Oeillet Louis XV

The red and white powders are evenly mixed and then dispersed. The standard pink pepper-citrus front call is used to set off the warm and spicy cloves, and the pale and faint carnation-rose-violet and iris coordination is surprisingly rich. like skin. The background woody aroma is dry and light, and the salty, sweet and sour are gradually balanced and the layers are clear. The Oeillet Louis XV is understated and elegant, embodying the dignified beauty of a lady. Keep the boundaries, and be sincere, warm, and intimate. The first impression is that it is tailor-made for Melanie in the movie "Gone with the Wind", because it shows the power of women (motherhood) all the time. I think Melanie, the big-hearted and all-encompassing, is the perfect literary character for the Oeillet Louis XV fragrance, and definitely represents the white carnation. Carnation aromas were widely popular in the Belle Époque and before World War II (around 1920), when Orientalism was still in vogue, and carnations with a spicy smell were loved by the French people and reached their peak at a time. Ernest Daltroff, the founder of the old brand Caron, loves carnations and uses its coordination to create the classics Poivre, En Avion, Bellodgia, Parfum Sacre. Caron's exclusive carnation coordination, including but not limited to cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pepper. In recent years, carnation-related molecular substances (such as the carnation base Methyl Diantilis ® owned by the fragrance manufacturer Givaudan) have been restricted by the new regulations of SCCS and IFRA, and the carnation aroma has been forced to rebuild and change the previous combination.

Named for Louis the Beloved who became successor to the crown at age 5, Oeillet Louis XV indeed projects an air of innocent regalia. There is incredible beauty and artistry in this scent which, to my nose, culminates as a gossamer blend of soft, creamy flowers that lean toward delicate violets with a hint of powdered sweetness, gently pierced with aromatic warmth. The velvety orchid, rice and citrus pastiche is also an uncommon accord that I stumbled upon in Valentino's signature pink scent in the pyramid shaped quilted bottle -- totally charming and demure. Images of an eighteenth century ballroom start to swim in my mind; a slow, metered harpsichord playing at a tempo that gently wafts the scent of courtly elegance at every curtsy and nod. However Oeillet Louis XV is far from baroque. There is a clean minimalism in the clever composition of notes that finishes as clean, soft floral musk for the contemporary woman -- a more elegant, niche version of Narciso Poudree if you will. The powder note in this fragrance is so finely milled and compact that it shines like satin. With excellent performance, just one spray of this makes for an excellent boudoir scent, or for any occasion that you want to float in clean, romantic velvet luxury.

I imagine dianthus blooms of a light vermillion hue planted aside lemony floribunda rose bushes, and a light breeze mingles the two. The dianthus is delicate, not as rich as fat, fleshy Malmaisons, but no less enchanting. There is a softness, but this is not to be mistaken for a lack of substance. It's the sillage, with its facets of clove, pepper, citrus, that suggests flowers throwing their scent in the open air. Watery, perhaps dewy, slightly sour, its as if the petals were moistened by a light rain. The powder and musk is translucent, and at one point I am reminded of the piquant, green, lily-tinged fragrance of cyclamen flowers. In a way, this smells the way an oboe sounds: wistful and sweet, even pastoral, while most carnation in perfume has more the sonority of a bassoon: deep, buzzy and spicy. Therefore, this may surprise the usual aficionado, but if one leans into its intimacy, there is a likelihood that it will grow more beguiling with each wear. It is another Legrand that effectively transports me to antiquity.

Wow, I'm really liking this even to my own shocking surprise! First spray I was like: "Oh, gawd, no, sharp, suffocating, super retro smelling flowers, no, no, no... " But only a few minutes later a true magic happens and it transforms into the most sophisticated flower bouquet, spicy citrus musky goodness. This smells rich and expensive, a proper royal scent without being pompous or snobby. It just is... gorgeous, superbly well blended, where you can hardly tell notes apart. The spiciness is not in your face, it's there to create interest and intrigue while flowers shine through. Overall it's on the fresh and bright side of things, unlike my initial impression. After Relique d'amour and Reve d'Osssian, this is most certainly joining my collection next. So so worth it!

Is there any note in modern perfumery more deserving of rediscovery than carnation? Once one of the most popular of all floral notes, it's rarely used anymore, and yet it is so much more intriguing and distinctive than so many of the others. It has a spiciness that so many other flowers lack, and even a soliflore like this can easily be worn by any gender. This one is especially nice because it has kind of a kingly feel to it (hence the royal name, I would imagine). This smells classic but it's certainly not dated: notes in the pyramid like pink pepper work to sharpen the ricey powderiness to make the carnation even more zingy. I've yet to find a fragrance from Oriza L. Legrand that did not surpass expectations. Everything they make is special.

