Oro by Roberto Cavalli
Bottle Design:
Serge Mansau
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7.6 / 10 44 Ratings
A popular perfume by Roberto Cavalli for women, released in 2004. The scent is spicy-oriental. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy
Oriental
Sweet
Woody
Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CorianderCoriander PepperPepper AppleApple BergamotBergamot IrisIris MagnoliaMagnolia
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CinnamonCinnamon CedarCedar ApricotApricot FreesiaFreesia PatchouliPatchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber SandalwoodSandalwood VanillaVanilla Gaiac woodGaiac wood MuskMusk

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.644 Ratings
Longevity
7.832 Ratings
Sillage
6.932 Ratings
Bottle
6.938 Ratings
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6 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Karinoula

82 Reviews
Karinoula
Karinoula
Very helpful Review 3  
Spice and strong
Amazing spice bomb with enormous lasting power. Very powerful opening and after 10 mins the miracle is presented with majesty. Do not hesitate at all and try it.One of the best oriental perfumes. The bottle is unusual and must be treated gently. Thanks R Cavalli.
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Awesomeness

247 Reviews
Awesomeness
Awesomeness
Helpful Review 2  
Best in Fall & Winter
Oro is a wonderfully warm, well-composed, modern-style oriental, although not very spicy in my book. Strong & long-lasting without any cloying jasmine!! Sweet but at an adult level, not a juvenile confection! There is something a bit astringent (cedar?) to my nose, and I wish there was more vanilla for my taste. Also, the magnolia note in this is a bit plasticky (or, is it the amber that is plasticky?), but not as dominant, as in other Roucel-composed fragrances such as L'Instant & Tocade. Actually, Oro smells alot like L'Instant & Tocade ... but I digress.

In the summer, Oro is good but not great. In the summer, the cedar in the heart just didn't play nice on my skin. However, in the depths of winter, it is outstanding & gorgeous. Overall, Oro is best in cooler weather - Fall & Winter.

The bottle is tall, slender & fragile - not a bottle that I'd keep in a bathroom with marble or tile. The plastic snake on the neck of the bottle is the height of campy tack.

I do like Oro, and I have been tempted multiple times with insanely low prices at Marshalls. However, thinking about the possibility of another broken bottle that's partly due to an instable design was enough to push my purchase decision from "maybe" to "no way." Of course, I since acquired it in a swap. ;)
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Djina

10 Reviews
Djina
Djina
4  
My treasure
I had this one 15 years ago when i was young and wild salsa dancer. I adored this spicy gem. It melted on my sweaty and warm skin, sillaging very spicy, sweet, woody smell, which saw amazing. Magnolia is well blended with apricot and cinnamon, slightly rounded with non-gourmand vanilla and gajac wood. Other fragrances came, and i thought i could not find this one anymore. Few years ago i have found not one, but, i'm ashamed to admit, 6 bottles of it, one by one.. I wanted to have this beauty in galons. It is again my signature, and i am the happiest person alive every time i wear it.
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Bcars10

90 Reviews
Bcars10
Bcars10
Helpful Review 0  
Common
It starts off too masculine for me. But then it dries down into a spicy vanilla scent with a nice cinnamon note. It reminds me of the vanilla in Casmir, but this one has cinnamon and isn't as sweet; it's spicier.

Longevity already seems to be a problem. I've only had it on for two hours and have to really stick my nose into my wrist to smell it. For a spicy oriental, it should last longer, in my opinion.

It's good; it's okay. Nothing awe-inspiring, but decent. I probably won't choose it very often, due to the extreme masculinity of the opening. I actually gave it to my husband, but he says he won't use it because it's too girly on the drydown, so it seems we are at an impasse!
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Kugeldistel

101 Reviews
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Kugeldistel
Kugeldistel
Very helpful Review 6  
Vanilla Overkill
Oro is a sweet-heavy fruity-ambered oriental. It starts very briefly with a strong burst of pepper and coriander-spiced magnolia. Fresh notes like apple and bergamot don’t stand a chance here. One must already enjoy this sweet mixture of sugary apricot and vanilla, which reveals itself after a few minutes and merges with the spice-infused magnolia. Additionally, sweet amber, patchouli, and musk join in, along with a hint of woody notes, and the sweetness does not diminish over time. Vanilla from start to finish. The iris listed in the pyramid as a top note has clearly fled in the face of the overwhelming sweetness and hasn’t shown itself at all.
As soon as the heart note reveals itself, Oro becomes strikingly similar to the Chopard classic and 90s hit Casmir, developing almost exactly the same sweet note that helped create more space on the subway back in the early 90s when Casmir was released. As with Casmir, a very sparing application is recommended for Oro as well.
Like Casmir, Oro is by no means an elegant perfume, but those who love sweet, heavily vanilla-laden orientals will also appreciate Oro.
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To me, iris is the star of this smooth, elegant oriental; it's the non-gourmand cousin of Iris Ganache, which is about as good as it gets.
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1
Very masculine top; very feminine base. Spicy and vanilla and cinnamon. A decent oriental that doesn't last long.
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I should actually like it, but somehow a note bothers me. Only in the base does it become more pleasant. Floral, spicy, and in the
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Initially very intense. The drydown is an absolute dream - sweet, powdery vanilla amber.
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6 years ago
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Great, unfortunately too underrated vintage scent. Powdery sweet. Later drifts into a powder-clean cloud. Very pleasant musk scent.
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6
Like warming powder, very spicy, not too sweet, later powdery-woody with dark-warm cinnamon. A refined-beautiful scent concept with imagination!!!
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9 years ago
3
What a shame it was discontinued.. very high recognition value and anything but mainstream. Good H+S. Spicy, not too sweet, good.
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10 years ago
3
Scratchy, spicy, distinctive! Not an everyday oriental but challenging and unique. Could easily be a niche fragrance!
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4 years ago
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In the dry down, it reminds me of Makassar Patchouli, but it's not exactly a scent twin.
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