Oriental Lounge will be the next fragrance from perfumer Celine Ellena at The Different Company. Oriental Lounge is reportedly mysterious and luminous, and is described as a modern interpretation of a classical fragrance family, the oriental, and a modern olfactory take on the classic tale of the Orient, One Thousand and One Nights.
The fragrance notes feature bergamot, curry leaf, pepper, red rose, labdanum, tonka bean, amber and satinwood.
The Different Company Oriental Lounge will be available in 50 and 90 ml Eau de Parfum. (via extrait.it)
Update: see a review of The Different Company Oriental Lounge.
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Hi Robin,
Mmmh, this sounds lovely, has anyone tried it yet?
It does sound lovely!
Very intriguing. I don’t think I’ve seen curry leaf as a note before. It’s not curry powder; there is a plant called curry leaf, karivapalai(sp?) that is used in Indian cooking, and it’s aromatic but not the same smell as “curry powder” (we have friends who grow it for cooking). Really really want to try this one!
I was thinking the same thing about the satinwood, which is an element I’m as of yet unfamiliar with. Is it the actual wood scent they are using or the smell of the satinwood flower, which actually smells orange blossomy? Either way, I heart pretty much everything from The Different Company, so I can’t wait to get a tester of this!
Robin, any experience with satinwood in frags?
No, sorry!
Bergere, don’t think I’ve seen it as a note before either.
I’ve used fresh curry leaf, and no, definitely no relation to “curry” powder. I don’t know how I’d describe it or relate it to any “western” herb. Interesting to see it, I agree.
Hmm…to me it does have elements that are similar to western curry powders (and it’s included in some curry powders) but would agree not exactly the same.
Immortelle (Helichrysum italicum) is sometimes called the “curry plant,” so maybe this is what they mean.
Possible!
I love TDC. They have great quality and their frags are wearable, not too heavy. Does anyone know where or when it will be out?
I’m guessing either late this year or early the next…but just guessing.
i look forward to trying this one.
it sounds dark. and i like dark
I’m looking forward to it too.
I’m still a bit curious about Sublime Balkiss (which doesn’t appear to be available in the 3×10ml travel sizes). I also never got around to the Sens/Bois, Charmes/Feuilles, Ailleurs/Fleurs fragrances… I should really just cave and buy the 3×10 Sel de Vetiver. Sigh.
Now this one sounds good as well. On the long-term list.
None of the scents in that trio grew on me. Did like Sublime Balkiss though.
I love the TDC line and think Celine is a very talented perfumer.
This new one sounds totally original, so I look forward to testing it.
Hugs!
She does seem talented, doesn’t she? I would think it would be hard to work in her father’s shadow.
I love Celine’s work. She’s got her dad’s light, pare-down, three-dimensional touch, with her own style — which to me is wonderfully “female.” Sublime Balkiss and Ailleurs et Fleurs were outstanding and the notes here sound gorgeous. Looking forward to this one, and starting to stock the piggy bank.
Yes on the piggy bank…it’s looking to be a good fall.
This sounds interesting, and I’d never turn down the chance to try a spicy scent, but didn’t Laura Mercier do a 1001 Nights-Inspired scent a year or two ago? I think it was a limited-edition scent only released around the Holidays?
Yes she did, and she’s hardly the only (or the first) one. It’s a pretty darned common scent inspiration.
This sounds gorgeous and really intriguing. I’ve liked TDCs that I’ve tried so far, and love the darker more heady feel this one’s inspiring. I haven’t smelled curry leaf or satinwood, but am just glad pink pepper, violet leaf, or some sort of far-reaching musk accord aren’t listed among these notes.
HA…pink pepper is everywhere.
I like all the TDC fragrances, but some much more than others. I do think they are all well-made, balanced and wearable. I’m looking forward t this one. Hopefully, by the time it’s on the market, I’ll be in a somewhat better financial condition.
Yes, wouldn’t it be nice if it was cheap as well? Not likely though.
Sounds lovely. I use curry leaves when they’re called for by a recipe, but I’m never sure what they do – they seem to me to have very little smell, I’ve no idea what they actually are. As long as this isn’t cumin under a light disguise…. Sniffed Celine Ellena’s Cote d’Amour for l’Artisan yesterday, and it’s pretty good – coconutty, and a bit like the Jatamansi thing – but surprisingly long-lasting.
I was a bit taken aback to see lots of TDC on sale yesterday at Harvey Nicks and Harrods. I hope it’s to do with the packaging being changed, rather than the line not being offered in those stores any more.
Ah, I didn’t realize that Celine did the Cote d’Amour. Interesting. I still really want to try that one. It didn’t garner much buzz at all from what I can tell. Pity.
BTW: Fresh curry leaves are far different from dried (which do almost seem scentless). I want to rush home and see if I still have some in the freezer.
I could not make myself interested in the Cote d’Amour even after several tries. It is nice. I just can’t get interested.
“Mysterious” and “luminous” sounds like my kind of thing. The former so often goes hand in hand with murky and dusty.
And I do like a good curry, so I am in!
I like murky & dusty too
Hmm, yes, I like some dark and dusty myself, actually – thinking of LADDM and Kenzo Fleur Oriental. I will rephrase that as “mouldy and sooty”.
ooooooooooh I waaaaaaant
Hope you’ll get some then.
Curry leaf is new as aromatic material, though the smell is quite close to the actual fresh stuff you use in cooking. I smelled some a couple of weeks ago, there’s a bit of a sulfurous whiff to it.
Satinwood could be the fantasy name for a wood-type note, I’ve never heard of it either.
Oh too bad, sort of hoped curry leaf was a fantasy material too.
You got me curious so I Googled it. Satinwood is an actual tree native to S.E. Asia, India and Sri Lanka. There is also a variety native to the West Indies. The wood is used in flooring and cabinetry as it can be polished to a high gloss. No mention of its odor.
Yes…but, that doesn’t mean any actual satinwood went into this perfume…or even that there’s a synthetic “satinwood” — sometimes they just say whatever sounds nice & that’s what we mean by “fantasy note”.
Oooooh!!!! Want to try :0 More <3 for TDC… Isn't Celine the master of my BELOVED Jasmine de Nuit?
Sounds like you’re hooked already
Just tried a preview sample. Creamy bergamot-rose wood pudding!
Slightly sweet, very delicious, not at all dark and “difficult.” Fans of PdN Sacrebleu will love this. Yum.
P.S. Not to say it smells like Sacrebleu; in fact, it’s a little closer to something like Kenzo Amour. Just to say it’s in that family of nearly edible scents. ‘Kay?
Got it, and sounds wonderful, thanks!