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Floral ornaments
When I tested "Objet Céleste" for the first time a few years ago, I was impressed by all the fragrances in the sampler set. Especially "Brume d' Hiver", of which I have already bought the 2nd bottle. i also really liked "Objet Céleste", but at the time - as now - I had a number of beautiful floral fragrances. So it remained on my wish list until now. I wrote a review in 2013, which I have long since deleted. I'll leave aside the reason at the time. However, I have saved the review in my files and realize that deleting it was the right thing to do. On the one hand, I perceived some things back then in exactly the same way as I do now. On the other hand, due to inexperience and a lack of knowledge, I incorrectly assigned some fragrance notes because I didn't know any better and couldn't differentiate between others. In addition, the pyramid has been changed in the meantime.
I also did not test blindly and did not dare to move outside the listed pyramid.
Now here it is, the new bottle, purchased at a bargain price from ParfumMaria, NL. At the time, the Volnay fragrances were available at ALzD, but that is already history. They assigned "Objet Céleste" to the feminine floral chypres.
As ALzD also informed us, all Volnay fragrances have a base blend, in this case base 4092, a blend of rose, non-sweet vanilla and clove.
The name "Objet Céleste" is translated either as celestial object or celestial body according to my 2 translation programs.
What I always find captivating about "Objet Céleste" is, on the one hand, its delicate, soft, ephemeral, even filigree florality; it has something floating about it and, at the same time, a clearly and yet restrained noble dark aromatic rosewood/rosewoodiness that is perceptible right from the start and whose bitterness I now see listed here as grapefruit.
Objet Céleste starts a few seconds somewhat abrupt, almost citrusy, then a delicate citrus note unfolds under the simultaneously grounded dark-bitter woody note.
That's how it is with the celestial bodies that shine and glisten for us. They look in the telescope as if the sky around us is just an infinite number of delicate little glittering ornaments woven into an invisible net. And yet the celestial bodies are mass, matter. These wooden note(s) ground the "Objet Céleste".
In my opinion, this results in a very harmonious fragrance.
After the short initial phase, a lovely, delicate floral mix appears. I perceive a sweetness like honeysuckle, a hint of honeyed sweetness like the nectar of honeysuckle calyxes.
Could benzoin and/or labdanum be responsible for this? However, this delicate, always ephemeral floral fragrance is contained by the wood and the imperceptible scent of cloves as antagonists.
Even the vanilla and citrus accents at the beginning are no longer perceptible to me.
The result is a creamy, warm and cheerful floral fragrance that can put you in a sunny, upbeat mood. And yet it remains a woody, resinous, grounded fragrance.
Since "Objet Céleste" has a restrained sillage, I perceive it on me and as a fragrance aura around me, you can wear it for all occasions and seasons without any worries. If you want to present more of it, you have to spray twice and not sparingly. I perceive it to have a rather average longevity, but it lasts a very long time on the skin and in the room.
The round, moon-shaped, flat bottle is decorated on one side with a slightly raised floral pattern, which can also be found on the cap.
I don't have small hands, however, as with many large bottles, I turn the spray opening to the side so that I can hold the bottle securely with one hand when spraying.
I have deducted one point for the bottle because the cap is very heavy and rests lightly and magnetically on the spray rim. This prevents evaporation. But you should never lift the bottle by the cap, it is not magnetic enough to hold the glass bottle. The bottle can fall off in a fraction of a second.
We recommend "Objet Céleste" to anyone who likes uncomplicated and non-pushy floral fragrances with a certain grounded twist. It is also not overpowered by heavy floral fragrances such as jasmine, lily of the valley, orange blossom, lilac, lily, gardenia and tuberose.
I also did not test blindly and did not dare to move outside the listed pyramid.
Now here it is, the new bottle, purchased at a bargain price from ParfumMaria, NL. At the time, the Volnay fragrances were available at ALzD, but that is already history. They assigned "Objet Céleste" to the feminine floral chypres.
As ALzD also informed us, all Volnay fragrances have a base blend, in this case base 4092, a blend of rose, non-sweet vanilla and clove.
The name "Objet Céleste" is translated either as celestial object or celestial body according to my 2 translation programs.
What I always find captivating about "Objet Céleste" is, on the one hand, its delicate, soft, ephemeral, even filigree florality; it has something floating about it and, at the same time, a clearly and yet restrained noble dark aromatic rosewood/rosewoodiness that is perceptible right from the start and whose bitterness I now see listed here as grapefruit.
Objet Céleste starts a few seconds somewhat abrupt, almost citrusy, then a delicate citrus note unfolds under the simultaneously grounded dark-bitter woody note.
That's how it is with the celestial bodies that shine and glisten for us. They look in the telescope as if the sky around us is just an infinite number of delicate little glittering ornaments woven into an invisible net. And yet the celestial bodies are mass, matter. These wooden note(s) ground the "Objet Céleste".
In my opinion, this results in a very harmonious fragrance.
After the short initial phase, a lovely, delicate floral mix appears. I perceive a sweetness like honeysuckle, a hint of honeyed sweetness like the nectar of honeysuckle calyxes.
Could benzoin and/or labdanum be responsible for this? However, this delicate, always ephemeral floral fragrance is contained by the wood and the imperceptible scent of cloves as antagonists.
Even the vanilla and citrus accents at the beginning are no longer perceptible to me.
The result is a creamy, warm and cheerful floral fragrance that can put you in a sunny, upbeat mood. And yet it remains a woody, resinous, grounded fragrance.
Since "Objet Céleste" has a restrained sillage, I perceive it on me and as a fragrance aura around me, you can wear it for all occasions and seasons without any worries. If you want to present more of it, you have to spray twice and not sparingly. I perceive it to have a rather average longevity, but it lasts a very long time on the skin and in the room.
The round, moon-shaped, flat bottle is decorated on one side with a slightly raised floral pattern, which can also be found on the cap.
I don't have small hands, however, as with many large bottles, I turn the spray opening to the side so that I can hold the bottle securely with one hand when spraying.
I have deducted one point for the bottle because the cap is very heavy and rests lightly and magnetically on the spray rim. This prevents evaporation. But you should never lift the bottle by the cap, it is not magnetic enough to hold the glass bottle. The bottle can fall off in a fraction of a second.
We recommend "Objet Céleste" to anyone who likes uncomplicated and non-pushy floral fragrances with a certain grounded twist. It is also not overpowered by heavy floral fragrances such as jasmine, lily of the valley, orange blossom, lilac, lily, gardenia and tuberose.
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