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extermenuaget – :
This is the best patchouli fragrance I have ever smelled. Like a well aged wine, Bohemian Spice is something you take the time to savor you don’t spritz it without a second thought. There is a foody aspect I am not used to smell in a patchouli based fragrance that make BS even more scrumptious. I did not detect the lavender or even the orange, for me it’s all about the base notes and it did not evolve much from the beginning, it just become more subdued with time. There is a good chance that I will buy a bottle of this, the only thing that would dissuade me to do so is the fact that BS is too perfect. I tend to prefer imperfect and unusual things for myself and that include perfume. I am totally bewitched by Erdenstern because it is different. BS is a little bit more conventional but still got plenty of artistic (bohemian) vibe. I will finish my sample before committing…
плюш – :
Bohemian Spice… I was thinking, how can I describe something that is really magnificent, something that is like a Black Prince’s Ruby in a Royal Collection, or a rare art work of Renoir in a Sotheby’s New York auction…something that is amazing, not because I, myself, like it… but because It is really rare, precious and unique.
In our, human world, we usually have 5, at best 6 senses working. Perfumes in our world usually influence these few senses.
Now, imagine Olympus, the world of the Gods. Gods are advanced Beings, they are whole, they have 360 senses . So, if You could imagine a fragrance, that when You use it, it touches Your Divine, God Self and opens up all Your 360 senses. When You use God’s fragrance, Your intuition opens up, You start see people with their Auras and Thoughts and You can even see their past and future by looking at them…
This is how powerful Bohemian Spice is. It has specific high frequency that helps brain use more of it’s potential. Bohemian Spice is the Fragrance of the Gods. It is Food of the Gods. And if You ever were dreaming about becoming more than human… this is what can get You on a Journey!
Kirill0310 – :
Right off the bat, I get a blast of kitchen spice tinted with sweet orange, which at this stage reminds me a bit of Calling All Angels from the same house and then almost immediately incense, sandalwood and patchouli start to join in. All in all, it reminds me of Borneo 1834 by Serge Lutens minus the cacao note. Projection and longevity are average on my skin after the loud opening.
gypegooxyhord – :
This one is as if i got into food storage room where spices and grains are kept. Allot of black pepper is kept there with allot of Arabian & Indian spices. If you want a cheaper similar fragrance like this one then just book a table in any Indian authentic restaurant, sit by the cooker and have him blowing the steamy smoke on you… Voila you are done 🙂 But this one is kind of more like dried stored spices. Pass for me.
Edit (12st Jun 2016) WTH? I guess the sample that I got wasn’t the “bohemian spice”! Bohemian spice is about the incense, cinnamon, henna, and some patchouli and woods. It’s quite impressive in away that it has some similarities with “Reckless” by Roja Dove & “Sanctum” by RamonBejar & that leads to similarity with “Calling All Angels” from April Aromatics specially when it calms down it goes quite near to “Calling All Angels”. Interesting.
Edit (27th Dec 2016) This fragrance is natural in away that when it’s kept in a bottle for long it gives a complete different essence every-time! now after bringing this sample out and spray abit on my skin i get a vanilla spice chocolate! yes slight henna and cinnamon but mostly the vanilla milky chocolate with burnt effect somehow more than it is the spices i sniffed the first time! the calmer it goes the more burned chocolate i get as the patchouli is sensed there a bit with a side of burnt sandalwood. It is quite weird when a scent it made of a complete natural ingredients it just changes without any further notice! Damn..
dron714007 – :
I found Bohemian Spice to be a bold masculine, earthy/ grounding cool weather scent. Initially this scent on me was mostly sandalwood and vetiver; graceful and classy, dry and smooth.
Almost like walking into a forest, as it started to evolve, I picked up more earthy patchouli- like a fresh forest after the rain- the feeling you would get from a tranquil stroll through the woods. For those that are not patchouli fans, I found this is one that didn’t overwhelm everything else, it stayed harmonious with the other elements in the scent.
The undertones of lavender adds a little spice and elegance to the scent while the vanilla, appearing later, I find seamlessly fuses, appearing and disappearing through the sandalwood, vetiver and patchouli. I find this one to be very attractive, sensual- everything I would want in my ideal man’s scent.
