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psaserg – :
I smell rubbery, powdery-sweet and oddly aromatic discord. Rubber, rubber and more rubber! When I smelled this in the shop I loved it as a fresh, light floral, but now that I’m using it at home I’m deeply disappointed. What happened!?
Anyone UK-based want to swap L’Erbolarios?
Trane – :
Osmanthus for me is a tricky note. It comes across in all the perfumes where it dominates, as glue. I do not get the lovely apricot tea that everyone talks about when they mention osmanthus. I get glue vapours. Very fresh, brisk, green. A little soapy. Not my cup of tea. But for those that love an osmanthus dominant fragrance, I am sure you could not go wrong with this. It seems to be on the more affordable side too. This is the white floral part of Tom Ford’s White Patchouli.
life4extreme – :
I do not mean that a fragrance named “Osmanthus” has necessarily to be a soliflore, but this is a great disappointment.
I know the fragrance of osmanthus flowers very well as I have a few shrubs in my garden and when they are blooming they fill the air with the sweetest smell ever.
It reminds me of candies, apricots, and a bit of suede. Strange but it works perfectly, and once you smell it you never forget about it.
Unfortunately this perfume smells nothing like that.
The top notes are horribly lemony and remind me of dishwashing soap.
When they subside, some agonising flowers appear, and maybe, among them, a tiny, shy amount of osmanthus.
This fragrance may be okay for office wear (once the lemons have gone away), but it should be named differently, the name “Osmanthus” is misleading.
I usually love fragrances by L’Erbolario, but this time they did not do this great flower justice.
1984MIHEY – :
I agree with the others who said it smells similar to Jour d’Hermes. Definitely very similar, at least to me. (btw seems like L’Erbolario got his inspiration from Hermes in Ginepro Nero too, which is very similar to Terre d’Hermes; both Ginepro Nero and Osmanthus are L’Erbolario’s latest perfumes of this season)
Simon13 – :
I didn’t expect so many dislikes for this fragrance! I received a sample of the shower gel, body lotion and perfume and used them all today. Osmanthus is a likable GREEN-floral with a hint of citruses. It’s rather soft but has a decent longevity. It does have some sort of Jour d’Hermes vibe, but it also reminds me of something else…I don’t know what exactly, but it’s familiar.
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Edit: The body lotion is amazing! I don’t own the perfume, but the lotion is simply perfect. It’s super crispy-green and lasts for days on clothes.
Alex3434343434343434 – :
Smell generic blossoms into a garden. white multiflower zesty fruity.
Nothing relevant, but appreciable.
Gardenia apricot osmanthus orange green notes.
Reminds me Jour d’Hermes.
Sometimes we like to smell exactly like a flower, but humans are too complex and complicated to be satisfied by only one flower. We get easily bored. Better have multifaceted scents to investigate with the nose.