Odalisque

Thanks LadyKarl for suggesting this to me! One night a few weeks ago, all I wanted to do was stay in by myself, drink craft beers, and blare some old-school rock n' roll (Little Richard, the lesser known Bobby Mitchell, some early Art Neville). I dumped a bunch of Odalisque and Vie de Chateau over myself and sprawled out onto my comfy couch with my computer (no, I only wish I had vinyl) hooked up to my stereo speakers. Wait for it. Yes, I wore Odalisque and Vie de Chateau AT THE SAME TIME. And I drowned in them. Do you know what? For nearly 2 hours, I kept laughing aloud because of the sensory experience my poor nose was having. I think I might have gotten high off the fumes. Now you probably think I'm crazy, but I doubt I'll ever mix them again. ;) It was sort of the equivalent of a Parfums de Nicolai party gone rogue. So far, these are the only two PDN scents I've tried. Odalisque is the darkest floral chypre I've come across. Colour: a magenta so dark it's turning the brown of soil. Overall it's pretty and clearly meant for women, but the earthiness is of a masculine bent with its slightly smoky tang. I swear I smell hay in Odalisque, which is why I decided to layer it with the unisex Vie. I suppose the note I take for hay is what another might take for "pee" (it doesn't smell like pee, to me). Someone mentioned a "dusty" texture, but I don't find it dry enough to be dusty. The jasmine is downright oily to me, only kept in check by the moss and smoke. This oiliness is part of what makes Odalisque dreamy... it *feels* like ocean waves although it certainly doesn't smell like them. On me, the citrus lasts the whole way through, particularly in my hair. This is what I love best about Odalisque: Bergamot is one of my favourite notes and I've worn the essential oil for years. Bergamot is done differently, here. (LadyKarl, funny that I've always thought bergamot is the quintessential wedding scent!) A must-sniff for bergamot lovers? The first time I tried Odalisque (alone), I was disappointed that the drydown seemed so much more boring than the initial intoxicating and otherworldly burst of beauty. Like many of my favourite pieces of music, though, I needed to give it a few more chances to take it all in properly, to let myself delve deeper. Now, the drydown reminds me of to Mitsouko's. The oakmoss is somehow treated similarly (isn't Patricia de Nicolai a member of the Guerlain family, after all?). If Odalisque were airier and spicier, and more vintage-y, it could be close to la grande M. I can't wear Odalisque without listening to music, playing music, or wishing I was. It doesn't just go with Tutti Frutti and Lucille coming from the speakers, it goes wonderfully at the piano with some Czerny Etudes, Bach, and the Moonlight Sonata coming from my heart and fingers, or whatever little ditty I plink out of my guitar strings, any time of day or night. Update: I promptly finished my sample and purchase a bottle.

I was instantly hooked on Odalisque the first second I smelled it. I couldn’t tear my arms and wrists from my nose. Quick sniffs suggest a simple soliflore of lily-of-the-valley... but... there was... something. Something hard to put my finger on. Something in the depths, trying to hide, to stay concealed from eyes, fingers, and noses. Something... a bit psychologically complicated. Something... maybe even a bit raunchy. My French is rough at best, so I had to look up the origins of the name, which essentially means “chamber girl”. I read that, widely smiled, and immediately went in for another deep sniff. Yes. I found you. There you are. Hesperidics open the perfume, wonderfully chip-and-cheerful bergamots and oranges that almost come across like a happy neroli and orange blossom combination thanks to the white florals of the heart immediately starting to crowd-in. The citrus falls away to a heart that is as magnetic and coyly sultry as it is gorgeous: lily-of-the-valley, given adornments like little pieces of jewelry in the forms of jasmine, orris, and mosses. I wonder if Edmond Roudnitska, the King of Lily-of-the-Valley, ever smelled this. Surely he would’ve liked it (maybe even been a bit embarrassed by his own attempts to present it). The lily is unctuous, fleshy, wet, sweet, pollen nectar sliding down its petals in tiny prismatic gems. It wants to give this internalized scream of “take me now” but the indolic jasmine adds a slight levity that presents us with a smile rather than a seductive biting of the lip, and orris adds coolness and starchiness to help keep behavior more on the formal side. The jasmine aspects make themselves more apparent in the final dry down. Make no mistake though; that gleam in the eye is no lie. The musks lying underneath, sprawled across the silken sheets of the bed, tell you exactly what’s desired. And, just like being struck by love (or lust) at first sight, while wearing Odalisque for the first time my music app played Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered. Rather than saying “like a daisy I’m awake” Ms. Fitzgerald should have serenaded “lily”. “Horizontally speaking, he’s at his very best” indeed, madame Ella, very, very good indeed. Never mind the ending the to the song, we aren’t there yet - and I don’t think we will get there, not if we never get out of bed.

