Bois Marocain by Tom Ford, 2009

Niche incense and woods, just like everyone else is saying here. I smell a lot of green woody opoponax tied to a piney wood smell with a cedar-ish frankincense. By the base, it smells vaguely oud-ish, and the whole thing is quite sweaty. I don't find the woody sweat as off-putting as I do cumin, so it doesn't bother me, but I can see how it could get on someone's nerves. All in all, I think Bois Marocain is a good woody incense perfume, but this is a genre with a lot of true greats in it. Up against, for example, the CDG Incense collection or some of the Duchoufour L'Artisans, Bois Marocain smells fine but not as compelling. I still think it deserves a thumbs up - it's surely good, but I don't think it's one of the best.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this scent. But it's terribly pricey. If you want a fantastic, quality woody incense grab a bottle of Kyoto by Comme des Garcons and save yourself about a hundred and forty dollars. I'm only giving it a neutral rating because of the price. I'm glad I splurged on the bottle but I won't be doing it again.

Basically an incensey one to me, an incense-oud fragrance. At the beginning you are encompassed by a sort of incensey (a barely smoky incense), peppery and averagely resinous piney cloud with sparks of pine and cypress swirling in a sort of almost dusty air. As well as some reviewers have already described, the dust is a bit synthetic kind and yet cedary and woody (i catch aoud and dry fruits), forcasting immediately the masculine "pencil shaving" kind of following woody dry down. As soon as the dusty incense starts fading indeed (just a bit but absolutely not at all), the base becomes basically woody-resinous (cypress, sandalwood, cedarwood and hints of oudh) to me, a bit too linear but solid, more natural and comforting. The juice manteins  till the end that sort of piney, slightly aromatic and resinous aura but is not a cool aroma cause turns finally out warmer and woodier. Projection and longevity are in the average. 

Do you like woody fragrances?! you will adore this fragrance! This is a woody fragrance at the best!! When I sniffed this guy I fell in love with it and bought it immediately! Very strong and smoky woody fragrance with really great quality and so natural scent. In the opening you can smell very smoky and dark woody scent mixed with green vibe. this green feeling come from thuja and cypress which give the opening more character and make it more complex. In the mid the incense settle down and very natural and beautiful woodsy notes dominate. very natural and relaxing smell. I can't stop sniffing my wrist! The projection and longevity isn't that great but personally I don't care!! I want something natural with great quality which worth my money and this one has it. so I'm really happy with my purchase. And another thing, I find similarities between this and azzaro visit! so if you have and like azzaro visit, this is several levels higher than azzaro visit.

Pine and cedar straight up - a bit synthetic but a nice initial impression. After one hour it is very close to my skin and it does not change much. I was going to write it off as having a ridiculously short half life, but the faint scent continued to linger for over six hours. I feel it is overpriced, but if you work in the country and want a very unobtrusive fragrance or you just love pine, it might be for you. If I want a real cypress fragrance with some power, Creed Cypres Musc is way superior, and for a more sophisticated cypress, Chanel Sycomore is much better.

The opening volley of pine/cedar notes reminds me of a more peppery Acqua di Selva. I do like it but the longevity and price tag would keep me from purchasing.

When I first smelled this I was really impressed. Its been awhile and I have now bought a 1.7 oz... If you smell your wrist right after the spray, I get a bad body odor scent. No its not me. I just showered. Does anybody else get that?? I still like Bois Marocain because the bad body odor scent DOES go away after about 20 minutes or so. This does remind me of Italian Cypress. After you have worn this for over an hour it turns into a Great Fragrance! UPDATE: NOw im selling this. lol

By far the worst Tom Ford fragrance I have tried. Bois Marocain starts off as an in your face cypress. Pine cones, pine needles, sap, and anything else you would associate with pine and cypress rolled into one. Done very distastefully, projects a bit at first as most Tom Ford frags do. Somebody who likes fragrances like Tobacco Vanille will not enjoy this, unless you are a die hard cypress fan, and this may even push it for the fans. I scrubbed this one off my skin because I was so repulsed. All I can say is try before you buy; I give this an F.

Bois Marocain is a feminine incense woods with a touch of cypress. It is nothing like Oud Wood.

The closest comparison is Kyoto by Comme des Garcons. Both are very calming light woods that could be worn by a woman or a man. I also compared this to Italian Cypress by Tom Ford which is a bit more masculine in a "big hug" kind of way. Italian Cypress also conjures up some cinnamon, although not listed in the notes. Neither Bois Marocain or Kyoto have this and are more ethereal by comparison.

Lastly, there is a slight resemblance to a number of scents by Amouage. Given the price of Tom Ford and Amouage, Kyoto is a clear winner.

I tried this in Selfridges department store and I got a blast of a peppery woody fragrance. It did not wow me at first but the more time went by it grew on me.

Its warm and sensual and I cannot help think this scent would go best with wearing a suit.