Top Notes
Grapefruit
Fennel seed
Heart Notes
Iris
Ambrette seed
Wheat
Grain
Base Notes
Benzoin
Gaiac wood
Sandalwood
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Notes03/01/2021
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En Voyage chez l'Artisan Parfumeur:18 - The Light Wood' Fascettes
Jean-Claude Ellena has created 5 fragrances for the house of L'Artisan Parfumeur, 4 of which I am familiar with. This one reminds me most of other fragrances of his, in fact most of the Un Jardin range. Not because it smells similar, but because it's such a mildly composed fragrance that doesn't take an epic course and yet creates such diverse images, while at the same time flaunting its individual ingredients side by side without being able to clearly delineate them from each other.
Classic "woody" men's fragrances I often find boring, this woody smell is for me at most a good base. Here it looks quite different.
Because here wood shows itself in unexpected Fascetten, almost in all possible, at least the "light woody".
The top note is brilliant. I smell here mostly sesame, here it will be the fennel seed. Sweet, crisp, dry, the scent hits almost gourmand lines. Add to that a cool woody note, I think I smell cashmeran. Whether this was used at the time would be intriguing to know. This is joined by a finely ground hazelnut, as well as the surface of a dry, smooth chestnut.
Wood shows itself here so multilayered, but always authentic. Between dry rabbit litter and freshly planed boards pulls a fresh breeze, decomposed with bitter dust.
And suddenly it turns to gourmand again, a floury wooden board in the bakery where sourdough has been kneaded. Long dried marzipan lies on top of the shelf, wood what dries at the oven to fire it later. Now and then the cool scent pushes through, I think of water splashing from a mountain stream into a trough on an alpine pasture. The sun in the bright blue sky is reflected in it, the air is cutting clear.
I would like to bring Nord du Nord by Wiener Blut comparatively, which I think smells similar, but only captures this one cool side.
And between all that warm sweet musk. Thoughts of wet clay and fresh laundry alternate. Then again a green deciduous forest, dense undergrowth, dense bushes. Bois Farine is really an interplay of assozoationen.
In all the haunting Bois Farine remains one thing andzwar always bright. All kinds of thoughts and Bildet are light nature, dark wood, gloomy heaviness is not found here. And that's good.
Exactly how I imagine niche fragrances. Spectacular andes and still smelling decidedly good.
Thank you for reading my comment
Classic "woody" men's fragrances I often find boring, this woody smell is for me at most a good base. Here it looks quite different.
Because here wood shows itself in unexpected Fascetten, almost in all possible, at least the "light woody".
The top note is brilliant. I smell here mostly sesame, here it will be the fennel seed. Sweet, crisp, dry, the scent hits almost gourmand lines. Add to that a cool woody note, I think I smell cashmeran. Whether this was used at the time would be intriguing to know. This is joined by a finely ground hazelnut, as well as the surface of a dry, smooth chestnut.
Wood shows itself here so multilayered, but always authentic. Between dry rabbit litter and freshly planed boards pulls a fresh breeze, decomposed with bitter dust.
And suddenly it turns to gourmand again, a floury wooden board in the bakery where sourdough has been kneaded. Long dried marzipan lies on top of the shelf, wood what dries at the oven to fire it later. Now and then the cool scent pushes through, I think of water splashing from a mountain stream into a trough on an alpine pasture. The sun in the bright blue sky is reflected in it, the air is cutting clear.
I would like to bring Nord du Nord by Wiener Blut comparatively, which I think smells similar, but only captures this one cool side.
And between all that warm sweet musk. Thoughts of wet clay and fresh laundry alternate. Then again a green deciduous forest, dense undergrowth, dense bushes. Bois Farine is really an interplay of assozoationen.
In all the haunting Bois Farine remains one thing andzwar always bright. All kinds of thoughts and Bildet are light nature, dark wood, gloomy heaviness is not found here. And that's good.
Exactly how I imagine niche fragrances. Spectacular andes and still smelling decidedly good.
Thank you for reading my comment
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