Bois d'Hiver
Pink pepper and cardamom open with a bright fresh-spicy lift, the cardamom doing the central work, brief and aromatic.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Woody55
- Patchouli50
- Fresh Spicy50
- Almond
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Cardamom
- Heliotrope
- Sandalwood
- Cypriol
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readPink pepper and cardamom open with a bright fresh-spicy lift, the cardamom doing the central work, brief and aromatic. Heliotrope enters the heart almost solo — its almond-marzipan facet softening the spice into something more powdery than bright.
The base settles into woody-earthy register: sandalwood, cypriol (an earthy, woody-rooty material), patchouli, musk. The cypriol's nagarmotha character adds a faintly smoky-rooty edge against the sandalwood's creaminess. Suited to fall and winter, evening and casual wear; reads as quiet, considered woody perfumery — restrained, slightly austere, well-tailored.
Scent twins
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