Osmo Scents Mandarine

This one falls into the "I bought this when I lived in HK during summer hols somewhere in Europe", and I canNOT, for the life of me remember WHEN (2014? 2016? 2017? 2018?) or WHERE (Amsterdam? Germany? Copenhagen?), and it has unfortunately fallen down the ladder or priority and circulation/usage. This is a photorealistic mandarin/clementine/mikan -- UNCANNY in its reproduction, down to the seeds I sometimes eat, the slight stem remnants and even the smell of the peeled peel. It covers ALL bases of the entire peeling and eating a mandarin experience, and it is AMAZINGLY pleasant to catch the occasional waft of the heavenly scent, but therein lies the issue -- it is SOOO fleeting an experience, and SOOO rare that re-application is a necessity and I find myself usually forgetting that I have anything on. I literally need to push my nose up into my wrist to even get a trace of the scent -- it projects less than 10 cms, I feel. As a scent, this is 10/10 NO QUESTIONS, but the longevity is a 4/10 and the sillage is a 2/10, but I'm still happy I bought this and have it. Even the 20 - 30 mins I can smell it when I put it on makes it worth the purchase. A frustrating purchase, but one that I'm glad I made...

Nice and fresh mandarine. To me it smells quite real. Like a fresh peeled mandarine. Nice for summer days.

Mandarine juice, nothing more than this.

To me, this smells exactly like Smarties. Sweet, chalky, artificially-flavored orange candy.

Well, this may be synthetic but it smells real. The mandarin is perfect, with all the zing and tartness. The opening is like the pulp of the fruit, really juicy. I really like citrus scents, and as in most cases the citrus notes are weak and fleeting with very short lasting power and they need to be reassured with other notes (woods, green, flowers, musk). And this is another case. While the top notes are wonderful, when the wood and heliotrope appears, the whole composition switch to a more mature scent, it's an odd mix. The mandarin and citrus are still perceptible but the wood becomes more prominent. I only wish the dry down was more sophisticated.