Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux 2017

Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux by 100BON
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7.5 / 10 65 Ratings
Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux is a perfume by 100BON for women and men and was released in 2017. The scent is resinous-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous
Woody
Smoky
Spicy
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CinnamonCinnamon Fresh notesFresh notes BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
MyrrhMyrrh PapyrusPapyrus PatchouliPatchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense Tonka beanTonka bean

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.565 Ratings
Longevity
6.450 Ratings
Sillage
6.154 Ratings
Bottle
6.648 Ratings
Value for money
7.514 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 20.12.2023.

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Meggi

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Meggi
Meggi
Top Review 21  
Now I remember!
Now I remember where I've seen the 100BONs standing around before: In Paris, at the Printemps department store. It just occurred to me, because in the statements below there is talk of a "bar in Oberpollinger with bottling stuff". We had found such a counter in the Printemps last year. And I had actually already tasted one or two 100BONs there. This one, among others. The fact that I know this exactly is, however, solely due to the name. After all, it's completely unthinkable that something that says "Myrrh" and "Encens" would go untested. I wouldn't have remembered the scent itself.

And now we're on the subject. Because the little water is zero-command mysterious, but straightforward and well-behaved. Quite sweet right from the start, what's cuddly and smoky about it and after a few minutes a sour and sour frankincense note comes out.

The dominant theme, however, is sweetness. Cinnamon fits - even though the manufacturer does not list it. A sugary-growing like amber note also adds sweetness - possibly the certain excess. In this overloaded mixture it does not surprise me that I have difficulties with the identification of the alleged tonka bean at first. I would have bet on vanilla, which by no means puts the basic statement into perspective.

Only in the afternoon a limonadige coumarinige Anmutung penetrates. She, in turn, doesn't do her thing badly. And funny, because coumarin-pritzeln, myrrh and frankincense-acid together make a little glass of cola, which I know similarly from some other scents, for example 'Rume' from Slumberhouse. This is the best phase in the fragrance process.

At the end, towards the late afternoon, the centre of gravity shifts clearly towards wood. So the sugar level in the second half is caught, but overall 'Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux' is too sweet for me. And too obliging, without it having been possible, in return, to create the latter as a noble-decent universality.

I'd like to thank Bellemorte for the rehearsal.
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Naimie54

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Naimie54
Naimie54
Very helpful Review 8  
Frankincense hides behind wood
Myrrh & Encens Mysterieux is another fragrance from 100Bon, which produces natural fragrances.

The beginning is fresh, slightly resinous and slightly sweet. I like that a lot.

Incense is gradually added and combines pleasantly with sweetness.

After a good hour, Myrrh & Encens Mysterieux then becomes pleasantly soft and woody, the incense withdraws completely for a while. The smell is now woody and a trace of sweetness I can still guess.

From the third hour on the incense appears every now and then, but it always hides behind the wood, so to speak, rather Myrrh & Encens Mysterieux becomes more and more resinous and powdery-sweet.

Myrrh & Encens Mysterieux is a successful fragrance that combines woody notes and myrrh with a light sweetness. I would like to wear it at cool, not too warm temperatures.

The Sillage is not too strong, but does not get too close too quickly. The durability is with me about six hours.

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StellaDiverF

213 Reviews
StellaDiverF
StellaDiverF
Helpful Review 3  
Great budget warm myrrh
On me, Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux has a rather simple evolution. Like its name suggests, I got mainly creamy myrrh on my skin, while incense adds a bit of woody backbone. The myrrh here doesn't have much aldehydic nuance, but mainly the balmy, suave sweetness further enhanced by warm tonka bean. The incense here is not overly cold or spicy, either, just gets enough zest and structure to the otherwise resinous, creamy myrrh and tonka bean.

Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux stays mostly close to skin for about 7 hours. Although it's hardly the most mysterious oriental fragrances, I find it a very versatile and approachable warm resinous fragrance, thanks to its simplistic development and gentle sillage, and especially great for the price. I'd definitely recommend it as a budget resinous myrrh fragrance.
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ScentStudio

141 Reviews
ScentStudio
ScentStudio
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Deep and autumnal
To all lovers of mysterious and deep fragrances, try Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux by 100Bon!
This fragrance house has quite special compositions. They are never over-dominating, but they have a unique quality to them that not every nose will like.

