Privé Ormonde Jayne for women and men

This discontinued gem left me in pain. I beat my brains out trying to remark WHAT EXACTLY THE VERY SOPHISTICATED COMBO that made me think this perfume sooooo perfect... I think Privé is better than perfect.
My biggest wish is to find something just a little close to Privé.

Sunny citruses and powdery (also slightly green) flowers. I’m doing a blind testing, so I first thought it was ylang, but now I’m confused. Maybe something like acacia? Because I can feel tender sweetness (and maybe even creaminess), but it’s still super fresh. Lots of musk as well. It’s nice, very light tho.

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Floral, spicy and fresh. 7.5/10

I Love Ormonde Jayne Woman.
Although this perfume is described as 'Floral' and 'Green', the first thing that hits me is the 'Basmati' Rice; that too not in a light pleasant 'rice-just-out-of-the-packet', but like stale perfume... which was worn in the morning and then got mixed with sweat when you walk around all day under the hot scorchy sun and humid weather to become sweaty and fatigued and nauseated.
I really wanted to like this one as I love floral grassy green perfumes... but there is something in it that doesn't agree with me at all and I absolutely dislike.
The bottle is now hidden out-of-sight in a drawer to avoid the heartache it causes me every-time I look at it considering it was a blind-buy 🫢🙄🤢🤮

What a sophisticated, polished, stunning floral with citrus, aromatic and lactonic auras. I use the word “auras” instead of “edges” because this perfume is so beautifully composed and blended to perfection that edges do not appear. The fragrance takes you on a wonderful journey where you’re able to feel it’s multiple facets throughout the wear. It is slightly reminiscent of Creed’s Acqua Fiorentina but I personally feel this has been done way better, in my opinion. With a plethora of notes that are borderline questionable when imagining them together, the notes however happen to belong and create such fluidity, a well balanced and perfectly executed perfume. I also love the story that inspired this fragrance and how the brand came into existence. Ormonde Jayne’s offerings are composed with the highest quality materials and oils, they don’t fall short on that. They also don’t scream off your skin, the notes can breathe and flourish, given space to develop and create a glorious scent trail without one being suffocated by your own sprays or choke those around you. They’re an experience. I really enjoy Privé. Upon first spray you feel its sparkle from the citruses and beautiful neroli. The florals in here are so fresh and airy, I get cut stems from this also—the scent of an upscale boutique florist. The gardenia I feel gets a little creamy possibly due to the basmati note but you don’t feel the rice that much here until later, it just compliments some of the florals. The clarysage really reveals itself on my skin which lends the aromatic touch for a while. There‘s a beautifully pleasant, tart fruitiness from the blackcurrant. The basmati presents itself more prominently now, creating a more lactonic texture, this meddles in with the orris making way for a powdery feel. The sunshine really brought the tonka forward in the base for me, powdery sweet with vanilla and musks. Such a signature scent worthy perfume. I am so impressed. Thoroughly long lasting on skin and cloth but as I said earlier, Ormonde Jayne fragrances are made to be felt, explored—more so by the wearer and then others around them. They enhance the wearer and their environment, they’re made to evoke thought and emotion. They have a story. They have meaning. They’re inspired by something or somewhere. They’re not just a scent. Privé is quite special.

Easy-going and comfortable musk and orris, wears close to the skin

Privé is an interesting, easy-to-wear fragrance that I’m enjoying more each time I use it. To me the progression of the notes is very pleasing; I like fragrances that develop over time and take you on a journey. Longevity is about 3.5 hours so I’d take it with me to reapply as needed. I received compliments from my family when wearing it today and would also wear this one to work as it’s quite subtle and comfortable.

I do not get the Comparisions to D&G Sicily or Hermetica Multilotus here. Very strange. I do get the comparison to Woman and Tsarina. Prive has the green grass smell that is in Woman and the slight smokiness that is in Tsarina but I do not like this perfume. This has a mish mash of ingredients that do not go together, and it has a very watered-down smell and texture. It opens w/ the smell of rice water, like rice half cooked and the cooking water is left over. Then it goes into a green accord of some sort w/ a slight burned smell, like burned rice. Powdery orris comes through here, there is some kind of distant sweetness here that is gagging but this isn't a sweet perfume. The Sage note here is very strong and is not well incorporated w/ the other elements here. This is not a well blended perfume. I can pick out all the notes individually. I smell them all one by one, the neroli, the watery fresh magnolia, the spices, the sage. I won't bother listing them all one by one, I'm not going to waste my time but you get the idea. This is a bam here is the neroli, bam here is the magnolia, bam here is the sage, bam here is the rice etc.... type of perfume. Not well blended, not executed properly and just a bad idea. Very disappointed w/ Prive, looks good on paper but not in reality. But even though I can smell all the individual notes this perfume ends up smelling like burned rice in the end. Or a dinner that went horribly wrong.

