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Deroxbkctk – :
Just dived across the room and sprayed this so I can defend it, it doesn’t seem popular!
Ok so I will admit I was unsure what to make of it to start but I’ve been reaching for it a lot lately when I am thirsty before bed (we all know several glasses of water are a bad idea but one is never enough suddenly..) This I find just hits the spot that’s refreshing and interesting, it’s not a date night perfume.
Grapefruit spiced with saffron,ginger and a hint of cumin with a slightly cold feel (presumably the juniper) just comes across as juicy and revitalising. A far more interesting citrus than usual! Longevity and sillage is moderate.
vital1974 – :
Update: I’d reviewed this pretty favorably but, since then, I wasn’t finding myself reaching for it. I’ve tried it again a few times since then and I’m sorry to say that this is going to be a no-go for me; that shampoo note is just too much for me. Too headache-y. Which is unfortunate because it’s otherwise a really interesting and unique fragrance. I’m going to have to give up on this one. :/
Иван Кибальчич – :
I acquired a full bottle in a swap last December. I’ve worn this twice and one thing I know for certain: the opening of Onde is really polarizing. You’ll either adore it or not, and unfortunately I fall into the latter group.
This smells exactly like the disenfectant used in my dentist’s office.
I really like citrus forward scents, and have many grapefruit dominant perfumes. But something about Onde smells unnatural on me. Or it could be that there’s an ingredient that’s off, and I’m going to place some of that blame on cumin.
Oud is hardly detectable in this composition, but I’m sure it’s what gives Onde it’s legs. Drydown last several hours, I just wished the first phase worked better. Back into the swap pile it goes.
StassMax – :
As much I love and admire L’Artisan this one was a big mistake for me. It smells too sweet and feminine. Not unisex to me at all, sorry. Smells like pomelo syrup.
utg796Diobtetty – :
in shiva-woman’s defence, i totally agree, this does massively smell of cherry almond taxi air freshener for the first 10 minutes. guided only by the supplied list of notes, one might not agree. Juniper and grapefruit. perhaps. maybe even a touch of sweaty cumin. then a colossal dollop of sweet something over an underlying sniff of dried wee, next to a freshly cut grapefruit.
i just asked my daughter to smell my wrist and she balked, before sticking her nose closer and running away, face scrunched. then she said “it’s horrible, but it’s actually quite nice”.
my review of Skin on Skin mentions a similar back of a cab whiff.
definitely from Bertrand.
Karl – :
@shiva-woman: it’s strange, this perfume is all about grapefruit, fresh spices and a sea-salted vibe fron the juniper, no cherry or tonka at all, I’ve got the 125ml old bottle and last 6-8 hours before being a skin scent for other 4 hours; maybe you’ve got a reformulated version? …or a mismatch in the carded sample?
andronaki1984 – :
I received this as a carded sample and tried three times, and every time this was blech. I rarely scrub, but this would have been a scrubber if it weren’t for the poor longevity. Unfortunately,I also sprayed my clothes and hair so got occasional wafts for a few hours.
I immediately smelled:cherry, almond, Tonka, none of which would be bad, but also a bitter and sweet powder smell. After going to Fragrantica, and seeing the notes, I was quite surprised, tried again, again same. The problem was that the almond-cherry-Tonka-bitter-sweet is super synthetic and smells (to me) like an incredibly cheap car air-freshener or an equally bad gas station rest-room deoderizer. Super synthetic awful.
Rarely do I really dislike a perfume. Sure, I have my favorites, but if I don’t love something, I can often appreciate it. I do respect and enjoy L’artisan, but on my skin, this perfume is a big pass.