The second fragrance from this house in my collection has a strong myrrh opening with just a slight hint of patchouli. It is deep and heavy, yet quite feminine. It is nothing like Davana & Vanille Bourbon in scent composition; Davana & Vanille Bourbon is sweet and fresh, whereas Myrrhe & Encens Mystérieux is a one tone fragrance with no change or play in the composition.
Musk and amber give the fragrance a lovely caramelised or even slightly burnt quality, which is only further supported by the base note of incense.

Even though this is a heavy fragrance, it does not lack a fresh opening or top note. I find it in perfect balance, but would not recommend it to someone who cannot wear monotone incense fragrances. This might be a good layering fragrances instead for those noses.
After oxidation, the fragrance lightens up, but don't be fooled, it's only very lightly!
I am missing the top notes, which are cinnamon and citruses (I am actually very curious how this fragrance would have been with citrus). The middle notes are myrrh, patchouli and amberwood. Base notes are myrrh, incense and musk, so this fragrance's composition is very true in performance.

Myrrh & Encens Mystérieux definitely belongs to autumn and winter, and I will be wearing it as soon as the leaves fall.
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Pimm

4 Reviews
Pimm
Pimm
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Incense-y gingerbread
... that is, a lot of cinnamon, especially in the top note, an extra dose of coumarin; honeyed, a little buttery, somewhat dough-like, perhaps through some heliotropin – though not nearly as powdery as the remotely similar “Pi” by Givenchy. A fair amount of patchouli and a labdanum amber note also seem apparent to me. I know myrrh essential oil as a dark, mushroom-like licorice scent that brightens over time. This may well add to the vanillic dry-down of M&E, and, from the start, I do feel reminded specifically of German lebkuchen, which is frequently flavored with anise. Olibanum, similarly, is not all that prominent. Some days, I do smell its churchy, wafty bitterness clearly for a while. I suppose the resins add an important background of dark and sourish notes that save the fragrance from smelling stuffy or unrefined.

Having seen six slightly different versions of the olfactory pyramid (the packaging of my own bottle, archived versions of the 100BON web page, official-looking info sheets in sales listings), the notes that they all agree on are patchouli, myrrh, incense, tonka bean and a citrus top note (bergamot/ lemon/ various). I don't even notice that citrus note on my skin unless I spray twice. Most versions of the pyramid also include opoponax, which may help explain why this is a rather sweet myrrh fragrance. The papyrus note is not always present, sometimes notes like “amber wood” or “cashmere oud” seem to take its place. I'm suspecting that this refers to a woody-earthy accord involving cypriol. I think I'm familiar with that from oud fragrances and that it adds some dry bitterness here especially in the top note. Occasionally included top notes of “fraîcheur” and “sous-bois” (undergrowth) don't ring a bell for me.

I find M&E quite sweet, closer to an amber gourmand than to an exploration of (frank-)incense and (common) myrrh. In that latter vein, I appreciate how Dior's “Bois d'argent” brings out the subtle beauty of those resins. M&E is (very) mildly sickening to me, perhaps not so much because of the overall sweetness, which is balanced, to an extent, by bitterness, but rather because I seem to have trouble with highly dosed cinnamon or with cypriol or both.

The projection seems rather strong in the beginning and, at a close distance, the intensity rather too high; after an hour, it's perhaps already rather too discreet. I find that some projection – and the fragrance's essential character – is retained for some 8 hours. Whether M&E can be considered a cheapie would depend on local deals; the current 100BON asking price isn't far below mid-tier in my book.

Lastly, a note about the advertised “100% ingredients of natural origin”: My guess is – though I don't think it says so on the web page – that this refers to ISO 16128 or a similar standard for naturalness, and that a “natural origin” only rules out most petrochemicals. Which might avoid possible health risks from e.g. phthalates, but I certainly don't take that 100% figure to mean that unusually high amounts of natural fragrance materials are used or even that purely synthetic materials like Iso E Super are off-limits.
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