Lignum Vitae BeauFort London for women and men

This is by far the most challenging fragrance in my collection, I find this equally challenging as Coeur De Noir but in a different way. Though traditionally gourmands are supposed to be relatively easy to wear, the combination of notes gives a very unique vibe. And the biscuit note is completely unique, so lack of familiarity also plays a role in how I perceive the scent. Overall after the first wearing, I feel it is an "OK" scent. I find Rake and Ruin and Vi Et Armis more interesting. I do not get the woods at all on my skin and feel the marine notes could have been avoided.

It’s an anomaly in the collection
Different
Gourmand
Special
Unique
And salty
I like it but the salt here is a little bit intense
It’s the same salt that is in salt and Carmel by bohoboco
If the salt was toned down and the biscuit facets were toned up I believe this would be a stunner
I enjoyed it but not to the extent of amusement
As much as I love the brands theme of smoky fragrances but this one was a nice change of pace
Performance was good but projection was sadly abysmal
If you are a gourmand lover it’s a must try for sure

the smell is really unique, sea flavored biscuits 😁

The only offering from this house that is somewhat pleasing. There was this unique, original, yet familiar feeling that I got the first time I smelled it, but could not put my finger on what that was. Then it hit me.... This is a niche version of Kenzo Jungle for Man!

Smells EXACTLY like petite madeleines. Keeps that biscuit scent throughout for me. Smells to me like a super arrogant Parisian, absolutely smells like you're better than everyone else. This is gonna hit in spring for me.

Unique and easiest to use compared to other Beauforts.

This smells exactly like Arnotts lemon crisp biscuits in Australia. They are delicious, salty sweet biscuits with zesty lemon cream filling. I have always loved them and now I can smell like them too- yummy. This is a perfect early spring perfume, when you want something lighter, but not too fresh or cooling. Perfectly unisex.

This is one of those "I know I smell better than everyone else" types. Really yummy, but I'm only going to wear this when in an intimate setting *oh and I plan to use this bottle all the way up lol* ☺️.
Though I do wish it were on beast mode.... It isn't.

As everyone says, the opening is a blast of lemon zest, then the unmistakable lemon cake accord.
After that it gets rather salty, a little aromatic, and has a distinct marine/sea spray rather note.
Really, to me it is ultimately a marine scent, just not in the way of the typical beach frags or blue scents.
The opening is amazing, but after that I find it a little boring perhaps, but it does make me think of being at a rugged beach (not at all a white sand touristy beach). And, the performance on this is surprisingly poor. I really wish the opening lasted longer, but it is all too fleeting, and then the whole scent is gone in a matter of a couple hours. If I’m at home ill reapply, but I wouldn’t wear this when I know I’ll be out of the house for a longer period of time.
The breakdown at the top of the page is rather spot on, as are the general reviews…eating lemon cake at the beach as ocean spray gently mists over you.

Very delicious perfume, but I'm not sure I want to smell like biscuits:D

It has some depth - like marine and a little bit of salt - but still mostly biscuits

Really nice unique little gourmand this. I totally get a salty lemon ginger biscuit and fudge with this which is a really nice combo. Sat underneath is a light not churchy incense note lending a bit of an effervescent feel but also a relaxing tone.

Really good and a totally different direction from all the smoky daring frags.

I feel like I'm sitting on the beach enjoying lemon biscuits covered in cheese,
fresh, sweet, sour, salty all mixed together.
lovely fragrance,
worth buying a full bottle.

Huge Madeleine note in the opening, truly one of the best openings i've smelt. has a warm biscuity depth and then the ginger, lemon and pepper come through. Just amazing, very close to the skin but it suits this style well.

The rugged, scoundrel older brother of Fortune by Brocard; if that's the top of a lemon meringue then LV is the bottom, a slightly burnt lemon biscuit.

I liked this a lot. Very different to the other Beaufort's I've tried and probably the most wearable one for me as the smoke note is the embers of a bonfire rather than a conflagration.

Does exactly what I want from a niche perfume, giving me a surprising, evocative and intriguing olfactory experience. I absolutely loved the opening and first hour or so but, unfortunately the performance was poor turning into a skin scent pretty quickly.

This is a happy scent that reminds me of caramel popcorn! Magic Circus by MiN NY is the evil twin. Weird gourmand notes are brightened by the marine (which I usually don't like but I find very functional in this case) and all the citrus notes.
Overture is an awkward joy, because it really brings me to a funfair by the sea packed with children eating tons of caramel popcorn. Sun shines and the sea breeze kisses everything.
Drydown is less interesting, a bit disappointing, with the hated marine note popping out and making it smell like a fragrance for men from the 90s.