It’s truly unique. At the initial spray the bergamot and oakmoss are very dominant, giving it an air of old school, and it leans masculine. This is also what I get from the package the sample arrived in, which made me hesitate trying it out (I am in the search for a floral summer scent), it felt too potent. But today I’m just sitting around at home so I gave it a shot, and as I said, initially it is a very obvious chypre. Sniffing more closely, the bouquet of white flowers appears more dominant. These are fresh white flowers, not heavy and creamy, but quite ”straight”. If La Chasse aux Papillon is a broderie anglais-collar on a dreamy dress, the white flowers in Odalisque are a sharp cotton shirt-collar. Lily of the valley adds to the sharpness, but sweet jasmine is definitely detectable. I also get some neroli. Maybe its the combination of citrus topnotes and white floral heart. When settling down the initial sharp chypre notes calm down and turn into a softer, earthy greenness. Like walking through a sun drenched forest. It is definitely a summer scent - if you, like me, associate summer with a wild garden in a northern european climate and not tropical beaches - but if you live in a warmer climate I think it is closer to a spring scent. It is all in all very beautiful and, as chypres often does, reminds me of my grandparents summer house. So maybe it is childhood nostalgia but I think I need a full bottle.

Odalisque begins with a cool radiance like a day where the sun is beaming, but a cold front sends a chill that cuts into warm air. The bergamot and sweet orange peels seem crystalline and jasmine pierces like heartache. There are pittosporum hedges in bloom, at first fooling me into thinking there are orange blossoms, but there is a whetted blade of greenness that exhilarates me. The lily of the valley flower-bells ring and sing their haunting tenor. Then it feels like basins of nectar in oversized flowers suspended in the air, pouring their contents all over me. Vapors of mouthwatering juices render me nearly delirious. Over time, white flowers weep, with petals falling, deteriorating as the unforgiving summer closes in, and the trees are covered in peculiar mosses, the mushrooms burst through the earth, and the weeds grow unruly and restless. A dry dust descends. The reeds reach to the heavens by the beach, while I lay in the sand, listening to a small transistor radio, and Bob Lind's "Elusive Butterfly" plays. I recall the hauntingly beautiful spring that has now faded, clinging on to their memories. "... Don't be concerned, it will not harm you It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love..."

I have been looking for a lily of the valley fragrance that really spoke to me and I think I finally found it. I knew I could count on Patricia to make such a beautiful fragrance. Her fragrances always have such french class and style that it's impossible for me to find a fragrance of hers I dislike and even less likely with her more classic scents like this one. Odalisque feels like a soft hug from a really calm and caring person, so gentle and soothing... The lily of the valley smells perfectly recreated which is impressive knowing how many perfumers sadly fail at that task, getting more and more difficult with time due to restrictions. The opening mixes some citruses with the white florals which then naturally take a dominant position, but the lily is always a step above, a bit louder. I also detect a really soft musk, on the cleaner side which makes this scent even more approachable If you are looking for a lily of the valley fragrance you can count on Patricia to deliver on that task!

Odalisque opens with a tart, slightly acidic burst of citrus, but this refreshing sharpness quickly softens and fades. What follows is a delicate bouquet of jasmine and lily of the valley, unfolding with an elegant and understated grace. The jasmine remains light and airy, never overpowering, while the lily of the valley brings a fresh green floral character tinged with a moist, dewy softness. These notes blend seamlessly with the earthy depth of oakmoss, creating a beautifully balanced foundation. As the fragrance settles, musk gently intertwines with the preceding notes - thankfully without becoming overly soapy - extending the perfume’s distinctly green chypre character. It is a fragrance that masterfully bridges vintage elegance and modern refinement, achieving a balance that feels both timeless and contemporary. I find it absolutely charming.

Hauntingly beautiful, like a siren's song. This scent is silent yet wailing, lovely and bleak. The pale white flowers that make up this fragrance are neither over embellished or jolly, but bare boned and forlorn. I wrote a poem to sorta help myself put the scent into words. Is there beauty to be found in heartbreak, the loss of love from long passed days? As if torn from the earth, wind tossed, sea sprayed, Odalisque is a scent of green, blue, and gray. Green are her memories, the young love she once knew. Blue are her longings, she dare not hope will come true. Gray are her moments, both solitary and wrought. The earth has forsaked her, the wind has betrayed her, and the sea has doused her wounds with salt. Lasting power is moderate I would say, about 6+ hours. Sillage is relatively low, but memorable nonetheless.

