Oriana eau de parfum parfums de marly paris

Now THIS is a showstopper. I could not be happier that I added this to my collection, 100% worth the hype!! I purchased Delina last year and the department store sales rep gave me a few Oriana samples as it was new at the time. I almost bought Oriana on the spot but didn't have the $ at the time. Fast forward to now, people are comparing it to Kilian LDBS - which is tragically inaccurate. This smells like Delina's sweeter sister - it burns down to something softer and Delina-like, but there is still a very obvious marshmallowy sweetness to it. I have received so many compliments already and I've only had this for a month! LDBS was too overly sweet and cloying on my skin, but this is simply elegant. I adore the fact that this has a complexity to it, and it's not just syrupy sugary sweet! I think it's the powdery notes that do it for me. You definitely do get the citrusy orange in there but it feels more like a candied orange.

I completely gasped when I blind bought this after hearing so many great reviews. And wow. I have no words! I get a lot of bubblegum, airy marshmallows and sparkly and uplifting raspberries. It is perfectly sweet without being cloying as LDBS is. Oriana is much fresher due to the citruses, but the main focus is still on the gourmand notes. One of the most beautiful perfumes i’ve ever smelled. I don’t think it’s too juvenile as some says. It’s so well blended that it fits older people too. The only negative thing, which hurts me to say, is the longevity. For the price it should last more than five hours on the skin. Such a shame. I can’t afford to reapply to too often. But other than that - PERFECT!

This is unapologetically girly. I mean it is actually ridiculous! I adore just how perfectly appropriate the bottle is for the scent and how it smells exactly like how I would imagine this vivid shade of pink to smell if the colour had a scent.

Oriana takes me back to my youth in weird ways... it takes me back to the enjoyment of super processed sweets, scented rollarball pens, fruity sticky lip glosses and pink bubble gum.
Then it also takes me back to my teenage girl crush on, circa 2002 era, Paris Hilton. THIS is how I imagined she would smell.

I spray this and I am on a bed made of the softest marshmallow, scattered with orange blossoms and all sorts of colourful gummy sweets. Paris Hilton is tying up my wrists by using strawberry laces and hot pink lipstick is smeared over both our mouths. I lick whipped cream of her sugar dusted thighs and I am not even sorry for this review.

P.s not sure why some people complain about longevity. I've found this very decent and get whiffs still 4 hours later.

Let's start by saying I DON'T do marshmallow, I RUN from fruity scents, pink is definitely not my colour and I am the opposite of everything this perfume is!...

Someone sprayed it on me (by the way on that moment I felt I could kill the girl) too far away from home to wash it off and change clothes I had to put up with it, at this stage I am moody!

Strange thing is.. throughout the day I was getting wafts of something really delicious and I mean DELICIOUS like I want to eat, and although it's really sweet it is not to the point of getting nauseating, does this make sense? Because for me it didn't.

I hate to admit but I became addicted to this overly annoying girl that I just can't live without anymore (I mean the perfume..) so of course I bought a bottle that by the way looks absolutely ridiculous in my vanity because of course it has no resemblance to anything in my collection and I'm overspraying myself day and night with this without any care for other fragrances 🤔

Performance is really bad though, it quickly becomes a skin scent but then it's gone so I take a decant with me and re apply whenever I feel like, that's another first because usually if perfumes are not performing I'm out!

I'm a parfums de Marly fan now (I must've killed a fairy just by saying that)

My bottle is arriving on the this Tuesday! Will keep you posted.