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rigas – :
This scent is hilarious!
It smells of freshly-ground peanuts – peanut flour! it is maybe a little starchy, like grain, but the sweetness in it screams “peanut”. Not roasted, nor salted, just green peanut powder.
Not gourmand at all, starts to get a little more perfumey as it goes. I can finally smell the iris after about 20 minutes, it is lovely as always. Non-velvety though. It is not that dry on me.
Seems like it could last for a while, but keep a low profile.
For all its quirkiness, I find it wearable, adorable and truly comforting.
wenker – :
I only tried the tester, but this one is very interesting. The driest “woods” fragrance I’ve ever tried, and an unusual sandalwood/almond combo. Not exactly what I’m looking for for either daywear or eveningwear, but it smells good and is interesting. I’ll be thinking about this one…
osama77 – :
Trying a sample but without much enthusiasm as the Artisans don’t stay on me, the same as Jo Malone. These houses I ignore completely, they are a waste on me. So I really like this, cedar with almond background. Reminds me of my Mancera Cedrat Boise. Also from a dab sample it got on my fingers and they smell like soap now. Don’t smell any flour. And what really does flour smell like? I am an avid baker and never imagined flour being used as a note. Nice to try but will pass it on and forget about it because of zero staying power on me.
slesh23 – :
This is the kind of fragrance that grows on you, I think. At least it did on me. It’s what I like to call “nose-yummy”, not gourmand or tasty, but so intriguing to smell just for the sake of smelling it, similar to how some people enjoy the smell of magazines fresh out of cellophane, lacquer, etc. Indeed, I’d say there is something lacquer-like about this one. Sawdust and lacquer and cold iris and flour. A hint of old books/paper. Very dry, and I think the dryness adds to the addictive properties.
aristotelus1 – :
I’ve been interested in testing in Bois Farine since the very beginning of my perfume interest, because it’s often compared to my original coup de foudre that got me into it in the first place: Jeux de Peau. On top of that, I’ve since discovered I like pretty much everything Jean-Claude Ellena has ever done, so my expectations were high to say the least.
And they weren’t disappointed! I think Bois Farine is pretty great as well, although I rather suspect I won’t reach for my decant very often and might never need a full bottle: it smells surprisingly nice for being as focused as it is on flour, but still, what’s the occasion for smelling like even the nicest of bags of flour?
As for the comparisons to Jeux de Peau, I only understand them in so far that they’re both obviously bakery-themed. But where Jeux de Peau is an obvious if original gourmand, an apricot pastry displayed on a wooden shelf, Bois Farine smells more like the place where the raw ingredients are stored. It’s all about flour in a setting of soft, nutty woods – not much sweetness or even warmth here at all.
But that’s not a bad thing at all…in fact, I’d say Bois Farine is strangely compelling despite its originality or even oddness. It’s one of those I wouldn’t want to miss in my fragrance wardrobe, even if I rarely actually wear it.
mel23 – :
What a charming, odd, eccentric, intriguing character this one is… toasty wheat flour, face powder, chalk, talc, and sandalwood that’s all micro dust and no resin. It makes my brain do flip-flops – wood/wheat/bois/bread/wood/wheat and repeat, as well as ‘love it/too sweet/but it’s so iiiinteresting/no, too cloying/oh now it’s delicious again’, and repeat.
Really a fascinating smell, utterly distinctive and characterful – and almost disconcertingly nice and friendly for something so bonkers. It’s a touch too sweet overall to me to be totally at ease with it – at some moments it’s a bit too much of the smell of a powder-pink-loving grandma losing her marbles in the most delightful way – but some of the facets are just gorgeous and within a few more moments I’m thinking ‘wow this is a serious experimental woody monster, grownup unisex niche scent.’
It’s just so confusing, in a nice way. Bit of a wild ride, too – the first burst is really original and brings the wheat right to the fore, which is a surprising bold opening move. Then you start getting the real ‘scent-iness’ as more recognisable woods begin to creep in. Some particularly disconcerting moments can follow: really sharp chemically marzipan kicks in sometimes, and there are occasional hints of playdoh, and for me a note of something like fennel or anise (whaaaat?) seems to blunder in, and weirdest of all it reminds me in some ways of SJP Stash and Zara Tiveden, which are completely different and which I liked much less than Bois Farine. On longer dry down, the more quirky top and these moments of bizarre confusion burn off almost completely and you’re left with just dusty, sweet, gentle sandalwood/amber sort of smell.
