Sweet Dreams Are Made of These...

Bois 1920 Come La Luna

For a change of pace from the floral bonanza I’ve been decided to try out Bois 1920’s Come La Luna. According to Luckyscent, the notes for Come La Luna are

Sicilian mandarin, Sicilian sweet orange, rose wood, pink pepper, coriander, Indonesian patchouli, cedar, amber, incense

On initial application, Come La Luna swirls around me in a hazy of incense, amber, and dry leather. The citrus and rose wood sweetens the scent up a bit, becoming stronger at about the five minutes in, and by the full dry down, patchouli and cedar come in as well. This is a lovely scent that screams Fall to me – chic cashmere sweaters, stylish wool coats, cozy sweaters. It also has a lovely masculinity to it, but in a way that also feels very much like a strong woman to me, like a woman who accentuates her own grace by adding elements of masculine fashion to her wardrobe. It’s the grace of Annie Lennox. It’s Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria. It’s elements of femininity that are made lovely and feminine by their juxtaposition against a finely made wool suit or tailored tux.

This, unfortunately, is not Fall. However, I currently live in Portland, Oregon, where there is still the random cloudy, cool, rainy day, even in summer. These are days that scream for something very different from the scents of hot sunny summer. On those days, I think Come La Luna is a daring and lovely scent for a cool day that makes you want to curl up with a soft sweater and a good book.

Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused...
- "Sweet Dreams," The Eurythmics

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