I just snagged a 50mL after testing this many times. I like how there's a big price difference between the 50mL and 100mL bottle, $160 vs $240. Usually designers set like a $20 difference between a 50mL and 100mL. Anyways, Bois Pacifique is a woody, resinous, spicy fragrance. A very dense scent profile. It's like a fresher, warmer weather version of Ébène Fumé which is great for me because I love Ébène Fumé. I'm trying to figure out where the freshness is coming from, and what exactly makes this fresher than Ébène Fumé. I'm not exactly sure, but I love it. Oak is one of my favorite woody notes, it smells incredible and has a unique, dry, earthy type of smell to it. It doesn't seem to be used often in other fragrances compared to other woods. I have been really into fresh fragrances with no citrus notes lately, and this is totally right up my alley. This is an excellent fresh fragrance with no citrus notes. But, this isn't like a fresh fresh fragrance for summer, it's more of a transitional season fresh fragrance for spring and fall. I'd say it's also better for evenings than daytime.

I was skeptical about performance because almost everyone is saying it lacks in that department. I tested it like 10 times before I bought it, sometimes testing other things at the same time. Bois Pacifique performs so well on my skin, giving me 12+ hours with a strong projection every time. On the days I tested other stuff simultaneously, Bois Pacifique always overpowered the other fragrances. When the projection dies off after a few hours, the skin scent remains so strong, unusually strong.

I wanted to clarify one thing. It's not close enough to Ébène Fumé for it to be redundant to own both. They just have a familiar scent profile but they smell different. Bois Pacifique actually smells closer to Black Lacquer than Ébène Fumé, but still not close enough to make owning both redundant. Bois Pacifique is actually a pretty unique smelling fragrance that doesn't smell quite like anything else but draws inspiration from some amazing fragrances.

Deep, warm, mature. Immediately the sandalwood, cedar and amber are very prominent. There's a roundness to the formula that makes it very pleasant to get whiffs of. I wasn't expecting to be impressed with a new TF offering but this is nice. This is for men 30 and older, or perhaps a bit younger in a professional setting. This will absolutely fly for an evening occasion or a date. If you're scared when I say it's mature and meant for older men, don't think it's some old-school barbershop fougère or anything. It's very, very different from a "Beau de Jour" type of scent, to give another TF example of a fragrance meant for a mature audience. A younger man dressed nicely could certainly pull this off. What I mean to say is that this is deep, resinous, warm and inviting in a way that your typical loud, screechy, attention-seeking designer fragrance isn't.

Who: Men 30+ or a younger man dressed up.
Where: Casual, formal, date, office are all applicable.
When: Almost all seasons, but maybe not a hot summer day.

This is rather boring. It's mostly a cedarwood/dry woods - forward fragrance. I don't get much of the other notes besides some Iris, but the Iris is pretty minimal. Even though it's not listed, I get a suede vibe from this.

This is NOT a big projector but it DOES last well on clothing. Nothing about this fragrance is challenging. This would work for any season honestly.

Save your coin. This is not worth the hefty price tag. This is nothing that hasn't been done already.

Smelled it yesterday.

It smells like Ebene Fume Lite.

Would get it for spring and summer wearing when you still want the woody vibe.

I live on the pacific coast and this doesn’t smell like the pacific coast. I kind of wish it had a bit more green and a salty essence to bring to life the oceanic woods smell.

But in the end, it’s is indeed just ebene fume toned down. The longevity and village was above average.

A nondescript woody ambery fragrance. I'm a woman and mistakenly assumed this was another unisex targeted fragrance from Tom Ford. I didn't notice it was for men until i nearly finished my sample and saw the video ad campaign! It has a softer, less strong and punchy feeling that a lot of Tom Ford's fragrances. I had my husband try it as well and it feels 100% unisex. I don't get a lot of the notes called out. It feels like hazy sunlit wood with an amber accord and maybe additional spice.

