Bottle drawn in the shade of the fragrance
Il Était Un Bois
Eau de parfum
Vetiver and cedar, warmed by a buckwheat accord.
- House
- L'Artisan Parfumeur
- Family
- Woody
- Perfumer
- Not disclosed
- Year
- Not disclosed
Il Était Un Bois is a woody fragrance by L'Artisan Parfumeur; the page does not name its perfumer. The house files it among both its fresh and its woody fragrances.
Its three key ingredients are earthy vetiver, dry cedarwood and a buckwheat accord, a seed with toasted, slightly honeyed accents.
Fragrance notes
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Spring
- Autumn
Moments
- Day
Il Était Un Bois in detail
L'Artisan Parfumeur, the Paris house founded in 1976 by Jean Laporte, presents Il Était Un Bois without naming its perfumer. Its title, like the opening of a fairy tale, announces a woody scent; the house files it among both its fresh and its woody fragrances.
The house publishes three key ingredients, without sorting them into stages. Earthy, slightly smoky vetiver is its backbone. Dry, pencil-shaving cedarwood adds clarity. A buckwheat accord, a toasted seed with honey accents, brings an unexpected warmth.
Il Était Un Bois is worn by day, in spring and autumn: at the office, on a walk, at the weekend. It is a sober, fresh woody scent, which the buckwheat makes rounder than a plain vetiver. It will suit those who like clean woods.
Three woody fragrances in our catalogue share its cedar or vetiver: Nio by Xerjoff and Desert Dawn by Byredo bring the two together; Vétiver Fauve by Guerlain is built around vetiver.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.