Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood
For: women Designer: Vivienne Westwood Olfactive Group: Chypre FloralIt was designed by Martin Gras with an intention to create a fragrance that will make all men turn their heads after the woman that wears it when the smell wafts past them. The top notes are aldehydes, sweetly-fresh bergamot, hyacinth, and orange blossom.
The heart is sweet and opulent with jasmine, luscious rose, narcissus, carnation, orris root, cardamom and coriander. The base brings patchouli, warm and milky sandal wood, tobacco leaves, cinnamon and powdery soft vanilla.
The bottle was designed by Fabrice Legros. The top is made as a globe encircled by a ring, which symbolize the power of femininity.
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Boudoir opens with a brassy trumpet of florals and aldehydes. The initial blast makes even 80s perfumes smell meek by comparison. But after the aldehydic bomb airs out, Boudoir settles into a sweet bubble-gum-like spicy syrup. Intensely moist and earthy; I see where the sexual comments come from. Yes, it's hot and wet and spicy and animalistic. But it's also sweet. There so much going on, and it gets very confusing.
I guess I could see Boudoir on a highly aggressive and supremely confident personality. Those faint of heart need not apply.

On the other hand the perfume itself is such a masterpiece!!! Not too much of the chypre side on me, but lots of floral and oriental notes. Unbearably beautiful! One of the best ones ever.

Personally i dont think it smells dirty,more retro soapy smell.I wouldnt mind wearing it but i dont know if i wanna get it since so many thinks it smells dirty..

Both English country home and Knightsbridge, London.
LOVE IT!


Otherwise this would have been a nice strong, long lasting feminine scent.




It's a sweet, feminine scent.




Soapy, powdery, incensey, a bit sweet also,, kind of "dirty"...
Very unique !

Old version (cognac) is softer, creamier, royalty, retro.
New version (pink) is more rebelliant,less classic and - unfortunately - has one note which i only can describe as "plastic". Obviously, i prefer cognac one but i know, it's not easy to find it :(
Scent may be very controversial, one of the perfume "hate it-or-love it". Heavy, rich, feminin, burlesque (Dita's fav ;) ), play with convenances... Well, definitally, Boudoir *has THAT something*. Personally I love it's entourage, it gives me rich smog of theatratical pop, yet hint of old-rebelliant-punk kick in nose ;)

It's a sweet, feminine scent.

O.k. , to me this is definitely decadent, like you had indeed indulged in some acts of debauchery the night before - BUT a few hours previously you had carefuly made yourself up , washed with your best soap, scented yourself with a lovely lotion and perfume ...
Later then after the evening's festivities ,ahem, there's your clean sweat smell too - barely perceptible , mixing with the florals,and spices. (love the cardamon in this along with the tabacco flower - the marigold might also be contributing to that salty earthy note, don't know)
Boudior is a very sexual , not afraid to be a bit raunchy scent, for some, just 'dirty'. Beautiful, captivating , eccentric even - I LOVE IT!
( I've got the cognac colored potion.)



An invigorating bouquet, so optimistic, so feminine - with a delightful hint of a pink bubblegum!!!!A teasing pinch of powder - and a bunch of flowers!
Deep black cardamom tea with cream in the end...It is like nothing else, a perfume from a dream!
I love it!!!!!
PS I totally disagree on chypre floral definition though...I don`t feel anything that would define it as a remotely chypre frag.

The jasmine, rose, and narcissus are intense, thick, and divine. They are contrasted but balanced by the spices of coriander and cardamom. The orris root is there, it keeps it all grounded in reality, with an earthy touch.
The dry down is not your everyday, common, boring, base. The sandalwood is so mellow and smooth, the vanilla combined makes a velvety feel. There is a hint of "powder" here with the vanilla sandalwood, but it's not overwhelming or distasteful. The patchouli and cinnamon are just barely spicy, and the tobacco blossom lightens and brightens the base.
It's lasting quite well in the heat today. I am impressed at the quality, creativity, and elegance I am sensing. I am intrigued by the dynamism this scent, all bottled up, prisoner, in that glass and gilded cage. It's darling, daring, powerful, and beguiling- all at the same time.
I find this fragrance to really burst forth in the begininng, and then speak so sensually like a smokey voice later on...

I love the idea of a sweet innocent fresh floral with a naughty musk vanilla amber and the best bit some tobacco!
I love the slightly sweet naughty smell of tobacco, so i could not get out the door fast enough to find this perfume and try it!
The first store i went to didn't have it...
The next i went to i found it and fluttered over to the Vivienne Westwood section of the perfume section.
I found the pretty little bottle and smelled it first in the bottle... Lovely!
One paper... So gorgeous!
Then the big one, on my skin... :(
The second this lovely scent hit my skin it is SOUR
Actually smelled like i had not i had gotten into something nasty...
I was so angry that my skin chemistry would betray me like this that i let it sit on my skin and soak in for a good long time.
Over a couple hours of dirty sour mixed with a slightly powdery sweet smell which reminded me a bit of Coco Chanel (only slightly, and i love Coco so this give me some hope)
After a couple of hours I was feeling nearly defeated. Sad that I had to completely count out this perfume for myself, I got a whiff of something sweet floral slightly spicy and completely gorgeous!
Success!! It was the lovely Boudoir I had been hoping for giving me a visit!
Such a glorious floriental! It definitely has character, so playful yet seductive, like a sweet little giggle coming from under the sheets.
I am totally in love! I only wish it had this effect on my skin the whole way through. I will try it on my skin another day to see if it changes and if not i may just get it to spray my sheets with ;)
Happy Sniffing!
x

