Woodhue (1944)
by Fragrances of France

Like everyone else here, I just frickin' LOVED this stuff as a teenager. If I can ever find and afford some of the original, you'Il have no trouble recognizing me: I'll be the happy and good-smellin' old broad in jeans and a sweater, looking like the cat that ate the canary. :-)

25th October, 2011.

Found a small bottle of this at a thrift store. Assumed it was a masculine due to the downright lumberjackiness of the bottle. And I do think it's rather unisex. It's really excellent too. Powdery cedar, as though you spilled some Johnson's talc in an old trunk. Smells really high end too, which I wasn't quite expecting from this mass market house. 8.5 out of 10.

12nd October, 2011.

I was absolutely gaga over this scent in High School. So much so that I would douse myself with it and became a social outcast for a brief period. It was a lesson well learned, that economy is good with some things - especially strong perfumes! I so loved the woodiness of the fragrance. I think it led to my love affair with chypres. I haven't smelled this scent in years and quite frankly only resently found out it's still in production. Maybe I should give it another try!

15th May, 2011. (Last Edited: 19th August, 2011.)

Just received a bottle of the Faberge original, and it is wonderful--warm, spicy and perfect for the coming cooler fall/winter weather.

20th September, 2010.

This was my favorite fragrance of the three fragrances reintroduced by Faberge (then owned by Cary Grant) in the 60's...Woodhue, Tigress and, I think, Aphrodisia. Woodhue was a warm, woody and somewhat sweet concoction. Cheap, yes, but very nice. Maybe I should try the new version, because the old version was truly memorable!

22nd February, 2009.

My first signature scent. Bought for me when I was a teen, by my mother (who has excellent taste in fragrance IMHO), I loved it. I had the powder too. A sweet, woody scent, that always seemed so...optimistic! The reformulation is not like the original, so I recently bought a vintage bottle on eBay, which I will covet. It smells marvelous, and is perfect for this time of year (in the Northern Hemisphere..Fall, Winter). Sandalwood sweetened with orange, this fragrance lasts and lasts. Moderate sillage, too. Get the original!

21st February, 2009.