Van Cleef & Arpels
Bois d’Iris
Incense Powdery · 2009 · Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann
Notes checked against a published listing.
Modelled profile
Iris held in myrrh and frankincense. Dry, grey, quietly ceremonial.
Taste Profile
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How Bois d’Iris smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Bois d’Iris keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Bois d’Iris sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 63rd percentile for warmth across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Bois d’Iris sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
Bois d’Iris sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 85th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Bois d’Iris feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Bois d’Iris keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,320 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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