
Piguet Bois Noir has an almost mystic-hypnotic "fragrant" (darkly boise) opening and (unfortunately) a more materialistic woody-synthetic dry down. I detect olfactory points of "junction" with scents as Armani Cuir Noir (darkly woodsy, resinous and mystic too but more leather oriented of course), Acampora Nero (less synthetic and sharper), Les Liquides Imaginaires Fortis, Aqua di Parma Leather (just for several of its facets), Dior Leather Oud (finally more leathery-animalic and less properly boise) and more, anyway in Bois Noir is specifically a dark boise vibe (and a synthetic resinous woodiness) to be clearly dominant. The opening is effectively darkly compelling, immediately woodsy, aromatic, silky-leathery (just a touch) and velvety with a dominant influence provided by cipriol oil, fir resins, labdanum, dark woods (patchouli in particular) and cistus absolute (a touch of frankincense too??) while the dry down (still suede veined and not far away in the evolution process) projects a more dominant agarwood resin-cedarwood centered (synthetic) woodiness nowadays almost common and overly "beated". Along this final stage some banzoin balm seems to come up with its soothing vanillic effect which slightly veils the minimal suede support arousing a more boring common obscure woody balminess. Anyway, a nice juice probably too much expensive for its real value. I prefer far more Casbah of the same line and anyway seem so far the times in which the Piguet's performances used having names like Bandit, Futur or Cravache.