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Hemeestuade – :
My favorite Guerlain and a serious piece of work. Diffused into the wind the stuff is magic and a mainstay in my collection.
Wuzli – :
Correct notes from Guerlain website
Top notes: bay leaf, neroli.
Heart notes: patchouli, saffron note, jasmine, cedar wood.
Base notes: leather, myrrh.
I don’t know what people are smelling but it isn’t oud.
svitlanak – :
Oh well, I got my bottle today and once again, many reviewer were right when they compared this to Dior Leather Oud. Of courses 2 fragrances don’t really smell identical there are always nuances, but fragrances can become redundant and this is the case here. If you own Dior LO, no need to buy this one and vice-versa. With that said, Songe d’un Bois d’Ete is very very nice
Sanchess1981 – :
Correct, Tremere!
A Midsummer Wood’s Dream… with a wink to William Shakespeare’s play.
Trinity_fromAM – :
About the name, I’ve watched and read many reviews with folks doing their best to translate from the French, something to the effect of ‘A Dream of a Summer Wood’ and subsequently trying to make sense of it. Which it doesn’t, much.
It’s a fine literal translation but doesn’t make much sense unless you know something which is obvious if you are French and profoundly not obvious if you aren’t. ‘Un Songe d’un Bois d’Ete’ is a play on words.
Specifically, the words ‘Un Songe d’un Nuit d’Ete’ which literally mean ‘A Dream of a Summer Wood’ but actually mean something a good deal more familiar…
… the French title of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. I hope you enjoy the actual mystery of the name, now you know what the actual mystery is.
s1lentassasin – :
Wearing it reminds me of hot summers in the Mediterranean and the aroma of pine trees and cones. It is a very sensual fragrance and definitely unisex. I would not agree with those who claim this to be a male scent. Of course it is by no means girly either, mind you.
Edit: There is no oud in there. What I get, apart from the almost edible fragrance of pine kernels, is a hint of the finest leather. The scent itself wears like a second skin, more like a balm. It’s incredibly beautiful.
Ishtwan – :
Breathtakingly beautiful, strongly medicinal-antiseptic oud with no rose to sweeten things up and the supporting spices and resins held well in check. The oud itself is not barnyardy or ‘stinky oud’ but the calmer, more reflective, more friendly side of the wood; it’s a very handsome variant indeed, which is just as well, because the other ingredients really are playing third or fourth fiddle, this one is all about oud.
It leans more masculine than most Guerlains, but is still far smoother and more urbane than many other ‘ultra ouds’ sold as unisex. Really exceptionally classy, but also pretty expensive and hard to find, and sillage and longevity weren’t what I would want in return for making the trek to source a FB of this. One to get a rich relative or a sugar daddy to buy for you … but I wouldn’t save up my own hard-earned bucks to splurge on it. Still, absolutely wonderful – so I guess I’ll have to seek out some generous perfume patron who’ll finance this so I can rave about it every day. Very very special.
MarMaranskn – :
Breath taking oriental,deep rich spices,woods,resins and leather playing a symphony together…perfection! Thierry Wasser has created a masterpiece indeed. Performs like a fragrance should for $300cdn,it does lean slightly on the masculine side but definitely unisex.Honestly theres really nothing I can say more about how great this gem is that hasnt already been said.One thing that a few others had noticed is that it does half a slight funk to it a cumin type note that may put some people off,for me its part of its animalic charm, a must have for anyones collection.Bravo Guerlain….
malser777 – :
the very true definition of Royal Modesty!!
his majesty king Jubilation spending holidays in Himalayan subtropical pine forests.
GEORGIY_97 – :
Dream of Summer Wood! This is a stellar oud and saffron scent! Those being the two notes that beamed from my wrist taking me to an extravagant perfume mirage. I pictured Arabian deserts, heat shimmers, diffractions of light, magnified waves of warmth radiating off my arm in surges.
Thierry Wasser flaunts his gift in this composition. A masterclass of how to make an exotic oud fragrance, showcasing agarwood, without making it too masculine, too raw, or dumbing it down to mundane. Although Guerlain doesn’t list oud specifically as an ingredient on their site, it’s obvious in the smell. And, their narrative about this being a scent of “deep leather and sumptuous woods” . . . and, oud is listed by every other ingredient source, including Fragrantica. I am intrigued by this disparity. There’s probably a story as to why. There are other notes not listed too, although not ones as conspicuous as the oud.