Salted lemon creme biscuits on the beach... that's definitely the vibe, and it's perfection! This note pyramid is also segmented perfectly. The oud accord, pepper and guaiac together with the aforementioned biscuits at the beach combine wonderfully together and I don't even know how. You would NEVER think of them going together all that well; it's a different mood to Oud Minerale, which is more like hot leather car seats. This is just memories being brought back. I honestly can't see this fragrance being "too much" for anyone. It's just a good amount of fun. I'd wanted to try this for ages, and when I was finally able to buy a sample, I was taken away. I left it until I got home, and it didn't disappoint. Perfect!

Edit: the longevity might actually be too good. I love it, but it gets a bit much after a while.

Quite unique scent. Lignum Vitae stands out from the others (heavy) smoky Beaufort as its complexity operates on a gourmand/fresh combination. Citrusy and Madeleine accords makes it a really comforting scent. It is a bit too bad that the projection is so light though..

Would be a lovely gourmand, complex but quite light and airy, if it wasn't just eclipsed by a light up neon sign saying CAKE. It chills out a bit by the end of the day and it's quite nice, but it just smells like I smeared lemon cake on myself and then put a very nice perfume on. I can't wear this at all.

A salty lemon cookie, really unique citrus gourmand that i would recommend everyone to try, since its really unique.

lignum vitae smells just like having lemon curd shortbread biscuits for breakfast at a cute and cozy seaside hotel. it's a bit cold outside, but you might dare a quick dip in the water, as long as you get a big cup of spicy black tea with ginger and vanilla when you get back to your room. drying your feet you notice tiny grains of sand and salt crystals, rolling off your skin and onto the wooden floorboards...

this is one of my all time favorite fragrances, and i'm so happy i finally got around to getting a full bottle.

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This is a beautiful citrus and baked bread fragrance that is just relaxing. It reminds me of living by a bakery or a brewery where you can smell the the cooked grains and hops in the air, first thing in the morning. Most people buy Tonnerre or Iron Duke as their first Beafort London fragrance. Lignum Vitae was my first purchase and if you want a uniquely delicious fragrance that's sexy, delicious and easy to wear, it will be your first (or next) purchase too.

Delicious, mouthwatering biscuit.

The opening gives a great cola sillage with woodiness closer to the skin.

In the drydown the cookie note, vanilla and the salty buttery aspects of dough come through.

Very inviting and cozy. Good lasting power. Cynically I thought this would be the perfect scent for a guy who works in sales!

to me first 10 mins was a glass of coca cola with lime and a caramel popcorn :D then it became a lemon biscuit - very cute I was surprised :)

Lignum Vitae opens with a burst of sharp juicy lime and thick lemon curd with the smell of a mouthwatering, freshly baked biscuittiness that has been seasoned with a sprinkle of salt & ginger. You can almost taste it - its buttery but with a dry and crumbly texture, like a deliciously fancy lemon & lime meringue pie with a biscuit base.

The biscuittiness & lemon curd start to fade away after about 10 minutes, but occasionally softly drifts back in, waving in and out like the tide, shrinking away & then softly trickling back in.
As the tide goes out, I smell the salty sea breeze, pushing a translucent fog hovering over the water like a ghost from the past, barley visible; There's the smell of rusted metallicness, some soft woods and a helping of lime that has a sandy grittiness.
As this slowly fades away, I'm left with the smell of slightly dirty salty skin, like the remains from a day at the beach

dry biscuit with aldehydes. minute traces of sweetness and citrus lurking in the background, but by and large, this one is mostly aldehydes. a great novelty scent, i must say, just not really my kinda thing...

This is pretty good scent. The opening is reminiscent of a lemon cookie, the mids remind of Initio Side Effect for some reason. Price point is decent and so is longevity and sillage. overall 8/10

Ummm, this smells like honey cookies (fragrant ingredients are honey and lemon zest) that we make here in Balkan region, cousins of German Pfeffernuse.

Dry down (after mere 4 minutes, I kept an eye on the watch) is like orange powder, meant for being added to water to make a low budget soda.

It's also quite similar to Lira by Casamoratti/Xerjoff, both perform kind of weak but there's that lemon baked goods feeling that is done better by Beaufort. In this version it smells finished, Lira is like a sweet fart of a scent.

After many hours Lignum Vitae dried down to reveal what was missing at first - all the 'manly man' notes, mostly vetiver.

A generic masculine perfume, with a 90's acquatic note that reminds me of Boudicca Wode,the beautiful mind.
I don't even understand what this sort of biscuit note does here, irrelevant at this point.

I don't know if this is my skin or my nose, but on me this smells like a cookie jar. Like fresh buttery shortbread with just a hint of honey and spice. And then it disappears into a combination of wood, juniper and sea salt. Delightful and fun, but also bizarre. I like it well enough, but I'm not cool enough to pull it off.

Minty opening that immediately turns into an overdose of concentrated citric acid that is used in cheap lemon drinks. It's a very realistic representation of that chemical lemon smell, and a very realistic smell of ginger cookies under that.

