Comments on: L'Artisan Timbuktu reconsidered

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:59:00 +0000

Oh my. Does water w/ vetiver taste good??

By: varickwt

varickwt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:19:53 +0000

I find that spraying inside my clothes and then wearing this scent is much closer to the real incense or wusulan really is. I live in W. Africa and my husband’s people sell this wet incense (very oily and they add a lot of Arabian perfumes that are not very nice) in the market. Women burn it and stand over the scent to perfume themselves. They also add the roots of Vetiver grass from the market into their drinking water as this perfumes their sweat and (don’t laugh!) their piss…I bought some to see how this would be and find it nice to put in my drawers and drinking water. I like Timbuktu but then again I find almost every perfume I wear with patchouli to work very well on me, my other fave being Flower Bomb which I started wearing by accident…

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:08:45 +0000

I don’t, but you might find at least similarities in other perfumes by Bertrand Duchaufour, even if they’re not patch-free dupes.

By: Schneewittli

Schneewittli — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:46:06 +0000

I love Timbuktu, but I hate the Patchouli in it. Does anybody know a Timbuktu dupe without Patchouli?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:27:08 +0000

I ended up with a bottle of Dzongkha, and don't regret it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:31:58 +0000

Oh Dzongkha is on my list. I loved my sample – I'm hoarding it. These fragrances work on me – although Voleur de Rose doesn't last, I still love the scent. This house is definitely on my favorites list.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:21:36 +0000

Don't you love those 15 ml bottles? Would love to have the whole line that way. Timbuktu seems to be slowly gaining fans, I saw almost nothing but bad reviews right after it was launched.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 May 2007 02:38:05 +0000

Bought the 15ml bottle after loving the sample. I still smell it a little at 9:30pm – that's a long day! I find it exotic, sexy, deep and earthy. I'm loving all the L'Artisan fragrances these days.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:38:40 +0000

Dzongkha is also unisex, but to my nose, a bit less masculine than Timbuktu. Easier to wear, in any case. You might also want to try Eau d'Italie Paestum Rose.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:42:32 +0000

Odd because I wouldn't describe it as “clean” and yet I think of it as “soapy” which is another way of saying clean! I love this frag but feel like it's a little bit on the masculine side so don't know whether I want to buy it yet. And still I can't stop sniffing myself. ha. Want to try Dzongkha to see if it's more feminine feeling.