The saffron note glows. Wasser created the one he used specifically for his Deserts d’Orient collection. The most expensive spice in the world – ‘floral-spicy’, dry, earthy. Has a peppery undercurrent that is strong in the accord. Myrrh, cedar, bay leaf and patchouli in light measures to add mood. All integrated into the whole to achieve Wasser’s “modern interpretation of the concept of eroticism”.
Basically . . . Middle Eastern done with a French aesthetic created using precious materials by a genius perfumer of his artistic inspiration produced by Guerlain! Whew! An immediate love!
FoXl4R – :
According to the Guerlain website:
Top notes: bay leaf, neroli.
Heart notes: patchouli, saffron note, jasmine, cedar wood.
Base notes: leather, myrrh.
So mistakes were made, oud and cardamom are out, leather is in.
But how did oud become the #1 note if it’s not even in there??
(But according to the word search function of my browser, MANY of you noted the leathery aspect in your reviews so I give you all a thumbs up!)
leontev1979jon – :
العطر جميل في البداية
مزحوم في المكونات الرائعة
التي تشعرك بالسعادة حين التقاطها بانفك
الواحدة تلوى الاخرى
..
ثم لا يلبث بعد ذلك حتى يصبح
عطر لاذر .. الجلود النتنة قليلاً
تذكرني ربما بعطر فيغجز من الدو
..
ارى ان هذا العطر يصلح ان يكون
قاعدة لكثير من العطور .. افضل خلطه
مع احد عطور المجموعة
اما ان يتعطر به لوحده فانا لا افضل ذلك
..
شخصياً لا اتخيل هذه الرائحة على امرأة
سوف تصيبني بالاشمئزاز
chag – :
The note pyramid is wrong on Fragrantica. Funny all the people writing long reviews referencing all the notes that don’t exist!!
amygo – :
A mature, soothing masterpiece. Keep the kids away from this. The bay leaf gives it a unique quality not often found in other woody oud scents. A winner.
Rmnkorn1801 – :
One of the most beautiful oriental wood based compositions of modern perfumery this shimmering beauty has a central woods note of cedar and agarwood (oud), to which is added jasmine, saffron, cardamom, laurel, myrrh, patchouli and leather with stunning results. Do not believe the naysayers, this is an exquisite, luxurious composition that is truly heavenly and breathtaking. Thiery Wasser has taken Guerlain to a totally new level with such beautiful compositions. More on the masculine side with very pronounced sillage and projection, this is a must try for wood and oud lovers. Tom Ford can only aspire to be this classy and elegant.
eg345 – :
On my skin this one gets very male’ish. Agarwood, Myrrh, Saffron and Patchouli is the mix I get on my skin. Great scent but not for me. Very longlasting and with good projection.
På min hud blir denna manlig. Agarwood, myrra, saffran och patchouli är den mixen som känns mest på mig. Otroligt fin doft men inget för mig. Väldigt långlivad och med rejäl utstrålning.
svetlana304 – :
Somehow it reminds me darker version of Body Kouros
ystas63 – :
Slightly syrupy and delicately sweet on application, a charming thin myrrh resin laced with jasmine and cardamom. As the sweetness dissipates, smoky sultriness hovers and performs a beckoning, alluring dance.
Oud and saffron intertwine with beautiful seduction. Dry, leathery notes and vaporous cedar offer an aloofness that averts this fragrance from becoming an outright flirtation, maintaining a reserved sophistication that makes you chase after the take-it-or-leave-it mystique.
Bay laurel adds a green leathery accent to the cedar and patchouli woods, making for even more enigmatic provocation.
Complex and deep, yet clean and strong in stature. I dare to agree with some of the reviewers below that this is a little reminiscent of Tauer’s LADDM, but with an emphasis on oud rather than amber and with the same birch tar/leather redolence underscoring beautiful, spiced woods. Over time, I might interchange these fragrances if I ever finish my Tauer. They are not the same but offer similar intense beauty and mystique and bred of the same class.
pabEsomoshome – :
لا تنبهروا بالتعليقات و تتعجلوا بالشراء، فالعطر بعد تجربتي المتأنيه أراه عادي جداً ولا يستحق كل هذا الكم الهائل من المديح .. كل ما وجدته هو رائحة المُر.
alekseenko222 – :
The most impressive and luxurious high-end perfume my nose had ever experienced so far. This is the type of fragrance that has “WOW” presence. 100 out of 100 for me!
