BDK
WOOD JASMIN

2016

PERFUMER
Camille Leguay

Plum
Pear

Jasmine Sambac
Jasmine
Artemisia
Turkish Rose

Peru Balsam
Incense
Vanilla
Labdanum
Cypriol
Patchouli

Wood Jasmin has been one of my favorites from BDK for some years now, but I never got around to writing a review for it before.

In my recent testing, I found it sweeter than I remembered, but equally good. Sweet and spicy mostly, with florals playing second fiddle on my skin.

Spices are not listed, but I get the sort of dry spicy earthiness from cypriol and patchouli with more sweetness. And also a booze tinge. Others have remarked a similarity to cough syrup and I definitely agree.

Plum is there, but subtle. It’s a somewhat stoic fragrance, with no real juiciness or fruitiness, just a hint of the scent. I do not get much of the sourness/acidity that others seem to get.

Instead, it dives into this dry, dusty, chalky woodiness with incense almost instantly. The namesake jasmine is also quite prominent, but in a dry, airy way as well.

The more it dries, the more I smell dry tobacco; like a jasmine flanker to Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille.