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Diptyque · Est. 1988

Olene Eau de Toilette

Olène is named after the oleander and built around narcissus — one of the most complex and challenging white florals in perfumery: simultaneously fresh, green, cold, and slightly heady.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released1988
Statusenriched
Olene Eau de Toilette — Diptyque
1988 · Fragrance
jas·ora·mus·iri
Rating
4.0
1.7k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Jasmine
    50
  • Orange
    30
  • Musk
    30
  • Iris
    20
  • Green
    20

By the editors · 2 min readOlène is named after the oleander and built around narcissus — one of the most complex and challenging white florals in perfumery: simultaneously fresh, green, cold, and slightly heady. Diptyque gives it room to operate without crowding: jasmine adds warmth and softness from below, orange blossom contributing honeyed brightness, violet a powdery gentleness. The overall effect is cool white-floral with a slightly intoxicating, narcotic quality that the name implies. Minimal by construction, not by accident — a four-note composition that trusts its central material to do the work. For those who know what narcissus is and want a direct encounter with it.

Filed: DiptyqueSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap