Tom Ford · 2024

Bois Pacifique

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Tom Ford asks $240 for 100 ml
50 ml$165
100 ml$240

VersionEau de Parfum

Cardamom and fresh turmeric over peppery woods, with incense and powdery iris, settling into sandalwood, cedar and oak.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell turmeric essence, sandalwood album essence, oakwood absolute, Akigalawood, cardamom essence and frankincense (olibanum essence).

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Cardamom, Akigalawood, Turmeric, Frankincense (olibanum), Iris (orris butter), Sandalwood, Cedar, Oakwood, Pink cardamom, Saffron, Akigalawood, Frankincense, Turmeric, Iris (orris), Cedar, Oak, Sandalwood, Amber and Vanilla.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bois Pacifique’s scent picture, a draft: turmeric, sandalwood, oak, akigalawood (oud), cardamom, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bois Pacifique, top notes: Cardamom, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Bois Pacifique, heart: Turmeric, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Bois Pacifique, dry-down: Sandalwood, Oak, Akigalawood (oud), Frankincense, Iris, Cedar, Saffron, Amber, Vanilla (vanillin), Oakmoss, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Turmeric essenceSandalwood album essenceOakwood absoluteAkigalawood (oud)Cardamom essenceFrankincense (olibanum essence)Iris (orris butter)CedarSaffronFrankincenseVanilla

What the label names

26 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender2 florals5 woods1 sweet1 amber & resins4 spices1 musks1 powder1 earth & moss

Citrus5

LimoneneBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneCamphorLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals2

GeraniolGeranyl acetate

Woods5

Patchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)Vertofix

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices4

Eugenolbeta-CaryophylleneClove bud oilCinnamal

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss1

Oakmoss absolute
9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Ci 60730Ci 14700Ci 19140

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares sandalwood, agarwood, frankincense, orris and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Epic ManAmouage · shares sandalwood, agarwood, cardamom, frankincense and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares sandalwood, cardamom, frankincense, orris and 2 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice Bois Pacifique’s $240
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