Description
The house of Bvlgari launches their new fragrance Bvlgari Man Wood Essence in July 2018, as a part of the Bvlgari Man collection. The philosophy of the new fragrance is based on the balance between the urban life of a modern man and the call of nature.
Bvlgari Man Wood Essence combines an accord of woods – wood barks, resins and essences – mixed with spicy notes. Italian citrus zest along with coriander leaf gives a fresh, green character in the opening, leading to an intense woody cypress, vetiver and cedar accord based on benzoin resins.
The face of the advertising campaign is Canadian model and actor Nick Bateman. The fragrance is available as a 60 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
The nose behind this fragrance is Alberto Morillas.
Serge300 – :
Super pleasant fragrance. It has a manly vibe that women will like. Non-headache inducing.
Also, I understand that some people may think they’re the next big fragrance reviewer with a nose meant to pick out the slightest smell of vanilla or juniper berries. The reality is that you’re not. So please chill with your crazy biased reviews where you think your opinion is the final verdict.
ГипноЖаба – :
Enjoyable and inoffensive, a comforting men’s scent that women could pull off too due to its inexclusive green notes. I’d rave about this if it was a $35 Banana Republic frag but for $100+ it’s hard to recommend something so “normal men’s cologne.” The presentation is nice with its inviting green color and metallic accents but it’s best to wait to catch this when they’re clearing out the unsold stock at a slashed price.
kolchik – :
Smells sweet in the opening but dry down is all man in black without booze and pepper. Boring
kazak71 – :
Reminds me of Mugler Womanity (minus the “intimate sweat” essence) with some extra sandalwood. The top notes had a hint of forest greenery that honestly I would have loved to have more of. It’s not bad, but there is a hint of sweetness that reminds me of sweat.
brat142 – :
So only me got apples and pancake syrup from this one?
valentinvalik – :
Actually, I really like this, it’s green with figgy connotations.
Definitely a green, citric and mildly herbal note interaction that makes it different enough to consider as a regular in some gentlemen’s rotation.
I might see the comparison to the ARMANI Eau but this is sturdier and longer lasting.
For all occasions except outdoors in the cold. Give it a go in spring, summer and autumn!
vni908InsuffBooni – :
Generic sweet, woody fragrance #63457. Inoffensive, boring, shockingly overpriced. Avon probably do something identical for a tenth of the price.
furic – :
Test 2-3 times before decide to buy.
It can stand only 2-3 hrs and the sillage is lower than average.
The smell has nothing to remember. No green no wood.
You do nothing wrong if not buy this one.
igor444 – :
Tested this today during my normal ‘annoy sales assistants by testing a lot of things that are out for the sole purpose of being tested’ testing and have to say that I really enjoyed it. For Bvlgari, I generally tend to prefer the men’s scents apart from Bvlgari Pour Femme EDP (glorious)
This, along with lots conifer vibes, seems to have an edible feeling to it as well… almost nutty. The cedar is definitely there, abundantly. Didn’t really get much citruses. Mainly just a creamy, sort of lemony smell that one can get from cypress. A little bit minty, fairly invigoarating and good for the Summer and Fall I’d imagine.
porwawMup – :
I was taken back by this scent. It didn’t match the presentation of the bottle but it’s really good. I didn’t get any woods from it. I would like to test performance in the future I think it’s the best scent in the line.
idexe – :
I tried it yesterday in the Emirates Mall, it was very nice and lasted for a long time.
I liked the starting with nice fresh scent but masculine and also the cool down was a very nice woody scent.
FeEfenoblof – :
Got a tester bottle from a purchase at Macy’s. Worn it a few times. Doesn’t project well, and mainly has a skin level scent. I’m fine with the overall fragrance, though I don’t want to wear it.
After the brief citrus wears off, the main notes emerge, combining to create a dill fusion. This may be better served with lemon on fish, than as a cologne you’d want to wear. Has an odd gourmand feeling due to the heavy dill (which I like).
