Olène Diptyque 1988

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Olène is a perfume by Diptyque for women and men and was released in 1988. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by Manzanita Capital.
Pronunciation

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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Green

Sweet

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Jasmine

Honeysuckle

Narcissus

Wisteria

Perfumer

Serge Kalouguine

Ratings

Scent

7.0159 Ratings

Longevity

7.4117 Ratings

Sillage

7.1118 Ratings

Bottle

7.9118 Ratings

Value for money

6.830 Ratings

Submitted by Pazuzu, last update on 22.10.2023.

Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/27/2019

Hirondelle
15 Reviews

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Hirondelle

Top Review 11

Glycines "après l'ondée" or: The steaming blue rain in the evening sun after a rainy day

This scent fits so beautifully into exactly this season: late April: The Lechzen after somewhat warmer days has (in theory) an end and suddenly literally flowers explode, trees and of course the blue rain. It is the smell of the blue rain after it has rained for a whole day and in the late afternoon the sun suddenly breaks through the clouds and the blue rain now steams in the evening sun.

Jasmine and narcissus underline a certain heaviness, the honeysuckle gives some lightness and a touch of powder. In the course of time jasmine and narcissus take over relatively soon, too bad, I would have liked to stand under the steaming blue rain (or would have liked to pass it a few more times).

I would recommend a sparing dosage as mild headache potential.
Overall nice late spring fragrance.

10/05/2020

5
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 5.5
Scent

EdenRosalie
8 Reviews

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EdenRosalie

I was looking for something with lilac, but unfortunately it was artificial

Since you can't get essence of lilac by conventional methods, I know that it's very difficult to find a *real* lilac scent that really reminds you of the first days of spring - Byredo's was the best, if you want white lilac - caution, a bit harsh - but Olene disappointed me very much. Very artificial on the skin, soapy after the first spraying, whereby the penetrating, artificial lilac note remains and you only want to wash the perfume off

05/12/2014

8
Scent

Ysbrand
84 Reviews

Ysbrand

Helpful Review 6

Triumph of Flora

I had smelled Olène some years earlier and i remembered it as a particularly intoxicating white floral so i was very looking forward to smell it again; when i did in my last visit to the Diptyque store in Paris, i had the same exact feeling of wonder and i celebrated the reunion with this vernal goddess by getting myself one bottle that i don´t really need because i already have perfume for an average lifespan.
The opening of Olène is to me, one of the most beautiful and perfect i´ve ever smelled. Serve the illustration on the label (now in the back of the flaÇon) as a promise of the content: Flora holding a cornucopia of flowers, therefore spring-like, seductive and lush as very few other fragances, Olène does to narcissus what Guerlain´s Mahora does to tuberose.
Olène is indeed a very narcissus centered fragance, could i dare to say a soliflore? I speak with Oléne-tinged fingertips on the keyboard and the nose on a helpful "bridal-crown" narcissus that grows on a lil pot just at my side (yeah,im literally twisting my head to sniff and type at the same time just for the sake of being truthful) so contrarily to other opinions, im convinced when i say the note of narcissus is dominant.
The glorious opening, though, is much sunnier and sweeter than narcissus itself, thanks to what it seems to be a honeyed spanish broom-like accord (wisteria indeed? pseudoacacia? fabaceae after all) and i think thats the key of the right-away climax of Olène. Wisteria sweetens but also enhances the tonic herbaceous side of narcissus, that almost reminds to a slightly astringent green tea. As the fragance develops,looses the sunbeams holy nimbus, but not its beauty. It turns more sober, falsely melancholic just because its eyes look better that way, a subtle flirty smile; narcissus takes the center, closely assisted by jasmine and gardenia without dilluting the unique ambiguous, voluptuous character of narcissus. A nostalgic honeysuckle pulls in the other direction of jasmine: greener, more yellow, tad honey and pear-like. Olène stays quite linear, closer and closer to the skin until is just a whisper.
My only problem with Olène is precisely its longevity. I dont mind it becomes my skin scent (i wish!) but it should stay longer. Fades too fast to take it seriously. A looser hand with the narcissus absolute and this would be a classic. Diptyque really needs to launch an eau de parfum concentration version as they did with other iconic fragances.

12/08/2014

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 10
Scent

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Like a garden full of flowers...

You know, it's not easy to review perfumes sometimes... I get lost in the description and everything, and I don't always find the right words, but this one is just such a natural, peaceful smell for me. It's like standing in a summer garden full of beautiful flowers. I can't really describe it any better than that (but of course I'll try)!

Diptyque - Olène is inspired by gardens in the city of Venice, where jasmine grows along walled gardens. Personally, this strikes me more as a garden surrounded by nature, not buildings. The notes work together in such harmony that it feels like you're really there! Jasmine is the main note, but green, and supported by more "green" notes, but also some very intense florals (which I'm not good at describing), like Narcissus, Wisteria, Honeysuckle etc. But like I said, this just reminds me of sitting or standing in a garden absolutely full of all the heady, intoxicating flowers you can think of. It's very floral, but also green and sheer, and I have no problem wearing it in summer or in winter.

I think if you are someone who likes very natural smelling floral notes, or enjoy the smell of being in a garden, and working with plants, then you may fall in love with this one. How they managed to put all this in one bottle I have no idea... but it smells wonderful! Really lovely.

11/08/2012

LiliumLibido
51 Reviews

LiliumLibido

The stealth naughty ghost from a good family

That's the best way I can describe Olène, lol.
Upon application, it's a beautiful, fresh, soft jasmine/narcissus/wisteria combo, it even promises to be fairly linear. Well behaved, not a hair out of place. But just wait. Go about your day, pay it no attention.
The scent will fade and you will think "Meh. Another wimp with a big price tag. Figures."
As you put it out of your mind and get through your day, suddenly, you get a whiff. Jasmine. Sweaty, skin like jasmine. Jasmine that hasn't washed when she really should have. Pretty, but dirty.
And then POOF!... It's gone.
You sit in that meeting at work and you get big smiles from people whom you were sure didn't even know you existed. And then a whiff. Narcissus. Luminescent and glorious, fresh... Then nothing.
You sit in traffic, thinking of the evening ahead and there, another whiff. Honeysuckle with jasmine. Sweaty, dirty, yet clean and soft, so feminine it's almost disturbing. Sunny and dewy at once. Then, it's gone.
You sit with a good book and can't focus on the story because there again, whiff. Musk and narcissus, tinged with barely a soupçon of jasmine. And you blush. You even smell your own armpits to make sure things haven't gone awry in that department, lol.
But no.
Getting ready for bed, you undress and smell the cuff of your blouse and your mind goes reeling: You're feeling sexy, all of a sudden!
The scent whispers throughout hours of wearing. It's pretty, feminine, classy, well bred, yet it has the ability to behave in the most suggestive manner.
Definitely a keeper.

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