Description
Osmanthus blossom spreads its scent with a new collection Roger & Gallet from April 2011. The collection was inspired and based on scent of Chinese osmanthus and offers a wide range of body care products with wonderful scents this house is famous for.
Top notes of Fleur d’Osmanthus are as luminous as spring. Sweet orange bark is accompanied by mandarin and luminous grapefruit announcing sweet floral heart composed of osmanthus and neroli.
A base is a combination of warm, cozy and smoky tonka accords along with creamy sandalwood and benzoin.
The fragrance is available as 100 ml and 200ml eau fraiche accompanied by rich body care collection (lotion, soap, cream, bath…).
Top notes: orange bark, mandarin, grapefruit
Heart: osmanthus, neroli
Base: tonka, benzoin, sandalwood
Perfume Roger & Gallet Fleur d’Osmanthus can be expected on the market from April 1st 2011.
ixtistar – :
I don’t rate the bottle in the first picture. Can’t be legit if they can’t spell DREAMS on the label, because it actually says DREMS ….
vick.seroy – :
I don’t rate the bottle in the first picture. Can’t be legit if they can’t spell DREAMS on the label, because it actually says DREMS ….
tsabra – :
Goes on REALLY sharp (it’s the grapefruit), but once you get past that, it’s just stunning!!! Fresh, peachy, natural-smelling, close-to-the-skin scent, with a pinch of soft sandalwood in the dry down. For those who wear Chanel Allure in the cooler weather, but want something lighter and fresher for summer.
4-1/2 out out of 5 stars.
bkl920speagoessenda – :
The first five minutes, i get a very fruity osmanthus flower. Later, i can still smell the osmanthus, but lighter and i start to get a very light neroli, that adds a summery touch to the fragrance. At the end, i get a sweet and dry smell. Everything smells very natural. It is a nice fragrance, but nothing groundbreaking.
jefas – :
I tested it several times and it`s probably my fave of all R&G scents, along with Fleur de Figuer. Fresh, slightly citrusy and just about sweet, although I haven`t a clue if this is what Osmanthus really smells like or not..I also get bits of the tonka bean and the musk which works great here as nobody wants `justanothercitrusysummerperfume`. In colder climate it doesn`t last though and in warmer climate it has to be re-applied also, as staying power is not much more than 2-3 hours ( Fleur de Figuer scores slightly higher points in that department…) But it is still a brilliant composition, worth having a small bottle of it in your collection!
fraultulp – :
I’ve just received a sample… wonderful surprise! It recalls Chanson de vie for me, this long forgotten sent. I could see the warm lights shining through the leaves…
The drying down is even more pleasant since it’s not sweet but powdery and greenish… wonderful!!!
botsman1971 – :
This is an eau fraiche or “fresh (fragrant) water” which is really meant as a refresher so it’s not really meant to last, for those complaining about longevity and maybe don’t understand fragrance concentrations in perfumery. That aside, I think it’s a lovely, sheer, simple osmanthus tea-like scent. None of the leathery or smoky aspects of more complex osmanthus scents like Auphorie Miyako or Perris Monte Carlo Absolute d’Osmanthe.
Citrusy up top, then settles to a sheer peachy/apricot. I don’t like sweet and didn’t find this too sweet for me. It also lasted pretty well on me-like 6 hours- albeit with little projection. I love having some perfumes that form a sheer veil of scent, rather than a brick wall, in-your-face scent that demands my attention all day. Especially when it’s hot out(I keep it in the fridge in summer)or after an evening shower. Just really calming.
I also have The Different Company Osmanthus but I actually prefer this much cheaper fragrance and reach for it more often! The TDC version is the same in feel-like a light, citrusy osmanthus tea. It is decidedly more floral and is more complex in comparison , but still pretty minimalist in style. The citrus smells more synthetic to me and there’s this sharp, almost ammonia-like, cleaning product quality in the TDC that actually grates on me at times and the drydown sometimes registers as clean laundry to me-not a big fan of that smell. TDC is a proper perfume so does project a little more and lasts a little longer. A little being the operative phrase.
