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7IGriV – :
Judging by the notes it should have been my favorite of the AA but there is an ingredient or undertone that put me off each time I try Precious Woods. Something greenish, maybe the pine. The sample looked like it was already sprayed when I got it, maybe it’s just became spoiled in the meantime.
Starletlove – :
Someone else mentioned that it smells like an older Indian gentleman. That is spot on, it’s a sweet sandalwoody scent that reminds me of something I would smell on a temple priest. Too sweet for me but not a bad scent overall.
VOVAN7676 – :
I can’t get my nose around most natural perfumes. This is herbal, bitter, medicinal. I appreciate the quality, projection and longevity but don’t want to smell like this.I love real oud, but the bitter, camphorous, piney, cypress type frags that smell burnt don’t appeal to me. If that’s your gig, this is probably one of the best ones on the market.
kuznecov.08 – :
Precious Woods is a stunningly beautiful, naturally terpenic, camphorous, fresh and full-bodied blend of real wood extracts of the highest quality. I think sandalwood, cedar and pine truly shine in this wonderfully therapeutic perfume with lovely sillage and good longevity 🙂
apr10871 – :
This fragrance opens with a blast of sandalwood dry and woody with the typical sandalwood pungency. It stays quite linear for a while to then slowly and harmonically morph into a concoction of pine, woods and myrrh. I think this is the essential character of this composition.
Serveral fragrances come to mind, from Bois D’Encens to Jaisalmer via Encens Extreme and Fille En Aiguilles yet, somewhat, the fragrance doesn’t feel derivative or boring. There is a nice proportion between the dark green confierous notes and the sparkling nounaces provided by myrrh and its aldehydic facets. Smells absolutely natural and well blended.
annaviktorovna – :
I feel like I am always knocking Tam Dao when it comes to sandalwood perfumes, and it’s because it’s an ok woody perfume, dominated by cypress, not sandalwood, but there are much better ones out there, and Precious Woods has got to be the cream of the crop. Undeniably it features natural woods, no aromachemicals whatsoever, you are getting real sandalwood oil here, as this is a 100% natural perfume, and I get so much gorgeous sandalwood. For such an incredible woody perfume with very precious & natural ingredients, I will happily pay the asking price. I have absolutely no problems with sillage nor longevity. Both are great on me for many hours. If you are looking for the ultimate in woods, look no further.
Lords.08 – :
it’s taken me 2 years to finish the 30ml bottle of Precious Woods. here are my thoughts/experiences.
on the positive side: this is everything i wanted and love in a woody perfume. the notes dance beautifully with eachother and i truly cannot fault this fragrance at all. high quality oils, a rich dense sillage, absolutely gorgeous. it makes me feel calm and if i could, i would bathe in this daily. i’ve never found anything else that comes close to being the wooded perfection this fragrance is.
unfortunately, there is a massive problem, and it’s the packaging. the bottle this came in leaked like crazy despite keeping it upright and in it’s cylindrical box at all times. whatever metal plating is used to cover the atomiser started peeling off the more i used this. i think, due to the nature of the high quality oils in Precious Woods, said oils actually encourage degredation of the atomiser. legit, i found flakes of the metal plating on my skin when i spritzed this on my wrists, and sometimes it would also come out on my neck, as if the metal plating rode the perfume from the bottle to my skin. the plastic top also started to get bunged up with remnants of the fragrance, eventually making it impossible to close. this is the last perfume i want to have any criticisms about, i love it so much, but the amount of this that was wasted due to the packaging disappoints me greatly – this stuff ain’t exactly inexpensive; at €130 for 30mls i expect better packaging, i expect to be able to wear this without the product oozing itself out of the bottle. this leaked so much that the actual box it came in became damp and saturated with this beautifully fragranced perfume oil.
i want so much to repurchase, yall have no idea how much i adore Precious Woods. saying that, until the bottle/atomiser issues are addressed, i cannot bring myself to pay another €130 for 30mls when i’ll only end up actually wearing 15-20mls while the rest of it leaks. i have actual photographic evidence of the problem, including a picture of metal plating on my wrist after application as well as the bunged up top and the soaked bottom of the box it comes in. the bottle has leaked so much it’s sticky when you hold it in your hand.
it saddens me to write negative things about what was my second signture scent (my first being Tam Dao.) this is a truly remarkable fragrance that i wanted to wear for the rest of my life. shame the price point only applies to the quality of the fragrance itself, because the atomiser and packaging issues really let it down. until those issues are addressed i cannot justify a repurchase, despite my deep love for Precious Woods.
offrus – :
Whoever finds that this smells cheap needs to get their nose checked! This fragrance smells incredibly high quality. The moment the scent hits my nose, a warm happiness suffuses me. It’s the kind of smell that makes one blink in surprise and take another incredulous sniff.