Projection is weak, but given the borderline-cloy that might be a good thing, it could get overpowering if it was pushier. Longevity not bad, though, up to about 6h.
Might not go for a FB but a fantastic choice to have a small decant or partial of. Seductive little weirdo that it is.
andreykill – :
The smell of flour and makeup or baby powder, with an underlying nutty woody aspect. It smells comforting – not something I necessarily want to smell like personally because it doesn’t fit my personality though. Still, the flour note is great and I wish it were used more often in perfumery. I’ll keep some of this in my “reference library” of scents
qao828Unlogrere – :
First wear today: pleasantly nutty and powdery, quite soft and opaque. I was reminded more of a kind of peanut powder that is used in some Asian biscuits, rather than peanut butter or actual peanuts themselves. I like it but wish it had a little initial punch as it seems quite mild though unobtrusive. I don’t detect iris or any flowers but my nose isn’t experienced. This pleasant nutty powder stays like this for a couple of hours (not much sillage) and I’m a little disappointed that it doesn’t seem to change or have much complexity beyond that. But just now, I sniff my wrist and the powdery is gone. It’s something sweeter, slightly incense-y, more warm oriental. It smells very much like a perfume I tried recently in Dubai by a new niche called Odict and loved. I’m not sure what these notes are but looking up the Odict perfume I’m wondering if it might be the benzoin/balsamic woods? This kind of saves it for me and makes it much more interesting but it’s still very mild. I need to sniff hard at my wrist and not sure the change in the drydown is worth it for such a whisper. And I was generous with application. I like it quite a lot and it’s certainly a comforting smell that’s a bit different but if only it was stronger. Looking forward to trying it again to see what happens.
fix0091 – :
Bois Farine shares the same characteristic synthetic accord found in Francis Kurkdjian Le Male and Olivia Giacobetti Passage d’Enfer: tonka bean, vanilla, sandalwood,cedarwood which must be a common perfumers accord. But Jean-Claude Ellena’s added the toasted almond and “flour wood” experience which is more present in the beginning creating a sort of opacity to the scent although later Bois Farine will be revealed in full blossom leaving the tonka bean,vanilla and woods on the front line, incense notes can be also identifie. The Flour wood also reminds me to a baby’s papilla made by heating the flour in a pan til the flour is toasted and then adding milk to create a flour puree.I love the mint,lavender opening,very cold and icy. People disappointed with Bois Farine comes from the anxiety to smell something strong and confusing.The scent is there but you have to learn how to smell it and how to identify the story Jean-Claude Ellena is telling you.In my experience cold weather triggers like in a domino effect the whole beauty of this perfume. Absolutely a masterpiece.
zaker – :
Bois Farine is an atypical offering from Jean-Claude Ellena, whose fragrances usually tend to have a sparkling transparency. His trademark ‘soft focus’ approach is still apparent, but here it is wed to a monolithic powdery-woody-floral accord, rather than the flurry or fresh and earthy notes that have typified the latter part of his career. Bois Farine shows very little note separation, although I do pick up hints of iris, peanut or almond butter, sweet powder and soft woods. It’s not gourmand, but neither is aromatic or resinous. I also don’t find it as dry or dusty as others have described. It’s surprisingly hard to pin down – and that, combined with its linearity, makes Bois Farine a rather forgettable experience. It’s worth sniffing out this olfactory oddball at least once, but ultimately there are much better offerings from both this house and perfumer.
aiavrik – :
Just a note: Bois Farine means “flour wood.” In French, the second word in a a two-word epithet has an adjectival function. It’s a reference to the exotic tree. I read that the flowers from the Ruizia Cordata tree literally smell like baking flour.
LIMP BIZKIT – :
Not what I was expecting at all… smells like a cloud of peanut powder mixed with sawdust… one of the ‘dryest’ perfumes I’ve ever smelled…
vyr312bedyWelty – :
I was ignoring my decant for more than a year before really wearing it. I just didn’t like it first time I tested it and quickly forgot about it.