Looking at this page, I can see the comparisons to Ebene Fume. I did enjoy Ebene Fume, but I found it too strong for me to enjoy wearing on myself. Bois Pacifique takes that woods and warmth and dials it down for everyday wear. Unfortunately, what makes this scent great for daily wear also makes it a bit... boring? I could see it not being special enough at Tom Ford prices to warrant a purchase.

I think this perfume is really nice for daily wear and right down the middle unisex, but as an owner of other Tom fords I don’t really consider it neccessary or different in my rotation. I consider it the winter variant of Costa Azura edt and the bottle design and notes would indicate this as well. It opens with a light spritz of cardamom and sandalwood and dies down rather quickly to an amber base, but the amber and vanilla are fleeting so the whole thing, while nice, feels too quick. Against the backdrop of other Tom Ford fragrances, this one seems kind of useless and unfortunately, I think it will be quickly discontinued. It seems like the kind of thing I would like on another person, it’s just missing a special quality that would guarantee its longevity in the market.

On my skin, this thing lasts and projects like crazy.
My favourite scent was Gucci pour Homme 2003, neither Bentley for men absolute(weak and bitter) nor Papyrus Oud(modern, slightly synthetic and too sweet) don't come close to the original.
I feel this one gets closer than the other two in term of spiciness but it lacks the darkness. Bois pacifique is a little salty and the amber is also quite present. I think it sits between: GPH 2003, Costa Azzura and Myrrhe Mystere.
I think it's great value but not that easy to wear. I can see it worn on a summer evening but also on a cold day.
What I like the least is the turmeric notes. I would have replaced that with something darker and it would have been a gem.
Still liking it and it's worth buying but 50 ml will be enough in my opinion.

Easy 8/10 fragrance.

- Initially sweet, woody, spicy scents.
- Later it settles into a refined aroma reminiscent of soft, smooth, unlacquered wooden furniture from the '60s or '70s.
- Like an orange-colored wooden furniture piece holding vinyl records, with a picture above it showing a mustached man wearing bell-bottom trousers and a blonde woman with a polka-dotted headscarf, illuminated by late afternoon sunlight filling the room.
- Remains sweet throughout but never becomes cloying or overwhelming.
- A high-quality sweet-woody perfume.

10/8

I got a sample of this recently and I’ll be honest it just wasn’t for me. It has some nice woody and warm notes at the base, but I found that the turmeric scent was a little off putting. Very spicy, very woody, and if you know you’ll enjoy that turmeric note, then this will be a great fragrance for you. I have Azzaro Visit in my collection, and I found some big similarities there. The spice profile is very similar, but Visit is on the fresher end.

I leave short little notes about all frags I have samples of in a document. For this one I wrote - 'Beautiful neo-resin with soft amber and blonde woods. Familiar and easy.', honestly I could end this review there.

This begins a little richer, with more robust resin (it doesn't smell like actual frankincense) and deeper woods along with the spice. I really don't abide by gender terms, not for any political reason, but because I have always believed perfume never should be pigeonholed. We are though, currently living in very sweet times. "Men's" stuff is often quite vanillic and sweet, and "women's" stuff is even moreso. This is in agreement with modern trends, and is a sweet, ambery, pillowy affair as it dries. It's not boundary-pushing, but I appreciate how likable it is. There's a place for likable things.

I live in the woods, near the beach. I'm deeply familiar with "Pacific woods" (or whatever this roughly translates to). This doesn't smell like that concept though, but it is something warming to wear *while* walking the beach, or woods adjacent to it, in the cold air. So, yes, "Bois Pacifique", but not with the same objective as intended.

I was sent a free sample, which is telling. It's as if TF knows this is mass-appeasing and expects to get plenty of bites from dropping a lure like this. Were it a more unique composition, they wouldn't risk wasting the juice on promotionals...brands are stingy these days afterall.

So for me, I like it a lot, but I don't love it. I appreciate it, but it doesn't *move* me. It's a conventional beauty of the 2020s.

