Sometimes I think it’s easier to find a spectacular perfume than an easy, but still interesting, perfume. The market overflows with blockbuster orientals, juicy fruity florals, and assertively clean steam-iron musks that shout their presence. But what about the friendly fragrances without attitude? The fragrances you can wear anywhere that don’t announce their presence and aren’t trying to prove something, yet still please the choosy perfumista?
Let me explain further by describing what an easy fragrance isn't. It isn't simply “pretty.” Robin’s terrific post “5 Perfumes: Pretty Spring Florals” lists loveable, pretty perfumes — basically, fragrances Cinderella would have on her dressing table (and perfumes I dearly love, too). But, with the possible exception of Hermès Jour d’Hermès, they’re perfumes that announce themselves. When you wear Parfums de Nicolaï Le Temp d'une Fête, for example, you smell like a fantasy of narcissus wrapped in fur, and it’s noticeable. Sure, your sillage will mesmerize the people around you, but they’ll tune in to its personality. It makes a statement, even if that statement isn’t edgy. So, it isn't "easy."
An easy perfume isn’t necessarily a classic Eau de Cologne, either. Cologne, while fresh and often fleeting, is still assertive. Sure, it’s a crisp sort of assertive that doesn’t usually try to wow you with its freakiness, and it’s wonderful to catch a whiff of on a sweltering day, but a Cologne isn’t always particularly subtle.
An easy perfume isn’t simply a quiet perfume, either. For instance, I love Parfums DelRae Mythique. It’s quiet but thick with iris and suede, both notes I love. It feels like me. Iris and suede, though, aren’t as easy to love in the outside world as they are in our rarefied world of perfume lovers. And although I hate to admit it, Mythique is just a tiny bit more what I want to be, rather than the dork that I am for real. That’s what makes it so attractive, but that’s also what pushes it out of the category of “easy” perfume for me.
So, what are some easy perfumes that still intrigue someone experienced with perfume? One I’ve been enjoying a lot lately is Amouage Beloved. Unlike other Amouages I’ve sampled, Beloved is happy taking the back seat. Maybe few people rave about Beloved on first wearing, but Beloved has enough confidence to know she will go the distance. Beloved is like cashmere pajamas. Maybe you want to splash out with a showier outfit, but after a while the Spanx you have to wear to pull off that fabulous cocktail dress become a burden. Similarly, while Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower sends my brain spinning with its beauty, it can get to be too much after a while. Beloved never gets to be too much. It’s understated and lovely, but still gorgeously made, and in the morning it only smells better than ever.
Here’s another one I consider “easy”: Halston. I’ve heard that in the old days Halston had more of a growl, but these days Halston is an easy, pretty green floral chypre you can guzzle like Snapple. At first spritz, Halston demands attention, but give it five minutes and it will calm into Miss Congeniality. This title winner, though, has a fascinating hobby of cultivating orchids and can Hustle with the best of them. You could spray it on your grandma or your preteen niece, and it would flatter every time.
One more: Bulgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert. This is another fragrance that feels sophisticated, yet is easier to wear than a butter-soft tee shirt. Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert doesn’t want to seduce you or challenge your intellect or stretch your aesthetic appreciation. Yet, it’s satisfying. And easy. There’s nowhere it wouldn’t be appropriate.
Do you see what I mean about “easy” perfume? Are there any you rely on?
Great post! Prada Infusion d’Iris EDP never wows me these days, but it’s the most practical perfume I own by a mile. Never too heavy or too light, never projecting too much or lasting too little. Everybody should have at least one ‘Easy’ perfume in their wardrobe.
I’m glad you liked the post! And you are so right about Infusion d’Iris. It’s definitely a low-key, easy fragrance–elegant, but casual.
I feel this way about Eau des Baux. Super easy to wear, not demanding, but not boring either.
Exactly! Eau des Baux is “easy” in the best way.
Must try this one, sounds like it would be right up my alley!
“Undemanding without being boring” is the very personality I wish on people, not just perfume!
Heure Exquise? I think its interesting enough while still fairly quiet.
I love Heure Exquise, and I could see that on the right person it would be “easy.” On me, it might outshine me a bit (but I’m willing to take that chance!).
What I love about HE is that I can dress it up or down, good for walking the dog and for a business presentation, and then I wear it to bed…
And smell fabulous the whole time!
