Imperial Opoponax Les Nereides for women and men

Perfect for wintertime when it's really cold and you want to feel cozy and comfortable. I love it a lot!

Could be worn by man or woman very easily. Reminds me of a sweeter CK Obsession

A delicious, rich, darkly honeyed nectar, little dusty, cozy, sensual and nostalgic.
To me, there is a touch of masculine vibe to start with and I love it, although it mellows very quickly into warmly feminine, darkly sweet, amber-y, woody balm. The vanilla here is light and counteracts and lifts the resinous stickiness of this lovely, lovely concoction.
I agree with many reviewers that there is a feel of "old worldliness" in Imperial Opoponax and that is very comforting somehow. This is full of mellow colours of late Summer or early Autumn, of hot spicy drinks and of bonfires (or fireplaces indeed). Beautiful, sweetly dusty dry down.

Les Nereides Oppoponax smells like Shalimar Ode A La Vanille without the citrus opening and woody notes. This was a heavy fragrance, you only need a little of it. The longevity is great and it has a nice light sweetness to it.

I really wanted to try this and ordered from Oligva which delivered the UK. Unfortunately they sent me Patchouli Antique and I can't speak French so I can't return it.

Many people like this perfumes, so I know I’m swimming upstream here, but this is one unappealing perfume. I think it strives for harmony, but winds up feeling like motion-sickness. Lavender and amber are like their own one-material harmonies. They generally form pleasing accords so easily. And opoponax is one of the more appealing botanicals, rich but jagged, strikingly handsome.

Combined in this perfume, they form a cloying mix that sticks to the back of my throat like sick. Reminds me that individually beautiful elements can be used to make a mess.

This oriental smells REALLY nice. Very warm, sweet, sexy and cozy vanilla/amber/opoponax scent.

The amber is almost exactly like the one in CK Obsession, and I absolutely adore that kind of powdery warm amber...

It smells old fashioned in a good fairytale/childhood memories kind of way, not in a dated/mature way.

A bit hard to get hold of a bottle though, at least in Sweden. Had to blind buy the smallest bottle.

I recommend it!

On my skin, this is very warm, powdery and pleasant. Imperial Opoponax opened with a hit of citrus - kind of odd - warmer than lemon, but cooler than orange (if that makes any sense).
So far, one hour in, I am getting a fun mix of my grandpa's aftershave and Lolita Lempicka Fleur de Corail (Coral Flower). It's bringing up memories of when I sat on Grandpa Holmes' lap and he pretended to shave my face with the smooth back of his electric razor. Very sweet man :) I love it when perfumes bring back forgotten love and caring from the past.
Also, when I wore it this morning, it smelled very much like Carmex lip balm, for a while.
I am often puzzled, though, how several of my perfumes (completely different compositions) dry down to a vague, pleasant heavy "dust" note. I'm guessing it has something to do with my chemistry interacting with a particular note. I'll have to do some more research to figure out what the link is! (The fumes I can think of off-hand with this similarity are Imperial Opoponax, Hermes Faubourg 24, the original Lolita Lempicka and Stella in Two Peony). Weirdness!
Anyway, I think I love this perfume.

I love it and I will find it and get a full bottle of it!
What a great scent with an atic vibe. I love perfumes that remind me of the past, this one smells like those old boxes full of objects from the childhood and teenage years of your grandparents.
I think is more masculine than feminine and I would feel a little bit out of place wearing it, BUT this fragrance is so good and so simply perfect that I wouldnt care a bit.
The main notes on my skin are the sandalwood and the citruses. This trully reminds me of my grandfather when he used to smoke those 100 year old cuban cigaretted that smelled like woods and vanilla.
Another perfume of this house that I'm carving for!!

8.5/10

Oh my, another absolutely yummy scent. At the top of this, I smell orange and it blends so nicely as I would never call this a fruity or citrussy fragrance. The zesty freshness sits atop a bed of incense, smoke and small traces of vanilla and makes this delicious. I'm known to love myrrh and that's here too. To my nose, this fragrance is most definitely feminine. It makes me smell like some scrumptious sugar cookie, and I LOVE IT!

I agree with maelleinrome. No citrus one me either, which I admit is a huge plus. But it's smooth, ambery and vanillic and also smoky... comforting and mysterious and sexy at the same time. Really liking it. I think I might need a decant of this one.

