Oolang Infini
Atelier Cologne (2010)

I really enjoyed wearing this. Nice fresh floral scent. Not the strongest as some others have said but it projected fairly well over the course of the evening. Very much an 'Atelier' scent but for me that's a good thing.

Always surprised how many people cant smell this, I adore it, find it suitably tenacious, all day freshness, hours after spraying I will catch a whiff and it is still as crisp and refreshing as on applying. Pure as driven snow, cool, calm, zen... spray a little on your clothes or hair too, I must say I find the tea smoky oolang note very subtle and the woods are played down massively to allow the icy coolness of the perfume to continue, it almost feels linear not changing terribly much from start to finish.

The opening combines a neroli blast with a white floral bunch - mainly freesia and muguet on me - and is soon flowed by the development of a restrained jasmine in the drydown.

The tea impression develops soon after that. I do not get much Oolong tea in this, more a thin Ceylonese Uva that never becomes really prominent.

The base adds a nonspecific woodsy undertone, above with an aroma of white musks developed that takes the centre stage towards the end.

I get weak sillage, adequate projection and seven hours of longevity on my skin.

Not unpleasant as a whole and not without originality in its design, but overall to thinned and too generic at times to convince. 2.75/5.

A smoky opening, some dry tea and sweet notes that reminds me of immortelle, although I don't see it mentioned in the notes. What I get now remains unchanged for the next hours, which is pretty much sweet smoke that is having a warm aura around it. The projection drops to a skin scent level within half an hour, so it's a very soft and warm scent.

A little bit of soapy floral, no tea that I could detect, very subtle scent and very little projection on me. About 20 minutes later, poof gone like a nice cup of tea.

Women in the Garden by Claude Monet 1866