Feminite du Bois by Serge Lutens

midsummer

Honestly, I didn't smell any of the notes listed here. At first, it smelled really woodsy and sexy. But as it dried on my skin, it smelled like cumin. Lots and lots of cumin. It reminded me more of the time my housemate and I cleaned out the spice cabinet than anything else. Icky and overpowering.

It does, however, last a long time. I know, cause I was dying for the scent to disappear. I just wish such a nice scent in the bottle worked at all on me.

sofiapap

This certain perfume is "magical",in the way that the top notes have nothing in common with the notes listed above.It starts with a burst of spices like cinnamon,cardamon and ginger.A very loud opening and a turn to the most sweet dry-down.What a silage.The notes at heart are very sweet indeed.I can smell honey in it!Peachy vanilla and amber.Good lasting power.There are two perfumes that reminds me of it.Great for winter and evening use.

Kterhark

I'm very glad to have sampled this fragrance, because it taught me something about myself.

I don't like ginger.

It makes me sneeze, rub my nose, and the only case where it is not irritating to me is when it comes with sushi. So this precludes a positive review of this fragrance.

I know ginger isn't listed above, but you can certianly smell it. Here is the list of notes from Lucky Scent :Ginger, cinnamon, clove, plum, peach, orange blossom, violet, cedar, sandalwood, vanilla, benzoin.

Ah well, to each his own. Pluck the spices out of this one and I think I would love it!

tessture

I found this very boring for a Serge Lutens blend.It lacks the depth and imagination of his later fragrances. Still, it's a basic, well-done, layered oriental of the traditional mold. Nothing special at all, but very well done. I wish the beeswax or cardamom came through a little more, as I love those notes and it might lift it a bit.

Mellyhelly

Scents change or maybe tastes change. I didn't like Feminite` de Bois when it first came out as Shiseido. I love the curvy bottle but the juice, OMG! It was repulsive to my nose and on my skin. It smelled very very dry, moth-eaten old wood, cloying and nauseating. Out of curiosity I smelled it again the other day and I was hooked! I tried the Serge Lutens' edition and could smell the Shiseido from tester. They seem absolutely similar. What happened to Feminite` du Bois? What happened to my nose/chemistry? I don't know. I know that it now smells great to me! In a few minutes on my skin it becomes much sweeter and mellow, a creamy extremely feminine woody spiced scent with some vanilla. It smells exactly like Dolcevita's drydown. It's rich, voluptous, a little wild yet behavioured, very elegant, refined and it induces imageries of natural setting even in the middle of the grey city. Still not my favourite and don't need to have a full bottle at the moment, but you never know...

Dixie

I love how I feel when I wear this. It's so beautiful! I found the Shiseido version on ebay in edp and parfum for reasonable prices.

pimentosugars

What a truly precious perfume!

It isn't as self conscious as some other SL perfumes. This is wood at its most exquisite, a dryad in autumn,voluptuous, caressing. If anyone is into the Art Nouveau art of Alphonse Mucha, this reminds me very much of his nymphs, starlit and seasonal, wandering through a magical earth of resins and musks and flowers.

Wearing this makes me feel like a very beautiful woman indeed.

KasiaS

To me, the notes mentioned here don't match with the fragrance, I smell loads of plum and cinnamon in FdB, plus the woodsy notes. The notes of FdB by Shiseido seem to go way better with this one, too.
If you loved Organza Indecence, you can try this one as a substitution. Along with Borneo and Chergui it's my SL's favourite. I can't wear it, because on my skin it goes crazy, but maybe it's just my skin - still, I love it on a paper.

Lila-Zen

A truly beautiful fragrance. On my skin I had the opposite experience to Lorilavira. At first the scent is very woody and the cedar is the strongest scent I can pick up.

As it mellows on my skin it becomes more floral and indeed slightly peachy but not too much so - there is still that hint of wood and spice.

Lunohodik

well its pretty much like Dolce Vita and less like its original sister from shiseido. and its more wearable then its older version:))))

Vickalena is right about reformulation idea, its less consentrated then shiseido's one.

Lorilavira

Some weeks ago i tested Feminite du Bois from shiseido and i don't liked it much(to strong and to powerful for me).
I prefer this one from Serge Lutens because it's much lighter/cleaner and has more woody notes.The first sniff is fresh,light and floral then it becomes woody and a bit soft,it smells like wet wood and flowers(i don't smell the peach that's so pity).I very like the scent but i'm not really in love something deranges me i think it could be the ylang-ylang i don't like this flower much.But all in all it's a really good and feminine woody scent.
Good for the fall and wintertime,better for mature woman and for each Occasion it last good, how all serge lutens fragrances but it's not powerful and annoying,this nice scent stays with you the whole day.