Well, today I’m wearing it and it’s fantastic! It has this cool yet sweetish muskiness reminding of fresh laundry, yet I don’t hate it. And I usually abhor these kind of scents.
It is a soft scent, so I applied at least 6 heavy sprays. 2 hours later I was wondering what is that lovely woodsy-musky clean smell. I checked my sweater and everything around for some other perfume or spilled sample and it was Bois Farine.
It does smell good in hair and clothes as well.
Really weird one and great!
o-curkan – :
As usual with L’Artisan the initial fragrant impression demands attention and proclaims i’m in for a ride. It’s definitely woody but the powdery sensation is what makes Bois Farine interesting and excellent. The aroma is captivating, creative and memorable. Another excellent release from L’Artisan.
What prevents me from fully loving it is that it feels a bit harsh on my skin, and it does not seem to develop much. It turns out the ride is luxurious but not too funny.
****(*)
jqp914Negeltzex – :
I blind bought this off the reviews here.
Initially I was looking for an almond scent an eau d’hiver but more power.
Well when I received this it was not that but I must say a pleasant surprise.
I don’t get flour or cakes or gourmand.
I get wet sandalwood.
It’s a cool dry wood scent.
Initial blast is strange but after 5 minutes it’s very pleasant and unique.
It’s a signature scent for me.
It’s inoffensive.
Try it.
Dry wet as sandalwood.
Mic drop.
severborisovich – :
I blind bought this off the reviews here.
Initially I was looking for an almond scent an eau d’hiver but more power.
Well when I received this it was not that but I must say a pleasant surprise.
I don’t get flour or cakes or gourmand.
I get wet sandalwood.
It’s a cool dry wood scent.
Initial blast is strange but after 5 minutes it’s very pleasant and unique.
It’s a signature scent for me.
It’s inoffensive.
Try it.
Dry wet as sandalwood.
Mic drop.
tolik2505 – :
Bois Farine means Wood Flour and this just about sums it up…lovely wood notes and bread notes…I don’t get the floral aspect others have mentioned…in fact the bread note in this is so appealing but it’s not sweet or spicy…this fast becoming a new favorite for me!
d9dbbwy3 – :
A mellow iris and sandalwood scent accented with cinnamon, cedar, and heliotrope. There is a mild nutty note, like tahini. Powdery and gourmand, quite soft but long lasting, and not aggressively foody. A little like a mix between Sticky Cake and Dries Van Noten.
This smells rather different from the first version I smelled a decade ago. If anything, this new one is spicier and more wearable, but it’s a change worth noting all the same (it no longer has that peanut butter smell, to my nose).
славик ford – :
Though not included in the notes given, both peanut and almond are definitely articulated. However, unlike almost all users referred to as “peanut butter”, what I perceived is the aforementioned nuts in their forms of slightly moist raw powder.
Brilliant is JCE to strike, with surgery-like accuracy and poet’s imaginative sensibility, the common ground of peanut, almond and sandalwood, and even more brilliant to further juxtapose the milky, woody, nutty and powdery characters with those of iris. Even more to that, the slightly insinuated white flower lends a subtle aura to all these notes.
The result? A concerto with refreshing originality, clear statement and effortless elegance through simplicity and exquisite craftsmanship that guarantees the wearers to shine like a pearl.
elisei1975 – :
I blind bought a bottle, and after first wearing it for about an hour, my impression was that it reminded me of construction materials, particularly gyprock. Anyone who has worked with drywall will know what I’m referring to. After the initial spray there was also a piercing, chemical smell reminiscent of a black permanent marker. I could understand the breadflour connection, but I still felt less like a baker kneading a rye and more like a drywaller covered in chalky gypsum.
You know what? This really grows on you. After wearing it for several days, I have to agree it does smell very floury with a hint of musky sweetness. The projection is about half a foot, but it lasts hours and smells so cool, dry, and powdery. It’s reminiscent of putting your hand into a bag of baking flour and feeling the cool, silky texture. I can picture myself applying ten sprays to a cozy sweater in the morning, letting it sit, and then throwing it on immediately after a shower. It would feel like covering myself with almond-scented talcum powder.
