Bowhanti

In Sweden, this is a "flagship-store exclusive", BUT you can purchase it online. That's what I had to to, and I read all the notes very methodically and carefully, deciding which one to pick as a first blind buy. In the end the lot fell on Bowhanti, and I am so glad that it did because it was love at first spritz. First sniff of this perfume is all about the green stuff. Galbanum, patchouli. Sniffing the soil underneath a juniper bush etc. Like hugging a tree in summer. But second sniff! After 15 minutes or so, it does a complete 180 and becomes a semi-sweet floral on me! I get freesia. And I mean A LOT of freesia, because all of a sudden I am sniffing my arm and getting Laura Biagiotti - Laura! Not what I had expected at all, but white florals is also my jam, so this is the best of two worlds for me. Imagine a Laura Noir. This is it. --------------------------------------------------------- I started writing this review and then came back, and now it is almost an hour and a half later. Now I am getting jasmine tea!? What is this!? Shape shifting X-men perfume? I wonder what it smells like tomorrow. Nunca abburido.

This has quickly become an everyday comfort fragrance for me during the colder months. It’s so warm and classy, and it just makes me happy when I catch whiffs of Bowhanti throughout the day. Genuinely, when I’m huddled in a big sweater and suddenly smell this on the collar... it’s like a serotonin boost. I'm surprised to not see plum in the notes. I get a slightly boozy plum, woods, and a hint of cinnamon. I find the balance between woods and spice to be perfect; neither takes over or becomes overwhelming. Very pretty and elegant scent in my opinion, but it does sit very close to the skin. I overspray on both skin and clothes to make it last, and find that gives me a nice intimate cloud for around 5 hours. I believe it’s recently been discontinued, so don’t wait too long if you want to get your hands on a bottle.

I utterly love this smell! Unisex. A hot whiff of cinnamon, sandalwood, patchouli and incense with exotic spicy pepper. On me this lasts all day - up to 12 hours. On my clothes it lasts maybe a week. Can be smelled from arm length. When it wears off it becomes less spicy and more like freshly cut wood, with a hint of balsam. Great for the confident slightly masculine exotic woman. A cheap version of the popular Opium with less patchouli. Also similar to Estee Lauder Cinnibar but with less spice and more wood. Perfect for fall or paired with a women powersuit for work for a shot of confidence. Or for a hot date! Perfect balance of simplicity and complexity. Excellent value for the price. Would never have guessed it was a body shop one. Smells much more expensive.

Well done Body Shop! A medicinal heaven. Now this could be more medicinal, that is true, but even this amount is sufficient for me. If Body Shop takes care of the longevity and the sillage, Bowhanti will compete with high end perfumes. Leans towards the masculine side. Soothing for some reason! Spicy for real, woody too. A blast of spice in the opening, woody right of the bat. It's a quite intense cinammon in the beginning, pathouli and cinammon always complement each other in the best way possible, and the incense comes last. Feels a little powdery(?). Does develop into a more prominent incense and less patchouli and cinammon. The claims are true. Balsamic and medicinal all the way. A yes from me

This perfume smells amazing... for like 5 minutes, like many of the Body shop line. Its lasting power is nonexistent. I even sprayed it on a paper and it disappeared from there too after a little bit. Honestly, it's like it's made from top notes only. At least it should last 2-3 hours for me to feel like it's worth buying, especially at this price. I really wish it would last because when you first spray it on it smells really warm, comforting and beautiful, very lovable. (BTW things like moisturizing the skin first and stuff don't work for me.. it either lasts or it doesn't)

I snatched a gently used bottle because I wanted to see if Bowhanti is truly similar to my beloved Feminite Du Bois by Serge Lutens. It definitely is a very close analogue, especially if you don’t compare them side by side. I sprayed them one on each wrist to see where the differences come in... FdB is sweeter, fruitier (plum) and more intoxicating; Bowhanti is fresher, a bit more astringent (juniper berries?), lighter and woodier from the very beginning. These differences get smaller in later stages, both fragrances have mediocre longevity and soft, cinnamony, woody base.

