Wood Haven Kerosene 2012

Bottle Design John Pegg

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7.5 / 10 114 Ratings

A perfume by Kerosene for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Citrus

Fresh

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Grapefruit

Ginger

Lemon

Bergamot

Gaiac wood

Vetiver

Black pepper

Pink pepper

Cedar

Juniper leaf

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

John Pegg Brand owner, Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

7.5114 Ratings

Longevity

7.490 Ratings

Sillage

7.091 Ratings

Bottle

8.089 Ratings

Value for money

6.415 Ratings

Submitted by Avelus, last update on 09.02.2024.

Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/21/2019

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Floyd
290 Reviews

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Floyd

Top Review 18

Turquoise glows the lighthouse of Wood Haven

When the sun leaves the wooden harbour, warm and wooden Hespirides blow over brown landing stages, bitter citrus fruits shimmer from gujak and cedar boxes. Yellowish brown the light smells then for a few minutes, before we go inward of the port.
Passing by bags of Earl Grey teas and pepper, entering stone cool storage rooms, we look at turquoise retro furniture made of fresh juniper cypresses. The light blue juniper covers the light green tones of the vetiver, sharpened by the gentle biting ginger tips, and defoliates the colours of the breathed bouquet.
The reversal of the usual courses, from the dark to the light of the camp, where bitter grapefruit, spices and grasses waft under juniper, is exciting. The scent of this wooden harbour remains gentle, rather fresh green and spicy, because the wooden ones are devoted, in spring and summer the colours of the lighthouse of Wood Haven glow.

04/03/2021

5
Pricing 5
Sillage 4
Longevity 7
Scent

Splitter
50 Reviews

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Splitter

Very helpful Review 3

Driftwood in my drink

Moving on to the samples from the metal can.

First of all, I had to determine that this is definitely a rather quiet representative of the house. However, the power also runs out much too quickly.

Briefly, bitter citrus aroma is in the air, which clearly comes from the grapefruit. Then the ginger envelops it, which seems strongly caramelized. A wonderful spectacle full of power and elegance, as it were, not with all-around pleasing aesthetics. Great. Hope it continues like this and the pepper and wood turn on.
They do. Because the initial spectacle ends after about 10 minutes and the notes of grapefruit have given way to bergamot, which sits but very timidly with the pepper in hand on the wood.
Close to the body and shy he has become, the just violently bitter citric fragrance.

Wood Haven becomes an accessory. A fragrance, whose course from now on only becomes more and more timid and after not even three hours at me is virtually no longer present. Like a walk by the sea in winter with grapefruit soda in hand, after which only spicy sea air sticks to the skin.

Admittedly, the spicy, reminiscent of resin play with the salty note has what for itself, only it is so close to the skin that I would want it for a cream, but not for a perfume of this class

02/28/2019

7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Minigolf
312 Reviews

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Minigolf

2

Mama citrus, Papa wood... or vice versa?..

...in any case, this is an exquisite, slightly "weird" scent that goes comfortably into the nose. Somewhat crunchy and tasty-bitter with a distinct initial grapefruit note. This is soon complemented by tart woody accents with a delicious spice reminiscent of grated ginger root with conifer balm. Resinous, spicy, cheerful and warm.
A successful liasion between "geingwerte" citrus fruits and resinous-balsamic wood aromas.
No "must marry" and "union" leads to this very interesting and wonderful result.
But a real "love marriage" that lasts a long time and produces a "heart child".
With slightly dry humor, "spicy" shawl in the neck, and a warm, sunny disposition.
And I can well imagine that this "child" likes to walk in windy weather, enjoys the rain and trudges through puddles with his feet laughing, that everything splashes and then enjoys the warm sunshine, splashes around in the tree-covered swimming pond, loves to travel in the forest and also likes "South fruit".
A cheerful, bold girl or boy, with a great desire for colourful life....

10/05/2023

ScentStudio
141 Reviews

ScentStudio

1

Wood Haven or Citrus Haven?

Wood Haven flew under my radar when buying samples from the house of Kerosene the first time, but getting to know this house, I learned that it takes me by surprise every time. This time around, I scooped up Wood Haven and expected a deep woody fragrance that leaned more masculine, but with notes of citrus, specifically lemon, grapefruit and bergamot, I expected something light-hearted too.

On paper, Wood Haven opens with juicy and realistic citruses like that of all Kerosene citrus fragrances. Yum! The ginger and pepper is very prominent too, absolutely beautifully recognisable! I expected a deep and dark woody fragrance, but the woody notes is from cedar and vetiver, making it fresh and aromatic.
After dry down, Wood Haven is an aromatic citrus, the citruses are still the dominating notes, how? John Pegg, master of the citrus fragrances, please make a citrus amber fragrance with just a hint of vanilla!

On skin, Wood Haven has a leathery undertone from the get go. It is far more masculine, less fresh and the citrus is barely there. I find ginger and pepper being more prevalent than the citruses. A shame, if you ask me, because I absolutely adore citruses.
After dry down, the scent is an aromatic leather, very different from what it was on paper and based on the notes. Wood Haven reacts to skin chemistry a lot. It has a light sweetness on my skin too, but it is difficult to pinpoint. The sweetness isn't gourmand, but like that of skin and warmth.

I am a little disappointed with Wood Haven, the citruses are still so bright and prominent on paper, whereas on skin, cedar is the dominating note, but it is to be expected. The fragrance isn't called Citrus Haven after all!

01/18/2024

4
Pricing 8
Bottle 4
Sillage 4
Longevity 7
Scent

TonkaTommy
51 Reviews

TonkaTommy

1

Kerosene is usually strong.

This one leaves my skin SUPER fast. Like within 45 minutes. I tried clothing, and again it's gone. It smells pretty good for a few minutes and then nothing. I love John's art, truly grasps pictures of his memories then makes them truth. Another brand that is doing this very well is Day three fragrances, but I digress. This is super wood forward, with some airy nuances that advance the scent into a more alluring, or even safe space feeling. It's got that quality to the scent, but the aroma chemicals must have been buried in the wood coffin a few years ago ..