On the strip, it’s wonderful. I love the turmeric and cedar combo that leaps off the sample strip. Lasts for a few hours before drying down to the base. However, I tested on my skin and the opening just didn’t last :(

How is the dry down then? It’s exactly Givenchy Grntlemen EDP Boisee, or similar to Explorer Platinum, which I don’t much care for anymore. I am EXHAUSTED on that type of slightly vanillic sandalwood dry down. It’s everywhere, in expensive fragrances like this all the way down to drug store Cremo shave creams. Impressive perfumery that the mid/dry down can encompass another fragrance almost entirely, but again, I don’t need it and no longer want it.

EDIT: okay, it’s end of day, and upon directly comparing it to Givenchy I can say it is different. It retains a dry spicy/herbal character more similar to Beau De Jour, and the vanillic-sandalwood does eventually take a back seat to the spiciness. But I could do without those strong middle note sandalwood vibes.

My husband is not a scent wearer, in spite of my repeated efforts. I have purchased several bottles over the years for him, things that ostensibly he liked enough to tell me that they smell good, but wearing them on a regular basis hasn't been something he was into. Over the recent winter holidays, we went to Nordstrom, and we smelled this. He really enjoyed it and kept smelling the tester paper. He never does that; outside of candles for the home, scent isn't something he thinks about one way or the other. I think this fragrance hits a sweet spot where it is interesting, performs well, but isn't super challenging. It just smells like a high quality, alluring fragrance. I was wary of the akigalawood myself when I first saw the notes, but it doesn't overwhelm. If you want the scent of being deep in the redwoods on a golden autumn day without a lot of extra fuss or weirdness, this is it. The bottle/juice and the adverts give a good indication of what you are getting. Warm, rich, golden, slightly sweet, woody, with a touch of incense and spice to keep it from smelling too much like a candle. I bought him a bottle for Valentine's Day this year, and I think he will keep it for years to come as he is also a light sprayer. That said, you could easily overdo this and suffocate a room, but applied with a cautious hand, it is still lovely and long-lasting with a decent scent cloud. I don't own any TF myself and most don't appeal to me, but if my husband is only gonna have one bottle, at least it has some quality to it. Haters expect something weird and unapproachable like many other TF scents, but this is a TF for normal folks. We are both happy with the purchase for sure!

I'm convinced that most of these reviewers haven't even smelt BP. If they have, it was on a tester card. BP is a good fragrance, it is structured in an easy-going and welcoming way. The turmeric poses a slight challenge in the first 30 minutes, but after that it is pleasant enough.

As someone else said, there is plenty of bois, but not enough pacifique. From the name, I was expecting a sun-soaked marine/coastal note to compliment the woods. However, there is a saltiness to this fragrance which, with some creative license, can be interpreted as a coastal accord. The ingredients used are high quality, and the blend is enjoyable meaning that the accords are realistic and believable. Most importantly, BP does not smell synthetic, and for me that is a huge win. Contrary to what others are saying, I think that the £108 for 50ml or £152 for 100ml offers good value for this level of perfumery.

For the people saying that the longevity is poor: some people don't want to smell like the overpowered oud/sweet mess that is currently plaguing the industry. Regardless, after spraying three times, I can detect BP after 6 hours. It is pleasant and provides a comforting and reassuring smell. Can I smell it over the guy in the bar wearing the latest synthetic mess from the high street or arabic clone house? No. And good luck finding a suitably interesting and high quality fragrance that will.

An interesting release. A very likeable and wearable fragrance. 8/10.

Initially, I felt enthusiastic about this fragrance upon reviewing its notes. And it actually starts off with great potential but ultimately falters due to the generic akigalawood base and noticeably cheapened ingredients. Its not listed, but ginger is prominent and straightforward. Surprisingly, the opening shares a slight resemblance to Tom Ford's for Men, along with a delightful blend of incense and pencil shavings that I really enjoyed, but it quickly transitions to a scent similar to Malle's Uncut Gem, as noted by others. While it is not entirely terrible, the dry down focuses excessively on akigalawood, ginger, cardamom, and turmeric, which become an overwhelming combination of powdery spices for my taste.