I’m a fan of R &G and often find them in pharmacies deeply discounted so I don’t feel guilty dousing myself.
3552744 – :
Some of you complain it that it doesn’t hold?? I tried this one day shopping after work… wafts of this beautiful fragrance lingered in my car and on my jacket the whole next day, enticing me. Like an ant overcome with zombie fungus, I went back to the store, and purchased it without even thinking. Just beautiful, a very balanced perfume, it is at once a delicate green scent, and yet, the sticky flowery side of it overpowers my senses.
Uhmah74 – :
I had the oil of this perfume, and it was terrific. Many people praised me. It reminds me so much of summer
BoBa28 – :
I love it…a smooth, calm, silky, classy floral…it has quality in the ingredients, but why why doesn´t it last longer?
I wear it more on weekend, to stay with the children and my husband, to receive friends, to enjoy …
It´s a unpretentious scent, but with a such class…less is really much more…
Спермиус – :
It finally arrived.. I’ve never liked blind buys but had reasonable hopes for this (considering the price). I was actually pretty mad at all the positive comments here when I first sprayed it because it smelled cheap and generic, worse than my old Honeysuckle Green Tea from Elizabeth Arden, but once it dried down, I could finally see what [some] people are talking about. Started out from crappy sweet citrus floral to fake syrupy peach tea, then finally everything came together and I detect the impressive connection to Good Girls Gone Bad!
DRC52 – :
When I smell this fragrance I think of a rainy day in the florest, it’s green,woody and smokey. I like to wear it in the early morning, it’s energizing.
bas238 – :
I love this one on the bottle – fruity, fresh, open and invigorating. Made the mistake of purchasing it without trying it on. Big no-no: I hate the way it smells on my skin. It lasts a bit longer than my favourite perfume (which is Fleur de Figuier), but longevity is still bad. Probably 3 hours and then you have to re-apply. I am actually thinking this is probably a problem with all Roger & Gallet fragrances, longevity and sillage is always bad. Well, their fragrances are usually cheap so you get what you pay for.
loi069InsuffBooni – :
I want to smell like a soliflore of osmanthus. I live in New Orleans and whenever the weather changes the sweet olives bloom (that’s what we call them) and they are everywhere. you walk down the sidewalks uptown and it is literally intoxicating. If anyone has suggestion please message me!!!
zhe465speagoessenda – :
A nice, androgynous and European smell.
yanush – :
For me this smell always be a April at Rome .morning coffee at little pastry shop near hotel ,my husband looking like young Tony sopranos and me happy and fat from sunshine ,cruassant and pizza margarita).
Beautiful sweet fragrance not over sweet,very clean and it seems like you holding bunch of flowers
Elegalayday – :
All I want, is a fragrance that smells like REAL osmanthus flowers. Why is it that after 20 years of looking,it appears that no perfume can achieve that, when you can easily go into a 7-Eleven in Taiwan and purchase a ready-to-drink packaged osmanthus iced green tea with the fragrance of heavenly osmanthus swirling inside your mouth? Obviously, someone was able to create flavoring that wonderfully mimics osmanthus flowers. But all the talented perfumers of the world cannot? Just baffled.
Roger & Gallet’s version did try. It opens as a watery fresh, citrus and woods scent, very spring and summery. After a few minutes, a delicate sweet floral emerges and that’s where the osmanthus supposedly enters. It got the delicate and sweet part right, and it’s a very nice sweet floral, but it doesn’t quite capture the osmanthus flowers I obsess about. To most people, it might be close enough, but it does not satisfy me….I’m very demanding! I guess I need to stop trying to smell exactly like the flower I love and instead just lug around a pot of osmanthus plant when it flowers, whereever I go! I would recommend this fragrant water anyway, because it is very very nice indeed, while it lasts, which isn’t long.
