Neroli Outrenoir 迷夜橙花

I was rightfully afraid to try this as i was afraid was too good, Neroli Outrenoir is an emotion locked inside a bottle. Tea is an essential part of my culture, traced in our DNA since we were kids thanks to our parents. If you drink tea, especially quality tea, there's a moment when you drop it into hot water with a bit of lemon and sugar. In the first 10 minutes, you get an immediate alchemy that happens in the water. This scent captures that scent in a photorealistic way. The very first 20 minutes is about the transition from the neroli to the act of the tea hitting the water. You can feel both very well mixed. Later, in the first dry down, the tea becomes more apparent and slowly plays a beautiful dance, coming out slowly. What you're expecting is something maybe different, as the boiling water settles the tea. However, you're surprised by this beautiful spark of the leaf itself, going from dry to wet. That's the second dance. The earthy part isn't apparent; it shows itself later, the more the scent dries down, linking itself with a darker side too... an orange blossom. I wasn't expecting that, and you'll wonder how on earth they did it, because, in perfect Guerlain style, they're combining bright light with darkness as you will rarely experience.

Ah, well. I'll attempt to put my two cents (scents?) in, even though they appear to be the same as every else's. It starts out more citrus-feeling with the bergamot and fades to woody neroli, black tea with a tiny trace of smokiness, and Guerlain's signature amber/balsamic/vanilla base. Other commenters specifically call out vanilla, but I don't get a sense of it outside of the familiar Guerlinade accord. However, I would say that the sweetness of the base tips this fragrance toward the feminine side, though it's ultimately unisex. This lasts about 12 hours, doesn't leave much of a trail, but is noticeable up close.

This is my current staple scent. I am enamored. It's very tea forward and it's paired with this green and bright neroli greeting, but that doesn't linger as intensely. That being said I sprayed it about 6ish hours ago and I still get it when I move. The tea note lasts and lasts, truly. It's such a clean and elegant scent, without really being cloying like some other scents in the fresh category. I thought about it for a month after buying a sample while trying to find a good neroli scent and I'm very happy with my choice. Some people say it's feminine, but I disagree. I think it has a very unisex vibe.

Amazing. Like drinking a sweetened peach iced tea on a hot summer day. I’ve been looking for my perfect tea scent and I love that this has a heavy dose of sweetness to it. Opens with a bright citrus/neroli, then I get the sweetness and dries down to a beautiful black tea with the slightest hint of smoke. It feels like opening a bag of tea leaves and taking a big whiff. My most expensive perfume to date and I’ll probably have to go on a no-buy after this but it was worth it.

I get 0 compliments on this and even tried to ask friends what they thought of it and they were underwhelmed... this is fragrance for tea lovers and connoisseurs. Obviously I ignored the advice and I still bought it because this is borderline life changing to me, I don't think I've enjoyed a scent more in my life. This is therapy in a bottle, my confidence and mood goes up by like 1000% and u really have to think about how fragrances make you feel first and foremost.