Osaïto
Osaito opens with grapefruit and citrus over a sea note that reads less like aquatic fantasy and more like actual coastal air, myrtle adding a green-herbal quality that keeps the marine accord from drifting into abstraction. Fennel in the heart is the distinguishing material choice: it reads aromatic and slightly medicinal, bridging the citrus opening and the sandalwood base with a bitterness that the composition needs. Precious woods and musk in the drydown are clean and warm, the whole arc from grapefruit-sea to wood resolving exactly as it should.
Why We Carry This
Geoffrey Nejman and Jean-Claude Astier created an aromatic Mediterranean fragrance in Osaito that earns the Jewel Collection placement through the fennel heart: a material that most houses avoid in citrus-marine constructions. Clean, considered, and genuinely distinctive for the category.
Scent Profile
Top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Saffron
Heart notes: Rose, Jasmine, Labdanum, Heliotrope
Base notes: Amber, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Musk
Character
Accords: Amber, Floral, Sweet, Warm Spicy, Powdery, Vanilla
Perfumer: Martine Micallef
Launched: 2018