This is the very definition of a niche fragrance. It’s unique, odd, and highly addictive.
игорь рязанов – :
Another beautifully emotive, soft creation from JC Ellena. This opens with a soft gourmand almond woody blend and sits close to the skin providing as many here have said a comforting allure. This would be perfect for days when your nerves are jangling and you need something just for yourself, an intimately soothing smell.
It does smell woody but not a tree I am familiar with and almond and iris combined is just beautiful. If there is flour in here, to me it is bread in its uncooked form, already well kneaded and sitting in a warm cupboard waiting for the yeast to work and make it rise – it has that kind of comforting feel to me when I smell it. But this would definitely be an almond bread, no doubt about it! Soft, sensual, luscious beautiful stuff.
Johny88 – :
Imagine freshly cut wood planks sprinkled with almond powder. Wood wood wood…powdery dry wood with almonds. Someone mentioned the word “industrial”…yes I can see that too. Smells natural, raw, inviting, mysterious. I don’t get any peanut butter or baking association. Not at all. More like a furniture maker’s workshop. A very unique scent indeed, but the problem is poor longevity.
fedot-of – :
Definitely a unique smell – It smells savoury salty to me in a way, like a nutty salty cracker with seeds and slightly toasty. But a little sweet too like a bisquit. Perhaps an oaty bisquit, of the not very sweet kind.
RABOTAG – :
By all, or at least most, accounts this read like a sure thing. The ingredients used read perfect enough, and I read most of the reviews here. When my order arrived (15mm sample spray), I was caught off guard with what I smelled. It was something I’d never smelled before, and I still can’t explain what it was or reminded me of. It didn’t agree with me at all so I had to return it. So disappointing (hope my review isn’t revised or deleted). It’s obviously a popular fragrance….just not for me.
wan299speagoessenda – :
quando ancora J.C. Ellena si muoveva su territori non radicalmente minimalisti, realizzava gioielli come questo. inusuale, fresco ma a suo modo gourmand, si tratta di un profumo polveroso (sic!) in cui le prime note ad effetto “carota” e mandorla si adagiano pian piano sull’iris (freddo e astratto) con sottotoni legnosi di sandalo. la descrizione non restituisce la meravigliosa sensazione di freschezza non banale inziale che vira, lentissimamente, su un fondo di benzoino. notevole!
Antonio1122 – :
Rich, floral, woody, powdery it truly is. It’s lovely. Very unique for me. It’s a beautiful, comforting and soft, delicate perfume – very unusual, and beautiful. It lasts quite well, about 8 hours, and is smooth and gentle, feminine, and elegant.
Intoku – :
OMG ground up roasted peanut pencil shavings!! Very powdery feeling rather than dry, definitely a floral aspect (iris and a speck of jasmine) to it but nothing voluptuous or juicy- so interesting yet very comforting. It’s a perfect balance of feminine and masculine that I really can’t say either way. Most perfumes, I personally think, lean either way but this one really doesn’t! The only thing sweet in this is the floral powdery aspect- so not sweet much at all. LOVELY!
miks – :
Flour for sure! I’d call Bois Farine foody rather than gourmand since flour seems more pedestrian than gourmet. This isn’t “bread baking in the oven”; no, it’s yeasty bread dough in a bowl rising in a warm part of the kitchen.
I’ve only worn it once before going to bed and there wasn’t a trace of it when I woke up so I can’t speak to its longevity other than to say it was less than 8 hours. But what a warm, soothing, comforting scent to wear while reading a good book in bed — a slow, smooth & happy trip to dreamland.
Haven’t made up my mind about it but I applaud its uniqueness. Truly, I’ve never smelled a fragrance like it. All that said, no Floral Woody Musk has ever let me down so I’m guessing I’ll really enjoy this when I wear it again during the day when I can experience its development. Hoping bread dough will morph into iris because that sounds like a fun olfactory journey.
