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icheiser – :
Oh, such a near miss. The deeper wood scent and underlying sweetness are gorgeous. But on me the whisky top (and maybe the rooibos?) is oddly sharp and acrid. Though it does mellow out a bit later, the top is just a bit too challenging and harsh to enjoy fully. I also don’t get the full sweetness of sandalwood or the floral notes others mention here. Nothing against 4160 Tuesdays, there are others I truly love (like Eau My Soul for instance) – but this one is a bit of a misfire and doesn’t quite conjure the Eastern calm I was hoping for.
oleksandr7777 – :
Difficult to understand. Especially having never smelt buddhawood.
To me, this does smell a little bit of garlic or onion. However, if anyone’s ever tried asifoteda, this is almost exactly like that. With whiskey. And boronia, which I adore
The base used for this seems to be the same one used to make Up The Apples & Pears, but I may be wrong. I much prefer Boddhi Language, with Sexiest Scent as a base. Much more wearable.
In saying all of this, its truly wonderful. I won’t wear it much and my 30mL will last ages, but it is definitely nice. Also, I wore this today. Side by side with Elizabeth Arden’s Blue Grass… aldehydes go nicely with Buddhawood Box apparently?
gera2010 – :
This is gorgeous – yet another successful blind buy from 4160T (they have a special offer at the moment, selling discounted perfumes which have been returned to them by a retailer). Worth checking out if you are a fan.
I sprayed some into the lid of the bottle initially (I also bought Midnight in the Palace Garden and was already wearing that) and was enraptured by the sweet odour. Later however, I sprayed on my skin and was – frankly – appalled, thinking that my blind buy habit had gone horribly wrong (again); it really does open with an oniony-cumin-curry (celery?) spicy smell, which brought Armani Idole to mind.
Within 15 minutes though, the curry has abated, and I am LOVING this. It’s almost sweet on my skin (as opposed to the smell from the lid when sprayed earlier); the sweetness is tempered by the deep woody notes. I am not familiar with the smell of white oud at all, but this does not smell even vaguely “barnyardy” and I wouldn’t have thought there was oud in it all, had I not read the notes. Non-barnyardy ouds and sandalwood sometimes smell fairly similar to me in certain scents (in Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Fleur Burlesque, for example) and – again – I am not picking up on sandalwood in TBB.
The boxwood is pretty spot on – the smell of leaves crushed between your fingers, but this isn’t unpleasant or too “green”. Likewise, rooibos is very realistic, adding a real warmth to the fragrance.
There’s a definite boozy punch not long after spraying; this is the smell of a well-aged oaky whiskey, not a cheap supermarket brand though.
I am not getting any gardenia; I think it may be giving a little lift to the fragrance, preventing it from being exclusively woody. Fragrantica’s information about boronia is lamentably lacking (“sweet and like white flowers”), so I have NO idea what that smells like, but I am guessing the sweetness in the perfume is coming from that.
NOT a safe blind-buy, but – if you like Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant, Lutens Arabie or Armani Idole, this is a good one to add to your wardrobe.
Finally – definitely unisex (not that I ascribe to gender assignation in perfume).
ed.tokm – :
I love how unique everything from this house is, but it definitely means that not everything works for me…and this is one of those scents. Like another reviewer, upon application I got the onion powder/cumin scent. There are definitely some woodsy notes as well, though they are unfamiliar to me. But for me…that’s about as far as this scent goes. It sort of smells like curry to me. If you’re familiar with ELDO’s Like This, substitute its pumpkin for eccentric woods and you’ll have how this smells on me. I was hoping to love this one but it just doesn’t work on my skin.
danilqa74 – :
Made from Australian Buddhawood (rosewood). Along with Australian sandalwood, Indonesian Gaharu Buaya (oud), and Atlas Cedarwood. Four exotic woods used to evoke the smell of wooden boxes. Also featuring ambergris, giving it a salty touch, and gardenia which I couldn’t detect. Both are favorite notes, along with woods, so I had high expectations of liking this fragrance. I really wanted to love this ingenious composition.
Woody perfumes are some of my true perfume loves! And I adore the smell of those souvenir boxes! But this one has a somewhat bitter Vidalia onion-y aroma that doesn’t work on my skin. There’s also a burnt component (maybe the oud with boxwood), that although I love bonfire smells, is more like wet ashes. It’s very strong in the opening, and never really goes away entirely. Since the composition is made of notes that I normally love: woods, ambergris, gardenia, even tea, I was surprised that it had such an off-putting smell on me.
I wore it several times, reapplying often to analyse the notes, wanting to have a different experience. I tremendously admire artisan Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays. She makes some of the most wildly imaginative scents on the planet, with names and ideas that are inspired voyages into fantasy. Her concepts are ground-breaking and avant garde. Unfortunately, her scents don’t always work for me, The Dark Heart of Old Havana being another challenge. My skin says no to The Buddhawood Box, but I’m not deterred. At least McCartney is pushing the envelope, trying new accords and ingredients. Will continue to try everything by this visionary original perfumer. The ones that do work for me, like The Lion Cupboard and Up The Apples & Pears, are too good to miss!
koresh666 – :
I did not get on well with this one – it was not what I was expecting! It reminds me of the time I first (ever) aporoached a Guerlain counter and the SA asked what type of scent I liked: “woody scents”, I said. She handed me Mitsouko and I barely knew what had hit me. She looked me up and down, took in the blue eyes, pale skin, and said “I think you’re a l’Heure bleue person”. She was right, and whilst I appreciate woody notes, and have become a big fan of Lutens’ woody creations, a full-on scent of wood is not for me.
