07/04/2020
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
Nostalgic Bottle, Mediocre Perfume...
*This is a review of early 1970's Oland.
Oland goes on with moderately sweet bergamot-laced smooth, almost liquid leather before transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the bergamot vacates, as does most of the early sweetness, leaving the now slightly rugged leather as the focus, supported by warm nutmeg-like spice and an underlying musty labdanum and tobacco accord. During the late dry-down the composition eschews the remaining sweetness as the remnants of the leather and warm spice remain through the relatively brief finish. Projection is below average, as is longevity at around 4 hours on skin.
Oland is the kind of composition that definitely has strong roots to the past, but unlike many others of its time, something about the perfume comes off as "dated." I really enjoyed how the bergamot citrus meshed with the moderately sweet liquid leather early and would have loved for that accord to remain, but alas the composition quickly morphs into a warm, musty, spiced leather kind of thing with a slightly soapy bent that while far from unpleasant really is not particularly appealing. The potency of the composition should be mentioned as it is extremely watered down to the point that the 6 ounce bottle may not last as long as one might think as you need to really *splash* Oland on skin to get even passable performance. The bottom line is the $6 per 6 ounce bottle on the aftermarket "above average" 2.5 to 3 stars out of 5 rated Oland represents strong value, but proves only slightly compelling to collect, unless one covets the subjectively "cool" Packard Roadster collectable bottle a lot of it is housed in. Recommended for the nostalgic bottle, not particularly for the perfume.
Oland goes on with moderately sweet bergamot-laced smooth, almost liquid leather before transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the bergamot vacates, as does most of the early sweetness, leaving the now slightly rugged leather as the focus, supported by warm nutmeg-like spice and an underlying musty labdanum and tobacco accord. During the late dry-down the composition eschews the remaining sweetness as the remnants of the leather and warm spice remain through the relatively brief finish. Projection is below average, as is longevity at around 4 hours on skin.
Oland is the kind of composition that definitely has strong roots to the past, but unlike many others of its time, something about the perfume comes off as "dated." I really enjoyed how the bergamot citrus meshed with the moderately sweet liquid leather early and would have loved for that accord to remain, but alas the composition quickly morphs into a warm, musty, spiced leather kind of thing with a slightly soapy bent that while far from unpleasant really is not particularly appealing. The potency of the composition should be mentioned as it is extremely watered down to the point that the 6 ounce bottle may not last as long as one might think as you need to really *splash* Oland on skin to get even passable performance. The bottom line is the $6 per 6 ounce bottle on the aftermarket "above average" 2.5 to 3 stars out of 5 rated Oland represents strong value, but proves only slightly compelling to collect, unless one covets the subjectively "cool" Packard Roadster collectable bottle a lot of it is housed in. Recommended for the nostalgic bottle, not particularly for the perfume.
