Bois de Santal Keiko Mecheri for women

Lots of promise at the beginning. You find yourself waiting for it to get there. But sadly it never does. It's a pleasant enough fragrance but rather thin and watery.

I'll be very honest here. I have tried bunch of Keiko Mecheri's perfume's and none of them leave a good impression, the smell is lovely, but it's so shy and almost not there. And it fades away very quickly.
In case with Bois de Santal it's the same. At first I was hit in my face with blow of osmanthus and spicy tonka bean, after 10 minutes I was left with sandalwood? Or what is this? Very shy, syrupy sweet (from osmanthus I guess), barely there. So. Yes. Where is it?

I think that I may by now have become somewhat jaded by the veritable deluge of sandalwood frags currently available, most of which hit me as sour and synthetic. So I took up Keiko Mecheri BOIS DE SANTAL today in the hope of reconnecting with "true sandalwood of Mysore," as it is described in the adorable pink book that accompanies this house's large sample set.

BOIS DE SANTAL does smell natural and not sour at all, as I was expecting, having become somewhat familiar with KM aesthetics. I cannot say, however, that I love this composition. It is a nice light woody oriental, but it reminds me of a profound quote by fellow fragrantican Action (in a pm in which we were discussing niche perfumery):

"My problem with most niche is that the formula and the variety of ingredients is too simple. Niche stands out in high quality ingredients and they find that special enough. But for my nose that is actually only the beginning of a perfume, certainly not the end of the product."

I agree with Action in the case of BOIS DE SANTAL. The base here is beautiful, but where is the perfume?

It is very interesting ... really animalic to my nose. Settles very close to my skin. I can not explain how I feel about it ... but my nose is back to my wrist again and again.
I say as 'Chandramukhi' it is soo deep.

This is soo deep and magic. All the divine soul of the sandalwood, with something more added to brighten the woody aspect of it: floral, peppery and animalic in the dry-down.I cannot identify the other ingredients beside sandalwood, least the amber- maybe because it is very well balanced.