Le Boise
by Ginestet

A dry, crisp cedarwood and incense. It's nice and my type of fragrance but I would rather have something with a bit more character and longevity.

One of the best packings ever made! It`s absolutely gorgeous!

Sadly, the scent is quite disapointing : Very linear and simple blend of cedarwood and light musk, with slight touch of white pepper and insence. Reminds me very much of Gucci Rush, although Le Boise is more quiet and refined.

Le Boise`s biggest hurdle is serious lasting power issue. It sucks.

My husband is a home winemaker, and before you scoff, let me direct you to his state fair awards, including best-of-show. Because we don't have French oak barrels here in Wisconsin, he splits pieces of wood from American oak logs, chars them over an open fire (this disinfects them and renders them similar to wine barrel interiors), then drops these sticks into the glass carboys that hold his wines so they may impart their tannic flavor. I'm keen on tannins, and that's probably what caught my attention in Le Boise. Truthfully, the wood is more cedar-like than oaky, but it flatters the white wine quality I clearly detect in LB. This wine, er, I mean fragrance is crisp and sweet, and a really cool change of pace for any fragrance wardrobe.

It starts out with a strong insense note and a light spice to it. Then it becomes more woody and the pepper note comes out. It screams pepper and dry woods. It is similart to Gucci pH withouth a powerdery sweetness. It is very good if you like pepper and insense.