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Secret Joly Oriza L. Legrand 2018

Version from 2018

7.3 / 10 42 Ratings

A perfume by Oriza L. Legrand for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Sweet

Animal

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Hyacinth

Jasmine

Heart Notes

Gardenia

Tuberose

Ylang-ylang

Jasmine sambac

Base Notes

Benzoin

Honey

Peru balsam Civet

Civet

Tonkin musk

Tobacco leaf

Ratings

Scent

7.342 Ratings

Longevity

7.434 Ratings

Sillage

6.935 Ratings

Bottle

7.933 Ratings

Value for money

6.911 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07/28/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Gala (1991)

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/28/2025

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Leparfumdujr
14 Reviews

Leparfumdujr

1

A powdery floral...

A powdery floral that reminds me of a discontinued Yves Rocher fragrance: Vie Privée. Hallucination or genuine resemblance? (Of course, I’d never call it a copy, some note combinations inevitably evoke others.) It’s the complete opposite of what I usually wear. This one is quite opulent, powdery, mature.
It’s like a huge bouquet of lily of the valley, jasmine, and hyacinth sitting on the table of a wealthy widow, filling the entire room with its scent.
A woman in my family could easily fall for it… To be continued!

02/18/2023

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Doramaar
7 Reviews

Doramaar

2

Slow flowers

Like almost all Oriza perfumes, Secret Joly has something old and elegant about it, like an old photo in a fancy frame. Secret Joly tells us about flowers, not sparkling but powdery, the sweetness of opaque honey mixed with the smell of handmade hand soap, indole in its most balanced facet, nothing loud. Something very balsamic accompanying white flowers, I can recognize a very calm jasmine, nothing prominent, a perfume that glides but does not run.

07/23/2021

Rossiniopera
38 Reviews

Rossiniopera

3

A familiar surprise

A sample of this was given to me by a generous swap partner. I did a test spray in the sink, thought: Hm! Floral! - and left the room.

When I came back some time later, the scent had developed, it was darker, spicier, heavier, and I thought: Hey, I know this perfume! I know it very well, but oh, what is it... I couldn't remember.

The answer came to me the same evening, when I was sorting out some samples I had made from bottles I recently sold, to keep as a memory. And there it was. Loewe Gala. That's what Secret Joly reminded me of, very strongly. When I look at the notes for the two perfumes, they are not strikingly similar, but I find that the scent is. If Gala had not been discontinued, but was still sold in a slightly modernized and reformulated version, I believe this would be it. A heavy blend of jasmine, ylang, civet, benzoin and some other sweet, dark and dirty ingredients. Smooth, velvety feel.

In my review of it, I described Gala as a forgotten treasure, something I once loved but saved for too long and now it sadly doesn't suit me anymore. I will probably not start wearing Secret Joly either, but it was surprising to see how two unrelated perfumes can be so similar. It made me curious about the brand in general, and I might try to find other samples.