Sampaquita

The open on this fragrance is a bit rough, almost antiseptic in smell. I put this on and thought, "OH NO, what have I done?!?!?" and then about 30 minutes later something started to happen... all of these soft and elegant floral notes started wafting up from my skin and with time they only got better. The dry down on this perfume might possible be my favorite smell in the entire world, and as someone who is constantly looking for a new fragrance, I could honestly say that I might consider this as a signature scent tossing away all other perfumes in it's wake, it is just that good... I find most of the Ormonde Jayne fragrances I have tried play that way though, startling opening followed by a magical dance to something wonderous and beautiful, like a perfect burlesqe strip tease.

I love this scent from the first sniff, it's about Jasmine, but very unusual jasmine, I haven't smell such creamy strange jasmine before. It's very exotic, watery fresh, clean, I smell lychee at the very beginning, so juicy exotic touch and magnolia. It's creamy, very radiant and sometimes oily (in big amounts it can cause a headache, but not in this perfume). Then I smell white flowers, so pure white and romantic. I feel freesia in it, and jasmine at least! I smell it purely only about 20 minutes after applying the perfume. For me it's a sophisticated portrait not of the jasmine itself, but of its symbols, meanings and dreams.

I really like this fragrance. I reminds me of happy summer days, floating flower petals by fresh summer breeze. I can't imagine how people don't like this. Very enjoyable to wear at spring and summer days.

Sampaguita is another name for this type of jasmine, derived from the Tagalog phrase sumpa kita, meaning “I promise you.” It is the national flower of the Philippines. The first time I encountered this flower was during a trip to Manila. At the entrance of a tourist site, elderly women were selling small bracelets made from these jasmine blossoms. The scent was strikingly strong. That memory is probably why, when Ormonde Jayne released this fragrance, I decided to buy it immediately. The opening shows a refined and airy citrus accord, touched with lychee, green leaves, and white petals. The impression is similar to a glass of lemonade on a hot summer day—fresh, bright, and instantly invigorating. In the heart, the floral composition develops. The jasmine is full and expressive, yet there is an additional nuance that resembles water lily. At the same time, freesia contributes a sense of brightness that keeps the floral body from becoming heavy. The drydown settles into a light woody musk. It performs well in hot weather and fits naturally into summer use.

A very fresh opening of peppery freesia and lotus but as the alcohol vanishes the lychee sweetness become much to the fore. Im not surprised lychee has been used as it is naturally such a perfumey smelling fruit. I love the smell of freshly peeled lychee. Lychee and jasmine are clearly very complimentary notes together as is evident here. The grass also adds a very fresh verdant note whilst the musk smooths and rounds the rest of the notes. I think I can just make out the rose which adds a touch of sweetness along with the magnolia which goes well with jasmine. A pretty fragrance that would be lovely to wear in a warm environment. Its lush and very feminine. Perfect to wear at an evening beach party in the Bahamas!

Unfortunately this is a mess on my skin, but that's probably because most perfumes containing rose dry badly on me. The rose rushes screaming to the front, throws a tantrum until she stinks to high heaven and then hangs around pouting. Such a shame! Exactly the same thing happens with Ta'if, another rose-based Ormonde Jayne fragrance. I adore the smell of roses and wish they suited my skin!

Summer is arriving, a picnic outdoors, walking in the fields. Sampaquita is versatile, feminine, not challenging, pleasantly fruity. Positive.

So it starts off very nice, but within minutes it's a very strong retro scent like Roma or Emporio Armani. And then before you know it, another shift - into nothing. Not even a faint trace! Its performance is worse than those body sprays that you find during Summer at drugstores.

Thank god I didn’t purchase a full bottle This is a waste of cash White floral that smells really cheap for what you might pay Just let it there on the shelves until it gets discontinued iam sure not a lot of people will miss this one

I do not like this at all as it has that plasticy synthetic smell that I find off putting. Some fragrances have this kind of smell (i.e. Marc Jacobs Decadence, Gucci Rush, Loewe Flora, Want by DSquared). Also I am very adventurous collector, I'll wear anything if I think it smells good whether it's marketed for men or women, but this smells extremely feminine to me. Sharp, plasticy and synthetic is how a describe this. Thumbs way down for me.