I sprayed Bois Pacifique on me at the mall today. Unfortunately, while it smells good, the scent profile of its opening and mid already exists. I hate to say it, but it smells almost exactly like Black Shine, the Dua dupe of TF Black Lacquer, which is to say Black Lacquer without the vinyl note. I would normally never dare say that an original smells like a dupe, but in this case, Black Shine came long before Bois Pacifique. Without the vinyl, the scent profile of Black Lacquer is a cinnamony-type amber. That is precisely what I smell with Bois Pacifique. In the drydown, the oud (akigalawood) accord does come out much more, but it still smells more like a secondary note. If Tom Ford / Estee Lauder knew that a dupe of one of their own fragrances already has this scent profile, I wonder if they would have thought twice about developing Bois Pacifique.

I also get Gucci Pour Homme similarities. Whoa. Back from the dead? Reincarnated into a sweeter, more ambery body perhaps. Between this and the more austere Papyrus Oud, fans of GpH are absolutely covered in 2025.

I think this is gorgeous. This is just the genre I go crazy for. A nice ambery incense and wood with an addicting pinch of salt.

A reviewer below compared this to Montale Full Incense — but mentions how this is just a lot better. I agree with this comparison. The Montale seems like a rough prototype of Bois Pacifique.

8.8/10

Recently tried this at a Nordstrom, alongside Ebene Fume and a few others:
In my opinion Ebene Fume and this were very, very different. EF is very heavy, loaded with burning sandalwood and Palo Santo.

This on the other hand was much brighter and very heavy on the frankincense. Unburned frankincense specifically, at least in the beginning, completely dominated. This reminded me more of CdG Avignon or Montale Full Incense, but with more complexity; there were many difficult to discern notes in the background that likely emerge over time.

I liked it very much. I plan to buy a sample but will likely pull the trigger, as I recently gave away Full Incense, my only frankincense-centered fragrance, to a good friend. I like the exalted vibes from wearing olibanum but found Full Incense too monotone. This is more interesting.

I should add that this did not smell, to me, anything like Gucci Pour Homme or Bentley Absolute. I do not understand this comparison, but everyone's senses are unique I guess.

This fragrance gets better and stronger as it being kept used. In fact, parfums with greater parcentage of natural ingredients do not fully macerate in the production line.

To be honest, as a huge fun of Tom Ford fragrances and I ma always buy them from the Tom Ford Beauty Stores, I cannot find the purpose for which they come out with this parfum. Its more of a counterfeited cheap cologne, failed blend, prematurelly released and above all, no versatility. Should they care for their die hard customers, they would consider to recal back all sold bottles and finish the blend of this parfum.

Otherwise, I do not want to say that Tom Ford is close to nothing and that the time is almost killing them, but at least they becoming ordinary.

My opinion ✨️👇 :
Simply , it is a lighter version of (TOM FORD Ébène Fumé) .
I can say it is between (Ébène Fumé) and (Bois Marocain) .
If you have any of them , you do not need this version . Or , if you have (Ébène Fumé) but you need something smoother , this will be a good choice .
Personally , I found it easier to wear than (Ébène Fumé) and more versatile .

It is way far from (Gucci Pour Homme) do not believe the voting here .

Longevity and sillage are not a beast , but very good and acceptable .

Today I tried some TF perfumes, just to remind myself and I came across this one and it impressed me so much that I bought it right away. It is such a pleasant fragrance, powdery, with doses of freshness and doses of warmth. A similar vibe to Armani Code perfume, not in smell, but in the structure of the perfume.

In my opinion, the perfume is very versatile, perhaps its best vibe is spring and autumn. For winter it is not that strong, and for summer it would be a little heavy during the heat, maybe in the evening.

Finally we have a great atomizer, sprays really well.