The wife asked if she could wear it since she loves the dill scent. Give it a try for yourself!
makarov400 – :
I got this at Macy’s after it had just come in, or so I was told. I was taken in by a couple of favorable reviews on YouTube so I thought, why not. Sadly, the juice did not do justice to the bottle. I know I’m not the only one who had fallen for a pretty face.
aleks31031992 – :
The reason it smells familiar because it is a knock off of D&G’s The One. Lol.
GLAM08 – :
剛開始聞起來就像是薄荷涼菸味道，之後才慢慢轉為微涼的木質香
前味特色獨特，但是轉中後就變安全普通
At first it smelled like is cool mint smoke, then slowly into the cool woody
trevor85 – :
In my idea it smells familiar, but no it’s not a similar to any fragrance that I know. It’s just a familiar scent. Someone says its cozy, exactly. It’s that kind of scent. Familiar enough to be cozy, but not a copy of anything else.
As far as the scent, it’s more green rather than woody. I just tried it once, and I cant be totally sure about the performance, but it seems like it has a good longevity.
sprinterTDI – :
BVLGARI Man Wood is beautiful scent. It is. But it is also weak in performance, and generic. For average guy who has few fragrances this might be a great choice. For me a pass. But I respect it.
Scent: 6/10
Performance: 6/10
Versatility: 8/10
alleshkin – :
Very nice fresh fragrance. Good performance too, don’t listen to these haters. It got me compliments already.
andrei32 – :
I’ve got intense Armani Code vibe, which is made even more average joeish by being drowned in a ton of sugar.
There is some synthetic greenness along the way but it’s so faint that i cannot start to grasp where they got the idea to call this wood essence or wood anything.
This “wood” even has some nutty undertone but all of that is unfortunately suffocated by the sugary synthetic shopping mall cheapness. Real letdown.
vgikv – :
i tried a spray on inner forearm today – its warmish/coldish here, midseason.
i think this is very wearable, its cosy,it doesnt burn your nose, its like you want to sidle up to someone wearing it.
the man in black?? is the only other ive tried from this line and that one is much more pungent. which is fine.
to me -slightly herby – not the fresh kind of herb, rich, thick but not heavy- youre not going to make yourself known before youve entred the room, foresty in a cool perfumy way, woody – i think darker woods rather than light woods, there is a freshness in the background-it doesn hang around long, this stays warmish, subdued spicey in an aromatic way.
nice whiffs as i work, not huge sillage, and thats fine, pretty good lasting power where you could noticeably smell this for about 5-6 hours. its probably 11 hours later i can smell this as a skin scent now but im not counting that as i havent noticed it all afternoon really.
i think take it for what it is – i read alot of comparing to other scents, which is fine, but if you dont like the beastly powerbomb fragrances then its good. see what youve got already, youll know if youve already got this kind of scent, and thus whether to get it or not
marine.87 – :
I expected this to be another hyper-woody masterpiece in the lines of Gucci Guilty Absolute. I didn’t expect this to be Bvlgari’s variation on Sauvage. And that’s just what it is. It was strikingly famililar from the start probably because of the ambroxan. Who is acquainted with the molecule will instantly recognize it. It’s not listed here in the notes but it is on Bvlgari’s website as ambergris. It has that cheap drugstore deodorant vibe that some people hate Sauvage for. The cypress is what makes the main difference here. It slowly moves to the foreground, making itself more and more apparent. Its character is rounded, creamy, milky, quite polite. Maybe tamed by the cedar. The whole composition comes out as fresh woody ambery, it doesn’t project much, lasts to the next day. It doesn’t have that unapologetical presence as Sauvage. It’s the kind of scent which won’t offend anyone for someone who just wants to smell nice. I expected more from Bvlgari. It seems the houses play it safe nowadays. What a shame!
olegplus – :
A very light trendy scent. I like it. I dont smell deep woods. Rather, light fresh and a bit woody notes. Smells good.
