Chanel
Bois des Iles
Woody Oriental · 1926 · Ernest Beaux
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Office/Daily
Seasonality
Spring
Creamy sandalwood sits at the center, softened by ylang-ylang and a warm sweetness of tonka and vanilla. It reads rich and smooth, the kind of woody floral that feels close and quietly luxurious.
Taste Profile
The Romantic
The Open Sweet
What you see is what you get. Simply sweet.
Straightforward and consistent, exactly where you want it. Treat yourself. Who doesn't love a bit of sweetness?
See your own Taste Map →How Bois des Iles smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Bois des Iles reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.
Bois des Iles reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 93rd percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Bois des Iles sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 11th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Bois des Iles is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Bois des Iles arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 11th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Bois des Iles is openly sweet, in gourmand territory. That is 84th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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