2afonka123 – :
I’ve found my natural counterpart to Coromandel. Bohemian Spice is a gorgeous, hyper-balsamic, creamy white chocolate dream. I know the notes say vanilla, but maybe when it’s blended with the other notes it smells like whilte chocolate and the sweet air inside a bag of marshmallows. There is more beautiful sandalwood, rich patchouli, and smoky frankincense as the perfume develops on the skin. This is the ultimate Oriental and makes me feel like I’m an empress from an exotic land. I will own this one.
Updates: I now stock this fragrance, but my opinions are my own. Further, I do own it now, and I get a lot more orange in the mix, which I really love. I now find it less sweet and creamy than Coromandel and more woody on the whole.
dj_martin93 – :
This kind of perfumes seem to be way too strong for me. All I smell is the incense. It almost smells like a burned down pile of wood to me. Fine wood though, not just any wood. But I do not smell anything else but the incense. Too bad because I really like the blend of ingredients and I also very much appreciate the organic quality.
skorsak – :
Bohemian Spice is all about warm, slightly sweet, spicy patchouli. Patchouli at it’s best – raw, earthy, dirty, herbal. It’s dirty but super organic, therefore pleasant and appealing.
Must try for Patch lovers!
pekdiana – :
This is lovely! Of the nine April Aromatics I’ve tried, three were too Rosy (hate rose – can’t help it) three were gorgeous florals (Jasmina, Unter der Linden and Liquid Dreams) and three were fabulous woody incense-y fragrances (Calling All Angels, Bohemian Spice and Precious Woods). Never have I liked so many perfumes in a sample set. I have a bottle of Calling All Angels but Bohemian Spice was a very close second and a full bottle may be in my future.
There’s something about April Aromatics that has me considering giving up the whole perfume chase and settling down with this one line. Could be there’s something to this aromatherapy, all natural, crystal stuff? I never imagined myself paying good money for something “infused with clear crystal and Herkimer diamond. Bottled on a Full Moon. Each bottle contains 24 karat gold flakes” Yet, here I am contemplating another bottle and the chakra set too.
Somehow this stuff manages to be full on fabulous perfume and make the wearer fell good as well. No other perfume, natural or otherwise, that I’ve encountered can do that
Duke – :
This is an earthy patchouli over a vetiver frame with a citric twist upfront. It’s green and rootsy and there’s a prominent woodshop-note throughout that smells similar to Precious Woods’ cedar bomb. Combined, these notes come off as quite dry and even slightly charred but there’s a minor vanilla that peeks through to keep the scent from becoming too coarse.
Personally, I find this to be one of the most compelling scents in the line, but I should note that, like Calling All Angels, it’s not all pretty visions from start to finish. In fact, this is one of the dirtier patchouli scents that I’ve run across. It’s largely the cedar notes that cause this, but they’re tempered by a series of spices that never quite cross into the realm of gourmand, instead keeping the scent firmly planted in the ground. The vanilla is aloof, playing much more of a supporting role, but once some of the more turpenic notes drift away, it takes on more of a guiding role as the scent softens into a fairly gentle and powdery sandalwood.
Sadly, the Oman incense (one of my favorites) doesn’t emerge as much as I’d like it to, and I can really only detect it once the opening notes have decayed. It adds depth to the mix, but I’d be hard pressed to consider this an incense fragrance. The opening is surprisingly rough, but within twenty minutes or so, the scent softens and things fall into place a little more. Given this, fans of patchouli fragrances are encouraged to give this a spin, but keep in mind that it’s one of the more adventurous scents in the line and I suspect that the opening might be a challenge for some. Me? I like it very much.
Olister – :
very Patchouli scent and masculine
6/10
wue820speagoessenda – :
Wearing Bohemian Spice right now…love it for the colder days…
anufrii – :
Bohemian Spice is a good example of something i have personally identified after wearing and evaluating fragrances of some indie brands: the classic perfumery, in it’s quality shown in the past, is still possible to be find on them. Bohemian Spice is an excellent example of a formulation where that you would find in the past, of a fragrance where lavender, spices and citrus aromas develop in an harmonious way and show the best of themselves due to the excellent quality of the picked materials. The difference from Bohemian Spice to a classic relies maybe on the perspective shift that brings the patchouli to the front of the fragrance since the beginning ot the evolution. It’s the star here, developing on the skin with the the other elemnts of a classic cologne formulation. It’s a rich, exquisite and expensive patchouli that shows several aspects of a good patchouli: the incense nuances, the earthier side, the bitter gourmand facet, which is emphasized by the caramel lavender aspects, and even one of its nuances that i appreciate on patchouli and that it’s not easy to find, the mineral, fresh and slightly spicy side that is able to create an ilusion of mint and ginger when they are not used. Put such Patchouli on evidence it’s a wise decision, and what is picked and balanced to goes with it was very well choosen, a thing that only a talented perfumer would be able to do. Bohemian Spice is, this way, a modern classic with a quality which is becoming rare on mainstream side but that you can still find on the indie side. I recommend it.
