Voile d'Ocre

I was excited to try this one, and just tested it today at the shop. It's charmingly creamy and woody, doesn't smell particularly luxurious, but a nice scent for what you pay. However, it almost instantly turned into a twin sister of the amber and oud air freshener by Glade on my skin (got a can of that in my bathroom). Not the most pleasant association to have with a personal fragrance, so this would be a no from me. Still worth a try though, give it a go if you're looking for a relaxing casual woody perfume.

What a nice little surprise! I was with my mother shopping last week and we dropped at a local Yves Rocher store. While she was grabbing her stuff, I was looking at the men stuff (which is by the way, much like Zara's, rather decent for the price) and a clerk came in and pointed me to their new collection which, as she said "leans unisex, a few more male, a few more female". I was intrigued and I looked it up and found myself intrigued and loving half of them, including this one, Voile d'Ocre. For the non-French speakers, this is "cloak of Ocher" and I find it indeed fitting. It wraps around you like a cloak and the ocher refers probably to the components, cedarwood and sandalwood. I do think there's more to it as like others I pick up other notes, a tiny bit of a vanilla tinge and some powerdery florals, mainly. One of the perfumers here is Fabrice Pellegrin, and you can tell this is quality (their new line include some big name perfumers). This obviously reminds many people of Santal 33 but I also get some Santal Du Pacifique from Perris Monte Carlo. The point here is that both of these are triple the price of Voile d'Ocre so it's a lot of value for your money. Longevity is moderate (about 4-6 hrs on skin) and it doesn't push out like crazy but that's fine since sandalwood tends to be a little overwhelming to some. It stays mostly linear throughout, with some powdery vibes coming out more as it gets through the first hour or two. If you like Santal 33 or Santal du Pacifique, this one is for you. Totally unisex to me but some might feel it lean feminine from the powdery notes. It just all goes down to if you like sandalwood or not. Great work, Yves Rocher (and the perfumers, of course).

I have no problem with woody scents===but this one is just way too butch and dry for me--YR sent me a towelette sample of this with a recent purchase and it is pure pencil shavings on my skin.NOPE!!

Very strong cedar, then leaves such a buttery light sandalwood on your clothes afterwards, when it becomes soft and wistful. The sandalwood is so buttery, and dries down with a faint hint of light floral (more like freesia, not jasmine). I just adore this one to bits. Too bad Yves Rocher immediately discontinues all their best stuff :(((( [ETA] it's back at Yves Rocher. Stock up time!

Update - good god yes it starts out fruity. Don't know how I didn't get that yesterday. Today I sprayed Santalum (sandalwood-cedar) on one arm and this on the other and a half hour in I'm getting so much Body Shop fruity shower gel! Thought this would be drier and more stark, it's pretty sweet and perfumey. (Has that pretty strong white noise of vague florals, musks, a bit powdery and even a little aquatic at first.) Feminine leaning. But, there's some cedar and lots of sandalwood, creamy, milky, pleasant. Similar to H&M's Santalum but that one's more wood-focused and dry - useless recommendation I guess since that's discontinued too, sorry. Might be closer to Katy Perry's Indy, actually. (Which is almost as interesting a fragrance you could get at that price point.)