Olene Diptyque for women

Yes, Olène starts out as a loud, green, indolic, oily, big mama white floral, and it was not love at first sniff. The first time I wore it, I went "meh" and waited for it to quieten down, which it did fairly soon, becoming soapy,clean and unobjectionable within about half-an hour. After a few hours, I forgot I was wearing it and then, in the deep drydown, something magical happened. A heavenly golden scent of jonquil appeared, as if from nowhere. I wasn't even certain it was coming from me until I checked for other sources and found none. I now plan my time with Olène carefully. She needs to be applied a good 30 minutes before I catch a bus, enter a lift or otherwise inflict myself on others. And she should be applied a good 5 hours before going to bed, so that I am not asleep when she weaves her real enchantment.

Smelle like lemon cologne last as it lasts with a lilltle smell of fell down narcissusu or lilyum note.

Hmmm...narcissus and wisteria?

According to my nose, white flowers abound iin Diptyque OLENE, to be precise: white flowers of the big, bold, bodacious type, including Tuberose with a capital T. There is also quite a dose of night-blooming jasmine here—and there may be some gardenia as well—but the tuberose note is initially so dominant, in fact, that it's going to determine whether or not you like this composition, it seems to me. If you're a big fan of buttery presentations of tuberose à la CARNAL FLOWER and FRACAS, you will welcome OLENE with flaring nostrils. If, on the other hand, you find such emphatic expressions a bit overwhelming, you'll want to steer clear. I fall into the former category and would love to add a bottle of OLENE to my small collection of haute floral perfumes.

The most beautiful, affordable (for a niche house), and long lasting jasmine I have encountered. Get ready for compliments, for its sillage is potent- people asked me on the bus, and I always felt it like a breath of fresh air, so natural but also sexy. Good choice for brides in white!

YIKES!!! Boy, this one is not for me, in capital letters. I read such wonderful reviews and couldn't wait to try it, and then couldn't wait to get it off my skin. Just. Horrible. Harsh, loud, not pretty at all. I've never smelled a flower like that and hope I never find it growing in my garden...

Olene starts with a sweet, peppered jasmine overture.It has some fresh undertone, perhaps some pale mint note? But after seconds it's just goes away and the killer sweetness starts grew on me, whisteria and the narcissus give the choking feeling but they are just hiding behind the strong, sweet jasmin aroma.

Extremly sweet jasmin bomb, just for fanatic jasmin-lovers!!:D

Olene ,perfecto floral ,veraniego es como estar en mi terraza en verano ,llena de jazmines.
Suave , el sillage perfecto se notan la calidad de las materias primas empleadas,muy recomendable en primavera-verano , me gusta mucho ,es uno de los imprescindibles en mi tocador.

Olene is so romantic. The jasmine is really nice and very green. It's a very simple floral and I find it is best worn in spring. It can be a little heady in summer when the heat turns beautiful Olene into a beast! However, it is great for cooler summer evenings spent outdoors. Longevity and sillage are both great and only a few sprays are needed to enjoy it. One of my favorite Diptyque fragrances in my collection. Classic, refined and suitable for both sexes.

Olene is the most beautiful jasmine/ wisteria, fragrance I ever had, and I tried other ones for exemple A La Nuit from serge lutens and was too sickning while Olene is soft and delicate, I find very similar to the vibe of Do Son that is another Dyptique fragrance.

This is a quite minimalist floral; it really matches the stark Diptyque black and white packaging. While jasmine is the star of this blend, it's quite a green jasmine. It smells alive, like a whole jasmine plant. I'm surprised that some people said this smells sweet. Too my nose, this doesn't smell sweet at all. It's a classic jasmine-honeysuckle blend; the jasmine masks honeysuckle's almost rotting sweetness, while the honeysuckle tones down the jasmine's almost bitter acridity. I wish I could smell more narcissus and wisteria. The wisteria fades very, very fast and the narcissus only begins to peek out after a full half hour of wear, and even then it's quite faint. This is very pretty, and I agree it could smell wonderful on a man as well as a woman. Still, it's such a monofloral I'm not sure it's worth shelling out $88 for a full bottle. However, I will savor the sample I have.

What a soft, clean, and feminine scent, and it has such an evocative, familiar quality- where have I smelled this before?

about two hours into it, I was able to put my finger on what it reminds me of-on me, it is practically a scent double for Camay soap! The soap with the little cameo profile of a lady's head embossed on it- as a child, I found it so appealing!

Nice memory... I like it!

Have you ever been on a crowded elevator or some other public place where folks were crammed together and a very specific smell wafted under your nose and you said "oh-oh, someone has a head cold."

That's how Olene smells to me. Its way too strong and 'sickeningly sweet'. So I went to the bathroom and washed my chest and put on a new T-shirt. Yep, this scent is tenacious, just like a head cold. It doesn't go away easily.

But wait... now that I've washed I'm left with narcissus, which i love. Oddly what I'm now smelling is something very, very lovely.

So takeaway: put on, wash off, feel better!

Olene is a case study for me on how "indolic" doesn't always mean "smells bad".

Jasmine dominates Olene with all of the indole that I've smelled before chasing my nose after jasmine-infused fragrances-but wisteria greets me and lingers silently for awhile. The fresh sheer sweet scent of narcissus slowly diffuses-a bursting star of a dry down-
The narcissus offered some of this tenderness early on-and so I was very pleasantly surprised to find a stealthy "clean" indolic floral-fantastic! And multipurpose too!

I find this to be a crystal clear Jasmine, almost a soliflore, of outrageous concentration and sillage. The drydown is mostly Wisteria...reminds me of late nights on the deck on the Caliornia coast. I don't find this any more indolic than the actual jasmine flower, and I certainly don't get any skanky notes. Very beautiful, perfect for a wedding.

Jasmine, jasmine, and more jasmine. If you love jasmine, I'm sure you'll love this perfume...but as for me...it's not something I can wear.

After reading veruska's review I feel I must step into the arena delicately, lest I be mistaken for someone who secretly likes the odor of wet socks and stinky cheese. Well, ok, maybe the stinky cheese I like.

Once again, I'm amazed at how different our perceptions of the same molecules can be.

For me, 'Olene' is one bad mama jama of a jasmine. Indolic, yes, I can't deny that. So bracing at first that it nearly sucks the air from my lungs and clears my sinuses. You've got to try it to understand what I mean!
She's a diva, this jasmine, herbaceous, almost mentholated, and rocksteady to the core. And she never sleeps. Wisteria makes a play, but ultimately fails to compete.
Don't wear this to the office or to a baby shower. Do wear it to corporate takeovers, orgies, and whilst skiing.

A good floral for men too.

Unfortunately Olene is an extremely indolic white floral, such an extreme that i find it totally unwearable.The scent is very minimal and is mostly jasmine and narcissus, a floral garden with ink, smels of wet socks and some expensive cheesy smell! Yiak!