Vanille d'Iris

This is an absolutely sublime scent. One that reminded me of perfume's possibilities as an art form. It colored my entire day with delicious wafts of gorgeousity. I have and wear five other OJ scents but this one might be the best of them all. An absolutely heart wrenching combination of lipstick iris and smoke. One thing that is important to understand about this scent with regards to sillage and longevity is that it's an atmospheric scent, not a wrist sniffer. As with all OJs, less is more. I had only a tiny bit in a sample vial that a dear friend had sweetly decanted from her sample. After generous swiping, maybe equalling a half spray, I enjoyed it's presence all day. Then, two days later, I wore the same sweater and I swear not only did the sweater leave enough on my wrists that I continued to smell it even after I took it off, but it was only then that I think I experienced the full beauty of the drydown. The best way I can think of to describe this scent is that there are two parts. One is a beautifully rounded iris of the vintage lipstick variety. The other is a clean, dry smoke. At first, I kind of thought "Uh oh these two may not play well together." And at first they don't. It's back and forth with one popping up and then the other. Iris and incense aren't necessarily an obvious match and my doubts persisted for the first hour. But then something magic starts to happen and the rest of the scent progression is of the two gradually weaving themselves together more and more tightly like the protagonists in some kind of epic romance. It isn't until two days later on my sweater that I could actually sniff and get the final merging of the two, a sweet, complicated iris incense, clean, bright and pure. And yet, I am certain that this is what the aura of the fragrance smelled like the whole time. This one isn't just love, it's awe. Edit: Looking at the reviews and sillage and longevity votes which are all over the map, I think it bears repeating that less is more with this and all the other OJs. One time, my then husband and I went out to dinner. He was wearing OJs Isfarkand. I smelled nothing in the car there, sitting next to him in the restaurant or on the way home. It was only hours after he'd applied it, later, when we got back home, that I smelled it when I entered a room he had just left. If you are struggling with smelling it - wear less. Still can't smell it? Wear even less. I've got my Vanille d'Iris decanted into one of those little essential oil dab vials with an orifice dropper and I put a tiny swipe on my wrist and one on my shin and I've been getting gorgeous wafts all day. It also helps to avoid spraying which knocks out your olfactory apparatus even faster.

Love this! A soft spicey blast of brightness in the opening. Smells a tiny bit of carrot seed that bitter greeness carrot can give and powder. I think the carrot hums all thru most of top and heart notes. I definitely get the osmanthus pushing thru lifting the spice and iris. Osmanthus seems to really project on my skin and it's almost too much but within an hour or so the osmanthus settles and gives way to the iris. Next the vanilla starts to emerge in little simmering bubbles until the end when it comes to a full on boil and you can smell the iris and vanilla in harmony. It kinda reminds me of Iris Shot. The carrot seed is more predominant in IS. I'm not saying that this and Iris Shot by Olfactive Studio are identical, more like distant cousins. But if you like IS, this is a very safe blind buy. It does smell of a luxurious cosmetic powder or lipstick. Powdery, dry dusty not overly sweet glorious iris with vanilla playing a supportive role. Easy to wear, not monsterous projection but longevity is stellar 6 to 8hrs with only a few sprays. Lasts for days on textiles. This is my third OJ bottle and I find most of this houses' scents preform the same. (exceptions for me being Woman and Osmanthus. Those both last forever and project like crazy) OJ scents again, as evidenced by this offering, are beautifully blended and masterfully crafted. PS: Got a full bottle and I noticed this was still softly wafting after 14hrs of wear I've been wearing this for a few weeks now and it was driving me crazy the dry down was so familiar. Today it finally hit me, this smells like one of my most favorite scents ever....it's very reminisencent of Hermes L'Ambre des Merveilles. That buttery smoothes vanilla amber without the salty mineral note. Just ethereal and gorgeous.

This one smells like straight up poop. No joke, that’s all I get. I wonder if it’s the orris. I have a 10mil decant that I received as a gift coz I bought a few full bottles of OJ perfumes. And I was gifted with three, this one, Newab of Oudh which I like very much and Frangipanni which I also love. I adore Ormonde Jayne, and own quite a few of the perfumes but they have gotten weaker lately. And I have noticed that with her perfumes you have to spray it on a few times and wait a few minutes for it to develop. I have never seen this happen in any other perfume and I own dozens of FB and hundreds of decants from hundreds of Niche and Designer brands. My goal is to get my nose on every fragrance I possible can. Ok while I have been writing this review, the poop smell is now gone but now it smells like, I honestly don’t know. Something perfumey. It’s nice. But very weak. I’m not good with notes but I do know poop smell....lol I’m so glad it’s gone, I didn’t want to have to scrub my hand. I don’t use tester strips, I always test on my hand, wrist, upper arm. Perfumes always smell different on our skin than a test strip. Imho.

I bought this fragrance about 5 weeks ago and since then it has basically became my signature scent and I intend to keep it that way! Opens up with a very prominent carrot and vegetal citrus smells for about 5 minutes strong then it develops into this beautiful, powdery, earthy iris supported by the coriander with sensual, clean white florals to calm the sweet realness of the orris. The dry down on my skin is very similar only less sweet and the musk starts to make itself known, a very light musk not very animalic but quite sexy, the scent continues to mature still holding the same idea only now the vanilla decides it is time to state its presence in a smooth milky comforting manner where it shows it that it can be loud, if it wanted, yet it chooses to be gentle and soft letting the iris keep the spotlight until it tires out and insists that the vanilla deserves attention and fades... Its sweet its floral its sophisticated, an optimistic character which will make itself known on your skin. Definitely worth a try!

Hello, I have a 120ml bottle, I sold some decants and now have 50ml left in the bottle. I am selling what’s left in the original bottle and box. If you’re interested please message me. This is all I have and I wanted to reach out here first or else I will sell it on Mercari. I have a lil store. 100% positive reviews. My two other 30ml bottles sold very fast, I know this one will too. I prefer US ship only but if u are willing to pay to ship it over seas and take all responsibility then I’m fine with shipping outside of the US. I have shipped overseas before, never had a problem, it just takes very long. If you only want 15ml or less, I can do that too. But it will be safely and hygienically decanted into a nice glass perfume bottle. Let me know before I list it. I’ll give Fragrantica frag lovers til end of year before I just list it on Mercari. I’m trying to avoid Mercari’s high fees. Im not in any rush to let this rare beauty go.