Яська – :
What an interesting fragrance. It opens powdery with lots of sandalwood. Within 10 minutes the cool iris is very prominent and then there is more powder. My Grans lipsticks pop into my minds eye. It’s definitely the old fashioned lipstick or face powder scent. Finally the sandalwood and the elemi come even more to the fore. The sandalwood is the last note to fadr.
It’s definitely a skin scent but it hangs around for hours.
МартКа73 – :
I read a ton of reviews and blind-bought this for a great price. This is a funny fragrance.
First wearing: Super-dry cedar sawdust and chalk that practically jumped up my nose, so strong I nearly sneezed. It softened quickly. Memorable, but not in a way I wanted to repeat.
Second wearing, the next day: Warm cabin, cedar floors, someone baking in the kitchen. Foody notes come and go quickly. Maybe a bare suggestion of flour or nuts? Bath powder and woodiness are pretty constant. Dry. No sawdust. Sniffed my arms nonstop for the next two hours. It got slightly sweet and softer over time. Cozy, a little industrial, makes me want to work with my hands. I’d wear this while working in my art studio.
Third wearing, day three: Leaving for vacation. Wore this as a comfort fragrance for my day of airport fun and flying. When it wore off, I missed it, and then I thought about it all week while I was away. I had samples of four different scents with me, and all were boring compared to this. Vacation was cold and windy. Bois Farine would have been a nice way to temper the weather.
I recently acquired Jour de Fete, and thought they might have some things in common. I saw a lot of references to almond and marzipan in descriptions of Bois Farine. To my nose, Bois Farine is dry wood, powder, and brief glimpses of foodiness. Jour de Fete is marzipan almondy-goodness. Neither are particularly sweet, but Jour de Fete is far more so than Bois Farine. Both are great for what they are, but are different enough that I figured it was worth sharing.
lavik – :
You could be one of the finest bakers to understand this fragrance. I like to spend my insomniatic mornings surrounded by grains, seeds, nuts, cacao nibs, sugar, honey, and spices. I have a special drawer wher I keep my best chocolates and a favorite baking sheet for toasting grains and nuts to bring out their eepest favors.
Bois Farine is those sweetened, toasted grains and nuts. Think ground almonds. Imagine being in this hot patisserie at 3AM, grinding your own almonds to make marzipan. You have secret spices you add to this marzipan to make it especially addictive, and you store the whole spices in a sandalwood box a lover brought to you decades ago: the carvings are filled in with pastry flour. The smell of bread baking and brioche dough rising surrounds you as well. And you are drinking a warm cup of chai, in memory of your travels with that lover when you were young. Slide your fingers through the almond meal you have made, is it fine enough? A few more pulses in the food processor and then you will add superfine sugar and let it pulse until the almonds and sugar come together, almost like a smooth dough. But just before that the spices you are blending in the stone mortar and pestle from Mexico—there’s a hint of the purest Mexican vanilla nourishing the stone (both from a different lover; yes, another travel means another lover) and it gets added to feed the addiction and bring those hungering for more to your threshold.
alekcejerd – :
Bois Farine as a scent is fairly linear and is just powder, powder, powder. It smells like chalk and flour but it also somehow conveys the tactile sensation of having baby powder covering your skin.
The thing that makes this fragrance difficult for me to wear is that it is extremely dry. It feels like having a mouthful of flour that has dried out the inside of your mouth and all you want is a glass of water to wash it down. The dry powderiness is just relentless and I would have enjoyed this fragrance much more if there were some sort of balance to it, maybe from orange blossom or amber or something.
I am so torn on this fragrance. On one hand, it is olfactory art that is very well executed and absolutely delivers on its theme. On the other hand, I find it to be semi-unpleasant to wear. For me, it will be a Secretions Magnifique-type scent that is fun as an art piece but is not something I would ever purchase or wear. But I still applaud Jean Claude Ellena for taking an idea and truly running with it.
