Review: Olympic Orchids Perfumes

I adore good natural perfumery ... something that is harder to find than you would think.  A good perfumery has several things that I look for when reviewing: A-class ingredients, all-natural, incredible fragrances, affordable and reasonable prices.  Olympic Orchard Scents certainly has my seal of approval.

Olympic Orchard Scents creates handcrafted artisan fragrance products by perfumer Ellen Covey.  She uses natural essential oils, absolutes, or infusions whenever possible. In the mixed media scents, however, she sometimes does supplement the natural essential oil base with synthetic notes from the same manufacturers who supply the top European perfume manufacturers.  Soap and perfume are made using the same or similar formula and ingredients. All products are formulated to be on the high end of their concentration range. Pure perfume is 30-33% fragrance materials and eau de parfum is 15-20%. All of the spray bottles that I use are refillable, and packaging materials are biodegradable. 

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to test many of the perfumes from the Olympic Orchard Scents line.  They have a large selection and you can tell immediately that the ingredients are pure and the formulas are well-made.   

I certainly have some favorites ... 

California Chocolate - wow, this is a delicious orange and chocolate scent that is so yummy, someone may just come up to you and take a bite ... or at least compliment you!  I compliment myself when I where it.  California Chocolate puts me into an instant good mood.  The scent is indescribably good.  Seductive and blissful, I cannot help but go to higher planes of consciousness, my vibration lifted an entire octave when I where this delightful scent.  Notes of wild orange, grapefruit, yuzu, white cognac, neroli, dark chocolate, patchouli, musk, and Bourbon vanilla dance in delight ...

Seattle Chocolate - much darker and deeper than California Chocolate, this perfume is a bit more daring, a bit more bold.  Chocolate blends with notes of evergreen wood, moss, and sap, softened with sweet gourmand notes, dark cacao, black Bourbon vanilla, sweet poplar bud, evergreen wood, oakmoss, gourmand musk, silver fir, and fir balsam absolute.  This scent makes me want to pack my bags and head toward Seattle.

Blackbird - a striking and alluring scent that invites you closer, leaving you with a taste for more.  Containing notes of Himalayan blackberry fruit, dry grass and leaves, elemi, cedar wood and resin, amber, fir balsam absolute and musk, Blackbird is a classic scent, that is certain to have devoted followers anywhere it is sold.

Osafume - an immediate vision of fairies at a party with cake, lots of cake ... deep within the forest, hidden by a circle of beautiful blossoms.  Inspired by a dainty miniature Japanese orchid, Dendrobium moniliforme, Osafume contains notes of anise, magnolia, heliotrope, vanilla, and white musk.

Golden Cattleya - an indescribable transformation occurs, as though this perfume is more of a beauty potion.  I immediately feel as though I am clothed in the finest silks, lying within a open grassy field and surrounded by blossoms of delightful description.   

Elektra - a sharp and unsuspecting note immerses from the original curiosity that initially beckons, an invitation to come closer ...

Olympic Orchard Scents even has scents for those who like to live and play on the dark side of life.  Inspired by Sheila Eggenberger's novel Quantum Demonology, the Devil Scent Project is a collaboration between Sheila of The Alembicated Genie and the following perfumers: Ellen Covey (Olympic Orchids) Neil Morris  (Neil Morris Fragrances), Amanda Feeley (Esscentual Alchemy) Monica Miller (Perfume Pharmer) Kedra Hart (Opus Oils), and Maria McElroy and Alexis Karl (Aroma M/Cherry Bomb Killer Perfumes/Scents by Alexis).

DEV 1-4 represent a suite of variations on the characteristic labdanum-based scent of the Devil (Dev) throughout the different phases of the narrative, and LIL is the sharp, green fragrance of Lilith, the original Eve and wife of Dev.  

Foreplay from the Devil Scent Project is intoxicating ... haunting, an invitation that beckons.  The Main Act reminds me of dirt and alcohol, with a wild and raw attribute that is anything but ordinary.  

The Devil Scent project is a collection worth visiting.  

I am completely in love with Olympic Orchids perfumes.  You will be too ... Please visit Olympic Orchids for more information.