Osmanthus

There are so many well written reviews on this fragrance that I'm not sure how to express what this smells like without repeating so much of what's already been said. So I'll go a different way. This is how Osmanthus looks to my nose!! A tropical garden so loaded with flowers that the very air is composed of scented pollen. Magical pollen that you can actually see. It's transparent and yet has a pearlescent sheen to it. It's full of life and it never overpowers. There's lush greenery everywhere, climbing, vibrant. Beautiful vines with trumpeted velvet soft white blooms. They are so soft that you can't resist running your fingers along the petals. As you move through the garden you run across some stunning tuberose. It's quite evenly distributed and very discreet giving a scented fullness to the other blooms. There are also some fruit trees in this garden full of lush ripe apricots and a little bit of depth from the plum trees which are mostly off by themselves. They bring in a nice base note without taking any attention away from the symphony of smell coming from the vast floral abunda of the garden. Superbly blended and shamelessly feminine, Osmanthus will make you see the sunshine in the darkest of places. Umbrella drinks will come to mind as you spray this on. She is incredibly evocative and she does it well. A favorite.

I blind bought the older version of "Fleurs d'Osmanthe." There was no way to try it as I couldn't find samples or decants anywhere. Based on the reviews and notes here, I expected a powerful, peachy, and sweet osmanthus scent, a lighter version of Nicolai's Fig Tea. However, all I perceive are white flowers, opening with tuberose and then transitioning into a fresh lily (perhaps this is the datura, as I've never encountered this flower in nature). I also detect hints of plum. After about 20 minutes, the lily gains a sweet, creamy quality but remains light. A few hours later, it is still a pleasant, light, creamy sweetness reminiscent of expensive skincare products. I didn't detect any osmanthus as I know it. This fragrance isn't what I expected, but I believe I'll grow to like it after trying it a few more times, as is often the case with many perfumes I have.

Oh Datura, what a beautiful, velvety, large white trumpet shaped flower you are! Your hypnotically spiralling petals put me in a state of delirium. ... actually, I'm not sure exactly what datura smells like, but the flowers are stunning; it is also a known hallucinogen. In concept, it's a pefect pairing with osmanthus which has a light apricot scent with nuances of leather and caramel tobacco. Intoxicatingly captivating. The floral accord is rich and heady with the tuberose gorgeously supporting, and somehow the subtle fruit and green notes lighten the olfactive load. The result is a floral liquor that undulates like liquid satin. I liken it a little to balmy, tropical frangipani with a whisper of ylang-ylang. Keiko Mecheri Osmanthus is one you must try if you're seeking a rich, wearable (big) floral with an exotic departure.

Right out of the bottle, Osmanthus is a an impressive, alluring, and lavish floral. The tuberose and osmanthus are viscous and potent, and the green notes add a pleasureable (and distinct) feeling of being in a garden. I cannot detect the apricot or plum. While I cannot recognize datura, I will venture to say, it's amazing. There is something creamy going on in this perfume. After about twenty minutes, a luxurious sensation arises..it's dreamy...perfectly smooth...and this has sillage...the smoothness floats off your skin into the air. From here, the perfume begins to thin, and slowly fade away. The best wear lasts about three hours. Exciting, refined, radiant, ..Oh, how I fantasize about bathing in it! ....or..perhaps merely owning one bottle, would be a dream come true!

Someone was kind enough to give me a sample of this perfume. It's a gorgeous Asian-inspired floral. The floral notes are light and refreshing, yet there is a creaminess or nuttiness to the scent that is so reminiscent of gen-mai. The only other scent I can compare this to is Organza, with it's cool gardenia and toasted nutty notes. But I like Osmanthus better. The quality of the fragrance is unsurpassed. It's got great sillage and projection and seems to be crafted from flowers of the highest quality. I'm going to use up this sample very quickly!

This is an unique floral green - it has a creamy, almost milkiness to it but it is still quite green and fresh.

