Cedrat Boise

After eyeing this for a long time and finally getting my bottle, all the hate reviews are honestly surprising. I got a newer mag cap bottle and this is really good stuff. I'm not sure how much batch variation Cedrat really has, but my juice is quite fruity and citrusy off top. The wood also shines through quickly. On first smell, the wood was particularly noticeable, with the cedar giving its characteristic "pencil shavings" accord from my skin. Be it from my nose acclimating or from my bottle "masturbating" the rougher edges of this have noticeably smoothed out for sure though (my bottle also has visible particles that have formed that seemed to have settled on the bottom, as I've noticed them more, the smell seems better to me so I won't complain tbh). As it dries down, the darker aspects of the fragrance start to peek through, but not as extremely to my nose as it does for other reviewers. The smoke and leather seem to be dominant accords for others, but for me they sit firmly in the background with the patchouli and the rest of the base notes, giving Cedrat Boise a lovely dark and masculine heart that is also sweet, fresh, and smooth from the vanilla, musk, and sandalwood respectively. This combines with the citrus, woods, and fruit of the middle and top in quite the gorgeous manner. While I wouldn't describe this as linear, the citrusy top of Cedrat actually persists throughout its longevity. It feels as if the base and middle notes gradually reveal themselves and settle into the overall scent rather than replace the top notes. If I had to describe Cedrat Boise as a whole, imagine eating an orange dreamsicle in a cedar forest with leather gloves on while a small forest fire burns distantly. I believe I've seen another reviewer describe it as eating smoked Fruit Loops with a cedar spoon from a leather bowl and I would say that's strikingly on the money too. I'm not typically a big leather fan at all, but in Cedrat Boise I've found an exception because the note simply works perfectly here. Performance is also spectacular, I can pick this up for around 12 hours on skin, I'd say 5-6 feet of projection for 3-4 hours before this will gradually wane through the drydown. Cedrat is really versatile, I'd wear it to work, school, a date, the club, etc. I would be very mindful of sprays however, this could choke somebody out with a spray too many at the office. Good day or night year round besides really cold weather. This gets a lot of comparisons to Aventus, and while I would say they're in the same family, this is more like Aventus's brighter, more citrusy cousin than it is Aventus's brother. My bottle of CDNIM Extrait feels darker, smokier, and in a different vein of fruity and woody than this. Not redundant imo. Cedrat is loud, but also feels well blended to my nose ( the scent in the air is particularly lovely; off skin up close can be a bit strong) so I would say this is a high quality buy for the price you can get at discounters. I would also describe the Aventus DNA as being a pinch more mass appealing to the degree that it feels designer (I mean this as a compliment in the highest sense). But Cedrat is still a versatile, easy reach that guys around 20+ can pull off readily, and I would still call it highly mass appealing. Don't listen to the hate or hype comments, get a decant and see how you feel. I was hesitant to buy this given other reviews, but 10/10 for the price, and this would be a lovely introduction to niche fragrances for many people. For me, Cedrat Boise is a complex fragrance that is easy to love and wear.