Its like a handsome chisseled man that has been castrated. Nevertheless he is still handsome and pleasant to look at, just with no balls.
pahey – :
I tried to like this.
Went back into the store to be spray on test paper and skin. It’s too sweet.
The name is decieving.
Would not buy.
Didn’t last past 30mins
Oleg111 – :
Bulgari Wood Essence begins with a subtle citrus note sitting alongside a big, novel green leaf note that could also be mistaken for a green apple note, the sort of apple note that is in supermarket shampoos. Within a half hour a Vetiver and cypress combination shows itself, which led me to make a loose connection to Chanel Sycomore. But this combination is a shadow of what it is in Sycomore. The cypress here is nowhere near the full strength seen TF Italian Cypress or Roja Dove’s Reckless PH. It is more of a light buzz in the background. And the vetiver is not rooty, woody or spicy. This Vetiver is so clean and slippery that it almost smells like the green tea note used in many shampoos, thereby continuing the shampoo feel of the whole fragrance. There is no relation to Guerlain’s classic Vetiver, or Tom Ford’s buttoned up Grey Vetiver, let alone the photorealistic vetiver in Sycomore. Finally the fragrance settles on a sad sawdust-type Wood note that is close to the skin.
Performance is lacking in my brand new bottle – might improve with time. I find people around me really like this, and it’s hard to argue – it does smell good. To the average person it’s great. My wife swoons. It just could have done with a rootier Vetiver and a more prominent cypress note to please us perfumistas.
val37604682 – :
Weak (3 fat sprays on my wrist didnt even last till i got home 20m, on the bus i couldnt even smell it with hanging hand, only when i catched the handrail ~30cm to my nose).
No characters, some sweet mix, closer to “blue” fragrances than to the green ones. Definitely suggest not to waste money on this – unless you like the color of the bottle. 🙂
edit: I’ve just read among the comments that this is an EDP. LOL Even weak for a cologne. What a joke…
Spoke850 – :
Bvlgari Wood Essence strats with fresh citrus-herbal aroma evoking the smell of good ice tea. In that phase it’s reminding of Armani Eau de Cedre, but much softer than Armani’s creation. After dries down, Wood Essence become a little more sweet, while preserving part of the greeny herbal scent. Unfortunately not much wood in the whole composition. The sillage from start to finish is very very soft – a cant’t believe it’s an eau de parfum concentration. This makes even YSL La Nuit de L’homme L’intense to be а beast in the performance category. Generally Wood Essence is a nice fragrance, but lacks heavily in character and performance. I definitely recommend Armani Eau de Cedre as a quality wood fragrance – it’s much more rich and fuller, much more woodier and beyond comparison in the performance. For me Wood Essence has very good concept and presentation, but has missed it’s opportunities.
ilya-gatilo – :
This one is easy: the opening is Chrome Legend. The dry down is Versace Eros. It performs almost as good as both. But if you have either cologne you have this scent already. If not then buy it. You’re getting a 2 for 1!
werty889 – :
i like it! it has something of invictus intense with a green woody approach, good fragrance.
Deroxvclvx – :
This is a sub-sweet, woody and slightly citrusy cypress suitable for spring/summer and early fall, day & night. It is very safe and pleasant scent with dominant cypress, lemon zest, cedar, with a pinch of sugar probably from the benzoin and very mild vetiver. There’s also vivid corriander leaf at the opening but it fades away. At the background exists a mild spicy soapness but it doesn’t bother the development of the scent.
The performance could be better though as it is an edp. Moderate longevity/sillage with soft projection. It stays close to the skin most of its life.
