Olympea Legend

Long time fan of all Olympeas! At the time of the release, Olympea was a standout scent in designers world. Nothing quite like her to my knowledge. Olympea Legend is a more intense, spicier, fruitier, amberier version of OG Olympea! It’s strong, it’s different, it’s bold and it commands attention. It’s your fall and winter Olympea. Also, as a funny fact, there were a couple of times when people smelled me wearing Olympea Legend and said that I smell like plums compote. Which I adore eating, by the way! So it certainly has a major gourmand accent, unlike the original Olympea. Does Olympea Legend really smell like plum compote? Not in my opinion. It’s too salty, spicy, tangy, vanilla/amber heavy and nuanced to be reduced to something so simple. If I need to compare it to something food related, I would say it smells like boozy plums, like a delicious plum macerated in some sort of whiskey! Besides the star of the scent, a syrupy sweet plum, Legend has a beautiful overriped apricot note, tonka beans, ginger, salt and lots of amber. Smells like it had some resins in the base, but that’s my personal assumption, there’s nothing resins like listed as a note. Unlike 90% of designers released in the last ten years, Olympea Legend has a very recognisable, distinctive scent DNA. It could be as simple as opposing some intense fruits against salt and ginger, or it could be something in the way it’s blended and balanced. Whichever it’s the reasoning, it’s a great fragrance, arguably the best of Olympea’s entire line, reasonably priced, with phenomenal performance, good sillage that gets me all sorts of compliments! If all this sounds interesting, give Olympea Legend a sniff, it’s easily accessible in most perfumes shops and Sephoras. Paco Rabanne might surprise you in a positive way every once in a while! This designer scent smells like a mass appealing niche perfume!

I’m basing this review on a dupe from Eyfel of the actual fragrance, which I believe has also been discontinued. Eyfel makes good copies of perfumes from my experience, so I’m confident that this is very close to the original... and wow, what a discovery this has been! This has to be one of my favorite scents ever. Omg. This fragrance is absolutely divine! It smells incredibly delicious, and as someone who’s very picky about what qualifies as a true gourmand, I can say this is one. It has an undeniably edible quality that feels like indulging in a rich, fruity, creamy, syrupy alcoholic dessert on a beach. The vanilla is so warm and inviting, it’s pure bliss! The sand and salt notes are executed so beautifully, blending seamlessly to create a slightly aquatic, sunscreeny, beachy vibe that’s soooo nostalgic to me. It’s strong, sweet, and undeniably complex. The ripe, juicy apricot and plum are luscious and creamy, while the ginger adds a subtle, soft spiciness that ties everything together in perfect harmony. I can’t believe I just discovered this copy of Olympea Legend in my collection, it has me in a chokehold omg 😭 I’m heartbroken that the original has been discontinued because this is a fragrance that deserves a permanent place in the spotlight. Paco Rabanne, please bring this beauty back! Someone please start a petition, I would sign it in a heartbeat! I only wish I had found it sooner so I could’ve grabbed a bottle before it disappeared. Update: I washed my hands and the spot where the perfume was sprayed on my hand gave me soft whiffs of cat pee here and there. Still, this is just a copy, not the real deal, so maybe the original is different. Idk. Just thought I'd share this as a relevant experience with this scent.

i bought this one last year, initially for my daughter, without testing it first. she loves original Olympea, so i assumed this will be similar but sweeter, which would suit her very well since she is into sweet vanilla scents. she appreciates good longevity and isn't scared of projection (which i am). she didn't care for the fragrance at all, and the bottle gradually came to me. i happen to love the fragrance, which makes sense, since me and my daughter have very different tastes. this isn't similar at all to the original Olympea, neither to Olympea Intense. For my nose this is a totally different perfume at all, and not a flanker of original. it isn't as salty in the way Olympea is, maybe just a slightly indication, but i wouldn't call it salty. for me it is mostly fruity vanilla, a bit tart, maybe because of plum, but i do not smell plum directly either. this is very well blended. this is not as sweet as i would expect reading other reviews and not as heavy as it may sound. for me it is cuddly vanilla cloud, deep and grown up vanilla in best way possible. it lasts long and has projection, i use one tiny little spray and smell it all day. it is one f those scents that equally summery and wintery. deep and vanillic enough to be cuddly winter scent, but solar and happy and bright to be summery choice. i do love this fragrance a lot, though it is a bit too much for me for everyday use, but this is very good fragrance. i have really hard time to understand why is it not so popular and why it is mentioned so seldom here in the forum. for me, it is much better than original Olympea. it just doesn't get the love it deserves.

i can see why this is such a divisive perfume, but it works amazingly on my skin. i agree that the initial spray leans towards fermenting fruits. HOWEVER- and a BIG however- the true beauty of this perfume is when you let it sit and sing with your skin. this has the most stunning drydown ive ever smelled, and i dont mean it lightly. creamy, warm, vanillic waves hinge on sandy plums, morphing with the surrounding breeze in the same way that baked goods at the boardwalk linger in the warm summer air. this smells like photorealistic, warm custard on my skin and it's gorgeous. this is genuinely what i imagine a greek goddess would smell like. also, this stuff is NUCLEAR. the absolute definition of a "statement scent". it's so transformative and unique it doesn't have to be layered with anything else, and is so insanely well performing that you don't ever have to think about reapplying or even applying more than 3 spritzes to your body at any given time. due to it being so nuclear, i don't use this very often. it's reserved for when i want my wafting ambience to linger in the minds of every mortal i walk past within a 3 mile vicinity. it's such a powerful scent it's making me write in tumblr purple prose. i want my corpse to be dunked in this so that everyone has to wear hazmat suits at my funeral. yes, this scent really is THAT sensational. get a sample of this, let it sit on your skin for 15 seconds before making any judgements, then revel(or revolt) in the experience.

This is amazing and so unique! It’s a very syrupy summer gourmand fragrance. If I smelt this blindly I would assume it was a niche fragrance because it’s so creative and not your ordinary everyday scent😍 It smells like salted caramel (emphasis on salted) with dried fruits ontop. Maybe dried apricots or dried plums. Delicious! It’s so sweet and delicious but also salty at the same time. It also has a waxy syrupy salted caramel candle vibe! I also get whiffs of a sandy smell. So imagine you are sitting on hot sand next to the waves eating a vanilla ice cream cone that has a generous amount of salted caramel sauce on-top, and you’re eating canned peaches or apricots on the side. If you love sweet and salty you will love this one! 🍮🧂🍑🏖️ Also, this is VERY potent and long lasting. 2 sprays will have you smelling like a snack all day long. And the projection is crazy everyone will smell you. Again, gorgeous gorgeous fragrance and so delicious and polarising. I would say this is definitely not a safe blind buy so test it out before you commit to a full bottle. It’s reminiscent of the original Olympea, but only with the salty vanilla aspect. Otherwise, they are VERY different. So if you love thick syrupy sweet fragrances with a salty touch, then try this one. Ps. Probably my favourite Olympea flanker