Baume du Doge Eau D`Italie for women and men

Fierce, dry & woodsy with a twist. My new perfume crush!

On first spritz you are clobbered by an arrid, nutty, cedar blast which is almost camphorous & stripping. The sweetness is turned down to background noise - the real volume is reserved for the woods at this stage. It is intense: climbing into a freshly-hewn cedar chest would be tame by comparison.

Minutes in & the dry sticks & fragrant woods are starting to mingle with sun-baked earth & clay, a light metallic tinge from the saffron, a peppery edge, some welcome warmth from the cinnamon & playfullness.

Now, about that playfullness: I would never have thought that I would find two kinds of toothpaste peeking between the trees in Baume's forest let alone welcome their presence! Diluted Euthymol & a light mint add a freshness & quirky edge to this scent. Surely it must be a camphorous-mint-mirage: cardamon/bergamot/myrrh/+random aniseed-green-sweetness of fennel = transparent minty whisper!

I think this is a stroke of genius by Duchaufour. The delicate, warm mint breathes a delicacy into this scent & lifts the whole composition. Baume could so easily have become too hard & bleak if incense had been added, too sickly if dried fruits were present, or too mainstream & cosy-cashmere if he had dolloped on the sugar. This is a perfect balance & blend, very harmonious & natural in feel.

Baume plays about on my skin for hours, gradually becoming smoother, sweeter & more resinous but maintaining the vetyver & cedar woodsiness that appealed so much to me at the start. The lasting power is good & the sillage is moderate - tick, tick.

Baume is a rare thing: timeless, noble, interesting, wearable & deeply enjoyable. WANT.

*it is interesting to note that I find a familiar feel & appeal in Agonist Liquid Crystal. Although they are different in scent-appearance they must be brother (Baume) & sister (LC). Can I bag the whole family, please?

Promising opening, disppointing drydown. Baume Du Doge opens with an orange/cinnamon accord that's immediately joined by a strong woody note (cedar). Minty hints add a bizarre, sort of strident, feel to it while cardamon remarks its presence during the middle phase. The overall effect is Interesting and somehow pleasantly weird but unfortunately the fragrance dries down to the same woody/ambery/incensey base that's way too common in many Duchafour's creations...

Don't get me wrong, BDD smells good but if compared to other Duchafour's woody-incensey compositions in the same vein such as Jubilation XXV or Dzongkha, it fails to coalesce into an outstanding fragrance.

Rating: 6.5-7/10

this starts quite promising actually, a blast of resinous, exotic spices, quite sweet but also incensy, unfortunately after half an hour you are left with only.... oh, no: toothpaste. yes, a minty, fresh toothpaste. i will have to pass i'm afraid.

I fluctuate between loving everything about Baume du Dodge to craving something just a little more in it. I think it's a fairly weather dependent fragrance as the resinous notes are very delicately balanced and are either brought out with hints of sweetness in warm weather, or they're completely consumed into oblivion when my skin is dry and the air is cold.

Cedar, cardamom, olibanum, saffron in a rather arid and ever so slightly salty composition--feels a lot like hot, sweet desert air when the vanilla and orange decide to stop for a brief visit. Myrrh adds a little mystery, and cedar, a little camphor in the slightly medicinal drydown that other reviewers are experiencing.

It's hard not to fall in love with Baume du Dodge, especially if you love woods, spice and resin. I can't help but want just a tiny bit more floral or something with a hint of beauty (but I guess that's in the eye--or nose--of the beholder). I think eventually I may still get myself a full bottle of this great fragrance as it has haunted me for some months and I feel very grounded when I wear it.

It's also a little reminiscent of Tauer's L'Air du Desert Marocain. But where Marocain is desert by night, Baume du Doge is the same landscape by day.

I was really eager to try this one and finally received my sample today. On initial spray this is pure orange - literally as if I rubbed the orange directly on my wrist. Within 5 minutes though the orange does die down a little (but is still very noticeable) and the spices kick in. Unfortunately for me the whole composition turns somewhat medicinal after this point. Such a shame, I was sure this would be something I would enjoy. Will have to see whether my mum or sister can wear this!

