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deadwithblade – :
This is a pretty strong white floral, so I put off wearing it for quite some time as I almost always hate white florals. Initially it smells a bit like a blue raspberry slurpee, within a half hour it settles down into a nice floral scent… Almost a synthetic grape flavor scent at one point. That’s all I can really say about it, as it doesn’t seem to last very long on me. I’ve tested it on paper, on my hand, and I’ve doused myself in it twice but after about 2 hours, it’s not noticeable. I totally agree with those who are saying that it is an odd scent, it truly is. For me, it struggles between being a fruity, weird scent and being an elegant, beautiful floral scent. It’s not completely off my list of interest but for now I am setting it aside, maybe till it gets colder.
bodya8 – :
If Osmanthus by Keiko Mecheri had balls (and some decent sillage and longevity), it would smell like good old LouLou Blue. I can see certain resemblance between the two, even though they don’t have many (if any) notes in common.They are like two siblings similar in terms of appearance, but having different personality.
They’re both kind of weird, a bit stuffy on one hand and creamy on the other, but Osmanthus is mellow and shy, with almost unnoticable projection. It opens with datura flower, which otherwise knows how to be hell of a sultry fragrance, but here it stays very sweet, but rather well-behaved. Soon apricot joins in, giving the frag a bit of a fruity vibe. There’s something milky about it, however, just like in LouLou Blue, you can also smell some unusual, plasticky-metallic undertone in the background.
It’s gone within minutes, so it’s really hard to say anything about the dry-down.
medvedulka – :
I have a sample of this hoping this would this would be the osmanthus scent I ve been looking for. It’s not. This is a little odd for my taste and dare I say soapy. I want to smell just like the eight osmanthus trees /bushes that I have planted in my yard. I literally think they are one of the best smelling things on this earth. If I was smart or skilled enough to distill my plants into a perfume I would. I have also tried a different company’s osmanthus frag. And I like it better but still there. If anyone has found a realistic juice please p.m. Me.
Oscisilia – :
I was trying to identify a floral fragrance that emanated from a monastery near my childhood home in the tropics, and someone suggested Osmanthus, because of the way I had described the smell, sweet, cloying, almost peach-like. So I ordered a couple of samples, one of which was this one.
I struck out with this one. It isn’t anything like the sweet scent that has haunted my memory all these years. I mainly detect Datura, which doesn’t seem to sit well on my skin. It’s somehow too creamy and too headache-inducing, in the way that lilies are. I think I can also smell the plum, which I’m not too fond of.
So, I’m disappointed on two levels. It’s not the scent I was looking for but I also don’t like it! Sigh.
stiffceappids – :
“Osmanthus” by KM is a weird creation. It opens very loud and harsh, so I would suggest waiting a while to start sniffing. The first moment is impressive, I am hit in the face by a marvelous and potent powdery floral perfume with datura all over the place. Soon the composition is greeted by osmanthus, at this point “Osmanthus” gets extremely sweet, so you have to love syrupy scents to enjoy this even a bit. I enjoy how plum and apricot adds a juiciness (though also sweetness).
The hard part in “Osmanthus” for me is when some weird green/fresh vibe starts to appear, it does not work at all for me, so I am left with powdery sweetness on one side and metallic freshness on the other.
After two hours I had to try really hard to feel anything on my skin at all.
zrc498JeomiWogkig – :
This is a delicate, sweet and beautiful osmanthus fragrance. Simultaneously rich and airy. The apricot adds a pulpy, fresh sweetness, playing up the fruity undertones of the osmanthus flower. The datura note has a satisfying, powdery density to it. This dries down close to the skin, which somehow suits the overall vibe of the fragrance very well. This is a lovely, creamy whisper of a fragrance on my skin.
KM Osmanthus reads as quite similar to Serge Lutens Datura Noir on me, but I prefer the way this scent plays out. While Datura Noir breaks down on my skin into something less than inspiring, Osmanthus holds up rather well. Despite being such a light fragrance, it feels richer and more natural.
KNIGHTAlex – :
This isn’t light but neither is it real loud, this is a floral scent, very well done, I detect of course the rich osmanthus, then the tuberose, and finally the buttery edge of the datura. The green notes are in the background but I clearly detect them. There is a creamy edge to the scent, a bit foody. not my favorite KM, still a quality creation. the drydown is probably the best part, an airy floral, very exhilarating to the senses.
gdf316Unlogrere – :
The opening is quite a blast and then quickly turns into super light powdery flower scent which is quite nice. I think you have to spray like many sprays and still it is very close to skin powdery scent.
