Bois des Iles

CHANEL

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4.1

133 reviews
66%
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4.3/5
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    1.0
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    whataworld

    17 years ago

    Of course this is nice but for some reason I cannot smell it. Its like someone breathing on me. I feel it but it doesn't have a smell. I can't spend this kind of money on something that is gonna...

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    Age30-35

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    ruby_tea_roses

    17 years ago

    Meh. Too dry and spicy for me. Borders on masculine in my opinion, but then again I like really sweet fragrances like No. 22 and YSL BabyDoll. Bois des Iles seems more exotic, spicy and incensey...

    About reviewer (540 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    kisa

    17 years ago

    Life was boring, work was dull and Seattle winter was getting to me with its dark and perpetually rainy skies. I needed something fabulous. Something that will tell me: "Listen, there are things to...

    About reviewer (26 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinOther, Fair, Neutral

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    5.0
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    ahwod

    17 years ago

    I have loved this perfume for years. My best friend in high school (in a very strange Southern town)wore this. She was very unique in everything she did, and her perfume was no exception. I...

    About reviewer (5 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

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    SensualSusanna

    17 years ago

    I wish this had stayed the way it started.. pretty and woodsy -- with enough sandalwood, ginger and flowers to to make it mysteriously feminine. It's lovely. But ---------- it dried down just like...

    About reviewer (636 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    chattykathy

    17 years ago

    I've tried this many times over the years and I was never impressed with it till now. For some reason I am now able to smell many of those delectable notes that I did not pick up on previously....

    About reviewer (418 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    4.0
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    alice_alix

    18 years ago

    An elegant woody fragrance for those who can't stand overly sweet, 'kitchy' scents. A fragrance for a refined woman. Nice sandalwood drydown.

    About reviewer (136 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    potionsandlotions

    18 years ago

    This is "en femme", Chanel "en femme", not masculine. This wears feminine clothing, has a very feminine personality, and it's all femme inside-- I don't care what the birth certificate says. To say...

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    rsm1309

    18 years ago

    I was so in love with this fragrance.......before I even tried it! Yes, bewitched by the descriptions, I couldn't wait to get my own bottle. I've always loved woods, and have found mens colognes...

    About reviewer (44 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    freegracer

    18 years ago

    Ernest Beaux, the master creator of Chanel Nos 5, 22 and also Cuir de Russie and Bois des Iles, reportedly said that Chanel No 5 smelled of a snowy landscape. Mr. Beaux had fled from Russia, so he...

    About reviewer (124 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    tara3056

    18 years ago

    Oh, I could simultaneously kiss and slap the swapper who was kind/mean enough to send me a sample of Chanel's Bois des Iles fragrance in the *pure parfum* form. Released in 1926 (!), it is...

    About reviewer (32 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    3.0
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    kamm

    18 years ago

    This strikes me as a very watered down version of Coco. I like Coco and it's lovely on me but BdI is a little disappointing. It's nice enough, but barely there on me and not worth the price. ...

    About reviewer (6 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    Petals

    18 years ago

    This is my 2nd review here and to those who don't know me from the boards, I am one big perfume-holic. I was fortunate enough to get a small decant of BdI in a swap and when I first sprayed it on,...

    About reviewer (5 reviews)

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    5.0
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    Norge

    18 years ago

    This is a beautiful fragrance. I doubt I would actually wear it (at least not very often) because it smells a little (I thought I would never say these words, but here goes) "old ladyish" to me....

    About reviewer (15 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    mimosa05

    18 years ago

    I kept hearing how great this is, so I bought a decant. It has that aldehyde opening like #5, which I *hate*... but underneath is a pleasant, gingerbread-like fragrance. I'm going to have to try...

    About reviewer (137 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    5.0
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    cloisonne

    18 years ago

    This is the nicest fragrance I own. It's elegant, beautiful and made with quality. The creator, Ernest Beaux, made a timeless masterpiece with this one.

    About reviewer (28 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    2.0
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    Maximina

    18 years ago

    Typical headache inducing Chanel mess. Perfumey, powdery, floral. Ugh, my head is pounding and I must WASH THIS OFF. It ain't no No.5 or Coco, let's just leave it at that.

    About reviewer (772 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    misscali

    18 years ago

    Basically, I am inspired to write reviews now because of this fragrance. Although I will wear others, this is now my HG fragrance. At first I only smelled aldehydes and sandalwood, but now after...

    About reviewer (6 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    lethslkiss20

    18 years ago

    This has a strange perfumey top note on me (similar to No. 5), and then turns into a beautiful powdery floral for a while (I LOVE this stage of the fragrance). Until alas...it turns to something...

    About reviewer (50 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    5.0
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    pgeissler

    18 years ago

    Woody, not a floral, though it certainly has those notes in it, this is just a great every day scent I go to when I'm not sure what else to wear. It is my favorite Chanel scent.

    About reviewer (14 reviews)

    Age44-55

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