Soft Woods Paraphrase / Libertine Fragrance 2015 Eau de Parfum

Soft Woods (Eau de Parfum) by Paraphrase / Libertine Fragrance

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6.8 / 10 11 Ratings

A perfume by Paraphrase / Libertine Fragrance for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Green

Resinous

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Hungarian juniper berry

Indian black pepper

Heart Notes

Egyptian Rosa centifolia absolute

Balsam fir absolute

Base Notes

Indian Bourbon vanilla Musk

Musk

Ethiopian frankincense

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

Joshua Kale Smith Perfume maker, Brand owner [Libertine Fragrance]

Ratings

Scent

6.811 Ratings

Longevity

6.510 Ratings

Sillage

5.310 Ratings

Bottle

6.610 Ratings

Submitted by Mefunx, last update on 07/04/2025.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/16/2025

6
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

FlintyMcJ
5 Reviews

FlintyMcJ

1

Soft woods

Firstly, soft woods is an apt description of the effect of this fragrance. It opens with a very spicy, peppery note and settles with an evolution of rose. The rose is not a powerful rose to me, but it adds just the right amount of sweetness to temper all the spiciness. It fades to a musky vanilla, but I could still detect hints of rose, fir, and juniper. The whole time I was wearing it, I kept being reminded of something I couldn’t quite put my finger on, and then I had it: camping! It really reminds me of peacefully napping in a hammock at a campsite in a state park. Very soft, very comforting. It lasted a decently long time on my skin. I will definitely wear it again.

02/12/2025

8
Scent

celeblas
119 Reviews

celeblas

1

Unique Woods

Bright opening which quickly becomes a dull familiar note, there's a fleeting suggestion of the juniper and fir that I want to hold onto but lose too quickly - then pepper and resin with rose binding them together. Creative and unique approach to woods that really demonstrates the skill of the nose in appreciating what nature has to oﬀer. I would describe this particular version of woods as extremely feminine however, and I prefer woods that give me a masculine energy. You might love this, might not, but should definitely experience it if you find woody composition interesting.

09/03/2022

Mlleghoul
441 Reviews

Mlleghoul

2

an enchanted ode to a princess–any princess, all princesses

I had ordered a sampler set from Libertine so that I could try several scents from this indie brand, but if I am being honest, I didn’t really peruse the notes or the copy ahead of time. With these assortments, I like to keep the details secret from myself and allow myself to be surprised and delighted at however things might turn out. So, for example, I wasn’t immediately aware that Soft Woods, with its notes of fir and incense, also included rose–a fraught note that is all kinds of problematic for me. Dead Mom issues and whatnot. As this wore on my skin, I did become aware that I’d been Trojan-horsed a rose scent, but it’s quite unlike any other rose I’ve experienced, a boldly balsamic, bordering on fruity-rose; it’s weird, the amber jamminess is there, like a resinous fig preserves or a honeyed compote…but rather, the carmelized essence of it, absent the actual fruit. This is a mystical rose, a fairytale rose, an enchanted ode to a princess–any princess, all princesses. Whatever they look like, whatever form they take, whether they were graceful and benevolent, or the kind in a spicy Anne Rice novel written under a pen name, or even the sort who slaughtered their way to sainthood with a toddler strapped to their back. A princess can look all kinds of ways and do all kinds of things and I am pretty sure in all of the stories about them, they smell of Soft Woods.