Scent reminds me of a toned-down Costa Azzura edp and Ébène Fumé, a good woody aromatic blend with prominent frankincense. Moderate sillage and wear time, seemingly mass appealing & easy reach scent profile. Price is good for a high-quality blend but it does seem to be redundant for those who have Bois Marocain, Costa Azzura edp and Ébène Fumé. Glad I got the 1.7oz, I need to see if it's a must-have before I get a bigger bottle. 7/10
Purchased from: Ulta

Okay.
There’s a pattern to Tom Ford’s releases and it was actually quite a positive thing for a while there.
They’d bring something out in the prive line then when it didn’t really do very well because it was quite simply too expensive, they’d knock out a signature line version. Which like I said, was quite a good trend until the prices of everything just went into the silly stratosphere. The more established TF has become as an in demand designer brand, the more they feel they can get away with price wise for their perfumes, which is a shame because despite always being high end they were still somewhat attainable, whereas now they’re not.
Anyway… bois pacifique is a prime example of the rehash of some old ideas, namely the Gucci PH1 spicy, incense/woody accord, with some minor modern, sparkle tweak not dissimilar to Ebene fume which I somewhat enjoyed and is the prive version of this basically but I recall more licorice/myrrh tinge to that..no? (I might be misremembering? Hmm)
Despite many efforts (even by the same perfumer) nothing seems to recapture that rough, spicy magic of PH1 not suggesting that is what this is trying to do. I feel reductive spouting all this wehhrr it smells like this, and we are bored of it weeehhhrrrr! Moany crap because the tiny tweak in perfumery can lead to magic but in this case, coupled with the price it just doesn’t do it for me. Price is such a big determining factor now that I say if this was 40% cheaper it would be a solid release and a decent modern example of the genre.
It’s alright I guess, I don’t hate it.

Tom Ford fumbled the ball a bit here. I had high hopes for this fragrance, thinking it would capture the essence of the Pacific Coast. It falls short and I would suggest that the name, Bois Pacifique, is a misnomer.

This isn’t a terrible scent. The opening is nice and it retains some of that TF ‘special sauce’ which gives an appeal to most of their fragrances, but the frankincense is dialed up WAY too much here. It all but smothers a pleasant citrus hiding in the background and develops as a dominant, and somewhat fatiguing, note through the dry down.

Less frankincense and more salty, oceanic accord with pine needle introduced would have made this a much better fragrance, imo.

Once again the team at Tom Ford set their (Tom Ford) bespectacled eyes firmly toward the past and stare directly at the long lost Gucci Pour Homme and decide to dredge it up amongst the myriad of unnecessary parfum versions of already existing fragrances and retired private blends - repackaged into the signature collection. I do wonder, could a brand I once lived and breathed and had an unhealthy obsession with produce something that doesn’t induce an eye roll or worth a damn? Time will tell.

Well..I'm a Tom Ford fragrance lover and have most. I was really looking forward to this one. I got it in December and have worn it a few times. For me this seems like one that they just put out to fix it and make it great in about 6 months by releasing a Parfum version..you put this out then fix it..dam..we expect better..do it right first!
Ok..I'm done complaining..lol it's a great fragrance creamy nice Frankincense and sandlewood with a nice cardamom. It's very safe and easy. I found in my wears i got no complaints. One person asked..did you forget to put a fragrance on..I'm glad I got the 50ml. I think when they redo it it will be a great fragrance.

Owned many from the signature line and thought it only natural to get on the waiting list for this release.

Right off the rip there is a brightness comes across as a citric note that pops with the opening spices. This doesn’t last long and soon that cascade of woods take over.

The main star here is the drydown. It settles into a really clean amber and lively woody musk. The sandalwood and cedar are done to a really top tier standard here but the performance is essentially the same as Costa Azzurra EDP, and for me that’s not worth a full purchase. Given the performance I don’t think I’d have a problem wearing this in high heat. Year round scent for me.

If there’s vanilla in this I am certainly not getting it. Perhaps it’s blending too well with the sandalwood but vanilla doesn’t jump at me at all with Bois Pacifique. A shame as it’s a really nice scent too, albeit nothing groundbreaking.

I genuinely think it’s great but will be holding out for a Parfum version.

