Oyedo (for women and men)

ossini

i was looking for a nice orange scent for a long time, i tested perfumes from Hermés, Aqua di Parma, Fragonard, Serge Lutens, Nicolai etc.

But this one i really liked best!! it has a full bouquet and not too much woody spices. its a nice orange parfume!

veuve

Oyédo is a puzzler. Diptyque as a house too, by the way; I either seem to love their creations beyond reason (Philosykos, Tam Dao) or hate them with unprecedented passion (Opône, mainly - and previously Tam Dao. Go figure.).

Most of the time, Oyédo seems to fall in category B: hate with a passion. It then seems to be everything a tangerine-orange fragrance should NOT be; sticky-sweet, plastic, reminiscent of orange-flavoured hard candies. Awful. IF I want orange in my scent, then let it be the Eau d'Orange Verte kind: tart, realistic, with a bitter edge. NO orange jello, candies or lemonade, thankyouverymuch.

So on some days, that's it; it starts Gatorade and it stays Gatorade.
On other days however, the Gatorade recedes and makes way for what Diptyque does best: cooling woods, herbal touches, laced with a bit of orange. THAT I like. So why the jello, Diptyque?

I certainly won't spring for a bottle until I manage to beat this one into submission, but I'll remain intrigued.

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I have to amend my opinion of Oyédo. Whereas before 70% of the time I got the "jello" and only 30% of the time the lovely orange and herbs, now the percentages have switched. I'm really enjoying it now: sweet orange lemonade with an almost dirty strong thyme note. Unique and quite refreshing.