Oliver Peoples Indigo

This stuff is excellent!!! The fact that there hasn't been a review on this fragrance for the past 3 years really speaks for the exclusivity of this fragrance. Some people got their hands on it, and then it was gone. I was one of the lucky ones who found a full 50ml for a casual $20 on a preowned marketplace. So incredibly happy about that. But yeah, this is very very good. Absolutely a niche fragrance with a lot of thought put into it. Somehow I get subtle similarities to the Tom Ford style tobacco/leather/oud profile, while still keeping a freshness about it, making it entirely appropriate for any weather, and any occasion too. It's quite dark and edgy, yet still so smooth and clean. Undeniably modern. Very long lasting, as everyone else has testified to. I'm a bit scared use it too much, as I know that I'll never get it again after it's gone. Funny that there's a famous K-Pop star who wears this and was asking for someone to sell it to him. MINE. Bottle is awesome. This is my first Byredo so it's new to me. Magnetic cap and good atomiser. I got the "Champagne" brown bottle. The scent is the same through all the bottles, FYI. Oliver Peoples is fantastic and it's a shame that only a few people will be able to experience it. Makes me want to go to America visit the sites of Los Angeles with this on and experience what the perfumer did. This really speaks to me. Unique, quality and strong. Very much my style. A personal 10/10.

Loving this fragrance more and more... MUST TRY ON SKIN and give it time to do what its made to do. Ive read many comments deeming the composition "sickly sweet" and gives a TM Angel vibe. It in fact does open with a candy sweetness but eventually the patchouli and juniper berry notes start to blend down while the sandlewood comes forward and settles right over the musk... it's also woody! Overall, the dry down is pure LOVE. As a man this is my favorite Byredo frag to rock in the winter even tho it's pretty season versatile... ! FYI: this fragrance last about 8 hours on my skin.

Mm mm very nicely done. It's definitely a patch fragrance so if you don't like patchouli I would say don't bother testing this one. It's sweet but the herbal part of it grounds it nicely and brings the sweetness down. The chivet & sand makes this less sweet maybe ? Yes there is a slight Angel resemblance. I agree but it's still very different. Also I think of bald Afrique byredo and maybe even 1996 , it's really great actually. Too bad it's limited. Love the different colours. I would go for the blue bottle if I get it. Nicely done. Leans a little more masculine.

On my skin it starts off with a sticky and quite sweet patchouli (no hippie patch, way more sophisticated) with a cold juniper note for a couple of hours, then it mellows down to a musky warm skin scent smoothened by iris. It is more dry than sticky once I get to the drydown, so that’s where we have the warm sand. I was surprised that the patch didn’t stay until the end, it always does on me, but as the base is so warm and comforting it doesn’t weaken without it.

There is something narcotic about this. Normally it would weigh in a little on the masculine side for me , but I like it a lot. The notes are closer to what I was hoping Mohave Ghost would smell like. Less sweet and more austere. The patchouli grounds it, but not to a dirty extent. It calms me down like a desert monsoon here in AZ. I see a full bottle on my saguaro - silhouetted horizon.

Beautiful juniper, and patchouli. I love this. Very very enjoyable. Woody, slightly bitter, musky, lovely.

Byredo Oliver Peoples has a strong reputation in the line, and it's quite agreeable so I can see why. It has aspects that remind me of, on the lighter side, Bal d'Afrique, and on the heavier/odder side, Westbrook, while not really being the "same" as either of those fragrances. The notes are different, though--in BDA and Westbrook, vetiver and violet factor in significantly, but Oliver Peoples, the main players are juniper, lemon, iris, and patchouli, still fostering the fresh/fruity/sharp amalgam, but the similar vibes seem difficult to ignore. It's a good performer, better than most of the Byredo freshies but not as strong as the heavier hitters, and so it's roughly in the area, price-wise, as well ($175 for 50ml), of needing to love it in order to buy it, and I can't quite say I'm sold on it. Per Luckyscent, it's being discontinued, so I'd encourage anyone who hasn't tried it yet to get a sample, as it's agreeable juice and works well for various seasons and genders and is just simply worth trying. 7 out of 10

Opens up with a musk and patchouli combo with a slight dirty note. As it dries it picks up a gentle boozy fruit note, a dark berry perhaps. There is also the bitterness of lemon present. The musky patchouli then pretty much dictates the scent again and in the end you are left with a pleasant musky powdery and slightly woody concoction. This is as complex as it can get for a minimalist approach. It won't blow people away who want revolutionary scents with bombastic performances. This is a sensible scent for somebody who would like a more daring scent yet with a very tight leash. I think this collaboration is pretty cool - the colour of the bottle (three shades) matches the colour of the lenses on your new sunglasses. Want list for sure.