costamarko – :
Bohemian Spices opens with a accord of herbs and spices reinforced by citrusy-orangey notes and it immediately brings to mind of a sort of tamed down, prettified version of several O’Drius. If you don’t like the typical natural perfumery bothanical vibe, I’m sure you will not be impressed as this stuff is by all means “natural”. The outstanding quality of the ingredients is immediately detectable while the fragrance quickly morphes into a beatiful yet somewhat basic, patchouli-ambery-vanilla combo that’s pretty likeable indeed and completely avoids the head-shop quality of many patchouli-centered fragrances.
A good comfort scent, well balanced with nice lasting power (5-6 hours). If I’d have to be 100% honest, I still think it’s a bit overpriced for what it delivers but it’s good nonetheless.
Rating: 7/10
Кристинка-25 – :
Wonderful,a fragrance also spicy, woody, orange and i feel a lavender behind it all.
Excellent and intense, a pleasant surprise, cinnamon and cloves appear deliciously combined because these notes depending on the intensity, i can not like, but I think the tap fresh fruity orange balances was an unerring choice for this.
A beautiful patchouli at the base stabilizing this wave spicy *****
datolit – :
Wonderful perfume, a masterpiece !!!
I want it…
ram200elipseskism – :
God, it’s great !!
This is the first time I have the opportunity to smell this fragrance and I’m very pleased with the quality of the brand and its ingredients.
It is quite different from what I had been thinking, it really impressed me.
This lovely fragrance starts out with sweetish, incensey and fruity notes that strongly remind me a jorney between the Sicilian fields to Middle East.
A heavenly mixture of cloves, cinnamon, orange, patchouli, vanilla, …to some the opening may give off the type of scent one would accustom to..i don’t know…an elderly man.
Once that drydown arrives…you ain’t smelled nothing like it. Ever. Period. Imagine a milky, creamy, fluffy, sweetened vanilla-bean grounded by a very light hint of spice. PERFECT….
dmi9138 – :
God, it’s great !!
This is the first time I have the opportunity to smell this fragrance and I’m very pleased with the quality of the brand and its ingredients.
It is quite different from what I had been thinking, it really impressed me.
This lovely fragrance starts out with sweetish, incensey and fruity notes that strongly remind me a jorney between the Sicilian fields to Middle East.
A heavenly mixture of cloves, cinnamon, orange, patchouli, vanilla, …to some the opening may give off the type of scent one would accustom to..i don’t know…an elderly man.
Once that drydown arrives…you ain’t smelled nothing like it. Ever. Period. Imagine a milky, creamy, fluffy, sweetened vanilla-bean grounded by a very very light hint of spice. PERFECT….
rch463elipseskism – :
I love Bohemian Spice. It is my favorite winter fragrance. warm, deep and mysterious. Long lasting and strong. I wear it on my shawl or wooly sweater and I still smell it for days after.
jvc115 – :
I often find it difficult to write a sensible review for a fragrance that knocks me off my feet. How do I wrap my head around the right words when I feel as if I’m going to swoon every time I sniff my wrist?!
This is one of those scents, for me. I find it absolutely perfect in every way. I love patchouli, and it is definitely the main note in this fragrance, but it sings a wonderful duet with cinnamon. The sandalwood, vanilla, and incense keep the patchouli note warm and soft…and docile. (I should note that I did not detect the clove note, which usually gives me a great deal of trouble.)
There was an introductory symphony of orange, lavender, and possibly a bit of vetiver, accompanied by the leading note of patchouli on the initial blast. This created a sense of briskness, but these edgy components died away quickly and left a resonating, evocative base note of softly-spiced warm patchouli at the perfect pitch.
Deep and earthy, warm and refined, it feels like a fragrance that speaks to my soul yet breaks my heart at the same time. I want it so badly, and it is so far out of my budget (when considering price per ml).
I may have to settle for the similar, but rougher, dirtier, and more head-shoppy, PG Intrigant Patchouli, which, although still beautiful to me, pales in comparison to the angelic Bohemian Spice.