Description
“Powdery and peppery, silky and spicy, Oeillet Louis XV soothes yet confuses with its paradoxes. Reminiscences of an ancient time, powder fades and gives way to spicy notes of clove. Oeillet Blanc is homage to the beloved French King Louis XV who saw Oriza’s birth and became its most illustrious customer.
White carnation is at the heart of this fragrance and is the source of its dichotomy. Symbol of true love under the monarchy, the flower embodied the fire of French Revolution. As a scent, white carnation is as intoxicating as the most subtle poison; a delicate blend of mandarin, monarchical iris and light wood chords, which cannot resist the violence of pepper and spicy clove. Pink carnation brings a note of bitterness, symbol of Mary’s sorrow. Legend has it the flower sprang where Mary’s tears fell as she saw Jesus carry the cross.
Contrasts, olfactory and symbolic best describe “Oeillet Louis XV”, rival less and elegant perfume that never ceases to astonish” – a note from the brand.
Oeillet Louis XV is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women. Oeillet Louis XV was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Hugo Lambert. Top notes: pink pepper, mandarin; middle notes: white carnation, carnation absolute, white orchid, iris, rose, spicy clove; base notes: rice powder, white musk, white honey, woody notes.
DeloiseGalanga – :
Named for Louis the Beloved who became successor to the crown at age 5, Oeillet Louis XV indeed projects an air of innocent regalia.
There is incredible beauty and artistry in this scent which, to my nose, culminates as a gossamer blend of soft, creamy flowers that lean toward delicate violets with a hint of powdered sweetness, gently pierced with aromatic warmth. The velvety orchid, rice and citrus pastiche is also an uncommon accord that I stumbled upon in Valentino’s signature pink scent in the pyramid shaped quilted bottle — totally charming and demure.
Images of an eighteenth century ballroom start to swim in my mind; a slow, metered harpsichord playing at a tempo that gently wafts the scent of courtly elegance at every curtsy and nod.
However Oeillet Louis XV is far from baroque. There is a clean minimalism in the clever composition of notes that finishes as clean, soft floral musk for the contemporary woman — a more elegant, niche version of Narciso Poudree if you will. The powder note in this fragrance is so finely milled and compact that it shines like satin.
With excellent performance, just one spray of this makes for an excellent boudoir scent, or for any occasion that you want to float in clean, romantic velvet luxury.
zmei2000 – :
Meant to write this review ages ago, this scent impressed me a lot by how loud and proud these spicy-powdery notes “sound”. Usually carnations are slightly spicy-dry on old-fashioned manner, which I was always fine with anyway, but Oriza L. Legrand did it an New Era way – modern niche way. That’s like spinto soprano carnation, instead of typical contralto, it has height and expands on few metres around the wearer. I bet that Louis XV, King of France and Navarre loved to be noticed! As for me, I humbly want full bottle of this Rich Glamour, because after around five times of wearing it, I simply can not find faults and wish for more and more.
Luca Brasi – :
A wonderful spicey, uplifting carnation fragrance. Truly unisex. I get why some liken this to Serge Lutens fragrance but this is much more powerful, more sillage and good longevity. If you love the carnation fragrance then this is not to be missed. The orange lends some sweetness to proceedings.
Oops! I have just realised that this is my second review for this beauty. Im just a tad over enthusiastic lol
kazancew1984 – :
The opening of this scent consists mostly of rose and geranium on my skin, soon to be followed by something orangy and tangy. The scent now turns a bit sweeter and slightly powdery. Hints of musk are passing by, but the scent remains incredibly floral with a hint of tangy orange. Now woody notes start to appear in the background and the powder becomes stronger. The rose is also still quite present. As the scent progresses the iris becomes more prominent, and the scent as a whole a bit less intense, but still sweet. Now the cumin and pepper appear too and the scent becomes more soapy.
Sillage is heavy, longevity moderate to long.
The opening of this scent is very classic, floral, bombastic even and then makes a total transformation to a powdery soft iris scent. At no point in time I smell any carnation. I do not enjoy the heavy opening, but the drydown is more pleasant, but quite sweet. I couldn’t wear this every day, but it’s fun to wear the sample every now and then.
agasiko – :
Inspired combination of carnation and orange are the introduction to this lovely fragrance performance. Carnation and cloves are strong and spicey but the orange, rose and honey just perfectly soften their potentially harsh edges. I can also detect the iris, pink pepper and the perfumey orchid. In the last hour I get the powder note as well as the musk which thankfully is not very intrusive. A gorgeous fragrance indeed that would be fab on male or female. Its not overly sweet but balanced with the carnation and iris the stars. The rest of the casts of notes enhance them perfectly. Its a shame its not very long lasting on me.
