Mardi Gras by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes

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Mardi Gras Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes 2015

7.4 / 10 45 Ratings

A perfume by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is sweet-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Floral

Resinous

Animal

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Benzoin

Orange blossom Cistus

Cistus

Musk

Vanilla

Civet

Neroli

Perfumer

Dr. Ellen Covey

Ratings

Scent

7.445 Ratings

Longevity

8.639 Ratings

Sillage

8.239 Ratings

Bottle

6.533 Ratings

Value for money

7.716 Ratings

Submitted by Michael, last update on 08/12/2025.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/20/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

2

Indie version of FB Angel Dust, MCG Burlesque, or Oriza L. LeGrand Jardins d'Armide

Mardi Gras is what I'd call a sexy-but-weird perfume. It's a floral for Goths and non-conformists. A quick read of the notes - vanilla, orange blossom, honey, civet, and benzoin - might make you think that this is going to be standard floral fare, but it's anything but. Rather than go the usual soapy and sugared route with orange blossom, Mardi Gras smears a fistful of withered, leathery flower petals over the dusty flagstones of a temple, allowing them to evaporate into the heat like spores off rotting fruit.

Anybody in love with the smell of aging wood, paper, and flagstone in ancient churches or castles will experience a thrill of recognition here; at times, the perfume seems resolutely un-floral, with a mustiness so deep it's capable of blocking out the orange blossom. At other times, powder puffs of honeyed civet poke through the orange blossom, turning it into a bathtub gin version of Bal à Versailles. Central to its character, I suspect, is benzoin, responsible for the spicy, medicated foot powder texture that makes it so unusual.

If you're in the market for a come-hither scent that's sexy in a slightly gritty, bohemian-messy way, then roll the dice on Mardi Gras. It's the kind of fragrance that's flashes its boobs at you whether you throw a necklace or not.

10/08/2023

ScentStudio
156 Reviews

ScentStudio

2

Wonderful experience

I don't know much about the house of Olympic Orchids, but I do know that they make amazing fragrances. I was looking for some animalic notes in a fragrance and Olympic Orchids came on my radar.

The design of the fragrance did not say much, I was actually unsure what was in store for me, but I ordered Mardi Gras hoping it would satisfy my animalic need.
It didn't, but it sure made me want to experience more from this house.

Mardi Gras has a very floral opening with a blast of heat and warmth. My first impression is that it has a strong resemblance to Tresor by Lancome. Even though the notes in Tresor are vastly different, Mardi Gras is how I remember Tresor smelling like on the women of my childhood.
It is a quite mature fragrance and in my opinion almost elderly.

Mardi Gras smells like enjoying a spicy and sweet chai in the baking sun of Turkey.
After oxidation, the fragrance becomes less floral and more sweet nestling into your skin. It loses most of its mature quality and becomes a quite sexy, musky fragrance. Very slight hints of incense or benzoin appears making it a deep and wonderful autumn and winter fragrance.

I am honestly at a loss for words, this one is a fragrance you have to try for yourself to understand.

The note composition is linear and consists of orange blossom, civet, benzoin, vanilla, neroli, musk and labdanum according to Fragrantica. Rather than focusing on whether those notes appear in Mardi Gras, I am more focused on the impression and vision that this fragrance gives. I am only missing the element of civet.

Mardi Gras is a definite want to have in my collection.

07/04/2021

9
Pricing 6
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Lioncourt
119 Reviews

Lioncourt

3

Timeless elegance and charisma

Interesting perfume with a relatively original scent.
I would highlight I do not know whether to say musky neroli, I do not know whether to say animalic ... but I suppose that in a "general" context of perfumes it is. Without reaching an F. Bianchi in that sense.
With more concentration, maybe they'll tell me he's a Bortnikoff and I'd fit in. Not in the sense of their famous ouds but between a Cyprus du Nord and a L'Heure Exquise.
A smell like this is difficult to find because the balance between the relatively floral, animalic, without going over to the sweet ... and without smelling fougere is not easy.
It is not daytime or super cool but not that dark either.
Anyone who likes things like the ones I have cited or the works of Baruti, Rogue and the like, should give this a try.

It is not a wild record level projection bomb, but it has acceptable power and duration, taking into account the price it has and surely its concentration lower than that seen in this type of odors, with a certain over-application this can go to something quite spectacular.

I smell it unisex and for people with character and charismatic.
The concept of elegance that it has, perhaps a magnetic gothic cut more than exultantly modern ... but without a doubt very overwhelming.

09/27/2016

8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

ScentFan
334 Reviews

ScentFan

Helpful Review 3

Haunting Orange Blossom

Parades and voodoo in the French quarter. The beautiful orange blossom/neroli top is swiftly turned dirty by unabashed civet and musks, cistus trying to keep things civilized. Eventually it succeeds, with the help of vanilla, leaving you smelling hauntingly good. If this scent attracts the ghost of Marie Laveau, be assured you won't be her victim. As one of the cognoscenti you will walk about with her, casting spells on unprotected hearts. Mardis Gras, a sweetly animalic gem, is just intoxicating.