Sweet myrrh... makes me want to 'pyrrh.' This really brings out the tiger in me and makes want to claim my place on a velvet cushioned throne. Warm, spicy, mysterious and comforting all the way into my soul.

Slightly medicinal with a sacred, ancient healing vibration. I feel like I'm more attuned when wearing this enigmatic fragrance.

Citrus and amber give this a special glow; benzoin lends a smooth, slowly spiraling, honeyed tobacco accord.

King Soloman regarded opoponax or sweet myrrh as one of the noblest of all incense gums. And when annointing yourself with this regal scent, it's easy to see why.

Truly special. I'll be looking for a large decant or bottle of this radiant perfume.

Pppprrrrrrrr.....

Simply delicious. Like late summer afternoon sunlight. Rich, honeyed, and sensuous...or a glowing fire on a cold winter day, enveloping, comforting, caressing warmth. Having found this, I will never be without it.

I've just smelled this... I'm in love!!! It's amazing! I don't smell citrus at all; on my skin, it's a beautiful and long lasting ambery, vanillic and lightly smokey scent. It's right who said it remembers the cake and the curch ;)

this is divine indeed!!!

the introduction is a lovely sweet lemon with some woods in the background. With time the opoponax appears providing a lovely spicelike upbeat with woody notes.
The drydown then is amber-vanilla, almost toffee-like.

I do not get anything powdery and I find this very nice and feminine.

A must for those who like rich perfumes with articulated amber.

odora come il dolce e la chiesa:)

A beautiful warm and cozy scent. Just perfect for colder weather. I do not get any of the citrus at all, and that's just fine with me. The opopanax is definately the star here! The lasting power of this is fantastic. I can still smell it after a long work day.
A friend of mine says this smells like cake and church :)

To me Imperial Opoponax is one of the strangest scents I came across. It smells very warm and enveloping, the resins in this perfume are just amazing; actually, it leaves somehow the impression that it has "texture", or a thickness to it, like honey. Sweet myrrth is predominant, along with some resins that comes from a coniferous tree. Everything is honeyed and mixed with vanilla, not a gourmand type, but rather oily like the scent that comes when you cut and scrape a Tahitian vanilla bean.
This is definitely oriental, mysterious, warm, woody, and something from it reminds me of Dolce Vita. The woods are warm and succulent, I don't detect flowers or fruits in here.
The bottle is adorable!
Lasting power is superb for an edt, silage above average too.
I am the proud owner of a bottle, that I intend to keep for sure! Highly recommended!

I sampled this today, and immediately noticed the sweet resinous aspect. Unfortunately for me that's what lingered, along with a powdery-deodorant type smell. I knew this reminded me of something for men until I read the reviews and the Brut likeness might be what it's reminding me of. Thank goodness for samples because all of the reviews tempted me to blind buy.

Imperial Opoponax smells like Amaretto on my skin.First impression is sweet orange, smoke, camphor, myrrh - and then this burst of almond tincture. Very interesting turn. I wonder if my sense of smell plays tricks on me or it really has almond note in it.

Sweet, powdery, resinous and absolutely divine. It settles me and makes me go "ahhhhhh".

When it's on my skin, I identify it as a feminine scent, but on a man, I would probably identify it as a masculine scent.

I think it's just perfect.

Very warm and comforting fragrance. It is calming. Smells a bit organic, like amber waves of sweet grain and honey. I knew it was fb worthy when I accidently spilled the last bit of my sample on my blanket, and I kept returning to sniff the blanket on my bed. It is a heavenly fragrance.

Smells a bit medicinal, kind of smellls like an old mans deodorant stick. But something about is appealing in a strange way. Its definately more of a skin scent, and clean smelling, if your into that. the dry down is powdery and comforting. Perfect to where with your most comfortable clothes.

I had just a tiny sample of this, and it made such a big impression on me. I thought to myself "I could huff this all day". I had never tried an opponax scent before, but, I am a huge fan of myrrh, and straight myrrh. I loved every moment of the scent, from the strong come on to the very buttery and then gentle powdery dry down. I wish it would have lasted longer in mid-notes, it only lasted maybe and hour or so before rushing into the dry down, however, I tested it on a very hot evening.

The first thoughts that hit me when giving Imperial Opoponax a first sniff was "ahhh - there's the other half."

