05/11/2024
Musicandarts
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Musicandarts
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A peppery iris, with not much amber and sandalwood
This review is based on a sample of Bon Parfumeur 302 - Amber, iris, sandalwood that I bought from the company. It is listed as a powdery sandalwood by the perfumer, but not for me. I am more likely to call this a peppery iris.
Writing about Bon Parfumeur perfumes is always a deja vu for me. I could cut and paste my review on Bon Parfumeur 301 with minor edits and make it work. 302 follows the Bon Parfumeur tradition of mildly interesting perfumes with mediocre performance. I could have been more charitable towards them if they were cheaper.
Bon Parfumeur 302 opens with a spicy cardamom scent with mild floral notes. The transition to the heart notes is smooth and uneventful. The incense, vanilla and iris combination of these middle notes does not create a separate phase in the development, nor does it impart any unique personality. As is common with Bon Parfumeur scents, the party is over too soon. So, you don’t really get much of the base notes - amber, sandalwood and musk - listed on the website. I cannot swear that these aren’t there. But my nose is not sharp enough to pick these notes from a weak but pleasant dry down. I don’t want to use an olfactory microscope to search for the base notes in a perfume that costs $130 for a full bottle.
The longevity on my skin is about 4-5 hours after which I can no longer identify the notes. The dry down survives for another few hours, but only as a mild pleasant skin scent. The sillage is adequate for the first few hours. This could be a good fit for office and other formal settings for someone, but $130 is too much for an adequate office perfume.
Writing about Bon Parfumeur perfumes is always a deja vu for me. I could cut and paste my review on Bon Parfumeur 301 with minor edits and make it work. 302 follows the Bon Parfumeur tradition of mildly interesting perfumes with mediocre performance. I could have been more charitable towards them if they were cheaper.
Bon Parfumeur 302 opens with a spicy cardamom scent with mild floral notes. The transition to the heart notes is smooth and uneventful. The incense, vanilla and iris combination of these middle notes does not create a separate phase in the development, nor does it impart any unique personality. As is common with Bon Parfumeur scents, the party is over too soon. So, you don’t really get much of the base notes - amber, sandalwood and musk - listed on the website. I cannot swear that these aren’t there. But my nose is not sharp enough to pick these notes from a weak but pleasant dry down. I don’t want to use an olfactory microscope to search for the base notes in a perfume that costs $130 for a full bottle.
The longevity on my skin is about 4-5 hours after which I can no longer identify the notes. The dry down survives for another few hours, but only as a mild pleasant skin scent. The sillage is adequate for the first few hours. This could be a good fit for office and other formal settings for someone, but $130 is too much for an adequate office perfume.