Comments on: Ormonde Jayne Osmanthus and Social Creatures Utopian

By: Nathan Branch

Nathan Branch — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:34:39 +0000

Katie! Nice to hear from you. I love checking in on your progress at YouTube, and I have half a mind to eventually do a “Best of I Smell” video, splicing together all your choicest quotes.
It just might happen!
Thanks for the positive feedback. I’ll go back to my swaggering . . .
And Non-Blondie! The more I hear/read about Nuit de Cellophane, the more curious about it I become. The OJ Osmanthus review had nothing to do with whether the Serge Lutens version of osmanthus is better or worse rather than what I perceived to be the Ormonde Jayne brand’s very public dismissal of the use of osmanthus as some new trend, with Lutens potentially at the forefront.
I read an interview with Linda Pilkington where she expressed a little bit of annoyance that a few years after she put out her champaca fragrance, champaca started popping up everywhere in perfume. I get the same kind of vibe from the BaseNotes PR push.
So now I’m antcin’ to test out the Nuit de Cellophane, just to be able to compare it to what came out of Ormonde Jayne. I can completely see how the Ormonde Jayne Osmanthus sank like a stone once it hit your skin. It’s not really formulated for people like me to wear (which is why reviewing something like OJ Osmanthus can be tricky) — the vetiver/labdanum/musk combo was fairly prevalent, even on me, at the mid-point. It did clean up on a lot as the fragrance hit its last laps (the musk changed from “musky” to almost shower-fresh), but there were a good couple of hours when I was reminded of a very pretty, feminine Zizan.
I’m now going to go see about getting my hands on some Nuit de Cellophane. Maybe it’s time for the aging screen queen to give it up for the new starlet in town . . . ?

By: Gaia

Gaia — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:29:00 +0000

You know I’m one of Uncle Serge’s biggest fangirls. I can’t help it. Something horrible happened to OJ’s Osmanthus on the way to my skin, while NdC does this thing that makes me feel 2″ taller and gives me cheekbones.

By: Katie Puckrik

Katie Puckrik — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:58:21 +0000

Beautiful writing, as always, Nathan. Your words swagger and sashay. Such vim!

By: Nathan Branch

Nathan Branch — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:37:57 +0000

I was totally taken by surprise that LuckyScent carried Social Creatures, and thank you for the heads up! It’s an excellent brand, mostly natural from what I recall, and I certainly hope there are plans for a bit more of a roll-out.

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:16:24 +0000

What good timing – thanks for the review! It sometimes happens that Luckyscent gets the perfumes uploaded to their website before the formal release announcement goes out – I only found it because I clicked on the “new releases” link.