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History
Bois Naufragé 16.1 is an eau de parfum by Pierre Guillaume Paris, composed by Pierre Guillaume and launched in 2010. The house files it in its numbered collection, under theme No. 16, the fig, and describes it as a woody fougère.
Bois Naufragé was born in 2010 and returned in 2017 as 16.1, in an identical formulation. The perfume starts from a work, Lucien Clergue’s photograph « Nu au bois flotté », and translates its atmosphere: a body and a piece of wood polished by the sea, on a mineral, salt-beaten beach.
The construction is limpid. The Egyptian fig tree gives its green fig and milky sap; salt flower and ambergris draw its mineral, saline shade; mint brings a sea-spray freshness, fractioned vetiver and driftwood close the base on a woody dryness. It is a seaside woody scent, salty and luminous.
The name states the image: an Egyptian fig tree treated like driftwood, as if washed ashore after the shipwreck. Bois Naufragé illustrates Pierre Guillaume’s taste for narrative perfumes, where a whole scene fits within an accord.
Fragrance notes
Bois Naufragé unfolds from salted fig to a driftwood base, in a mineral freshness.
The house publishes a list of notes, not a three-tier pyramid: salt flower, fig tree, mint, vetiver and driftwood. Its text adds salt crystals and ambergris over a fractioned vetiver.
The through-line is the salt, casting its mineral shade over the fig and the wood.
Scent profile
Bois Naufragé is a mineral fig rather than a gourmand one. Salt flower and ambergris give it a saline, airy dimension, the fig tree its milky freshness, mint its hint of sea spray. Fractioned vetiver and driftwood hold a dry base, never sweet.
It is a luminous, wearable scent, at ease from the first warm days, whose salty freshness evokes a beach. Its woody dryness sets it apart from the solar, sugary figs of mainstream perfumery.
Key characteristics
When and where to wear
Bois Naufragé is a warm-season, daytime scent. Its saline freshness destines it for spring and summer, but the driftwood lets it hold in mid-season. A clean, luminous trail.
How to wear it
Seasonal fit
| Season | Fit | Critical notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | The saline freshness awakens. |
| Summer | ★★★★ | Its season of choice. |
| Autumn | ★★★☆ | The wood takes over. |
| Winter | ★★☆☆ | A little cool in the cold. |
Context fit
| Setting | Fit | Wearing advice |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday | ★★★★ | Fresh and luminous. |
| Holidays | ★★★★ | Its natural ground. |
| Office | ★★★★ | Discreet and clean. |
| Evening | ★★★☆ | In mild weather. |
| Sport | ★★★☆ | Light and bracing. |
Similar perfumes
Perfumery fig has its readings; Bois Naufragé signs a mineral, salted one.
| Perfume | House · year | Why it is close |
|---|---|---|
| Komorebi 9.1 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2018 | The house’s green, luminous vein, leafier than saline. |
| Djhenné 22 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2012 | A fougère from the numbered catalog, which throws the salted stance of Bois Naufragé into relief. |
| Jardins de Kérylos 16 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2006 | The original theme No. 16, sycamore and green fig, of which Bois Naufragé is the salted variation. |
| Philosykos | Diptyque · 1996 | A benchmark green, milky fig, leafier and less saline. |
| Premier Figuier | L’Artisan Parfumeur · 1994 | A soft, milky fig, another landmark of the theme, without the mineral salt. |
Frequently asked questions
See also
Sources
- Pierre Guillaume Paris catalog 2025-26 (English edition)
- Official Pierre Guillaume Paris Company Profile
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Bois Naufragé page
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, 16.1 Bois Naufrage page (English site): theme No. 16 fig, woody fougère, numbered collection, 50 and 100 ml, from 120 euros (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Parfumo, 16.1 Bois Naufragé entry (German edition): year 2010, Pierre Guillaume; longevity 6.6/10 (56 votes), sillage 5.6/10 (45 votes), as of 5 November 2026