Oro 1920 Bois 1920 2013

Hello folks, today I want to introduce you to the fragrance "Oro 1920" by Bois 1920. As already mentioned here on Parfumo, the meaning of Oro is something that has fascinated humanity since the beginning and still does. It is something that drives many crazy and for which probably at least half of all wars were fought, or something like that. It is: Gold!

The shiny, rust-free metal. Too soft and delicate to forge weapons or tools from, but due to its beautiful luster, it has been coveted and valuable for millennia… well, yes, yes, soft, coveted, and valuable,… like a woman, you know… ugh, always these women,… these beasts!! :D

Anyway, gold makes many go crazy and do foolish things. Even in legends, there are gold-obsessed people who have gone down in the annals of history due to their foolishness, like King Midas, who wished he could turn everything he touched into gold. Too bad he eventually wanted to… well, you know… and turned his best piece into gold! By the way, this loosely inspired the Austin Powers movie "Goldmember"!
Wait… that’s not true, you say? Well, okay… he actually accidentally turned his daughter into gold… but his act shows what gold can trigger and cause. And yes, I’m babbling nonsense again, but seriously, are you even surprised by me anymore??

Anyway, let’s get to the fragrance!

**The Fragrance:**
The beginning is quite unusual. On the one hand, you smell intense raspberries, and on the other hand, strong leather. The combination somehow feels like licking fruit ice cream in a shoe store, where you stand next to expensive, strongly leather-scented leather shoes, while the salesperson glares at you because they assume you might stick the ice cream into one of the shoes (… yes, the world is evil! :D).
After a short while, the intense leather becomes a bit weaker, or let’s say softer, as it remains pleasant to smell. Now, forest-like notes come into play, as it begins to smell like pines, which must be the indicated fir balsam. The emerging woody notes fit well with this.
Just a little bit later, resinous scents (Opoponax) join in, which wonderfully complement the forest scents and the woods as well as the leather.
Much later, the fragrance remains as before. However, it is now significantly softer; otherwise, you can still perceive forest notes like pine, leathery scents, resins, and woods (Guajak). The leather notes vary in strength, sometimes weaker and sometimes stronger, and seem to alternate in intensity with the pine scents, at least that’s how it seemed to me for a while. All in all, a nice leather fragrance with woody, soft notes that fits well into autumn and winter.
In the later base, the leather is weaker; actually, most fragrance notes are weaker then, making it hard to say which one would smell the most intense. However, everything together smells nicely resinous and now also sweetly pleasant. All in all, a beautiful fragrance.

**The Sillage and Longevity:**
The sillage is quite strong and intense, so it will definitely be perceived quite well for a while. The longevity is also remarkably long, as I could still faintly perceive the fragrance on my skin the next morning after spraying it on in the morning.

**The Bottle:**
The bottle has the cylindrical shape typical of most Bois 1920 bottles, only this one looks like brushed gold and thus comes across as luxurious and valuable (but doesn’t appear ostentatious!). The bottle only has the brand name on it, which is visibly integrated into the bottle. The wooden cap is black and bears the logo on the top. For me, a very beautiful bottle.

Okay, so first I have to say that the fragrance in no way reminds me of gold. Well, I don’t even know if gold has a scent at all, but if it does, I would associate it with something cool.
But all this doesn’t matter, as you can at least relate the fragrance name to the gilded bottle. The fragrance itself smells of leather and forest, as well as gentle, resinous scents. I find it well done and also like that the leathery notes, which I’m usually not a fan of, are softened by resins like Opoponax and come across as more pleasant (to me).

All in all, Oro 1920 is a beautiful leather fragrance that works well for autumn and winter, both as a daytime and evening scent (and for all genders), where both leather lovers and those who, like me, usually have less affinity for leather could take a sniff.

And sorry to all the ladies for calling you beasts again, but admit it, you are indeed beasts. Even Lucy van Pelt from the Peanuts is happy in one of the comics that she and her brother agree on a deal that determines how she can be mood-wise throughout the year, as she would torment her little brother too often. They agree that Lucy can be beastly for about 80 days a year (I think). It is also stipulated in the "contract" that she can have 5 "under-all-swine days," of which she immediately takes advantage and slaps her little brother. Afterwards, she is delighted that this agreement will be great and especially that she hasn’t even touched her 80 beastly days yet :DD
It’s in your blood, ladies, to let the beast out and torment us guys,… aaargh, what have I done to deserve this… *sigh*) :DD