Empower You

Empower You from Orlov Paris, a feminine fragrance composed by Olivier Pescheux in 2020, is a bright citrus floral with rose and a woody, slightly smoky base. Everyone who describes it calls it both floral and citrus, about half find it woody, and a minority mention spice, sweetness and greenery.

The opening is a wide spread of citrus: grapefruit, lemon, blood orange, mandarin, yellow mandarin and bergamot give a sparkling, juicy freshness, with ginger adding zest and black currant with its leaf and bud a tart, green fruitiness. The heart is floral, with Bulgarian rose giving a velvety depth, jasmine sambac a sunny radiance, orange blossom a honeyed sweetness and geranium a rosy brightness. The base is woody and gently dark, with agarwood, cedar, patchouli, incense and musk.

It suits women who like confident, uplifting florals. The citrus makes it lively for spring and daytime, while the oud and incense give it presence for evenings. Those who enjoy citrus rose fragrances with a touch of oud should find it energising.

Empower You — for women fragrance by Orlov Paris (released 2020). Notes: Agarwood (Oud), Bergamot, Blood Orange, Bulgarian Rose, Cassis, Cedar, Currant Leaf and Bud, Geranium, Ginger, Grapefruit, Incense, Jasmine, Jasmine Sambac, Lemon, Mandarin Orange, Musk, Orange Blossom, Patchouli, Rose, Yellow Mandarin. — Parfica open fragrance database