Un Bois Vanille

Serge Lutens’ Un Bois Vanilla was my first niche fragrance that I explored during my fragrance journey. Fortunately, I have a substantial collection of niche fragrances. This fragrance gained popularity in 2020, and I believe it resonated with me because of the global situation we were facing. I craved a comforting vanilla scent that would evoke a sense of safety and warmth. I ordered a bottle, wondering why I had never encountered this fragrance before. I am a big fan of a well-executed vanilla scent, and Un Bois Vanilla truly delivers. It begins with a vanilla note reminiscent of a cake batter. Gradually, it transitions into a floral and coconut vanilla blend, creating a beautiful and versatile fragrance. It even competes with Vanilla 28 in terms of its appeal. I personally prefer this fragrance; it aligns more closely with my preferences and evokes a sense of Tihota. The longevity of this fragrance is excellent on my skin, and its sillage is noticeable but not overpowering. It may be slightly more intense on the skin, but it still garners compliments. In my opinion, Un Bois Vanilla is a fragrance that is perfect for the fall and winter seasons fragrance .

This fragrance is a sweet, full-bodied vanilla scent infused with the richness of almond and coconut. The coconut's richness evokes a comforting sweetness and smoothness reminiscent of hot milk with sugar. Here, the coconut doesn't evoke the scent of tropical suntans, but rather plays a crucial role in this sweet richness. This impression evokes a deep, voluminous quality, truly like "vanilla resin." Gradually, the mellow woody scent of sandalwood, along with musk, envelops the whole, creating a sweet, deeply savoring vanilla wood. As befits a fragrance described as a treasure, it exudes a voluminous presence. The smoothness of the coconut gradually leads to the smoothness of the sandalwood, creating a magnificent harmony! You can feel that the role and charm of each ingredient are maximized. Furthermore, the beauty of how the scents of coconut and beeswax gradually connect to the smoothness of sandalwood is noteworthy. This is a transformation of the "Vanilla Tree" itself. Initially overflowing with sweet nectar, it then matures as if in a noble wooden box… Because the roles of the ingredients are so clearly defined, this rich gourmand wine maintains a refined harmony!

I must have bought this perfume near 2003, the year of its inception. another surprise in my collection, which got lost a bit. but by spraying it yesterday on my pulse, I exactly remembered the perfume, where this twenty years old flacon shall have ripened, macerated, gained further 'Grand Crux Supérieure', an easygoing as well as deep, sweet and embalming, flustering as also showing enough blatantcy, confection, that the whole perfume is as specific as timeless. I even find it the more attractive and interesting as I did twenty years ago. (this is just what I remembered.) it is now my guess that, after I tried several perfumes after a long time, this 'resting time', its Silentium, shall be an alchymic Principle to let the Notes (and thereby, the chemicals, Aroma Chemicals) diffuse still finer and subtler, a Maceration in Vitro. and by 'wearing' several Lutenses after each other, be it Promptly and Majestically interrupted by Amouage GOLD Woman, of which I still can smell the Aldehydes Pumping, and also precisely accentuated by this Haute Parfum, that the Lutenses got a Lift and they, predominantly Un Bois Vanille and Datura Noire and Cuir Mauresque, instilled the balmy, woody, Resinous Richness also back into the Amouage that this influences got all-directional and the Lutenses won and the Amouage won. but the Amouage (nor Lutenses) didn't need it yet the sensation was all the more Scentsational. the Notes here tell all. a more 'Vegetative' or better 'Botanical' Vanilla Touch, Cocos and Beeswax (which I adore and which animalizes a perfume, as also Vero.Kern knew well), then the notes which incorporate 'Un Bois': Tonka, Guaiac Wood, Sandelwood and possibly more 'Woody' accents with Liquorice and Almonds, yes then we understand why this feérique Bois can be called Vanillized. it is a wholesome perfume, almost Aroma Therapeutic but Non, foremost this is a Parisian parfum with slightly quasi-Oriental touches: (Benzoin, Tonka, Coconut) which notes are all mingled and blended that one, Parfum Supérieur saw the light. fabulous !