Incredibly delightful and realistic lemon biscuits with a hint of salt. Masterfully combined woody, marine and gourmand notes are communicating harmoniously. Cozy, comfortable, positive and funny fragrance. I agree with the opinion that it leans more feminine than unisex.

Qualitative and lovely gourmand oddball from Beaufort that differentiates from the rest of the line.

This is the gourmand of Beaufort's line. I am not a fan of gourmands, and despite that, I really appreciate this fragrance.
It has an interesting development, more complex than other similar fragrances I have smelt. To summarize, this is a woody sweet fragrance focused on palo santo wood (aka lignum vitae - what Beaufort sells as the "biscuit note"), with a hint of freshness offered by the citrus and acquatic notes. Also noticeable is a salty facet (given by the vetiver).

Overall very pleasant, but a tad too sweet for my tastes. Imo, it leans more feminine than unisex.
A great blend, but possibly the only one of the line that may not fully deserve its price tag due to non-uniqueness (the main factor that justifies high prices in my book). Indeed, there are several fragrances from other houses which tackled this territory, like Carner Palo Santo or La Curie Ossuary. Of these 3, my preference goes to the latter, being a real unisex imo, and cheaper (even if linear).

Damn... how did Beaufort dare making a fragrance that is just "great" and not a msterpiece like the other ones? ;)

Mild to colder days, 20+

I found different phases un this perfume:

- the opening is amazing. Is un this phase where i can find the lemon cookies wverybody speaks about, during this time the fragance behave as a proper gourmand... It is sweet, Deep, intense, tasty but citrusy.

- after a while the perfume begins yo change and become a more classic fragance, It remembrr me a bit to some shaving foams. This monent i thought, ok, now is when the British gentleman that the brand name an the bottlw evoke appears. Is nice but during this time this is not really my vio of tea...

- suddenly, some hours later, i realized the perfume had changed a lot again. It had turned very animalic and un this face the dry down remebered me a bit to some perfumes like kouros, but a bit more citric.

- after 10 hours i can stil feel some smell on my skin but very subtle. Now It snells just like lemon candies and It remembrr me to the dry down of perfumes like habit Rouge or even q bit to terre d'hermes.

Therefore i am not sure what to think... I really LOVE the opening but the first dry down gets me a bit bored... The middle dry down is interesting but on their last monents It is only a common lemon scent so... I would buy It? Probably un a Next futuro but not for now...

Scent: 8
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 6
Originality: 7
Versatility: 8
Quality/price:5
Global: 7.5

Lignum Vitae by Beaufort London is quite a treat in a bottle!

It truly reminds me of cardamom bread as the top notes of seasalt and caramel and fresh beach air gives away. I am a bit surprised that cardamom isnt on this ingredient list. This reminds me so much of some of the Norwegian baked goods I had as a child from my Norwegian stepmom.

Lignum Vitae also has some very dirty notes in it that give it a dirty frosting like quality. At first I was guessing Labdanum but then I remembered Guaiac wood has that frosting and egg smell.

This is VERY gourmand even though at first it smells like it might take a different route.

The power is quite frightening, it lasts a long time and you can smell it at arms length. Enjoy this dirty cake!

The most soft, sweet and "nice" perfume by BeauFort.
Biscuits with salty caramel and a bit of spices, soaked in sea water. And then salt water and guaiac wood, more wood, and wood again... Interesting, unusual, gourmand but not oversweetened, great choice if you're an experienced perfume lover.

Beginning is crispy dry cookies with vanilla. Very naturalistic and quite a gourmand.
In 10 min it goes lemony and zesty on my skin - not even a real lemon, but lemon acid powder used in culinary.
Base is not nice in my opinion, some mix of sweetness and that acidic lemons...

I find this very unappealing. Right up there with my least liked scents ever. I rarely get headaches from fragrances but this one manages to give me one within moments. I wish I could say nicer things. It's biscuity, and I recognise that note from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's Eat Me, and also Jo Malone Ginger Biscuit - both of which are lovely. This isn't. It's the smell of a hoovered up Hovis biscuit, lime and spilled aftershave. I just can't.

Salty hazelnuts.

This is a hazelnut caramel biscuit with little bit of salts. The colder the more beachy elements rises, like salty sands, sea spray, & sea foam. I can't detect that much of ginger (if there any) and i think it's because of the dozage of salt used here! it's almost all over the place, it even beat the caramel!

It's not bad as i used to think of few years back and when my nose wasn't that experienced sniffing uncommon scents, i think it's cute tho but too much salt.

A weird aquatic-biscuity concoction, probably not that appealing to most. I don't think this is something I could wear very often. Arggghhh.......that bloody biscuit note!!!

