Miel de Bois (2005)
by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido

Don´t be fooled by the bad reviews about this one!
Please don´t label it a "joke" or bad if it doesn´t work for you!
For me it's a masterpiece!
It´s a love or hate it perfume!
Try and decide for yourself.
Miel de Bois it´s all about honey and dark woods! If you like both then...
Try it...

19th January, 2012.

I should probably give this more than one star, because I can see (smell) that it's an interesting scent, but it doesn't work for me at all. The honey note in this goes straight to strong baby powder, with hints of animal and wood underneath. There's maybe potential for this to smell good on a man who doesn't turn the honey to baby powder, but I find it more masculine than I can wear (apart from the baby powder problem).

28th December, 2011.

I've actually used this one as a practical joke on somebody, its that bad.......on a positive note it is unique and very tenacious and loud. people most certainly will smell your presence even before you walk in to a room. lol

8th December, 2011.

Can't get on with this one at all. Honey is a very animal-sweet note, and there is too much of it here I think. It's overpowering. The barnyard really comes through on the drydown and unfortunately it ends up smelling, on my skin at least, like poo. Literally. This is a rare mis-step for Serge Lutens.

25th October, 2011.

This fragrance is seductive and innocent at the same time- the combination of honey, wood, and animalic notes makes me imagine a sexy milkmaid in a Thomas Hardy setting who smells of bee hives, meadows, and a roll in the hay!

15th June, 2010.

It opens with the most sweetly and overly obvious honey note and stays this way, although it slowly lets into church incense and old book smell, lovely image but not the smell I like on my skin, I would say it is unusual and a bit too heavy. Boring.

25th January, 2010.