Blind bought Keiko Mecheri’s Fleur D’Osmanthus as I’m slowly amassing a few of her fragrances as mentioned by fan reviewer Churinl. I have currently bought six bottles cause I love how well her fragrances are composed . They are so my type of fragrances - never heavy, of quality ingredients and well made with depth . My favourites being Isles Lontaines and Datura Blanche . With regards to Fleurs d’Osmanthus, I agree with a few reviewers that initially this is a strange scent . I have no idea what Osmanthus and datura smells like so if this is one or the mix of the two, it’s not a pleasant scent to me . Unlike a lot of reviewers , I don’t get powerful white florals ( shame bought it for that reason ). I just get soft florals in the background with a potent , stem/ plant like scent which is quite dry in the opening notes and it stays that way for about an hour . Nothing powdery . Then the stemmie scent, ( another reviewer called it fennel scent ) dissipates into a light , sweet , creamy , floral, fruity scent . This part of the fragrance’s journey is what I like but at this point , it’s too intimate and light and doesn’t last long on my skin . I do get the plum coming through in waves . I have noticed with a lot of Keiko Mecheri’s perfumes , my first perception of her fragrances change over a few applications . I have to induce some heavy spraying to settle the fragrance, or so I believe 😆. So, I’ll be trying this daily to see what my opinion will be tomorrow. Update: sprayed Datura Noir on one hand and Fleurs d’Osmanthus on the hand and I really cannot see the similarities . Maybe it’s because I have the Fleurs d’Osmanthus bottle not the Osmanthus bottle . To me , Datura Noir is predominately vanilla based from the start , as recorded in the main accords table . It’s a very strong, sweet, floral vanilla scent that’s pretty linear . Fleur d’Osmanthus doesn’t even have any vanilla notes . However , I do see the likeness in the dry down just based on its creaminess. Therefore , I can appreciate their differences in owning both . After many uses of Fleur D’Osmanthus , I have come to the conclusion I am not a fan of the opening notes and will let this bottle go . I wish I got the amazing floral scent that the other reviewers commented on . Maybe my bottle has gone off .

My new bottle came today - with the Fleurs d'Osmanthe label - and it's hard for me to understand why this has so many haters! Of n and sillage. course, taste is subjective, and their are many other factors to consider, but I'm inclined to think that most complaints are for the newer version. I think it's really a very pleasant fruity floral. I don't mean that in the generic sense, but the fruit (apricot) plays perfectly with the floral (osthmanthus). I do get a lot of white floral in the middle from the tuberose and Dataram, and ai can definitely detect the clean, light musk that is present in many of Keiko's fragrances. I've had really good longevity (currently 6 hours and still going strong), with a light but detectable projection. This seems pretty unique, at least within my collection (Datura Noir comes closest) and I like it very much. Try before you buy, and if you can get your hands on the Fleurs version, do try it!

This is a pretty strong white floral, so I put off wearing it for quite some time as I almost always hate white florals. Initially it smells a bit like a blue raspberry slurpee, within a half hour it settles down into a nice floral scent... Almost a synthetic grape flavor scent at one point. That's all I can really say about it, as it doesn't seem to last very long on me. I've tested it on paper, on my hand, and I've doused myself in it twice but after about 2 hours, it's not noticeable. I totally agree with those who are saying that it is an odd scent, it truly is. For me, it struggles between being a fruity, weird scent and being an elegant, beautiful floral scent. It's not completely off my list of interest but for now I am setting it aside, maybe till it gets colder.

Osmanthus is a fragrance that surprises a lot. I have never smelled osmanthus all by itself, so it is hard for me to tell how much of it is actually there. The fragrance as a whole is deliciously exotic. The most prominent note to my nose is apricot- creamy and floral. There is a subtle touch of tuberose- not too much, which is a real blessing. Osmanthus is quite a subtle fragrance, and tuberose is a note that had a tendency to overpower, here the nose behind it got the balance just right. I can just see myself smelling of it, sipping a cocktail with a little parasol on a Hawaii beach... Which might happen if I ever win on a lottery :) The fragrance is subtle yet powerful, and the lasting power if very good.

This is a delicate, sweet and beautiful osmanthus fragrance. Simultaneously rich and airy. The apricot adds a pulpy, fresh sweetness, playing up the fruity undertones of the osmanthus flower. The datura note has a satisfying, powdery density to it. This dries down close to the skin, which somehow suits the overall vibe of the fragrance very well. This is a lovely, creamy whisper of a fragrance on my skin. KM Osmanthus reads as quite similar to Serge Lutens Datura Noir on me, but I prefer the way this scent plays out. While Datura Noir breaks down on my skin into something less than inspiring, Osmanthus holds up rather well. Despite being such a light fragrance, it feels richer and more natural.

