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01/22/2013
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The sole Le Labo-Anthropologie collaboration survivor--for the moment...
CHANT DE BOIS appears to be the sole survivor of the Le Labo-Anthropologie special limited edition series comprising five perfumes. Three of these perfumes, including CHANT DE BOIS, push the boundaries of feminine fragrances past what some would consider the breaking point. This is a very woody scent, and perhaps because of its spicy quality, initially it reminded me of my memory of Lalique PERLES DE LALIQUE.
In a side-by-side test, however, I find that the rose of PERLES comes through much more clearly juxtaposed with a super woody, nearly flowerless composition. CHANT DE BOIS lists hedione among its notes, but there do not appear to be any natural floral extracts or essences. Well, at least no flowers are listed as notes! Instead, the composition smells quite woody, as I imagine a wood-processing plant might smell, with large tree trunks being split and sawed into usable planks. The scent of ambroxan is patent in this composition, and it is listed explicitly among the notes, but there is quite a bit of real wood as well. It smells to me like red wood. Or perhaps it is white wood made pink by the baies roses!
It's nice to be able to directly compare a perfume evoked by another perfume because I often find that my memory is not the same as my direct perception of the scent. Here I find that PERLES is not nearly so woody as CHANT DE BOIS and in fact PERLES is now evoking memories of Bond no 9 WEST SIDE, a very spicy rose!
Our memories of scents, as our memories of events, seem to be very selective and dependent upon all sorts of variable factors. I've noticed that CHANT DE BOIS itself smells quite different under different circumstances. Today, on a frigid day, I noticed the ambroxan very much. During other wearings, I felt that the wood was more marked.
I would recommend this unisex creation for testing by anyone who loves wood and can tolerate fairly hefty doses of ambroxan. I expect that once the bottles of this limited edition perfume have been depleted, the same formula will be reincarnated in another (far more expensive...) bottle available directly chez Le Labo. If you are a Le Labo fan, do yourself a favor and grab a bottle of this modestly priced juice while it still can be had!
In a side-by-side test, however, I find that the rose of PERLES comes through much more clearly juxtaposed with a super woody, nearly flowerless composition. CHANT DE BOIS lists hedione among its notes, but there do not appear to be any natural floral extracts or essences. Well, at least no flowers are listed as notes! Instead, the composition smells quite woody, as I imagine a wood-processing plant might smell, with large tree trunks being split and sawed into usable planks. The scent of ambroxan is patent in this composition, and it is listed explicitly among the notes, but there is quite a bit of real wood as well. It smells to me like red wood. Or perhaps it is white wood made pink by the baies roses!
It's nice to be able to directly compare a perfume evoked by another perfume because I often find that my memory is not the same as my direct perception of the scent. Here I find that PERLES is not nearly so woody as CHANT DE BOIS and in fact PERLES is now evoking memories of Bond no 9 WEST SIDE, a very spicy rose!
Our memories of scents, as our memories of events, seem to be very selective and dependent upon all sorts of variable factors. I've noticed that CHANT DE BOIS itself smells quite different under different circumstances. Today, on a frigid day, I noticed the ambroxan very much. During other wearings, I felt that the wood was more marked.
I would recommend this unisex creation for testing by anyone who loves wood and can tolerate fairly hefty doses of ambroxan. I expect that once the bottles of this limited edition perfume have been depleted, the same formula will be reincarnated in another (far more expensive...) bottle available directly chez Le Labo. If you are a Le Labo fan, do yourself a favor and grab a bottle of this modestly priced juice while it still can be had!
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