Definitely a floral...though I can't pick out ANY of the flowers just by smell right now. It's a complex blend to my nose. Lovely, and very feminine. The aldehydes are still potent to me, but not unbareable like many others. I can pick out the orris root and cardamom amongst the flowers. perhaps that's what's causing the "unclean" smell? It's still pleasing to my nose though... The coriander is very mild, but perhaps it's mild because I used it in my cooking last night and it smelled much stronger in the pot than on my wrist. Ahh..I sense the carnation, narcissus, and rose now. The jasmine is not that noticeable, which is good for me. I like my jasmine to play a supporting role, and here it certainly does. It gives it that soft, sweet, & fresh feminine touch, in my opinion---rather than being overwhelming. The woodsy notes & vanilla at the end give it that extra sexy that I was looking for at the beginning. The florals and aldehydes lure you in; the spices add dimension; and the woodsyness brings out that sexy vava-voom appeal.
I feel like sitting on satin sheets, wearing dainty yet seductive thigh-high stockings, sexy-break-my-ankles stilettos, and a slinky lingerie...waiting to surprise my lucky man. Unfortunately...in real life he is not so lucky and I will just have to be a tease because I don't own ANY of that! *lol* Beautifully sexy fragrance.


There is a sweet bubblegum like top note that does a good job of masking the dirty, gritty underbelly of this frag, but not enough to drown it out completely. she is a devil wearing angel wings.
There is something strange yet compelling about her, something odd and if you sniff too hard you may not like what you find but the sillage is decadent and divine.
Warning ~ Extremely tenacious and long-lasting!

I can say now that this perfume is the most intriguing one that I have ever tried. And a complete delightful discovery...
First, it was like opening the door of the said Boudoir. The smell of rice powder, lipstick, feminine sweat, and even sex came to my nose. I was feeling like a voyeur and my thought was: “How can I really take possession of this perfume if first I feel like entering someone else’s very intimate world?” I should have guessed then that Boudoir just takes possession of you if it likes you...
After such a beginning, I was quite surprised with the following... the smell of Bazooka chewing-gum! Wow! It was like having entered into the Boudoir and talking directly to the woman who’s sitting there. She’s chewing gum and looking at a nice bouquet of flowers standing on her coffee table. These delicate flowers that I can smell trying to fight for first place with the chewing-gum scent.
Then the drydown is quite like the beginning plus the chewing-gum and flowers. It is where Boudoir really stands out with the mix of all its intimate and delicious smells. This is when Boudoir decides if it likes you or not, if it wants to be intimate or not with you. I was lucky enough to be chosen by Boudoir...

I buy them and stubbornly wear them because even my unsophisticated nose knows that there is some magic in there, but in the end, I am thrilled the day has ended and I can bathe and move on to a more comfortable and accessible scent.
Boudoir was my first, I really bought it from a habitual sense of rebellion - if its naughty, I felt I had to have it, additionally the "notes" seem wonderful.
I do not get the naughtiness and unwashed bits that others seem to get from Boudoir, however, if I focus on it, there's a definite feminine deodorant note that can slowly take over, so I try not to focus on it.
There's some monstrously generous sillage (I love monstrous sillage, by the way), but there's also a cloyingly annoying something sweet (and I love many sweet perfumes).
Its certainly an "interesting" scent but it isn't by any means likeable.
Men seem to love it, in my experience, it elicits tons of comments about how "good I smell".
In a way, I feel about Boudoir the way some women feel about other women whose horizontal mores are freer than their own: they don't like them and they feel uncomfortable around them, but deep down inside, they are curious and somewhat fascinated.
That's exactly what the uber-potent, oddly fascinating and yet vaguely repulsive fragrance that is Boudoir evokes in me: I find it hard to like, it makes me uncomfortable, and yet it also fascinates me.
I have the old amber colored juice, it has sillage for miles around even with a tiny spray and stays put overnight or even more.
Although it hasn't happened in 7 years, I am confident that one day my sense of smell will grow up and Boudoir and I will be friends.




A classic.


Not going to be one for me.

Girl kiss the man with her red lips, long curly hairs falling on white back and he take her in one's arms. In room is sultry and hot, in air is rising smell of Boudoir, like mist rising over the lake.
Bottle is richly ornamented, beautiful! Frangrance... I love it! Floral, sweet but very sophisticated, one of its kind! Indescribably permanent!



Lucky you that can wear it. I can only look at the pretty bottle and having nightmares about how it will break in my boudoir and it will smell like Boudoir forever in there.


A little soapy....and very different.


I've tried it once and I WANT IT!

But i've been wearing it for days now! I think we became friends after all :)


First of all, it doesn't have that pink colour i loved...
The perfume is not bad, but in the beginning it really smells like the soap "Dove", and i find the dry down very similar to "Anïs Anïs" by Cacharel, but this one is softer.
I like it, but maybee my hopes were to high? Maybee it's a "developer"?
Longlasting.






It appears that there are two colors of juice -- pink and dark orange. I saw a review on MakeUpAlley.com that someone bought a new bottle pink, and as it aged, it darkened to dark orange. So the color of the juice may not reflect different formulations, but simply oxidation with time.


i was just about to ask you to give some comment on this fragrance. there are some other that you have in your wardrobe that I would love to hear about, like mitsouko, for example, and shalimar.

i want it! :)
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