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Bois Dormant(1925)

Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Woody

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A woody composition from Houbigant, opening on bergamot before a heart built purely from woods, closing on musk, amber, and cedar. Bois Dormant, Sleeping Wood, plays on the French title for Sleeping Beauty, La Belle au Bois Dormant, giving the fragrance a fairy-tale resonance uncommon among the house's more straightforwardly floral or geographic names. Building a heart entirely from woods rather than flowers was a relatively unusual structural choice for the period.

Did you know? This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives. Read the full story →

Brand

Houbigant

Perfumer

Houbigant in-house perfumers

Launched

1925

Family

Woody

Bois Dormant is a fragrance from Houbigant, released in 1925 and composed by Houbigant in-house perfumers. It sits in the Woody family. It opens with Bergamot, moves into a heart of Woods, and settles into a base of Musk, Amber, and Cedarwood.

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