Le Parfum Barbara Bui for women

I totally agree with Kfried...this is a very smooth, creamy, sexy spicy scent, and it's simply mesmerizing! I can't stop smelling it...not to mention men love it!!!!! :)

Reminds me of Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade a lot. It is very similar in smell.
I'm more impressed with Green Jade as it stays fresh all day without fading. Barbara Bui fades very quickly.

*thanks to Mariella for the sample :]

11/30/11:
I just received a sample of this today. At first spray I get a woodier version of Kenzo Flower, then it transitions to a not as sweet Kenzo Amour, then settles to something that falls in between Kenzo flower and Kenzo Amour. Finally, as it slowly fades away I'm reminded of Prada Infusion d'Iris.
I really can't stand the suffocating powdery smell that Kenzo Flower produces, and I'm not totally blown away by the watered down Kenzo Amour Vanilla Milkiness either. So as it stands, I'm on the fence with this one. We shall see!

Oooo, this is nice. It's so smooth. It's a calm musky incense and not powdery like many other orientals (which I sometimes love, but am happy find one without).
I've been looking for something darker but without the heavy florals and this is smells so sexy to me in a confident way. It's not miniskirt and cleavage baring sexy, it's a clingy cashmere sweater. Perfect for nuzzling up.

Barbara Bui is not just similar to Silk Way by Ted Lapidus....it's pretty much IDENTICAL. I swear, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart. So if you find it difficult to find Barbara Bui for a reasonable price.....go ahead and buy Silk Way. They are totally interchangeable.

I like the idea behind this one, but it's just too harsh for me. I had some vanilla extract and diluted this with it, and that worked very well. I prefer Kenzo Amour EdP to this one, for those who feel the same way. Otherwise, there's nothing "bad" about it.

FYI: The notes for Barbara Bui Le Parfum are listed EVERYWHERE else on the internet exactly as follows:

spices, incense, jasmine, white musk, sandalwood, heliotrope, cedar and amber.

OK I tried a small bottle of this based on reviews - so far I'm on the fence. I like earthy woody fragrances but this seems a little unfeminine to me. I'm determined to keep trying and see if it grows on me...

OK it grows on me - unfortunately like a fungus. This is an unfun ungirly unlikable scent to me. My husband asked me if I'm wearing something new which gave me great hope - when I said yes he then asked if I would please kill it and put it out of it's misery.

Done.

OKAY is everyone sitting down . . . my husband actually told me that I smelled nice! He never says anything about what wear so needless to say I immediately ordered a bottle!!!! I also love it. I know why he likes it, is because of the incense smell.

I took a chance [as usual...must be the big, gaping hole in my head] and blind-bought this one...It's indeed a gorgeous, full-bodied, woody-somewhat sweet scent...It reminds me of a Jovan discontinued frag called "Touche." The latter mentioned was sharper, but Le Parfum Barbara Bui will be a much welcomed substitute...

just gorgeous. clean but warm, sensual but soothing. reminds me of an "grown up" version of baby powder. I'll save it for cooler days though.

i just tested this tonight and i love it, this is so awesome. just a gentle amber/powdery skin scent with lasting power. this is so soft and with such a calming affect. i really need to get a full bottle of this. i am going to wear this to bed tonight and i bet i will just have the sweetest sleep. this is a perfect perfume imo. 10-10. A+.

ty kchild for introducing me to this heaven in a bottle.

Ahhhh! My 13 bottles of liquid heaven just arrived! Such a soft, yet very noticable scent. My husband is absolutely in love with this. So sad it is no longer available. But with 13 bottles, I should be good to go for a Looooong time! The place I got it even gave me the white oil skin scent as a bonus. I tried it on, I thought it was going to be more like a dry oil. I was wrong, I am greasy from head to toe, lol. Oh well, at least I am a great smelling greasy.
It smells just like Johnson's Baby Oil!


UPDATE!!! The only thing I don't like about this perfume is the bottle itself. I have the large 3 ounce bottle, and it is really wide and difficult to get a good grip on in order to spray it.

On my skin Barbara Bui Le Parfum opens with the distinct impression of pencil shavings and dries down to a well blended amber, heliotrope and incense. While its linear, its also so well crafted that it feels much more expensive than it is. This is a scent that gives the impression of luminous, glowing, clean skin. It does not cling too close to the wearer, on the contrary, I find it has very good projection and have gotten lots of compliments.

Sillage: fantastic, but soft and not in your face.
Longevity: 8 hours on skin, a solid 10 in my hair.
Overall rating and feel: 10/10. This is a grown up clean musk and amber with dash of incense and without any distracting white florals or fruits. Timeless in its simplicity, this is great fragrance for any occasion.

Sometimes I love it, other times it turns synthetic and chemical-y on me. Most times it's a linear, powdery, comfort scent and I can't distinguish the individual notes - they all blend together and envelope the wearer like a blanket. The way I perceive it may depend on the weather - most of the times when I thought it was too synthetic was in summer. The strange thing is that even when it did that it was still bearable, I didn't want to scrub it off immediately.

