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Molecular Collection

orb_ital Nomenclature 2015

7.5 / 10 34 Ratings

A perfume by Nomenclature for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is synthetic-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Smoky

Spicy

Woody

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense

Orbitone®

Pepper

Hindinol®

Rhubarb

Violet

Perfumer

Patricia Choux

Ratings

Scent

7.534 Ratings

Longevity

6.728 Ratings

Sillage

5.730 Ratings

Bottle

7.238 Ratings

Value for money

5.611 Ratings

Submitted by WiB, last update on 02/08/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Molecular Collection collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Molecule 04

Sept.21.1966

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/27/2021

7Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

2

Orbital Synthetics Brought Down To Earth By Poor Performance...

Orb_ital opens with a fresh, almost ozonic accord with moderately high pitched violet floral support before quickly transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its heart the perfume morphs into a soft, warm woody incense affair with hints of frankincense, musk and sandalwood most prominent and just a hint of subtle warm chili pepper support. Things remain highly linear through the relatively short-lived late dry-down, as the warm, soft woods dominate through the finish. Projection is average, but longevity is well below average at around 4 hours on skin.

Orb_ital poses quite the quandary for this writer. The perfume really treads new grounds with its intentional synthetic signature called "Orbitone." In truth, I have no idea what Orbitone is, but it seems to present as woody, musky ozonic, and quite frankly very pleasant smelling. Add in some deftly integrated high pitched violet and some woody incense and you have the makings of a winner... Then, alas, things start to fall apart quickly. One of the expected benefits of using large amounts of synthetics in perfumery is to enhance performance, but Orb_ital really drops the ball in this camp. The perfume's longevity in particular is highly disappointing, and really doesn't allow it to hang around on skin long enough to develop much of any kind of late dry-down. So what starts off as innovative, showing great promise ends up in a bit of a let-down despite the perfume's successful fragrance profile on the whole. What a damn shame. The bottom line is the $165 per 100ml EdP bottle Orb_ital has a lot to recommend it, but its intentional liberal use of synthetics falls flat in the performance and development departments, yielding a "very good" 3.5 stars out of 5 rating but only a hesitant recommendation due to its flagging performance.

12/04/2022

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Matthiolo
4 Reviews

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Matthiolo

5

Synthetic for the Nerd in Me

orb_ital was one of the first fragrances from the brand nomenclature, and it revolves around Orbitone, better known as Iso E Super. Many of you are probably already familiar with this fragrance ingredient from molecule 01, the stroke of genius by Geza Schön. And many of you have likely experienced that pure Iso E Super is hard to grasp and can be easily overlooked.

With orb_ital, perfumer Patricia Choux aims to emphasize and expand the various facets of Orbitone. For me, this has the interesting effect that I don’t always perceive the center of the fragrance - Iso E Super - very well, but I do notice the surrounding scents that orbit this “emptiness.” The name orb_ital could well allude to this.

The fragrance starts fresh and woody and then quickly transitions to the main theme, where it remains for several hours. I primarily smell a trio of sandalwood, violet, and pepper, held together by the woody-synthetic Iso E Super with a slightly smoky/leathery undertone. The scent remains very linear for hours but becomes a bit softer over time as the pepper component is the first to fade. The overall impression for me oscillates between cool/modern and powdery/old-fashioned, depending on my mood and the time of day. The pepper adds a bit of spice to the creamy sandalwood base, making the fragrance feel somewhat rough and unconventional.

Sillage and projection are present but not overwhelming; the fragrance remains transparent and “well-mannered.”
The longevity is deceptive; on the skin, the scent is definitely gone after a workday, but it lingers on clothing for days.

I find orb_ital very suitable for work and formal occasions. The fragrance is somewhat cool, distant, and unsexy, yet still pleasing. It’s not a scent that makes your heart soar. Nonetheless, I enjoy wearing it often, as it gives me a pleasant aura in everyday life and conveys a certain distance and seriousness. By my standards, orb_ital is clearly unisex.

The bottle is reminiscent of an Erlenmeyer flask from the chemistry lab, making my pharmacist heart skip a beat. The spray head looks great but isn’t very easy to use. The packaging is an origami masterpiece, but the logo with the so-called “impossible molecule” makes my hair stand on end (give the designer a basic course in “organic chemistry”). In my opinion, the price is reasonable for a small company with an original concept and professional presentation.

I am captivated by the brand nomenclature because the founders place synthetic fragrance ingredients at the center of their perfumes and have managed to collaborate with esteemed perfumers. The nerd in me seeks exactly that!
Unfortunately, it seems the concept is not working - perhaps nerds don’t spend as much money on niche fragrances - and the newly released scents are moving away from the clear presentation that makes the line so attractive to me.
Sadly, orb_ital will likely soon disappear into orbit...

12/27/2016

5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

Townsend
16 Reviews

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Townsend

Very helpful Review 5

The Gray Gentlemen

orb_ital... What a cool name! Nils Bohr named the paths on which the electrons of an atom can move "orbitals" in 1913. Meanwhile, science has moved on a bit and changed this definition.

What does this have to do with the fragrance? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Only the bottle comes across as a spacey-cool Erlenmeyer flask, very scientific. As a physicist, I would certainly love to have it on my shelf :-)
The longevity is good. Sprayed on in the morning, you can still smell it in the evening.
The scent development is very linear; on my skin, it hardly changes at all. The largest part is taken up by the incense. Not the edgy incense like in Memoir Man, not the dry stone from Kyoto, just a (sometimes boring) "balsamic" incense.
The scent reminds me of the gray gentlemen from Momo. With pale gray skin, gray hats, gray jackets, gray cars, and cigars made from dried time in their mouths, they made life difficult for people. This would be their scent. Not because it is confrontational or evil, but because it comes with such desolation.
This fragrance is the prime example of the "color" gray. Tom Ford has created a gray vetiver that somehow comes across as zesty. orb_ital does not achieve that, and probably doesn't even want to. It almost lulls you to sleep with its lack of distinctiveness.

What remains of orb_ital? The bottle, that's amazing! The scent? Rather not. Too gray.

06/15/2016

7.5Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

Leimbacher
2873 Reviews

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Leimbacher

4

Frankincense from the Chemistry Lab

Hypermodern frankincense
Facelift for frankincense
Cyberspace Smokey
Ala Geza Schön
Synthetics are not always bad
Fair in the lab
Funeral 2346 A.D.
Glass, steel, smoke
Suit in virtual reality
Pepper it well
The everyday priest
If you think you know frankincense...
Smokey & The Cyberbandit
Every day a lab burn
Piston pusher

Bottle: a fine flask
Sillage: pleasant to subtly sharp
Longevity: lasts 7 hours through the workday.

Conclusion: the many possibilities of a headline say enough - an inspiring & hypermodern frankincense tailored suit that makes you crave the brand & rarely annoys!