Maison Crivelli Bois Datchai by Olya Bar
Aromatic and dreamlike, Bois Datchai, created by Dorothee Piot for Maison Crivelli, is a sweet resinous spice fest of freshly cut wood on a chilly day. It reminded me of being a kid and the summers in our country home a few hours away from Moscow. We spent most of our time exploring the forests nearby, climbing every tree in sight, and stuffing our bellies with freshly picked berries growing in the forest filled with pine trees. The scent of sweet resin on our hands mixed with the ink-colored juice of berries was unforgettable and would take hours to wash out. Those days in the most beautiful raw nature shaped my taste for fragrances in many ways, and I am forever grateful for the olfactory works of art that allow me to go back in time with a spritz.
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Maison Crivelli Bois Datchai greets you with a piercing aroma of freshly muddled blackcurrant buds and a comforting whiff of steaming black tea and is one of my personal favorites from the collection. A slight medicinal aspect of fresh herbs and spices is noticeable as if you were brewing a cup of tea amid an ancient forest someplace in the North. Warming your cold fingers over a fire pit with the crackling sound of cedarwood, you feel slowly drifting away as the woodsy fragrance dances all around you. A smoky sweet heart of cedarwood smells of freshly cut wood and a slight undertone of a Christmas tree. I hear an imaginary note of juicy blackberries muddled with pine needles. The heart of balsamic resin seeping from the tree bark is enveloped with aromatic cinnamon, enticing and warm; it creates a hot resinous accord. The soft tactility of leather in the base of Bois Datchai balanced with a sweet earthiness of patchouli oil lends a perfect tenderness during the last stages of the fragrance.
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The woodiness, stoutly built around multifaceted patchouli, slowly becomes more balsamic with a touch of incense wafting in the air; it makes me crave a night around a fire telling folk stories and legends of the forest. It’s magical; with a subtle transformation from a slightly moist opening of steamy tea to the dryness of the leather as it morphs on the skin.
I hear a distant howl. The whisper around me becomes louder, and the shadows of the forest creatures are more vivid. As the crimson moon lights up the sky, they are coming out to play.
Notes: Blackcurrant buds absolute, black tea absolute, cinnamon essential oil, patchouli essential oil, cedarwood essential oil, leather accord.
Perceived note: blackberry
–Olya Bar, Senior Contributor
Perfume provided by EuroPerfumes, where I am a digital strategist but opinions are always my own.
Maison Crivelli Bois Datchai by Olya Bar
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