Meant to write this review ages ago, this scent impressed me a lot by how loud and proud these spicy-powdery notes "sound". Usually carnations are slightly spicy-dry on old-fashioned manner, which I was always fine with anyway, but Oriza L. Legrand did it an New Era way - modern niche way. That's like spinto soprano carnation, instead of typical contralto, it has height and expands on few metres around the wearer. I bet that Louis XV, King of France and Navarre loved to be noticed! As for me, I humbly want full bottle of this Rich Glamour, because after around five times of wearing it, I simply can not find faults and wish for more and more.

Inspired combination of carnation and orange are the introduction to this lovely fragrance performance. Carnation and cloves are strong and spicey but the orange, rose and honey just perfectly soften their potentially harsh edges. I can also detect the iris, pink pepper and the perfumey orchid. In the last hour I get the powder note as well as the musk which thankfully is not very intrusive. A gorgeous fragrance indeed that would be fab on male or female. Its not overly sweet but balanced with the carnation and iris the stars. The rest of the casts of notes enhance them perfectly. Its a shame its not very long lasting on me.

The review from The Lady sums this gorgeous perfume up nicely....sometimes you just want something pretty and this is SO pretty. I love niche fragrances and have owned many over the years but I always come back to this old French house. I’m on my 3rd bottle of Chypre Mousse, I’ve owned Relique d’amour and Reve Ossian but I also wanted a bottle of this sweet beauty. To me it’s the freshest loveliest carnations with a spicy peppery element, orange blossom up top and musky sweetness at base. Sometimes you just want something pretty.

180) La fleur du roi L’oeillet est ici traité dans la plus pure transparence et la plus pure des natures. La fleur est comme battue par le vent, à travers les herbes folles, avec de gros nuages un peu gris dans le ciel. Vraiment très beau. The carnation is treated here in the purest transparency and purest nature. The flower is like windswept, through the wild grasses, with large gray clouds in the sky. Really beautiful.

A wonderful spicey, uplifting carnation fragrance. Truly unisex. I get why some liken this to Serge Lutens fragrance but this is much more powerful, more sillage and good longevity. If you love the carnation fragrance then this is not to be missed. The orange lends some sweetness to proceedings. Oops! I have just realised that this is my second review for this beauty. Im just a tad over enthusiastic lol

A beautiful and powdery spiced carnation. Tends to be kind of sour but once you accept it and stop wanting it to be sweet it kinda works. It lingers on my clothes by not at all on my skin. If you like vintage style fragrances, this is a fantastic addition to any collection.

What a lovely vintage scent. It’s very clean but also spicy at the same time. The cloves mix so nicely with the florals and the sweet powdery dry down is heaven, you can pick up the honey note but the powdery and rice notes keep it from being too sweet. Just lovely.

A billowing opening of sunlit drawn salt-skin and violet. Underneath, the fruit-like aspect of a peony bloom, blackberry. Delightful. A modern interpretation, reminiscent of Bvlgari Rose Essentiale.

Oeillet Louis XV Oriza L. Legrand (Old bottle, the one with just a long normal lid - not a heavy metal cap one). It is a bit hard for me to review Oeillet Louis XV. Because, I haven't truly encounter too many Carnation fragrance. I encountered Garofano (Carnation) Santa Maria Novella in gold label bottle. Vitriol d’œillet Serge Lutens. and another my favorite Oeillet Pourpre from Guerlain. And yeah, Guerlain L'Heure Bleue so my understanding towards Carnation is little. All I know is Carnation in perfumery.. is Perfumer's flower. Being the is no-real oil extraction from carnation. Similar to Gardenia and Fougere. It doesn't really have certain interpolation. However, I think the common is somewhere between Rose and Clove. The rest is really rely on interpretation. Oeillet Louis XV still use common Carnation interpretation. However, I don't find this overly spicy and leans flowery than I can think. Still somewhere of Ylang or indole flower. And placement firmly on a powdery note that doesn't feel like make up. Now, this is where I wonder because normally Carnation doesn't really have Powdery finish being the tribute to Louise XV scent. It might be the classic interpretation. Sort of, back in the day similar to Oriza's amber & Lavender. Even scent is lite, It's flow and present. I think if you like Clean powdery Oeillet. You can go ahead with Oeillet Louis XV. It is beautiful nonetheless and I do enjoy this as lite cologne manner. In the realm of Cologne blanche but more substantial. I don't know, I will keep wearing Louis XV.

