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05/14/2021
Elysium
815 Reviews
Elysium
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Boujee and Nonesuch
Bois Soleil, or Sun Wood, is a fragrance that offers a floral, earthy, woodsy, spicy, and balmy olfactory path that is warm, sweet, and spicy in all its complexity. It is a fragrance that demands your attention, inspired by vintage, but executed in a contemporary, elegant, modern classical manner-softly spoken with plenty of character. A perfume that is difficult to capture in a family of fragrances. It has amber notes but also a dark chypre accord because of the mix of patchouli and nutmeg. Tuberose and neroli combine to give the perfume a lush floral sensation. Its full official composition lists notes of neroli and nutmeg on top. Lastly, we find tuberose and woody accords in the fragrance's body. The base combines notes of patchouli and vanilla absolute. There is also a velvety, undeclared dose of musk that envelops the entire olfactory pyramid.
The opening is overwhelmingly woody, spicy, and tuberose-scented. The scent is simultaneously spicy and floral, with a nutmeg scent that screams out, as well as a touch of neroli. Initially, a zing of freshness from the neroli oozes, not too citrus, and then you get the spiciness from the nutmeg. The spicy nut blends with the initial alcohol and creates an Alexander cocktail vibe, dusted with grated nutmeg. I am fond of nutmeg, and I love it freshly grated on dishes. Nutmeg may subdue a bit, however, it won't completely fade away and will eventually fade into the background.
Once it’s stabilized, the heart softens to a sexy yet strong yet soft mid-tone with the woody accord and slightly spicy tones of tuberose, which oozes moist and dewy with a creamy touch, almost reminiscent of the velvety dough of a cake. At first, tuberose absolute has a milky taste. However, over time, the spicy side of the beginning loses strength for a more floral and indolic body. The creamy look continues with something that looks like jasmine. Tuberose blooms and basks in all its glory. It is a freshly cut blossom that intermingles with a woody accord, as damp and deep as forest mist after a summer rainstorm.
As the fragrance moves forward, sugary and powdery patchouli emerges, bringing the sweet and almost medicinal side of vanilla, anticipating the final fragrance. Chocolate patchouli steps forward and seeps underneath vanilla to keep it from getting too strong while forcing other mates to move backwards. For the rest of the perfume’s journey, Bois Soleil sets unusual and oblique notes against vanilla and cream: one moment custard cream, pistachio mint ice cream, the next, another steaming chai, before settling into a luxuriant anisic woodiness.
Shades of leather and the controlled use of nutmeg warmth round off the odor profile and make it very much an indoor, centrally heated affair. The nutmeg and vanilla combination is especially pleasant, without becoming too gourmand for my tastes. It’s a very well-balanced scent. I pick this perfume during the cool and humid days of the colder seasons because of its warm, dark, and resinous notes. I can safely wear it in the office, but also on free days, at the weekend, and in the evening with friends.
I based the review on an 80ml bottle I have owned since September 2020.
-Elysium
The opening is overwhelmingly woody, spicy, and tuberose-scented. The scent is simultaneously spicy and floral, with a nutmeg scent that screams out, as well as a touch of neroli. Initially, a zing of freshness from the neroli oozes, not too citrus, and then you get the spiciness from the nutmeg. The spicy nut blends with the initial alcohol and creates an Alexander cocktail vibe, dusted with grated nutmeg. I am fond of nutmeg, and I love it freshly grated on dishes. Nutmeg may subdue a bit, however, it won't completely fade away and will eventually fade into the background.
Once it’s stabilized, the heart softens to a sexy yet strong yet soft mid-tone with the woody accord and slightly spicy tones of tuberose, which oozes moist and dewy with a creamy touch, almost reminiscent of the velvety dough of a cake. At first, tuberose absolute has a milky taste. However, over time, the spicy side of the beginning loses strength for a more floral and indolic body. The creamy look continues with something that looks like jasmine. Tuberose blooms and basks in all its glory. It is a freshly cut blossom that intermingles with a woody accord, as damp and deep as forest mist after a summer rainstorm.
As the fragrance moves forward, sugary and powdery patchouli emerges, bringing the sweet and almost medicinal side of vanilla, anticipating the final fragrance. Chocolate patchouli steps forward and seeps underneath vanilla to keep it from getting too strong while forcing other mates to move backwards. For the rest of the perfume’s journey, Bois Soleil sets unusual and oblique notes against vanilla and cream: one moment custard cream, pistachio mint ice cream, the next, another steaming chai, before settling into a luxuriant anisic woodiness.
Shades of leather and the controlled use of nutmeg warmth round off the odor profile and make it very much an indoor, centrally heated affair. The nutmeg and vanilla combination is especially pleasant, without becoming too gourmand for my tastes. It’s a very well-balanced scent. I pick this perfume during the cool and humid days of the colder seasons because of its warm, dark, and resinous notes. I can safely wear it in the office, but also on free days, at the weekend, and in the evening with friends.
I based the review on an 80ml bottle I have owned since September 2020.
-Elysium
