by Mark
Bois et Fruits is one of the "children" of Shiseido's Féminité du Bois. Bois et Fruits' siblings, collectively known as Les Eaux Boisées, include Bois de Violette, Bois Oriental, and Bois et Musc. The family is built around a cedar-and-fruit accord, originally created by Pierre Bourdon in partnership with Christopher Sheldrake and Serge Lutens. Sheldrake and Lutens created Les Eaux Boisées in 1992 under the Serge Lutens imprint.
I find Bois et Fruits to be a fairly straightforward composition; it is more fruit than wood, and does not have much development to speak of. On first application, it seems to be all candied fruit; I catch an olfactory glimpse of cedar, which seems spicy against the sweet fruit background, but that glimpse is brief, and the fruit, particularly the peach, holds sway. The heart of it resembles a lighter, simpler Mitsouko.
After some time, the apricot gains ground on the peach, and some of the sweetness dissipates. The drydown is just that; it gets a bit drier.
Lest I appear too much of a Philistine, let me say that as fruit accords go, this is a particularly velvety and lush one; if you are looking for a luxurious fruit fragrance, this is beautiful. It just isn't my thing.
I find Bois et Fruits to be a fairly straightforward composition; it is more fruit than wood, and does not have much development to speak of. On first application, it seems to be all candied fruit; I catch an olfactory glimpse of cedar, which seems spicy against the sweet fruit background, but that glimpse is brief, and the fruit, particularly the peach, holds sway. The heart of it resembles a lighter, simpler Mitsouko.
After some time, the apricot gains ground on the peach, and some of the sweetness dissipates. The drydown is just that; it gets a bit drier.
Lest I appear too much of a Philistine, let me say that as fruit accords go, this is a particularly velvety and lush one; if you are looking for a luxurious fruit fragrance, this is beautiful. It just isn't my thing.
Perfumer: Christopher Sheldrake
Year: 1992
Notes: Cedar, Peach, Apricot, Plum, Fig
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