Toi Toi Toi

Just got my big bottle today and tried wearing it the whole day for the first time. So this is a thorough first impression. This is one of the perfumes I was the most curious about. It's so expensive but I was so intrigued by all of the claims from this brand: sustainable, all natural ingredients,... and the scent was highly praised by one of my favourite reviewers Sebastian from The Perfume Guy. I just had to bite the bullet and buy it. At first sniff I wasn't sure. It smelled niche, a bit way too niche for me. Prominent notes are woody notes, incense, powdery vanilla AND A BIG DOSE OF PATCHOULI. If you love patchouli like i do, and you want uniqueness, you'll love this. It does smell like something from my childhood. It's not pencil-shaving, the sandalwood is actually more tamed than I expected. If you have sniffed Maison Margiela Whisper in the library, this is kinda in the same realm but WITL smells like old books, there's a bit of a sourness there, but this one is old but well-maintained waxed, wooden cabinet instead. It's not sour or dusty. It smells strange but yummy. After a couple of hours, it started to smell very powdery, heavy, earthy and minty patchouli (my brother said it smells like vicks 😂). It can be stuffy in hot weather due to the warm, church-like incense, which for sure is there but it's not overly incensy. And trust me on this because I normally cannot stand incensy perfumes, this note has to be very mild for me or else it's overwhelming. It stays at the middle level for a long time and gradually the vanilla comes in. At the end of my wear, which is around 8-hour mark, you'll have to put your nose very close to my wrist to smell something. But at this stage, all I can smell is powdery vanilla and patchouli. So not much going on anymore. It's a very yummy and addictive perfume. If you love Maison Crivelli Iris Malikhan, you'll love this. It's in the same realm and evokes similar emotions, with IM feels a bit more distant, like a very highly educated and a bit arrogant intellectual who has nicely styled hair and is unapologetically smarter than most. While Toi3 feels more like an artist who has messy golden hair and is unassumingly clever and highly detached from reality and people, because they spend most of their time in their art workshop, but everyone wants to know them. Both look hot, and both are yummy, powdery patchouli-vanilla combo with IM being ambery as well. Worth owning both if you already have one, will not be redundant. Artistic and completely unisex as it smells like a place rather than a perfume. Longevity is all day and projection is moderate. And sometimes it just feels good to own something most people don't. Extremely pleased with the purchase 🩷

Dry dry dry and absolutely brilliant. Elegant, sophisticated, unique, dare I say.. addictive.. On me this is graphite and pencil shavings, vintage paper-boxed art supplies, dry dry dry wood and a deep and subtle resinous base. The black pepper/incense/cedar/cypriol dominate but a warm vanilla undertone keeps it from being acrid or harsh without drawing attention or being too vanilla-y. It’s so wonderful and nostalgic. I’m an art teacher in the 60s when I wear this. I also get their story of waxed wooden dance studio floors in Germany... I think of the movie Suspiria... but only for the setting... nothing witchy going on here :) Good longevity and projection. A mostly linear scent that merely softens but still maintains its overall effect on dry-down. Toi Toi Toi is an absolute antidote anytime other scents are feeling cloying. This brand can do no wrong.

Absolutely incredible! This is what I was looking for, even if I was unable to describe it. For me it smells like the framework of a cathedral or a violon maker's workeshop. The woody scent is very round and smooth, not agressive at all (the vanilla note helps but is well balanced and does not show too much); more like an ancient waxed wooden floors as is suggesting the opera related title. The alcohol note is quite strong at the beginning but it dries very fast and then reveals all its potential. The evolution was consistent on my skin and did not disappoint – it does not fortunately become too sweet or disgusting and I can strongly distinguish the woody notes after 6+ hours (cedar on top of them). It's very unique - an antique and almost mystical scent.

Ormaie's funky cap bottles caught my attention but the drydown of Toï Toï Toï got me in an emotional chokehold. Having been classically trained in piano and ballet from young, this scent was strongly reminiscent of old pianos when they're taken apart for tuning and the parquet floors of a ballet studio. The opening of the perfume can come across as quite medicinal but the drydown puts me in a happy place. The extrait, on the other hand, evoked none of these. The extrait smelt more candied and gourmand and felt barely related to the EDP. Smells rather similar to Coromandel but less chocolatey and much woodier. The perfumes are incredibly overpriced but I was willing to pay for the memories and emotional associations that Toï Toï Toï EDP evokes.

This is an unbelievably beautiful fragrance. It's soft, woody, slightly sweet and very comforting. I also find it so addictive! It's so lovely that I immediately purchased a 100ml bottle after receiving my 50ml. It's the perfect fragrance for me and the exact notes I find so profoundly satisfying. I would give this 5 stars and I always want to have a bottle in my collection. Lucky for me, a local retailer has been selling this at half price so I jumped on it! The only downside I would say is that it's not a great performer and you have to reapply frequently. No matter, it leaves the afternoon for another one of my lovely and heavier amber fragrances!