To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
glt249InsuffBooni – :
A rich opening, both pleasant and unpleasant. I think I smell flowers and vanilla, and something spicy as well. The opening has a rather artificial / synthetic feel to it. It somehow reminds me of toilet refreshener. After 30 minutes there’s this somewhat sweet sickly scent. Alas, not my cup of tea.
nitro6666 – :
Bizarre – I got nothing of the delicious notes listed – and while I liked the opening burst, this mutated horribly on me to radiate (and that’s the right word) a ruinously, reeky urinous note so strong it made me nervous walking along the street in case any passing dogs mistook me for a lamppost. Almost certainly a skin chemical issue … but sorry … a hard pass from me on this one.
govard7 – :
This is nice, a bit intense and very unisex. I would definitely agree with this list – Bergamot, Citrus, Mandarin, Ginger, Coriander, Basil, Iris, Ylang ylang, Honey, Vetiver bourbon, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Musk.
Quite a bright intense citrus opening with the kick of vetiver, ginger, coriander and a smidgen of basil. Wait a little while and you become aware of two florals in the background. Honey is listed but if you are expecting much from it you will be disappointed.
The vetiver, ginger, basil and coriander are really the main players. It is only after a few hours that I pick up the woods and musk way at the back.
This would be very refreshing and invigorating to wear in the heat. Moderate silage and longevity
sanenryo – :
Here are the notes from LuckyScent:
Bergamot, Citrus, Mandarin, Ginger, Coriander, Basil, Iris, Ylang ylang, Honey, Vetiver bourbon, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Musk
*Yes it is supposed to be just a lighter concentration of the original, but looks like the company either added more stuff or simply reveled more (They probably feel that with the change in the niche scene, consumers are now better able to understand & digest notes).
sula – :
Onda d`Extrait version has a stronger honey base than the EDP as of the top note, then it hoovers around every other notes and place them all on top for a little while but the honey remains at the base. The colder it goes the weaker the honey becomes but remains at the back, then the spices comes up and goes sharp specially the ginger and gives the effect of fireworks (burned cartoons, fire, and fire smoke) just like the effect in “Je Suis un Homme” by Etat Libre d`Orange.
As i said before about Vero EDP & d`Extrait, both doesn’t have the same notes pyramid. The Extrait de Parfum version is the strengthen version of the d’Extrait but the EDP is quite different than the d’Extrait & the Extrait de Parfum versions.
yuriy202 – :
This one takes me back to my nursing home job in college. I’m working the night shift. I get out of the car, walk up to the door, swing it open, and whoosh! There I am.
GROUND – :
Onda is a creature of the night. What Vero has achieved is outstanding. She has managed to ignite my passion for perfume like the very first time! When a new launch, when a new perfume was scarce and you were so excited to try it, to live with it, without worrying that in a couple of days a new one would come. Days when perfumery was based on creating an olfactory piece of art that would transcend, create emotions. Making someone get goosebumps.
This being said, Onda has taught me that Vetiver and I can get along. As long as said Vetiver is dirty, animalic, and skanky. All qualities that Onda surpasses.
The opening is immediately pronounced on spicy ginger with a very smoky feel, Vetiver with leather, nutmeg/coriander perhaps? Don’t know, but it’s amazing.
Soon after, there’s a very potent honey note stripped to its bare essence. It’s not sweet, but quite sulphur like, which I guess translates to ‘piss’ for some, but to me this is what honey is all about; as an animalic note it highlights its carnality perfectly. Ylang ylang adds a sweet touch, that rounds the composition making it feel extremely warm, lived in, human. Civet, quite pronounced lingers on the skin, on the verge of extreme without going all the way, along with cured leather, steeped in spices.
The end result is a very smoky, slightly salty and indolic (ylang/honey/jasmine) take on animalic perfumes via Vetiver.
The blending is so masterful that with seemingly simple ingredients, she has created a very complex perfume that wouldn’t feel out of place in the 20’s or 30’s, without feeling dated.
And if someone can create such complex perfume today, that is Vero.
She ain’t mainstream, she doesn’t want to be nice. She’s tough, she’s lived and she wants to express the fire within. And even though I’m not keen on the massive number of new launches today, I’m really really anxious to see what she comes up with next.
Sillage quite big, longevity outstanding!
Bravissimo Vero!
dyuwckreti – :
Sex in the damp soil of a graveyard; under a cloudy twilight sky.
bamet – :
This is a very beautiful leather perfume. It’s sweet and powdery, lasts a long time and has decent silage. I found it to have a bit of a vintage feel, especially the opening which started off with a kind of Aromatics Elixer vibe. The leather is of the strong, skanky variety as in Bandit but the sweetness and powder keeps it from going all dominatrix. I don’t generally like leather and wouldn’t wear this but I found it beautifully put together.
nikolaich – :
Gorgeous. Leather Leather and more Leather rolled in confectioners sugar sitting in a big soft overly large white flower with the merest hint of mint. It’s really rather wonderful. Old school/skool perfume with a modernity to it, feminine and soft with a sweet pepper note. Rather complex and rather fine. Love it.
UPDATE: This perfume reminds me of Tabac Blond and Shocking mixed – both of which found success in the 1920’s I believe. I cannot stop sniffing the back of my hand, highly addictive and utterly beguiling.
odini – :
The top notes of Onda VdE are big and punchy: ginger; mace; coriander; a hint of civet and incense. The leather note is of the tarry-castoreum kind found in the parfum extrait of Chanel’s Cuir de Russie, but the spices tilt towards the Spanish leather genre of Bel Ami and Peau d’Espagne.
Many a joke has been had at the expense of sales assistant describing a fragrance as “musty” instead of musky, but Onda really is the mustiest thing imaginable. It’s concentrated old chest: it smells of used 20th century. The texture is thick, grainy, and dry, but kept from being abrasive with a sizable yet ambiguously sweet honey note. It’s far from gourmand. Rather, it’s the animalic honey from Kouros.
The drydown is surprisingly classical, and when I catch whiffs of it at the end of the day, it could easily be the remains of an old chypre. This fragrance could potentially disappoint someone seeking spiced Fumidus or Vetiver Extra-Extrordinaire: vetiver is a player, but it’s in an ensemble with patchouli, sandalwood, and a hefty amount of moss.
I can’t comment on the resemblance or lack there of to Djedi ( which could smell of djellybeans for all I know ), but something about the spicy top, and the almost leaden sandalwood-vetiver-patchouli-moss drydown, could be on the very far end of the bell curve of ’70s-’80s masculines.
Where as with Rubj the EDP and VdE are remarkably similar bar the passion fruit, there is a greater olfactory distance in the case of Onda. The EDP is an ode to tropical fruit with a vetiver base, a unique fragrance that is niche perfumery at its exotic best. The VdE is sterner stuff indeed, but also more familiar, referential, and potentially, wearable.
юрыч – :
@Pinnacos
This is indeed a picture of “Voile d’Extrait”, which is supposed to use the same compposition as “Onda vero Profumo”, a bit less concentrated and offered in a spray bottle.
istorik – :
I believe this listing has a photograph of Onda Eau de Parfum and not of Onda Voile d`Extrait. I’m pretty sure what you’ve got listed as Onda Vero Profumo is actually Onda Voile d`Extrait.
Pinnacos