Osmanthus (for women)

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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...

loveperfumes

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.

VioletLily

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.

Jasper

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.