Musk Wood
Avon (2013)

I found Musk Wood on Ebay for 10 bucks shipped for a 3.4 oz bottle. I don't have much faith in Avon, most of which I have tried from them have been pure garbage. Though with Musk Wood's obvious comparisons to Wonderwood, I figured I would take a shot before this one floats out into obscurity, like many other Avon's have never to be heard from, or seen of again.

Firstly, the presentation. Garbage as you would expect. No cellophane around the box, cheap cardboard box, no serial numbers. Bottle.. looks ok coming out of the box, sort of a squashed square shape, or a really fat diamond, much bigger than expected, "Musk Wood" on the right side.. bottle is decent. Cap is horrible. Cheap black plastic, you have to really push it to get it on, it feels like it's the wrong size for the bottle. Sprayer works pretty well, as it disperses a shorter, wider spritz.

So the opening notes.. wow very nice. Smells like lavender and cedar pretty much. I don't get much bergamot, if any. It dries into an almost iris like smell, as it quickly dries down and sits quite close to the skin. Wait about 5 minutes and it's basically a cedar/musk combo, or musk/wood as its name suggests.

Very linear, very boring. Worth 10 bucks, but nothing more. You can tell they didn't put much time into making this one, as it just contains a few simple ingredients. If you're looking for a soft woodsy scent though, without any added citrus, florals, or any other types of notes, this could work out quite well. The entire fragrance reminds me of the base notes of many scents. For cedar, it almost smells more like sandalwood because it's sweeter, I associate the sweeter wood with sandalwood, as cedar tends to be more sharp and peppery.

Hopefully this full review will help people who have found no info on this. Again it's not a bad fragrance, but for 10 bucks, you might as well look for something like Kanon Norwegian Wood; which is an excellent simple sandalwood fragrance, that exceeds this in quality, projection, longevity and notes.