Comments on: Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris ~ fragrance review

By: eminere

eminere — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:09:13 +0000

Finally tried this today! Alas, it’s so sheer and soft. As the fragrance wore on it actually reminded me of Jo Malone’s Vanilla & Anise, which I don’t like.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:13:20 +0000

So glad it is finding fans! It really is very different from the others. I did not end up loving the rest of the collection, but 1 winner is enough for my purse anyway

By: nwatts88

nwatts88 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:19 +0000

Robin this is fantastic! I received my sample today (along with the rest of the new extraordinary collection) and was really impressed. Initially it reminded me of Iris Pallida- although less sweet and with a much stronger clean smoky kind of woods. I already own Iris Silver Mist and 28 La Pausa, and this Bois d’Iris is quite different, well worth buying. Thanks for the review, I wouldn’t have sampled it otherwise!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:09:35 +0000

I don’t, sorry!

By: wendy05

wendy05 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:47:56 +0000

does anybody know a perfume store in either the Netherlands or else Belgium (Liège, Antwerp or Brussels) that sells VC&A Bois d’Iris? thanks! (i lurve powder frags…..and am a sucker for anything Iris… this sounds like heaven)

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:56 +0000

I didn’t used to like powdery scents either…but iris has come to be one of my favorite notes

By: Zazie

Zazie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:32:26 +0000

Update: when I got my samples I sniffed all six perfumes out of the little vials, starting from GP and ending with BDI. All the flowers smelled pretty, but maybe too much so that I wasn’t tempted to try them on skin. GP, in particular, seemed to have an acquatic thing like the new goutal, which scared me off.
But BdI, was so beautiful I wish I hadn’t said anything about iris before. I found it difficult to go through the very powdery-iris of the first hour or so (just a matter of personal taste, because it smelled good nonetheless), but the woody-resinous dry-down was simply gorgeous. I liked that stage so much that I wore BDI the whole week-end. I don’t know if this is FBW for me, because I find the sweet powdery iris quite challenging, reminding me of expensive talcum powder, but the resinous heaven it progresses to is a stunner!!

By: AlbertCAN

AlbertCAN — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:43:15 +0000

Yes, will try again–Serge Lutens and Guerlain (later that day I tried visiting the Champs-Élysées store but, alas, the boutique was closed at 4:30 pm that day…I arrived 10 minutes too late). Better luck next time I suppose!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:58:15 +0000

Good luck!!

By: divinemama

divinemama — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:16:02 +0000

Thanks for peaking my interest Robin. I hope to get to NM soon and will do my best to schmooze a sample or 2 out of an SA. Wish me luck!