Chanel Cuir de Russie is easy for me to wear. Whenever I can’t decide what to spritz, out comes the Cuir de Russie. It has becomoe my “go to” fragrance. My husband gave me a bottle for our anniversary in September, and I’m going through it quickly.
I acquired my own bottle of Cuir de Russie this fall, and I’ve been making a real dent in my bottle, too. I love how it fades to the background but still lasts a long time, which makes it easy to wear. It’s a sophisticated fragrance, though.
For me it’s Divine Spirituelle. I love rose, and this is a smooth, quiet one with a touch of warm amber.
By the way, I loved The Lanvin Murders! I used to be a vintage clothing fan in college, with a small collection of 1940s and 50s dresses. I even had a pair of 1920s lace-up oxford shoes, marked size 11 1/2 AAA, that fit my modern size-10 feet perfectly (It’s a myth that everyone in the past was exquisitely tiny).
Divine Spirituelle really does deserve its name.
I’m glad you liked the book! I’d love to see a photo of you in a vintage outfit. I love that.
Oh my goodness! There must be some old photos at my mother’s house somewhere. I haven’t gone vintage in a while.
I on the other hand seem to be getting vintage-ier as I get older (although I do try to keep it out of “costume” category).
I think about this all the time because of where I live (Berkeley, California) and because in the day time I live very informally and often walk to where I’m going. During the day, I don’t want to wear something that is super incongruous with my environment or will be too much for the people around me. On the other hand, I don’t like insipid or synthetic “clean” smelling things. So far, the best thing I’ve found is Sideris by Maria Candida Gentile. How to even describe it? It’s very sheer, natural smelling incense rose (I get mostly rock rose, actually) that has a Mediterranean vibe to it so it fits well with the natural environment here. It’s unconventional enough to please me yet not too challenging, either. And it’s just gorgeous.
I haven’t smelled Sideris yet, but you make me want to! I love how you’ve balanced all the aspects of the “easy” perfume, too: your state of mind, your environment.
I second Sideris! Just lovely. I’m not a rose fan (in perfume) but here it lends a gauzy softness to the incense, myrrh and labdanum (rock rose?). Or maybe it’s the other way around. I cannot think of any occasion or circumstance in which it would be inappropriate and yet it has character. And it would stand up to all but the coldest or sultriest of weather.
It’s on my list for sure now!
Infusion d’Iris strikes me as something you can always pick up and spritz, no matter what the circumstances. Also Eau de Givenchy: light, pretty, unobtrusive, undemanding but nice.
Angela – when is your latest book going to be available in print? I inhaled the first two (loving every page), and now I can’t wait for the third. Under their magical influence, I ended up buying two vintage boucle coats with bracelet sleeves, and now I’m on the hunt for some long(er) leather gloves!
Infusion d’Iris could easily become someone’s signature scent, I think, because it’s so versatile and undemanding.
I’m sorry the wait on the paperback of Slain in Schiaparelli has been so long! I’ve had some delays getting the interior formatted (long story), but I just turned in the last bit needed, so hopefully (for my sake, too) it won’t be too long now.
Happy news!
Thank you–you’re nice to say so!
Fleur de Chine is one of those interesting easy fragrances for me.
While it doesn’t exclaim it’s presence, it seems to compliment just about anything, yet maintaining character.
I completely agree. Although if there was a category of ‘easy glamour’, I would put it there. I think this one is quite extraordinary in the way it’s so special and so easy at the same time.
Oh, Perfumes with Easy Glamour would be a great post!
Bring it on, Angela!
I’ll have to start collecting examples. I think Cuir de Russie fits the bill.
I would love to read about it too! 🙂
Ooh, me three, can’t wait to read! And I nominate Soir de Lune.
I’ve only smelled Fleur de Chine on paper, but I clearly must get a sample vial!
I find Hermes Jour d’Hermes very easy to wear.
Also SSS Jour Ensoleille, Moschino Funny!, and Atelier Orange Sanguine
Jour d’Hermes is a no brainer for me. I don’t think I’ve tried Moschino Funny! My “to sample” list is really growing today.
I’m sort of having trouble with this concept, possibly because I find the just-pretties so easy to wear. (And Halston is a b*tchslap in a bottle if you ask me.) But in terms of putting *other* people at ease – well, No. 5 Eau Premiere comes to mind. So do Cuir de Lancome and Mariella Burani and Esprit d’Oscar.
