Parfums de Marly

Oajan

Amber Oriental · 2013

CinnamonHoneyOsmanthusBenzoinLabdanumAmbergrisArtemisiaVanilaTonka BeanPatchouliMusk

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Short
Reported sillage
Moderate
Typical occasion
Office/Daily
Typical season
Spring

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Reviewed profile

Honey and cinnamon lead a warm sweet-spiced amber, with benzoin, labdanum and tonka thickening the base. Osmanthus adds a fruity-leather glint; the whole reads as a honeyed oriental, plush and enveloping.

Taste Profile

The Romantic archetype

The Romantic

The Full Feeling

Nothing half-felt.

It wraps around you and stays there. The full experience was always the intention.

How Oajan smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Oajan reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.

Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.

Warmthwarm, close0.86

Oajan reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is among the highest in the catalogue for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionroom-filling0.68

Oajan carries across a room and announces itself. That is 86th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.34

Oajan sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 42nd percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturedense0.82

Oajan feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnesslightly sweet0.52

Oajan carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 71st percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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