Reviews of Ô de Lancôme (1969)
by Lancôme

Ô is not "fresh" like modern citrusy/green/aquatic scents are fresh. It's "fresh" like an extremely watered down version of a classic green chypre - that is, not very fresh at all. The topnotes of citrus and cut grass are agreeable enough, but the development on my skin is in the direction of musty, powdery, stale, sour, sharp, anything but "fresh". This is like the evil twin of some great chypre of yesteryear, the pale, skinny, crooked, whiny evil twin, the Gollum of chypres. It smells like "old perfume" and flowers that didn't smell very good to begin with rottening in a vase. It gets a neutral rateness for classic style and originality and because it might work with someone else's skin chemistry than mine.

This scent is so much like Clarins' Eau Dynamisante fragrance treatment. I prefer Eau Dynamisante to this one, it has better staying power, more 'natural' smelling notes, and seems to keep more of the notes in balance over extended time. Definitely a great unisex product!

I also have mixed up feelings about this one. Although i think it's very much unique, it's a bit too sour on the top notes and it also has a sweetness to it when i use it on the skin that i can't make friends with, on the other hand, it's as fresh a sunny day and very lemmony, the freshnees of it stays on its the entire development...i like it a lot as a room freshener!!

I feel mixed up by this scent. I like it on one hand because it is over the top citrus,and the on the other hand that is why I don't like it. It is the perfect hot and humid day scent, but that's it. I do like it when all is said and done.