Brume d'Hiver Volnay 2013

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7.3 / 10 48 Ratings

A perfume by Volnay for women, released in 2013. The scent is floral-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Elemi resin

Juniper berry

Italian bergamot

Heart Notes

Bulgarian rose Rose

Rose

Jasmine

Base Notes

Rose

Rosewood

Oud

Spanish labdanum Clove

Clove

Cypriol

Musk

Powder

Frankincense

Haitian vetiver

Heliotrope Violet

Violet

Vanilla

Perfumer

Amélie Bourgeois

Ratings

Scent

7.348 Ratings

Longevity

7.439 Ratings

Sillage

6.138 Ratings

Bottle

7.943 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser, last update on 04/22/2025.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/06/2020

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Emorandeira
395 Reviews

Emorandeira

Rose/incense/oud

Brume d'hiver is a perfume in my opinión based on the rose. A bit similar to etoiles d'or but less sweet and balsámic. The opening is Also less citrussy. The rose is dry, powdery and spicy at opening due yo the elemi and the Junípero to become then mire smoky and Woody with the action of the incense and the oud. It is an interesting perfume, subtle for being and oud perfume, with a very nice rose. I would say It is an easy wearing rose/oud fragance.
The longevity is good. Nevertheless the sillage is soft. I find It unisex and nice for daytime use.

Scent: 7.5
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 6
Quality/price: 5
Versatility: 9
Originality: 8
Global: 8

06/03/2014

10
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 8
Scent

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

Helpful Review 3

Mysterious

Salty, alien chert, one of the weirdest oud I have ever smelled. This eerie fragrance is cold as the air in the mountains, dark as a charred tree trunk, and refers to the sharp cliffs clearly. The sweet sunflower seeds, resins and autumn feeling comes later. BRUME D’HIVER developes prosperity till the incense-like soap status, I could call it a clean and fresh oud scent, and it is unique as being alone in this category.

This beauty is light and inscrutable, you can never feel it enough strong to read in its mind and soul.

BRUME D’HIVER is in my opinion unisex, fits better to cold weather, so autumn and winter, than other seasons, gives a better connection to fate than to dawn.

I am longing for better sillage and more bravery in total, but a brave and loud BRUME D’HIVER would not be the same fragrance as my beloved one.

The bottle fits perfectly to the sough-like perfume.

02/19/2014

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 3
Scent

Gold
541 Reviews

Gold

1

French orientalism

Perfumer Amélie Bourgois belongs to "FLAIR", a perfume creation studio in Paris. As an independent perfumer, she had the oppurtunity to create several new perfumes which are supposed to be "evocative of the past" and participate in the resurrection of the House of Volnay (which dates back to the year 1919). "Brume d'hiver" is no light fragrance mist (as its name might indicate), but a fully-fledged Eau de Parfum. It boasts a prominent cast of rose, jasmine, elemi resin, incense, musk, vanilla, clove and - oud. It is this very ingredient which steals the show, dominating all the other protagonists with its deep, dark notes. I can't help being reminded of countless other oud-based creations of the last five years (Montale!), but fortunately, "Brume d'hiver" is more wearable than your usual "Black Aoud", since it is less provocative and a touch quieter, more understated than most oud-fragrances. The "oud-issue" certainly engendered much opinion in the past already, both in favour and against. I'm definetely fed up with oud, hence I can't find any words of praise for this new example of "French orientalism" with alleged roots in the last century.