Top Notes 
Lemon
Apricot
Bergamot
Tea
Violet leaf
Heart Notes 
Jasmine sambac absolute
Tunisian orange blossom absolute
Base Notes 
Patchouli05/23/2025
ClaireV
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ClaireV
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Green tea with petals
I am not sure what happened to the interesting 2013-2015 social experiment that was Le Cercle des Parfumeurs Créateurs, where customers funded relatively unknown perfumers to create soliflore-themed compositions via an IndieGoGo campaign. Perhaps it was too much of a leap of faith? My overriding impression of the collection was that, for perfumers who supposedly had none of the usual limits placed on them by industry briefs or art directors, the perfumes were mostly good, but not especially groundbreaking or novel (Magnol’Art being the exception).
And that is also the case for Osmanthé. Composed by Jean-Christophe Herault, Osmanthé captures the bright, fresh appeal of osmanthus blooms floating on the surface of a cup of green tea. The scent emphasizes the tender, apricotty goodness of osmanthus, but uses a soapy-sweet Grasse jasmine to keep it from veering off into a suede or leather direction. Tea tannins running underneath the florals add a faintly acerbic tone. The result is a pleasant albeit nondescript tea floral not a million miles away from something Le Couvent or L’Occitane might turn out, complete with a whole line of body creams and shower gels. Don’t get me wrong. The price – around €35 for 30mls at the time – is more than fair for a solid osmanthus tea floral. But let’s just say that Osmanthé itself wouldn’t have particularly inspired me to invest in the €750 osmanthus master class being sold by Herault alongside the perfume in the IndieGoGo campaign.
And that is also the case for Osmanthé. Composed by Jean-Christophe Herault, Osmanthé captures the bright, fresh appeal of osmanthus blooms floating on the surface of a cup of green tea. The scent emphasizes the tender, apricotty goodness of osmanthus, but uses a soapy-sweet Grasse jasmine to keep it from veering off into a suede or leather direction. Tea tannins running underneath the florals add a faintly acerbic tone. The result is a pleasant albeit nondescript tea floral not a million miles away from something Le Couvent or L’Occitane might turn out, complete with a whole line of body creams and shower gels. Don’t get me wrong. The price – around €35 for 30mls at the time – is more than fair for a solid osmanthus tea floral. But let’s just say that Osmanthé itself wouldn’t have particularly inspired me to invest in the €750 osmanthus master class being sold by Herault alongside the perfume in the IndieGoGo campaign.
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