Bois Oriental

I find this to be a lovely skin scent. No sillage monster here I`m afraid. In the beginning it reminds me of Bois et Fruits, but with added warmth of spices and if I`m not wrong, a tiny hint of coconut. (And no, cumin is not a prominent note, at least not on my skin.) The big surprise comes after 2-3 hours, when it suddenly morphs into a powder/ vintage make up kind of scent. Although violets are not listed, I can swear that they are there somewhere. (Maybe Mr.Lutens and Sheldrake plays triks on ones mind.) Anyway, this is my favorite part of Bois Oriental. The drydown remotely reminds me of Frederic Malle`s Lipstick Rose(!) but, when LR comes in a happy, bright, pink colour, Bois oriental are dark,red/ magenta hued.

A delicate and beautifully constructed sophisticated Oriental woody scent centered around a lovely Virginia cedar note. The perfume opens with the cedar surrounded by spices first (cardamom, clove) and then florals (violet, rose) and finally fruits (peach, plum). It finally settles on a bed of vanilla and synthetic musk. The unisex scent has moderate to strong sillage and very good longevity. Very nice. Enjoy!

This vintage dry down is absolutely stunning. I would probably get more of this fragrance if it wasn’t hard to get.

Classy but underwhelming cedar with the odd fragrant touch of spice around the edges. Think Feminite du Bois, but a little more unisex and slightly less sweet, and you're virtually there. I was a tiny bit disappointed as the name and house had led me to expect great, rich, surprising, opulent clouds of exotic woods and spice, but this just doesn't get all the way out there. Perceptibly high-class and done by someone who knows what they're doing, but compared to Fille en Aiguilles or Cuir Mauresque, say, this is a much more discreet affair - maybe even lacklustre, if you're feeling ungenerous. Even Bois Vanille, while about three thousand times sweeter, still feels stronger and more pushy to me than Bois Oriental. On my skin it's never less than lovely but there is still an awful lot of bare, unclaimed olfactory space in there. The overall emotional effect is like the atmosphere of a house where you've only just moved in and only unpacked half your stuff - it's clean and spacey and half-familiar, but not yet comfortable or fully welcoming. I can't detect exactly what all the individual aromatics are (? violet or violet leaf? bit of vanilla? pepper for sure...) - so you don't need to worry about some lurking ambush by an unexpected spice. There are no rogue cloves or skulking fenugreek to give your nose an unpleasant surprise mugging. So, all in, it's a classy, controlled, middle-of-the-road cedar cabin, not the dark exotic wooden toy box of sinfulness I had anticipated. Sillage and performance, also, both more discreet and less robust than its name or rep might lead you to expect. Really not bad at all - I'd be delighted with it as a gift - but won't be saving every penny for it, or hunting it down for rare bell jars or special editions or stratospheric prices. Other more conventional, mass-market Lutens (or even cheapies like my beloved Montana Graphite!) can probably fill the cedar bill for me instead of Bois Oriental.

Bois Oriental A cedarlovers dream :) This is beautiful and warm cedar with a touch of euchalyptus ,At least thats how i smell it ( and thats where its gets wrong for me , i cant take that note..) But this is most sertenly long lasting on skin , all day long a cought wiffs of it, This is typicl Serge Lutens , To me they almost all have a sertan feal to it woodsy and warm. I would not say that is over spicy at all . I am pretty sensitiv about to much spice in perfumes , This is soft spicy and warm cedar , It has a esimblens to Feminit Bois to me . Beutiful but sadly not my type when it comes to it