Bois Datchaï 2018

Bois Datchaï by Maison Crivelli
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7.5 / 10 159 Ratings
Bois Datchaï is a perfume by Maison Crivelli for women and men and was released in 2018. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody
Spicy
Fruity
Green
Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Blackcurrant bud absoluteBlackcurrant bud absolute LeatherLeather CedarCedar Black tea absoluteBlack tea absolute PatchouliPatchouli CinnamonCinnamon

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.5159 Ratings
Longevity
7.0130 Ratings
Sillage
6.7129 Ratings
Bottle
7.6111 Ratings
Value for money
6.567 Ratings
Submitted by Calista, last update on 03.04.2024.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
7.5
Scent
Jingle

7 Reviews
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Jingle
Jingle
6  
One leg in the nest, one on the branch
I was curious about Bois Datchaï because I have discovered a new love for fruit in me; fitting for the season I test autumnal fruits. Wood always goes anyway, plus my quest to find the most beautiful black currant, in perfume of course. Likewise, once again a desire for black tea, but not too pure. And as a perfume, of course. Let's go!
Top note: Campino candies, the dark ones, you know which ones - the first to be gone from the bag. And they're unsweet in aroma, so don't worry about sticky associations. Lots of green comes with it from the bush. As is often the case with currants, I can't help a little sour cucumber association (My quirk? Sour cucumbers and currant jam are in the cellar next to each other). Bits of pickles do not disturb here but further. Cinnamon also gives directly wonderful warmth, but quite unweihnachtlich.
Clearly smoky, in the manner of extinguished candle wick. Cozy like afternoons as a teenager alone in the nursery, the pocket money was enough for a scented candle, and that is a special feature at this age, as everything seems special and unique: the isolation, being misunderstood, the first skills to deal with it, which one develops at that age (essential oils, lookin' at you).
The scent is comforting; currant is certainly not just a familiar-domestic note for me. Many have them in the garden, grandma still a jar in the pantry, on the pancakes as a child there's a thick dark blob - who this makes secure feelings, you may want to test the fragrance times.
The feeling that often accompanies teenage years, actually have no appointments in the future, the class work is over, the coming months empty and you have time, so much time. One of the first CDs, The Cranberries, "No Need to Argue" purrs in the compact CD player to immediately give "Ode to My Family" to the best, cheesy novels from the small-town bookstore give so no preview of real life, leather cords knotted around the wrist, which should mean something important, a diary with a small lock. Here I am in the top note of the fragrance; don't get confused, the scent is not from the 90s, but to each his teenage years, right? Belatedly finding sweetness, belatedly wanting to be taken in my arms - these are the vibes Bois Datchaï gives me. A shy "Hi ..." to the inner teenager, of course, without eye contact.
I was going to write that the patchouli seems restrained, but I smell a note that reminds me of Keller, it will be. Again: does not interfere, but I would not need so. Maybe it's needed for some depth - luckily it doesn't stay in the cellar. Youth room, as I said. The black tea here does not remind me of the smell of Vaseline, it is quite discreet, more discreet still the leather - for me not really to make out.
I would locate Bois Datchaï in a home, more precisely, in a room to smell it alone. It's also not particularly strong and a rather brief pleasure. Bois Datchaï lends itself to fantasizing about being in a forest like Max in wolf costume in Where the Wild Things Are, perhaps as I did with Enchanted Forest, with which it shares currant, cedar, some patchouli (but the latter is much darker, more wintry, more fairytale-like). I'm not in a distant forest here, not really.
If the fragrance were a posture, then sitting with legs drawn up. Staring into the candle flame while sitting. A not-yet-knowing-where, with one foot in bird's nest, with the other standing on the branch - how nice it is when you don't have to leave and can feel the transition without fear. And transition also = autumn, to make the bow little elegantly.
3 Comments
Rosymel

121 Reviews
Rosymel
Rosymel
Helpful Review 1  
Like Mure et Musc, but spicier
I really like this. It hits some of my favourite notes in a combination that is so satisfying: blackcurrant, woods, a hint of patchouli. The woods and patchouli keep it from being cloyingly sweet, and the fruitiness of the blackcurrant keeps the woods and patchouli from being too dark and heavy. It reminds me a little of L’Artisan Parfumeur Mure et Musc, but spicier.
0 Comments
9
Pricing
5
Sillage
7
Longevity
9
Scent
Nushka

24 Reviews
Nushka
Nushka
2  
Crystalline tea-woods
Sample from official discovery set (which by itself is an aesthetic pleasure - inspiring to see a perfumery house which obviously cares about its customers as well as its craft, as is obvious from details such as tasteful packaging).

Bois Datchai has a crystalline and tangy start. It warms up and gets rounder towards the heart notes - which are sweeter, but retain the presence of wood chips.
I've read comparisons with Serge Lutens Féminité du bois, but the only common ground would be that both fragrances are about wood and fruit/berries. I can't wear Féminité du bois because of its haughty, distancing coldness, although I do realise it is beautiful. But while Bois Datchai is just as wooden, this Pinocchio is a "real boy" - meaning it's*alive* and breathing (however it is resolutely unisex and to my nose leaning towards feminine), and more complex in my opinion.

The scent stays close to the wearer, it is quite intimate and familiar, which suits its character. It's the kind of fragrance you wear for yourself, for the sake of childhood memories it evokes and as such it doesn't need to be loud.

I see it as the Yang to another forest's Yin - Amethyst Lalique. The forest in Amethyst is damp with raindrops drip-drip-dripping on nettles and blackberry brambles. Bois Datchai is a warm cuppa in your hands, standing on the threshold of a cottage wrapped in a woolen blanket, staring out at said damp forest from a warm and safe place.
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8
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Scent
Emma12

5 Reviews
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Emma12
Emma12
11  
"In the rain that fell trickling"
I smell fennel. Wet wood on the terrace. Rubber boots and raincoat. You go outside and look at the sky. Dripping rain drops, gray and cold. Wanderlust embraces you. Something stirs in your memory. Come closer, I can't recognize you yet.
"The trickling rushing water
Intoxicated confusing the voices
The dreams that pale and faded
Floating in a floating fog"
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Statements

1 short view on the fragrance
NicheOnlyNicheOnly 3 months ago
7
Bottle
5
Sillage
7
Longevity
5.5
Scent
Great open (sweet-green-fruity-fresh), but fades into a generic cedar-patchouli base (woody-spicy) w/ hints of leather. Spring-fall, unisex.
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