степашка – :
This one I like but not love. I love real osmanthus flowers and this is not that, but it smells nice, fresh and sweet in the opening, then sweeter as if they put sugar on top of osmanthus note, then a generic yet pleasant floral with some good lasting power. I don’t smell the smokey edge at all and thanksgod grapefruit is not dominant here.
Nice to wear for casual daytime, not cheap nor cloying, just nice and happy.
Beware, it clings to fabric like hell.
yarik – :
i get complemented quiet often when i wear this fragrance, very musky, and green.
raw01 – :
The soap bar and the eau fraiche smell a little different.
I bought the eau based on the soap smell.
Very nice! Citrusy/flowery/woody! A must for summer days.
sergey19811 – :
leggero, fresco, adatto alle temperature alte, si apre con note volatili di osmanto, neroli e agrumi. poco a poco vira verso un delizioso accordo legnoso e leggermente affumicato, pur mantenendosi leggero. perfetto per la primavera inoltrata.
Podporin – :
I had my doubts at first, but after smelling it, I had to say it holds very true to Osmanthus. Very much like real osmanthus tea that my parents always drink(osmanthus blossoms are usually sprinkled on top of fine green tea).
My mother commented that it was a very nice smell that she’d love to have, so I really wanted to peg this down for Mother’s Day. Unfortunately, it’s not for sale where I am anymore. 🙁
skumatov – :
I was not very convinced upon the opening of Roger & Gallet Fleur d’Osmanthus, as there seems to be a sort of mess of tea and ginger-like notes. However, given a few minutes, a beautiful osmanthus comes through. It’s unapologetically fruity and sweet, without many green notes holding it back. At the same time, it smells natural and translucent, which preventing it from being cloying or saccharine. It’s still slightly too watery to my liking, but overall, it’s luscious enough for an osmanthus soliflore fragrance.
The longevity is around 5 hours, and while it lasts, it’s not too difficult to detect, although it stays close to the skin. If you’re looking for a delectable osmanthus fragrance, or just a random invigorating fruity floral fragrance, considering the price and the availability, I’d recommend giving Fleur d’Osmanthus a try.
wagearman – :
This is exactly how sunny days smell! Fresh air full of sun light and warmth is the essence of this fragrance. When I wear it, I just feel happy and want to smile all the time 🙂
denigraf1987 – :
definitely a mix of notes I like,
this fragrant water tastes like sweet orange with some light oriental spice
Uplifting and easy to wear
I keep a 30ml bottle in my purse, always 🙂
seregavrode – :
Gorgeous, uplifting yet comforting evoking memories of childhood in Spain . Unfortunately it just doesn’t last long and I would get through it in no time at all.
Servant – :
Lovely, fresh and it really makes you happy! The bad news is that it doesn’t last 🙁
GNUSMAS – :
I was charmed by the collection Roger & Gallet. This fragrance was the one that most caught my attention, is somewhat most remarkable than others of this brand. This brings me a sense of freshness, comfort, lightness …
serega76s – :
I love love LOVE this fragrance. But I do have to agree with Sylviane71: it just doesn’t hold very long.
BUT, if you try it with the bodylotion and layer it on top, it lasts so much longer. And if you spray it on your clothes, it will hold for about 8 hours!
I will buy this again soon =)
supersecurity – :
I might be the only person in the world to think so, but this actually reminded me of a really simple, sugared-up version of Mitsouko! Orientalism minus all the complex Guerlain melancholy, you know. On my skin I got plenty of osmanthus, enough of it to give me a toothache. (Osmanthus is surprisingly gourmand. Many people don’t know this in the West but in parts of the East it’s ubiquitous in pastries and jellies and candies.)
Length: I’ve tried this several times, and each time just one spray went on for most of the afternoon. My skin tends to carry dirtyish floral scents (tuberose, jasmine, ylang-ylang) for a long, long time, though, so maybe that affects it.
Anyway, this smells like an ingénue. I think men like it more than elegant women do. So, a nice scent for someone… just know what you’re getting into!