Most people have compared this perfume to Aventus by Creed. However, if you look closely, this perfume does not smell like pineapple. It has a very mild fruity scent, and if you look closely, you can also detect a very mild smoky and barbecue like scent, which I can say is a trace of this company in its product. The presence of this very mild barbecue scent like, in my opinion, separates this perfume from many warm season perfumes that are only fruity or citrusy and freshness. This one introduces a different aspect of perfume for warm seasons: 1 warm note in perfume for warmer sessions, so in this reason, it is a famous perfume in the world. Personally, I like perfumes with a smoky, oud, or barbecue scent. But these types of perfumes are not suitable for warm seasons and are too heavy for these seasons. However, despite having a barbecue feel, this perfume has kept the amount of this note at a level that it is not heavy at all for warm seasons and does not deprive lovers of this fragrance from not feeling the relevant note in these warm seasons. You may be wondering that this perfume doesn't smell like barbecue at all. I agree with you! I have worn this perfume many times, 2-3 puffs on my skin, and I didn't get this barbecue-like feeling from the perfume at all. But if you spray this perfume on both your skin and your clothes; you will notice this scent about 15 minute later on your clothes. Overall, I think that because of this very mild barbecue scent, it may not be a good option for beginners who just want a citrusy, fruity, and refreshing fragrance for the warm seasons of the year. But for someone who has mastered perfume notes and has been in this science for at least a year; it can be a good and different option for the warmer seasons of the year. اکثر مردم این عطر رو با عطر اونتنوس از شرکت کرید مقایسه کرده اند. در حالیکه اگر با دقت بررسی کنید؛ این عطر بوی صرف آناناسی ندارد. بوی میوه ای خیلی ملایمی دارد که شما اگه دقت کنید در کنارش یک بوی دودی و باربکیویی بسیار ملایم رو هم حس میکنید که شاید بتونم بگم یک رد پای این شرکت در محصول خودش هست. وجود این رایحه ی باربکیویی بسیار ملایم به نظرم این عطر رو از خیلی از عطرهای فصول گرم سال که فقط میوه ای یا سیتروسی صرف هستد؛ جدا کرده و شاخه ای متفاوت از عطرهای فصول گرم سال رو معرفی کرده خود من به شخصه از عطرهایی با بوی دود؛ عود و یا باربکیو خیلی خوشم میاد. ولی این گونه عطرها مخصوص فصول گرم سال نیستند و برای این فصول خیلی سنگین هستند. ولی این عطر با وجود داشتن حس باربکیویی؛ میزان این نت رو در حدی نگه داشته که اصلا برای فصول گرم سال سنگین نمیشه و دوست داران این رایحه رو از حس نکردن نت مربوطه در این فصول گرم؛ محروم نمیکنه. یک علتی هم که این عطر در دنیای عطرهای تابستانی خیلی شناخته شده و معروف هست میتونه به همین علت باشه که با اکثر قریب به اتفاق عطرهای تابستانی دیگر به علت همین نت گرم که در فصل گرم سال در آن استفاده شده؛ متفاوت کرده شاید شما این سوال در ذهنتون شکل بگیره که این عطر اصلا بوی باربکیویی نداره. من هم با عقیده ی شما موافقم! بارها این عطر رو در حد ۳-۲پاف روی پوست پوشیده ام و این حس باربکیو مانند رو اصلا از عطر نگرفتم. ولی اگر شما هم بر روی پوستتون و هم روی لباستون این عطر رو اسپری کنید؛ حدود 15 دقیقه بعد از اسپری کردن بر روی لباس متوجه این نت بویایی خواهید شد. در مجموع به نظرم به خاطر این بوی باربکیویی بسیار ملایم شاید برای افراد تازه کار که فقط میخواهند یک عطر مرکباتی ؛ میوه ای و صرف فرش و سرحال کننده برای فصول گرم سال رو داشته باشند؛ شاید گزینه ی مناسبی برای خرید کورکورانه نباشه. ولی برای کسی که به نتهای عطر تسلط داره و یک سال حداقل هست که در این علم وارد شده؛ میتونه گزینه ای مناسب و متفاوت برای فصول گرمتر سال باشه

This is, along with the similar-but-not-the-same Bois Imperial by Essential Parfums, as close to a must-own in any perfume collection as you are ever likely to find today. The killer combination of properly refined fresh blending, high quality accords, solid performance and an absolute steal of a value proposition in terms of price makes this incredibly compelling. Let start with the scent. It is a citrus-first fresh fragrance over a sweet and floral mid and a rich woody base. There is nothing here that is breaking any new ground. It is very well done though. The top citruses are not over-sweet. There is a focus on the usual bergamot we would expect to see and the lemon makes it fresher but also more tart. The blackberry accord in it is very faint and serves only to stop the top notes from just smelling like lemon hand wipes, which it does very effectively. I don't see mint in the notes but the bergamot is so fresh and zingy that it evokes the feel if not the smell itself of a tiny bit of peppermint in the top. There is a bit of vanilla and some musk in the base that smooths things over and the base woods are a bit smokier than you might normally find for your common garden variety sandalwood accord. The spices supposedly in the top notes are much more apparent in the drydown across the middle. There is a bit of leather in it too which I enjoy a lot as it pulls the musk, wood and vanilla together in a nice way, stopping it from coming across too simple. It goes a bit more refined and smarter than most citrus and wood freshies and this adds incredible wearability and versatility. In the drydown the richness of the bergamot overtakes the lemon and blackberry and is what stays in as the rest fades out. The richness of the wood and the spices comes more to the fore and the effect is to drive things a little smoky, which adds a bit of intrigue and sophistication. I get a respectable six hours from this but you need to manage your expectations here as freshies like this really don't last very long because of how fast the accords they use fade. What is nice is the way it sits on the skin as a skin scent after it dries. Something curious about Cedrat Bois is how nice it is when you re-apply after the drydown and you get the rich, slight smokiness but also the fresh opening feel as well at the same time, which changes the character a bit. Topping up with this is very nice and if you are the sort of person who carries decants then this is a brilliant one to have around. This is easily available for under US$100 per 100ml bottle as well which is incredible value. The bottle is high quality and comes in the nice little Montale sleeve we have all become so familiar with, which makes this a bit easier and safer to carry round in your work or gym bag. This is a superior daily wearer that is quite at home with a suit and tie, shorts and a polo, jeans and a t-shirt and all in between, in cold weather, hot weather, rain, shine, snow, on boats, planes, in malls, museums, forests, skyscrapers etc you name it. Three Word Summary: All In One. Scent - 7/10 Sillage - 7/10 Drydown - 7/10 Bottle/packaging - 7/10 Performance - 7/10 35/50