Beautiful in a chilling, vampiric sort of way. Odalisque is very unusual - I've never smelled a perfume quite like this before - but to me it gives touches of Diorissimo crossed with Knowing, with a very marginal underlying saltiness. To my mind it conjures the image of some kind of frothing, coastal gel co-mingling with high-pitched white flowers and moss. Despite its high pitch, however, I find Odalisque is able to keep just behind the line of shrillness, but I find that to whatever extent this perfume smells serene, it also smells somehow lonely. If you've ever wanted to smell a lily of the valley plant having an existential crisis, this is it!

Odalisque- the perfume that inspires poetry. Thank you BelAria for capturing this scent in words. This perfume is gorgeous and unique, pure class and unquestionably fbw. There's something smart and haunting about this perfume. It's bright and white and yet melancholic at the same time. I honestly can't pick out a single note. It smells like nothing but itself. I'm baffled by those who find it fecal or boring?? Are they smelling the same stuff? My one hesitation about it is it doesn't last as long as I would like (4-6 hours) and it gets very soft after about two.

Odalisque my love. I always get compliments wearing this. A flowery, warm masterpiece, well blended and mysterious. The longevity is great and I get wiffs of it all day, it seems to appear in waves. I sometimes turn around wondering who smells so wonderful only to come by it’s me. Makes me smile and really, I have not identified another perfume that even remotely reminds me of this. Kudos for the genius Patricia de Nicolai for creating this little wonder.

A touch of jasmine indole and a medley of citrus makes for a sweet and acidic jasmine with a delicate civety illusion. The moss in this composition is fluffy, and combined with white musk and orris makes for a bit of a cosmetic talc or triple milled soap. Lily of the valley adds a hint of green floral giving the impression of a fresher jasmine, sharp yet syrupy at the same time, smoothed with a cold pearly lather that feels classic and clean.

This is a true old-school floral chypre! After attempt number 3 I finally was able to appreciate the beauty of this scent. Slightly indolic, slightly "retro" (in a good way) and so regal. I could not decide between several perfumes on that day but decided to go for Odalisque. My nose does not pick up any citruses, but I get tonnes of moss, lily-of-the-valley, and half-skanky, half-indolic jasmine. Gorgeous, but not a safe blind buy.

This is an old-school mossy, vibrant, raw floral banger. It's exquisitely well-made and sings off of the skin, leaving a glorious hazy sillage. If you don't like the vase-water-and-all style florals you probably won't like this, but if you do, and you appreciate the photorealistic honey-índole of blooming white flowers, this may be a masterpiece for you, as it is for me.

Make no mistake Odalisque is a thing of beauty. A classically oriented diaphanous white floral with subtle citrus notes and a wonderfully natural jasmine/iris heart. A little gently animalic musk in the basement does no harm at all to this mesmeric composition. A fragrance for a warm Summer evening with a little love in the air.

This is so beautiful. LOTV/Jasmine and oakmoss with some orris and I guess I get some musk too. Good chypre vibe. I've heard even after reformulation still fairly well maintains the character of the original pretty well. Love this. Stunning. Will be wearing this a lot this spring, for sure.

1st sniff: Lightly behind a nondescript floral is another smell--salty, soft smoke, maybe seaweed or even fresh sweat. It's peculiar but pleasantly so. I find myself imagining a campfire in the distance on a beach. Half an hour later: Oh this smells heavenly! The florals have bloomed and put out nectar, like real flowers (not so real that I can identify them). There's something kind of dreamy about it. The moist flowers are lovely, but demure. The sweat/smoke is faint so that even though I keep catching it, I also think it might be my imagination. Drydown: The nectar has dried up. The florals are a blah, perfumy stereotype. The soft smoke and salt is long gone. I don't recall seeing musk in the scent pyramid, but I smell some. When I sniff my wrist, it's not bad, it's just not fantastic any more. If only this were a linear perfume and the heart carried on forever. The sillage was modest and the longevity was just about perfect. The opening notes lasted maybe fifteen minutes, the heart an hour or perhaps two, and after six, the drydown is quite faint.

