Comments on: Perfume review: Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:46:58 +0000

I have thought that of most of the Hermessences, that is, that they’d sell to a wide audience, but agree OY definitely has possibilities.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:11:25 +0000

I bought a 15 ml from the Court, and I think it’s something I’ll just have to enjoy once in a while. What’s odd to me is that I suspect OY would do well in a larger, wider release (minus the cool leather cap and whatever cache the people who can afford the silly price grant to its being so inaccessible to the proles). Everyone who’s sampled mine thinks it’s really something else. Oh well.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:10:12 +0000

It is true, it isn’t a long last scent, and the price has gotten really silly. I’m sticking with the 15 ml travel sizes from now on.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:45:14 +0000

I think I would splurge if the stuff lasted longer than a few hours, but, alas, it does not. I’ve had longevity issues with several of the Ellena frags, except for Terre, which lasts forever, and for which I’m not a big fan. The Hermessences are now upwards of $235, I’ve heard, and I just don’t understand how they can charge so much for something so fleeting. Money saved, indeed – though what I really wish for is an OY that lasts more than three hours on me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:47:02 +0000

So very sorry about your lost sample. Hope it will linger nicely in the carpet, anyway!

It is VERY spendy stuff, and you're right, it can't be applied lightly

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:26:40 +0000

Okay, so I tried OY yesterday. (Promptly spilled my sample, curses! At least the carpet smells good.) It IS gorgeous, extremely so. It's such a quiet scent that I kept thinking it was gone, and then I'd move my arm and get another lovely whiff of it. I love that you do smell the tea, along with the floral/apricot/suedey smell of the osmanthus.

(Must check out more osmanthus smells – that stuff is great. And Apres l'Ondee does that same now-you-smell-it, now-you-don't trick, too.)

However: OY is so blasted pricey, particularly since I have to put more on than I usually do, that it won't be on my Wishlist. Ah well. I should think of it as money saved.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:55:24 +0000

Asking anybody who has something to say about it, actually… thanks.

Now I'm just waiting impatiently for March and more samples.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:08:46 +0000

Not sure if you were asking me or Eric, but OY is a much lighter scent, more summery, OI has more emphasis on the floral notes. Both are lovely!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:32:24 +0000

I do have a mini of Bvlgari Black and love it. On me it's lapsang souchong/new bicycle tire/sweet vanilla. I've also got a sample of CBIHP Russian Caravan Tea waiting for me in a shopping cart somewhere, but I admit I'm a little worried about that “old book” accord.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:17:16 +0000

I think I would really enjoy smelling like black tea and dried apricot.

I'm ordering samples next month (just bought a bottle of Parfum Sacre', very reasonable price, but my budget is still sadly limited) and wanted to know your opinion on OY versus Osmanthus Interdite. I'll probably sample both if I can manage it, as I love the almost-floral scent of black tea on its own. Any other “don't miss this” black tea scents you might suggest? Thanks!

I like green and white teas, but they seem so much more green and leafy, without the complexity of black tea, that I'm just not terribly interested in them as fragrance notes. I do have a sample of DSH's The Silk Road, which is smoky tea/ floral/ spice/ leather. Interesting as heck, and aptly named, but I think I'd rather have one that is more meditative and less busy thoroughfare.