If I have to pick top 3 out of the 10 perfumes I sampled today from Ormande Jayne they would be Woman, Frangipani and Tolu. If I had to pick the 3 worst (in order for both) they would be. Prive, Champaca, and Ambre Royal.

I do not have the ability to describe fragrances as Datura-Darling does but I will say that they were spot on. This fragrance is amazing! It is a very complex scent and is quite different, so if you are a newbie to the perfume world, you may not like it and should try a sample first. However, I have been into fragrances for a while and have learned what notes I like so I blind-bought it and love it! When I smell it, I picture a classy and elegant woman. This might just be my wedding day scent.

I love perfumes that move me emotionally. It's such a wonderful thing to experience true olfactory art where a nose has made something that brings about something deep and powerful in your heart. I looked up an interview with Linda Pilkington after trying Privé and I read that she picked all the perfume notes that moved her emotionally in order to create this stunning perfume. I can understand her vision for this one, as I also find much of the ingredients here incredibly affecting on me emotionally.

There is something very special about this one, the way in which it manages to still be so elegant and balanced, light and undulating with its own trail, despite the sheer number of different perfume notes, is mind blowing.

I get a green, spicy, creamy and powdery experience with this perfume, as well as there being something in it that makes me think of ice cold and crystal clear running rivers, blown glass tendrils and taupe and sage green sheer silks moving in the perfumed air.


Privé opens with a soft peachy and orange caress, then becomes watery and translucent greenery, with plant sap and sharp spices cutting through things. The sharpness quickly softens and then it warms up again with the rice note and creamy/peachy florals.
It's interesting to feel it turn from cool to warm, all powdery and creamy, before it's soon giving way once again to a cooler tone, as the blackcurrant note starts to crop heavily, right until it has become transparent again into sweet musks on the skin.

I find that It moves between cool to warm, green to cream, sharp to soft, and liquid to solid, back and forth during the entire time that I wear this, which keeps my nose captivated. I need to full bottle this!

This is my favourite from Ormonde Jayne perfumes. It really sings to my soul. Never in a million years I would consider myself a floral gal but this one has my heart. This is not a typical scent. It is complex. The opening is a bit green then turns into something dusty thanks to Basmati. Later on it acts powdery on the skin so mellow and soft. It really flows like a river of flowers. Privé is a special piece. This perfume really speaks to me🤍

Privé is a complex and unusual scent, yet with classic facets. It consists of a sweet fruity-floral accord with green notes in the background, bolstered by soft, aromatic spices with a prominent rice note adding interest. Well-blended and made with high quality ingredients, Privé is objectively good, but too sweet for my taste.

Privé opens with very sweet fruity notes, led by sweet, juicy mandarin and peachy osmanthus. Neroli leads the sweet white floral accord, forming the floral-fruity component of this scent. Some peppery spice gives it a lift, while petitgrain adds some greenery.

The rice note that emerges after a little while is fairly prominent and unusual, but manages to seamlessly complement the other notes. I tested Creed Love In White recently, and in contrast to Privé, the rice note stuck out, and not in a good way. Here, it simply adds a slight nutty, grain-like quality that grounds the sweetness nicely. The white florals become powdery here, perhaps helped by the iris, while remaining pretty sweet. There is an aromatic quality to the heart thanks to the sage and spicy notes.

As it fades, it becomes sweetly musky with vanilla enhancing the sweetness until the end, and a little ambroxan detectable as it fades. Sillage and longevity are moderate.

Feminine-leaning in my opinion due to the sweetness, this is a warm weather daytime scent. However, I'm not a lover of floral-fruities and Privé is too sweet for me. Still, it's pretty good if you're into this kind of thing. 3/5.

Very lovely green springtime floral. It's almost like scrunching real flowers together with rice between your fingers to make some kind of fairytale paste.

The second year I owned my bottle the musk in the base became more prominent to my nose. Now I find it almost too musky for my taste which is a real shame because the fragrance is lovely otherwise.

