It’s almost been a year since Tom Ford released the Private Blend Les Extraits Verts collection; two of the fragrances — Vert Bohème¹ and Vert de Fleur² — have finally come within smelling distance so here goes.

Vert Bohème begins with a blast of rich galbanum (if you don’t like galbanum, no need to search out Vert Bohème). Joining the galbanum is a cool, almost mentholated citrus peel aroma and “green” flowers. I can’t detect magnolia but there is honeysuckle in Vert Bohème, mixing with some soft violet leaf. As for the listed Gustavia superba, I have no idea what this glorious-looking flower smells like, but its mention in Tom Ford PR fueled my interest in smelling Vert Bohème…so it served a purpose…

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