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Bohoboco's Red Wine Brown Sugar (2016) is a playful, vinous gourmand that juxtaposes boozy sweetness with woody, caramel-like warmth, marking a divisive modern niche gourmand.
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Red Wine Brown Sugar by Bohoboco (2016) is a fruit-forward, wine-tinged gourmand offered for women and men. At its core it pairs bright red berries and raspberry over dried fruits with a true red wine heart cut by cedar and patchouli, finishing on liquor, brown sugar, caramel and leather. The blend reads strongly fruity and sweet, with clear wine and woody facets and a noticeable alcoholic edge. With a 3.62/5 average from 570 votes, the scent divides opinion: many praise its unusual wine-sugar character while others find the execution uneven or synthetic.
Our take
I find Red Wine Brown Sugar intriguing for its concept: the wine note plus brown sugar gives a rich, edible feel that can be very effective on evening wear. The positives are the distinctive fruity-wine accord and the warm gourmand base; the negatives are inconsistent performance and a tendency toward a plasticky or burnt-sugar vibe on some skins. Ratings and votes show mixed reactions, and the fragrance skews toward fall and winter use and a unisex audience (about 59% label it unisex). I like it when it behaves, but it can be hit-or-miss.
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The Bottle
Bohoboco Red Wine Brown Sugar has a tall, narrow rectangular bottle with clear-looking sides and straight edges. Vivid red liquid occupies the lower interior, while an oversized opaque-looking black rectangular cap spans most of the width. A white front label uses black uppercase type. The result is conventional in outline but genuinely striking in colour and proportion.
Original or Clone
Red Wine Brown Sugar earns the original a clear edge when the bottle matters: its vivid red liquid and broad black cap give a memorable object to a fragrance otherwise housed in a conventional rectangular form. The fruity, sweet, wine-led character has prompted one tracked interpretation from one house, a modest but concrete sign that this profile has attracted imitation. That fact adds to the original’s standing, but the available record gives us no basis for judging the interpretation itself. On these grounds, buying the original is defensible for its bottle and reference status, while the alternative remains a reasonable choice for someone unconcerned with either.
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