This is excellent sandalwood and deep resinous cistus labdanum. A meditative scent. Someone below mentioned wearing this for yoga and meditation. Ditto to that. This is absolutely spiritual and otherworldly.
People complaining that this has no sillage and longevity need to understand that all of that is part of the bargain of wearing natural perfume. It doesn’t have the synthetics and aromachemicals which extends the lifetime and projection of non-natural perfumes. Nature is fleeting after all. Nothing lasts so just treasure the sweet moments.
Flestyalits – :
The longevity and projection of this is extremely lacking for the price point. That aside, the fragrance is absolutely amazing. As a lover of wood fragrances I haven’t inhaled anything as potent. It has that brilliant cedar scent and reminds me of genuine Mysore Sandalwood. I love the fragrance but can’t spend $200 on an ounce of liquid that doesn’t last for more than an hour on my skin.
Chitarik10 – :
It’s really discouraging to hear that this smells like some cheap bokhoor since I was seriously considering purchase (quite expensive for 1 oz), but I’ve never experienced bokhoor so it could just be some slightly-off personal opinion… It does smell like some older Indian gentlemen to me though.
I know it’s a rather simple composition, but it smells so rich! Oh and it actually has 2 kinds of sandalwood, 2 kinds of cedar, and Buddha wood (also called Australian Desert Rosewood) with no mention of myrrh and pine…
Ingredients: 100% natural extracts of Sandelwood/India, Sandelwood/Neukaledonia, Cederwood/Virginia, Cederwood/Himalaya, Cistus, Vetiver Bourbon, Patchouli/Indonesia, Buddha Wood, white Sage, organic alcohol.
AITERNO DEO – :
Now “precious woods” is the Arabian incense, the one that is made from Arabian essential oils ideas (roses, patchouli, basil) and hard musk, and hard amber. It is considered the cheapest kind (in price) and the one that is used to fragrant clothes, rooms, and venues cause it is made by cheap priced materials and can be used in very large places besides it smells is like heaven. So this is called the Arabian incense “bokhoor” “بخور” & it’s very inexpensive as Arabs don’t use it on special occasions because they see it as lower class of oud and bokhoor, so they just use it on daily bases.
Now if you added some floral essentials oils like jasmines, osmanthus, or any white flowers it is then called french touch bokhoor, and that’s “precious woods” a french touch bokhoor.
It is of a high quality and it deserve to be honorably mentioned.
I3652I – :
If like me you enjoy woody scents, you may be forgiven for asking the next question on the list: “which woods do you like?”. A hard to answer question as there are so many out there – patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver (or is that a grass?) and the more well-known cedar and sandalwood.
Precious Woods takes all of them together and presents them to you in one go. The first puff of this scent is woods overload. Dark and balsamic at first, you could easily judge this one as a scrubber. But good things come to those that wait, so the more patient frag-heads will appreciate what happens next.
The deliciously woody and hazelnutty (is that a word?) dry down is pine, cedar and santal. Creamy yet not sweet, smooth and refined. The ‘hazelnut’ aspect comes out quite prominently, but it isn’t immediately obvious which ingredient(s) is/are causing that effect.
This well-blended scent is hard to find as the brand is not very well known and the 30ml bottle is a disappointment. Also the ‘new age’ feel of the brand with its associations to yoga and glass “pearls” in the bottle (you read that correctly) does not warrant full marks from me (it’s a perfume – juice in a bottle – and nothing else!). But it still performes well as the blend is well-crafted.
There are definitely many other superb woody scents out there from many niche brands, but this is certainly one to spritz before you buy.
Overall 4/5
sveto4ek147896325 – :
As several other reviewers have mentioned, this fragrance has two stages. The first I liked but wasn’t completely taken by: an utterly dry and flat rendering of pine/cedar. The second phase, however, feels rounder and more complete: the myrrh begins to show, and with it a hint of spice and dimensionality. So if you are surprised by the lack of richness/depth for an all-natural composition at first (like I was), wait around for about 40 minutes and you will be pleased.
Ascesuccamype – :
my favourite perfume ever was Octave [myrrh, rose, narde] by the german brand Dr Hauschka. it has been d/c for years, but the best approximation i get is by mixing Precious Woods with Rosenlust.
