Bois 1920
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The mandarin-freesia combination hits bright and green-tinged, almost tart, before white tea's slight astringency enters like a cooling breath. Mirabelle plum provides unexpected depth, a floral-fruit tension that prevents immediate sweetness.
Gardenia and Egyptian jasmine absolute bloom heavily, almost intoxicatingly creamy, whilst pink pepper adds a distinctly peppery whisper that keeps the florals grounded. The styrax emerges as a warm, almost vanilla-like sweetness that softens the white flower edges.
White musk and benzoin Siam dominate, the fragrance becoming progressively powdery and intimate, clinging close to skin rather than projecting. Atlas cedar appears late, adding a whisper of wood-dust dryness, but by this point the scent is nearly invisible—a skin scent rather than a presence.
Come L'Amore Bois arrives as a contradiction: a fragrance that whispers rather than shouts, yet within that restraint lies genuine luminosity. Enzo Galardi has constructed something deliberately soft-spoken, where South African freesia's peppery green edge meets Calabrian mandarin's almost juicy warmth, tempered by white tea's delicate tannins and mirabelle plum's subtle stone-fruit sweetness. This isn't a bombastic opening—it's an invitation.
The heart reveals the fragrance's true character: a dense gardenia-jasmine accord that feels almost edible, underpinned by Grasse rose and pink pepper which prevent the white florals from veering into soapy territory. There's a creamy quality here, that 52% creamy accord making itself known through the styrax and benzoin Siam, as though someone's dusted the florals with powdered sugar and warm vanilla. The pink pepper adds a subtle bite, a spice that cuts through what could otherwise become cloying.
Add fragrances to your collection and unlock your personalised scent DNA, note map, and shareable identity card.
3.9/5 (203)