Bois Blanc

[Feb. 2023] Lightly smoked sweet orange rind. Its sweetness is reminiscent of pulp juice from biting the fruit a tad bit. Not too sweet, not too bitter either, with air of weight enough that I enjoy the fragrance from a distance of my arm. The rosemary, sage, and eucalyptus give a light wood lock / tiger balm oil impression without it smelling like a hippie shop and more akin to extracted plant oil thanks to the balance of notes in this fragrance. Smells natural perhaps with the addition of cade oil. The ambroxan, cedarwood, and ginger work together to sell the impression of lightly smoked wood. Enjoyably fruit-like, but with enough woody bite as this is not tutti-fruity and the smoke leans this towards masculine and natural. Lasts appropriately for 4-6 hours and does not develop as much unless a breeze wafts outdoors and triggers the eucalyptus effect a bit. The warmer the skin, the more wood-like/smoked it smells. Not fatiguing unlike my a few of previous favourites reviewed (and I stopped looking at them because I'm no longer as wide-eyed or humored about fragrances, but I still love fragrances very much.) I enjoy it.

After smelling close to 40 to 50 various niche fragrances at a local shop I went home with 3 and this was one of them. Simply put I love it, it really is a gorgeously seductive fresh woodsy smell. I remember I wore AF woods years ago and loved it, sadly discontinued and while I haven’t smelled that in two decades I think this has a similar effect on me. I can’t really compare it to anything I own at the moment. I can see it changing with different body chemistry. I’m not one to pick out notes but it’s very woody and it’s a very addictive smell, cool bottle too with a nice wooden cap. I can see it lingering due to the ambroxan which I don’t normal love but whatever makes this work I love. I am not the biggest fan of cedar, like Bentley intense or Quorum silver, I own both but rarely wear them, Bois Blanc on the other hand I will be wearing this daily, I love it. Anne-Sophie did an amazing job creating Bois Blanc it’s beautiful! I am happy I found it.

Truly one that celebrates timberland with plume. Bois Blanc opens with zesty mandarin and bitter orange notes seasoned in the herbaceous camphor aroma of rosemary, eucalyptus and ginger that illuminates a corpulent heart of creamy Virginia cedar hinted in the customary sycophancy of violet leaf and sage that takes the spruce half towards the beautifully charred, the tempered warm dry tarmac of guaiac and cade, adding an arcadian touch to a plush composition, that is naturally dry yet richly inviting. Overall, Bois Blanc has gentlemanly traditional aura alongside a timeless vogue; one that emanates with maturity, quietude and politesse... Simply, elegant!

Lovely, relatively fresh woody spicy scent with a lot of nuances. The usual Frapin "EAU DE COLOGNE" style performance but the composition is just exquisite! To me, it reminds me of several woody fresh Creeds: Spice and Wood, Mayfair, Cedre Blanc and Royal Oud. Not directly but more like borrowing pages/chapters from Creed's books. Great office scent for a man, a little on the mature side. Longevity is 5-6 hours, so mid-day re-spray will be necessary. Highly recommend testing this one out, as long as you do not expect beastly performance (which none of the Frapin fragrances really are!!!).

Honestly my first smokey base fragrance and it got me absolutely mesmerized. The smokey note made this so addictive to me that it got the fragrance in the race to my signature perfume. It kinda has me thinking of smoked wood after using a chimney and projects some kind of confort. I had people call this addicting in the sense that they can't name the thing they like about it but there is something that makes them keep smelling and smelling.