I get the similarity with Armani Eau de Cèdre Giorgio Armani.
denzelino – :
After a quick test, the opening on my skin similar to Armani Eau de cedre, just fresher, nothing deep, without that quality and I can feel also the shadow of the original Man in black, the drydown after 2 hours is average fresh cypress smell. It’s very faint I think, lasts only 3-hours, totally waste of money.
beregov1949 – :
This stuff smells Damn good, A+. Its almost smells niche. Its has class. In a weird way it smells like a woody baby wipe. But man Albert Morillas never fails to make them, this is a skin cent bomb. The original, Man Extreme and this one are the best, scent wise. If your fine with skin scents, go get it, a good buy.
This suits a date were your sitting or standing still next to one another and can catch the scent. A close encounter sexually with a woman, two casually dressed up type couple.
aleksei1981 – :
This is a fresh, green cologne (let’s not pretend that it’s an EdP). It’s very pleasant, but it does need re-applying every couple of hours.
biskit – :
I am A HUGE fan of pretty much everything in the Man line until this one, which shocks me because I was soooo looking forward to sampling it. I was even excited enough about the beautiful bottle that I was ready to say I was getting on that basis alone, because how could the Man line ever let me down?
Well, it hasn’t quite let me down, so much as it failed to leave any impression at all. I can smell the cypress distinctly, but when it’s sweetened as in this blend it reminds me of Azzaro Onyx/Silverblack (which you can find for at most $20/100ml from discount distributors). Oddly enough, I liked it much better on the paper than on my skin – it was actually more distinctive without me than with me (at least on my skin).
No, it’s not Alberto’s job to make me happy (and many people will be very happy with this), but I was hoping for so much more with this release. Armani Eau de Cèdre is a drier, more interesting take on the theme of this one.
Still, I hope there are more “Essence” flankers down the road for the Man line, they’re still batting .800 for me, so I like my odds for the next one.
vassgen13 – :
I’ll start off saying that Bvlgari and its Man/Man in Black line are some of my favorites. So I had to try this one. I did, and I’m still on the fence between like and so-so about it.
In my opinion, Wood Essence starts off with a blast of woody-citrus that sticks around for a little bit. The dry down comes relatively soon, becoming a cross between a lightened version of Man in Black (spicy,leathery,boozy) and L’Occitane’s Eau de Cade (sweet juniper/cypress). Oddly it even seems to alternate between these two scents throughout the wearing. It also seems to depend on how heavy it’s sprayed – lighter amounts lean toward Eau de Cade, while heavier sprays lean more toward Man in Black.
I may get a bottle, but it won’t be until the price comes down quite a bit
SotoDuege – :
Very average. Not exciting. Natural and pleasant smelling. I can imagine it working in an office environment. There are better choices though.
uxl511Negeltzex – :
I just bought this at Macy’s today, the 100 mil for 97 bucks. I could’ve waited for a couple of months for this to go on Fragrancenet.com for a lesser price, but I want something new for the fall, and this fragrance rocks! The mix of citrus, coriander leaf, cypress, vetiver, ceder, and benzoin resins makes this a no brainer. Mass appealing fragrance for sure.
Osteormorepsy – :
Wood essence is a good and woody
creamy scent that is very nice
and safe for the office, the
fragrance leave a soft trail
of nicely blended woods, the
scent itself is not very heavy
but it lasts a good 8 hours on
my skin and i do get whiffs now
and then, that are really plesant.
bezumnyy11 – :
Very modern, silky, spicy, woody. I was pleasantly suprised, it doesn’t smell too synthetic nor too sweet, well balanced.
Puzzle81 – :
What’s the performance like on Wood? Does Wood last more than an hour?
Karandulin – :
It want to be similar to quorum…at the distance some of Wood exist…buy this is for you this is the the actual interpretation of Wood parfum…you must be passed…by invictus stage…bubblegum stage…and in the end the parfum became many balsamic and little Woody. Is better to fine a old vibe Woody scent as quorum. Performance? Normal. Total vote is 5/10
alex.fit – :
A really sad and obsolete flanker with a beautiful bottle: DON’T FALL FOR IT!
The very first original is still the best, so skip all the rest.
