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Gardelia Bogue 2015

8.9 / 10 15 Ratings

A popular limited perfume by Bogue for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is animal-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Animal

Floral

Oriental

Woody

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Civet

Gardenia

Jasmine

Magnolia

Tuberose

Cognac

Frangipani

Geranium

Rose

Perfumer

Antonio Gardoni

Ratings

Scent

8.915 Ratings

Longevity

8.614 Ratings

Sillage

8.514 Ratings

Bottle

8.429 Ratings

Submitted by Michael · last update on 10/11/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The scent was released in collaboration with Profumeria al Sacro Cuore in Italy on the occasion of its 50th anniversary and is exclusively available there. 50 pieces have been made.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/23/2025

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

AlexD76
132 Reviews

AlexD76

1

A masterpiece of modern perfumery

Bogue Gardelia is not your standard gardenia fragrance. It avoids the bright and airy interpretations of this iconic white flower and instead gives you a rich, layered and somewhat brazen olfactory experience. It's a fragrance for the people who love bold, artistic perfumery. The scent never shies away from being wearisome. It is an unmistakable statement. Gardelia reminds me of wearing a vintage-glamour gown and feeling sensitively yet deeply aligned with nature and the world. The "dirty" or "muddy" aspects of Gardelia which some may find off putting, are what gives Gardelia its originality and depth and makes it more than an ordinary floral. Gardelia is to be experienced, unfurling over time and revealing its greater depth of layers. Gardelia is so complex and beautiful it likely sometimes best worn at more evening times of day, or the colder half of the year, but a confident individual could make Gardelia an all-day signature.

04/02/2025

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Markblackink
22 Reviews

Markblackink

1

Beautiful unique floral

I’m so sad I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing the beautiful bottle, but a dear friend of mine sent me a sample.

It was a stunning experience and, guess, I’m one of those people who usually say, “i don’t like florals”

Here, gardenia, jasmine, and tuberose probably perform a perfect dance with the animalic notes… Well, I say probably because there’s a blend that makes you say just … Gardelia, and nothing else: a perfect melange where is not so easy for me do grasp the sigle notes

Floral parfume with hints and persistence of Animalic scent that doesn’t exist elsewhere, with remarkable performance but, most importantly… one you can’t stop smelling.

Let’s hope the master blesses us once more with this creation, truly a work of art, between vintage and avant-gard.

12/09/2023

9.5Scent

DrB1414
278 Reviews

DrB1414

3

A Terribly High-Quality Floral-Chypre

Gardelia from Bogue Profumo, a project commissioned by Profumeria Sacro Cuore to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Another one from the archives and one that is loved by many. And I understand why. This one, very much like AG, is easy to love, and of very high quality and complexity.
As someone who has a deep love and respect for classic vintage perfumes like Mitsouko, and Femme, and someone who loves floral chypres, I have much admiration for this project. Gardelia is yet another powerful example that nowadays one doesn't have to track down vintage bottles from the 50' and the 70' and go through all the troubles this hunt involves. I did, but I was lucky and found a few that were properly stored. Unfortunately, most of the time, this is not the case. Perfumes like Gardelia, MAAI (older versions especially), Enlevement au Serail (the first version), Casablanca, Une Fleur de Cassie, Diaghilev, Mayura, Salome, and several others prove that those vintage titans of this genre can be reproduced and most of the time, bettered.
Gardelia takes inspiration from a fruity-floral-chypre like Mitsouko and is built on the same structure as MAAI but with higher quality ingredients and few adaptations. The parallel with vintage MAAI is unquestionable. They feel most related in the base, as Gardelia presents different textures and facets for the first two stages. The opening is reminiscent of Mitsouko with the peach accord, but the note feels more nuanced and finely tuned here. The peach feels almost overly ripe to the point where it defuses a boozy quality and a dewy, moist texture. And yet somehow it doesn't feel heavy or syrupy, rather airy. An extraordinary feat indeed. This opening leads to the hearth dominated by white florals. It is a lush and huge floral bouquet where it is difficult to break the notes apart, and I feel the gardenia gets lost within it, as it doesn't smell like a gardenia-dominant composition. It is buttery, slightly indolic, fleshy almost. The base construction is built around civet, resins, and moss, with a strong emphasis on the first two, coming across as feral and warm, maybe a tad smoky. The longer it lingers on the skin the more it transitions toward a musky-resinous affair that I can't get enough of. Again, just like with AG, these transitions overlap so that the accords experienced in the previous stage mingle with the ones unveiled in the present one.
A grandiose, terribly high-quality floral chypre that in my opinion, improves on the classics while also bringing a clear touch of modernity into the picture.

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Updated on 12/09/2023

06/06/2017

10Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

ScentFan
336 Reviews

ScentFan

Very helpful Review 8

My Dreams

I'm not responsible for the amazing photo that shows up below. Hubby sat at my desk and took a pic of Gardelia among what I call my perfumalia...scattered vials, bottles and carded samples always there. It captures my feelings about perfume, especially this one. I'm always in search of what I jokingly call the glorious reek--a brilliant designer's inspired creation. Who knows? Maybe actual angels hovered over, weeping heavenly droplets into the pipettes. Perfume is in my dreams now. I live for the day that something divine arrives so I can feel what I'm feeling at this moment. A kind of hush in which only certain music will do, like this: http://www.altusmusic.ca/24hours.html.

Let me tell you what happened when Gardelia came. First, of course, I shrieked--after I closed the door when the UPS guy handed it over (not at 1:30 - 5:30 as promised) but 5:50 pm! Talk about angst-filled waiting. But at last it was here, hubby excited too. Should he open it for me? No, thanks I said. And the ripping began and the unfolding only to discover Gardelia, boxless, suspended in a kind of transparent womb. her blue pomegranate hat to the side. Not exactly a golden coach, mind you, but ingeniously safe transport. I picked up the bottle and examined the etching that told which of the 50 in existence I own. Without spraying, we sniffed the sprayer. Was I happy? Yes, indeed. We noticed some sort of paste residue on the bottle--ahh, an adhesive that helped it adhere to the transparent womb, no doubt. After cleaning, I took it upstairs to my desk and sprayed Gardelia up and down my arms.

Back downstairs and after a few minutes hubby says from across the room, "I can smell it." Good projection. We sat and watched TV together as I marinated in Gardelia's civety, cognacy deeply stunning, utterly haunting florals. I'm told Gardelia has 43 [oops 50] ingredients in total. Certainly woods are there, citrus and a bit of spice, certainly resins, but ingredients alone don't tell the story. Gardelia is rich, it is passionate, its birth must have been attended by an entire band of angels, it ranks among the greatest gardenia perfumes ever made. Few of my perfume experiences can compare to last night. It was a dream come true. Me in my chair, hubby near, beauty around us in the air.

p.s. I took the 2nd pic with my cell.

Updated on 06/07/2017