I am in Love with this scent! The first couple minutes after I dabbed it on I thought, "Oh no, It's too masculine!" Five minutes more and it's settled into a gorgeous spicy, sweet, woody myrhh with barely a touch of a floral aspect I can't put my finger on, but I swear is there. I detect the orange and cinnamon from beginning to end, but they're blended so well with the other ingredients that neither overbears or dominates. Whether a pick me up, a comfort, or a night out this scent is sure to please. Definetly not too masculine. I DO NOT get the Christmas association. I almost didn't try this because of comments about that. Give this fragrance two days of your time and you'll find a Wonderful all-around fragrance.
Good Sillage and Longevity

just one thing to add to all the below reviews.

don't go for it if you are not a fan of cedar.

as you'll get loads of it :)

Baume is sweet and slightly powdery-musky to begin with, but quickly opens up to reveal a mix of spices, woods, and sweets. There’s cinnamon and cardamom and vanilla and cedar and candied orange peel, but most of all there’s that wonderful sickly-sweetish, sticky, almost petroleum-like smell of myrrh. I could swear there’s some ambrette in the base, too, but maybe it’s just the effect of the myrrh combining with other materials.

Once it dries down to the myrrh and vanilla stage, it pretty much stays there, and stays there, and stays there. Bits of sweet sillage come floating around all day long, and it’s still on clothing the next morning. For an EdT, this is powerful stuff. I would classify this perfume as a “myrrh” scent, with a lovely supporting cast. I would recommend it to anyone who loves myrrh, opoponax, and sweet gourmand fragrances.

Wow!!!! This is fantastic. Spicy, exotic, ambery, warm, oriental perfume that is sexy, yet happy and upbeat at the same time.

For those who mourn the loss of organza indecence, I would give this one a try. Its got the same spicy vanilla sexyness of OI but I like this one better. Its alive with character and personality.

Long lasting, good sillage, and totally full bottle worthy.

Fabulous! Baume du Doge has evrything a fragrance connoisseur can dream of! Spicy, warm, sweet and mysterious. Very long lasting with great sillage. It`s more on the masculine side of the unisex scale. Highly recommended! My favourite from Eau d`Italie.

this scent is very very sharp with spices, then it warms down to a very sweet spicey sweet and very warm scent ,this last like all of the reviews you read .i dont know about the christmas part but this is very different, if you are looking for something very different then here you go, if you are a collector of many scents like me, i have wanted a scent to fit the mood this one has it look at the notes try it this one will sure to make you happy i am i also think the ones around you will like it to so what are you waiting for,one thing,its not cheap, and its worth it give this one five stars......

IM just writeing this to thank you for such great reviews, i have bin looking for a fragrance that had two scents frankincens and myrhh,and this one has more to ad, so when i found this ,and also read the reviews it made the choice to buy this so easy,so thanks to you for being great cridicts, i purchased this one from lucky scents, and now i will have then to get back to you and write my review,ALOHA

The mix of sweet orange and fennel brings to mind 18th century Venice, where gondolas were for mysterious gentlemen in masks, not fanny-pack wearing tourists.

Fantastic perfume! Aggressive, joyous, and not for the shy. If you are looking for a 'skin scent,' keep moving. If you are looking for a yummy, warm, well-blended juice to wear across many types of occasions, that will make you and the folks around you smile, you have to try this one.

The perfume opens up with orange. A *lot* of orange, together with wood and spice. The orange blends in quickly with the rest of the notes, say within ten minutes (the drydown lasts and lasts, in all stages) so you aren't walking around smelling overly fruity. The woods become prominent, and the spices secondary, although for the next few hours the woods and spices sort of wrestle for dominance. The effect is quite lovely and unexpected -- just as your nose gets 'used to' and stops smelling one aspect as much, another peeks out and stands in front, and surprises you again.

To my nose, The effect, overall, reminds me of Christmas, with spiced orange pomanders and old polished wood and some wood burning in a fireplace. The fireplace aspect isn't from a smoke or incense note (alas, I would have loved this more if it were, I hoped for a bit more incensy feel with the resins), but because of the extreme warmth feel that the fragrance has.

There is a stickiness to the myrrh that makes the last hours very dark and rich and lovely. Figure that from start to finish you get at least six to eight hours with this, maybe more, and that at each stage the chameleon shifts Baume du Doges tries on make those hours intense and quite enjoyable.