Osmanthus The Different Company for women

The different company’s osmanthus is the perfect chameleon aroma..If you can smell it AT ALL then you have a power nose or a full bottle ( of which you must have sprayed TONS). I smell nothing from my vial of this scent. Zilch.... I’m very perplexed by the reviews for this too. It doesn’t smell like osmanthus, citrus, or tea to me. I wish it did, but it does smell like a ghost vapor trail…If anything The Different Company's Osmanthus is a bit scary, cold and quite presumptuousness in even calling itself a ''perfume''..... If you're looking for a good ''Osmanthus'' scent try Sake, Keiko Mercheri's Osmanthus, Senses, or Osmanthus Interdite.

I'm very sorry but this scent wasted my time...

My search for osmanthus continues with The Different Company OSMANTHUS, a light fruity-floral cologne (5%, second ingredient: water!) which has not brought me one nanometer closer to osmanthus enlightenment. I am frustrated by the weakness (as in dilution) of this fragrance, as I have been frustrated before by this house. Whatever happened to the concept of PERFUME?

Okay, now that I've vented, I will say that TDC OSMANTHUS is an inoffensive not-too-sweet and lightly fruity floral fragrance. But it took me 2ml to come to this boring conclusion, and I obviously won't buy anything from this house without reading the label first. Yes, the notes smell nice--while they last, but this isn't Agent Purple, for god's sake: we don't need childproof application aids in this case.

Meanwhile, the osmanthus = tofu hypothesis has gained further credence...

I was attracted to this scent through my love for a wonderful herbal tea that I blend contains dried osmanthus flowers - a delicate mix of very young white tea, osmanthus and a few jasmine "pearls".

So the opening notes of Ellena's Osmanthus was a familiar note for me: that delicate, citrussy note of osmanthus. Bergamot also predominates, and carries the osmanthus forward until the dry-down reveals a spicier rose scent. The finale is a very soft one - slightly flavored, a bit of citrus mixed with a very clear musk.

This is a very light fragrance - very charming and subtle, but it doesn't linger too long. For me, it's a scent I like to apply at bedtime - there is just enough of this clear, tea-like scent to linger through a chapter in a good book, a drowsy few moments of reflection, and then . . . lights out.

When I wear it during the day, I apply it very liberally, including to my hair and to clothing I may be wearing that will not be stained by the droplets. It will cling attractively to a light cotton tee, extending its life.

Ellena used a very light hand here, as befits the delicacy of this beautiful flower. Tea brewed from osmanthus is often drunk in China to celebrate the return of spring, and this scent captures the joy of those first few days of re-birth and freshness. A lovely experience for those who do not object to delicate, elusive scents.

I am testing Osmanthus on my wrist right now and I detect nothing but a solifloral camomile scent. The top notes are citrusy and somehow cold but they last for a very short time and then there's nothing but camomiles left. I'll see what happens during next few hours...

First impression is a reserved cold noble scent with an aristocratic citrus touch, I even thought it is a prototype/ancestor of Kelly Caleche and got interested but then...I guess it was Osmanthus that appeared on the stage and everything changed. Dominant distincitve 'heavier' notes, not dainty but straight-forward. My association is an elderly woman-boss, who is very experienced, self-confident, overbearing, hard as nails, conservative, a little bit old-fashioned who wants to say by the fragrance: well, of course I am tough, but not THAT tough... And it is hard to believe her.
If it developed in an initial way I would have put it on my wish list, but in distinction from Kelly Caleche the intentions become too obvious.

I was in Paris when I first smelled this fragrance. I hadn't smelt osmanthus before the Different Company's; well, not to my knowledge anyway, and smelling TDC's for the first time was a bit of a surprise because the first notes I could smell were citrus notes, especially bergamot. Next was a touch of dry tea. In fact, more than a delicate flower, I was reminded of Irie Wash 09h25 and 20h50 mixed together, as in very warm citrus notes, although not as heavy. But this is until those notes soften, and when that happens, I think that’s when the osmanthus shows itself, if lightly. I’ve read that osmanthus can smell apricotty and this one does to me. With the citrus and tea notes at the base, a light and warm apricot note emerges, coupled with a soft rose note. There is meant to be castoreum in there too, but I can’t tell (or find out anywhere on the web) whether it is the real stuff or a bouquet. I’d like to imagine that it is a bouquet, especially since I can barely notice its attendance.
I think what is special about it to me though, is the way it rests on my skin and starts to develop an almost ethereal quality, gently sweet, but not sweet, unobtrusive, gentle and floating.
So with all that going on in my nose, I got excited, it was my second day in Paris, I was on the Champs Elysees, I liked a perfume (like I don’t like a good few hundred!), so I bought it. And it is the most expensive body spray I own. Now, I’m not saying that TDC Osmanthus is the same as a supermarket body spray; but the fact that I have to spray about 15 squirts onto myself to feel it’s going to last and the fact that I bought a 250ml, yes, 250ml bottle of the stuff (no, I don’t know what I was thinking!), makes me feel that way. I bought the huge bottle because although still expensive, it was cheaper than to buy a smaller size. Plus it does have a nifty cap which one can decant from (and still spill everywhere if you're me).
I really do find TDC’s Osmanthus to be beautiful, but its presence is far too fleeting for me to completely rave about it, especially for the price I paid.

Sweet smelling floral juice. The opening was sharp with a hint of citrus. As it sit on my skin, it gave a light powdery-musky together with those divine floral notes. A super faminine scent but not sugary sweet. Pure flower at its best. I like it a lot.