Borneo 1834 Eau de Parfum

Serge Lutens

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3.8

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    FrenchToast

    5 years ago

    Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake chose not to gild the lily, or in this case the patchouli, in composing Borneo 1834. Instead of a heavy, sweet, gourmand fragrance, which the house certainly...

    About reviewer (125 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

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    4.0
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    Omikron

    5 years ago

    I get liquorice, camphor and raisins for the first ten minutes. Heart is patchouli, bitter cocoa, cardamom and wood. This is simply gorgeous. The comparisons with Angel are understandable due to...

    About reviewer (37 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    3.0
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    alison_k

    9 years ago

    Patchouli and chocolate, but not sweet chocolate. Bitter, dark chocolate. Wet earth, leaves, ancient trees in a dark forest. All these come to mind with Borneo. This is not for the faint...

    About reviewer (1232 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    Kelly9

    11 years ago

    Borneo is a patchouli masterpiece. It is as if Angel traded in her glitter lip gloss and clear platform heels for a deep burgundy lipstick and velvet smoking slippers. It is a smooth, dark,...

    About reviewer (85 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    Kelzilla

    12 years ago

    Here's a link to a great review of the EDP. I dont think I could put it any better. http://www.theblackthornorphans.com/

    About reviewer (6 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    TaniaRides

    13 years ago

    I was hoping to get more cocoa and amber from this, but I only get a hint of cocoa for the first 30 seconds on my skin, and then this quickly settles into all patchouli all the time. It's a sweet,...

    About reviewer (268 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    zeynepd

    13 years ago

    smells uncannily similar to davidoff zino.

    About reviewer (766 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    WentworthRoth

    14 years ago

    Notes: patchouli, white flowers, cardamom, galbanum, french labdanum and cacao. The first blast is dark chocolate and patchouli, as if I was smelling an exotic dark chocolate bar. On me the...

    About reviewer (308 reviews)

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    5.0
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    jaritos

    15 years ago

    i love it forever. it smells like dank colonial oppression - what dark desires. chocolate, tobacco, patchouli, and teak - perfect.

    About reviewer (42 reviews)

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    Bejoux59

    15 years ago

    This is a huge patchouli blast! I understand patchouli leaves were used to keep away moths - this could clear a county of moths! And the chocolate note does not work for me either, it is too stale...

    About reviewer (31 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    cors

    15 years ago

    No edible chocolate here but dry, dark and bitter cocoa powder. I get more coffee, tobacco and patchouli than cocoa. It does smell like two clashing fragrances worn together and is intoxicating...

    About reviewer (21 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    5.0
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    suzi2qs

    15 years ago

    This fragrance is a masterpiece. Got a small decant about 2 months ago and that first spritz was a blast of patch and camphor. Then came the resinous drydown and the dry cocoa accord. There is...

    About reviewer (175 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    3.0
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    tessture

    15 years ago

    First on it’s cocoa and patchouli in a strong but great blend, with faint wood notes. It warms up to a softer woody cocoa, and cardamom makes an appearance, warming the patchouli and knocking off...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    4.0
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    stephhamilton

    15 years ago

    pipe tobacco , antique furniture in a library thats what this smells like on me with a faint hint of a chocolate cocoa type note. Its an amazing fragrance but its almost more of a fragrance I...

    About reviewer (196 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    SmellieKat

    15 years ago

    Borneo is amazing - I can't stop smelling myself! Bought this in Seattle a couple of weeks ago - it reminds me of the city with its dark, coffee, licorice, "dirty" features. I love patchouli but...

    About reviewer (4 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    lily_vert

    15 years ago

    My new winter all day scent. I love woods and I love patchouli. What I get from this is about two hours of soft raisins or licorice and then a complete morph into faint chocolate patchouli and...

    About reviewer (30 reviews)

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    4.0
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    Mac789

    15 years ago

    Although Coromandel is my benchmark patchouli fragrance, Borneo is a close second. <P> Both feature what smells like cask-aged patchouli, but there are distinct differences. Those familiar...

    About reviewer (189 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    ethan1481

    15 years ago

    It's really a freak coincidence; I originally ordered Nuit de Cellophane, but when I opened the parcel, it was Borneo 1834. I was kinda upset but then I decided to give it a shot. I was kinda...

    About reviewer (25 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    5.0
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    persimmons

    15 years ago

    An exquisite cocoa scent. It starts bitter and medicinal , and right after comes the cocoa, darkly rousted and beautiful. It dries into a lovely patchouli / tobacco drydown. A very dry scent with...

    About reviewer (16 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    3.0
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    drvogue

    16 years ago

    This is an ever changing scent. It starts with chocolate, then moves on to the patchouli, all the while carrying a stuffy library note or moldy wood house (both of which I actually like). The...

    About reviewer (122 reviews)

    Age36-43

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