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11.1 Indian Wood Pierre Guillaume 2016

7.1 / 10 98 Ratings

A perfume by Pierre Guillaume for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is woody-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Sweet

Spicy

Fresh

Fruity

Fragrance Notes

Coconut milk

Sandalwood

Peppermint

Lemon zest

Cardamom

Nutmeg

Tree moss

Vetiver

Perfumer

Pierre Guillaume

Ratings

Scent

7.198 Ratings

Longevity

6.978 Ratings

Sillage

6.480 Ratings

Bottle

7.385 Ratings

Value for money

6.517 Ratings

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/03/2025

6Scent 5Longevity 6Sillage

schnauzer
106 Reviews

schnauzer

Spicy opening and sweet, creamy sandalwood

A rather interesting concoction. The opening is quite pleasantly spicy, with mint and cardamom presenting a balanced mixture of freshness and warmth, while a sweet, creamy backdrop with a hint of coconut mellows the entire thing out. After an hour or so, it becomes rather weak, and loses the spiciness. What remains is creamy, slightly sweet sandalwood. There's something really nice in there — just very good sandalwood, I suspect — but there's room for improvement as far as execution goes. For a lactonic sandalwood, I personally prefer Freudian Wood.

01/20/2020

3.5Scent 4Longevity 6Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

Always Mr. Hyde...

Indian Wood opens with sugary sweet coconut milk infused sandalwood before transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the hyper-sweet coconut milk remains in full force with the sandalwood taking a supporting role, turning creamy while spiked with vague warm spice as moss-derived heavy powder joins the coconut milk as co-star. During the late dry-down the powder vacates leaving remnants of the spiced sandalwood, now offloading about half of its sweetness to pair with newly unveiled relatively transparent vetiver from the base through the finish. Projection is average, with longevity below average at 5-6 hours on skin.

This is extremely bad smelling stuff, at least from the perspective of this sweetness and powder-averse writer. The coconut milk used here presents itself as sugary sweet cotton candied suntan lotion, and the likely fake ("faux" if you prefer) sweet, creamy sandalwood only emphasizes the sweetness of it further. Add in extremely powdery make-up like tree moss eschewing all of its green facets entirely, and you have concocted just about a "worst case" scenario. I suppose those whose preferences are the polar opposite to mine may enjoy Indian Wood, but for me this stuff is unwearable and horrific smelling until the banal and forgettable late dry-down only slightly tempers the continuous nasal assault. The bottom line is the "very poor" to "poor" 1.5 to 2 stars out of 5 rated $125 per 50ml bottle Indian Wood may appeal to niche sugary sweet powder freaks (some have *got* to be out there), but the majority of perfume enthusiasts will want to steer well-clear of this repellent cotton candied makeup-like monstrosity.

07/27/2017

8Scent 10Longevity 6Sillage

Seerose
775 Reviews

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The "Coconut" - Milk Makes It

When I saw the name "Indian Wood," I thought of sandalwood scent. I often struggle with some perfumes because they smell too much like fermented papier-mâché to me.
But fortunately, I can't perceive any of that in "Indian Wood."
"Indian Wood" starts off for me with a slightly synthetic cedarwood note, along with a citrusy scent that has a hint of a spice blend. I find it very masculine.
However, as it develops, a sour fruity note emerges, which intensifies further along.
A bitter trace, combined with a fine creamy sandalwood note, develops above it. And initially, there is a rather expressionless yet pleasant sweet note that I can't quite identify. It is by no means vanilla or labdanum. I also don't smell any hint of flowers.
When I then experience "Indian Wood," the bitterness becomes clear to me first. Here, the bitter zest scent of lemon peels is meant. I can't detect honey.
However, I now know how to categorize the somewhat expressionless yet slightly sweet and milky note: it is coconut milk.
The milk of the coconut does not have the full aroma of the flesh but only a hint of it. Coconut milk looks like water with a splash of milk, tastes very slightly sweet and bland, just like it looks. Nevertheless, it is refreshing and is said to be very healthy.
I still remember when coconuts were a rare luxury. One would shake them before buying to hear if there was still coconut milk in the shell. Because if it was already dried out, the coconut flesh would be dried, or the nut would be dead, or the flesh already moldy or rancid. This meant that the nut was already damaged and leaking or very old.
But if it gurgled when shaken, then the nut was carefully drilled in two places, pierced through the flesh with a nail or similar, and the precious milk was allowed to flow into a glass. Everyone was allowed to taste a sip of the special juice. As a child, I was always disappointed by the bland, almost not sweet taste.
This taste or scent has been incorporated into "Indian Wood." It makes "Indian Wood" with sandalwood in a unique way, without the help of vanilla, actually superbly smooth and creamy-milky, bordering on gourmand. All the notes I perceived before remain intact. However, "Indian Wood" has transformed into a unisex fragrance through this.