a cold beauty. it's when a piercing, early spring wind hits the rip in your tights as you stand on a frosted-over bridge, staring at swans circling in the one melted spot in a frozen pond. i agree there's something funereal here but it's not musty. it's more like just having left the shrouded wake, the church doors flung open to the outside world again, light streaming onto the darkened pews. you're walking down the white painted stone steps to the pond as cold spring envelopes you in all its green buds and dead leaves and cracked twigs. your tears are dried (again, frozen) to your face; the sunlight is bright but fails to warm you. or maybe this is the scent of a gothic bride, dressed head to toe in bone-white (im thinking of theatrical Rosalie from Twilight grinning as she inflicts mortal revenge on the fiance who murdered her.) Distantspring's comment below of keeping just behind the line of shrillness is perfect

Very retro - delightful femimine dustiness and dryness of oakmoss with a touch of iris and musk and joyful pronounced note of sweet and juicy tangerine. Strangely that I can not find a slightest trace of lily-of-the-valley in this lovely chipre. Maybe something that is usually referred to as "white flowers", although I don't smell neither jasmine or magnolia. I can't say that it's too oriental as well (as the name tends to push in the Sultan's courtyard direction), I picture a dry elegant older lady doing her leisury shopping wearing pearls, a Chanel suit and a coquettish hat. When I'm a bit older I would wear Odalisque with pleasure in, I hope, similar setting. I like this scent a lot, just don't know how to fit it into my perfume wardrobe - what would be the occasion? So far I'm at a loss, so content with a sample.

Odalisque starts with a very pure, very pale, soapy-clean lily of the valley. When the jasmine joins in, it’s so meltingly indolic that it’s almost overwhelming...but somehow it seems still of one piece with the LOTV. It quickly dries down to be very quiet, a soft landing of gentle jasmine petals. How pure and clean can jasmine get without losing its distinctiveness? How do you find the intersection between virginal lily-of-the-valley and lush jasmine? Odalisque is here to thread that needle. I think this is a post-reformulation version. The original was supposed to be a “big white floral” with a salty oakmoss note; what i’m getting is a rather simple, though lovely, soapy ladylike floral with no mossiness at all.

This is one of the most cold-hearted scents I own, stark white, chilling florals... Say what you will, but this is a modern chypre. The mild-citrusy and mossy character dominates the opening and stays throughout the entire life of the fragrance. Even though it’s not listed, I get a refined jasmine and plenty of well-handled lily of the valley. I really admire this pure beauty. It’s like a blooming floral garden; fresh, serene, and calming. Zero sweetness, nothing generic. It radiates elegance and nobility in every way. Tag(s): mossy, white floral, non-sweet, pure, serene, chilling, cold-hearted

Every time I smell this I get the picture of a big wedding cake in my mind. Its not sweet; It smells nothing like cake but It smells the way a wedding cake looks (to me). May be its what the cake symbolizes: a wedding. I don't see a marriage; i see a wedding (to clarify) Its got a real puritanical element to it. The citrus is a soft accompaniment to the pretty belle lily of the valley and the orris root anchors all those wedding chime ideals to the earth Its a pretty fragrance but it definitely doenst make me wanna stand on my head or do backflips or something

I like it, mea culpa:). It's old-fashioned in some way, and yes, it's not Diorissimo (which I like very much, too), it's much more dusty, chypre-green, I feel orris and musk and oakmoss in it. According to PdN website, top notes are green citrus, bergamot and tangerine, heart: lily of the valley, jasmine, orris, oakmoss, base: musk... It lasts long with medium sillage, the heart is the most beautiful to my nose, and for me the base isn't unpleasant at all. However my favourite from this house is Le Temps...

i bought a very early bottle from 1991/92 online. the house of nicolai confirmed its authenticity and asked how it has held up. it has. it is a lovely summer scent. altho "floral" it is not especially fem. there is a balance of citrus with the floral which on my skin comes off as clean and bright with a hint of powder. musk provides the oomph.

Lugubrious floral chypre. In some ways it's as if 19 were going to a funeral, but there's no galbanum. It's not a "bitchy" chypre, just a quietly sad one. The muguet has a note of breath. The oakmoss in this is truly spectacular. I prefer sniffing the sprayer to wearing it, but it is very well crafted and exceedingly French.

I could not speak highly enough of Nicolai and her work. Odalisque is such a beauty. Green, bright, vivid, like dew dropping from a blooming lily of the valley. A floral chypre with Guerlain spirit reborn in a modern way. I have used up a 30ml bottle, am going to save money to buy a larger one!

Pleasant but somewhat wishy-washy. Not a patch on Diorissimo, the Empress in this category. But I would wear it for daytime. On the whole, it's better after a few minutes of spraying whereas Diorissimo is good from first to last -- and beyond.

