Bojnokopff Mr. Bojnokopff's Purple Hat Fort & Manlé 2016
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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.
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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