Pirate – :
Totalmente de acuerdo con sylviane71, es ideal, pero recuerdo que la primera vez que lo probé, me llegó a agobiar, ahora que lo tengo noto que me dura poquito (para lo que yo desearía) aunque se llega a mantener 🙂
Injesinue – :
tried it today on my skin. love at first sniff! perfect for summer. surprisingly the longevity is very good on my skin, even the projection is good for an eau fraiche. i had ‘the vert’ on my other arm but that lost its lasting power much sooner. agree with previous reviewer, it smells a lot like acqua di parma’s arancia but lasts longer and cheaper.
edit: now i have the bottle and wear it. the lasting power isnt as good as i first thought it be on the skin. but it does last quite a long time on clothes.
kotya147 – :
I tried it today and I liked it a lot. It reminds me of a doll I have had since I was a little girl. This doll smells like soft apricot and Fleur d’Osmanthus has almost the same scent.
I tried it on paper and on my skin. I still get whiffs from time to time and I can’t believe how lovely and innocent smell it is.
I don’t know what osmanthus smells like, but this perfume is mainly apricot and citrus notes. Really nice! Oh, and I don’t think it is like Light Blue at all (which I dislike, actually).
puri125 – :
I am sorry but I disagree with truffles… in my opinion, Fleur d’Osmanthus is no way comparable to Light Blue. Light Blue is very lemony… Fleur d’Osmanthus has a strong orange top note, not lemon, nor apple…
I wore Fleur d’Osmanthus every day this summer. It is refreshing thanks to the orange note, but it is soon replaced by the delicate abricot and leather scent which is typical of osmanthus flower, somewhat oriental.There is a bit of almondy sweetness thanks to Tonka Bean.Neroli is unobstrusive but combines deliciously with the osmnathus flower. I got many compliments with this one.
However the fragrance doesn’t hold at all, it’s a pity… you have to reapply very often and it’s quite surprising that people can smell it. Anyway it’s cheap where I live. So never mind…
Tatalkate – :
So disappointed in this. Received my new bottle in the post today. First thing was that inside the lovely box is a very ugly bottle. As pictured above but of shocking low quality in reality with a plain bottle and ugly plastic cap.
The perfume itself, where is the osmanthus?!
I first came across that wonderful flower in a B Never Too Busy perfume, but if there’s any osmanthus here it must be trace. If you want strong osmanthus, go for B Never 1000 Kisses Deep.
*EDIT! In reply to laetitiavp above, I forgot to mention before that this perfume is LEMONS! If anything comes out strongly it’s lemons! Also, I found the opposite with the ‘hold’. I had a bath and could still smell this on the back of my hand after.*
Overall, this perfume is Light Blue II, and while I love Light Blue, I’ve already got it and expected something a bit different from Fleur D’Osmanthus. It’s not cheap either but I’m afraid the smell doesn’t match the price as to me, this doesn’t match up to Light Blue.
Come on, Roger & Gallet, you can do better than this, surely.
– My new 30ml bottle with one spray gone, is now up for swap!
Oxiplielanion – :
What a beautiful and uplifting scent..!
Osmanthus sheer and tender,
mingled with crisp sweetness of citrus. The citrusy notes reminds me of a clementine orange, juicy and tarte.
Got many compliments from both men and women : )
I get osmanthus all the way, but it definitely steers towards “fruity” than “floral” category. If you are not a fan of overly flowery fragrances, don’t be afraid to give this a try.
The overall effect is transluscent, slightly sweet and very likable. I would recommend this for spring/summer days and night. Smelling it would really put a smile on your face.
LOVE!
bolat56 – :
mmmmm… just tried this one on my vacation in Berlin.
Such a LOVELY scent!!! Just YUMMY! But i totally agree with Sylvane71, after an hour i couldn’t smell it any more. Gone is the fairytale. They really should make a perfume of it instead of eau fraiche. I would buy it the next minute!