Description
Le Voluttuose (The Voluptuous) is a new collection by Italian luxury perfume house Bois 1920 launched in 2010. Three challenging perfumes Kimono Rose, Notturno Fiorentino and La Vaniglia are dedicated to female universe, representing an ode to Bois 1920 women: sophisticated, confident, elegant and mysterious.
The collection is based on rose, made intriguing with a twist of sweet fruits, flowers and oriental notes. It was created to awaken the senses and to leave a long impact, since the three perfumes are made of natural and raw materials.
Notturno Fiorentino is an unforgettable fragrance of the mystical character with intense floral notes and musky base, designed for tres chic women. It opens fresh and spicy with black pepper, black currant and bergamot, leading to roses and jasmine in the heart and the base of vanilla, white musk, tonka bean and cedar.
The fragrances come in curvy bottles of soft pink color and gold lined cap, packed in two boxes – a pink and a gold one. Le Voluttuose collection includes three fragrances of 100 ml EDP concentration.
rfnthbyf – :
Bois 1920 Le Voluttuose Notturno Fiorentino fell into place within my collection purely by chance. Attracted by its stunning pink bottle, I placed an impromptu bid on this fragrance on Ebay several years ago and won a full 100ml bottle for $30 AUD.
When a niche fragrance is being sold at such a low, bargain price, I expect very little. Notturno Fiorentino to this day is still one of my best blind buys.
Notturno Fiorentino is a syrupy, dense and rich vanilla scent with added notes of tonka bean, pepper, rose and musk. It’s best worn and enjoyed during the cooler months and has excellent longevity and sillage. I have worn this fragrance multiple times this Autumn and Winter but whenever I look at my bottle, it looks like a haven’t used it at all. The lightest of sprays goes a long way.
The pepper and musk notes stop this fragrance from becoming sickeningly sweet. It’s a vanilla fragrance focused more on the oriental-woodsy aspect rather than the gourmand. As I mature I find that I prefer the more subdued, less sweet vanilla scents such as this one.
I keep meaning to explore more from the Bois 1920 range but unfortunately they are difficult to come by in Australia. I was lucky to have found Notturno Fiorentino and I have a clueless Ebay seller to thank for that.
enverhoorehot – :
Patchouli strong opening with dirty vanila and Tonka drydown. Very lasting and opulent, a single spray is more then enough for a whole day. Has a mature sophistication, not a typical vanilla perfume for young girls. It is not from a musk category at all. Should be listed as a gourmet.
Surfacing88 – :
This is a lovely vanilla, subtly spiced, cuddly sweet and softly lingers on the skin. Totally different from BOIS 1920 Vaniglia, this one is the demure sister with nothing dirty peeking at all. NOTTURNO FIORENTINO is charming and nothing is loud about it. A gorgeous vanilla-tonka combo with hints of soft pepper and musk. The wood notes come out eventually and it gives the whole scent more depth. Vaniglia disappointed me but Notturno Fiorentino got me hooked. Such a lovely fragrance.
denis6161 – :
My grandmother told me a story that when she was younger, she had 3 men propose to her around the same time, and she picked my grandfather. Looking back at old pictures, she looked like Jackie Kennedy. What I am trying to say here is that my grandmother has always been a beautiful, classy lady. Her house always smelled like potporri, and she always smelled lovely.
For some reason I always thought she wore CK Obsession. She has the soap in her shower, I thought this was what I was smelling my whole life. I have tried Obsession many times because I loved the way she smelled so much, I wanted to smell like it too. But Obsession always smells screechy and weird on my skin, I get no vanilla.
I got a sample of this 1920 stuff, and as soon as I put it on I was reminded of my grandmother. THIS is exactly how she smells. Peppery, spicy, with a deep vanilla, a little bit of flowers. Obviously this can’t possibly be what she has been wearing all these years, but this is a perfect recreation of whatever it is. It is lovely.
Doran23 – :
So far, everything from BOIS 1920 has impressed me. Well, at least until now.
I’m not rather sure if I’m ansomnic to something in “Notturno Fiorentino” or it’s just how it’s supossed to smell, but I got zero flowers. The whole creations sat so close to the skin, that within 2 hours I was almost sure that it’s gone (it was not, I felt it 6 hours later).
So, what I’m getting out of this? The first blast is pepper, then something with loads of tonka and vanilla and a very, very tiny idea of flowers. Then there is a sharp musk/cedar that goes on until fading completely. The thing is that this is sooo light, that I can’t even say which of the notes are the most dominant as, well, none of them are. Nothing deep nor rich, transperant sweet vanilla-musk with a healthy dose of cedar at the base.
Dissapointing.
5220923 – :
Very deep and amazing fragrance.Powerful rose in head notes,with narcotic vanilla and tonka bean.Not for shy people i Think
fai908elipseskism – :
At first this composition seems rather congested with spices and the like, and reminds me quite a bit of one of the Frapin oriental perfumes, and also A Lab on Fire “What we do in Paris…”. After a few minutes, Notturno Fiorentino dries down nicely to a smooth, slightly sweet and woody oriental. There is not a lot of detectable rose here–or any floral–perhaps because all of the oriental components are so much stronger?
Other reviewers have complained of the lack of originality in this creation, but it smells good and will fill many an oriental lover’s craving for a solid winter perfume. I consider Notturno Fiorentino to be unisex, although it’s true that it’s on the sweet side. Not overly sweet, but the vanilla and tonka are unmistakeably present.
Wineworld – :
This could have been magnificent. I was looking forward to loving the opulent bouquet but then came the vanilla and tonka bean overload and this girl was not impressed. Yawn.
omenfarsh – :
Pepper and light vanilla. I tried it today and I dont really like it.
RONNYBOY – :
Nothing interesting: the usual sweet spicy floral fragrance. Everything smelled already, nothing new, but far too expensive for the actual value. Save your money and your nose for fragrances more ‘original.
rico67 – :
This is a beauty! The black pepper is such a terrific opening, I get much more woods in this than floral and it lasts and lasts and lasts getting deeper and richer. Definitely a keeper.