Cuir de Lancome, my love and my SOTD!!
A good one!
Probably on you, the “just pretty” perfumes are also easy–they go well with you. Eau Premiere is a great one to add, by the way!
I love both Eau Premiere and Cuir de Lancome as an always easy fit. Would add Cuir d’Ange, and OJ’s Champaca and Osmanthus.
Cuir d’Ange was one of last year’s favorite releases for me.
I didn’t think of it when I posted below, but I could have included one of your favorites, Mary Greenwell Plum. It’s pretty but not overbearing, demanding or boring. Also versatile.
I haven’t heard of that one in a while!
*I* love that one, but I know I read several reviews that found it too dressy for the reviewers’ tastes.
For me it is Chanel Beige and also SL Clair de Musc.
I think for me the kind of fragrance I love the most is this kind of perfume. I want my perfume to be easy to wear and interesting at the same time. Great post as always.
Nice choices! That’s exactly what I mean by an “easy” perfume.
Some of my favorite “easy” perfumes that haven’t been mentioned yet are Noa, No. 19 Poudre, and the modern Ivoire Balmain.
And I second Infusion d’Iris, Esprit d’Oscar, and Clair de Musc.
I always forget about Esprit d’Oscar. I should put my bottle at the front of the cabinet. It’s a good one!
All of those have a soft, clean, green quality to me. Nice and easy.
This is a great topic, Angela! I also think of this when I’m going to see old friends. I want something that smells great but also welcoming and unpretentious.
I love wearing Beloved, and when I open the box, I often think of the perfect match between the name and the perfume’s function as a Bergdorf Goodman exclusive. I imagine someone searching for a present for the the beloved one, sniffing Beloved and finding the perfect reflection of her inner and outer beauty. Also, the recipient cocooned in this perfume and feeling completely loved. Yes, it feels great, even if (or perhaps especially if) you bought it for yourself.
Depending on the season, I also feel especially comfortable in L’AP Vanille Absolument, Seville a l’aube, Guerlain Vol de Nuit, La Via del Profumo Mecca Balsam, DSH Scent of Hope, and AG Vetiver.
You’re the one responsible for searching discount sites for Beloved…obviously, I found one!
AG Vetiver reminds me of Sel de Vetiver, which is a super easy and wonderful fragrance, too.
I’m glad you found it! I can’t help beating the drum for discounted Beloved (no affiliation). It’s too wonderful to miss!
It’s a very easy yet very lovely fragrance.
I’d say Olfactive Studio Lumière Blanche, Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt, The Different Company Tokyo Bloom and Chanel Bel Respiro.
Gosh, just reading those names is relaxing…
I second Lumière Blanche. I reach for that or Osmanthe Yunnan when I don’t know what to wear, and they’re always easy and “right”.
I think several Ellenas actually qualify (especially the Hermessence line), I just didn’t want to have a huge list. I’ve got 15 mls of Osmanthe Yunnan and I find it easy, too.
JCE’s style does lend itself to the “easy” (but great) definition, I guess.
Osmanthe Yunnen is perfect as an easy perfume! I can’t imagine a situation or gathering it wouldn’t suit.
Hmm . . . must look for my sample. I know I have one!
Oh, it’s easy and lovely.
Lumiere and the Jo Malone are also two of my easy ones! Adding the others to my growing sample list
My to-sample list has grown quite a lot now, too!
I’m glad to see a mention of Amouage Beloved which I tried for the first time last week. It’s surprisingly mellow for an Amouage, and yet not dull at all. On your list of 3 is one of my most worn fragrances the ever wonderful Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert. So beautiful and soothing. One of the few ones I can wear even when I feel under the weather.
I think one of the other fragrances I find very, easy yet not boring, is L’Impacte de Pour un Homme.
I’ve never tried Halston, it’s probably not as easy to find in Europe.
Halston shows up in drugstores here. Maybe I’ll do a review for drugstore week, in fact, if we have one this year.
I haven’t tried L’Impacte de Pour un Homme. Which perfume house is it from?
If it is the Caron, it is the parfum concentration of Pour un Homme. It is excellent.
Thank you!
It is, I adore it.
I love Dune for this type of scent. So easy and so beautiful.
