Haha, well there's no need to fear. I've been collecting perfume for years and years and I'm actually studying perfumery at the moment and will be qualified next year!. My knowledge is always growing so I hope to make my reviews more and more informative! I'll come and check you out now and subscribe. Thanks for your comment. Let me know what you think of Boudoir! It's very cool!
It's my drug so much it attracts love !! My companions are crazy about it and I am looking for it to buy one! Do you know ??? Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you for the review! I love this perfume and it has been my signature scent for years. I always describe it as a powdery, Victorian pearls and lace kind of fragrance, but yours is so much more accurate!
After seeing this review, I now own the vintage and current versions. Just rewatched this and I have to say that your description NAILS IT so hard! This is amongst my top 5 fragrances, along with Shalimar and Samsara and a couple by En Voyage. The first three on the list are entirely your fault!
Oops. I forgot that this has been discontinued. The version you reviewed, as you know, was a reformulation of the original. The original has a gold colored cap as opposed to the clear and gold one on the reformulation. It was made by a different company. And it is gorgeous! BTW, I'm Debbie Ernst in your FB group. LONG TIME FAN! I tried to change my name on here but I couldn't do it from my phone.
Oh yes! I just googled some pics and saw the one with the fully gold cap! How cool? I bet it was so gorgeous. Oh you are over on the group? HI!!! *WAVES" HEHE.
ouch110 Fragrance Reviews Before reformulation it was produced by the Lancaster Group. 2010 Lancaster was bought by Coty. At the latest from middle of 2010, Boudoir unfortunately was reformulated by Coty then. The original had a metal cap and the fragrance was amber, the new one is pink...
I just got this today, and I'm loving it. I was telling a friend that it reminds me of face powder. I think it's the combination of rose and orris root that's giving me the classic makeup vibe. But then it does have that "sticky" element, as you identified. To me, it is very reminiscent of cigars. I love how that tobacco flower note keeps the whole thing from going either too sweet or safe. It pulls just weird enough to keep things interesting. Great review.
Al rehab Nebras smells 100% similar to this perfume and it lasts far better oh well, another Beautiful piece of work, thanks a lot & cheers for the uploads keep rocking.
Thanks!! Ya know, I agree a bit. They do smell similar for a while but this has a much better dry down. The dry down of Nebras is much more rosey and smells a bit dated. This one holds on to it's modern feel longer. :)
Yes, a little sample of 3 ml will last a lifetime, many of them are soooo heavy that even T.M Angel seems like a shy little fairy in comparisment;) Havnt tried Africana. Nebras still my nr 1 of these! Good Luck and i always looking forward for your reviews!:)
Hi!! Happy to assist you!:) I have som favs of the one you mention above and i would like to recommend you to try Balkis, its a sweet woody little thing, then the fruity lovely Maroccan Rose, the fruity fresh Sabaya and lovely quiet vanilla Dalal and ond called Gold, not on your list but i have a friend and it smells absolutely lovely on him, would say its unisex as well! Another fav of mine is from brand Al Afdel; "Ward al Taifi" a beautiful pure rose! Loved your Stella M, review, got absolu!
I love you ! I enjoyed your "honey-skin" review sounds like a particular , intriguing , interesting unusual smell :) I'm waiting for the bottle in the mail I'm so excited .yay! Thank you !
Ooohh, almost forgot to tell you, i just watch one of your other reviews as well, the one about BPAL "Sheherazade"! If you havnt tried it so, there is an arabian perfume oil called "Nebras", smells VERY similar to Budouir! Doesnt cost much but smells really great!
Thanks so much. :) I will try a few out. I also have my eye on Africana, but I'm not going to commit to a whole bottle. I'll try some samples first. I may review them on here too. I'm not sure.
Well I bought this after watching the review (bought samsara after watching another one of your). I was so intrigued and I absolutely love it! It's definitely a head turning fragrance and it smells divine. I've been wearing it a lot more than samsara and Shalimar as I feel it has a bit more modern of a feel while still staying vintage smelling. Definitely unique!