Agecttow – :
It has incredible longevity – I will give it that much. 12 hours later it has finally dried down to something I can tolerate.
No need for me to run down the notes. I will just say that immediately upon application I was blasted with the same rubbery chemical smell that I find so repulsive in Tauer L’air du Desert Marocain. I am reckoning that is the oud and myrrh smacking me around a bit.
The Guerlain quality is certainly there, no denying it, but I really can never wear this, even if the far drydown is pleasantly rounded out to a warm, dry spice and the oud has departed. I never thought I would say this, but I do believe this would work better on a masculine skin.
I fully expect to receive no balloons on this review, seeing how many find this a masterpiece, but my reaction to Songe d’un Bois d’Ete is so strong that I just had to say my piece.
Edit in response to matty above:
I used a mere half spritz as I always do when testing something. This fragrance is THAT strong. I actually do know how to test and apply fragrance, by the way. No instructions needed there. I applied it late last night in ice cold air- conditioning. My opinion stands.
only534 – :
Sex in a bottle… 10/10
Just opening the sample package I could already tell I was going to love it from the gently wafting aroma, and then I sprayed it – OH MY GOD is this stuff pungent and wow does it have that addictive quality of gasoline but without the nastiness. Stunning. I honestly feel like I’m inhaling something illegal when sniffing this.
And no this does not smell like Leather Oud. Leather Oud has very overpowering cloves on top. Honestly I don’t see the similarity. LO is child’s play compared to this. I don’t know who would want to smell like they just smoked a pack of cloves in a dirty old leather jacket when you could smell like carnality itself! 🙂
This is my new signature scent. Best fragrance I’ve put my nose on so far.
I don’t really detect any oud in this, and it’s not listed on Guerlain’s site. I get leather notes and a very slight urinous smell sometimes from it that could definitely put some people off, but it’s also what makes it intoxicating somehow. Maybe it’s civet or castoreum that’s not listed in the notes.
ribaandrey – :
Wow. I have been waiting to try this for a while and am so glad i finally did. I don’t throw this around much, but for my tastes, this is a masterpiece! To smell from the sprayer, it is a beautiful freshly sharpened pencil meets old library- but in a sexy way, if that makes any sense. So very sensual and sexy, I would say with my limited experience with it, it is definitely worth the price of admission. I will have to seek out a bottle, maybe eschewing some of my lesser frags in the process. The performance is impressive also, 1 spray under my shirt and I could smell it all night, and even after changing, I caught whiffs coming off my chest.
For me, it is perfection for a special time or occasion.
10/10
slon66 – :
If you live for mens fragrances, or the art of perfume in general, you owe it to yourself to check this out. I want to throw every praise word i can think of at this. Must have tried 50 high end fragrances in the store today and this one was so far ahead of the others in quality of ingredients and sensitivity of blending it was in a category all by itself.
Aladin – :
ROYALE Masterpiece.*****
barkas-yug – :
Sexy sweat.
This is a stunning masterpiece!
Seductive, sensual, dry wood with oudh/leather and in the beginning with some herbal notes.
Perfume is uber luxurious and extremely addictive. Nothing cheap, very warm, cosy and for mature male audiences, 35+ at least. Dirty, earthy sweat in a very, very good way!
Perfect perfume for attractive daddies. Forbidden for mama’s boys and hipsters 😉 I think that „oudh anxiety“ is, thanks to gods, finally fading, but because of the quality and its perfect composition, this perfume is staying with us forever as one of the best. Ever.
Mille mercis monsieur Wasser!
5/5
zakonodatel1 – :
This opens up with a mind blowing oud that I could not get enough of, but quickly turns into nothing but pure pine. Maybe it’s just my skin chemistry, but it’s very disappointing. I love the dirty, sweaty oud I smell at first, but I’d rather not smell like Pine-Sol.