I hate saying this but this is a quintessential granny Perfume. It has that awful rancid brown perfume smell in the beginning. After it smells like old timey floral with that sharp incessant undertone of salty musk that makes it smell so stale. Terrible

I ignored Ormonde Jayne for a long time because Geza Schoen is the nose behind Escentric Molecules and I think those perfumes are a a big con. So when I saw his name attached to this house, I just glossed over it. Then I read an old interview with him here on Fragrantica and he sounded like such a nice guy with surprisingly down to earth views about perfume that I decided to give him another try. I'm glad I did because OJ is becoming one of my new favourite houses. Sampaquita does what the others I've sampled do - it's subtle, complex, thoughtful and it thankfully ignores all of the niche trends and just makes wearable perfume that's safe but never boring. These perfumes are so well blended that picking out separate notes (especially the floral ones) is difficult. But this opens with a lovely sweet burst of lychee, tempered by some slightly melacholic magnolia (that could just be me, I find magnolia to invoke that in me). The description here calls this a jasmine perfume, but I find it a lily one more prominently than anything, with a dash of water lily. I think I detect a hint of rose, but it's super subtle. I don't get much in the way of base notes from this, save for a slight woodiness towards the end. This is very beautiful. Feminine and unashamedly floral - but in a soft way. The sillage is soft and I got about 8 hours longevity from 3 sprays.

There was a sale a few weeks ago at one of my favourite niche perfume boutiques and there were many Ormonde Jayne testers going for a bargain price. Sampaquita was one of the sale items and its low price urged me to test this fragrance on the skin. I highly doubt that it would have made its way onto my test list otherwise. Sampaquita is a tropical citrus-floral to my nose. I found it to be quite enjoyable and perfectly suited to the warmer weather. The opening top notes were quite crisp and sweet with dew-kissed jasmine, magnolia, freesia, lily of the valley, bergamot and litchi. As the scent settled on the skin, however, the musk and vetiver accords became more apparent. In the final drydown the sweetness faded, bringing out the sharper facets of this fragrance's composition. Sampaquita, or more commonly spelt as Sampaguita, is the national flower of The Phillippines. It's known for its sweetly-scented tropical aroma and this is conveyed beautifully through this Ormonde Jayne fragrance. Admittedly I wouldn't rush out to buy this for myself, but if I happened to own a bottle, I'm sure I would wear it from time to time during Summer. I especially enjoyed smelling the sweet floral top notes on my skin.

It must be the oakmoss which imparts to Ormonde Jayne SAMPAQUITA a decidedly vintage-dried flowers vibe. The composition also has a greenish-brown facet which reminds me of the scent of dried grass. Before donning this perfume, I was unaware that it would be a sambac jasmine creation, and because of the strong grassy and mossy components, I would not call this a jasmine soliflore by any stretch of the imagination. I would call it a lovely grassy vintage dried-flowers creation! There is also a slightly soapy side to this perfume, but it waxes and wanes and is not consistently strong enough for me to describe this as a soapy floral. It's just there in the background, popping up to be noticed now and then. Another very nice creation by Ormonde Jayne. Brava!

Parfum review. I dove right into this one as soon as it arrived, getting a zesty green opening and what I was sure was a soft waft of incense (likely the vetiver). And then it was gone. So I returned that evening for another try, now getting bridal veil whites and springtime shoots. Still not convinced, I used my heaviest hand yet this morning, hoping to stay with it longer than an hour. By noon it was gone altogether, so I came home and dumped the rest of the sample on myself. For the first time I understood what people mean by the phrase, 'fecal jasmine'. Do I find this offensive? Oddly, no. This is a carnally charged, womanly scent that young girls should flee from. Just take your time fleeing. Even if you bathed in this its gone before you know it.

This scent starts off soft but fresh - the grass and magnolia combine to give a green, sap like initial aroma and after about 20 minutes, the flowers make their entrance. Today was the first warm day in what seems like 6 months and as the sun would heat up the skin on my arms, I could smell a beautiful jasmine, freesia and sweet lily of the valley. Eventually it fades and while I couldn't smell it on my wrist, there is almost a memory of scent of spring flowers, woody vetiver, and light musk. All the Ormonde Jayne fragrances I have tried in my "starter kit" have been lovely but this is one of my favorites.

Wow for me this smells of salt. Just salt, and not even much salt. Have to stick my nose right up against my skin and SNIFF hugely to smell anything. maybe there's a bit of floral behind the salt? But if so it's incredibly faint. My skin just doesn't care for this one.

Too loud, sharp and green. Not me at all. It like the LOTV and citruses are competing for front and center and their each pushing and shoving. I normally love OJ but this is a hard pass.

Although listed as unisex, a bit too feminine on my skin. It is flowery and would work well on a woman. Received a free sample of this and will not be making a purchase.