Bois des Îles is a fragrance from Parisian couturier

Haute couture

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 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...

. The name is French

French

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 for "Island Wood" or, more literally, "Wood of the Islands".
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History

Coco Chanel had worked with Ernest Beaux

Ernest Beaux

Ernest Beaux , was a Russian and French perfumer best known for creating Chanel No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous perfume.- Family background :...

 on her original perfume, Chanel No. 5

Chanel No. 5

Chanel No. 5 is the first perfume launched by Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. The French government reports that a bottle of Chanel No. 5 is sold every thirty seconds and generates sales of $100 million a year. It was developed by Russian-French chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux...

, which debuted in 1921. In 1926, they released Bois des Îles. According to the Chanel

Chanel

Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...

website, the fragrance of Bois des Iles was "the first woody fragrance for women".