02 Owari Odin for women and men

A generous sample from the editor! Thank you so much. Owari initially burst open with a refreshing lively mandarin and grapefruit. It is a true hesperidic with its neroli heart. There is nothing new to be explored in this one. I would have added some more florals for depth and built a stronger base.

Is it worth purchasing? Not at the niche price. Frankly its more like cheap room spray...Odin can do better than this, I would imagine!

This fragrance puts me in mind of the flesh of a almost ripened orange I plucked from my Mom's miniature orange tree when I was young.
The smell of the rind and flesh after quickly peeling to sneak a bite was so inviting. Nevertheless it was too bitter to eat and I am reminded of that experience by smelling Owari but Owari is much easier on the senses. It is very shy though leaving almost as quickly as it comes. Not much siliage . Had to reapply to write this review. Adding the torchwood and musk to this concoction makes the citrus go fuzzy at the edges. I would not spend good money buying anything larger than the sample I have.
Having completed my review I am done and the fragrance has beat another hasty retreat as well.

Owari's opening is really wonderful and its evolution is exactly like a firework. It explodes in the sky with a spectacular effect that's very efemeral and turns rapidly into ashes.

An incredibly realistic and slighly bitter/green mandarin/citruses opening, turning into a bergamot/neroli middle phase to then turn again into a disappointing, and absolutely generic woody-musky drydown. The main problem with Odin's fragrances is that they clearly smell designer while they sell at niche's prices. I'm wondering why someone should by them...

Overall Owari is a barely nice fragrance.

Rating: 6/10

Pure mandarin scent, just the same as if you are peeling slightly green mandarin. Juicy and zesty, but after short time this wonderful aroma vanishes leaving cedar and musk to play. Very nice!