This is actually really nice and as a fan of Oriental fragrances I really love this frankincense heavy fragrance but where other frankincense fragrances are perfectly unisex this is more masculine and also toned down enough and polished enough to be usable in everyday life without garnering strange looks. An approximation of this could probably be achieved by layering Bentley for Men absolu (cedar heavy) with Montal full incense (frankincense heavy) but the result would be far less refined but eminently more powerful. All in all if you like these types of fragrances this is a great every day more polished and refined option which is not overbearing but somewhat subtle and therefore less offensive potentially to the average nose.

It's a nice fragrance that I was able to receive from Influenster. With a masculine, woodsy opening and
creamy sandalwood dry down, it's smooth. It lasts 5 to 7 hours on skin, lingering longer since I'm not stingy with spraying lol. I love how it smells on my fiancé, but I also enjoy wearing it myself, especially when layered with sweeter vanilla fragrances like Vanilla Romance, Bianco Latte, or Kayali VCRS. What can I say... I am a gourmand girly 🤭. On it's own, it creates the perfect balance of depth and spice and not too overpowering, but certainly memorable. It has impressive sillage - you won't be leaving a cloud behind, but people will definitely take notice as you pass by. This is more of a fall & winter fragrance and would definitely be too strong for summer.

First sniff, it reminds me of Maison Margiela Under the Stars and Chopard Cedar Malaki - but sweeter and not as polarising I’d say (some will like it a lot more, some will like it a lot less but neither will have as strong an opinion as with the other two).
I’m getting a strong Verbena and Cola vibe (like strong cola cubes or medicinal cola flavours).
It reminds me a bit of loccitaine hand soap.
It’s a bit salty Marine smelling.
A bit Christmassy with a clove touch.
Can smell the turmeric and saffron and cardamom after reading the notes and I think I can smell iris - potentially the sweetness.

I just tested it at the store, left it on my skin for about 2 hours while I did my errands, my SO commented how I smelled "so much like me" which while some may think it's a dig, it's very much a tongue-in-cheek compliment. He kept wanting to sniff me and I was getting wafts of it and I loved it. That's good enough for me. I went back and got a bottle. Simple as that. If you want more details, read on.

To be more technical, this is basically Bois Marocain with the smoky edge of Ebène, both which I love. This one however is much more frankincense forward, hence why some might find it too "churchy". It's also quite powdery thanks to the sandalwood/iris combo so those who dislike powdery woods may be challenged. For me, this is complete love as it's just my type of scent. This is the Tom Ford I love, singular and out of the typical designer frags (Black Lacquer was very much in that vein too). After a few boring/so-so releases, TF seems back on track, even though this couldn't exactly be said to be "new". The performance isn't beastly but the DNA of this tends to sit closer to skin, IMHO a churchy frankincense bomb that projects like a beast would be overwhelming and that's no fun for anyone. Definitely suited for colder weather. It's warm, cozy and makes me want to cuddle up in front of the fireplace with a good book. A very nice surprise. Eclipsing the whole "oh no Lauder is killing TF" rhetoric that has everyone up in arms, this a very decent release.

Edit: I almost forgot longevity: 4 hours later it's still noticeable when I move, so it's decent, not amazing but this kind of DNA tends to sit closer to skin as I mentioned, so don't expect a projection beast out of this.

Edit 2: it's been 8 hours and it's close to skin but I can still smell it quite clearly if I move my hand close to my nose (not stick it up to my nose but if I wave it around I can smell it). By now it's a more vanillic ambery/balsamic wood. So yeah, it does last but it doesn't project that much. Still a fantastic scent though.

