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Bois d'Ébène Matière Première 2019

7.8 / 10 326 Ratings

A popular perfume by Matière Première for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production. The perfume is vegan according to the manufacturer.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Creamy

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Paraguayan gaiac wood

Nagarmotha

Brazilian cabreuva

Indonesian patchouli

Perfumer

Aurélien Guichard

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Ratings

Scent

7.8326 Ratings

Longevity

7.9274 Ratings

Sillage

7.3280 Ratings

Bottle

7.8259 Ratings

Value for money

6.9202 Ratings

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/30/2021

Wayofscent
62 Reviews

Wayofscent

Helpful Review 5

Gentle amber!

First impression based on blotter provided.

Interesting, dark and ambery gentle wood! I feel this one really do great stuff on your skin. This is a rich amber fragrance. Patchouli here is not damp, dark and wet. It's more drier and mixed with main players like Guaiac wood and amber is giving this composition nice rounded feel! I'd love to try it on my skin to get the full experience!

10/03/2025

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Omnipotato
455 Reviews

Omnipotato

Helpful Review 4

Barren woody fragrance

Bois d'Ebene is so similar to Santal Austral Eau de Parfum that it's a wonder they were released in the same year by the same house. I'd say owning both is probably redundant. Very similar iris-y sandalwood to Santal Austral's sandalwood is combined with a dusty pencil-shaving-esque cedarwood, making this an extremely woody fragrance without much nuance. I wish it were more smoky or had a bit else going on, as the woody accord is nice, but a bit barren by itself.

10/06/2023

ScentStudio
156 Reviews

ScentStudio

4

Beautiful woody fragrance

Bois d'Èbéne has a sweet, pleasant, woody and unisex opening. A note of smoke slowly creeps to the surface turning the scent to a more masculine fragrance, but it is still very wearable and elegant.

With Bois d'Èbéne we are, however, back to the profile of Matiere Premiere; easy, likable fragrances. Something about it, once again, reminds me of another fragrance, but I cannot remember which. It must be the patchouli, which I finally have learned to identify.
I loved Radical Rose for the surprise that it gave me, but Bois d'Èbéne is far more my style and the composition I usually lean towards. Deep, mysterious, sexy.

On paper, the fragrance is aromatic with a clear note of juniper that did not appear on my skin at all. This profile turns the fragrance completely masculine to me smelling like a fresh cologne.

Another characteristic I've notice about Matiere Premiere, is that the fragrances are veryª faint. Maybe my nose gets used to them very quickly, but I am lacking the sillage. I feel like I would have liked them more if I could actually smell them on me, but they remain an ambiance in the background during the day.

A little anecdote I would like to add is that I visited my parents and my mom immediately complimented my fragrance and exclaimed "what are you wearing!?". Upon second thought, Bois d'Èbéne is actually a fragrance I would consider adding to my collection.

02/20/2022

Razvanyke
215 Reviews

Razvanyke

2

A nice woody start

This is a nice woody start followed up by some undefined smell after, I can say that it is dark and mysterious but in the drydown it becomes something hard to follow, for me.

I had the chance to try it and I was excited to feel the first blast of this scent, but after a bit .. it became slighty generic for my taste. It is not a bad scent, by no means .. but I am not yet sure if it´s for me.

06/19/2024

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

CatrinaCat
8 Reviews

CatrinaCat

2

Intriguing

Even though it is described as unisex – I would definitely place more on the masculine end of the spectrum. It reminds me of the adventurous world of smells one can encounter in Dubai. Maybe it’s just me but I associate it with cardamom as one note in the background. Overall a very successful, multifaceted concept.

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