Bois Farine by L’Artisan Parfumeur
Today I’m wearing Bois Farine by L’Artisan Parfumeur. It’s created by Jean Claude Ellena (who I’d most certainly marry were we both single), one of my favorite perfumers. To view his other creations, check the Noses page on Now Smell This. Here’s the background information on the scent, from the L’Artisan web site, “Created by Jean-Claude Ellena, perfume composer of great talent and international fame, Bois Farine (Wood Flour) is the product of his encounter with a magic tree in the Reunion Islands. Here, in a forest known as the coloured wood forest, surrounded by evocatively named trees , red wood, yellow wood, iron wood and milk wood, he unexpectedly discovered the fragrant white tree - a rare and nowadays protected species, reputed to have magical powers. This tree is specific to Reunion Island and its red flower smells like flour. Bois Farine is a single and unique fragrance, a magical union between witch wood and flower powder … As rich and fresh as flour rain.” I love that description - flour rain. Something you wouldn’t want to happen if it was wheat flour, in real life or in perfume. However, this is woodsy flour - a whole bunch of wood crushed to powder, mixed with the magical flower of Ruizia Cordata, fennel seed, and white iris. The effect is a milky, woodsy balm. Slightly powdery, slightly creamy. Bois Farine has been compared to both peanut butter and the famous chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella (in my case). I adore it and could never be without it.
Bois Farine can be purchased at Beauty Cafe, Aedes, Barney’s New York as well as directly from the L’Artisan online shop.
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21 comments June 26th, 2006