06/12/2016

Oriane
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Oriane
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A Nice Floriental That Smells More Expensive Than It Is
Top Notes: Citruses, Bergamot, Green Notes, Cinnamon, Plum.
Heart Notes: Jasmine, White Flowers, Red Berries.
Base Notes: Musk, Patchouli, Amber, Incense, Vanilla, Oilibanum.
I am pleasantly surprised by this fragrance. I smell all of the top notes of citruses, bergamot, cinnamon, plum, green notes, and they smell delicious. Upon initial application, this parfum smells much more like an expensive parfum to me than an inexpensive celebrity scent.
The top notes disappeared fairly quickly and revealed the heart notes of white flowers and red berries. Once again, I am surprised to be able to detect both heart notes as I do not have a very well tutored nose, but these two notes were unmistakeable.
This parfum settled into a deep dry down in about thirty minutes which was somewhat disappointing as it would have been nice if the heart notes continued a bit longer. I mainly detect incense, vanilla, and patchouli in the base notes. I am not a big fan of patchouli, but in this parfum, it is blended quite beautifully with the incense and other base notes. I really like the patchouli in this fragrance. This is patchouli done very well indeed. "Warm," "smokey," and "spicy" are all very apt descriptors of this parfum's dry down. It is a very pleasing fragrance to my nose.
With only one good spray, Queen of Hearts exhibited excellent projection (it pretty much filled my entire bedroom) and sillage upon first application through the first thirty to forty minutes, but it does quieten down pretty quickly thereafter. Longevity is about three to four hours on my skin. After about five hours, it disappears altogether. This is a nice quality parfum for the price point. Both Queen and Queen of Hearts have been discontinued, unfortunately, so purchase them whilst they can still be found on eBay, Fragrancenet, Scentedmonkey, etc.
Fragrance: 7/10
Projection: 10/10 upon initial application. 8/10 after an hour.
Sillage: 10/10 upon initial application. 8/10 after an hour
Longevity: 6.5/10
Heart Notes: Jasmine, White Flowers, Red Berries.
Base Notes: Musk, Patchouli, Amber, Incense, Vanilla, Oilibanum.
I am pleasantly surprised by this fragrance. I smell all of the top notes of citruses, bergamot, cinnamon, plum, green notes, and they smell delicious. Upon initial application, this parfum smells much more like an expensive parfum to me than an inexpensive celebrity scent.
The top notes disappeared fairly quickly and revealed the heart notes of white flowers and red berries. Once again, I am surprised to be able to detect both heart notes as I do not have a very well tutored nose, but these two notes were unmistakeable.
This parfum settled into a deep dry down in about thirty minutes which was somewhat disappointing as it would have been nice if the heart notes continued a bit longer. I mainly detect incense, vanilla, and patchouli in the base notes. I am not a big fan of patchouli, but in this parfum, it is blended quite beautifully with the incense and other base notes. I really like the patchouli in this fragrance. This is patchouli done very well indeed. "Warm," "smokey," and "spicy" are all very apt descriptors of this parfum's dry down. It is a very pleasing fragrance to my nose.
With only one good spray, Queen of Hearts exhibited excellent projection (it pretty much filled my entire bedroom) and sillage upon first application through the first thirty to forty minutes, but it does quieten down pretty quickly thereafter. Longevity is about three to four hours on my skin. After about five hours, it disappears altogether. This is a nice quality parfum for the price point. Both Queen and Queen of Hearts have been discontinued, unfortunately, so purchase them whilst they can still be found on eBay, Fragrancenet, Scentedmonkey, etc.
Fragrance: 7/10
Projection: 10/10 upon initial application. 8/10 after an hour.
Sillage: 10/10 upon initial application. 8/10 after an hour
Longevity: 6.5/10