Bois d’ Encens by Armani Prive’ · Brotherhood Of Scent

Bois d’ Encens by Armani Prive’

Today was slightly colder and the weather is changing for even colder over the next week. Decided to go with the only Armani I ever have owned. Released and bought in 2004 is this highly acclaimed and awarded minimalist frag. Three notes, all deep and resinous makes this linear but very nice and well blended. Personally I love the bottle design on their Prive’ line. Classy but not pompous. Atomizer is good considering it’s now 22 years old and probably the best available for the time period.

So the juice you say? Really it’s very nice and still holds up today. I think my taste has changed more than it has for the last couple decades. I now search for more complex frags. That said, I’d still give this a very respectable 8.2-8.5/10.

Spicy Smokey resinous is clearly in my lane. I wear this and think two people here absolutely should try this one.

@Edward Mooney

and

@Jamal Moore

No it isn’t a leather based frag which is beasts kryptonite but the Smokey spicy absolutely is.

Here is the big problem in my mind. $350/100ml is high for this frag. It’s Armani not Nasomatto. That’s almost as expensive as the venerable Radical Rose Extrait and over $100 USD more than Radical Rose EDP. That’s insane to me as even the Prive’ line is still a designer house imho.

What say you all?

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