IncucoulT – :
To me this is the best oud from Guerlain (Rose Nacree du Desert if this is too masculine or if you simply love rose), almost purchased it.
Megatherion – :
This is a superb masculine Oriental although it’s quite simple & not as much a thrilling oud scent as in Lancôme L’Autre Oud which I like very much. But this makes a fine intro to Orientals for men. I agree with every reviewer here stating that it’s a man’s cologne. It might be classified as a unisex but nah.
Notes include: saffron, jasmine, patchouli, agar wood (oud) myrrh, cedar wood and bay leaves.
This woodsy linear scent packs a powerful but enjoyable punch & for a Guerlain fragrance, it’s almost a very basic agar wood scent. It helps that there are spicy lemony green notes around it courtesy of bay leaves. This smells like a luxurious Egyptian Arabian or Persian cologne, with an intoxicating & seductive flair. It’s a Thierry Wasser fragrance & he’s a genius perfumer. I smelled agar wood for days, patchouli, jasmine, cedar, and incense (myrrh). None of it can seem too overwhelming but up close it’s smoky, rich, woodsy and resinous, spicy and long lasting. This is a warm scent for winter time and rather intellectual & calm. It reminds me of my grandfather who actually liked these kind of colognes and would have loved it because of the leather note and unlisted musk.
A cologne that can be worn with coats, scarves, boots, and or riding habit. For some reason it reminds me a bit of Cuir de Russie by Guerlain (not Chanel) the orignal which one can smell at the Osmotheque in Versailles France. This is a cologne for a horseback rider who fought with gun in hand for the liberation of Saudi Arabia along with the adventurer Lawrence of Arabia. It’s an adventure fragrance and evokes dessert sands & dunes, moons and army camps. This is a Saharan desert & Libyan perfume, almost a throw back to the basic oud & incenses of ancient Egypt. But it’s not “old” smelling at all and in fact quite modern, luxurious, a cologne you buy for a lot of money in Dubai!
Though quite simple every good Middle Eastern or Near East note of fragrance is in it and I’m especially in love with the spices & myrrh.
Glorious!
Wearing this tomorrow at a party!
antaryvaw – :
Songe d’un Bois d’Ete “sahara alsharq” a night time fragrance. mysterious, dark, elegant and unique. it can be worn by men and women. give it sometime to develop in order to enjoy this beauty. where i live, these kind of blends are not unique. because we smell these notes almost everyday.. but we appreciate it very much.
It had Monstrous longivity.i can detect Indian dried lemon and athmad “kajal”. you will not agree unless you live in Arabia and know what i am talking about. =)
ronicool – :
Sublime 10/10
chig98 – :
A masterpiece from Guerlain. Smokey, leathery, woody, and HEAVENLY!! A bit rough and sceary at first, but after 30-40 min the magic settles in, and it just gets better and better. 10/10 -On top of my wish-list 🙂
mnogodelkin – :
Songe d’un Bois d’Ete is for sure a masculine fragrance. To my nose this is so very well blended so I cannot pick up any particular notes listed in here. However, it gives me an impression of a deep, dark pine forest. Where all the pine needles have fallen down and when you walk around, you smell mostly stems and branches with a suble pine-y vibe coming from beneath your feet.
Frankly speaking, this is the scent of the Man. Warm, inviting and calming but at the same time a bit rough and with the misterious edge to it. This is the first perfume which I want to describe as sensual and seductive. I’m not even jocking! The sensuality here is raw and purely natural. A man, who is wearing this fragrance, can effortlessly seduce any woman he wants!
Beware ladies, it’s a genteman’s secret weapon!
abakoslpa – :
Well who would have thought that Guerlain would come out in this day and age with a dirty leathery spicy fragrance done for a gentleman. On first application I get the cumin body odor fragrance mixed in with a leathery woody oud and saffron. The jasmine is used wonderfully to tame the beast so it puurrss and does not growl on your skin.lol
I get the associations with Dior Leather Oud, but this has been created in a more classy way. The scent is very sensual and intimate, the balance between the dark notes is offset well with the floral jasmine.
As time goes by and the spicy cumin note settles down and this scent just gets better and better. It goes into full seduction mode, the oud, leather and floral touched myrrh does smell like you could don suit and become a Lothario for the night.
