Bodacious, from Boadicea the Victorious was released in 2021. The perfumer behind this creation is Christian Provenzano. It has the top notes of Almond, Cherry, Cloves, and Cognac, middle notes of Heliotrope, Jasmine, and Rose, and base notes of Amber, Musk, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, and Vetiver.
Bodacious is sweetness upon sweetness, upon even more sweetness. It takes gourmand to the upper limit of how much sweetness you can tolerate - in a nice way. There’s a lot going on, with a lot of notes all shouting out at you, but overall it does smell lovely. It’s centred around this theme of sticky, syrupy morello cherries swirling round a boozy note of delicious cognac. This richness is offset by the dry, nutty bite of almonds, furthered by a dry tobacco in the base. Of course it would not be complete without tonka and vanilla, of which there is more than enough of. There’s a touch of florals, most notably heliotrope which likely boosts the almond accord which is incredibly dominating. Overall this is a lovely scent and definitely one to check out for gourmand lovers, but personally I find it a bit too sweet. Usually I’m an oversprayer but I really have to dial it down with this one lest I get toothache. I will very much enjoy my 5ml decant sparingly, but I doubt I’ll be getting a full bottle.
Omg this is literally a weaker version of Dark Cherry by Black Oud London!!. That one is only £50 for 50ml too. I dontevwn wanna know what the price of this one is🙄😮💨
Bodacious is sweetness upon sweetness, upon even more sweetness. It takes gourmand to the upper limit of how much sweetness you can tolerate - in a nice way. There’s a lot going on, with a lot of notes all shouting out at you, but overall it does smell lovely. It’s centred around this theme of sticky, syrupy morello cherries swirling round a boozy note of delicious cognac. This richness is offset by the dry, nutty bite of almonds, furthered by a dry tobacco in the base. Of course it would not be complete without tonka and vanilla, of which there is more than enough of. There’s a touch of florals, most notably heliotrope which likely boosts the almond accord which is incredibly dominating. Overall this is a lovely scent and definitely one to check out for gourmand lovers, but personally I find it a bit too sweet. Usually I’m an oversprayer but I really have to dial it down with this one lest I get toothache. I will very much enjoy my 5ml decant sparingly, but I doubt I’ll be getting a full bottle.