Ouverture XerJoff 2016

See Prices

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

See Prices

8.1 / 10 790 Ratings

A popular perfume by XerJoff for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is sweet-fruity. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Sweet

Fruity

Spicy

Floral

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Fig leaf

Magnolia

Orange

Heart Notes

Cinnamon

Jasminum auriculatum

Bulgarian rose

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Cashmere

Vanilla

Amber

Frankincense

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Christian Carbonnel a.k.a. Chris Maurice

Ratings

Scent

8.1790 Ratings

Longevity

8.4727 Ratings

Sillage

8.1729 Ratings

Bottle

8.9717 Ratings

Value for money

7.0544 Ratings

Submitted by Amourage, last update on 03/16/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance was integrated into Xerjoff's "V" collection in 2019, which was later transformed into the "Vibe" collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Bitter Peach Eau de Parfum

Halfeti Cedar

Explicite

Or du Sérail

Dalika

Rausch

Reviews

17 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/29/2021

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

MariaS
23 Reviews

MariaS

3

4 seasons in a blender

This perfume is like all seasons were put in a blender and they created this scent. Its a fruit bomb (summer) with lots of flowers (spring), some spices and warmth from cinammon and amber (fall) and an intense incense (winter). At first I couldnt decide if this is for summer due to the intense fruity smell or for winter due to the intense warmth and incence smell. It is a very weird fragrance and I believe its love it or hate it. Personally, its a "love it".

If you ask me to characterize it i would say its a fruity incence scent that creates a mysterious thick atmosphere, like the beggining of a drama play at the theater during the summer holding a fruit cocktail in your hand. Weird huh?? The name "ouverture" also means "opening" so it fits perfectly.

The performance is amazing like all Xerjoff fragrances I have tested and the quality is also amazing, again like all Xerjoff fragrances I have tested. I would not suggest a blind buy with this.

Thank you for your time,

Stay safe and smell great!

03/06/2024

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Daniellrnv
8 Reviews

Daniellrnv

2

Hidden gem from the V collection

A couple of months ago i was in Freiburg looking to buy my first Xerjoff scent. I was looking for a scent you can wear daily but also for special occasions. When i was about to give up i saw this beautiful bottle and decided to try it out. On paper it was love at first smell so i decided to try it on skin. The opening smells like a very luxurious fruit. The fruity note stays through the drydown along with a hint of floral notes and cinnamon. After a couple of hours vanilla and amber start to show. On the first day I wore this i got around 5 compliments from strangers. This was when i decided that this will be my first Xerjoff scent. It is so unique and blenden well that no doubt theres people who will not like it but for me itˋs a luxurious masterpiece by Christian Carbonnel.

02/10/2024

10
Pricing 9
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Omnipotato
199 Reviews

Omnipotato

1

Creamy, fruity, ambery, and maybe even a little bit boozy

"Fig leaf" hardly does justice to the fruity opening of Ouverture by Xerjoff. Sweet, juicy, and quite fresh, the fruit it reminds me of most is probably peach if anything, but definitely some other fruits mixed into the melange. Slightly tropical and lactonic; perhaps mango? There are definitely also some floral tones, mostly smelling rose, but they don't take center stage, serving instead to extend the lifespan of the fruity notes and connect them with the base - a soft musky cashmeran with sweet amber and creamy sandalwood. I also get a distinct boozy note that isn't listed; another reviewer said rum, which I can definitely see. But even with the tropical fruit and rum, it doesn't come off as simply a piña colada/mai tai scent profile - this is much classier stuff. Wearable year-round (except perhaps very cold winter days) and perfectly unisex, with a very unique and distinct signature. Another winner from Xerjoff!

06/01/2021

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Einfalt
3 Reviews

Translated Show original

Einfalt

Top Review 26

The (almost) eternal pelvic vertebrae

The overture is the instrumental introduction to an opera. Here's the question: What does it take to captivate listeners right at the beginning, to make them listen, to outline tension, to trigger a desire for more in the audience and to consider any sacrifice in emotional, financial and mental health terms for what may come to be more than understandable?

|¦ Ouverture ¦|

Mass appeal despite originality, sophistication despite simplicity, quality despite accessibility, and intensity despite detail.
Only a charged composition, awe-inspiring and refined to perfection, reflects what Xerjoff gave birth to with her own ; Ouverture

The sweetness delights the masses, the artistically delicious shows independence ; The perfectly measured unanimity opulates sophistication, the holistic, radiant fragrance convinces with simplicity.

The initial very bright, airy and perceived as yellowish sweetness clinks pleasantly past the ears of the listener with brilliance and already indicates the exceptional keynote of the piece. Once the focus of the perceiver has been taken by the hand through this, the treble awakens into a powerful chapel of radiant strings, taking you on paths of levitating impressions through increased volume. At that point you perceive mainly one emotion ; fascination.
We realize this at the latest when we realize how far our delicious cloud of dreamlike has actually carried us away //I got lost in it, for hours.

|¦ Ouverture ¦|

Z9D || Over
Whew, that was some olfactory and auditory journey, wasn't it? I didn't quite know myself sometimes whether I was smelling overture or hearing overture, but that's exactly why I love this fragrance
Especially since the bottle is the most beautiful from his collection, the fragrance is also the dreamiest of its siblings. In the light very bright and sparkling everywhere, so tingly takes him even my little nose. It is so round. It is so perfectly composed. It is simply a masterpiece, I am not someone who can taste every note from every fragrance at the first touch of the bottle, but with this one I succeed with no single note. And that may remain gladly in such a way, thus you remain namely my small mysterious treasure, which I will probably not have understood properly until death. Mysterious

This perfume smelled like a candy I've always wanted to eat. I've never encountered such an incredible, positively tinged sweetness. Smelled because over time I've come to perceive the scent less as an edible work of art and more as an accompanying and projecting energy. Well, whatever it is for whoever, it's definitely something weird, and if you don't know it ; please ersoure it, it's worth the experience, even if it's not made for everyone. But I don't need to rehash that for you perfumos.
I would like to thank YOU last, that you have made everything possible with your community heart and your efforts and it still makes, from samples of any kind to actually long extinct flacons, thank you for it, on more olfactory orchestras of this intensity, Cheers!

05/13/2021

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Dennisku3012
9 Reviews

Translated Show original

Dennisku3012

6

Insider tip

Performance:

What else would you expect from Xerjoff. As an eau de parfum, this perfume performs bombastically. Durability and projection are almost perfectly matched.

Who can wear the fragrance?

It is according to Xerjoff a unisex fragrance. In my eyes, however, I see this Paefum at no woman. For this I find it a little too smoky.
For men, I see no age limit. It is a fragrance for all men who like sweet/smoky fragrances.

Where can you wear the fragrance?

Again, I don't see any special occasions to wear this perfume.

Due to the fact that it is a niche fragrance and one smells this perfume even so very rarely with others, I myself, however, would rarely wear this perfume. I wear it now and then times at customer appointments, because this fragrance is very pleasant to my environment. I feel the perfume but also as a super evening fragrance.

My opinion:

One could certainly already read it out.

I am a huge fan of this perfume. It was the first Nieschenparfum, which I bought and also certainly my longest stay in a perfumery, because I could not decide at that time between Accento and this.
Who has not yet familiarized with the house of Xerjoff, should do so. I can say in good conscience that there are not many manufacturers who produces such a variety of good fragrances.

More reviews