It is a uniquely French ability to find the romantic sophistication in almost anything, including the inhospitable climate of Mediterranean garrigue land in drought season- climate that inspired the creation of Bois Lumiere. Like a boiling sun beating down on wild immortelle flowers set amongst the parched, rocky terrain, Bois Lumiere projects a dusty, intensely bright floral and woodsy character, honey sweet but bone dry, a hot desert wind that sings of sun-soaked relaxation and an almost alien beauty.

Bois Lumiere opens with the aromatics of desert terrain, wild juniper, clary sage and balsam lending resinous richness without a hint of moisture. Through the dryness, sweet honey emerges alongside brittle but sweet florals- immortelle, carnation and rose that lend their perfume to the desert conditions with a dehydrated herbaceousness. In the base, cedarwood provides a stout backdrop for the sweet brightness, absorbing the warmth with languid comfort. Dry, sweet, rich and unique, Bois Lumiere is a dazzling walk across the surface of the sun.

Bois Lumiere Fragrance Notes

Corsican juniper, clary sage, mandarin, fir balsam, honey, rose, carnation, immortelle, beeswax, atlas cedar, benzoin

Bois Lumiere Sizes Available:

50ml

$128

0.7ml sample

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Here's what other people are saying about Bois Lumiere...

I think this one is really weird, and not in a good way. I seemed to get some raspberry notes- but I couldn't I.D. anything else. Just unpleasant.

By kevin - retired from mount aukum on 5/29/2021

Ohhhh nope not for me. Something in here hit me right in the patchouli. Still dank even after scrubbing.

By Anonisme - Business from Boston on 11/9/2020

For me Bois Lumiere is all about the honey, which comes across as breathtakingly rich and realistic, with a provocative skank aspect or pong, as folks mention below -- to what degree, I think, will depend a lot on personal perception. Within the redolent, almost balsamic quality of the honey smell I can detect carnation, beeswax and cedar, especially, with sweet, spangly bits of fir balsam adding to the opulence. Long-lasting, great projection. I think I'm starting to love this....

By Liz - Publishing from Chapel Hill, NC on 12/9/2018

Bois Lumiere is a witty response to that sickly-sweet honey trend a while back -- honey it is, sweet it is not. The opening is sage and juniper and a nifty metallic that replicates how one's face feels after a morning without eye protection in desert sun. The honey enters like a meteor strike, accompanied by carnation and...let's say "etc," because the other flowers are non-entities. That awesome pong mentioned elsewhere comes and goes, and happiness prevails throughout the sun-blasted land.

By Angela - editor from Seattle on 5/11/2016

Incredibly reminiscent of Liaison de Parfum's "Resist Me." This is a little lighter, little dryer, slightly less headshop. It smells like one of those baskets of holiday potpourri which was supposed to smell like fir and mostly smells like filler.

By Sarah - Bookseller from Los Angeles on 8/20/2015

I can clearly pick out all the notes described in this scent and they work beautifully together, but here's something that's not in the notes or the description: this is a skank monster! It is flat out the skankiest scent I've ever smelled. It's like if you took L'Air Du Desert Marocain by Andy Tauer (which I love) and put it on a vagrant. That's not a criticism. I think it's the sweetness of the honey in it that contributes most and it's really wonderful--way more complex and naturalistic than, say, "Honey" by Marc Jacobs, which I found synthetic and annoying. This smells like nature in all its aspects. I felt a little self-conscious wearing it to work, but I like it so much I think I might have to go for the full bottle.

By pixelslave - Web Developer from Boca Raton on 8/13/2015

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