For years I have reveled in the earthy, spicy and absolutely unconventional delight of Oriental Lumpur, another fine selection from Les Nereides. While it doesn't bother me in the least that Oriental Lumpur has nary any other fragrance save the spices themselves, many others have commented that it "doesn't smell like perfume, it smells like a spice cabinet." That personally is the olfactory bees knees for me, but not for everyone. I've even heard complaint that O.L. "doesn't smell complete."

Imperial Opoponax completes things. I've no doubt, if you were to layer the two together, you'd come a lot closer to a high-end commercial frag, say a Creed or a Hermes. Les Nereides could pour into the same vat these two masterpieces of the niche market world and take on the mainstream if they found the inclination. For all the bold top notes of spice, spice, and um... spice that appears in O.L., Imperial Opoponax is all rich lingering basenotes - heavy, resinous, slightly powdery sweet, but always on the masculine side of it. A true deconstructed work of art.

Not enough can be said about the masculine aire that is here in the sweetness. Resins and the essence of a wood-paneled library with glowing burnished mahogany carells, a vanilla that is indeed the raw pod and no candy, and of course the title character, balsamic, golden, and even a bit boozy - myrrh.

Wonderful lasting power, discreet yet omnipresent silage, rich and unique sweetness with a classical power not frequently seen these days. Here's hoping that availability of Imperial Opoponax increases just a bit on this side of the pond. great stuff.

I am looking to purchase this for my daughter. Where can it be bought? I cannot find it anywhere.

Definitely an oriental woody perfume. And what a lovely one. All the notes mix well together. I was even surprised to find out about the citruses notes listed here. The opening is so great and warm (not cool and fresh as generally with the citruses notes, I guess they are more "orange" ones). Then the scent turns a bit powdery, warm and feminine. My husband and I just love it.

I promised a better review some time ago, and as I always keep my promises... here it comes.

Imperial Opoponax is a beautiful perfume. The smell reminds me in a strange way of public bath houses or maybe it is the smell of chlorine. And even more strange, I do like it! But I think I am partly unfair to a very pleasant fragrance now, most people maybe not associate chlorine with something they would go around and smell like. So I try to describe it another way... Like a river of the most precious and melted woods, almost like some kind of wooden syrup with the slightest hint of oranges... and chlorine... sorry I can´t help it! I feel happy, comfy and somewhat balmy when I wear this. Maybe the chlorine vapour make me a bit giggeling? No, actually it must be some kind of laughing gas? Well, it makes me happy. After a while the melted wood dries... and instead we have a big pile of golden brown wooden powder. Soft, caressing and lingering... Great for all sexes and circumstanses, but greatestfor colder weather and when you want a great moodlifter!

Yes, offcourse you should try it! And the price is quite nice too! Even tough I find opoponax kind of jawbreaking to say...

Very-very special, smoothy scent, i like it!:)

I think that this is gorgeous - rich, spicy, warm, comforting, long-lasting - and such amazing value! It smells like something way, way more expensive than it is. One of my very favourites - fantastic!

Slightly powdery opoponax, amber, benzoin and hint of citrus, is what Impérial Opoponax is for me when I first apply. It’s a bit too much at first, a little sneezy; but after an hour or so, the vanilla and sandalwood smooth it out a little and it softens quite nicely to a warm, spicy scent, staying that way for a good few hours. It’s a warming fragrance and I can see it could be comforting, but it just doesn’t do anything for me. I find that odd because I love all the notes, but they must mix in such a way on me, that it just doesn’t click. I do think it could be really lovely on a man, kinda husky and sexy maybe. 2.5 lippies for me.

PS: Impérial Opoponax reminds me a tad of Boucheron Jaipur Homme - the notes are quite different, but the dry down is slightly reminiscent. IP has more powder though and not the “Ooooh!” factor of the notes that BJH has for me.

I have only have it on for about half an hour, but I like it allready. Soft, yet spicy, warm but with something cold as well, powdery, lingering... Really, really nice this time of year. Better review later.

Powdery without being about babies, soft without being floral or specifically feminine. This scent is a wonderful, dreamy cloud of dusted opoponax. A favorite, especially for Fall.

I tried this perfume because someone told me it smelled like Brut. When tried side-by-side with my husband's aftershave, yeah, it really does kind of smell like Brut. I suppose that its similarities come from the opoponax (myrrh). Even so, it's still quite wearable by either sex. Imperial Opoponax dries down to a more baby-powdery smell, which some might find more feminine, whereas Brut never develops that powdery smell.