To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
svggodoffire – :
An unexpected violets bouquet rejuvenated by misty green notes
یک دسته گل بنفش غیرمنتظره با استفاده از نتهای سبز غبارآلود
Kantik – :
Genie des Bois is a wonderful name for a perfume, and together with the tantalizing list of notes it had my expectations sky-high: a forest filled with leafy violets, totally up my alley! And I do like it, although not as much as I thought I would: to my nose it’s just a little too much bois and not quite enough genie.
As another reviewer has mentioned, the woody notes are very much the central players in this one, from start to finish. The opening is a blast of pure woods, a little bitter, even slightly rubbery, although not in a bad way. The drydown is a warmer, more powdery aspect of woodiness, a little sweeter and with some spiciness thrown in. All nice enough, and lovers of woody notes should definitely take notice, but I had more of a starring role for the violets in mind myself. That lovely accord of violets in the woods I was expecting does make an appearance somewhere in between, but all too briefly for my taste.
So this is a like for me, not the love I was hoping for. Maybe I’ll have more luck with Féminité Du Bois, or more likely Bois de Violette, to find my forest violets?
I’m still adding this one to my wish list as well, though. It’s not bad by any means, just not what I was expecting, and also complex enough that I feel I want to get to know it better.
dianagirl – :
violetta dolcissima nei primi attimi che vira rapidamente verso un accordo più legnoso e quasi maschile. con l’assesstamento compaiono anche effetti resinosi che fissano la violetta su una base balsamica molto gradevole.
gam – :
I picked up a sample of this scent yesterday after an inviting sniff of the bottle. This morning I spritzed it on and am now enveloped in the scent of my high school dreams, “Woodhue” by Dana. Yes, this dates me back to the 60’s…
The scent is light and sweet and definitely “woody”. A soft, feminine scent. But, considering that it also smells slightly artificial, and the price is a whopping 155 Euros a bottle. (Woodhue used to cost me about $5 a bottle.) I will enjoy wearing the sample a second time, but, I won´t actually purchase it.
If you have been hunting diligently for Woodhue, this will fulfill all your wishes.
metropark – :
this is a very dry cedar-y violet leaf with a slight violet powderiness on me. it’s very unisex i think. it’s mostly wood notes with violets peeking through here and there. at the beginning stage. i like this scent, but i don’t love it. i do like it better still when it’s been on my skin for about half an hour. the cedar calms down some and it’s just a nice dry violet scent. very pretty.
asilinho – :
I am completely addicted to woody bases that smell like this – from Serge Lutens Bois (Feminite du Bois, Bois et Fruits, Bois de Violette) to Armani Prive Cuir Amethyste to Dolce Vita to Genie des Bois. They all share an unmistakable woody accord that is extremely similar. I think if you like one, you will like all. And more than likely if you dislike one, you will dislike all. I happen to LOVE all.
Genie des Bois seems to be more about this woody base than anything else. The woods is the star and not just a background player. This is definitely unisex and I honestly could not choose if it leans feminine or masculine. To me, it is straight down the middle. It is more delicate than the SL bois offerings…has more of a fragility to it. It reminds me very much of Cuir Amethyste minus the fruit and leather. Same level of intensity of the woods and very similar feel as far as ingredients. It seems very high high quality and smells expensive.
This was a blind buy for me and I could not be happier. Absolutely what I was hoping for and then some.
Eurolvererm – :
I like the drydown, but the initial blast was green and sharp and the persons beside me didnt like it. But everyone agreed the drydown was nice…. HOWEVER, it didnt last long 🙁
rxvformaf14 – :
I love this combination! It’s a beautiful powdered and candied violet with exactly the right amount of violet leaf added to give it a green feel alongside the candy. The drydown is soft and powdered but the Violet never does leave. And the longevity is amazing! I’ve got 6 hours so far!
valet – :
I took a sniff and a sample of this some weeks ago, I must say I’m intruiged
cxceefv – :
Watery woods, metallic violets; not very strong or lasting. Barely smells like anything at all. Very “meh”.
organarius – :
At first it’s overpowering powder with a strangely metallic note (I think it’s the ozone element?). Whatever it is does not work for me, it makes me nauseous in fact. Trying to move beyond that, I get the violet, a brief touch of spice (which isn’t listed anywhere) then the sweetness of the tonka bean and benzoin, then last the rosewood finally makes its appearance and balances some of the bracing opening. It’s soft but still powerful so I’d say this is more of a fall or spring scent. I think it would just be too much in the summer.