Edit: Just tried Amouage Blossom Love: Go there! Go there! Awesome frag.
alecsn – :
A complex grapefruit fragrance; who would have ever thought that grapefruit could be complex! Zingy but with depth in the base. A bit sharp, even bitter – grapefruit and juniper, accentuated by the oud – but it’s not loud. The sharpness may make it difficult to love (I’m not having any problems myself, though). I’m also getting touch of a shampoo-y quality but I’m not sure where this is coming from. As it dries down it becomes softer but still remains light and upbeat, with an almost floral quality. This was a blind buy because I got an amazing price for it, the reviews were positive, and it sounded intriguing. Also, I love Bertrand Duchaufour, and Onde Sensuelle definitely has that Duchaufour transparency that I love. Bright but sophisticated, with slightly subversive twist. Unusual and lovely!
lektor10 – :
I just almost bought this as it was on mega sale in tkmaxx. Very nice spicy, gingery notes, very intense. The ginger note however is probably not really for me, it makes the fragrance a bit sickly in my opinion. Doesn’t really last, by the time I was on my way home it had gone.
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shabash22 – :
Damn, I do like the drydown but the beginning…I’m happy I’ve only got a sample of this. The beginning smells just like the harsh chemical stuff we clean our oven with(or maybe a toilet). So much grapefruit – I can not stand it. If you’d switch the grapefruit to say apple or orange rind, it would be amazing. But no. “A scrubber” for me 🙁
odessavv – :
A blind buy for me that I wasn’t sure I could love.
First of all, I adore grapefruit scents and anything related ( qumquat, pomelo, bergamot , etc ) however, based on reviews, I was expecting this to be a citrus based perfume. On my skin, it is not.
Onde Sensuelle opens with the most gorgeous pomelo you could dream of … Juicy, realistic , fresh, fruit and zesty skin together. No cat pee or armpits associated sometimes with citrus scents. Unfortunately , the citrus is very short lived. The perfume transforms first into a cool, almost mentholated musc and amber concoction . I suspect it is the jumper berries that give this impression . A spicy ginger note is not hot enough to change the coolness into hotter notes,even with all the. black and white pepper. The musc ( which is definitely not the clean type , quote the opposite ) ,continues to intensify and becomes woody with some spices, probsbly cardamom and cloves, luckily no detectable cumin. I hate cumin so I am happy to report I cannot smell any. And then the oud takes over, smoky, raw, burnt, almost like burning Insense, without sweetness. I am surprised people don’t feel the oud here, as I find it very dominant, at least for a while , along with musc and Ambre, I definitely don’t smell any flowers or Jasmine .
Lasting power and projection are average, but surely not bad, this is an edp after all.
The scent is rather unisex, I believe it is leaning more towards masculine than feminine , strange how we all perceive different things.
Since I feel it needs some sweetness and more juicyness I layered it with Allegoria Pamplelune. It becomes better .
Still, having owned it for one day, I am no convinced at all I will keep it. But then, that’s what I said about Deliria, and I still have it.
Edit : Having worn this fo a full day, I must add: it has something very addictive, the more I spray the more I like it. The top notes are to die for. There is something of contrast in this composition that is both attractive and slightly repulsive . But it is getting better , and turning to love. A very original creation , smells like nothing else I tried.
uri1975 – :
I have a sample of this lovely fume and have been wearing it a few days in a row now. The opening with white grapefruit and ginger is invigorating and addictive. The dry down is a beautiful warm woody amber, and I can actually sense some oud in there. I detect no cardamom or gloves. I really appreciate this perfume for its combination of elegance and youthful energy, that is a rare combo imo.
Edit # I first thought it has a lousy longevity but now that I actually went for a bottle I realise that it hasn’t. It has a good 6 hrs stamina and heck, I don’t mind reapplying then and again. I do love the opening!
Ruchka007 – :
If there is such a thing as “love at first sniff”, then this scent just knocked me silly with love! It only took me about five minutes after first application to complete my online purchase of a full bottle.
I am normally not an impulse buyer, but this is one of those ” I’ve got to have a BIG bottle of this! ” perfumes.
I am terrible at picking out individual notes and apologize for that. But if PERFUME was a boy, then this PERFUME, Timbuktu by the same house AND the same nose, plus Mitsouko would all be “brothers by a different mother” in my view! Spicy done absotively right!!!
lioto – :
Great scent for you if:
you like Duchaufour’s sense of perception
you like Duchaufour’s Seville A l’Aube
you like sharp grapefruit scent and ginger with cardamom
It startles you exactly like Seville does, – loud, harmonically dissonant, it’s literally grabs you by neck and pulls your head and senses towards itself. It’s often like that with Duchaufour, isn’t?.