Dune is meditative to me. (Maybe I’m a sucker for the advertising imagery, but it’s true!)
I love easy to wear scents. The ones I usually reach for are Parfumée au Thé Rouge (Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert gives me a screaming headache every time), Ineke’s Poets Jasmine, Amaranthine, AG Duel, Eau d’Ete, and my recent favorite Trefle Pur.
Oh, I forgot Luctor et Emergo.
That one doesn’t get much attention these days, but I like it, too.
MikasMinion, Luctor et Emergo is exactly what I was thinking of when I read Angela’s post. Also Amouage Fate and Opus 1. I loved Halston, agree with Mals assessment. The current reformulation is a tad wan.
Amaranthine is an “easy” perfume for you! You must have a personality to rival Auntie Mame’s! (A good thing, by the way.)
I think I must have a slightly off sense of skank and a huge cumin tolerance. To me it is just a beautiful wash of creamy flowers and green banana with very slight warm skin undertones.
You make me want to bust out my bottle right now!
I don’t get skank and cumin from Amaranthine either. To me, it has that floral cloud effect, like Infusion d’Iris, which others have mentioned here. Another one like that is Eau d’Hiver.
That’s exactly it, a warm floral cloud. Floral steam?
Look! Two black kittens! So nice.
I’m always happy to see MikasMinion. 🙂
The feeling is entirely mutual!
I agree completely about the creamy flowers, green banana and warm skin effect of Amaranthine. Cozy floral. But then I tend to think that Femme is cozy -cuddley too.
Btw if The Vert gives you a raging headache you may want to be careful Guerlain AA Cherry Blossom is a near dupe to the Bvlgari , just a hair more floral in AACB . But you’d think what with it being NAMED Cherry Blossom it’d BE a floral rather than a tea.
I’m so glad you chose Amouage Beloved as the pic for this post,and highlighted it’s easy beauty as well!My favorite Amouage;it’s complex enough,but also easy to wear and “read”.One I would choose is Chanel No.18.a Great example of what you can achieve with rose/iris and a touch of Chanel-charm,without making too much noise.
Oh, No. 18 is a great choice!
Also, I should say how fitting “without making too much noise” is for the “easy” perfume.
I like easy!
Beloved is a wonderful easy scent. I also love Ciel and Honour from that same line-they are not as popular as Gold and Lyric but they are approachable and feminine.
Another easy scent I love is claire des merveilles, it wears like a salty second skin to me
Eau de Cologne (exclusifs Chanel) is really easy! No offense to Chanel haha 😉
Claire des Merveilles–nice choice! I can see the kinship between it and Beloved, too.
I just picked up Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert – a gift pack with soap, shower gel, lotion, and 75 ml perfume for $25 🙂 It seems like one that I will get a lot of use out of – easy indeed, but without necessarily being too pretty or feminine.
I also second Infusion d’Iris.
What a great deal! I bet you use it up more quickly than you think.
You didn’t happen to see Ranger in line did you? 😉
Waitaminit–I thought Ranger wears Bvlgari Homme! Did I misread that years ago??? Now I have to go back to Stephanie and the Batcave book. Ranger’s why I originally tried that scent, and now I learn I had the wrong scent association. Sigh. 😀
Definitely The Vert. I just caught up on 16 – 20 while I was sick.
Ummm, ….? I’m sorry, I don’t get the reference. Can you enlighten me?
Delacey – it’s a character from the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. Last year, I went to visit my childhood friend in Jersey and he bought a house IN THE BERG! It was EXACTLY as I expected!
I can’t believe Ranger wears The Vert! I can see Bulgari Black, but The Vert? Depths upon depths…
OK, thanks! A quick google makes it difficult to imagine any character wearing something as low-key as The Vert. Guess I’ll have to read the books someday to fully understand 🙂
The closest thing I can come to in my collection is Roja Dove’s Unspoken, although the “easiest” perfume for me to wear is Jicky. But just like the other day when I said no one would ever accuse Jicky of being pretty, I doubt too many people would call Jicky easy either.
Great post, and I *really* need to try Beloved!
You know much more about aromatherapy than I do, but maybe the lavender in Jicky is grounding?
I can’t recall if I’ve tried Unspoken, but Beloved reminds me of another Roja Dove, Diaghilev. And he did Bergdorf Goodman’s latest exclusives, which I’d like to try.