BDU – :
Sweet powdery violets with the base of a slightly medicinal benzoin. I am glad I sampled this first, since I was intrigued by the woody violet description. As it dries down on me the powdery heaviness clears and the violets stand alone like a floral bouquet. It’s ok, my thoughts when I smell it are dainty and soft, but not something I would purchase personally.
olegbess – :
just got this two days ago. to me, this opens up like Penhaligon’s Violetta, all powdery violets. it quickly then becomes more spicy and woodsy and the powdery effect disappears but the violet flower and leaf remain(whew! violet usually disappears really fast). it’s definitely much much more long lasting than Violetta and it’s quite a pretty scent for day time without being either too weak or too overpowering. But I prefer my SL Feminite Du Bois over this.
Dim4ik43 – :
For me,this is like a light, summer-fragrance edition of Shiseido Femenite du bois
Less complex, fresher and easy to wear. Delightful ,although I prefer Femenite du bois.( Maybe because I`m in my thirties and feel that Genie de bois is slightly to “young” for me.)
sesaro112 – :
Violets are my flowers of the week, having started with Violet Tendencies (Smell Bent), moved on to My Queen (Alexander McQueen), then Putain des Palaces (Etat Libre D’Orange} and ending with the rather elegant Genie des Bois.
Based on the four perfumes listed above, it could seem that when violet is the main note, there are two paths perfumers take – leathery or woody.
Genie des Bois (french for Genius or Genie of the Woods) evidently marries violets to woods, in a linear but elegant fashion.
There are no great olfactory discoveries in different stages of dry down, its all violets and woods from the moment you apply all the way to the distant dry down. It is this very linearity and lack of development that fails to grab my interest. I admit I also would have liked something a little sweeter in there, handled beautifully in some other violet offerings I own but drowned in the cedar in Genie des Bois.
I don’t see myself running out to purchase a big bottle of this anytime, not when My Queen is there with sweet heliotrope intertwining her own violets and woods. I do recognize that the violets and woods in Genie des Bois are beautifully blended and “good”, whatever that means in the land of aromachemicals, but they don’t have me hippity-hopping with joy through the olfactory forest.
Genie des Bois may make a passable masculine since – as Auguszta pointed out below – it lacks the excessive sweetness and powderinesss that can be associated with violet perfumes.
The sillage is nice, not excessive but yes about 2-3 feet surrounding you, and the lasting power is about 6 hours, which is good.
.
Vappyemunny – :
Keiko Mecheri GENIE DES BOIS is a woody violet perfume, which opens only slightly sweet and becomes significantly more woody within a couple of minutes. The drydown is rather heavy on cedar, with the violets somewhat less pronounced. If I had not known that this composition was created by Keiko Mecheri, I might have guessed L’Artisan parfumeur, for the base here exhibits an AP-like aesthetic, being very smooth, natural-smelling and, again, with a cedar emphasis. The good news is that GENIE DES BOIS has pretty big sillage and excellent longevity, so for those looking for a durable woody violet: here it is!
I initially thought that I was in love with this composition, but it proved to be merely a crush as I began to grow weary of it several hours later. Its relative linearity may have been a factor, but mainly I think that the cedar began to get on my nerves just a bit. The notes are of the highest quality-—no criticism there, I just felt by the end that this was not a perfume that I need to rush out and add to my collection. I do, however, appreciate that the violets are not overly sweet in this creation, which can sometimes be a problem. GENIE DES BOIS might for that reason work quite well for men who wish to don violets without being thereby obliged to smell like candied pastilles.
Arrariard – :
My favourite K. Mecheri scent by far. It’s a rather unusual interpretation of violet: rich, full-bodied, juicy, feels a bit boozy even, and very, very woody. It’s loud and straight-forward. Neiher too sweet, nor powdery. A bit linear maybe, but very pleasant. It has good sillage and, unlike some other wonderful scents from this brand, decent staying power.