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Un Bois Vanille  Eau de Parfum  by  Serge Lutens
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Un Bois Vanille
Eau de Parfum
by Serge Lutens



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Picture yourself far away from the city, surrounded by tall, hundred-year-old trees, the hush of the forest broken by the crackling of a small fire. In the air there is a nostalgic blend of burning wood and molten sugar. Yes, we are picturing a marshmallow bubbling and turning dark golden on the end of a stick, and it’s making us extremely happy, but this scent is much darker and richer than that simple image from childhood first implies. The wood is deep and pungent and singed at the edges, and the vanilla is rich and enveloping, its sweetness tempered with bitter almond. There is the tantalizing aspect of something caramelizing – not caramel candy, this is not a candy sort of scent - but the far more mysterious fragrance of sweetness morphing and evolving as it is licked by flame; the indescribable lusciousness of something almost, but not quite, burning. Complex, smoky and warm, this is a vanilla with a definite edge, suitable for grown-ups of all sorts. Dangerously delicious.
Un Bois Vanille Notes
Black vanilla absolute, licorice, sandalwood, coconut milk, beeswax, caramelized benzoin, bitter almond, Gaiac wood, tonka bean
Perfumer
Christopher Sheldrake
Other fragrances by: Christopher Sheldrake
  $120 50ml
 
 
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I was disappointed! I wanted to fall in love with a grown up vanilla but ultimately found it too sweet and not sophisticated enough. My bf said I smelled like "a holiday candle" or "a cookie." I suggested I smelled like a sexy, mysterious holiday candle...it didn't go over.
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DancingClaire  -Artist/Student from Los Angeles



OK.... VANILLA & Coconut are so prominent at first. the dry-down is nice, just not my taste. 5/17/11
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Anonymous SD 2 NYC  -therapist from NYC



In my opinion, one of the finest vanilla fragrances ever made. I normally go for very sweet vanillas, but the smokey undertones in Un Bois Vanille make this one especially rich and warm. This would smell equally delicious on a man, but I'm not sharing my two-bottle hoard with my husband.
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Victoria  - from 



I love the scent, but found the staying power very disappointing. 30 minutes after I spray it on, the scent is completely gone. Not much for the money.
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Anonymous  -Hospital Administrator from Orlando



Burning wood and molten sugar .... exactly. Not bad, but not for me.
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emma  - from paris



Burning wood and molten sugar .... exactly. Not bad, but not for me.
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emma  - from paris



Wonderful vanilla scent! I also get some coffee and wood notes, and it is just sooooo pretty....
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Katerina  - from NY



wow! fantastic vanilla..better than i expected. i found my holy grail vanilla!!
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Anonymous  -college professor from lincoln neb



LOVE! a beautiful and complex vanilla,not too sweet,and is a very warm aroma.WAY more interesting than the others in this group!
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Anonymous  -perfume lover from cincinnati



This is a Masterpiece. The deep, creamy vanilla is perfectly complimented by the sandalwood and licorice. Un Bois Vanille is absolutely hypnotizing. I am utterly speechless, I can't believe how magnificently balanced this fragrance is!!! Breathtaking. Magnetic. Mysterious. Inviting.
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Erica  -Biotech from Providence, RI



Lucky Scent really nailed the description of Un Bois Vanille! This vanilla is very mature. The smoky wood, wax and benzoin notes strip the foody edge off the vanilla. I can smell this on my skin and clothes all day long and its fragrance lingers in the air long after it's sprayed. Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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Kerry  - from Dallas



I wear several perfumes and rarely if ever, receive comment. When I first wore this fragrance, two times within twenty minutes people commented that 'something' smelled 'really, really good. I don't necessarily wear perfume for others, but it is nice to hear. This is a very nice woody vanilla; not overly sweet like some tend to be. Happily, it also smells like a vanilla-based scent for a grown-up; not a little girl. I'm pleased with this purchase. Un Bois Vanille is comfortable and special at the same time.
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Anonymous  - from 



I love that this is not cloying and headache-y the way alot of vanillas are. I love that there is no disgusting white musk, and I love the beeswax note. I've sampled more than 50 vanillas, and this is one of the few that I would consider actually buying. Georgeous.
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JK  -lighting tech from Los Angeles



Beautiful vanilla scent. A+
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Katerina  - from 



wow...wish i could have come up with the description that lucky scent did. but that just about sums it up. i've tried it many times at barney's, and will probably spring for a bottle here soon. only thing that makes it 4 stars is that it's not as long lasting as i'd like, and sometimes there's almost too much of a "smoky" lingering. but still a great, adult vanilla.
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Anonymous  - from la



I bought the sample pack of 23 fragrances, and am going through them day-by-day. Today is day two and I am pleasantly surprised by this scent. Vanilla, but as the copy says, a very adult vanilla without being overly dramatic. Soft, yet defined, with sophistication that doesn't rely on an over-powering second note. The other scents in this perfume add a "dry" and clean basenote. AND, I've had it on for several hours now (it's after 3:00pm) and I can still smell it on myself, and my family can smell it on me. I am a firm believer in having a scent that only those who get close to you - very close to you - can smell. Even with a vanilla scent, I don't want to advertise my arrival before necessary! Tomorrow onto the Gris scent - which, at first sniff, reminds me of something called "Grey Flannel" - a man's scent I used to wear in college.
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Contessa  -Education from Dayton, OH



Wonderful Vanilla!! Complex and Long lasting, not foody sweet. It's my first SL purchase,,,but not my last!!
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Lynne  -Medical from 





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