An opening of spiced florals mingling with a spray of citrus as if one's nails were digging into the skin of a ripe mandarin orange. The pepper, carnation, honey and musk are all good-natured creatures who play nicely together, conjuring a delightful picture of sunlit skies over summer fields run riotous with flowers dancing in the breeze. As time goes on, a soft powdery note appears and joins the carnation, spices, musk and wood notes. I like powder but I've been trying not to amass any more scents that are overly powdery along the lines of Teint de Neige. Fear not, Oeillet Louis XV left the powder to the wigs and only dusted lightly in this scent. This is the second scent I've tried from this house and this too shows quality and craft, although I bemoan the appalling lack of longevity of both on my skin and clothes. I barely get above a couple of hours from even tenacious overspraying. This has a retro vibe to it, more delicate than Bellodgia which now seems brash in a side by side comparison, less powdery than L'Air du Temps and more feminine than CDG's Series Red Carnation that is a wonderful realistic take on carnation but I won't call it a lady. Oeillet Louis XV may pay homage to a king but I find it comfortably feminine. All in all, I would recommend this based on its beauty but the longevity needs desperate work, otherwise please lug the bottle around with you, it will be needed.

On the first sniff I was overwhelmed with one of the sweetest feminine floral bombs I've encountered, there was an overload of indulging orchid followed by apricot and loads of honey and I was almost instantly hit with extremely powdery and sweet iris. I'll admit that I was hooked. This indeed is a bottled femininity, the kind of big, white dresses and elegant party hats and chatter of silly things. But I'll have to agree with previous reviewers on this side - as it develops I started to think that maybe this is not so great, first - the sweetness was a bit too much for me to bear + there indeed is something slightly creepy underneath, it's sort of animalic, fecal, yet weirdly alluring and, yes, ghastly. I have no idea which notes do that to me, but I said it. Drydown is pure apricot on the top of some sweet flower accords and musk. I did not get any carnation which is weird as this is voted the most common note in the scent. Silage was tremendous and easily filled the room, lasting power is also extremely good. Worth the price tag for sure if you don't mind the sweetness and the creeping twist at the heart.

The first blast of Oeillet Louis XV is slightly too old-school for my nose, but after a couple of minutes I find this more charmingly vintagey in a cute, romantic way than dated. It really grew on me while testing, every time I sampled it I enjoyed it more. So, I was looking for carnation, but I get much more honey from this. And rose. It smells like lots of pink rose petals and some carnations drowned in sweet honey. I sometimes have problems with honey notes smelling dirty on me, but this one stays clean and sweet and even a little creamy. I think the mandarin gives it a fresh and modern twist. In the drydown the scent becomes a little more powdery. I appreciate the rice powder note, which in my opinion is a much better and more interesting choice than just powdery florals would be. This doesn‘t feel very „me“ so I‘m fine with just having a sample, but I really like it. Btw I think the bottle on this page is terrible, I was happy to find out they have changed it to a more elegant one.

I smell candied, sugary rose and violet more than anything. A delightful floral which reminds me of soap, but not that of the aldehydic variety. A pink soap on a rosy, golden and white June morning. It's feminine, divine, easy to wear. I don't need a bottle at all, but this sample is fun. For a similar feel, try Lipstick Rose by Frederic Malle. You'll get candied sugary violets and rose with more intense strength, but without the June morning and the divine feminine. EDIT: a week after receiving my initial sample, I've tried it on again, and smell a higher concentration of peppery spiciness. I purchased a bottle after smelling it on my sweater a few days after wearing it. It doesn't WOW or punch you in the nose, but it is a very nice, gentle selection. Sometimes you just need something pretty, easy, and soft in character. This fits the bill.

Part carnation, part mandarin (though I thought apricot at first), and part powder. Those are the main notes for me; soft, feminine, perhaps old-fashioned. The clove and pepper are gone fairly quickly. Other notes are barely there, just subtle touches really: if I look for them I can find them, but they don't strike me. This is not for Spice fans, this is something nice for a lunch date. It's not strong to me: what I call strong, is something like Kenzo Jungle - this scent is just ordinary strength at first, then dries down not much above a skin scent. I agree with Jack Hunter, this is "old world" scent and it's very refined. I like it :)

I didn't like this at first, but after sampling most of the perfumes in this house, I came back to it and realized how fresh this one smells compared to the rest of their offerings. This one, with iris and powder, is definately to my liking and smells make-upy and clean. There is some fruit here, blended with rose, that also gives it a jammy quality. It dries down to a lovely spicy clove. It is not linear and changes throughout the day. I mean just look at the variety of the main accords, sweet, spicy, powdery, musky, floral, honey??? I could buy a FB.