BOSSA NOVA
BOSSA NOVA
A cigar box made from sandalwood.
Notes
Notes
Toasted coconut, orris, vanilla, tobacco, sandalwood, oakwood, black tea, tonka, leather.
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Short Story Long
In perfume, we often talk about a tobacco note as a singular experience, meant to convey something typically close to a dense, cigar–rich, robust, unmistakable blast. But just like there are myriad variations in jasmine (Sambac? Grandiflorum? Auriculatum?) and rose (damascena? Alba? Centifolia? Ta’if?)
Tobacco is, aromatically speaking, a very broad category. The great majority of perfumes that boast a tobacco note, in general, are using various synthetic materials to build an accord. Tobacco is expensive to process and problematic unless treated in a specific way to remove nicotine. If a natural tobacco absolute is used, it is almost always from the gentle Virginia tobacco.
With all respect to the beautiful broadleaf virginia tobacco, Bossa Nova was developed with a compliment of a much less common tobacco extrait, extracted from the rare Perique tobacco, grown in a single parish in the fields of Louisiana. It is fruity and spiced and precious.
Other naturals include a beautiful organic sandalwood oil we have begun sourcing from a sustainability-focused collective in Australia, black keemun tea absolute, which is also a beautiful departure from expected tea notes and brings forward a lightly tropical and plummy warmth. Finally, the cigar box carrying all this warmth is made from an oakwood absolute, extracted from aged oak whiskey barrel staves (yay, upcycling!!)
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Ingredients
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Vanillin, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Acetyl Cedrene, Trimethylcyclopentenyl Methylisopentenol, Coumarin, Isobutyl Quinoline, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Nicotiana Tabacum Leaf Extract
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As usual, MDA blows us away with their signature DNA and another dizzying composition with Bossa Nova. It’s a tobacco fragrance for those who don’t like tobacco… perfectly measured with warm sandalwood and a fuzzy orris over vanilla. No matter how a house insists a fragrance is unisex, fragrance usually has an identifiable “masculine” or “feminine” bent that can be objectively recognized no matter how staunch a rejector of traditional gender association one may be. But when MDA calls their fragrances genderless, they mean it… there is nothing recognizable as feminine-leaning or masculine-leaning here. I hate the cheap adjective of calling a fragrance “seductive,” but Bossa Nova truly is. It’s a cigar room tapdance of burlesque — the tummy-warming excitement of completely confident sex.
Beautiful, sweet and tobacco
outstanding fragrance. warm and not overly sweet gender neutral scent
The opening was a little sharp for me with a strong hit of tobacco and leather. But this settles into a rich, beautifully integrated fragrance that transports you to a gentleman’s study: leather arm chairs surrounded by old books, holding a cigar with a glass of bourbon on the table next to you. It’s not a fragrance I would wear, but it’s one that I can thoroughly appreciate for the artistry.
Delicious! You can never go wrong with this fragrance house! Shipped quickly with no issues.
awesome scent. very woody.
Love this.
The perfect soft, comforting, woody scent. Creamy sandalwood and blonde tobacco with a hint sweetness. This and Prairie are going to be my Fall staples!
This is the most beautiful Sandalwood scent I have EVER smelled. I received it as a sample, and fell IMMEDIATELY in LOVE! I bought two full sized bottles before it ever hit the market. GET THIS!
Admittedly I was a little nervous when I got a free sample of this with my most recent order, because my track record with fragrances including tobacco, leather, and anything remotely alcoholic hasn't been great. But I figure there's no harm in trying a scent at least once. I'm incredibly pleasantly surprised! I was worried the aged whiskey oakwood, tobacco, and leather would end up making this far too boozy and/or animallic for me (I'm more of a Celeste, Mirasol, and Cloudbreath kinda lady). Bossa Nova is warm, deep, and indulgent, yes, but not as hedonistic as a happy hour bar complete with a cigar lounge. There's a coziness to this, and it's a pretty smooth blend. I'm still going to take my time testing out my sample, but I am glad this one didn't scare me off as I had worried it would. I am now curious about trying Haute Damn, too, which I also thought would be too much for me. MdA has truly been a fun and unique scent sampling experience!
I was a little nervous about trying this when it arrived as a free sample, because leather and tobacco notes seem to be very fickle on my skin, but this is very smooth and almost caramel-like. Could certainly see this being a cozy autumn and winter fragrance for those who love indulgent fragrances. Will have to keep testing this out!
Received a sample with my order of Haute Damn. Smells wonderful. Notes are as described however the first time I tried it on I could have sworn I smelled light mint which was totally fine. Sweet but not cloying, warm with no sharpness. Would definitely consider ordering