L`Origan by Coty

cinsot

Confined within the fragile walls of the grotesque bottle, floats a memory of a woman adored for her beauty, generosity and untamed spirit.

This woman was my Great Aunt. My relationship with her was one of the wondrous kind, that of a seven year old girl and a sixty-three year old girl.

We were the closest of friends. Her memory lives on in my daughter as I named my daughter after my eccentric best friend.

Her memory is also magnificently honoured in L'Origan (of course she wore the original formulation), however my pseudo L'Origan (new formulation) is close enough to bring her back to life with a simple spritz on my wrist.

What this fragrance represents to me is a comforting hug, a reassuring smile, a knowing wink, uncontrollable fits of laughter, dress-ups and make believe. A soft place to fall when the world outside turned grey one day many years ago.

Sentimentally nostalgic, I am honoured to have a tiny piece of her left that I can visit whenever I want.

9154mf

At first this reminded me alot of Habanita by Molinard - it smelled like an old fashioned lipstick, that strong perfumey waxy scent. Then after about an hour it softened into a powdery rose. It smells kind of old fashioned and there are much nicer perfumes out there I really don't see the point of this.

allexa27

it is definatelly oriental-spicy.I will write a review later because i am sleepy now ..lol

tessture

Even though I do not care for orange blossom, I had to try this historic scent. It does go on very strongly as pure orange blossom, but begins almost immediately to dry down in a lovely combination of play-dough scented iris, candy heliotrope and powdery florals. It does go very sweet on me, but somehow manages to be neither childish or old fashioned. I like this very much.

jrjohnson1408

L’Origan by Coty is the best perfume I have experienced in a long time. My favorite perfume has always been L’Heure Bleue by Guerlain so when I ordered this one I was rather expecting that it would smell like a cheaper version of L’HB. I couldn’t have been more mistaken. Granted, they have some similarities in the opening but then the scents go their separate ways.

The beginning is all about the play between the spiciness of the coriander and pepper and the freshness of the bergamot. A slightly sour, inedible peach is lurking in there as well. The spiciness seems to win out over the freshness though, because next comes a rush of nutmeg mixed with a touch of cloves. There are a few floral notes that make a brief appearance: I get mainly the orange blossom and a touch of ylang-ylang. Others may sense more of them though, florals don’t develop well on me.

The base is beautiful. I had never experienced large amounts of courmarin in a perfume before, so I didn’t really know what to expect. It is an intriguing scent and difficult to explain. It is similar to fresh grass, copper, and hot rubber all at the same time. It doesn’t sound appealing, but it really is.

The lasting power is average, about 5-6 hours on skin. (It lasts all day on clothing or in hair, though). And it is an incredible deal for the approximately $10 that I paid for it. I would recommend it for all seasons except the hottest of summer days when the courmarin would probably be overwhelming. It would be appropriate for either day or evening wear.

Although this perfume is listed as a Floral, I would definitely describe it as an Oriental.