I would say this fragrance is for the gentleman who wants to attract the ladies. Very well done!
shadowmaster – :
Great smell. Very masculine. It’s an oud that has no sweetness and caramel like qualities and I like it a lot. I find it very resinous and piney (as in pine resin and a bit of the freshly broken pine needles too). By the sounds of the notes you might think it is heavy, it is not. It is very easy to wear. With this smell there is no giving headache to anyone. In the beginning it kind of reminded me of Faqat Lil Rijal of Rasasi in a much more refined sort of way. But after trying both at the same time on separate arms, I find Songe d’un Bois d’Ete a far more superior smelling perfume than Faqat Lil Rijal.
It is not a performance beast I must admit. For a good performance I found you need 4 spritz. It will take you probably 3 – 4 hours. Afterwards it’s not going to project. The smell stays on my skin 8 to 10 hours. But I am guessing some people might get much longer longevity on their skins. Certainly bottle worthy.
Longevity: 8/10
Sillage: 7/10
Smell: 10/10
suffle – :
I find this scent so addictive, I crave to wear it. If I could, I would bathe my body in this heavenly, seductive scent.
inhaseOrina – :
Oh wow! This is truly gorgeous. I think I actually felt my eyes glaze over when I first smelled this – it’s simply stunning. I’d only had it on half an hour and I think I must have smelled my wrist at least a dozen times. Ok, fine, probably two dozen. Whatever. I think I’ve found my version of perfume crack – it’s utterly addictive. Purecaramel was kind enough to send me a sample of the perfume oil and the regular perfume (thanks purecaramel!). I tried the oil first. I sprayed (lightly!), I sniffed, and I was completely won over. This is sublime stuff – it’s sweet, spicy, smoky and deeply delicious. I get how people say they smell cumin in this, but I like the smell of cumin, and on me, at least, it’s not annoying at all. Right off the bat, I got super soft jasmine, and, once it dried down, the leather and myrrh sprang to the surface, with a smoky undertone. Three hours later I could still smell the jasmine, only softer and almost creamy. All day I’ve been getting the most beautiful wafts of this, jasmine and spice with smoke and leather – I absolutely love it. This has gone straight to the top of my wish-list.
zark16 – :
An arid, animalic beauty.
At first it smells too herbal, even medicinal somehow. Once it settles down (and on my skin it happens quickly), I start dreaming of the desert, not of the “bois”. It’s not an Arabian-inspired western fragrance, it’s a true Arabian. Hot, dry, smoky and hypnotizing, like you are meeting the sunset standing in front of a Bedouin tent.
This perfume needs a dry, hot weather to show its beauty. In the heat, bay leaf and cardamom disappear, jasmine and myrrh become really prominent. There’s a strong animalic touch, Songe will make you blush every time you’ll wear it. It smells too erotic for social gatherings. This is a very personal fragrance in my opinion.
It’s a desert in the bottle.
Lost all its fresh aspects and became too masculine and medicinal smelling on a rainy day.
Hostile to humidity.
Goes well with mystical tunes of the Middle East. “Duna At Night” from Yuval Ron’s album, for instance.
Veronika1992 – :
I do not understand the notes on Frgrantica.
This is the description from the Guerlain site:
Leather.
Bold, unique, audacious.
Top notes: bay leaf, neroli.
Heart notes: patchouli, saffron note, jasmine, cedar wood.
Base notes: leather, myrrh.
They go on to describe the saffron note as follows under Perfumer Secrets:
The saffron note, specially created by Thierry Wasser for the Déserts d’Orient collection, is subtle and facetted, spicy and leathery, like all Oriental treasures. It is an extremely precious raw material, as these flowers have a very short life span of about 48 hours: an ephemeral treasure.