I got a very little sample from it, with only a drop or two inside, so I could try it only once. The smell of is was very unique. I imagine that an old type of galleon/great wooden ship inside could smell something like this. I don't know why, but that was the first thing I thought when I smelled it. I wish I could try it again.

بیسکوئیت ترد با چاشنی لیمو
به شدت یونیک و هنرمندانه اما پوشیدنی و جذاب نیست
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Scent & Quality: 8/10
Longevity: 7/10
Sillage: 7/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 10/10
Affordability: 3/10
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Overall: 7/10

Scent - salted tea & lemon cake.

Season/Time of Day - I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.

Projection - I didn't get noticed, I didn't get a compliment.

Longevity - I get 8hrs consistently.

Lignum Vitae is bizarre and exceptional in equal measure, but not the usual kind of signature strangeness I've come to expect from this brand. Lignum Vitae is 'Beaufort does gourmand' and the last thing I was expecting to smell was a lemon Madeira cake, but that's exactly what I got from it.
Such an accurate accord but with a salty, ozonic blast at the start and some leafy herbal business too, but then a clever, syrupy, lemon drizzle of citrus and that cakey, caramelised vanilla accord growing. I was very impressed when I read the notes and saw 'Madeira cake accord' among the list...I mean how specific? and my missus and I had already remarked that this smelled like that. What I like is that this perfume isn't a one trick pony because once you've digested your cake, you get more of that salty aquatic thing reminiscent of the finish from Tonnare a fragrance which hints at it all the way through but until the smoke clears you don't appreciate the full effect of. I get some of that savoury, herbal stuff as well almost as if the cake were make with olive oil? Lignum Vitae is challenging in a good way and nice to see the brand diversify from the smokey/leathery territory to something equally as eccentric.

The sweet scent of animal crackers and shortbread. Tasty! But I don't want to wear it.

Hell no to the "biscuit note". Mixed with salty marine notes and synthetic woods, it smells like the kind of gross, mealy spittle that babies leave around the house when you set them free to roam with a cookie.

Purchased from Bloom in London, this perfume is gorgeous. I find it to be deliciously mysterious with my much loved notes of pepper, lime, ginger and oud. While it won't appeal to the masses, it proves appealing to me...masculine and feminine, dark and light, sharp and smonth, Lignum Vitae is a must smell to believe.

Yum!

On paper it's pretty much a bitter lime. I don't like. On skin it's much more interesting, sweeter and warmer, more complex but I don't really like it enough to even "like" it here even though I don't dislike it. Oh, it's got a bit of the "Lush bathbomb accord" whatever the base they use is.

The notes and the idea seemed wonderful, but the reality of testing it on skin made me switch from 'want it' to 'don't like it'.
What made me want it blind was the biscuit note and the contrast between gourmand and the savory/marine/woody/mineral notes. I was almost certain that I finally stumbled upon something special - unconventional gourmand from THE unconventional niche house (Beaufort). But no.
In short - the biscuit made the appearance at the top notes; to me it came closer to rice pudding cooked in Chinese restaurant than to biscuit (French pastry) - afterwards the lime takes over the composition reducing the gourmand character to minimum until pretty soon ALL I could smell was this huge aquatic lime, not so much marine as generic, quite sharp and aggresive. In all honesty, not much going on here and not much better-smelling than a no-name aquatic something from drugstore men's department. Too bad actually because the concept is great and with more effort this could be far better - a balanced, finished product/fragrance.

3/10

This is a massive improvement over the earlier Beaufort fragrances (which I believe may have been discontinued?). Those were utterly unwearable and unpleasant to be around. Lignum Vitae shows that they've gone away, perfected their skills, and are now ready to be heavy hitters. This is a beautiful, unisex ginger biscuit made interesting with salty notes. The ginger is warm, spicy, and very realistic, but there's also a pleasant milkiness. I can't believe this is from the same company that created those fragrances that made me want to run and hide originally! Well done - credit where it's due!

Easily the most accessible of the Beaufort London line, having tested all four. The two that got me were 1805 Tonnerre, and this, both with prominent lime aspects.
Lime can be deathly dull, but when it works it rocks, Tonnerre uses lime completely differently to this, amidst smoke, gunpowder, blood, etc, it's a lime for the night! I said that in a metal voice hence the exclamation mark.

Lignum Vitae is a day lime, a lime shortbread, forget about everything else, this walks like a zesty lime/citrus shortbread biscuit, not too heavy or sweet, but decent sillage and longevity, an uplifting spring unto the shore after enduring a stormy Tonnerre night aboard the galleon, and all that jazz.
Gourmand, fool! Unisex, love it, or die alone, pleasing.

Oh yeah, you definitely get the ginger as part of the mix, it sits in there perfectly.

Very well balanced compared to their other fragrances (This one is not smoky or leathery).
The gourmand and aquatic facets are here but in a very clever way.