Bois d'Orange
Roger & Gallet (2009)

Another mass-produced R&G creation to address every scent combination known to man. This one comes across as a cheap smelling orange conconction. Perhaps it is manufactured in super huge vats, who knows? Smells OK at first but then degrades in quality quite rapidly. The "woody" drydown actually smells like a chemical or a cheap industrial scent. One or two other reviewers have also captured this. R&G throws a lot of darts at the board but this one missed by a mile. I search out orange fragrances but I'll save my money for the higher end Hermes Eau d'Orange Vert or the latest from L'Occitane. This one is not worth the cut even at its drugstore price.

Nothing to detain you in this orange and chemical potboiler.

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This is a staple of every French pharmacy and is such good value for money. It starts off a bit "full-on" but give it five minutes and it begins to bloom into an appealing citrus/woody/herbal concoction.It has amazing longevity on my skin and I keep getting pleasing wafts of it throughout the day. Very versatile,classy scent not a million miles away from Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte or L'Occitane's Ruban Orange but at a fraction of the price.

Simply a marvellously sparkling green/citrusy concoction (so affordable and inexpensive) with a realistic blend of mandarine/orange, minty aromatic herbs (probably mint, basil plus citrus bitter peels), "colorful" floral notes (mostly orangy neroli and ylang-ylang) and woods with hints of ambergris. Old school in its timeless recipe. A citrus-floral-aromatic creation launched in 2009 by Roger&Gallet. Bois d'Orange by Roger&Gallet smells basically on my skin like a sort of more cologney and brighter Hermès Eau D'Orange Verte 1979. The dry down is a bit less interesting and smoother than the fizzy/boisé compelling opening. Frankly one of the most dignified citrusy aromatic aromas I've stumbled across. Decent projection but unfortunately faint longevity (like an eau de cologne) on my skin.

A gentle citrus opening with a green herbaceous note that merges into a woody drydown with, on me, a mild but distinct amber note. Not sweet, restrained with little silage or projection. The poor longevity of one hour is excusable, given that the box says " Eau fraîche parfumée." A kind of sub-Eau-de-Cologne perfumed water; so it just made a positive review. Good for what it purports to be.

I discovered this in a hotel room when I used the body lotion and kept getting a waft of something lovely. It dries down really well and has a beautiful warm sophisticated citrusy smell . There is something else there which I'm guessing must be the pallassander wood. I have layered this with Bois des Iles and they go very well together. A lovely lovely fragrance.