Dizereivy – :
It starts with a whiff of wet plaster or chalk, as in rain soaked plaster…then it dries a bit into marzipan, not marzipan rolled in sugar but marzipan rolled in flour. Slowly it moves into the iris and for me it finishes in a creamy sandalwood. This fragrance grew on me in a way that I did not expect. I thought it wasn’t “strong” enough that it wasn’t projecting far enough but then one day I was walking through the room where I hang my scarf and there was this delicious, sexy creamy sandalwood mixing in the air with that elegant iris of Bois Farine and I fell head over heels for it.
sk – :
Smells like nothing but sweet playdough unfortunately.
togi – :
Smells terrible on my skin. Reminds me about wet chalk or gypsum. Definitely not pleasant at all.
rus3962 – :
This smells so much like horchata, especially after a couple hours have passed. It’s creamy without being nauseating, and the sweetness is a crisp, clean, understated sugar rather than anything cloying. It’s quite unique and absolutely beautiful. Like perfect pastry, all the ingredients are perfectly measured, making the final product exquisite.
igoruser-887373 – :
I get sweet almond milk and extreme powder. Not chemical smelling baby powder but warm comforting powder that kind of reminds me of cookie dough.
Every time I get a whiff of it , I feel happy and safe.
LOVE LOVE LOVE
venjek – :
L’artisan Bois Farine is a comfort scent meant for those damp 40ish degree days where the sky is dreary and it won’t stop drizzling. It gives a feeling of pensiveness leaning toward melancholy. The constant dry powdery wood aroma smells like you’ve just opened a dusty old book without its binding. You sit on a window sill looking out at the damp dead trees as you exhale chilly air onto the fogged glass. It is truly a calming scent and lingers on for hours. It is an interesting oddity of a fragrance and happens to be one of my favorite iris scents. I’ve read that Bois Farine is inspired by a unique protected species of trees in far away places that are said to have mystical powers only making this fume even more intriguing to sniff.
Mishnik – :
a lighter, close to the skin scent. Powdery, creamy but almost too light and with poor longevity. Husband says he can’t smell anything when I wear it.
DeLriS – :
I really don’t get this point where people can smell mould what I can smell is lots and lots of powder and almond I must say it is an acquired taste and I have to be in the mood to wear this fragrance and I’m surprised that more people don’t find this to be a very powerful fragrance and 2 sprays on my skin lasts a good 8 to 9 hours and if I spray it on my clothes it last up to 12 hours. But as far as the smell of mould goes I think these people have obviously never smelt real mould but hey we are all entitled to our own opinion. 7 and a half out of 10 for me. X
smoke34rus – :
What can I say? This opens, honestly, with mould. Then a quick blast of almond. Then vetiver.
I’m not enamoured. I didn’t scrub it off though to.give it a fair chance and it did improve a bit. Later it smells like wood and almond milk.
It is not what I had in mind at all. 6 hours later it has become a smooth skin scent. It is bearable definitely but it just isn’t anything I would have spent full price on. Like another poster it was 29.99 and mine is going back! Even if it had been 9.99 I don’t think I would have cause to keep it.
I wanted a powdery baked goods type scent. I didn’t get it.
I have been more wowed by the 3.50 Desperate Housewives I bought a few months ago.
rtf21 – :
This perfume for me started out with a nutmeg smell then I got the cedar before it settled into a powdery, cosmetic smell tinged with marzipan. It’s pretty linear and delicate but very pretty. I got this on offer at tk maxx and at £29.99 I’m very pleased with it but wouldn’t want to pay full price.
Denepneurpale – :
This scent is very of powder balmy. Little here the iris , but a lot oils of car.
So it lies on me like that . Is not intensive but long lasts and after 2 hours torments me.
Gomosmoon – :
The first few moments after spraying “Bois Farine” I was struck by how similar it was to “Coco Blanc” by House of Matriarch, which I had thought to be entirely unique and irreplaceable.
Their openings both share this bizarrely appealing accord of warm, fatty peanut butter mixed with cold, wet clay; Dense, smoky and earthy.
While Coco Blanc’s development emphasises vanilla, Bois Farine moves in the direction of almond marzipan and an intensely powdery amber. Soft, cosy and sweet, with the vaguest hint of suede; It stays like this, fairly close to the skin for a few hours before crumbling away into gentle whisps of powder.