Verdict: 0/10. Yes that bad.
There is an army of infinitely better products out there.
Masik_ – :
It’s quite sweet and very similar to Man Black Cologne. Nothing really woody here.
Just a pleasant semi-sweet smell for everybody.
PetyaMag – :
Not worth full price, smells sweeter than expected, the name is decieving it only really has 1 or 2 wood notes??
scestepiery – :
I am glad that this one doesn’t seem strong at all. Haven’t tried it though. Definitely on my list.
vkareprost – :
Previous:[After my former comment it seems that what I had hoped to be a strong and dominant addition to the original Bvlgari Man is destined to be yet another ‘Man Extreme’ longevity failure… so promising at the outset, but shortlived and disappointing? Still to try but now not on my hitlist.]
Update:
I have now tried Bvlgari Man Wood Essence and have been somewhat pleasantly relieved that it has revealed itself to be a firm fragrance that appeals to exactly the wants I had expected from the notes as given(within the Bvlgari style).
It does indeed have a desirable piquancy that shuns traditional ‘citrus’ notes and is truly ‘hesperidic’ rather than the acidic cif lemon notes of every other commercial stereotype.
Sweeter and giving more of a lime dryness, I find this is a crisp and refreshing alternative to the spicier aromatic Herrera Men that I class as my Alpha Male reserve. Wearing it now as my summer into autumn choice of the new fragrances.
citroautoclub – :
It smells rather good, an elegant woody spicy fresh composition, but as everyone else mentioned, the performance is bad. 20 minutes after, and it’s barely there. I was testing some summer perfumes in the same time, and kept comparing them on my skin. This lasted less than an average EDC.
zac985speagoessenda – :
Absolutely terrible. Tried this on at the store i could not even smell it past 5 minutes. and even after spraying it directly i could not even notice it. not even worth 10$
volka7777 – :
Walking past the fragrance counter I found the tester just sitting at the checkout counter so I tried it, what a mess. Wouldn’t buy it for $5 honestly it was borderline repulsive
дод – :
It’s jammy sweet rather than woody to my nose but will have to put it to a proper global skin test. I might like it in colder weather though.. Has similar kind of sweetness as Man in Black.
gerta666 – :
I put a decent spray on my wrist. Nothing special and pretty weak. After 20 minutes it’d almost gone.
chuchik-69 – :
Tried it yesterday. Nice bottle, forgettable content, future discount drugstore fragrance. 2/5
leha1980_2010 – :
@Perfume_Guy has a valid point. Personally, I’m all sorts of eager to try the forthcoming ‘Morning Wood’ flanker.
Max-77 – :
Am I the only one thinks the marketing team should re-think the name of this perfume? “MAN WOOD Essence”? haha
MafiaSting1 – :
Interesting! The bottle looks stunning though!
maxvviipp – :
Bvlgari, you have my attention! And Alberto Morillas too??? Yippeeee!!!
EmoluttChatam – :
I’m so hoping this will mimic what I have envisioned it to be from the notes listed? I’m hoping it will be able to sit alongside my Herrera Man as a ‘dirty’ green balsamic…that will make my mouth water despite being the antithesis of my usual tastes. Visually this is spot on, I would buy it for the clean natural tones and strong imagery.
sadina – :
Very promising notes ! I love this photographs and color of the juice inside 😀 I know this one has a different hue of green, but it does reminds me of Gucci Envy. I like the vibes it gives.
John47 – :
Not usually a fan of Bvlgari fragrances and not yet sampled this new fragrance but as I also work within the fragrance industry given the description of the ingredients the fragrance it sounds promising and clearly for men, its just a good marketing strategy on their part that the fragrance could both appeal both to men and women but I do think that it is more a fragrance for men from the flacon masculine packaging and Harrods department store trademark green for the juice.
invarbene – :
Good to see that there’s no black pepper /peppercorn in the top note in this new one! – getting tired of that recently …
This one could be interesting!