Ôponé

The scent starts out as a potent floral. It made me think of white flowers and yellow flowers mixed together...like mimose and lily of the valley mixed...but it's not, it's the saffron-and it's blooming brightly. I did not sense the rose so strongly. The spices are fantastic. The spices came out after about two hours. As it winds down, the spices persist, and the sensation of woody notes is wonderfully prominent. The sillage is excellent in the beginning of wear. So enjoyable that I could smell it all I wanted, when I moved slightly, or a breeze passed by my skin. In total, it has lasted four and a half hours on my arm, very faint now. And it's here at very last, that it becomes "masculine". A phrase that came to mind, from beginning to end of this scent, today was...(please permit me to wax poetic here)......"it seems like I am wearing nature"

My favourite spicy rose perfume. What a pity that it has been discontinued. I have a bottle that I bought in 2002 & am using it sparingly. I've tried to find its equivalent since. Paestum Rose comes close but the spices aren't as marked. Sa Majeste La Rose is too sweet. Maybe Nahema ?

Ôponé Diptyque I find opone is fairly similar to Eau Capitale without strong amber support The geranium rose that spicy and pot purri quality, I classified this as more floral fragrance. I believe this construct with patchouli and woody edge (coriander like). And vetiver, apart from spice. It leans Vetyverio / Eau Capitale. Airy and easy to wear, smell like pot purri rose in pensive manner. A bowl of dry rose pot purri. I don’t think this contains real rose. It’s Geranium. Nonetheless, beautiful. ===== December 15, 2025 Today, I revisit Opone after my visit first time in April 2025. Well, this is so enjoyable rose. Perhaps, I would love to call this a "Rose Skin" scent as if you applied a rose water and let it dry on your skin and all it left is a trace of Rose scent. The way they use Safforn to create a musky skin effect like, and rose is floating. An extension of Tea Rose genre. Well, It is a well created scent in modern perfumery. (This review is based of modern glass cracked bottle release in 2015 collection, I think I might venture to the older version).

This is the 2015 version of the original launched in 2001 as an Eau de Toilette. This fragrance is part of the three fragrances in La Collection Trente Quatre. According to Diptyque's official website: "Ôponé Eau de Parfum - Turkish rose, Safran, cumin and Guaiac wood - Collection 34 welcomes a trio of Eau de Parfums, amazing compositions in special bottles. Unique and irresistible, they will whisper a thousand stories on the skin. A flower warmed with a hint of Saffron, a little Cumin and Guaiac wood with leather, smoke and liquorice accents, bearing the name of an African port on the Spice Route."

This is NICE perfume a bit spice less than the rose calligraphy, less than chloe intense... just like the nice soft tone but elegant not to soft to the point that you don't smell anything in 15 mins like the eau rose dyptique. lol :D therapeutic wise, it works... I keep on thinking about it after the sample sprayed on me so I can't say I could care less ;)