Smells like Tom Ford Oud Wood to me, slightly. It has a similar "stink" to it that i just can't put my finger on. FINALLY, a Byredo that lasts more than 3 hours, too bad it repels my wife. Glad i tried it, but at THAT price, no F'ing way. But I'd love an amber pair of those shades. *edit in* Wore to work today, my stance has slightly changed. I still get that Oud Wood-type "stink", but it's definitely accompanied by a sort of "leaf & unripe berries" smell which I'm guessing is the juniper. It's somehow familiar, I haven't smelled juniper in years but this struck a chord with me after i reapplied it about 2pm today. THAT'S when the "juniper" really came forth. Neat, but still stinky and still a BIG FAT NO at that price.

Delightful. Opens bright, like a cologne. Citrus and a wonderful juniper berry, but not the typical dry and ascetic, this one is delicate and enticing, playing beautifully next to lemon. Iris bring a earthy note that combined with patchouli helps the composition to gain some body and volume. Still the juniper berry is clear. So this fragrance starts bright, cheery and almost naive with its simplicity. But as soon as the other notes appear, the composition warms up and becomes a classic perfume. Timeless at its core. You may like it or not, but the quality is undeniable,

If you love Baudelaire, but it weighs you down in the warm weather, go for it. They could even call it Eau de Baudelaire, brighter, more optimistic and simpler brother.More on the masculine side, and the juniper berry note is very beautiful, astringent and almost bitter dry, with the right amount of sweet citrus.

I have to credit Byredo and Niche parfumiers in general as I'm not sure how they do it but they all recreate this 'sand' note so well in their scents. It's just too weird for me; it really is like the slightly cemented (the actual stony beach parts), slightly ambery sun parched sand beach. Then, with a little lemonade split on it with a hint of the animalic civet in the backdrop (like all those old-fashioned scents). So a very deliberate mix of old and new; if the sand note was replaced by a straight amber I definitely would have been more attracted but sadly, it is sand and exactly that. My rating: 5/10. Scent quality: 8/10.

I too got the TM's Angel vibe when I tested it in the store.

As a Byredo scent of course Oliver People also has the sticky, plasticky byredo base note. On paper I first got a great sparkly fruity opening with juniper and some citrus (I was guessing currant), but soon this turned into a patch bomb, the Angel kind. It's sweet, loud, and got that distinct "stink" just like Angel. As of the sand note I don't get much of an image of it, at most some musk in the background. I personally prefer my patch to be brown and aged with cacao, so this is a no go. Also this is overpriced for the effect it creates. Any Angel flanker can do the same if not more. P.s. I was told today all the Oliver People bottles are the same; Byredo created different coloured-bottles as a metaphor of different lights. Not surprising here once you know Oliver People is a eyewear brand ;)

This stuff is fantastic... and yet, I never reach for it. I think I've had my bottle for 3 years and barely touched it. If anyone in the U.S. is interested in a swap, send me a message. I suspect that the sand note is actually an accord created by the iris and juniper berry. Or not? It's a neat trick, whatever it is. It sits mostly in the background, in a good way, because the scent is really about the patchouli. It's a very modern take on patchouli, and the lemon gives it a really nice zing. In the heart, there's a nice sweetness coming from something I don't see listed in the notes. Something fruity, but it's deep in the heart and you might not notice it at first. It gives the scent some added depth. Thumbs up! ...but I've decided it's not for me.

Has anyone else tried the recent relaunch with 3 new colours? I went to Liberty today to give the scent a try, knowing I own last year’s release and absolutely love it. I don’t know if my nose was tricked by the new description available online on Byredo’s/Liberty’s websites, but it feels a bit different. Not a totally new scent, but to me it felt like a reformulation. Particularly on the top notes, where I feel the juniper berries lost a bit of their edge, as if the fragrance was smoothed down to get to the mid/base quicker. It might be the weather and/or my bottle aging a bit, I don’t know... Curious to see if anyone else tried the new colours yet and picked up on the lack of bitterness!

I struggle to like ANY Byredo perfume, and this is no different. I love a good patchouli scent, but this comes off as pure pine to my nose. (The "christmas" smell mentioned above is the same experience I had.) Like all other Byredos, this has a sickly synthetic fruity sweetness that nags at me as long as I have it on. Maybe this is a body chemistry issue? Or am I just averse to this type of cloying sweet smells? Got a sample at Barneys--doubt I'll finish it.

To me, this smelled a lot like Bal d'afrique, however, a kind of warmer, sweeter version of it. It must have been the patchouli. While the lemon is sweet, think less rind or even sparkling citrus, and more lemon candy, there's the heart of it that made me think perhaps there was something much warmer, some sort of gourmand, that underlies it.

Special, special juice! Expensive but extremely well performing, especially on hair and fabric (longevity that is). Warm, dirty, comforting, yummy, sexy are the words to describe this juice. Thats the quality and original creativity what I expect from a niche house!

I had a whiff of this the other day and straight to my mind came Thierry Mugler's Angel. Must be the patchouli, perhaps it is a more feminine version of Angel, but nope not super unique in my opinion

Bal d'Afrique + Oud Immortel = Oliver Peoples. I like it. And considering this is a limited edition, I hope to get a bottle of this in the near future. :)

Bath and Body Works Fresh Balsam candle that they put out at Christmas. Lovely, but smells like Christmas to me. Is there something wrong with my nose?!