What Is Parfums Vintage Bois de Mystere a Dupe Of?

Parfums Vintage Bois de Mystere is a clone of Kilian Straight to Heaven. The connection is the rum, cedar and patchouli combination. If you're looking for that boozy wood style, this gives you a much more useful starting point than simply searching for a sweet evening fragrance.

The note connection

Bois de Mystere lists rum and nutmeg at the top, followed by cedar, tobacco, patchouli and jasmine. Amber, vanilla and musk sit in the base. There's some sweetness in the structure, but the amount of wood and patchouli on the list matters just as much as the rum.

Straight to Heaven's catalog profile also puts rum, patchouli, cedar, nutmeg, amber and vanilla together. Its dried-fruit note gives you another detail to watch when comparing samples. A shared rum note doesn't tell you how sweet, dry or woody either fragrance will feel once you're wearing it.

How we'd choose

We'd put Bois de Mystere on a shortlist for someone who likes the idea of a rum fragrance but wants wood to stay involved. If you're after a dessert-like vanilla scent, we'd be more cautious. The listed tobacco and patchouli are good reasons to sample rather than buy from the rum note alone.

When trying them, focus on the relationship between the rum and cedar instead of waiting for one isolated note. Does the wood give the sweetness enough balance for you? Is the patchouli something you enjoy throughout the wear? Those answers are more useful for choosing a bottle than the length of the note lists.

Check the edition

This pairing uses the original Straight to Heaven as the reference. Straight to Heaven Extreme, Splash of Lemon and the Oud and Musk special blend are different editions. Bois de Mystere is also separate from other Parfums Vintage rum or tobacco fragrances.

Before buying a bottle

Start with a sample if you can, then compare the exact edition and bottle size in the current listings. Explore Parfums Vintage Bois de Mystere, By Kilian Straight to Heaven for the catalog details and available buying options.