Reviews of Olène (1988)
by Diptyque

a big bouquet of white flowers, jasmine, narcissus, just pureness
with last powdery musk ??
and taking uncommom vine/rattan as the heart top as warm green breeze,
feminine with plain sweetness
i have to admit i love it

Quite nice but quite similar to Do Son. I have both samples with me and neither I nor my wife can tell the difference. Could they have placed the same fragrance in two sample vials by mistake?

Olene is a big, heady, indolic jasmine, and whether or not it contains the night-scented species, it creates a profoundly nocturnal ambience. It’s a touch clearer, cooler, and drier that Serge Lutens’s A la Nuit, but it is a similarly weighty fragrance. As it ages on the skin Olene's indoles grow even more potent and prominent, without the honey and spice that season the jasmine in A la Nuit’s floral oriental context. In this regard Olene comes close to being a true soliflore, one of relatively few in modern perfumery.

As so many other Diptyque compositions, Olene is a relatively linear scent, sustaining its bold jasmine accord for hours before drying down to a musky, woody base. Olene is a potent fragrance: it projects well and leaves an ample cloud of sillage behind it. If you’re looking for a straightforward jasmine scent, I recommend you give Olene a try.

Olene is simply the most indolic frag I've ever experienced! Serge Lutens' A La Nuit is still my favorite, which just happens to be the perfect blend of indolic jasmine and touch of green for my taste, however this Olene is worthy too! Olene reminds me of the opening indolic phase of yet another Luten's - Sarrasins. Ink smell, for sure! (I guess some may think it more 'mothball' smelling, but not me.) Olene possesses a unique sweetness as well, which I personally find better suited to feminine wearers.
If you like 'em bold - fragrant white flowers, heavy on the indoles - this one's not to be missed! Thumbs way up!

Like a lot of Diptyque scents, if this doesn't work on your skin, it *really* doesn't work. Fortunately, it works on mine!

It's a beautiful, creamy floral - to me it's not subtle - it's quite overt and could be overpowering if overdone, but in the right dose it's a heavenly, true white flower scent. Very pretty.

soft white flowers and delicately soapy ,i didnt find it particularly feminine ,wearable in the early morning at office or in a park while reading a books in springtime