Bois des Iles

7 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• olorami

  May 15, 2014

  

  A perfume definitely from another era, created by the same perfumer as Chanel No 5, with an aldehydic opening typical of our grandmothers’ fragrances. If you like No 5, you’ll adore it; if not, perhaps not. I don’t get on well with aldehydic openings except for Dior’s Dune and this Chanel beauty. It is feminine, soft, alluring and refined, transporting you to the theatre or cobblestone colonial streets. If you wish to travel back in time, try the Les Exclusifs line by Chanel (or some from Dior). If you dream of crochet dresses, walls full of art or black and white photographs, simply step into Bois des Îles.

• arzacu

  March 30, 2015

  

  Wearing this perfume is like travelling back to the 1920s… elegant, different, classic at first, but then it becomes bold, sophisticated and woody with powdery touches… Another masterpiece from Chanel.

• blackened

  July 24, 2015

  

  The quintessential feminine Egoïste. A bath of aldehydes over a base of sparkling and exquisite sandalwood.

• Portrait of a lady

  June 4, 2016

  

  I follow Blackened’s opinion: we could say it is the ‘mother’ of Egoïste. I haven’t checked if they share many notes, but there is one key: sandalwood. In both, it is very noticeable, very refined and rich. Bois des Îles is classic, elegant and suggestive, quite complex with many facets. My nose hasn’t distinguished them all yet, but I note a very aldehydic and woody phase. It is a little more feminine than other Les Exclusifs, but it has a touch that could be unisex. The best thing is that you try it yourselves; it is very complex.

• Portrait of a lady

  June 22, 2016

  

  I follow Blackened’s opinion: we could say it is the ‘mother’ of Egoïste. I haven’t checked if they share many notes, but there is one key: sandalwood. Both feature it prominently, very refined and rich. Bois des Îles is classic, elegant and suggestive, quite complex with many facets. My nose hasn’t distinguished all of them yet, but I note a very aldehydic and woody phase. It is slightly more feminine than others in the Les Exclusifs range, yet it has a touch that could be unisex. The best thing is that you try it yourselves; it is very complex.

• Isalia Gaytan

  July 2, 2019

  

  This fragrance makes me feel out of time, as if I were a mistake, yet when I hear my parents talk of their youth or watch series from the 70s and 80s, I recall that era of hand-sewing and impeccable ironing. It takes me to the Belle Époque, the 1920s with French modistes and high society, to rationalist architecture and Art Deco, to Freudian liberalism and the distorted art of Picasso, Dalí and Klee, without forgetting Kafka and Joyce. It is exquisite, refined and ultra-feminine. Its aldehydic scent, the lily of the valley and sandalwood transport me.

• Isalia Gaytan

  July 24, 2019

  

  This fragrance makes me feel out of time, as if I’ve made a mistake, yet when I hear my parents talk about their youth or watch 70s and 80s series, I’m reminded of that era of hand-sewing and immaculate ironing. It transports me to the Belle Époque, the 1920s with French dressmakers and high society, to Rationalist architecture and Art Deco, to Freudian liberalism and the distorted art of Picasso, Dalí and Klee, without forgetting Kafka and Joyce. It is exquisite, refined and ultra-feminine. Its aldehydic scent, lily of the valley and sandalwood take me away.