Oh dear, I *love* Diaghilev! That clinched it!
And you’re right about the lavender in Jicky – very relaxing and grounding.
I’ll be interested in your reaction. We like a lot of the same perfumes, but also have some differences in skins or noses. I could send you some, actually. I have your e-mail somewhere, too.
I know what you mean about Jicky, though. Sure, it’s a little cranky and odd sometimes, but there’s something so down-to-earth about it.
Ferre is nice and décontracté, if possibly veering into pretty territory.
I feel like Ferre doesn’t get half the attention it deserves!
For me, Ferre is a very ladylike, sit-up-straight sort of perfume. Good for job interviews.
That sounds more “proper” than “easy”–unless you’re a proper sort of person already, I guess.
Yes, not easy for me, although not nearly as prickly as say, Chanel No. 19.
I’m wearing my easy perfume today: Ava Luxe No.23, a lovely, easy sandalwood.
Sandalwood feels warm and cozy to me. Nice.
Bulgari Au The Blanc came to mind right away, it’s light and comfortable and happily non floral yet not boring. I like all three Bulgari teas, Blanc, Rouge and Vert. Black is definitely more challenging!
I’d never call Black “easy”–but I do love it!
Stella wears like a t-shirt. And Tom Ford’s Grey Vetiver wears like the coziest leather-patched cardigan.
I actually used to spray Stella on my mattress when I changed the sheets–that’s how easy and lovely I found it.
Stella! I knew there was one I had forgotten.
All the Hermes Jardin perfumes fit the “easy” bill for me. If easy is the perfum you reach for when you don’t want to think too hard, then Narcisco Rodriguez For Her and Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Femme are mine.
Narciso Rodriguez for Her! Thank you for reminding me, it is lovely and might fit the warm weather easy space for me
Isn’t it funny how we have perfume “categories” to fill? I know I have easy, work, fun and hilarious, statement, seductive (got to try, anyway), and a bunch of other niches to fill.
Can I request a post about the hilarious category? Ah, and seductive, I suppose, as well?
Got to have one’s priorities…
thank you
Sure! My top pick for hilarious is Patou Colony, I think. A pineapple chypre–it makes me smile to put it on. It’s brutal to find, though.
NR for Her is a great example! Which leads me to think of Jessica Sarah Parker Lovely, too.
Ooh I think we might be scent twins!
I so love this topic! I struggle to find easy scents sometimes, and I feel like what will be easy changes by the day and especially the weather. Ambre des Merveilles and Bois des Iles are good when it’s a bit crisp to cold. I like Baiser Vole when it’s warm, but I’m currently searching for another easy warm weather scent. I just got Kai today (unsniffed), it sounded like it might fit, but it’s a bit sweet. Feel like I need to cut it with something. I did wear Seville a l’Aube today, and it felt pretty easy.
I like Ananas Fizz in the heat. The vetiver is light and cooling. Ambre des Merveilles and Bois des Iles are heavenly cool weather fragrances!
Baiser Vole is a good one, the original edp. I think it might work for me the way Infusion d’Iris seems to work for so many others.
The EdP is a lot “straighter” than the other versions to me, which I guess would make it “easier” too.
Chanel no 5 is my easy perfume . Never fails to make me feel content and immaculate .
Out of my entire collection it is one I return to over and over again . And like the very famous blonde – I also wear a few drops to bed .
Great read today .
I think No. 5 entirely depends on your chemistry. On some people, it is a heavenly skin scent, and on others it feels slathered on like frosting. Clearly, you and No. 5 agree beautifully!
‘Content and immaculate’ is a lovely way to express your relationship with a perfume. And indeed, one or the other is easy to find; both out of the same bottle not so easy.
I love no 5 very much for the ‘always easy and exactly right’ in (vintage) eau de toilette.
Glad you picked this topic as I agree the “easy” are not as easy to find.. And those are the one’s I prefer most because I can wear them often without getting tired of them and be unique without being loud. So happy for all the suggestions to try.
I’ll 5th or 6th the Prada Infusion d’Iris. I would also add FM Angelique sous la Plui(yet another JCE), Etat Libre d’Orange Jasmin et cigarette, and Diptyque Virgilio.
Oh, Jasmin et Cigarette is an interesting choice! I wouldn’t have thought of that one!
And yet! It kind of is easy! Smart choice for interesting without difficult!
