Praline in Maple

Double dipping after a couple of proper wearings. Today marks the end of my decant sample, AND PEOPLE this is one of my most favorite scents I’ve ever discovered! I got a complement from the dental hygienist today, not that compliments dictate my buying decisions, also I believe your vibe / personality play a more impactful role in receiving a complement on how one smells, however it still feels good.. Many “niche” fragrances are not appealing to the masses. This one is. This one is such a perfect journey of top, mid, to base notes. At first it’s sweet, wood, incense, then you get the most beautifully blended wood & incense note ever with some sweetness. I wish I was better at explaining how something smells through text, but I promise you, if you like woody fragrances that aren’t medicinal, perfect amount of sweetness, and gorgeous incense, you will love this. They did such a great job at letting you smell all those notes at once. It’s smells like nothing else I’ve ever smelled. I want to end by saying I am a male in my mid 30’s. I gravitate towards the masculine scents. I love sweet fragrances, but don’t like to wear them when they are too sweet, it comes off to feminine for my taste, I also think many fragrance houses use the term unisex too loosely. They need to be more honest with which way they lean. That’s fine to say unisex, but most of time I feel many of them come off more feminine than masculine and not in between. This however, is a perfect unisex fragrance. It truly is in the middle. Either could wear it perfectly. Wow, what an amazing scent. I don’t splurge $240 often on a 75ml bottle, but this is 100% worth it. I just ordered it since I have a $20 off coupon from LuckyScent. The way this fragrance transformed and I can still smell it 9 hours later, was my deciding factor. Right now it’s like a 5x better version of LeLabo santal 33 without the “pickle note” and a tad more sweetness. 9.5/10 all the way. I hope more people can discover this scent.

Scents of Wood Praline in Maple, not in the initial catalogue of 2020 but was released in 2021, was one of fragrances that made the earliest big impression, though so much of the catalogue is pleasant and interesting to me. Praline in Maple fittingly has a maple sugar component and inspired by a springtime in Canada, there are also the woody and resinous hints that are evocative of being in a forest that’s neither wholly deciduous nor evergreen. It’s not excessively sweet, instead balancing the sugary maple with the woods and resins, a really pleasant experience that blends the outdoors and outright confection, somewhere in the vicinity of maple syrup as well as maple sugar candy from Vermont that I’ve tried. I think it’s a great example of how the line can balance out sweet and non-sweet elements, even though this fragrance in particular might be a little sweet for some, perhaps the maple-averse. Praline in Maple is priced at $240/38 for 75/10ml, sold via the house site as well as great boutiques like Perfumology, the first to carry the brand in the US, and I do love the availability of the 10ml option as a travel / sample size. Performance is great and the fully 75ml bottle size design is elegant, and the 10ml size is tidy and classy, with its wood cap in a small cylinder. 8 out of 10

At the time of writing this, this fragrance was a 4.37 on this site. I think the rating is accurate and I think the smells like section comparing this to By The Fireplace are on point. I own both. I agree that owning both would be redundant BUT I HIGHLy recommend this one. It is smoother, more rounded out and on the dry down, the most beautiful blend of olibanum and balsam with hints of chestnut just hits. Longevity is decent. It lasts an entire day on clothes and for the whole work day on skin. Scent of wood tends to be a quality frag house even if a lot of the scents are all in the same lane, same purpose - at least out of the ones I have smelled. There are fantastic deals on it on the grey market that get this scent close to its cousin BTF. For the cooler weather, I highly recommend.

This is a warm and rounded chestnut and olibanum focused Parfum that creates the nutty praline vibe and that is airy, and aromatic from pepper, spices and the Peru balsam which creates a fantastic aroma. Very beautiful and long lasting. I feel this leans slightly feminine to my nose but unisex most definitely. I don’t get the smokiness of By The Fireplace on my skin. If Noir Exquise and Crush on me had a child without coffee, this would be it. A must try if you like a nutty, sweet and barely resinous spiced cloud around you. On clothes lasts 8+ hours. On skin, this particular scent by this house lasts longer than the others I have tried. I will be wearing this a lot this fall and winter season. 10/10 in all categories.

This is a big YES. Despite the name, this scent is not overtly maple-ish. It has the warmth of the inside of a tree - still somewhat green and juicy and fresh without being a "green" fragrance. The chestnut/praline dances around the edges enough to make you think of dessert -- but I still don't think of this as gourmand. I am only now discovering this brand and I am liking everything I've tried so far. I think the the way they age the alcohol in wood barrels is sort of genius (not the gimmick I thought it might be) and makes a huge difference in the final product. This scent has great longevity but it is soft and stays personal. It's deep and dark and rich but it doesn't feel decadent or cloying. LOVE.

It's a long, warm hug preserved in a bottle!!! <3 Unlike the name, this is not a gourmand, imagine a slightly charred piece of maple-soaked wood where a bunch of spices were thrown over the fire, you can almost feel the spices crackling in the flame... Peru balsam and Guaiac wood here work together uniquely to create the balsamic/resinous "sweetness", giving off delicate impressions of chocolate, vanilla, and as others mentioned, very subtle white florals... Really nicely done! And a fun side note: This, like other scents from this house, actually was barrel-aged!

