Bois de Gayac fragrance notes
Head
- orange, pink pepper, nutmeg
Heart
- rock rose, saffron, mysore sandalwood
Base
- guaiac wood, oud, frankincense, myrrh, ebony
Latest Reviews of Bois de Gayac
Notes from Antonio Visconti's website;
Top: Mandarin, orange fruit, pink pepper, nutmeg
Heart: cistus absolute, saffron, sandalwood Mysore
Base: guaiacwood, agarwood, black pepper, frankincense, myrrh
After a pasted on candied orange and myrrh opening a la Imperial Opoponax, Bois de Gayac turned claggy and a bit impenetrable on me. Wet leather, earth tones, perhaps a touch of something ripe like davana that's the wearing experience. Where did all those glorious components of the note breakdown go? The radiant woods are in there, but buried by a homogenizing density. Alas, density is not the same thing as complexity, and Bois de Gayac could have benefitted enormously from a bit more ambition and edge.
When the final destination of dry, sweet-and-salty wood tones comes into sight, things improve markedly, but this is still a middling offering with fairly timid projection.
Top: Mandarin, orange fruit, pink pepper, nutmeg
Heart: cistus absolute, saffron, sandalwood Mysore
Base: guaiacwood, agarwood, black pepper, frankincense, myrrh
After a pasted on candied orange and myrrh opening a la Imperial Opoponax, Bois de Gayac turned claggy and a bit impenetrable on me. Wet leather, earth tones, perhaps a touch of something ripe like davana that's the wearing experience. Where did all those glorious components of the note breakdown go? The radiant woods are in there, but buried by a homogenizing density. Alas, density is not the same thing as complexity, and Bois de Gayac could have benefitted enormously from a bit more ambition and edge.
When the final destination of dry, sweet-and-salty wood tones comes into sight, things improve markedly, but this is still a middling offering with fairly timid projection.
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