Salamanca by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes
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7.0 / 10 69 Ratings
A perfume by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is leathery-earthy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Leathery
Earthy
Smoky
Resinous
Green

Fragrance Notes

African everlasting flowerAfrican everlasting flower HayHay ImmortelleImmortelle LabdanumLabdanum Mitti attarMitti attar VetiverVetiver LeatherLeather MimosaMimosa Tonka beanTonka bean

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.069 Ratings
Longevity
8.861 Ratings
Sillage
8.059 Ratings
Bottle
6.850 Ratings
Value for money
7.720 Ratings
Submitted by Ergoproxy, last update on 03.03.2024.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
10
Pricing
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
10
Scent
DrB1414

148 Reviews
DrB1414
DrB1414
Helpful Review 3  
One of a kind Leather Perfume
Salamanca from Olympic Orchids. I remember a long time ago while exploring the house and stumbling upon this scent. Reading the description, I knew it was going to be unique. It is a one-of-a-kind take on the leather perfume genre. I promise you've never smelt anything like it.

A bold, dry leather dressed up in a strong clay-like smell, earthy, and herbaceous. It almost feels rustic. I believe that it is the most special offering from the house, in a line that hides many gems.

It is a thick perfume built around heavy base notes for the most part. Dry leather, sweet hay and immortelle, strong clay aroma, earthy/dry vetiver, and some resins. I don't get the seaweed note fortunately, it would have thrown off the balance, in my opinion. On my skin, the clay accord is very strong making this perfume not just unique and enchanting but also incredibly nostalgic. It reminds me of our sculpture classes back in my art school early years. A beautiful reminder of those days. I long searched for a perfume composition that would capture the realistic smell of clay. I went searching for Mitti attars but none hit the spot. Until I discovered Salamanca. There is a herbaceous quality from the usage of hay and immortelle. They also provide sweetness alongside the resins used in the base. I feel Salamanca would make a great perfume for an archeologist, or a cowboy.

A must-try from the house, for leather and agrestic perfume lovers. High-quality materials, unique blend, and more than reasonably priced.

IG:@memory.of.scents
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10
Pricing
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Emorandeira

386 Reviews
Emorandeira
Emorandeira
1  
Green and balsámic leather
Salamanca has been a complete surprise. Seeing the notes didn't really appeal to me much, but I decided to try it based on a couple of reviews I saw and...voila! Finally I ended up going for a whole bottle, and that when I smelled the perfume directly from the sample it seemed horrible to me!
Salamanca is, therefore, a beast perfumon! It is based on leather, which remains as the central note, giving the perfume power and great longevity. On the other hand, we find hay and vetiver in large doses that give it a green and earthy touch, and a very interesting balsamic and smoky part in the background. Immortelle is also detectable, giving it a dry floral touch that gives it a different hue than other green perfumes. Finally, the algae, an unexpected note that gives the fragrance a certain marine touch, albeit without any kind of fresh, oceanic, aqueous or ozonicom nuance; it simply has a slight hint of a sea smell.
The performance is incredible. For the whole day and if you don't shower part of the next. In clothes it is eternal
I find it a perfume to wear more during the day with moderate to cool temperatures.
Totally unisex.

Scent: 10
Longevity: 10
Sillage: 8
Versatility: 8
Originality: 10
Overall: 10
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6
Bottle
8
Sillage
10
Longevity
6
Scent
Jarrock32

10 Reviews
Jarrock32
Jarrock32
2  
Rustic ancient leathery experience
This is definitely, as you could imagine, an eccentric perfume. I will classify it as a vetiver - leather. Of course at first this is a blast of an ancient and strong leather with woods mixed with a realistic and really original note of clay, that is the first time I smelled in a fragrance and can assure that note is incredible. I am from Spain and this remembers me a lot of places that I visited in my life, specially rustic houses or something ancient and the nature and typical towns, like Salamanca, sure. This could be the smell of "Máximo" in gladiator film; you can smell the leather, the earth, the stones of Coliseum. At the beginning is an amazing leathery experience that makes you think you can wear as a new, original and classy leather, but in the drydown a too much acid vetiver note takes importance and dominates the whole leathery chord. This changes my perception of the fragrance. This fragrance could have been an incredible dark leather with a rustic classy vibe, but the drydown has a totally different intention taking the way of a dirty greenish acid vetiver that personally I don´t like. Interesting fragrance anyway, and perfectly executed with a good balance and no edges. Need to mention of course the shy and far floral notes in the background that creates a echo of sweetness, but always an echo in the background, you never feel any floral domination.
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Statements

3 short views on the fragrance
EmorandeiraEmorandeira 2 years ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Leather mixed with intense Green and earthy notes overba balsámic background. The final touch includes Inmortelle and seaweed. Original!
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 2 years ago
7
Sillage
9
Longevity
7
Scent
Initially thick and earthy smoky-leathery, a rather dry and dusty, gently leathery, earthy-floral fragrance, on a green earthy-woody base.
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MarabuntaMarabunta 3 years ago
4
Bottle
9
Sillage
9
Longevity
6.5
Scent
A bold, pungent and truly dry leather masterpiece with strong nuances of clay, vetiver and mitti. Stoic and melancholic. A real treat.
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