Bois Mystique

Bois Mystique is a spiced, smoky wood for men from Houbigant, composed by Luca Maffei and released in 2018. Spice is what everyone notices; most also find it woody, about a third describe it as floral or amber-like, and a minority pick up musk and citrus.

The notes are listed together. Bergamot and neroli give a brief, bright start before the spices arrive: black pepper, pink pepper, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon, together warm, sharp and slightly sweet. Artemisia adds a bitter herbal note and iris a cool powder. The woody body is cedar, guaiac wood and cashmere wood, dry and soft at once, with cypriol adding an earthy, oud-like smokiness. Incense and myrrh bring dry, resinous smoke, and amber with musk warms the finish.

By character Bois Mystique is an autumn and winter fragrance for evenings, dense and incense-tinged, and it suits men who like their woods spiced and smoky rather than fresh.

Bois Mystique — for men fragrance by Houbigant (released 2018). Notes: Amber, Artemisia, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Cashmere Wood, Cashmir wood, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Ginger, Guaiac Wood, Incense, Iris, Musk, Myrrh, Neroli, Pepper, Pink Pepper. — Parfica open fragrance database