Sandalo e The Bois 1920 for women and men

Sandalo e The smells exactly like the lemon tea my mother used to make me whenever I was down with a cold. She used to pour a lot of lemon juice in it and leave the lemon peel in the tea. So when I smelled the warm vapors, there was this sweet honey - bitter lemon - herbal tea accord that's strikingly similar to what I smell in this perfume.

Sandalo e The is a beautiful, refreshing fragrance, with an amazing lemon note going on. It would be fantastic in summer days.

Sandalo e The opens with a sweet-citrusy-the accord that is not so impressive. The Sandalwood note is very efemeral and shows up after half an hour or so. In the drydown the whole scent gets woody and somehow sweeter. Overall ithis is an ok perfume but after the good suprise I had with Bois 1920 Extreme this one is a bit disappointing. Nothing special and quite expensive.

Rating: 5.5-6/10

A warm blast of dry tobacco mixed with myrh is immediately apparent, followed by the dark notes of tea & sticky patchouli. This lightened upside down on my skin, strangely, to the citrus notes and something faintly medicinal - probably the rosemary and lavender. The caraway is present throughout, but in the background (thankfully, as I'm not a huge fan) rather than shouting out its presence. The hyacinth, rose and jasmine didn't fully emerge for me, which is a shame as I would have liked a little more of the florals to balance the mix.

An extremely interesting and quite complex fragrance - far more difficult to pinpoint than one may imagine by reading the notes. A must-try for tobacco note fans who aren't fond of fragrances that temper this with fruit or vanilla.

At first I thought the longevity would be excellent, as the first couple of hours sillage was almost overwhelming (I overdid the sprays, obviously!), but this seemed to fade quite suddenly. Or perhaps I got used to it. I can never be quite sure. Perhaps you should ask a passing stranger (tall, dark & handsome, of course) to sniff your neck and see?

Wearing Sandalo e The is like sitting on the porch of a tea shop located somewhere vaguely exotic, overlooking a herb garden at twilight and opening a fresh packet of tobacco, breathing in the delicious mixture of aromas and sighing with pleasure.