+ouch110 Fragrance Reviews it's fantastic! I find myself buying a lot of more unique perfumes these days as all the more modern ones smell too sweet/all the same. Looking at Kenzo l'elephant next
Unique is best!! Ah cool yes Elephant is cool too. Really nice for winter because it's cozy and warmly spicy (if you live in a place that is cold in winter of course haha). :)
Good hunting luck! Will look forward to that! :) I was so surprised myself because VW B is one of my fav, you can read o lot of reviews about "Nebras" on Fragrantica! It has the really sweet flowery/vanilla scent and also a rich rose! Hope you find it and like it as much as i do ;)
I'm so excited! A very generous Fragrantician is decanting Boudoir for me! :) I loved the "dirty honeyed rose" description.....hope I'm woman enough for it! Beautiful review :)
I did, I blind bought this one , because no one ever sent me a sample. I couldn't resist :). Boudoir is beautiful. It's a bit sweet from the flowers I think, it's incredibly potent and lasting, I am VERY aware of it all day if I wear it, even with one or two sprays. I think the tobacco flower and one of the spices stands out of the vanillary rosey cloud.I think it's very evocative of someone extremely sexy out on the prowl in an old-time night club, mayhaps a wilted starlet, lol, I don't know, she's a weird and wonderful, this one. My kids like it. Sorry for being rubbish at describing !
That is a great description hehe. Wilted Starlet ay? I LOVE IT! hehe. Yes it has a very old time feel to it but also a bit modern too. I have the body lotion of it also and that is powerful enough itself. Great addition to any perfume collection I reckon! :)
This is on my list. My lengthy, ever growing list. . . of samples, because that is the only way I will ever be able to smell all the ones I want to smell. I will then choose from there. I have a feeling I will like this but that the musk feel will make it feel like 'not me'. I have a feeling I will interpret this as some other good smelling woman, if that makes sense.
So nice. Ive watched this rewiev a couple of times. Im a Westwood fan and ive often thought about getting this perfume. Sadly it is out of production. But ive managed to buy it private. I did try it out just a couple of years after its release, and, yes, i do remember it to be kind of sexual. I remember a girlfriend of mine was pretty shocked by it. I have recently startet pairing women and men fragrances so thats my intention with it. Exited.
Hi! Can you help?. I am going to purchase 6 Al-Rehab perfume samples so I can do some reviews. I'm not really sure where to start. Of course I will get some Nebras but what others would you reccommend from these? (I don't really care to try the male scents) Al Fares Al Nourer Aroosah Aseel Bakhoor Balkis Lovely Classic Dalal Soft Musk Maka Elena Blanc Sabaya Khaliji Lord Guapo Morrocan Rose Rasha Red Rose Saat Safa Shadha Shaikhah Silver Station Sultan Tooty Musk White Full White Musk Zidan
Yes, it has this vintage scent but it's also modern, not too powdery or too flowery. It's a head turner for sure. I really really want to try Midnight Poison and Coco Mademoiselle after this, i've seen your reviews!
Hi again! You can find al over Ebay.uk for nearly nothing, think i cost from 2-8 £, sounds redicuisly cheap but it really smells like one million! You can find it in both oil and with alcholbase! Its a bit lighter and not so animalic like VW B, but its stronger and last at least 12 hours! Made by Al-rehab brand! Best wishes!
Well I got it ... and I hate it! Ha ha! Thankfully I only ordered a miniature bottle. But I did also order Naughty Alice and I really like that one, so all is not lost in the Westwood department!
I am very curious about this perfume, since I saw another video in which you mention it. I love the bottle and I guess the cap which is a "globus cruciger" could be related to religious iconography or royalty, but it is more likely to be a reference to the Harris Tweed company logo of Scotland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger
hi there, ive just looked at your review and think your description of this perfume is perfect! it is my favourite and i wear it all the time. It has unfortunately been discontinued and while i have just managed to find one more bottle, im not sure if i will be so lucky again. I am not sure i will be able to find something i like as much and have been googleing Chypre perfumes after your explanation of them and have come across one called, "not a perfume" by Juliette has a gun. Would you be able to do a review of this one please? thank you!
Idk where you live, but I found it on the website of a German retailer here called Mueller for 40eur, if that means anything to you. I'm thinking about getting it because I love the bottle lol, but so many people are saying it smells like crotch, so idk.
@@theblondebiatch oh awesome thank you! 40 euro is very cheap for it! are you sure its authentic? i think its smells gorgeous so if you are even considering it i would say get it!