Ideal for men and women alike.
qeyq1 – :
Starts as a strong, traditionally masculine, leathery, sharp, pine needle fragrance. Smells like a lumberjack at first spraying, softens to a resinous myrrh and cedarwood. In about a half hour, the sharpness of the green/herbal notes mellow, and it becomes very dry, with no vanillic sweetness to speak of, and no musk. There’s nothing harsh or synthetic or cheap smelling in its development, it’s all money.
ervetiks – :
I love Mary Jane’s review. I had kind of a similar experience. It is a light and thin “oud-like” fragrance on me. It smells somewhat like sandalwood oddly (which I do like), and also cardamom and patch on me–so not only Bactine and medicine and band-aids (along with wood) but definite sweat. I would be up for all this but it is somewhat high, thin, and screechy. It wears off quickly, doesn’t last, and skews a bit more masculine than I’d like. Thankfully, there’s nothing sweet. But–unfortunately, there’s nothing sweet. It doesn’t quite achieve a balance. Guerlain’s Mythique in the same line is quite lovely, but veers too quickly into sweetness, and the Rose in their line is too thin as well, quickly dissipating. I think the Mythique is the one I prefer with the “most balance” and the longevity to match. I think there are better “Euro-ouds” out there.
andreneo – :
initially this is very strong woods, a little sharp. i think i’m getting the oud, cardamom and saffron mostly. maybe some cedar. the scent doesn’t seem to change much, though it settles and becomes a bit softer. this is a traditionally masculine/unisex scent to my nose.
AdvLine – :
Very dry desert saffron and woods. Nice, extremely arid, definitely unisex. Not for me, much too woody, but I can see this as a good mixer for more floral or sweet scents. Of course at this price point, buying it as a mixer would be stupid. I’ll stick with my beloved Bois d’Armenie.
tanushe4ka2008 – :
A brief note – I tried this courtesy of a wonderful member who kindly sent me a sample as I was so curious about it.
On me it was pretty terrible, unfortunately. I really wanted to like it, but to my disappointment my skin brought out all the bad things other reviewers have mentioned, but not the good.
Frankly, I smelled like a teenage boy who had got up and gone out to spend the day running around, playing football (“soccer”) in one of those shiny synthetic football t-shirts, then come home, eaten a big spicy curry that had been cooked in a small house for several hours, before falling asleep still wearing the same sweaty t-shirt. Imagine the next morning, what the armpits of that shirt smell like, the sweat, the polyester, the curry spices, the confined space and sleep staleness…that is how I smelled. It wasn’t pretty. Though I note I am not alone, seeing the other reviews.
But that is not the end of it.
I gave my sample to Himself, as it was not something I could wear. He just tried it for the first time today, and I have to report back: HE SMELLS BLOODY INCREDIBLE!!!!! I mean this stuff is seriously amazing on him, suddenly I understand all the other reviews, the ones where people are waxing lyrical about it and proclaiming it the best thing ever pretty much. I am so glad he tried this, except it smells so seriously good (and sexy too) that I think I really ought to start saving up to buy him a bottle.
Strong but never overpowering, radiates several feet, smooth, dark, deep, rich, a hint of edge, woods, oud, saffron and jasmine, leathery musky undertones, it is wonderful, I could sit sniffing him all day and night!
Nikoly – :
So not working on my skin!
I get heavy BO, from people with much spicier diets than I. Not super unpleasant, but I can get that for free riding the subway… Interesting idea, anyway. Cumin, yes, indeed.
ChelentanoA – :
I Love this one!
This is absolutely gorgeous!
It’s flirty, powerful, luxurious and sensual all without being too much. A true work of art and one of the best i have ever smelled. This is what its all about…
ivka777 – :
Just bought this one last week. I love the strength of this one.
To me its powerful but subtle at the same time, probably due to the dryness.
It seems to last a long time.
There is something dark & mysterious about this one. All day I experience clouds of fragrance at random times. The Eastern spices, leathery and woody notes make this one of my favourites. You sort of feel that fire. Like you are in an Arabic caravan somewhere in the desert.
Men, This one will grow hair on your chest & give you that strut.
Ladies, This one will put invisible stilettos on your feet & a leather whip in your hand, as you prance about your day.
Drypi – :
Absolutely wonderful stuff. The smell of burning oud wood supports one the most tangy supple leathers I’ve ever tried. There’s an animalic quality to the leather but rather than being fecal it displays a rich balsamic plush pishyness, raunchy and engaging yet somehow maintaining a debonair tilt.
For what it’s worth I prefer this over Leather Oud (Songe’s more raucous cousin), Songe just puts on a knife edge the balance of challenging/wearable in such an appealing way while sparkling with life from start to finish. Great stuff, recommended.