A fairly unique and fairly nice Woody Aromatic. The spices are the unique part, and go well with the akigalawood. Especially with the turmeric. Although I've test worn Positano by Contes de Parfums, which has a turmeric note, I don't have any fragrance in my 300+ bottle collection with a turmeric note, and only a few with an akigalawood note. So I go to my spice rack to get a whif of my ground turmeric, and yep, I'm pretty sure I detect it fairly prominently in Bois Pacifique. It combines well with cardamom and akigalawood. But Bois Pacifique is also a fairly poor performing fragrance, at least in projection. I'm working from a decant on this initial test wear, but I sprayed upwards of 12 to 15 times, on skin and clothes. I just get little or no natural wafting to my nose. To smell it I have to stick my nose directly on my wrists. This composition maybe could benefit from the addition of an incense or ozonic note, or maybe even ginger, cypriol, black pepper, and/or red pepper. Something to give it more lift. The Amber accord is a thin one, but since all the other accords listed in the stack at the top of this page are so subdued, its accurately positioned in the stack. Nice scent profile here, but because the likes of my Houbigant Bois Mystique, Creed Royal Oud, and Maison Martin Margiela Soul of the Forest and how they perform and provide natural wafting far into the wear cycle, I prefer them. Its a shame though.

Tried this twice. Unique fragrance, but at the same time it's familiar. Little pieces of GPH1 and maybe Bois Marocain. I tried it blind at first and I thought it contained cloves but I went over the notes with a Tom Ford employee and saw it contains turmeric which instantly clicked. It's also got some captive ingredients and an oak absolute which is interesting. Good fragrances, leaning masculine, but I'm not compelled to get a bottle. Decent release.
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Scent 75/100
Performance 75/100

I tried this today both on my skin and on paper. It is a well made woody spicy perfume in the same vein as other Tom Ford products: a bit formal and very stylish. I particularly like the opening, which reminds me of some of the scents I enjoyed in the past.

I see here the comparisons with Gucci Pour Homme (2003). It is somewhat true but only for the first moments of the opening as this dries down to a scent that is different. There was a distinctive pencil sharpening note in the Gucci Pour Homme which is absent here. Moreover, that was a thick but short lived scent, BP is thinner and lasts a few hours though close to skin.

Indeed, Bois Pacifique has more in common (specially in basenotes) with other scents that Tom Ford has been releasing recently. Albeit Bois Pacifique goes to its own woody spicy direction and is a versatile scent, better suited for colder months. Overall, I see this as a solid release and recommend giving it a try. As far as I'm concerned, Beau De Jour EDP remains my personal favorite from this house.

Tried this at Nordstrom today. First thing I will say is this: Tom Ford finally fixed the sprayer! This is a Dior style sprayer on this thing. Finally! As for the smell, think Ebene Fume or Bois Marocain but a more vibrant, projecting version of those with an incense/lemon/carbonated thing going on not too dissimilar from something Commes Des Garçons would put out. This is really a great fragrance and continues the streak TF has been on making great perfumes suitable for men. For many years it seemed like they were discontinuing all their men’s fragrances and only putting our stuff for women. Well, that trend has been fading into the past recently! Pick this one up

After Quentin Bisch has made all these akigalawood perfumes popular the ingredient is becoming a bit predictable, even if I haven't smelled it in isolation. In my experience fragrances that mention it tend to have a spicy, resinous, weightless-woody aroma reminiscent of incense. Here this "note" is strongest in the opening, or perhaps in the air, and it feels like it bolsters the green, woody, electric qualities of the frankincense note perfectly, as it seems to do to an extreme degree in Purpose by Amouage. This high pitched focus feels a like an aura of sparkly perfume particles, reminding me of the translucent sparkly quality of ambroxan, while also having it's ephemeral nature. I really couldn't tell if the sales associate actually sprayed the card for a good while, and it's golden-hued spiciness came in and out of my perception for most of the day.