This is the problem I seem to have with all OJ:s sofar - the drydown!

At first, it give off a very granny/grandpa notes and tricks you into thinking that it's more of a sweet cologne for males. Very musky, sweet, yet with a tone of bitterness and floral (at first). I thought that I would never wear as a female. BUt the more time you give it, the more it becomes a very creamy, musky, sweet Parfum, instead of cologne. The bitterness, and floral notes completely go away and it has very little reminiscence of initial application. It's a very pleasant scent if you give it time to open up, also, it lasts for a very long time on the skin which is a plus. I will definitely be wearing it on a date! It's that nice, warm and seductive (at least on my skin).

Very complex yet somehow fairly transparent. Gives a classic vibe with a totally non classic smell. It smells like nothing I’ve smelled before but at the same time something that gives the impression of traditional and wealthy lifestyle.

Anyways it’s a difficult one because I’m the air a simple green floral which is too powdered and Sweet for my nose.

However up close it’s a totally different experience for me- Honestly I won’t waste time describing it because you can really smell every note listed but it leans in the direction of green/spicy balanced with florals.

Some feet away and it’s again a boring too powdery floral, sometimes even reminding me of baby wipes. I will test this more

Maybe a few years ago I would have liked this. It’s a very green floral fragrance. I get a lot of coriander too. There’s a tiny bit of the warmth from the rice but this is nothing to write home about. The first JO I find boring.

Here i go again, another Ormonde Jayne another crush of mine.
Prive contains everything i can possibly see myself not wearing... But no! I want to wear this till the end of my life, especially when it's hot.
Geza is my favorite perfumer, hands down, he is an artist, i think he meshes every note so well, he is a perfectionist. (Just like me...)
If you are looking for unique floral perfume, please just try this underrated gem.
This perfume has a cold touch to it. I can't pin point but it's amazing earthy slightly sweet and dirty floral.
Geza, one day i will find you and on that day, i will ask you to create a perfume for me...(whatever it takes...)
Until that day, i will be using Prive on hotter days.

Nice, elegant, but too much dirty musk

Imagine being lost inside the world’s largest florist shop and surrounded by graceful white florals. Prive is that type of scent, and may garner extra points for photorealism. There is also a heavy green element making the fragrance refreshingly elegant. The florals can really give a tickle, much like real flowers, and leave the impression of an effervescent femininity. I’m associating this fragrance with brides dressed all in white, purity, love, and happiness. Mandarin is also very prominent and lends a sweet, citrus touch to the back of the floral, like some kind of orange juice has been used to water the flowers. It can be very sweet though and gives Prive a resemblance to candy upon opening. Rice also provides a certain calmness, although I’m only noticing it in the background. As Prive begins to dry down, everything takes on a certain synergy.

It all goes together very well and is clearly constructed with the utmost technical skill and professionalism yet may not be a perfume for everyone. I would not imagine this as an everyday wear but something that requires a very specific occasion or mood. It’s too much to say something is off, but Prive is a lot in it’s own way. It’s almost as though it takes a bit from every genre of fragrance you could imagine. It’s floral, but sweet. Green, but with a touch of powder. Calming, but with a dramatic streak. While it all fits together in a successful way, a small part of me can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the contrasts. It can be a little much close to the nose, yet hangs in the air beautifully. As a final contrast, I could see Prive interpreted as a fragrance respected by all yet only truly enjoyed by a select few.

-Pretty scent, but rather nondescript.
-Contains prominent neroli notes.
-I don't get the hype for this.
-Not fbw. (-)

[JUNE 2021]
UPDATE: I've moved from Prive as my Holy Grail floral perfume. Check my review for Dawn Hurwitz (DSH)'s perfumes Venus & Cupid, and especially

Divine Gardens-- now my favourite floral of all time ! Also consider:
- Roja Dove's 51 Essence
(luxury floral-vanilla dessert!)
- Amouage's Beloved Woman
(spiced Catholic cathedral altar bouquet)
- Louis-Marie's No. 12 Bousval
(hot sunny spring meadow, dandelions)
- TSVGA Parfums' Osmanthus Toboggan
(exquisite bite of flowers and fruits)
- Amouage's Love Mimosa
(dreamy, pillowy, buttery mimosas!)
- Anything from Eric Buterbaugh.
- Or Prive! A beautiful bouquet sap wrapped in fragrant rice paper. (Below:)

[DEC 2020]
ormonde jayne's prive:
if mdci parfum's un coeur en mai is rolling around in a sunny pollen-heavy hyperrealistic meadow field outdoors, prive is like that but behind the walls of open gauzy windows, indoors!

