Ormonde Woman (for women)

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Ormonde Woman enchants me. I rarely make friends with sharp, almost caustic florals; my skin just makes them sour grapes. But Ormonde Woman is the kind of sharp I cannot stop inhaling. It almost sears my nose with its intensity, and I feel as if it wields a more precise blade, if you will, into my pleasure sensors!
I think this is a sophisticated and mature scent, but it isn't a powder bomb; it isn't staid; it isn't tame, and it isn't trite.
The drydown is even sharper than the opening. I keep catching pleasurable whiffs of myself, that refresh my nervous centers like cool breezes on a hot day!
Some buildings and paintings hold such universal truths for me, it is as if they are proof of a cosmic, universal consciousness, a place we all know, a heavenly ideal..Ormonde Woman achieves that with scent.
I do not conjure wooded landscapes, though, as many apparently do. I am transported to someplace, clear, crisp and ethereal, and just out of reach... as beckoning as the proverbial "light".

I have to add that, oddly, this kind of recalls Chloe's Narcisse; don't let that put you off! Narcisse is much worse, just something in the vetiver usage.

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Wish I could agree with all the positive reviews but I do not feel the same way about this fragrance. It is a stinker to me. The top notes are overpowering and the rest of the dry down becomes a bit rank on my skin. I would suggest testing this before purchase. It can be definitely a scent that needs the right chemistry to wear it.

Jalutschka

Nothing much to add to all the positive reviews. This is an absolutely outstanding perfume which manages to epitomize all the criteria a quality fragrance must have: originality, high quality materials used, good sillage, convincing design, artistic potential (i.e. the capacity to evoke emotions - poetic feelings).
Worth trying and buying.

NebraskaLovesScent

Ormonde Woman goes on a bit soft and needs a little time to reveal itself on your skin. How do I know this? I applied, couldn't smell it, reapplied, still couldn't smell it and applied some more. About 30 minutes later, whoosh! There it was, in spades!

Fortunately, it's a beautiful and delicate scent and I suspect it would be difficult to over-apply it.

I have tried Ta'if and Woman and I must say, Woman agrees with me much better. I'm not a huge fan of the Floral Woody Musk category but this perfume is breathtaking. Grassy green, with soft woods and fragile flowers. In spite of its subtlety, it has great persistance. I applied it almost 12 hours ago and I can still smell it on my wrist. It's one of the nicest scents I've had the opportunity to try this year.

PR

It's just Impossible not to respect this perfume, very unconventional particularly as women's signature scent. The anther one that I tried properly is Tolu, and I like Ormonde Woman much more I think.
Very green scent, grass is particularly detectable in first notes, almost oily, than later on I don't feel it. In general it is very woody green smell, very dry with bitter spices. When wearing it I feel myself close to the nature, or walking in evergreen forest on a cold day.

tessture

Starts with a lovely piney and grass top notes that fade back for a more heavy oriental. It's just too heavy in the end for me, but I wish those opening notes would linger because they're lovely.

jeca

Oh yes, I agree with you, Leesee, unusual and remarkable, spicy-woody-fresh and warm at the same time. Dreamy, like a romantic walk in the woods.

It's woody-green for me, juicy and spicy at the beginning, but freshness doesn't leave you, it combines with such delicate airy floral which are not explicit, but like a fresh dewy grass and tiny flowers in it.
A wonderful scent I do wish to be mine.

Leesee

To describe this fragrance adequately is akin to the act of not dying but going to heaven anyway. It is nigh impossible! From the initial cool, sylvan mist that rises up when you apply the scent to the warm and satiny woody-floral drydown, this fragrance performs the nearly impossible feat of being comforting, exhilarating, and alluring all at once. I have many great scents and love them all dearly but this is the one scent I own of which I am actually a little in awe.