I see the mentions of Gucci Pour Homme and when I see that I can only make the connection to it's current iteration by the same perfumer- Papyrus Oud 71 by Parle Moi de Parfum. Separated from the sparkly top accord- they share that scratchy, spiced papery texture with a hint of sweet amber. Like a spicy cola. Papyrous Oud feels denser and cozier while this is lighter and balanced more towards resinous, fresh aromas. Like it's more simply constructed and clearer to pin down to something like cardamom. The oak here pairs with a vanillic, almost whisky-like character I enjoy alongside the other dry woods, but I'm not sure it's super noticeable. Like Ebene Fume it's mildly sweet and comes off ambiguously woody to the point of being somewhat forgettable. Like they've market tested what people like in woody perfumes and distill that information down so that it has something for everyone, but not too much of any one thing to be distinctive enough either. The end result is something that leans into the "ambroxan aura" kind of vibe that's both transparent, somewhat mineralic, and woody, while always having a nice incense element. The drydown reveals a quiet GPH resemblance which I enjoy. I haven't given it a full wear after just stopping into Nordstroms to test it today, but overall I'd say it's good value, and despite my criticisms it's probably enjoyable to wear. A day later what smelled like ambrocenide was all that was left on the strip which points to Mr. Boston's mention of Uncut Gem having a grain of truth, as they sit in the same general category of scents and to me they share a similar kind of "color".

Tom ford has at least 80% of perfumes that have a granpa smell.....grey vetiver (giuu), beau de jour (super giuu), tobacco oud, tuscan leather, for men extreme, neroli portofino, costa azzurra (super giuu) just to name a few....
Fortunatly, along came noir extreme edp, noir ext parfum, f fabulous, vanilla sx, vanille fatale, etc. that are sweet enough or a lot, but not necesarly have ambroxan
Keep it sweet and modern TF !!! and dont listen to grampies (and grumpies)....ha

Soft woods, delicate smoke, spice, and resin. This reminds me quite a bit of Gucci Pour Homme 1.

Pleasing, inoffensive, and to my nose it is very subtle, much like GPH1. Despite the accords suggesting something denser, it has a transparent, second skin-like quality to it. It's the sort of fragrance that doesn't smell like you're wearing a fragrance, but it's just simply "how you smell" - in a good way.

So far I like it.

Yes, I have smelled it, and this is my take:

If you're seeing Akigalawood and thinking Bois Imperial or Ganymede or whatever, no, not to my nose. It's a fairly well put-together woody amber, with pepper, patchouli, and spice in the background, and no iris note at all that I can detect. It's neither very innovative nor overly common, but not to my taste. Gave me a slight headache, similarly to the way ambroxan heavy scents give me a headache, only without an overly loud and screechy ambroxan note.

I don't understand comments like "I really like how TF is getting modernized and granpa smells are things of past now." What does TF do that is "granpa"? Is it that they don't normally dump a load of ambroxan and ethyl maltol into things? TF smells very modern to my nose, and I've never not been complemented wearing anything TF.

A burst of fresh spicy cardamom that slowly sinks into a nice woody, resinous base.

Opens up with a bright flash of spicy cardamom, powdery iris, and woody agikalawood. As it dries down the agikalawood leads the way to this really nice woody, cozy oak note while the spicy cardamom leads to an undeniably high-quality balsamic frankincense; cedar, sandalwood, and the remaining iris filling out the edges between the incense and the woods. In the deep dry down the edges of the fragrances smooth over with that classic Tom Ford amber, but it's not overdosed, just used to smooth out the ending.

Was really excited to try this when my agent at my local Nordstrom told me she just got it in stock, and allowed me to come on it and spray it on. Another solid offering by Tom Ford. A nice woody, balsamic, resinous fragrance that while comforting and easy to understand, has a nice amount of freshness and depth that kept pulling me back in for sniff after sniff. While I think the overall profile is a bit more on the mature side, this would be a fantastic office or day-to-day fragrance for anyone 30+. A good middle ground between the more woody dominant offerings from Tom Ford and the more incense-y offerings. Leans masculine, but wear what you want. I will revisit this again in the future. Good for the transitional months.

Very solid performance and projection of 8-10ish hours with solid 4 foot projection for the first 3 or so hours off of 3 sprays.

Rating Pending, tentative 8/10.

Song Vibe - My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars

TLDR - A nice woody, balsamic, fresh spicy, and slightly sweet fragrance from Tom Ford that while leaning a bit mature, would make a great addition to anyone looking for a great woody all-rounder fragrance for the transitional months. A must-try if you love the smell of cardamom.

Side note - There is no relation to Bois Imperial, mfs see agikalawood and their singular neuron think Bois Imperial.