Then it melts, lingers, self-contradictory,yet warm and spicy in heart. That bitter juiciness of grapefruit turns more into juniper with saffron and amber, but base is musky big time. Very nice when you are moving, walking, turning, I feel like a fox, playing with my own tail, while wearing it. Entertaining and definitely winter holidays feel in it. Not sure about sensuality, more like energetic overdose, just what I personally need from January to March.
Don’t get ppl’s complains on longevity, at least 10 hours on me, which for Artisans is very potent.
integrativess – :
-Oh my…! Did you see that? A grapefruit the size of Mount Everest just fell from the sky!
-Yeah. It seems it was hunted down by this even bigger jasmine that’s following…
-Do you think we should run?
-Probably, but having just eaten this delicious exotic dish with its slight dose of cummin and all this pepper, I don’t think I’ll be able to…
-Yeah, me too…The damn dessert was so loaded with cinnamon and cloves, that my stomach debars any thoughts of running.
-So what shall we do?
-I don’t know. How about play nonchalant and go pick some juniper berries? I think I can smell some nearby…
-Agreed! They would make a fantastic finale for such a surreal day!
spok-dp – :
This is a really difficult scent to describe. Framorena did an incredible job of describing the feeling of Onde Sensuelle. It is oddly fresh, fresh but with all of these mysterious qualities that you can’t really pinpoint and that give it more heft and warmth. It is oddly delightful! But it does have a carefree sexiness to it and it does seem more suitable for women but I really feel it could be unisex. I absolutely LOVE the grapefruit note in this and the way it is mixed with notes that usually do not go with grapefruit! This may be my grapefruit perfume holy grail. This is a very original creation and smells like nothing else I have ever tried. But do not expect any sort of classic oud type scent because this isn’t it. This smells like a vacation to a warm semi exotic location in the middle of winter if that makes any sense. It isn’t summery but has a summer in winter kind of vibe going on. As usual, a very unique and slightly bizarre combination from Duchaufour that somehow works and screams L’Artisan.
juden – :
This perfume is wonderful; but I think it’s feminine. It makes me thinking of a blonde graceful young woman, a delicate one with light skin, sweet big smile and long straight hair (I’m a mediterranean and dark eyes-skin girl, so I don’t have anything against morenas!); after the short starting blast, it’ s like citruses have been deprived of their caustic sharpness and left only with their sparkling joyful side,like a sweet water-downed lemonade; spices are soft, nothing like a strong oriental spices-shop, and I can’t detect any black pepper or other pungent vibes. They are just warm and accompaning citruses during the movement of the whole fragrance. The perfume leave me the sensation of an happy leisure, like when your mood is up but quiet, not dynamic, like if calm waves cherish you on a waving hammock and you’re peaceful, not sleepy. So, I understand why it’s called sensuelle; if a sweet graceful woman wearing this perfume would go near you boy,during this feeling, how could you resist?
Cllaabbeerr – :
An unusual fresh scent.
Starts with citric juniper note. I can smell this mixture during the whole drydown. This pleasant freshness is accompanied by some spicy woody (slightly bitter) notes which are very soft and tender. But these spices do a really great job by giving a warm and sensual – as the name of the perfume suggests – tint to the whole scent.
I had the impression of smelling something new, unusual and innovative. Compliments to the perfumer!
svyatoi.kiryuha2012 – :
sexy animalic musk behind the all notes …
Dimitradze80 – :
IT. Desiderio insaziabile, sembra di nascere sotto la pelle e poi, questa ondata di sensualità ti solleva alle stelle. Questo profumo è pieno di contrasti. Caldo e speziato bouquet di zenzero, zafferano e cumino. Freschezza di bacche di ginepro e cardamomo… Onde Sensuelle crea una aria di passione e di fantasia, del desiderio di raggiungere l’obiettivo.
EN. Insatiable desire, it seems to be born under the skin and then this wave of sensuality lifts you to the stars. This perfume is full of contrasts. Hot and spicy bouquet of ginger, saffron and cumin. Freshness of juniper berries and cardamom… Onde Sensuelle creates air of passion and imagination, the desire to achieve the goal.