Oh boy this one’s really good. I always liked the Aventus DNA but it’s too “abstract” especially now when the reformulations of it are more annoying than ever and only the older bottles really have some balls. One thing to make note of, CB is 100% reminiscent of Aventus in fact I didn’t try CB for a long while simply because despite being nice, the Aventus DNA was too common and too frequently imitated by dupe companies so I didn’t even want to be associated with that fragrance DNA I mean it was just too “mass market at some point”. Coming to the present day, I had ordered some other fragrance and my friend had ordered this, I thought huh alright good for him if he wants to smell mass appealing. But boy was I wrong, cuz this is an entirely different league. I won’t even continue ranting about the citrusy clean opening with a deeper leathery drydown cuz enough comments have mentioned it and they’re correct about it. This perfume is what Aventus could never be. CB is the Aventus for Villains. Or to put it the other way around, Aventus is the CB for kids. I’m not even exaggerating, this fragrance picks Aventus and ch0kes it by the neck just like Thanos picked up Loki in the beginning of Avengers Infinity War and Loki(Aventus) tells him “you’ll never be a God” and Thanos(CB) finishes him off anyway cuz he knows he’s superior. Farts last longer than Aventus but on the other hand Cedrat Boise lasts an eternity and especially the dry down is so smoky leathery masculine that it becomes a denser and deeper fragrance overall, basically heavy enough to be used in every season every occasion imaginable. Also I personally want to make a comparison with Creed Absolu Aventus as well, it’s better than the OG Aventus but still nowhere near CB. Cedrat Boise is my new king of fresh fragrances. If I could ever have only one perfume for life this would be it. Massive compliment machine both from fragrance connoisseurs and normal people cuz this has literally everything every aspect every note and the blending, all of it tuned to perfection. Aventus showed the way, Cedrat Boise mastered it. Blind buy safe literally nothing will go wrong it’s too gorgeous. Leans prominently masculine, even more than the Aventus especially now due to the dense leather.

First of all; STOP comparing this to Aventus, it's not even close! I'm confused. And honestly? A little annoyed. Everywhere I look, people are saying this is something like Club de Nuit Precieux, CDNI Extrait etc... Are we even smelling the same thing? Cedrat Boise is NOT built on the Aventus DNA. There's no pineapple here. No smoky birch. Cedar or any other woody note being present doesn't make it close to Aventus or Hacivat's smoky woody note. Yes, there's blackcurrant. Yes, there's patchouli. Yes, there's bergamot and musk. But those notes exist in hundreds, if not thousands of fragrances. That doesn't mean they all belong to the same "DNA." That's like saying every pizza with mozzarella is the same pizza. Cedrat Boise is its own thing. It's fruity, dark, almost jammy blackcurrant, but not bright pineapple. It's woody and leathery, but smooth and mass-pleasing. It's fresh but has depth. And that famous "Cedrat" (citron) note? That's not just bergamot. It's sharper, greener, more Mediterranean. Let me tell you a quick story: Just yesterday, my friend was at a supermarket with two other people. The cashier looked at all three and said, "One of you smells amazing." That was Cedrat Boise. It gets compliments. Real ones. Not from fragrance nerds, from normal people. Performance: Beast! 10 hours easily. Projects well for the first 3-4 hours. Mancera knows how to do longevity. Best: Spring, summer, fall. Works in heat, works in mild weather. Stop calling everything with blackcurrant and patchouli (pineapple) an "Aventus clone." Cedrat Boise stands on its own. And honestly? It's better than most things in its price range. If you want Aventus, buy Aventus. Or buy Explorer!, CDNIM, or L'Aventure Intense (my favorite). But if you want a fruity, woody, leathery, fresh scent with insane performance and a unique character, buy Cedrat Boise. Just don't expect pineapple...