Bois Lumière Anatole Lebreton 2014

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7.3 / 10 71 Ratings

Bois Lumière is a perfume by Anatole Lebreton for women and men and was released in 2014. The scent is woody-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
Pronunciation

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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Sweet

Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Clary sage

Corsican juniper

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Honey

Fir balsam

Carnation

Rose

Base Notes

Beeswax

Immortelle

Cedar

Benzoin

Perfumer

Anatole Lebreton

Ratings

Scent

7.371 Ratings

Longevity

8.157 Ratings

Sillage

7.459 Ratings

Bottle

7.247 Ratings

Value for money

7.110 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 28.07.2023.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/21/2022

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Kurai
375 Reviews

Kurai

Helpful Review 3

Sunset

Summer seems like ages ago. The days are getting colder and darker. The sun still shines, but she has lost her heating power. She looks more beautiful than ever, though, especially in the evenings. Sun rays fill the darkening skies, adding a golden shade to horizon. This setting is exactly how Bois Lumiere feels to me.

It all starts with a bit of a rough build-up, as the clary sage and immortelle are well upfront. But then the immortelle-honey accord opens up and smoothens things out into a low-pace, mellow ambery vibe. As if a golden mirage appears. A panoramic horizon with immortelle dust as stars in a sunset sky. The honey here is unsweet and ambery, not so waxy. Its color is golden but darkened to almost brown. I believe that is due to the fir balm, which gives off a warm-green impression.

This wears lovely in the colder days. It has an enveloping warmth, ambery glow and enough complexity to keep you fascinated all day. When temperatures go up, the character gets increasingly animalic-waxy. I like that in this case, but I can imagine not everyone enjoys that level of funk. If you enjoy honey in a spicy, non-sweet setting, give this a try.

10/25/2021

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Taurus
309 Reviews

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Taurus

Top Review 16

Light wood or light madness?

Anatole Lebreton is one of the few perfumers with whom I once had e-mail contact. It was about research on a fragrance created by him for the French perfume label Maison Berry or Berry. That he had written with, I found quite sympathetic and of course something like that remains in positive memory.

Nevertheless, I try very factually and as far as it goes objectively to his creation "Bois Lumière" for his own label to go.

And as some reviewers before me wrote, this fragrance is not so easy to grab. I would also prefer to remain in rapturous words about how wonderful this perfume is, but I am quite irritated.

From the outset, "Bois Lumière" makes it clear that it goes nischig - and indeed creaky spicy to herbaceous, a little woody and especially waxy and floral. Here, it is primarily immortelle, or rather strawflower, in combination with honeycomb, which almost seems to take your breath away, absolutely setting the tone. Even who likes these fragrance notes, could perhaps reach its limits here.

The many small nuances, which are probably present in the thicket of all the impressions, go somewhat under.

Only in the later base area, which fortunately deviates completely from the usual scheme with amber, musk, vanilla, tonka bean, oud or patchouli, the probable intention of "Bois Lumière" erschnupperbar. Here reveals the shallow woody character with stylish spicy sophistication.

But I'm afraid, until then, most have not persevered. For me, it was anything but easy as well. The fragrance bangs mightily on the nose with its strawflower-honey wax combo. Maybe a little too much of a good thing. Even for nature boys (or gender-conforming nature girls) a little challenge.

08/18/2019

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 6.5
Scent

Serenissima
608 Reviews

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Serenissima

Top Review 8

Herbalism with a considerable disruptive factor

Hardly released, she jumps at me, clings to me and hog my skin on a large scale, in order to settle down there for hours and constantly watch me: the Immortelle!
Whoo! Their elemental force in this fragrance composition causes a scratching in the throat, which urgently needs some balsamic fragrances and a lot of honey.

Fortunately, honey is used generously in "Bois Lumière"; it flatters and immediately smoothes the stirred up scent sensations: A trace of fir balsam has already been stirred underneath - what a luck: the neck is grateful and I can go on a journey of discovery a little less brushed against the grain in this herb paradise.
Because actually it is: a paradise full of spices and herbs; if only the Immortelle were tamed!
There is a lot of unspoiled nature in this fragrance: "Dive in, take a deep breath and enjoy" could be the motto here.

Slightly scratchy juniper, both in wood and in berries, is refreshingly accompanied by a not too synthetic mandarin. (A little bit this flaw always adheres to her: not only as a fragrance, but also as a fruit I feel it like this.)
The strong spicy clary sage harmoniously rounds off the trio opening the fragrance.
It is only now that this meets the creamy pine balsamic honey, which is a pure boon after the first fright and fortunately hastened ahead of the top note. - Blessed obstinacy!
Carnation, very uneitel and therefore also very pretty in her special folksy scented robe, and a rose aroma, which seems to come from flower queens not too high bred, sit down friendly chatting to the already existing scents on the meadow - always in the Immortelleschatten.
It is not easy for all of them to maintain their place in this arrangement.
It succeeds better than beeswax (also with a gentle honey nuance and reminiscent of fragrant furniture polish) to level the fragrance landscape.
A robust fragrance flow is created, many whirlpools and shallows have slowly calmed down and so silver cedars and resinous smoky benzoin can still bring this herbal mixture to a pleasant conclusion.

Nothing is elegant or soft about "Bois Lumière", nothing flirts, nothing flirts; everything is strong, unaffected: a rustic nature boy in a firm robe - but unfortunately very straw flower-heavy!
For someone like me, who is actually very fond of herbal mixtures as tea and also collects and dries herbs himself, their dominance and attachment is quite strange - yes, even disturbing.

How balsamic I imagined this scent mixture after the pyramid; I was very happy to receive a bottling of "Bois Lumière", for which I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much. Because I find many of my spicy favorites gathered here.
Wouldn't be the unbridled passion of the Immortelle!
So this fragrance must continue to travel and I am really curious who has the courage to get involved next in this adventure!
This is certainly not going to be boring!

11/12/2015

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 5
Scent

K1
121 Reviews

Mountain honey syrup

Hmm… Well, it's more like a local fancy shop of handmade aromatic items in a corner of an easy street in Grasse. It's so like to be a home scent not body. Pure animalic beewax meets clary sage which is a breathtaking composition. Many may hate the volume of skankinss. And it intensifies by fir. Fir is the hardest conifer with oily damp green smell.
The composition sets down in few minutes and honey begin to appear with very consistent immortel. Seemingly our shop sells homemade food products as well. It emerges a nice safe and virgin feeling but I'm afraid to use in on myself in public.
5/10

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