Description
As a result of numerous trips taken by the founders and Creators, Sylvie Ganter and Christophe Cervasel, to Asia and Middle East, they have created five new Colognes Absolue, all of which are a part of Atelier Cologne newest collection, Collection Orient inspired by the region’s natural beauty, people and customs, and particularly the most precious raw materials. The beauty and refinement of these carefully selected raw materials illustrate treasured emotions and powerful memories, source of inspiration for the creators.
Atelier Cologne’s iconic flacon has been reinvented for Collection Orient. The glass is colored white reflecting modernity and purity. The golden caps pay tribute to the preciousness of the ingredients carefully selected to create each Cologne Absolue.
For the composition of Mimosa Indigo indigo mimosa from India was selected as key ingredient, enveloped by sensual chord of white leather, providing luxurious and sophisticated character. Citruses and saffron develop a fine fresh veil, while sandalwood, vanilla and musk provide for softness and creamy base.
Fragrances of the collection ATELIER COLOGNE COLLECTION ORIENT are available as 30, 100 and 200ml Cologne Absolue (20% vol), as well as in gift sets. Flacons of 30ml are ‘dressed’ in leather case.
Mimosa Indigo was launched in 2016.
pompyrbg627bedyWelty – :
I used to walk by a mimosa tree when I went to primary school and loved the smell on late winter and spring.
This fragrance, though, smells like a very leathery play-doh with hints of vanilla, mimosa, musk, and signature Atelier Cologne vibe in the background.
Quite unique, but not pleasant.
purgen9943 – :
What I love about this is that it is such a true leather smell, but it’s still totally unisex and can be rocked by a woman. It is very much a cologne in that despite the rugged and rich leather, it is fresh and cool. Slightly fruity, slightly floral, entirely wonderful!
exd600intitytek – :
Reminds me of a female equivalent of Atelier Colognes Figuier Ardent.
I don’t like it as much as figuier ardent, but this also develops into some sort of coconutty scent on my skin for some reason. Reminds me also of some sort of almond hand creams that women are using. The vanile is beautiful and the leather is also blended in well (maybe a tad too strong).
I get a lot of floral notes, especially during the first 10 minutes. Then it quickly develops into a warm scent. I can sometimes smell the citrus, but it doesn’t blend in well.
I don’t know, it’s a pleasant scent and it’s on the better side of fragrances, but still no love for me. The floral notes are not convincing me. Only a like, since the musky vanile x leather x sandalwood combo is great.
krec317 – :
It is a beautiful leathery-powdery scent and so feminine.
I do not like a lot for a man but for a woman is excellent.
however it is very nice.
7.5/10
Anzor1980 – :
Meh. Thank goodness. I like enough Atliers as it is. This is mostly a mediocre leather; it starts that way (even in the bergamot top notes) and quickly gets to the middle leather-sandalwood-lilac (adds a bread-like scent somehow–think En Passant), and then the sweet mimosa comes through, eventually winning over the leather. I really like mimosa, but the leather somehow cancels it out, or makes it generic, and the laundry musk amplifies that generic mall-frag sweetness. I like leather too, but I like my leathers a little more pure and animalic. This is mostly discordant and not FB worthy. Try before you buy and wear it a few times before the big spend.
aleh – :
I struggle with this scent. On the first whiff, I get leather, pine (think antiseptic) and sarsaparilla. The cloyingness does subside, however, and the fragrance settles into something more pleasant and vanilla-ery.
If the notes are something you naturally favour then I recommend you try it for yourself as I am not usually drawn to mimosa or leather scents.
dbuforg – :
I get a heck of a lot more leather from this than Atelier’s Gold Leather. I really don’t get why this has so many dislikes. It’s a downright lovely leather, actually it’s my favorite with a prominent leather note so far. It isn’t ever harsh or sharp. Overall smells very refined and soft thanks to the floral notes. I basically detect strong leather the whole way through and all the other notes just add slight nuances and depth, only playing a supporting role. At the end of the drydown it is sweeter and more vanillic.
brigreeinnots – :
This is one of the most beautiful Leather base fragrance i have ever smelled.
quite powdery and floral..
it opens with Tangerine,Saffron and bergamot(opening notes of bergamot,Tangerine)..
then i smell soft Leather the most..
it instead a luxury Leather..
This Perfume has got fantastic scent.
It has got a Medium longevity.
It has got a good projection.
I recommend it for using on days and nights.
I suggest it for spring,fall and winter.
Certainly It is a good perfume for both genders.
arv2010 – :
Atelier makes some nice subtle scents. I am not a fan of many but appreciate what they bring to the table. This one here is a complete dud though. It is so soft and not recognizable after 2 hours. It sits too close to the skin especially considering the price.
