Bucoliques de Provence L'Artisan Parfumeur 2016

Bucoliques de Provence by L'Artisan Parfumeur

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Bucoliques de Provence (L'Artisan Parfumeur)

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Bucoliques de Provence is a popular limited perfume by L'Artisan Parfumeur for women and men and was released in 2016. The scent is spicy-floral. It was last marketed by Puig. Pronunciation

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Perfumer

Fabrice Pellegrin

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Provençal lavender Juniper berry
Heart Notes	Seillans lavender
Base Notes	Leather Orris absolute Spices

Ratings

Scent

7.8118 Ratings

Longevity

6.6101 Ratings

Sillage

5.8102 Ratings

Bottle

8.2104 Ratings

Value for money

6.710 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 06.10.2021.

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07/31/2021

WildGardener
217 Reviews

WildGardener

2

Low key magic

Lavender is to Provence what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris, The iconic image.
But here the lead is iris, which, along with the supporting lavender has a dark, warm and spicy undercurrent.
It opens quite sweet and transparent, and with everything on show it’s a fine piece of clarity. But with everything laid out you wouldn’t think there’s much to look forward to; iris and lavender wouldn’t suggest the most complex profile, and indeed there’s not much development. And, being an iris profile, it’s in danger of falling into the lipstick cliché.

But instead, the perfume conjours some hidden magic. It looks like it will be an
ordinary affair but a gentle nostalgia pervades. Floral print dresses, summer hats,
matrons peck at lavender cookies in the shade of a summer’s heat; the somnolent drone of crickets as sunlight plays on a languid stream.

Whimsical and rather lovely.

02/05/2021

Zoja

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Zoja

Less helpful Review 1

A sad story

Honestly, I'm disappointed. I couldn't find lavender, nor iris in the scent - just a sweetened fennel tea, and I can't imagine it as a perfume. Not as a room fragrance either, as this bitter sweet herbal note is not pleasant for me. Please test from purchase

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09/20/2020

9
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 10
Bottle

Jersey

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Jersey

Top Review 12

Idyllic Landurlab away from the hustle and bustle

When I hear or see the word Provence, the wavy carpets of lavender fields in different shades of blue, grey to violet and sometimes green appear.
If Bucoliques de Provence is meant as a lavender scent - then the lavender mixed here is the most beautiful, very warm and cuddly (no "strict and cold pharmacy"), accompanied by other fragrant herbal ingredients - such as rosemary, mown grass, fougère; it is an "old school" scent with a touch of fine soft leather. I feel very comfortable wearing it, like in a hidden idyllic place in the area between Aix-En-Provence - Avignon or the Van Gogh city of Arles. Bucoliques de Provence is not a "screamer", its silage is more modest, but it is a very pleasant and natural scent. (at least for me)

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04/14/2020

9
Scent 9
Longevity 6
Sillage 10
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Duftsucht

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Duftsucht

Top Review 15

Deception

My fondness for lavender fragrances is no longer a secret. Let's do a quick count: Nine lavender fragrances are currently in my collection - almost exclusively used in the evening, by the way, because I love to fall asleep surrounded by this wonderful aroma. Bucoliques de Provence, on the other hand, I always wear them during the day. Why is that? It's simple: because for me it's everything, but not a lavender scent! Leather scent? Iris scent? Juniper scent? Oh yes, that's it! Lavender? I can only answer that with a very hesitant "yes" For me, the fragrance begins spicy - and clearly smells of juniper berries and leaves. Green, but not bright, juicy green, but muted, rather grey-green. There is a series of paintings by Paul Cézanne showing the Mont Sainte-Victoire in Provence, I am spontaneously reminded of this colouring.
Immediately the iris is also present, dry-powdery, in fact with a touch of freshly sharpened pencils. Then Bucoliques de Provence develops more and more into an elegant leather scent - and suddenly I think I smell lavender after all. In retrospect, lavender was also present right at the beginning, but confusingly, I only recognize it in my memory when the spicy beginning can only be guessed at.
Leather in fragrances is sometimes a problem for me, but here it's not like a real leather smell, which is often too much or too animalistic for me, but almost as if the idea of leather had only been played with. It's difficult to explain, because Bucoliques de Provence is definitely a natural scent, but nevertheless the individual scents seem like a Chinese drawing: perfect, captured in detail - and in this perfection somehow artificial.
For me it is a relaxed scent, reserved and as a delicate breeze it surrounds me and never pushes itself into the foreground. On fabric, by the way, it is much more present than on the skin and all in all, this wonderful dreamy scent proves to be surprisingly long-lasting.
And so every time I spray Bucoliques de Provence, I am happy that my expectations were disappointed in my search for a lavender scent - and instead I found something unexpected, surprising and new.

6 Replies

12/09/2017

8
Scent 7
Longevity 5
Sillage 8
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StellaDiverF
213 Reviews

StellaDiverF

1

A Lavender Version of Cuir d'Ange

Bucoliques de Provence opens with a beautiful lavender note. It's aromatic, herbal, and moderately earthy thanks to the subtle rooty aspect of iris hiding underneath, yet at the same time, it smells clean to me. Thankfully, the clean effect here is not due to the metallic, screechy faux-lavender note routinely dosed in many commercial fragrances' top notes, but is achieved through a steamy, fluffy white musk layered over everything, like applying a blur filter to create a soft, dreamy ambiance on the picture.

The leather and the iris here are the faithful companions to the grey-purple lavender. The bridge between lavender and leather is built around the hay facet present in both, which at times smells even a bit spicy. Iris also fits seamlessly in the picture, thanks to its velvety texture linking to the leather and its earthy characteristics shared with lavender. Sometimes, when the violet facet of iris meets the subtle herbal spiciness, I can even smell a vivid herbal violet note popping up occasionally.

With time, the boundary between these notes become more and more blurred. After about 2 hours, Bucoliques de Provence becomes a sensual, musky suede skin scent. This supple, slightly powdery white musk and suede actually remind me of the dry down of Hermès Cuir d'Ange, but this time with the aromatic, hay facet and the earthy rooty nuance humming in the background.

The sillage of Bucoliques de Provence is initially moderate during its first hour, and then drops to the proximity of the skin for the rest of time. It lasts about 8 hours on my skin.

Starting from Bucoliques de Provence, the recent releases from the main line of L'Artisan all seem to favour a more straightforward structure with a naturalistic, bucolic style. Here, the lavender field in Provence and the leather representing the historic glover industry in Grasse make a solid alliance with iris as the witness. Each accord has subtle yet rich nuances to evoke a natural sensation, while the fragrance as a whole is easy to appreciate and exudes an effortless elegance thanks to the precise dose and choice of the clean yet skin-like, plush white musk. I would definitely recommend it as a refined lavender fragrance with a delicate iris-suede undertone.

07/29/2017

8
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 9
Bottle

PBullFriend
305 Reviews

PBullFriend

Very helpful Review 5

lavender candy for sophisticates

I don't get any of the leather or spice here. Instead, I enjoy a minute of highest-quality lavender, followed by a minute of rootiest orris. Then, they merge to form a delicious Jordan almond infused with lavender water. Some powder and iris, a suggestion of almond and lavender, and a pastille's hard candy coating. My formula for this scent: (L'eau d'Hiver + Hiris) x 1/3 = Bucolique

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