Bois d'Amande

Soft cozy fluffy almonds with a hint of creamy milk and just a tad baby powder in the background. So so cute

Very hard to describe, and very unique for me! It's a very sparkly, light lemon, and a nice almond to ground it, however if you didn't tell me there was an almond note, I wouldn't have guessed it. The more I smell it the more I go nose blind to it. It smells a little bit like celery. A tiny bit peppery. Comforting. The top notes of almond and lemon fade so fast on my skin, within 30 seconds I can only smell the peppery cedar and it kind of sticks in my nose. I wish the top notes lasted longer.

This is not a typical gourmand fragrance, yes it has vanilla and almonds but it’s not a heavy marzipan or frangipani dessert. Instead it’s more of a light, fluffy almond cake, or even an almond pudding/mousse (if that’s a thing - it should be!). That being said, it doesn’t actually smell edible like many gourmands. This is a well blended, smooth and buttery fragrance that dries down into a woody, and musky skin scent that lasts forever on clothes. It does not have a big projection, but the intimate scent trail is addicting once noticed. The airy lemon scent adds a gentle zing whilst the woody notes add depth that prevents it being sickly sweet and cloying. I appreciate those likening it to BR540, but I think it shares an airy almond or burnt sugar note found in BR540 Extrait. However this is far superior in that it doesn’t have a synthetic/plastic smell I find with both BR540. I own Replica BTFP and they’re nothing alike - both have vanilla but it’s totally different, even the vanilla notes are different. I think this could be a popular fragrance in 2024. I’m obsessed.

This is a really lovely scent - creamy almond vanilla! I get the references to BR 540, but Bois D'Amande is smoother on my skin and doesn't develop the medicinal dentist smell that BR does. Like my other Van Cleef fragrances, this is low projection but does last all day. I layered it on one arm on bare skin and one on top of Escentric 01. Hard to say which I like better, but I've been happily catching wafts of it as I do my work. This was a blind buy and overall I'm very happy with it.

Gorgeous! I get major BR540 vibes from this during the drydown. Not the same but both are going in the same direction. Bois d'Amande quite woody with more almond notes. Same high level of sweetness, but whereas BR540 is synthetic, this is natural and smooth. Complex and more masculine. I actually really love to layer with Molecule 01. Very warm and cozy. I will get a lot of use of this at night and during the cooler months for sure!