Initially, this reminded me of like vomit with biting citrus, but after a couple hours of wear, it is quite pleasant and springy, quite classic fragrance. I guess sometimes we must pass through the putrid parts of life to make it to renewal.

It is spring! Flowers, vibrant spring green flavor mixed with sweet tangerine, Small jasmine, and the pink iris, white lily of the valley and sing, make this a chypre fragrance appear bright and beautiful.

Floral? I'd say Odalisque is more like Chypre Floral or straight-up Chypre. Odalisque is the first perfume from Parfums de Nicolai that I have tried, and I'm glad I bought just a small sample. About two hours in, it's very lovely. Nothing new or special, but it smells like a classic example of a non-sweet, chypre floral. Reminds me somewhat of Paloma Picasso or a less floral Patou 1000. Unfortunately, for the first hour or two, I find it almost unwearable. It's very sharp and green, with a hint of that "cat urine" note that turns so many people off of the Chypre category altogether. The staying power and sillage are decent. I haven't given up on this perfume house, but I can't honestly recommend this scent. There are far nicer chypres, chypre florals or florals (whatever category your nose says is appropriate for this one) to spend your time and money on.

This is one f the "lily of the valley freshness" scents- however it is retro freshness, chypres is the dominant one in it, while you feel the spring flowers boom and royal bergamot, it is quite ordinary and nothing new. Very strong in the beginning, so use it wisely, but I still don't see it being wow or popular... After an hour- still cat urine on the spring flowers :(

After releasing a thundercloud of lily and jasmine, this fragrance takes on a fierce, angular, and faintly tinny green demeanor that, to my nose, borders on the unpleasant. If you came to PdN via Odalisque and came away disappointed, don't be discouraged -- PdN has many more (and far more lovely) scents to offer.

This fragrance made me so unhappy! There is nothing nice on it. It smells actually like three days old urine, shortly before she turns to ammoniac. One of the worsest fragrance for me so far.

I got a sample of this on hope that lily of the valley, jasmine, and orris sounded good and are notes I like. Unfortunately I didn't really pay attention to everything in it including the oakmoss listed. This smells like death on me. Like a dark, damp dungeon where an evil genius is doing strange experiments with formaldehyde. I didn't detect any LOTV at all. But, you know, if you like oakmoss, ymmv?

Odalisque was the first of Patricia de Nicolai’s perfumes I tried, and I’ve been a fan from the first sniff. There is something about the way Odalisque is blended that it has a much smoother arc than so many other green chypres. The oakmoss isn’t bitter, and the top notes aren’t sharp. I suspect it’s the use of lily of the valley and what smells like gardenia. I can’t think offhand of other chypres with a dominant muguet note, and I think the dewy roundness of the note eases things. Also, if it’s gardenia that I’m catching, it’s got a little of that earthy almost truffly feel and counterweighs the floral coloratura. Not to be dogmatic here, but this doesn’t really seem totally like a chypre to me. I definitely find it to be a mossy floral, but, even though the PdN websites lists the notes of bergamot and mandarin up top, I don’t get the bergamot sharpness. The green in Odalisque is wet and grassy and I attribute it to the lily of the valley. The fruit is almost peachy or apricot. I think the fruits and florals are beautifully proportioned and allow the moss to be the gentle counterbalance without seeming too dark or bitter. Whatever the genre, Odalisque has an hypnotic, almost narcotic quality. This is the scent equivalent of eating lotus flowers. Odalisque makes me want to lay in and enjoy the lazy pleasures of life. Edit: I've just tried the most recent iteration of this at ScentBar. I now know the despondency of the reformulation blues. It smells as if the chypre portion of the fragrance has simply been removed without any attempt to compensate and what's left is a watered down floral. PdN can certainly do a pretty floral, but the notion that by comparison we suffer is really brought home to me. I'll treasure the bottle I have.

I ordered a sample of this as an after-thought, really, thinking that something more oriental would be my style, but I came to love this from my sample. There is a bright, spring-time freshness to the opening, and then the iris, jasmine and lily of the valley blend with the darker oak moss to stop this becoming too floral, moving it into autumnal territory. The longevity also surprised me - I caught this throughout the day. I was impressed by its presence: clear but tenacious, and its ability to cross moods and evolve over the wearing: going from bright citrus and floral to a more classic (friendly) chypre in the drydown. Luca Turin describes this as somewhere between Après l'Ondée and Cristalle and it does share some of the delicacy and crystalline qualities of these two, but it is also more robust and mysterious, rather than wistful (Après l'Ondée) or determined (Cristalle). Everyone's tastes and senses are different but I am surprised to read the negative reviews here - I had such a different experience on all three of my tester outings with this.