I’m really impressed, considering I got the bottle for a steal. I can see this being a frequent choice for the winter months. Perhaps the almond and iris make this a more feminine leaning scent, but it’s a complement winner regardless.
blackknight47 – :
Ormonde Woman spilt in an historic building undergoing its final dusty restorations…sawdust, concrete and plastering.
someone somewhere is sharpening a pencil, to mark where the electrics are to go.
sadly i don’t get marzipan, nut or bread. not gourmand.
i do get a generous slug of iso e super dancing with heliotropin.
where’s the benzoin and jasmine?
oh out pops the iris. and a musky musk thing, or is that the iso e fuzziness? wait…dough! not bread. some bitter almonds.
i don’t know what else to say. light, soft and airy.
but i do love it!
an at-home comfort scent.
i say that – and reread this.
?
but then i recall my mum banging around a bit of dough on a daily basis. i spent a lot of time exploring property renovations and playing around trees and woodlands…so perhaps its a childhood thing for me.
edit: much as i love the smell of this, i wouldn’t want to go out wearing it in public. a strictly at home comfort scent.
De_Capones – :
With all this talk of marzipan, Nutella and almond cookies I was expecting something tooth-rottingly gourmand, but to me the whole impression is of strange subtle woody dryness. With no accenting notes that either lift or anchor it, it is essentially a very unusual skin scent, but go easy on the spritzing, this is no weakling!
First spray reminds me of the middle section of Chanel no 19 – fresh pencil shavings. Aaahhh. Love it!
Swiftly followed by …. -flour? maybe, but more like wet plaster, or even cement.
Don’t have to wait too long – 30 mins? – Nuts, yes, fresh almonds (not marzipan), something of bitter hazelnuts. A slightly medicinal note.
Then the Iris kicks emerges and HELLO?!! does nobody else get a great big faceful of that iris queen Chanel 28 La Pausa? Never thought I’d ever find that anywhere else!
Having obsessively sniffed that addictive, mysterious note for an hour or so, I find it has conceded to a mild sweetish wood (not that in-your-face exotic heavyweight that seems to close everything niche these days, something altogether more airy and elusive).
Truly original – you have to go to know!
kibaev – :
Bois Farine is a very sensual woody non-sweet Sandalwood skin Scent after the deliciously evocative cookie dough/flour opening.Its the love child of Jour de Fête crossed with Tam Dao,whilst managing to be magnificently unique.Its strangely beautiful and addictive and full bottle worthy.Low Silage after the top Notes subside when it becomes a cedar and Sandalwood skin scent.
Payton_fromAC – :
The powderist of all powder scents.
I get a heavy flour accord in the beginning. Then the flour gets slightly sweet, baby powder like.
Never tried something more powdery.
Great for all fans of luxurious and powdery scents.
sony133 – :
Oh my God this scent is heavenly there is no other fragrance on the market that comes close. Well Mr Ellen you have produced yet another master peice. To me it smells like a mixture of dough after its been left to rise and even though it’s not in the notes listed I can smell powdered lavender all mixed together in a bag of crushed make up just lovely just wish it was more potent but I still love it and will see how it performs over the fall/winter period then will review again xx
pompyjtu634Unlogrere – :
L’Artisan perfumes always do the same thing to me. I read the notes and think I more or less know what to expect but then I spray it on my wrist and pull that face that says, “WTF!?”
I can’t blame Bertrand Duchaufour for that because this particular fragrance is the work of Jean Claude Ellena. I love Jean Claude’s work and own a lot of his perfumes made for Hermes. This is not a Hermes scent. Oh no it most certainly is not. It is almost as though JC wanted to show that he could do ‘different’ just as good as Bertrand, but then Bertrand didn’t compose most of his masterpieces for L’Artisan until after this. I almost wish we could have gotten to appreciate more from JC working with this house before his move to exclusivity with Hermes.
I get a big fat blast of cedarwood at the start but can already detect something unsmelt in perfumery before (for me at least) and it is travelling at great speed to the front. It’s the doughy note. I feel as though the Mr Stay Puft man from Ghostbusters is coming to take me up in a great big stay puft embrace and cuddle the preconceptions right out of me! (I think I’ve gotten Mr Stay Puft confused with the Pillsbury Dough Boy, this is not a marshmallow scent but rather a fresh dough one).
I guess there is Iris here somewhere but it is rather cleverly used to enhance the feel