Ormonde Jayne - Tiare

I love Ormonde Jayne's Tiare. It's the kind of perfume that you fall in love at first faint whiff. 

Ormonde Jayne describes it at ..


"Like precious jewels resting on dark green foliage, the unsurpassed beauty of the Tiare flower is hand picked whilst still unopened and laid in oil for 15 days to extract the fragrance. Like the woman who wears Tiare, this is a perfume that totally ignores seasons and the time of day, a perfume so artfully blended and infinitely refined... but with a dash of scintillating appeal" 


Tiare flowers

I do not know exactly what the Tiare flower smells like. It is a type of gardenia native to Tahiti and I am sure we do not have the flower in the Maldives. But somehow the smell of the perfume reminds me of "unimaa". I don't know why but perhaps it is a close cousin.


"Unimaa"

      It reminds me of the tropics on a warm, late afternoon sun, walking on the beach on that exact line where the waves come and just teases your feet but not quite get them wet, just letting your feet sink into the soft sand, and move without making a sound, the smells of flower drifting with each breeze, sharp and sweet, complementing the tropical heat. You gaze and gaze at the aquamarine stretch of silk ahead of you, yet not see anything. All you are aware of this is this enveloping fragrance, all around you like an aura as you walk.

Linda McCartney - Seaside Woman 


       The perfume is sharp and flowery, it fills you with a kind of high that surrounds you. It lasts for a good 5-6 hours. It envelops you with hints of jasmine and trails of white flowers and the burning afternoon sun on a white sandy beach. It is deep, powerful and extremely feminine. It also has Cedar, Sandalwood and Patchouli among others as base notes.