SaTaNa-666 – :
Part carnation, part mandarin (though I thought apricot at first), and part powder. Those are the main notes for me; soft, feminine, perhaps old-fashioned. The clove and pepper are gone fairly quickly. Other notes are barely there, just subtle touches really: if I look for them I can find them, but they don’t strike me. This is not for Spice fans, this is something nice for a lunch date. It’s not strong to me: what I call strong, is something like Kenzo Jungle – this scent is just ordinary strength at first, then dries down not much above a skin scent. I agree with Jack Hunter, this is “old world” scent and it’s very refined. I like it 🙂
cce696Unlogrere – :
I love the carnation and cloves in this, but it had a soapy tone that I just couldn’t reconcile. Lovely, but not for me.
Lexus0733 – :
Oeillet is the kind of perfume that’s so potent that it’s moderately nauseating. Exactly as the previous review said, this is a floral bomb.
It’s memorable, albeit, I wouldn’t buy it again. I cannot get past the cloying aroma. It smells old, classic, feminine and it exudes the aura of a pink, elegant room. It smells like something from my childhood, so the scent is familiar and I have a bit fondness for it, but it it still makes my stomach churn.
One spray fills a room, no joke, and the persistence is strong, easily 16+ hours.
Longevity: 10/10
Sillage: 10/10
Scent: 4/10
ykc670JeomiWogkig – :
On the first sniff I was overwhelmed with one of the sweetest feminine floral bombs I’ve encountered, there was an overload of indulging orchid followed by apricot and loads of honey and I was almost instantly hit with extremely powdery and sweet iris. I’ll admit that I was hooked. This indeed is a bottled femininity, the kind of big, white dresses and elegant party hats and chatter of silly things.
But I’ll have to agree with previous reviewers on this side – as it develops I started to think that maybe this is not so great, first – the sweetness was a bit too much for me to bear + there indeed is something slightly creepy underneath, it’s sort of animalic, fecal, yet weirdly alluring and, yes, ghastly. I have no idea which notes do that to me, but I said it.
Drydown is pure apricot on the top of some sweet flower accords and musk. I did not get any carnation which is weird as this is voted the most common note in the scent.
Silage was tremendous and easily filled the room, lasting power is also extremely good. Worth the price tag for sure if you don’t mind the sweetness and the creeping twist at the heart.
dimonnnni – :
An opening of spiced florals mingling with a spray of citrus as if one’s nails were digging into the skin of a ripe mandarin orange. The pepper, carnation, honey and musk are all good-natured creatures who play nicely together, conjuring a delightful picture of sunlit skies over summer fields run riotous with flowers dancing in the breeze. As time goes on, a soft powdery note appears and joins the carnation, spices, musk and wood notes. I like powder but I’ve been trying not to amass any more scents that are overly powdery along the lines of Teint de Neige. Fear not, Oeillet Louis XV left the powder to the wigs and only dusted lightly in this scent. This is the second scent I’ve tried from this house and this too shows quality and craft, although I bemoan the appalling lack of longevity of both on my skin and clothes. I barely get above a couple of hours from even tenacious overspraying. This has a retro vibe to it, more delicate than Bellodgia which now seems brash in a side by side comparison, less powdery than L’Air du Temps and more feminine than CDG’s Series Red Carnation that is a wonderful realistic take on carnation but I won’t call it a lady. Oeillet Louis XV may pay homage to a king but I find it comfortably feminine. All in all, I would recommend this based on its beauty but the longevity needs desperate work, otherwise please lug the bottle around with you, it will be needed.
Vika20192007 – :
A billowing opening of sunlit drawn salt-skin and violet. Underneath, the fruit-like aspect of a peony bloom, blackberry. Delightful. A modern interpretation, reminiscent of Bvlgari Rose Essentiale.
burikdenis – :
The opening reveals a pure and intense carnation note that is very vibrant and beautiful. Very soon a sweet white musk with rose and iris blooms from within the blend. Also a orange note gives the scent a overall slight sourness.
The scent is very lush and floral and has a watery feel to it’s nature like the flowers have been slightly soaked after the rain.
As time goes by I can detect cloves as well as some slight woods but the sweet carnation is dominating the blend.
This scent is absolutely captivating and intricate. As I can pickup slight hints of other notes within the main carnation aroma. A wonderful blend and I get a aristocratic old world feel to the scent.
bky588Unlogrere – :
180) La fleur du roi
L’oeillet est ici traité dans la plus pure transparence et la plus pure des natures. La fleur est comme battue par le vent, à travers les herbes folles, avec de gros nuages un peu gris dans le ciel. Vraiment très beau.
The carnation is treated here in the purest transparency and purest nature. The flower is like windswept, through the wild grasses, with large gray clouds in the sky. Really beautiful.