Thanks! Not a perfume by JHAG is exactly that...not a perfume, it is a single molecule and smells transparent and woody. If you like Chypres I wouldn't go for it as it's so far from a chypre. :)
Haha oh no!! You don't like it? That#s a shame. Well it's very popular so I'm sure could find someone that wants it, or swap or something? Ah Naughty Alice, I haven't tried that. I have a sample of Boudoir Sin Garden which I haven't really smelled or tried properly but I will do! :)
Hi, Can you do a review of Vivienne Westwood Let It Rock or Naughty Alice? I saw a few reviews for these fragrances but is still undecided on whether or not I should buy them because the descriptions and reviews vary a lot and I don't want to waste money on a perfume that I would never wear. :)
tonixx20 Hi Toni! Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I do not have a sample of any of those. I DO have one of "Boudoir Sin Garden" though which I will be reviewing at some point.:)
tonixx20 Hi Toni! I'm actually wearing Sin Garden today. I had planned to review it tonight but unfortunately...there isn't really much I'd like to say about it. I did write a written review though so...here it is. Hmm I'm not very impressed with this one unfortunately. While the opening had potential, the dry down is meh. It opens with a soapy pink pepper smell, very pleasant...very soft..very feminine but also very familiar..I'm reminded of Lacoste Pour Femme (the yellow one). Once it dries though, the abundance of soft powdery notes in this take over...iris..heliotrope, violet, musk. They all come together to form a slightly characterless perfume. :( It just smells "pretty" but nothing special. Lots of soft powdery sweetness...and that's it. While the original boudoir was full of character and was much more daring, this one falls by the wayside. There is nothing "Sin" in here at all. It should be called "Fairy Garden" Lastly..the lasting power and sillage of this leaves a lot to be desired. I can barely smell it after half an hour.
Aw thanks a lot for the review :D It's a good thing that I waited for this review b/c I would have wasted my money on an uninteresting perfume. I'll look forward to your upcoming reviews for this week, thanks again :]
Aaaaand you just sold another one! (Placing an order for this one as I type this!). Listen, (I just realized I don't know your name!) Apparently this review was requested by someone and I find it fantastic because I have actually been thinking about asking you to review one for quite some time now (I will NOT respect anyone else's opinion as much as yours), and that is Kingdom y Alexander McQueen. Do you think you could post a review on that one?
Kenny Cisneros Hi Kenny!!!! How are ya? Oh cool you got some Boudoir! It's a greaaaat one. My name is Thomas, pleased to me you. :) Ahhh Kingdom. I WISH I could do a review of that one but unfortunately it's so hard to find now and I do not have a sample. It's a great perfume though. So..this time around I'll have to decline. If I ever get my hands on some though..I'll be sure to do it for ya. :)
ouch110 Fragrance Reviews Well, there's something I'd like to share with you: Let me see if I can find a way to take a photo. I would LOVE to decant some for you, the thing is I don't know how to / where to / even if I can - ship it.
Kenny Cisneros A photo? ok cool of what?? :) Intriguing. Oh a decant? That's so kind! It's kinda easy if you have an empty sample vial, ya just spray it in. The UK shipping laws are ok with perfumes coming in, it's sending them out that's the issue. Every country has some silly rule or another haha!!! :)
ouch110 Fragrance Reviews There, I shared it through Google Plus (I think?) Let me know if you get it. I will try to get a vial tomorrow and will get back to you, Thomas. I am still waiting for my Boudoir to arrive, I am SO curious about it (sadly I could only find the 30ml bottle). I ordered it along with Al-Rehab's Nebras (Oil and Eau de Parfum) after reading so many Fragranticans comparing it to Boudoir. I think you actually have that one as well, and I will trust your word above anyone else's. Are they actually alike?
Kenny Cisneros Oh yay that's soooo very kind of you. Ahhh ok with the Boudoir/Nebras comparisons. I can see why people compare them HOWEVER...Boudoir is miles better. There is a slight similarity in the way they are both rosy but the dry downs and development are completely different. Boudoir is more modern, smoother and has a certain je ne sais quoi! It's got something more special than Nebras. I would choose boudoir over it in a heartbeat. :) I hope you enjoy it!!!
Hey this one is on my wishlist and i really wanna buy it but i cant find testers... Is there a perfume similar to this to have an idea how is that smells ???
Giorgos Maras This one is quite a unique one. The only thing that I hear people say is similar is "Nebras" by Al Rehab. An Arabian perfume house who's perfumes are reallllly cheap. I have both but..it my opinion they are only slightly similar. Boudoir is a cut above the rest. :) If you like sexy honeyed rich florals you'll like it. We have a very similar taste..so..I'm gonna take a guess and say you'll LOVE it!
i love his perfume. i was recently introduced to this by a friend. i also watched Katie P's video if it and had to try it. I waned to ask whether you have any of the bottle caps from an old bottle. if you do please message me please and thanks
This was my first ‘scrubber’! The description, oh I wanted with all my heart to love it but sweet lord I was ready to cut my arm off at the shoulder to get that smell off me! Smelled like manky pants, out of date lipstick and that non clear honey with a ciggy butt in it... I will never forget it... it honestly still traumatises me! I’m not even joking 😂😂😂 and I’m not the best behaves in life but of my days it was brutal... I was craving the smell of bleach and hand sanitiser afterwards
I really cant imagine what this smells like. Reviews range from lovely floral to sweaty terrible crotch. I am trying to get my hands on a sample as it does not seem like a safe blind buy...