This is one of my favorites from this house, and also one of my favorite gourmands for winter. It is Gourmand without being sticky or overly sweet. The praline is in harmony with the spicy wood, giving it a fresh earthy cedar note. I find this fragrance to be very similar to Apres by Ellis Brooklyn, but a little more sweet and addictive. It is also much more expensive, so I have a hard time justifying the higher price for such a subtle difference. But I am very tempted to buy a decant for myself this year for an early Christmas present.

Another beautiful smoky masterpiece to add to my growing collection of scents in this category - apparently I always want to smell like I’m on fire yet delectable and sweet. Praline in Maple is perfection for that vibe. It’s an early autumn morning and there’s warm maple syrup being drizzled over praline pancakes in the kitchen, enveloped by swirling wood smoke from the fireplace in the living room. Fog twirls around the changing leaves outside, and all is at peace. 10000/10

Very interesting perfume. It keeps changing on my skin. At first I got the praline-maple scent very distinctly but then the scent morphed into that of strong smoke, burnt sugar. Then the spices came through. I'm intrigued...I may be in love...Update: Decided to get a full bottle. Compared with BTF, which I also own, the two are different enough to have both IMO. Praline in maple is more refined though and very long lasting for an eau de toilette.

This is a beautiful perfume. Unlike By the Fireplace, which for me has more of a burnt wood smell (which I enjoy), Praline in Maple is smoky (without the caramelization), woody (not burnt), maple syrup — which has a more robust body than By the Fireplace. I imagine an ambery color when I smell it, round, rich and beautiful — and weirdly for me much less sweet (although it’s unarguably a sweet perfume). My next full bottle.

I love this scent. Developed on my skin with a perfect balance of sweetness / darkness while keeping things woody and pleasing. Nothing medicinal. This smells very high end elegant. It’s just wonderful. I love woody scents with slight sweetness to them. The sweetness tames down when the black pepper and patchouli come in. Yes. A big yes. Love it

My favorite take on the fireplace-type scent. A bit cooler and sweeter than Estrella and By the Fireplace, but not as overpoweringly sweet as Winter of '99. A perfect blend of smoky woods, fresh and warm spices, and sweetness. It also holds a special place in my heart because the chestnut reminds me of my grandparents' house during Christmas.

This is a beautiful and artistic cedar perfume; slightly sweet, a little spicy but very well blended. So cozy and warm. It seats close to the skin but lasts a long time. If you like woody perfumes, I recommend you sample this one.

Cedar and chestnut with a sweet vanilla and balsamic feel followed by a nice spice. Was pleasantly surprised by this one! Not usually a fan of sweeter fragrances, but this is done perfectly.

It's very beautiful and cozy. If you like By The Fireplace but are too pretentious to buy something so mainstream, then just get this one instead

This smells fantastic. Rich warm nutty maple syrup. This screams winter and fall, this is done wonderfully.

So Yummy. The perfect Fall & Winter composition.

Gorgeous gourmand surprise: starts off syrup-y sweet yet authentic enough to please, morphs into nutty-woody joy later. I may have a fatally sweet tooth when it comes to food, but my nose rejects 99% of scents this highly sugared as disgusting. Still, Praline in Maple effortlessly vaults over the high bar of my gourmand aversion to win the bakeoff. The maple is true to life (the impression of real, genuine, pricy maple syrup drizzled over toasty walnut bread, or even, hell, straight from the spoon is dazzling) - so much so that it would cloy if it stuck around too long as strong as it comes across at first. But the Scents of Wood team know better than to do that, and instead it modulates pretty fast to gentler, mellower, subtler sweetness with interesting spikes of spice. (I wondered if immortelle had anything to do with it? But probably just the clove+wood combo evokes that tang.) Also truly does conjure that incredibly elusive impression of sweet-chestnuttiness - a note I've been chasing around the smell-o-sphere for YEARS without finding it - the cutest mimicry of a marron glace you may ever find in a fragrance. Despite being as sweet as you please, there's enough integrity and interest in the woody bottom end to keep even the sourest anti-gourmand niche freak satisfied. Only drawbacks - though these might even be pluses, to be fair: wears close to the skin, and quietens down pretty fast (amost undetectable by 6-8 hours). Price is high - but just like that magic maple syrup, the real deal does not come cheap. WORTH IT. And that was not the result expected at all. Natasha Cote gets star baker status for cooking this one up, and after this and the utterly amazing Plum in Cognac, I hope to keep visiting the Scents of Wood kitchen very regularly. Happy days!

Really lovely gourmand. I was smitten at first sniff. Aptly named. It is HUGE on the maple (syrupy, delicious maple) and does not feel synthetic in the slightest. Personally wish the pepper came through a lot more. Amazing formulation and staying power. I seem to be one of very few who feel the longevity on this is absolutely incredible. In hindsight, I would not have purchased this for myself. Wearing even one spritz of this would always give me a headache later in the day (unusual for me). Luckily, my ex loved this one with a passion and used the entire bottle on my behalf. He even said people would constantly compliment him on it at work. Unluckily, I had to smell this day and night for quite some time LOL

I love the way the spices and the wood play together. This is really nice. Unfortunately It sits too close to the skin. I just put it on. I am aware of the fact that I am wearing a very nice fragrance but even now only ten minutes in I have to put nose to skin to get the full experience but this is definitely full bottle worthy. After an hour or so I perceived better projection. The pepper corns were very evident early on. Those dissipate sooner than I would like. Then the spices go and we are left with what smells like ebony to me. This is different and well worth trying.