has a bit of sharpness that takes some time to wear off. i like using this as a bedtime scent more than Jo Malone since the Jo Malone I can't really smell on myself very well, which makes it feel pointless to use for aromatherapy.

Now how did they DO that? As a die hard fan of Jo Malone’s Wood Sage and Sea Salt who is on his 4th bottle due to its weak performance, I am thrilled to have found this! This is an excellent dupe. First spray is almost the exact same as JM’s, then on my skin it starts off somewhat more citrus-y/sweeter but settles into a very similar dry down — and the performance is better. Now, with these kind of notes it’s probably never going to be beast mode and sit close to the skin quickly, but it does stay on the skin. I’m on hour 6 of a single spray and I can still smell if I put my nose to my wrist (would not happen with the original). I think JM’s version is a tad heavier on sage and all in all smells more refined, but that’s nitpicking at this price point. I’m supper happy and will definitely enjoy using both JM (which I always have to douse myself in and carry a small decant) and this one this summer. Very impressed with Dossier!

Very competent dupe of Jo Malone's Wood Sage and Sea Salt that has slightly more prominent fig/fruit accords and slightly less prominent marine accords. I've done a test with one on each arm and was hard-pressed to tell the difference other than performance. While longevity and sillage are still not phenomenal (3-5 hours), they are significantly better than the original (1-2 hours), perhaps because of the higher concentration; Dossier claims 18% concentration here versus Jo Malone (cologne, so probably under 5%). At less than 1/3rd the price (and with 2-3x the longevity), the value proposition here is excellent. True unisex. All ages. You can get away with this in spring, summer, or fall, although the fruit being more prominent here tilts the seasonality more towards summer than the original, IMO. Office safe, crowd-pleaser, and blind buy safe for anyone who doesn't dislike aquatics or fruit.

Smells like you just left an expensive spa with a dry sauna room. I like the original Wood Sage & Sea Salt, but unfortunately it doesn't last more than an hour no matter how much I spray. This performs way better as I usually get a solid 4 hours before it disappears. It also stays very close to the original scent profile. As someone else noted, the opening is slightly heavier on the grapefruit whereas the original is mellow and linear. For comparison, the Finery dupe goes very heavy on the fig note, almost smelling entirely of a sweet fig tree which I do not like. This genuinely improves on the original, therefore it earns 5 stars from me. Would recommend picking it up when it's on sale for ~$20 or so.

Woody Sage doesn't last long on me, but while it's there it's absolutely wonderful. It's a good thing I pretty much just wear it to bed/around the house because my nose is practically glued to my wrist for 30 minutes after applying. Initially, it's a gentle, slightly fruity, slightly herbal aquatic and it fades into what I can only describe as "just grabbed my clean sheets out of the dryer and wrapped myself in them". Just the most comforting clean laundry scent ever. Totally love it. (And thanks to B&BW's Salted Shorelines, if I DO want to try wearing it to work, I don't feel bad frequently reapplying that throughout the day!)