So many complements the very first time I wore Bowhanti! Like most of you, I wear different scents every day, so folks are used to my fragrant obsession. Some they like, so they don't. But this little, inexpensive gem was a thumbs up from everyone! It does remind me a lot of the original Lubin Idole with the mask (not the vintage floral Idole). It is very realistic woods, nice touches of spice, and just oh so calming, somehow. Fabulous for the price, nice heavy bottle, medium to light in longevity. Sillage big at first, great dry-down. Get some. :)

This new Body Shop perfume line is pretty good. More expensive than usual, more intense, gender free, very contemporary. Bowhanti is my current favourite. Spicy and woody with an imaginary-mastic note twist on the skin. It is a bit close to "the smell of incense sticks" and that's not always welcomed, but all I can say is that this feels quite luxurious. You wanna spray it on velvet clothes and match it with golden accessories. Truly intense and long lasting on the skin. 30euros/30ml

This is a beautiful, deep, spicy woodsy scent. It smells like a combination of incense, damp wood, earthiness with a hint of tuber, and a slightly more spicy dry-down. This perfume is reminiscent of a woodfire in a cabin in the forest after the rain... but then also a deep incense hint of a vast Cathedral in southern France. The incense, woody and spicy notes blend to a perfect harmony. This is magic and I am obsessed. Well done to the Body Shop for this creation!

This was a great surprise. Very aromatic, to the point that i am a bit addicted. Not aggressive to the nose, at all,just like a morning walk in the woods in the beginning of the winter, the air is fresh but not cold enough to cover the smell of the nature. Lasting power is very appropriate, on the skin it becomes a warmer natural scent and on the clothes it lasts much longer. As always i seem to gravitated towards patchouli fragrances!

Round, full-body, warm and comforting fragrance, easy to wear. Good performance: stays with you for several hours. It starts from woody and somehow juicy accord, with a fresh and softly sweet balsamic touch, especially when freesia comes to the stage after 20 minutes. Interesting development leads to great accord. My man calls it a "fairy tale in the woods". It seems we equally enjoy this fragrance.

Most beautiful woody perfume ever made, I adoooore it. Never met a person who's offended by the scent. It stays on you for long hours, its fresh and woody, stunning when your hair's wet & you spray this on.. heaven in a bottle. Truly a winner coming from The Body Shop! فحياتي ما توقعت أحب عطر من هالمحل بس صدق جودة هالعطر وخلطته المميزة - سواء كانت ضربة حظ أو دراسة مسبقة - تفوز في فئة العطور الخشبية

From this I get crumbling bark lined with incense, freshly turned soil, sweetly spiced balsams and the most beautifully clean freesia note given support by galbanum and green patchouli. What a pleasant surprise from The Body Shop. I would love to have this in a candle! My home would smell like the deepest depths of a rainforest at first light.

Love it! The best of Elixirs of Nature line IMHO. An excellent mix of sweet and spicy, warm notes. I agree that it sort of resembles Dolce Vita. For me it has also the same vibes as Ylang by M.Micallef. I have them both and like to wear one after another when choosing a fragrance for the next day. High quality for really reasonable price.

I am not into woody scents, but surprisingly I like this very much. As someone pointed in the comment below, it is a "woody fragrance for beginners". I also agree it is calm. Worth trying even if you are somehow prejudiced towards woody fragrances like I am.

Woody creamy and balsamic scent. I would say that is more suitable for mans but if you have a warm skin and like unisex fragrances you will like it. It's definitely for the colder season and it is last long enough. The cap is from real tree.

I love Bowhanti because it smells exactly like my favorite perfume, Christian Dior Dolce Vita. It's warm, woody and spicy, gives ypu the most elegant smell. Good for office, night out and Gala dinner.

It reminds me a lot of Florentine Iris + cinnamon.

Fiyat ve performans kıyaslandığında başarılı. Ancak niş marka meraklısı iseniz ve yukarıdaki notalardan yüksek bir performans bekliyorsanız üzülebilirsiniz. Günlük kullanım için keyifli ve rahat. Parfüm baştan sona patchouli ve odunsu karışımın etkisinde. Tütsü sanki yok gibi. Sanırım karışımın içinde kaybolmuş. Parfüm konsantrasyonu olduğu için daha iyi bir kalıcılık olabilirdi. Ancak keyifli 1 saat sonrasında hızlı bir şekilde zayıflıyor. Eğer fiyatı makul, günlük kullanım için keyifli, iş ortamlarında rahatsızlık yaratmayacak bir parfüm arıyorsanız işinizi görür. Ancak iddialı olmadığını, yeni bir şey söylemediğini, kalıcılık ve koku dağılımının yeterli olmadığını da söylemek lazım.

Have not worn Body Shop scents for years but I remember they did great perfume oils which could knock out a whole room with their sillage. I was instantly enamoured by the smokiness,the woody sensuality of this scent and was prepared to be Body Shop reinitiated and leaving a sensuous trail of tropical forests in my wake.Ended up i couldn't even get a whiff of it on myself after an hour. A precious beauty with zero sillage and zero lasting power. If you want to be transported in an exotic breeze of beauty...know thid beauty will last 5 mins and take 7 sprays to get there