Ivan95 – :
I had to put a big pour of this juice on my arm in order to smell anything. Apparently osmanthus is not a “loud” flower. However, now that I can smell it, the scent is very lovely. I’ve never seen or smelled an osmanthus but this scent definitely has the light green and sweet freshness of a real flower. It smells like what we in the Southern U.S. call honeysuckle, which may be a flower in the same family as the osmanthus. I’m not a botanist, so I don’t know.
Osmanthus the perfume reminds me of a lovely fencerow in summer, covered in flowering vines and surrounding a garden. Bees are buzzing around the osmanthus and the other petals with little bits of pollen sticking to their tiny legs. In a nearby tree, the hive is buzzing and the faint smell of honey washes over the entire garden. Makes you want to take a nap in that garden, doesn’t it?
This is a sweeter scent than I normally wear, but it is a very luscious and well balanced floral. I’m definitely enjoying my decant and might even consider buying a bottle. This scent is so lovely and so ‘out of the box’ for me.
qq11 – :
I’m obsessed with the idea of datura notes, although I couldn’t say for sure if I’d know them if they ran into me. Osmanthus is a divine, very expensive smelling blend that smells very organic, like living tuberose. I can only afford a sample but it’s going onto my ‘one-day-when-i’m-rich’ list. We all have those, right?
Nizik – :
This is a soft, dusky somewhat powdery osmanthus. Pretty, delicate with a little plum in the base for depth. Not for me, but quite pleasant.
bendovec87 – :
beautiful osmanthus fragrance.
soft, light floral and musky.
I can detect hints of tuberose in here as well, but not everything else listed. I guess it’s blended quite well.
It dries down to pleasant clean powdery floral.
Quite an amazing scent with one flower name, that is not too simple but rather comes in waves of wonderfully combined ingredients that accentuate osmanthus.
This is my first encounter with keiko mecheri’s creations and I am pleasantly surprised:)
2.U – :
I feel a bit weird reviewing this one and not praising it like everyone else…
To me, Osmanthus smells cheap and synthetic. A mixture between one of those “flavoured” nail polish removers for teenage girls and hairspray.
I really tried to like this fragrance but would recommend to everyone who feels quite ambivalent about it as well to try Evening edged in Gold by Ineke instead. EeiG is similar to Osmanthus in its fruity sweetness (plum) and the Osmanthus top note but it comes without this strange drugstore smell.
hur477speagoessenda – :
There are so many well written reviews on this fragrance that I’m not sure how to express what this smells like without repeating so much of what’s already been said. So I’ll go a different way. This is how Osmanthus looks to my nose!!
A tropical garden so loaded with flowers that the very air is composed of scented pollen. Magical pollen that you can actually see. It’s transparent and yet has a pearlescent sheen to it. It’s full of life and it never overpowers. There’s lush greenery everywhere, climbing, vibrant. Beautiful vines with trumpeted velvet soft white blooms. They are so soft that you can’t resist running your fingers along the petals. As you move through the garden you run across some stunning tuberose. It’s quite evenly distributed and very discreet giving a scented fullness to the other blooms. There are also some fruit trees in this garden full of lush ripe apricots and a little bit of depth from the plum trees which are mostly off by themselves. They bring in a nice base note without taking any attention away from the symphony of smell coming from the vast floral abunda of the garden.
Superbly blended and shamelessly feminine, Osmanthus will make you see the sunshine in the darkest of places. Umbrella drinks will come to mind as you spray this on. She is incredibly evocative and she does it well. A favorite.
telmah – :
Osmanthus is a fragrance that surprises a lot. I have never smelled osmanthus all by itself, so it is hard for me to tell how much of it is actually there. The fragrance as a whole is deliciously exotic. The most prominent note to my nose is apricot- creamy and floral. There is a subtle touch of tuberose- not too much, which is a real blessing. Osmanthus is quite a subtle fragrance, and tuberose is a note that had a tendency to overpower, here the nose behind it got the balance just right.
I can just see myself smelling of it, sipping a cocktail with a little parasol on a Hawaii beach… Which might happen if I ever win on a lottery 🙂
The fragrance is subtle yet powerful, and the lasting power if very good.
rogue – :
Oh Datura, what a beautiful, velvety, large white trumpet shaped flower you are! Your hypnotically spiralling petals put me in a state of delirium.
… actually, I’m not sure exactly what datura smells like, but the flowers are stunning; it is also a known hallucinogen. In concept, it’s a pefect pairing with osmanthus which has a light apricot scent with nuances of leather and caramel tobacco. Intoxicatingly captivating.
