Oriental

Warm, resinous, often vanillic. Defined by an amber base of labdanum, benzoin, vanilla and balsamic resins, sometimes spiced with cinnamon, cloves or incense. Guerlain's Shalimar (1925) set the modern template by overdosing synthetic vanillin into a citrus opening.

24 oriental fragrances · 1912-2017

Guerlain
L'Heure Bleue
Orientalpowdery anisic floral
1912 →
Caron
Nuit de Noël
OrientalMousse de Saxe powdery oriental
1922 →
Guerlain
Shalimar
Orientaloriental vanilla
1925 →
Guerlain
Vol de Nuit
Orientalsmoky green oriental
1933 →
Schiaparelli
Shocking
Orientalanimalic honeyed white floral oriental
1937 →
Estée Lauder
Youth Dew
Orientalspicy oriental amber
1953 →
Guerlain
Habit Rouge
Orientalambery leather with vanilla
1965 →
Yves Saint Laurent
Opium
Orientalspicy oriental
1977 →
Chanel
Coco
Orientalspicy oriental
1984 →
Calvin Klein
Obsession
Orientalspicy ambery oriental
1985 →
Dior
Poison
Orientalnarcotic plum tuberose oriental
1985 →
Dior
Dune
Orientalsalty marine amber
1991 →
Serge Lutens
Ambre Sultan
Orientalherbal amber
1993 →
Jean Paul Gaultier
Classique
Orientalpowdery vanilla floral oriental
1993 →
Frédéric Malle
Musc Ravageur
Orientalwarm musky vanilla amber
2000 →
Serge Lutens
Chergui
Orientalhoneyed tobacco-hay oriental
2001 →
Tom Ford
Black Orchid
Orientaloriental woody
2006 →
Tom Ford
Tobacco Vanille
Orientalcreamy tobacco vanilla
2007 →
Paco Rabanne
1 Million
Orientalspicy leather oriental
2008 →
Diptyque
Eau Duelle
Orientalsmoky vanilla with frankincense
2010 →
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Baccarat Rouge 540
Orientalsaffron-amberwood with ambroxan
2015 →
Carolina Herrera
Good Girl
Orientalcoffee-tuberose oriental
2016 →
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Grand Soir
Orientalluminous amber-benzoin
2016 →
Guerlain
Mon Guerlain
Orientallavender-vanilla oriental
2017 →

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