I just blindly purchase a bottle of this from when it was called Fleurs d'Osmanthe, which is assume is the original version. Reading through the reviews, I noticed that they get much better as you get to the ones written several years ago, which gives me some hope. I've been slowly amassing a Keiko collection, most of which I've purchased blindly I just want to throw it out there - has any one tried the older version as well as the current one. If so, what are the differences, if any? Please PM me if you have any info. A proper review will follow upon receipt. Thanks!

beautiful osmanthus fragrance. soft, light floral and musky. I can detect hints of tuberose in here as well, but not everything else listed. I guess it's blended quite well. It dries down to pleasant clean powdery floral. Quite an amazing scent with one flower name, that is not too simple but rather comes in waves of wonderfully combined ingredients that accentuate osmanthus. This is my first encounter with keiko mecheri's creations and I am pleasantly surprised:)

Osmanthus is a warm, deep, and honeyed floral that reminds me quite a bit of Mimosa por Moi by L'Artisan, but it has more fruit layers. It has average staying power (3-4 hours) and slightly better potency/sillage than some of the niche fragrances that I've sampled.

"Osmanthus" by KM is a weird creation. It opens very loud and harsh, so I would suggest waiting a while to start sniffing. The first moment is impressive, I am hit in the face by a marvelous and potent powdery floral perfume with datura all over the place. Soon the composition is greeted by osmanthus, at this point "Osmanthus" gets extremely sweet, so you have to love syrupy scents to enjoy this even a bit. I enjoy how plum and apricot adds a juiciness (though also sweetness). The hard part in "Osmanthus" for me is when some weird green/fresh vibe starts to appear, it does not work at all for me, so I am left with powdery sweetness on one side and metallic freshness on the other. After two hours I had to try really hard to feel anything on my skin at all.

I was trying to identify a floral fragrance that emanated from a monastery near my childhood home in the tropics, and someone suggested Osmanthus, because of the way I had described the smell, sweet, cloying, almost peach-like. So I ordered a couple of samples, one of which was this one. I struck out with this one. It isn't anything like the sweet scent that has haunted my memory all these years. I mainly detect Datura, which doesn't seem to sit well on my skin. It's somehow too creamy and too headache-inducing, in the way that lilies are. I think I can also smell the plum, which I'm not too fond of. So, I'm disappointed on two levels. It's not the scent I was looking for but I also don't like it! Sigh.

I feel a bit weird reviewing this one and not praising it like everyone else... To me, Osmanthus smells cheap and synthetic. A mixture between one of those "flavoured" nail polish removers for teenage girls and hairspray. I really tried to like this fragrance but would recommend to everyone who feels quite ambivalent about it as well to try Evening edged in Gold by Ineke instead. EeiG is similar to Osmanthus in its fruity sweetness (plum) and the Osmanthus top note but it comes without this strange drugstore smell.

I agree with Aalia that this has a creaminess to it. On my skin all I smell is osmanthus and tuberose. Lovely, but slightly cloying. Very similar to La Perla's J'aime Les Fleurs in that sense. I wish I could get some of the greenness, that would perk it up. Even the fruits would perk it up, but I don't smell anything fruity. Alas, this is one sample that I probably won't reach for again.

This is a soft, dusky somewhat powdery osmanthus. Pretty, delicate with a little plum in the base for depth. Not for me, but quite pleasant.

I have been wondering for a while whether I actually know what osmanthus smells like, whether I’ve ever encountered it in nature, and also whether this might be another, fancy name for a less-exotic sounding flower (such as narcissus for daffodil...). Clearly there is a lot of interest among niche perfumers in osmanthus, judging by the number of perfumes bearing as their name that of the flower. I begin my exploration of this note today, with Keiko Mecheri OSMANTHUS. OSMANTHUS is a light, slightly sweet, somewhat oriental floral perfume which reminds me somehow of gentle cherry blossom fragrances. Perhaps osmanthus is really cherry blossom? If not, they do seem at least similar. Assuming that OSMANTHUS, as advertised, offers a dominant osmanthus note, I have to say that this flower, at least as presented in this composition, is not very assertive—nothing like rose or tuberose or gardenia or jasmine or... other readily identifiable flowers, which can often be teased out as individual notes even in complex creations. Instead, the florality here reminds me of perfumes which list the blanket category “floral notes” rather than singling out one or more for individual attention. Yes, OSMANTHUS strikes me as vaguely indistinct, floral without being identifiably of any particular flower. But maybe this is just because I am ignorant of the true nature of osmanthus? My journey must continue until I’ve sniffed enough osmanthus perfumes to be able to determine what links them together. At this point, my induction basis is too small (n = 1!). As for OSMANTHUS, the KM perfume, I’d say that it smells nice enough, but is not something that will forge a permanent memory trace in my brain. It’s not really calling up any visual images or ideas. To my nose, this creation seems merely pleasant and inoffensive rather than compelling. Désolée.