Precious Woods does not start off great — too much of a cedar bang, with sandalwood rolling out alongside — but the second [and true] phase is a stunning melding of woods + resins that i find grounding yet a bit sparkling.
add Rosenlust + you’ve got a real treat. these two together are my favourite AA offering.
m1c0n – :
Precious Woods is a cedar-dominant scent, but it features a number of other woody components to produce something that smells less like a natural space and far more like the wood aisle of a hardware store. Consider CdG’s Wonderwood done with natural materials and you’ll get a sense of what this is about.
The cedar is the most prominent note, and it’s the scratchy, dry kind more than the balmy rich kind. This material tends to have a sharp, domineering quality to it, but here it feels deep and boomy—clearly the sub-bass effect of sandalwood. Buddhawood adds a boozy, smoky tone, and there’s a touch of Bohemian Spice’s patchouli involved too (I think), and that what’s possibly responsible for making the scent feel more like a workshop than simply a pile of freshly cut planks. There’s a touch of peppery spice, and the overall profile comes off as slightly charred (the burning scent of the saw blade, perhaps?) It’s probably one of the most natural block-of-wood woody scents I’ve run across.
With that said, it’s not necessarily a pretty or polite scent. In fact, it’s surprisingly dirty and quite musky. Although it’s predominantly cedar, the incense and herbal facets add dimension alongside the boozyness of the buddhawood. The sandalwood is hard to detect because most of the notes in this would ordinarily form a heavy base anyway, and so it’s even harder to identify with such heavy materials piled on top of it. In this regard, it feels like a bit of a waste to use sandalwood in this way as the scent is so bottom-heavy that the richness and nuance of this material doesn’t get chance to shine as it should. So, in sum, this is a touchstone scent for the natural wood fragrance fanatic—think Wonderwood or Tam Dao EdP made real. And given how well sandalwood / cedar works with rose, I can’t help but wonder how this would work when combined something like Rosenlust. Anyhow, if you wear Precious Woods, expect to smell very natural, but not necessarily sparkling clean. A very good fragrance indeed.
vikabrache – :
This is a very nice fragrance. Probably the most masculine of the April Aromatics line and somehow less complex that the others. Great stuff, though a bit heavy on the pine for my taste.
RekFrerne – :
The packaging is very nice with the bottle contained within a long cylinder like box. Also the bottle has three crystals within down to the creators new age pure ingredients holistic approach.
On first application of the scent to my chest and side of neck the first thing that grabs you is the quality of the ingredients. It’s like scent in high definition as the fragrance is concentrated, vibrant and intense.
The scent of cedarwood is what I first smelled which was quickly followed by stunning pine notes. And I mean breathtaking in their beauty like you are smelling the aroma in a forest on the air. With this I’m smelling a golden like sandalwood with hints of Patchouli and again awesome quality. I think the Sandalwood is a mix of different woods as I seem to be picking up different woody aromas.
At some point this stunning Myrrh and vetiver note becomes more prominent mixing in with the pine. This gives the scent a earthy resinous feel and you could imagine smelling the forest floor after the rain which has pine cones and leaves covering everywhere you look. Also mixed in with this is a green like spice. I have to say it is a gorgeous woodsy fragrance as the natural ingredients do make you feel like you are experiencing scent in high definition.
I cannot compare this with straight forward Sandalwood fragrances as this scent is like a “walk through a lush forest bottled”. Meaning you get the whole smell of the forest experience and not just Sandalwood though the quality is really good.
Now the scent as whole is soft and tightly weaved in a intricate way and the projection is about below average to average. It does stay close to you though it does have a definite presence and people will pick up on it when they get near you.
It lasts between four to five hours with traces of the basenotes still on my clothes. The first three hours is it’s glory ride where it’s strong and then it hits the basenotes for the next hour or so. Also after the first three hours it becomes more subdued though I have had my girlfriend say she can smell it six hours or so after application. But I’m putting that down to the scent lingering on my clothes.
Though the projection and longevity are not great they are not poor either. You pay your money to experience the glorious quality of the ingredients on your skin.
Anyway I have enjoyed wearing it and can only imagine how wonderful the other scents from this company smell like.
DaEk_FoR_EvEr – :
Expensive but I hear worth it…you can find them on etsy.com.
dim-5402 – :
Precious Woods is the first scent I got from April Aromatics, and to this day my absolute all-time favorite!