Now as far as the scent goes, I get a light creamy floral blend with a touch of soft leather. It has a delicate sweetness to it and would be a perfect Spring/Fall scent for the right person but not me. Sandalwood is the main note that I am getting. I could be wrong but I don’t see many guys owning this one.
lwa392Bessinepome – :
There’s an oiliness in here that takes it to a different level. Sort of like bright colorful play dough clay. In a bottle.
zorg68 – :
I am a huge mimosa fan. It’s one of the most delicate and dreamy floral scents in the world.
I am also a huge Atelier fan. I think Atelier has created some amazing, high quality fragrances in the short five years they have existed. Orange Sanguinne is easily the best citrus scent. Trefle Pur is a gorgeous uplifting green scent; their Neroli is fantastic, their vanilla is wonderful; their Oolong Infini is a lovely tea scent, and so on.
But sometimes they name scents just so oddly. Mimosa Indigo doesn’t smell anything like mimosa to me. In fact, if I didn’t know, and wasn’t searching, I wouldn’t even notice if there is, in fact, a mimosa quality at all. What Mimosa Indigo IS is a leather scent. Leather is the most prominent feature after about 2 minutes in, and the leather builds and builds to being the lead actor with a bit of musky base.
So, if you love leather scents, try this. I’m not into leather at all so this was a massive fail for me. And, if you love mimosa, you might want to skip this – there’s nothing delicate or floral or sweet going on here.
ekingppp – :
I like the way mimosa smells, pleasant. But what I realize I also dislike here, it’s being not original. There are dozens perfumes in Sephora that smell similarly, there are hand creams and hand-sanitizers that smell exactly this, so really, not sure I would wear something that smells so commonly. No, not another mimosa perfume, please!
sagu – :
If you are looking for mimosa, this is not it. I struggle to find it there (and I am a lover of mimosa, with Fragonard’s Mimosa being an oft-used scent for me).
Atelier Cologne has a strange approach to perfume naming: some names, such as Trefle Pur and Philtre Ceylan, are very descriptive; and some, such as this one, are confusing.
There is quite a lot of drama in the way this perfumes develops on a person. It would be a great tool to educate someone about base, heart, and top notes, as they are all quite different — it’s rare that a perfume undergoes such a dramatic transformation over such a short time span. It’s quite an olfactory journey.
It opens like a combination of department store perfumes — that pleasant generic perfume scent that is not too cloying, not too heavy, not to floral. Pleasant enough, but certainly not special. If there is any mimosa, it is here in the top notes somewhere, but it disappears all too quickly.
Then it gets more interesting.
I get powdered assam on dry down. A bit of bergamot.
And only *then* I get leather. And then it gets darker and tarter and muskier.
At some point, you are left with nothing floral (and still no mimosa!), but with that kind of leather smell that a tannery would have. Or your cobbler. It has that lingering chemical smell of leather glue (resin in perfume context, I guess) that is sharp and almost unpleasant.
I know the description promises some spices, such as saffron, but I don’t really get that.
I can see buying this as an elegant and expensive gift: it’s not too extreme and should be suited to most women, yet has some interesting facets to it.
Tootteacromma – :
White leather go-go boots, and a lilac (mimosa?)-colored mini skirt. I could see a platinum-blond, leggy, doe-eyed fashionista, who loves the swinging 1960s and British rock, wearing this. Very Edie Sedgwick/Nancy Sinatra/Goldie Hawn.
Kaze69 – :
These Atelier releases are getting even better by the year. This one is a love at first sniff! Its like nothing I’ve smelled before. Its a mixture of leather, vanilla, and smoOth, musk. Imagine saffron, assam, tea with cream and bergamot. Steeped in a purse lol. Beautiful, feminine, leather.
teech – :
I’ve got mixed feelings about this fragrance. It has two primary notes: mimosa and leather. And I think the balance of them is just sliiiiightly off, with the leather being a touch too heavy. It stops the mimosa from really shining the way I wish it would. This is probably mostly a matter of personal taste, so I can’t slate this fragrance, but at the same time it’s not setting the world on fire for me.
At this price point – $250 for 100 mL – it has to be the perfect mimosa, and sadly it’s not.
JainoEasene – :
Extra!! Extra!! Read all about it: new Atelier Collection Orient is IN the NYC stores (no postcard samples available, yet)
100 ml $250
200 ml $350
No travel sprays, no 30 ml size (Unless you get the 6.7 oz then a leatherclad 30 of same event comes with it).
I love how this house never stops, and (more importantly) always release new imaginings of old formulae and olfactive visions.
Oriental cologne absolues?? Um…yes please!! I predict this (Mimosa Indigo) and Tobacco Nuit will shine brightest for me…
This IS one House I will (eventually) own all their releases in fb sizes. They aren’t very many I can say that about after nearly two decades of being a parfumista.
All aaaaaa-board the Atelier Orient Express!!