8.5/10
NAVARO44 – :
I got the shock of my life when I sprayed this on. Either my sample is off, or someone’s playing a weird joke, or I have some pretty unusual skin chemistry – or this product is designed to shock.
I’m not trying to be funny or dramatic, just describing genuinely what it conjures up for me: This smells like a urine-soaked animal enclosure at a zoo that someone has tried to cover the smell of by spraying perfume.
After testing many dozens of fragrances I have never used the word “vile” in a description before, but for this I have to. I had to wash it off within 10 minutes. Too unpleasant to wait for any kind of transformation.
I really hope my sample is just very old and very off, because it’s hard to imagine this being pleasant on anyone.
By extreme coincidence, it does smell very much like some gone-off cumin herb I cleared out of my kitchen cupboard just yesterday. Reading others’ reviews below, perhaps spoiled cumin explains it?
asarafan – :
سلام دوستان شدیدادنبال تهیه این ادکلن هستم.ممنون میشم راهنمایی بفرمایین ازکجامیشه اینکاروپیداکرد.باسپاس
nitro_drumer – :
This is a quality fragrance by the highly regarded house of Guerlain, but it’s definitely a polarizing one.
IF you love cumin, you will adore this. The start of Songe d’un Bois d’Ete has a strong cumin/mustard seed accord that dominates, even into the dry down. I found it takes about 2~3 hours before it subsides enough so that it stops overshadowing the oudh, saffron, myrrh, and other notes.
I do enjoy cumin, but not this potent–at first anyway. If only the subsiding of the cumin took less time, more like 30 minutes.
After it dried down, perhaps 4 hours later, I reapplied my sample. The cumin/mustard accord didn’t seem as strong as before, I assume due to overexposure.
This is a challenging, spicy fragrance. Definitely not a safe blind buy. A very potent and engaging composition, will be wondrous for some, not so much for others.
Flogrim – :
This won me over from my first wearing of a sample I ordered online. Powerful, somewhat herbacious, sexual oud. And by that I mean once it warms into skin it starts to have that realistic B.O. scent that many of us oud lovers find intoxicating. (I put the 1st vote for Sexmagic similarity because this is the only other scent I’ve ever smelled such a note in this realistically, which I ADORE.)
So I bit the $$$ bullet and snagged a bottle when I finally found one. And… was disappointed! At just one spray all I could smell was OREGANO, SO much oregano I was starting to crave pasta.
My heart sank. I put it on the back shelf and left it there, hoping it was just my nose being funky that day, or the weather, or anything besides the scent itself.
Brave enough a month later, I took the sprayer off and just barely touched it to my skin, spread it around and went about the day. THERE it is, the deliciously dirty oud w/ just a strong aromatic herbal note sure, but not an oregano-fest. I guess the trick is TINY amounts for me. I adore it. The fact that I had 1st tested from a 1ml dab sample made a huge difference though: FAIR WARNING that it’s very different from a full (big) spray that these bottles deliver vs the dabs many will opt for to test!
Lasts easily all day and one spray is far more than enough. Eventually traded my bottle as I couldn’t get over the oregano vibe, but I wonder to this day if that was just something odd about my detection of the bay leaf note listed in it since no one else seems to have had this experience!
zvn646speagoessenda – :
Sometimes I wish I never would have discovered this. Because it makes half my collection seem so pointless in comparison to this rich, dirty, gorgeous scent. I love myrrh, and it plays so well with the Oud here. Simply stunning and is now the most addictive scent I’ve ever smelled. Scent, projection, longevity, and sillage are all 10/10.
A Geurlain work of art. (287)
nig850 – :
Nice. Resembles faintly Opus 4 and Jubiliation 25
together. But I don’t get a vibe similar to
Leather Oud.
PeleTelpGag – :
On the opening i feel the smell that brings me to a suede, perfumed by agar wood, I think this is due to mixing of the oud with saffron.
I also feel the slight body odor, which gradually becomes more noticeable, but also becomes closer to fuel smell, but the oud still predominates in the fragrance, and perhaps my nose are fooling me, but this mix reminds me of some totally different perfumes.
As time goes on I smell a background more woody and smoky , but nothing to change the way I once felt here, just enough to give a more refined touch.
I did not think this is so Animalic nor dated and not as dirty as I read about, but surely agree that