It truly smells like a walk in a forest – meditative and calming, fresh and warm. All the different wood accords combine into a sublime, subtle scent that is very present, but never overpowering. Great for guys too (my husband uses it from time to time 🙂
I like to wear Precious Woods both for day and evening, and it is also lovely on woolen scarves or sweaters, if you prefer just a light hint of scent.
This perfume is perfect for anyone who loves Sandalwood, Cedarwood, and Pine, and is looking for a complex, sophisticated scent.
DUUUK – :
I am a person whom loves the woods and woodsy aromas, probably because they are grounding. Sandalwood is a favorite type of incense and I feel wearing this scent gives me a similar feeling that I get when burning incense. It gives me the same grounded earthy, yet uplifting feeling. Woodsy, grounding, yet light and uplifting. I feel purified when wearing Precious Woods.
scrsnseabrookhaf1 – :
Precious Woods is hands down….or should I say “nose down”
SallyBsre – :
Probably the most beautiful sandalwood scent i’ve had the opportunity to test!the smell is a subtle waft of wood chippings, beautiful sandalwood, and hint of smoke and a bit of cedar forest.
This perfume good value for money.I really love this scent:)
Rating: 9,5/10
dfw320Unlogrere – :
OK, here 3rd try to anser NebelGeist…
You can find April Aromatics in several stores in Germany: Kadewe, Quartiert 206 in Berlin and also through their website…
they have a link which lists all the retailers…good luck.
gameplru – :
My answer to Nebelgeist did not go through…?
vaha1028 – :
It´s kind of absurd.. April Aromatics is a German brand, I live in Germany, but can´t find it anywhere..
I became inured to the fact that you can´t find many of the niche perfumery brands from other countries here. But when it comes to the case that you can´t find a German brand in Germany you see me totally incredulous..
So, this is not a review. Because I can´t review something I am not able to sample. Sometimes I wonder if I should emigrate, but after all I like to live here.. Sometimes….
The notes look perfect to me and due to the all natural ingedients it makes it even more convenient to me.
Oh you gods and muses of scents and perfumes, show mercy to me -.-
ArtSimpo – :
I find Precious Woods to have two clearly different phases. The fragrance opens with a blast of what to me smells like mysore sandalwood. Dry and woody with the typical sandalwood pungency. It stays quite linear for a while to then slowly and harmonically morph into a resiny concoction of pine, woods and myrrh. This is, IMO, the real character of this composition.
Serveral fragrances come to mind, from Bois D’Encens to Jaisalmer via Encens Extreme and Fille En Aiguilles yet, somewhat, the fragrance doesn’t feel derivative or boring. There’s a nice juxtaposition between the dark green confierous notes and the sparkling nounaces provided by thre myrrh and its aldehydic facets. Smells absolutely natural and well blended. Conferous fans, as well as woody-incense freaks, heads up! Pricey.
Rating: 7/10
Degrodat – :
Precious Woods is a high quality all natural woody perfume, containing notes of sandalwood, cedarwood, patchouli, pine, resins…and so much more. I put it on this morning and still after 6 hrs I can smell the sweet, balsamic sandalwood notes…I am a female and I love its earthy, masucline qualities. Perfect for men and women. Very grounding and nurturing. I also own Rosenlust and one day I combined those two fragrances and it was just heavent scent. Perfect combo….def. a must have…
voloxa76 – :
Another masterpiece from Tanja Bochnig from April Aromatics.
This house has been surprising me day after day for such a great quality of its perfumes. It’s wonderful trying them, you have no idea what to expect for, every perfume that I have been testing I have new experiences and wonderful olfactory surprises.
Precious Woods reminds me of a wonderful and dark pine forest after the rain, there’s nothing like the smell of pine trees when walking through the forest.
This fragrance has this quite genuine pine and pine resin smell accompanied by vertiver notes that makes this a very unique perfume with a wonderful and fresh natural woody scent.
The top and middle notes lasted for about 8 hours on my skin, and now there’s not much left except vetiver and maybe a little of Sandalwood and Cedarwood mix.
That being said the fragrance is a luxury, this would be perfect for a pine and vertiver lovers to wear during the day in the late fall and winter and special occasions.
angyr – :
I love to wear the perfumes of April Aromatics during of my practice yoga and meditation.
The scent of sandalwood permeates through me, woody, sweet and sensual. They rise up into my head and nose, tickle my mind and transport me on a journey to straight to India.. I wake up in a temple of light and serentiy and feel embedded on a smooth bed of sandalwood… warm colored thoughts of orange-brown develop due to this wonderful natural woody scent. Precious Woods, one of my favourites and a constant companion during Yoga