Orange Mauresque

I am in a phase when all I want to smell or smell like is citruses, ginger, orange blossom, neroli, petit grain and soft, fresh, lighter scents overall! Orange Mauresque from Chopard fits perfectly in this scenario. I will admit, it’s a warm, slightly sweet citrusy perfume with a moderate longevity and sillage and not the freshest but it is divine! I suspect that there’s some light pink rose in here as a floral note, besides orange blossoms, citruses and a beautiful resinous, balsamic base. But everything feels very soft and delicate, like a summer night breeze. I have bought it blindly because I found it online for an amazing deal and I regret nothing! It’s getting towards fall in Europe and Orange Mauresque is rather a spring and summer perfume, but when the weather is mild and sunny like today, this works perfectly, thanks to its resinous base notes!! Bottle and cap, spectacular colour combo! Heavy, luxurious, clean cuts, good quality materials used. The pouch that the bottle comes into doesn’t match the luxurious feel of the bottle and the box is plain, hard cardboard, emerald green painted to match the glass bottle. So, I can tell that some thought was put into creating this collection. Value for money in my case is fantastic. I have bought my bottle for around 60% off FRP and I am eyeing two more from the Gardens of Paradise collection! Cannot say if it’s similar to Killian’s Love Don’t be Shy because I have not tried that one, but I have sampled Sintra and I much more prefer Orange Mauresque. It’s so much more natural smelling, more well balanced and beautiful from the first seconds on the skin. Sintra I liked mostly in the dry down while Orange Mauresque is a full love without a doubt... If you want performance, this is not great. Lingers nicely on fabrics but it doesn’t radiate much in the air to create a perfume bubble around you. If you can get this for a good price and you love a warm citrusy floral perfume that smells elegant and classy, I would whole heartily recommend Orange Mauresque to any woman, no matter their age!

Ooooh, dreamy. Maybe one of the loveliest orange-themed things ever; not sharp or juicy or zesty, but tending more to sweetness and powderiness; for me it has more of the woody-herbal overtones of petitgrain and orange blossom than the fruit itself. Drop-dead classy with resins so sweet and mild I also thought there was a little of the gentlest, most upscale white musk in there as well. Almost has notes of cinnamon or amber, not obtrusive, but just making it better yet. Overall it's hypnotically beautiful; quieter, yet somehow more opulent, than Lutens Fleur d'Oranger, which is really going some. Rare and expensive and maybe not totally unique; there are certainly many things in the same ballpark for less money, but not sure I can think of one so wonderful. If you see it for anything like a reasonable price, jump on it. Hidden treasure. (weirdly: fragrantica lists only two perfumes named Mauresque, this and the superlative Lutens Cuir Mauresque, and both of them are for my money maybe Best in Shows! Mauresque is the charm for my nose, obviously.)

Love, love, LOVE THIS. The first spray quickly reminded me of some Montale parfums. The heavy, sticky, potent resinous ambers. This is not your vanilla Amber, it’s very sweet and woody at the same time. I don’t get orange fruit at all, however a very beautiful orange flower. A very strong orange flower absolute lingers behind the amber, making it quite floral at the same time. This is so interesting, every time I smell it I get two worlds at once just competing each other. Reminds me of the Peru balsam you find in Montale Mukhallat with the orange flower you get in Montale Orange Flowers. I love this because it’s so unique. Very impressed.

First of all, Gardens Of Paradise collection is far more superior than 'standard' Chopard fragrances like Wish, Love, Iris Malika etc. However, it is as expensive as high-quality niche perfumes and I'm not sure that worth the money at the end of the day. In Poland standard price is around 250 EUR for 100 ml; from time to time you can get it at a discount for about 100-130 EUR and the discounted price is reasonable for what you get. I've been testing Orange Mauresque for a few weeks (in cold weather) and agree with most of the below reviews - I can imagine how this fragrance can vary on different skins and in different conditions, fluctuating between orange, orange blossom, incense and vanilla. It changes a lot between the opening and other phases. It starts as a blast of incense and sharpness but then it quickly sets on the skin as rather intimate, amber-vanilla scent. Very wearable and versatile, not sure if groundbreaking but still I cannot think of anything similar to it (except Orchidee Vanille by Van Cleef & Arpels - somehow it gives me a similar vibe to Orchidee Vanille, regardless the fact that prominent notes are different; but on a more general level they are the same types of perfume to me). It is slightly oriental, but very likeable for anyone who doesn't like straightforwardly oriental perfume. For sure an interesting option for someone who likes vanilla and wants to step outside of this comfort zone. I've had 3 of the Gardens Of Paradise fragrances - Rose Seljuke, Miel d'Arabie and Orange Mauresque. If you're looking for a comparison, here it is: Rose Seljuke is - no surprise here - prominent on rose and woods and the sharpest of these three. Potentially the most fresh, feminine, romantic in the drydown. Miel d'Arabie shares a similar background but creamy spices and honey take place of the rose. It is not sharp at all - no pink pepper, cardamon or clove - which makes it more creamy and a bit of gourmand, leaning towards autumn-winter scents. Orange Mauresque is the creamiest of all and least oriental. If you're looking for a good longevity/sillage, then Rose Seljuke is a winner here. However, all of them have good performance, with Orange Mauresque being more of a skin scent quickly. Somehow all of them are similar in their nature and very likeable. I'm not a fan of oriental scents and they are very wearable to me, even safe for office if you don't overspray. Probably safe blind buys for a lot of people, but I'd sample them first, being conscious of the price tag. Orange Mauresque is the safest of them - just don't be scared after you spray it. All of them are leaning feminine to me or at least are absolutely OK to wear by a woman.

Intense, natural smelling, aromatic orange scent with floral notes and benzoin, I get a candied almost vanillic base. Lovely and full bottle worthy. There is something that for a split second reminds me of Eau Duelle, even though this is not a vanilla centric scent.