Very soapy, very musky. It is controversial - gives you impression of a clean scent and then follows you around everywhere like some loud fragrance from the eighties. I personally don`t find it soft, it is not a scent you put on and forget about it and it is not a skin scent on me. It also seems to be the same from beginning to the end, and I like it.
BB is more intensified, more musky and - thank you, Lord - with a whole handful of incense - big sister of Alessandro del Aqua.
The staying power is amazing! And who ever thought that incense can feel so squeeky clean.

I agree with the other reviewers who say this is a skin scent--a very good skin scent. An intimate skin scent. This gives me an impression of warm sheets after they've been slept in by your favorite person. There is some faint traces of powder in the beginning, not unlike Johnson's Baby Powder but it's very light. The predominant notes I get are sheer woodsy notes over a base of amber. I don't get a lot of incense on my skin, but maybe it needs to be sprayed instead of dabbed.

After reading all the positive reviews I decided I had to try this. Oh my!!! It is wonderful. Opening is amber cream,then the woodsy notes pop up and a bit later the incense rears its lovely head. I love this!! I only purchased a 1 oz bottle, but I am goin back for more:)

Creamy woods, warm and soapy. Now I know what a "skin scent" is! My mom had an assortment of bubblebath from Avon when I was a little girl. One of them came in a pink bottle, and this is what it smelled like.

I think this is a fragrance that could suit almost anyone, and offend almost no-one. I'm slightly bored by the opening, though. It's just a little too "clean" for me.

I feel I should provide an update that after a couple hours, the woods become drier and I can find enough of an olfactory edge to determine that I enjoy this perfume. It's growing on me in a very pleasant way.

Warm Weather UPDATE: The dry woods and incense in this scent really stand out in the spring weather! They were lost in the cold of winter, but now I am experiencing another side of Barbara Bui Le Parfum that I really really like. I sprayed it on before bed the other day, and the blatant woodiness was so grounding that I fell asleep instantly. I think it is a "must have" for me, solely for this reason. I have upgraded my feeling on this from "like" to "love".

Very posh, ancient, wood-pannelled, boarding school library....bear with me on this one!

Still, dusty air. The smell of beautiful, old leather-backed books. Dry, carved wood polished by many hands. The scent of long-gone pipe smokers leave the lightest touch of sweet, ambery tobacco leaves & ash in the room.

This is a luminous skin-scent that is unique because it is not a sweet-nothing but a soft perfume of substance & complexity. For me it is a ghost-scent of quiet memories past....breathing this in I can almost hear the old grandfather clock ticking.

Smokey (like swiping your hand briefly over a log fire), dusty, dry, perfectly mixed & so gentle & light....I may not find it "enough" of a scent for me to buy but I would urge members to try this fragrance as it is a delightfully different little number.

This is a skin scent, a scent like baby skin, without smelling like baby powder-sweet, with the softest wood, incense ash on a bamboo table-Or a smooth table with an aroma intensity comparable to bamboo anyway. This is as woody as Sensi by Armani and about as sweet, but with less dryness.

This is NOT like Sensi (which is unique for the barley note), but the same weight and amount of sweetness. I like it better than Sensi.
"Oriental" doesn't enter my consciousness when I smell this. This isn't strongly woody, and the amber is translucent, but there are no floral notes, or green notes, etc.

This _could_ be called woody musk, but there is no such classification. I would wear this to a job interview perhaps. I can't criticize it for not being stronger, heavier, woodier, etc.
since I can't imagine whether this would be as pleasant were it a bit stronger, but it definitely doesn't have as much dry wood as scents I would normally like, and it's kind of vague with the sparseness of incense and lack of spices, but it's not at all a bad creation.

Thought I'd love this one - incense and woods are favorite notes of mine. And it's very pleasant, a warm veil of gentle musk and ambery incense.

However, it sits on my skin boring me and making me wish I'd put on something more interesting. That just may be me, so if you're looking for a soft comfort scent to wrap you in a snuggly robe, this may the one for you.

On the fence..... based on the notes I was hoping it would be a little more heavy on the incense. But Barabara Bui to me is a soft powdery wood. My husband immediately though it smelled like incense and always says I smell 'delicious' when I wear it. I have now worn it a few times and it's truly a scent that makes you want to nuzzle up to the wearer. Not too sweet either.... really starting to grow on me.
UPDATE: okay this is LOVE! I actually picked up 2 backup bottles. The perfect office scent or scent to cuddle up with hubby. Wish I could just smell like this. definitely see a similarity to Sonia Rykiel Woman (which I have also bought 2 bottles).

I love Barbara Bui!

I'm not one to usually fall for the "skin" scents, but this one is so well-done. A perfect balance of musk, smoky incense and dry woody notes, topped with a sweet hint of amber. Not too powdery, not too musky. It's very soft, but very tenacious and lasts for hours. I detect some similarities to Avon's "Sweet Honesty" (which I also love!) but Barbara Bui has a bit more complexity, with the incense and wood. The sweetness of the amber gradually fades to a beautiful dry wood. This is a perfect scent for daytime or office use, year-round. Magnificent!

Wow, oh Wow, this is the ultimate Go To fragrance for me. A soft skin scent that has hints of powder and sweetness done just right. Loving it!