This is dark and musty to me, boozy and claustrophobic. I guess I detect the tea but in a stuffy, airless way that brings to mind damp mornings, dripping walls and asthma attacks.
It is atmospheric.
Amsterdam – :
Unusual parfum, strange and mysterious. There’s a dark aura around, very woody and impact! begins with a strong note of Whiskey, very strong that could be annoying at first, but after a while is something extraordinary. In fact, the first part has a little surprised, I did not like much at first but the drydown love it. It ‘a perfume that does not go unnoticed, hard to forget because it leaves a trail almost “hypnotic” evokes the days of autumn rain, wet roads, old libraries along the way…. is a complex fragrance but very well balanced in my opinion. The sillage is strong (3-4 sprays ok) good longevity (8+h) Content with this perfume “unusual”! 🙂 very beautifull!
Sillage: 8.5/10
Longevity: 9./10
Scent: 9./10
Overall: 9./10
bogpom – :
It was a blind-buy and I have tried it over and over again, yet each and every time for the first ten minutes it smells literally like fried onions in gravy, like some sort of horrific combo of onion powder and ground cumin. And also like I poured a gallon of tequila all over myself. I absolutely cringe each time and fight the urge to scrub. To my delight, Buddhawood Box becomes a fascinating and wonderful woody perfume. I feel like I’ve smelled it all–oud, redwoods, sandalwood, cedar. For strictly wood, and lots of it, my holy grail is Precious Woods by April Aromatics. But this perfume is something I have never smelled before. I think it’s the boxwood because it’s an entirely different woody scent than any of those mentioned previously.
So when the onions, gravy and booze disappear, I smell ancient wood, quite literally. It smells weathered, almost as if wood could smell stale from sitting out in the open air for centuries. It’s really nice. I love the fact that there is no patchouli, as that is the note that usually causes a perfume to smell old and mildewy. This wood smells equally old or rotted, but in a new and different way.
Then I get strong rooibos tea, an herb that could be decribed as having facets of honey, saffron and dried hay and has a mellow and subtle sweetness to it. The perfume becomes all about rooibos, but I love it from “heart to finish” (not start to finish because of the onions and gravy). I am so fond of this fragrance that I am totally willing to sit through the onions and gravy. That says a lot because patience is a virtue I can only hope to have one day.
Sillage is normal/average. The perfume lasted at least 8 hours. The longer it wore, the more it seemed to “age” on my skin. Hours later it smelled like a hippie’s bedroom, when you know there is no incense burning, but you can tell that they burn it frequently because it’s clinging to everything in the room.
A novel perfume. It’s a keeper for me, but try before you buy!
Slappeato – :
On my skin Rooibos Tea is the primary scent of The Buddhawood Box by 4160 Tuesdays. Rooibos has a very earthy, cigar tobacco like scent. It’s a bit citric and a bit sour. The notes of whiskey and ambergris keep things for getting too sour. Strongly backed by some excellent sandalwood this is an very nice cold weather fragrance. It also contains some very light florals and finishes with a close to skin smokieness from the oud. For me it lasts around 5 to 6 hours with moderate sillage. This is a very original unisex scent. Try before you buy but do give it a try!
durkwing – :
It splashes out of tea, whisky, woods, and resins. Wood fillings mostly, and overdoses of some sort of Asian tea! not the unlikely one but the kind of sweet tea that mostly delicious, then sours it with whisky note and a slight cedar, sandalwood, oud, and a bit of overwhelming architect woods!
When i first sniffed i didn’t got impressed as i sniffed the second time, but later on 3rd attempt and on i felt it’s quite overdosed somehow, and sort of heavy. I can’t lie it’s quite offensive and powered up with allot of creativity and quality.
This one reminds me allot of Sigourney Weaver’s “Tale of Terror 97” movie, specially her death scene and when the mirror broke.
raduchicu – :
I immediately get the wood notes (not surprisingly!) and also sweet resinous notes which make me think gourmand. It takes me back to Hong Kong in a second. Im wondering down the side streets on a typical humid warm day where some of the wood carvers are outside busy working on chests and blanket boxes. Their shops sit side by side so you are hit with a wall of wood notes before you even see them. Ive also smelt this in Khatmandu where I bought my intricately carved Buddha ornament. Id make a guess that this is the cedar and sandalwood. I love the smell of rosewood and for some reason I get that here. Is that the affect of the whiskey with the other wood notes? It also a bit dusty which is very fitting. Sweetness comes from something floral and a bit peachy. The longer it is on the more it reminds me of the Lion Cupboard so maybe there is incense present. It definitely gets better and better with time. Good sillage and longevity.
romka1001 – :
Four distinctive woods, with a note of multicoloured opalescence. This is how the inside of an aged sandalwood box smells like, woody, musky, dark and full of secrets. When it dries down I get notes of patchouli and rose that enhance the woods and escpecially the sandalwood. Truly lovely!