Olympéa Flora

Had to get this. Tried the tester the other day, opening is really reminiscent of YSL Babydoll which I used to wear when I was like 17 and loved, later on the fruitiness paired with the patchouli also reminded me of Montale Oudmazing, couldn’t get the creamy, salty, fruity scent out of my mind so picked it up 15% off today in Boots. Not a huge fan of the original; Legend, Intense & Blossom have been surprise loves for me, this takes the elements I love from blossom and amps them up - the blackcurrant, pink pepper, creamy sorbet, vanilla and salt really shine for me. Like blossom, I feel this may need some time to develop before you can appreciate the fullness of the fragrance, and will need overspraying, projection is low-moderate and the one tester spritz on my forearm lasted around 6-7 hours and I smelt wafts of it for about 5hrs. Prep your skin well! I am so looking forward to wearing this beauty on holiday and warm summer nights. Glad I got this instead of another bottle of blossom as I find this sweeter, creamier, and the almost peachy sorbet opening is so nostalgic. Would not pay full price, just like with any other designer fragrance now and for the foreseeable future, wait for a discount. Edit: I don’t get Delina or Nova from this, there is no sharpness to my nose and Flora is less rose centric than those two. They all have a slight ‘sweaty’ - musk and salt vibe but I wouldn’t say they are similar scents as I don’t love Delina, and detest Nova, but could drench myself in this. It’s definitely giving Babydoll 😍 Have been wearing this for a few days now - longevity is great, can still smell it on me the next day upon waking after applying the morning before - definitely an intense version, think the projection will be much better in warmer weather

This fragrance is the one that got me into fragrance for the first time about 6 months ago so it definitely has a special place in my heart. It was the only perfume I owned until quite recently so it was my signature scent for quite a while. I honestly don’t know why this one doesn’t get any hype because I think it is lovely. If this scent was a colour (and I’m not just saying this bc of the bottle) it would definitely be a hot pink or maybe a coral colour. It definitely has warm weather vibes for me which is good bc where I live there is pretty much only warm weather, but I don’t think it would be offputting to wear in cold weather at all. It’s fruity and refreshing on first spray, then it starts to become sort of like a Turkish delight as the rose comes out, and then after a while the vanilla makes an appearance and it becomes more sweet than refreshing. I’ve sadly gone a tiny bit nose blind to this one from wearing it so much so I’m trying to detox so I can hopefully enjoy it again. Lasting power is moderate on skin but very long on clothes, and it projects well without being overpowering. And of course the bottle is absolutely gorgeous! As a side note if you don’t like original Olympea- neither do I and I think this is not similar at all despite being a flanker.

it’s a sweet fruity floral. to me, it smells like a mix of burberry her and lancôme idole (which is incredible to me bc they’re both my faves) i think it’s the rose note that is played so similarly to idole and the sweetness resembles burberry her’s. i wouldn’t call this a gourmand but something about it feels like it. it’s a stunning perfume. it can be too sweet for some but I think the sweetness is incredible and works wonderful here. i had to spray quite a bit tho. idk if it was just this one time bc i checked it out while having another perfume on already. it stays EXTREMELY WELL. especially on clothes but also on the skin. it’s been a few days and I can still smell it! overall quite good! it’s quite pricey though so i’m waiting with this one!

Listen, I absolutely love this perfume. The entering notes are stunning, sweet, fruity, it's so intoxicating you want to keep sniffing it like crazy. But that's it, doesn't offer much more than that bomb of heaven... In the next two hours you will not smell it :( and for the price, the perfume decays relatively quick (after just six months mine started smelling oddly) and it starts smelling like ruined cheap perfume... I would not recommend getting it, maybe if you collect the olympea perfumes.

tried on a spritz while shopping because i was looking at it for my mum because i assume we'd have similar skin chemistry its very nice - to me it smells like burberry her edp but more mature? it makes me smell like im employed my mum does like it and i convinced her to try it on - depending on how it goes by the end of the day i might get it for her for christmas