I read (on other sites) that many get a lily of the valley dry down with this. So, I did a side-by-side comparison to Caron's Muguet de Bonheur. And, no. Muguet is buttery yellow and fresh, and Odalisque is a screechy weed. Many have mentioned that this has been reformulated, which has to be a shame for it's original admirers. On another note, does the title make anyone want to yodel? Come on: "High on a hill was a lonely goatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo." As I went about my evening this played in the background of my cluttered mind. Soon it became: "Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl- lay ee PEW!" That was my hint that it was time to wash. I'm not used to panning a Nicolai scent, but this is really harsh on me. No matter how long I waited, or how hard I tried, I could not get the faintest smell of sweet jasmine. It was just goatherd poo, all night long.

I feel so vintage wearing this that I need to throw on a fringed flapper dress, a long string of pearls, somehow flatten out my bosoms, wing out my eyeliner, and throw on Guerlain's Rouge Automatique liptstick in L'Heure Bleue. And then I'm ready for mischief. Odalisque hearkens back to that time when extraordinary perfumes were common. My bottle is a recent acquisition so I'm positive that it's a reformulation. No matter. It smells amazing, and on me, the sharpness is dulled into a sexiness that is subtle yet pervasive. YUM.

I was so excited to smell this perfume after reading Luca Turin's review of it. Such a disappointment! Starts with a very sharp, almost obnoxious Chypre, lasting not more than 15 minutes, and then totally disappears on me... Nothing, absolutely - no smell, either good or bad. Others told me they could detect a faint, soft aroma standing very close to my. I was not able to detect lily of the valley or jasmine at all. Could it be bad or diluted EDP sample? I have ordered from the Luckyscent, and thought it's a trusted website.

Opens with a fresh blast quickly followed by a bouquet of white flowers consisting of green but creamy tuberose, sweet jasmine and fresh muguet. Odalisque sheers feminine with this flowery bouquet that is paired with powdery iris-violet. The flowers are dominating the blend for a good while and as it dries down, the musk brings a darker layer. The mossy accord comes to life too and it develops into a green, bitter and salty composition.

Her take on lily of the valley, but don't expect Diorissimo. This is lily of the valley in their setting, the wet woods of Spring, where the earth is coming alive after the frozen season. It does have a chypre feel to it, as the notes of the dry down show up even shortly after the first ten minutes, and they just grow as the eight hours progresses. Two spritzes are enough. Low sillage. One of my favs.

This is an odd one for me. The notes are all right up my alley (lily of the valley woooo!) and I was certain I'd like it, but for some weird brain-wiring reason it smells like a horse on me. It's as if I went to the State Fair and gave one of the well-polished show horses a hug and their scent stayed on me. It doesn't smell bad, but it just weirdly smells like a fancy horse.

Another elegant floral from PdN. I don't get the green chypre notes that others have mentioned, perhaps due to reformulation. However, what I do get is a very pretty, wearable floral scent with a slight salty note in the background. (It actually reminds me a bit of Ysatis?) This is quite long lasting and one of those fragrances that puts you in a good mood.

many reviewers smell urine but I don't. I have this but don't wear it often. it's definitely a perfume in retro vibrant, and I can only wear it with vintage outfit. unfortunately, most of my vintage outfits are 70-80s tee and they don't go with this scent. it's not that bad and quite unique. but you gotta be a fan of vintage to appreciate this retro scent.

I’m not sure where most of the notes are, but this is nearly 100% Orange Blossom on me. I had to put something else with it to blend it out and then it was quite nice. Very white floral, tons and tons of Orange Blossom. I would have welcomed the Irish Spring Soap Starsnek got.

I wholeheartedly agree with everything NLS said. All I'd like to add is that Odalisque reminds me of a stronger, greener version of Byzance. If you like Byzance, give this a try, otherwise I'd check out Sacrebleu Intense or Fig Tea from this company! :)

This perfume is an example of why no one should buy a perfume un sniffed. I have a small vial I purchased as a decant and couldn't wait to smell this highly regarded perfume. Surprise, it smells like my cat's litter.

According to boisdejasmin's blog, the notes included are: bergamot, mandarin, galbanum, jasmine, lily of the valley, tuberose, ylang ylang, patchouli, oakmoss, amber, and castoreum.