True!
Two Hermès numbers, Hiris and 24, Faubourg; 1980s Coriandre; 1980s Quartz.
I always forget about quartz, but it’s another fresh, soft chypre that is wonderful at just about any old time.
T-shirt fragrances can be wonderful. Agree with Annikky that the Hermessence fragrances are easy, especially Vanille Galante and Iris Ukiyoe. Eau des Merveilles is easy for me, too, but I typically wear it sparingly to keep it soft.
You remind me that just about any fragrance would fall out of the “easy” category if it’s over applied.
Caron pour Un Homme (I’d love to find L’Impacte someday), Jo Malone Blackberry &Bay (wore it to my nephew’s t-ball game last weekend, and it was perfect), and Jour d’Hermes, especially in warm weather. I like Thé Rouge, but on me, Thé Vert is like a t-shirt with a scratchy tag. And one that is wonderfully easy on me is Roberto Cavalli Oro, but I can see how that might not be universal.
Caron Pour un Homme is such a classic, no matter what your gender. Now I’m curious about Oro!
I could send you some Oro. I actually have vials, and it was my first back-up bottle.
You’re so kind! I bet I can order it, though. Then you’ll have that many more drops to enjoy…
Blackberry & Bay’s my pick too 🙂
For me Kenzo Amour is an easy scent, that is not challenging and feels right at every part of the day or even at night.
And it has a great bottle!
It’s so interesting reading everyone’s conception of an easy scent. Plenty that people have mentioned would not work for me as easy scents, but it all depends on your relationship with a scent. One of my favourites is Chanel No 19 EDT, and plenty of people would raise an eyebrow over that! But I’ve worn it for so many years. Spritzing it is like picking up a conversation where you left off with a beloved, intelligent friend who is always interested in you, always has something interesting to say but who never condescends.
More conventionally, I go for two which have been mentioned, Noa and L’Ambres des Merveilles.
‘Easy glamour’ is an interesting category. I’ll have to give that some thought!
Maybe “old friend” is another perfume category that would be interesting to explore, too.
Easy for me would be the fragrances that I have emptied full bottles of time and time again, don’t defend anyone, garnered me the most compliments and the ones I grab when I don’t know what to wear….and they are Nocturnes de Caron, Pacifica Med Fig, Pacifica Tibetan Mountain Temple, the original Calyx (the Prescriptives one), Cacharel Noa and the original GapScent Heaven (the 1990s version from the original Mottura fragrance formulation). Although I don’t own a fb yet I think Jo Malone’s Wood Sage and Sea Salt fits into this category as well.
I’m so glad to see you mention Nocturnes! It doesn’t get much love, but I adore it.
Better for us…vintage is getting harder to find 🙂 !!! and I just realize that I wrote fragrances that don’t “defend” anyone -LOL!
what I meant to type was “don’t offend anyone” 🙂 !!!!
I didn’t even catch the typo!
Big fan of Bvlgari Au The Vert!
Another one for me along those lines (don’t ask me why, it just has a similar feel to me) is TDC Bois D Iris. The fabulous Lauren sent me some in a swap and I fell hard. It’s perfect for anything, yet it isn’t doesn’t get All Up in There.
Great topic!
A good iris is hard to beat!
I may be the only person who sees it this way, but Natori is, for me, an effortless, easy-to-love and easy-to-wear scent. It’s not challenging or avant garde, but neither is it brainless. It seems like an extension of the most honest version of myself, if that makes any sense.
And thus I must buy alllll the bottles because they discontinued this lovely, warm and wonderful thing. Boo.
I can see what you mean: it’s pretty and all-purpose, with a little bit of a ladylike edge. Kind of a classic!
P.S. – I loved your article, as always. 🙂
Thank you!
.vero.profumo.’s .rubj. is my go-to easy to wear fragrance – haha, just kidding – .rubj. is anything but easy (I love it though). My “easy” fragrance is Parfums d’Empire’s Osmanthus Interdite. A simple waft of osmanthus & leather. It never offends.
Osmanthus Interdite is lovely. I burned through my samples ages ago and should think about a decant…
Yesterday I had a chance to stop by NM and spritz my wrist with Bottega Veneta Knot (my first opportunity to sample it). I could definitely see this as an easy but interesting scent for myself.
Oh yes–a good one! You’re right.