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Bojnokopff
Mr. Bojnokopff's Purple Hat
2016

7.8 / 10 118 Ratings
A popular perfume by Fort & Manlé for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is woody-gourmand. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody
Gourmand
Spicy
Floral
Smoky

Fragrance Notes

VanillaVanilla French lavenderFrench lavender CedarwoodCedarwood Dark chocolateDark chocolate OudOud

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.8118 Ratings
Longevity
7.6102 Ratings
Sillage
6.9100 Ratings
Bottle
8.595 Ratings
Value for money
6.437 Ratings
Submitted by M3000 · last update on 12/15/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Classic Collection collection.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Emorandeira

395 Reviews
Emorandeira
Emorandeira
2  
Nice smell but dont understand the price...
Chocolate, lavender and oud very nice and Well blended. For this gorgeous smell i would go inmediatly to buy a bottle but... I find two issues here which make doubt about that:

1) the performance: as many other f&m perfumes the performance here is only average. It is true that this one has one of the BEST longebitys between the perfumes of the líne but for the price i dont know really if It worths... There are other similar perfumes, like crime by franck boclet (180€/100ml with. 40% concentration) or drops Barcelona chocolate oud (150€/100ml) also with better performance and very similar smell.

2) the price: why this perfume costs 35 € more than the rest of the perfumes of the brand. There are other f&m perfumes which have also oud or some which are even extrait de parfum instead of eau de parfum (amber absolutely, harem rose...) Which has the normal price (160€/50ml) but this one costa 195€/50ml and doesnt offer anything additional comoaring to the rest. For 160€ i could think of buying It on a future but for 195€ dont! (Because i think there are not reason for doing that, only a marketing estrategie...)

So i think i wouldnt buy It but i recognize It is nice and has some quality. I think i would buy only charlatán and harem rose from this brand because although the performance is not great, i think are very good perfumes and different to the rest of perfumes i have tried. This one could be but not paying more for the same juice.

Unisex and for cold nights, although as It is very subtle with soft projection you can wear It on summer without killing someone jajjajaa

Scent: 8.5
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 6
Quality/price: 4.5
Versatility: 6
Originality: 7
Global: 8
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Art

68 Reviews
Art
Art
2  
With a chocolate bar in the pocket...
This Mr. Bojnokopff he is a peculiar guy indeed: he sleeps in the barn, has greasy shiny hair and a chocolate bar in the pocket. You can see him always wearing a tall hat and a purple rose in a buttonhole. His best friend is a little cute lamb and some say that they talk to each other. Is he really a Magician? Or maybe a Wizard? Or just a Charlatan? Nobody knows. And he - for all the questions - smiles with a wide mysterious smile and continues his enchanting tricks.
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Omnipotato

437 Reviews
Omnipotato
Omnipotato
2  
Staaart wearing purple...
On first spray, you already know that Mr. Bojnokopff is a unique one. The chocolate and lavender hit you straight away, along with a fruity note. There's a prominent fruity note in here right? I'm not going crazy? Strange that it is not included in the note listing on here or on Fort & Manle's site (or anywhere else for that matter). A statement below mentions apricot, and maybe that is a good descriptor for it, but I gotta say, and maybe I am influenced by the (former) name here, but I smell grape. An intensely sweet slightly tart grape almost like grape soda!

Speaking of the name, whatever happened to it? "Mr. Bojnokopff's Purple Hat" evokes an image of an odd yet mysterious character. "Bojnokopff" is just a made-up name. I think. I've looked up the name multiple times, even in Cyrillic, and the only thing that comes up is this perfume. So I assume Mr. Fort made this late-19th-century illusionist up for the sake of the story of this fragrance. But yeah, why change the name? Certainly not for simplicity - I could see renaming it to "The Purple Hat" or something to that effect because people couldn't pronounce "Bojnokopff" (which I think is supposed to be boy-na-kopf?), but keeping the made-up difficult-to-pronounce name while removing the charm associated with it is baffling.

Also, it seems as though the bottle design has taken a big hit for some reason. The old bottle design (although I've never seen it in person) looked so unique and almost gothic, with its intricate engraved patterns. The new label looks like a sticker. Another strange decision from a purely artistic perspective, but this may have simply been to save on costs.

Well, that's a lot of ranting about stuff that isn't actually about the scent of the fragrance. After the opening with the slightly fruity lavender chocolate, it moves straight into the drydown where the cedarwood shines. Oud isn't really present in any meaningful capacity and the vanilla is just there to provide sweetness, it doesn't actually smell distinct from the chocolate. So it's not a very complex fragrance, but the combination of notes is so unique that it makes up for it. It's strange how fragrance reminds one of colors. Bojnokopff is definitely purple.
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Ovaissaleem

61 Reviews
Ovaissaleem
Ovaissaleem
1  
Gourmand
Notes: Lavender, Oud, Vanilla, Chocolate, Vetiver, Guaiac Wood and Cedar Wood

What an interesting blend!!! Chocolate and Woody notes combined here are make this fragrance magical. When I sprayed this, I couldn’t stop sniffing it, it's very addictive and lovely. Oud and Lavender are prominent from the start but Lavender quickly fades away and the chocolate starts to cover the oud. Drydown Vetiver and Cedar are noticeable. Definitely getting a bottle of this one.
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Dellamorte

203 Reviews
Dellamorte
Dellamorte
1  
Lavender and chocolate?
I never thought it could work, honestly, but it was very surprising. They're somewhat complementary: the thickness of the chocolate mixes very well with the softer note of lavender. A very well-balanced perfume: you're tasting an éclair in Provence. I'm intrigued, I tried other fragrances from this brand but this is one that stuck with me the most. The oud is not too heavy, doesn't ruin the parfume, and the vanilla comes out just to mitigate the difference in between the notes. After all a pleasant floreal gourmand that makes you feel somewhere in a little pastry shop by the countryside.
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37 short views on the fragrance
4
Ambery apricots, chocolate, vanilla & lavender rise to a medicinal pitch then give way to plush apricot jam, cloves, & spicy woods. Love it!
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2
A very pronounced, mostly male-oriented, fresh-floral gourmand, balanced by its slightly spicy earthy-woody base. Lavender steals the show!
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1
Opens with a blast of aromatic lavender, followed by natural dry oud and cacao to end with earthy vetiver and Vanilla. Love it!
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1
Cacao bean and oud -> vanilla and oud. Deep and smoky. I didn't catch the lavender too much. Oud gives a good depth to the vanilla.
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1
Bojnokopff offers a harmonious balance of lavender, vanilla and dark chocolate, resting on a bed of rich, woody notes.
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1 year ago
1
Smells like purple and chocolate. Yes, I said that right!
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1 year ago
1
A very familiar barnyardy oud scent. I do enjoy the lavender.
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1
Another very familiar Middle eastern type fragrance with little drop of oud.Quality is there but performance is terrible like others from ho
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2 years ago
1
beautiful chocolate oud combination, not at all banal. Love it!
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Lavender, chocolate and oud very Well blended. What i cant understand is why MBPH is more expensive than other f&m when doesnt offer more...
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