Penhaligon's Ostara EdP

Ostara EdT by Penhaligon's is a Floral Green fragrance for women launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Bertrand Duchaufour.

Notes of Green Leaves, Violet Leaf, Aldehydes, Clementine, Juniper, Bergamot, Black Currant Blossom, Mint, Pink Pepper; Narcissus, Hyacinth, Beeswax, Ylang-Ylang, Wisteria, Hawthorn, Cyclamen; Vanilla, Benzoin, Amber, Musk, Styrax and White Wood.

Ostara opens with a blend of bergamot, clementine, juniper, red berries CO2, mint, currant buds CO2, violet leaf absolute, green leaves and aldehydes effect. The heart adds floral notes of daffodil, hyacinth, cyclamen, ylang-ylang, hawthorn and wisteria along with intense accords of beeswax. Base notes combine styrax resin, vanilla, benzoin, musk, amber and blond wood.

REVIEWS

Fragrantica - Oh my gosh, so gorgeous! My friend Sarah sent me a vial of Ostara, which I'd never heard of before. The mint and narcissus go together so much better than I had expected from looking at the listed notes, and I'm crazy about the juniper note, too. The benzoin smells vaguely Chanel-esque to me, but maybe that's because I was wearing Coco (OG and Noir) for the past couple of days. The beeswax-vanilla combination in the base reminds me ever so slightly of the same note in Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille, although Ostara has a much more floral and conventionally feminine aspect.

Fragrantica - Fabulous spring scent and perfect for Easter in souther Norway with daffodils, green and earthy notes. The sweetness of the honey and beeswax make Ostrara suitable for early spring, when the air is still chilly but the sun is starting to warm a little bit and melts the snow and ice...I'm sorry to hear this beauty is discontinued.

Fragrantica - A big love for me. Smells like a spring meadow with Yellow flowers and bees and beeswax.. absolutely stunning. Disappointed it's discontinued. For me one of the masterpieces.

Fragrantica - This is just (as someone below said) an absolute masterpiece. I obviously expected it to be floral, but wow...the steminess and juicy greeness in this are soooo photorealistic. Literally spring in a bottle. Dry down is also amazing....lasts remarkably well for a Penhaligons. Really hope I can keep finding bottles of this somewhere!  10/10

Fragrantica - This perfume is a masterpiece. Full stop. This creation somehow has manifested the exact sensation of putting your nose into a flower and huffing the pollen. I understand this is not everyone's idea of a good time, or a good perfume, but man, if it's your jam, then it doesn't really get better than this. It is a light, joyous photo-surrealistic flower. Stunning experience and one I keep going back for. So glad I snagged a bottle for my collection, it's just a stunner and compliment getter. It makes me feel like a bee just living its' best life. Amazing.

Fragrantica - Ostara was everything I expected she would be, and yet somehow, she is much more. Photo realism of not merely a particular flower, but of a particular human emotion; that of the passion of early spring. Ostara represents in her notes a symphony of spring, if she were a son, she would be 'Morning' from Peer Gynt, though as she develops, she surely matures into the 'Maid With The Flaxen Hair'. I will not do her injustice by re hashing her elements nor her notes, for she is exactly what she says she is. Ostara is a shameless garden nymph and she must be given her dues. Ostara, like her name infers, is a Goddess of Spring.

Fragrantica - I am transported to my grandmothers garden. Not sure I want to wear this because it's so photorealistic, but what a masterpiece! If anyone ever questions fragrance as art, have them take a sniff of Ostara.

Fragrantica - This one is magnificent !! A discontinued masterpiece. The more I wear it, the more it captivates me.....I have ordered a full bottle and a back-up too !!

Fragrantica - One of the best soliflores of late. If course this concoction, being a masterpiece of the Great Master Msr Duchauffour himself, is an intricate and skillfully interwoven fabric of everything floral and spring: you have the "broken tulip stems" moment, the woodsy-ylang-ylang one, the sharp and bitter green one, the aldehydic-hyacinth, the fresh and paper mache vanillic wafer moment, and everything else that conjures up the olfactory picture and expectation of an egg-yolk yellow burst of sunshine that we are currently experiencing here in London....OSTARA I love you forever and unconditionally! A 'solifleur' masterpiece and a text book example of what abstract perfumery with lyrical content really is meant to be. 10/10.