The moment I recieved a free sample of this, I just had to have this. One of the only perfumes that blew me away at first sniff. To me, Malle's Lys Mediteranee smelled just like a flower shop's florist's fridge but Prive smells like a flower shop in its best day.

Without letting the day or time get in the way of the flowers, all the beautiful green leaves (the kind from when you smell tree leaves, and fresh kale) and flower sap greets you when you release from the bottle.

It doesn't even let the greenery take over the flowers either. Everything is... dare I say... harmonious. All notes come together wrapped beautifully like some sport of bouquet.

And you cant tell apart the flowers either, but that barely matters when the end product is so full of lush detail as it wafts around you. Some undescribable flower made of many different flowers that becomes a living breathing flower of its own. It really does feel like it. This perfume breathes on you! Little puffs of green and flower-flower blow in and out. I'd imagine this is what the symbol flower in children's art smells like in truest form. And yet, this is too real for mere kids. In a way, Prive is really The bouquet of flower bouquet perfumes. No outstanding "base flower" , just "bouquet."

And quite actually, this is probably because it's not about the flowers, its about all their crushed greens and sap mixed at the bottom of the bouquet wrap which results in this perfume: Prive!

Recommended to try before you die.
I can see why this took 18 years to release.
[Thank you Libertine Perfumerie AU staff for suggesting it based on my taste! I'm honoured. (Visit the shop and enjoy!) ]

UPDATE: Opening aside (Green is more verbena) , smells quite like plant sap of Miller et Bertaux's Green Green Green... and More Green. 100ml for $199AUD vs Prive (Prive is a bit stronger, harmonious) 50ml for $239.

Smells like Champaca also by Ormonde Jayne, 8ml for $39AUD!!

[FEB. 2021]
UPDATE: If you like Privé, I would love you to try MDCI Parfums' Un Coeur En Mai and a floral as good, even better than Privé: Creed's Acqua Fiorentina! (Also reviewed by me!)

Prive is a type of fragrance for which I would say, well, this is all about the real perfumery. It is not my style however, but I would happily finish my 8ml travel vial. Elegant, it slightly reminds me of Sicily D&G, or the original Miss Dior, this kind of style. I perfectly though know on which of my friends this would fit best, as well as I am sure she would love to have it in her collection. The notes presented here are as same as given above, floral, aromatic, citrus, soft spicy, white florals, powdery. I very much appreciate the rice note in it as well.

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An epitome of Ormonde Jayne, you smell this, you smell the whole line.

This perfume is as delicate as a microchip crafted from clear crystal, it managed to achieves a balance between complexity and airy lightness.

A faint citrus opening gives way to a diaphanous green— in less skilled hands, this greenness might possess a rubbery nuance, but not with Ormonde Jayne. A gossamer veil of non-sweet aquatic tones breathes moisture into the bouquet, without ever standing out as an independent note.

Subsequently, we enter an indescribable phase with a myriad of weightless translucent notes:

There may be hints of abstract, faint white florals; a cool-toned element that, to me, always evokes "freshly crushed soybeans"; and only one thing I can put a name to its face: iso-e-super (perhaps mingled with other woody tones?), which smells like a mist composed of extremely fine, minced wood fibers. Finally, the arrival of the unmistakable rice note announced the commencement of a phantom ball. These ethereal, ghostly guest whisper to one another, their voices intertwining to form an invisible melody.

In the skin stage, discernible only when one's nose is pressed against the skin, a faintly sweet-boozy-inky musky base bids you farewell.

From head to toe, Prive is a transparent scent, like a water-woven tapestry, yet intricately complex, not intended for the simple-minded.

Utterly divine scent. I have been a long time fan of OJ perfumes. This one is just such a beautiful rendition of flowers, rice and moderate sweetness. One of my favourites from this line and just perfect floral.

I bought a sample of this recently out of curiosity, and it really surprised me. I think I was expecting something softer, more floral. The rice note and florals are definitely there, but I find the pink pepper and coriander sharp and angular, though it did soften as it dried down. This is a spicy oriental-floral. Perhaps my expectations were too high, I'm only disappointed because Prive is not the perfect sphere of harmonized notes that is Ormonde Woman. I like Privé, but don't love it.