Boudoir Jouy Edition by Vivienne Westwood

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Boudoir Jouy Edition Vivienne Westwood 2009

7.6 / 10 27 Ratings

A popular perfume by Vivienne Westwood for women, released in 2009. The scent is floral-powdery. It was last marketed by Coty.
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Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Sweet

Fruity

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange

Red berries Bamboo

Bamboo

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Orris root Peony

Peony

Base Notes

Amber

Cashmere wood

Ratings

Scent

7.627 Ratings

Longevity

7.618 Ratings

Sillage

7.014 Ratings

Bottle

8.832 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/05/2015

9Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Gschpusi
302 Reviews

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Gschpusi

Very helpful Review 4

The Female Filou

Well, this boudoir cannot be compared to the naughty, ordinary vintage boudoir.
Boudoir Jouy is the cheeky little sister on her way to adulthood. Just the image on the bottle says it all ;-)
Jouy invites you to dream. A small, daring step towards luxury and delicacy.
Like a soft, gentle scarf, the cashmere wood caresses the skin - combined with mandarin and a hint of red berries, it brings timeless elegance with unobtrusive warmth. A sensually seductive color that can often transform an innocent floral bouquet into an aphrodisiac perfume.
The sweet, spicy scent of cashmere wood is wonderfully combined with peony and iris. An irresistible fragrance that starts off very lively and spicy with bamboo, mandarin, and jasmine. Cheeky, boyish, and one simply cannot say "no" to this filou.

10/16/2011

9Scent

Pixie
12 Reviews

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Pixie

Helpful Review 3

Powdery-floral modernized variant

Chanelle is right, the first comment can only refer to the original, it does not fit the Joy Edition. The concept of the original has been significantly changed. I also ordered it blind, whenever variations of classics hit the market, it always triggers a buying urge in me. I find it interesting what one (the perfumer) does with an already existing concept, and the variant has indeed brought something new, which I also find positive.
Since I did not expect the original, I am not disappointed. I was just surprised because I had read the first comment beforehand; the second one was not yet available.
The concentration is not as strong as the original, perhaps it is also because the aldehydes have been omitted. Since I don't really like aldehydes, I am not sad about it. The blend is completely different, the scent of skin is completely absent. The powderiness has been maintained from beginning to end. The fragrance does not come across as very floral to me; I am also not a fan of floral scents, just as little as I am of fruits, so I do wonder about myself that I bought a scent with red berries.
After spraying, I briefly pick up the green notes of bamboo and the slight bitterness of the mandarin, followed immediately by the red berries. But the heart note is already shining through, the powdery iris root envelops the berries, they are like wrapped in cotton and thus do not become too sweet. Fortunately, jasmine does not provide a sweet softness; one would expect that more from peonies, but I do not perceive it.
Amber and wood carry the notes, after about an hour the scent has developed on the skin and lasts a long time.
It is a lighter Eau de Parfum and thus adapted to the current taste, so one can spray generously, but one must not be deceived. After spraying, the scent is still very light; it takes its time to develop, but then it becomes a floral-sensual blend, no longer a loud fragrance, due to the complete overhaul, but still always present. Beautifully changed and true to the powderiness.
"I smell good" is something I also heard when wearing it for the first time.

10/05/2011

8Scent 7.5Longevity

Chanelle
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Chanelle

Very helpful Review 5

Blumenfrieda's Kemenate

Boudoir Jouy is a classic case of "think again." If I had bought it, it would have been a bad purchase. As it is, it’s "only" a bad swap, but the lovely swap partner is not to blame; I really wanted to swap it "blind," as Mrs. Westwood can do no wrong in my eyes for a long time. I like all her fragrances, some even very much, and Anglomania has been one of my signature scents. But Boudoir Jouy, which I thought would be a daytime-appropriate version of Boudoir, where every spray promises concentrated eroticism, is not what I expected.
The top note is sweet-rosy, super floral, with a slight fresh, almost green mandarin touch.
The heart note is indeed more berry-fruity, but still too floral for my taste as a non-flower lover. Moreover, it seems that a very dominant part has been forgotten, omitted, or simply messed up: the heart note is sharp! And I don’t mean sharp in a sexual sense, but peppery!
The base is unremarkably cozy, one of many, nothing special.
Overall, the scent remains floral and peppery until the end. Longevity is okay.
But it’s no comparison to the fragrances I am used to from Mrs. Westwood.
Unnecessary flanker, beautiful bottle.

PS: I believe my predecessor commenter was referring to the classic Boudoir, because Jouy has as much sex appeal as a bowl of fruit salad.

11/25/2010

9Scent 10Longevity

LoveAstaire
63 Reviews

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LoveAstaire

9

vive la reine et vive la gourmandise or: Decadence in a Bottle

... if it had existed, she would have worn it.

Versailles, a hell of splendor à la carte, Louis XVI, our la Tapette as he is written in the book, today also affectionately called: Softy, and the all too unconventional
L´autrichienne Marie, and in the midst of the whole entourage: Boudoir Jouy - too expensive for the whores, just good enough for the maîtresses and ladies of state. "If they have no bread..." yes, then they might as well just spray themselves with Boudoir, the appetite is certainly satisfied, as it lingers on the uvula and swings back and forth.

Boudoir: women's room, whorehouse, sex education establishment.
Jouy: decadent fabric with embroidered snapshots of rich, bored children striking theatrical poses or being visited by a host of admirers.

Add it all together and you get a perfume that just oozes decadence and settles into every pore it can find.
Bon Appétit!

It makes me addicted, but I could vomit if my best friend wears it.

It smells of more, but hardly anything sprayed on, and every spritz is already too much of the more.

It has class, but still I inevitably think of clients and the vulgar whorehouse smell, that merging of "just-had-sex" with "more-is-still-not-enough" and scantily clad ladies who smell of cigarettes, vanilla, and lace. Sure, the thought isn't bad, but sometimes it needs to be more modest and simply closed off, thus more interesting.

Hmm, you know that you want to do it today and will,
then wear Boudoir, you can't send a more conspicuous message unless you put a sign with neon lights and capital letters on your head, announcing that you want SEX tonight.

Two/three spritzes of Boudoir Jouy will do.

Conclusion:

decadent scent, not too commonly spread and always interesting to smell. If you want to let your personal Marie shine through, then get it; if you prefer to be the flower girl next door, then keep your fingers away and click on. ;)

In this sense

Au-revoir

LA

Statements

1 short view on the fragrance

Jenny05

9 years ago

2

Completely different scent from the original Boudoir. A tiny hint of its sexiness wouldn’t have hurt here. Floral, subtly fruity, harmless. Everyday wear, office scent.

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