Love Osmanthus
Atelier Cologne (2019)

I really enjoy this and it quickly rose among my favourite summery scents. However, I'd say peachy and airy osmanthus plays only a supporting role in this scent, because Love Osmanthus is really about the lemon and the cedar. It could be called Love Lemon or Love Lemon & Pencil Shavings and this would be very close to the truth. The scent might remind you of a variation of Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue as it does have a very similar scent profile, but I'd say Love Osmanthus is more nuanced and rounded, less sharp and I like it better (I'm talking from memory here). But the peachy, lovely osmanthus does round the scent out and gives a perfect soft transition from a tart, sharp lemon to the cedary base.

A really enjoyable fragrance from one of my favourite houses. Opens up with a nice citrus blast - I got clementine as much as lemon. Settles into a more mellow, sweet citrus drydown and ends as almost a soft musk.

Bright, sweet, Lemonheads opening. There's also something in this that reminds me of a peach note, similar to that found in Pacific Lime, also by Atelier. That peach note with the intense lemon comes off almost grapefruit-like. Later the drydown is a musky, synthetic cedarwood, similar to the heavier parts of Governors Island by Bond, but it also reminds me of a sweeter, less dirty Escentric 04 in certain ways. I do see a bit of the comparison to Light Blue as well. My wife thought it smelled like that the most.

Overall, the pleasant, citrusy peach makes this lean feminine to me but it is very pleasant to wear and smell for anyone. I'm fine calling this unisex.

Interesting performance as the sillage is better than the projection, hanging in the air for hours. Longevity is very good as long as you don't go anosmic to it, lasts all day.