The floral accord is rich and heady with the tuberose gorgeously supporting, and somehow the subtle fruit and green notes lighten the olfactive load. The result is a floral liquor that undulates like liquid satin. I liken it a little to balmy, tropical frangipani with a whisper of ylang-ylang.
Keiko Mecheri Osmanthus is one you must try if you’re seeking a rich, wearable (big) floral with an exotic departure.
amarat – :
Someone was kind enough to give me a sample of this perfume. It’s a gorgeous Asian-inspired floral. The floral notes are light and refreshing, yet there is a creaminess or nuttiness to the scent that is so reminiscent of gen-mai. The only other scent I can compare this to is Organza, with it’s cool gardenia and toasted nutty notes. But I like Osmanthus better. The quality of the fragrance is unsurpassed. It’s got great sillage and projection and seems to be crafted from flowers of the highest quality. I’m going to use up this sample very quickly!
otaku – :
I have been wondering for a while whether I actually know what osmanthus smells like, whether I’ve ever encountered it in nature, and also whether this might be another, fancy name for a less-exotic sounding flower (such as narcissus for daffodil…). Clearly there is a lot of interest among niche perfumers in osmanthus, judging by the number of perfumes bearing as their name that of the flower. I begin my exploration of this note today, with Keiko Mecheri OSMANTHUS.
OSMANTHUS is a light, slightly sweet, somewhat oriental floral perfume which reminds me somehow of gentle cherry blossom fragrances. Perhaps osmanthus is really cherry blossom? If not, they do seem at least similar. Assuming that OSMANTHUS, as advertised, offers a dominant osmanthus note, I have to say that this flower, at least as presented in this composition, is not very assertive—nothing like rose or tuberose or gardenia or jasmine or… other readily identifiable flowers, which can often be teased out as individual notes even in complex creations. Instead, the florality here reminds me of perfumes which list the blanket category “floral notes” rather than singling out one or more for individual attention.
Yes, OSMANTHUS strikes me as vaguely indistinct, floral without being identifiably of any particular flower. But maybe this is just because I am ignorant of the true nature of osmanthus? My journey must continue until I’ve sniffed enough osmanthus perfumes to be able to determine what links them together. At this point, my induction basis is too small (n = 1!).
As for OSMANTHUS, the KM perfume, I’d say that it smells nice enough, but is not something that will forge a permanent memory trace in my brain. It’s not really calling up any visual images or ideas. To my nose, this creation seems merely pleasant and inoffensive rather than compelling. Désolée.
arturchik – :
Very, very floral, this scent is, indeed, warm and creamy, and to me also a bit cloying (I agree with Redlipstick here and just like her, I am not getting any greens or fruity notes, just a lot of heady flowers).In large doses I would even expect this to be a bit headache inducing, so I will not try. 🙂 Not my cup of tea…but I am not a big fan of florals…Osmanthus is intoxicating, rather elegant and feminine and if you like powerful florals, you might find it very attractive.
redoxtr – :
This is an unique floral green – it has a creamy, almost milkiness to it but it is still quite green and fresh.
Parviainenlwi – :
I agree with Aalia that this has a creaminess to it. On my skin all I smell is osmanthus and tuberose. Lovely, but slightly cloying. Very similar to La Perla’s J’aime Les Fleurs in that sense.
I wish I could get some of the greenness, that would perk it up. Even the fruits would perk it up, but I don’t smell anything fruity.
Alas, this is one sample that I probably won’t reach for again.
evgenlbr – :
Osmanthus is a warm, deep, and honeyed floral that reminds me quite a bit of Mimosa por Moi by L’Artisan, but it has more fruit layers. It has average staying power (3-4 hours) and slightly better potency/sillage than some of the niche fragrances that I’ve sampled.
Zarpo – :
Right out of the bottle, Osmanthus is a an impressive, alluring, and lavish floral. The tuberose and osmanthus are viscous and potent, and the green notes add a pleasureable (and distinct) feeling of being in a garden. I cannot detect the apricot or plum. While I cannot recognize datura, I will venture to say, it’s amazing.
There is something creamy going on in this perfume. After about twenty minutes, a luxurious sensation arises..it’s dreamy…perfectly smooth…and this has sillage…the smoothness floats off your skin into the air. From here, the perfume begins to thin, and slowly fade away. The best wear lasts about three hours.
Exciting, refined, radiant, ..Oh, how I fantasize about bathing in it! ….or..perhaps merely owning one bottle, would be a dream come true!