What does Al Ambra Orlina smell like?
Orlina begins with neroli, lemon and raspberry. Neroli is the green, fresh oil distilled from bitter orange blossom, and it is listed here at the top, where it works almost like a citrus note next to the lemon.
The heart holds three white flowers: jasmine, orange flower and gardenia. Orange flower comes from the same tree as neroli, so the two layers are linked. Gardenia is creamy with a green depth. The base is white honey, amber and patchouli. Honey is sweet and waxy, amber warm, and patchouli gives the sweetness an earthy floor. Read as a whole, it is orange blossom in several forms, set on honey.
What Al Ambra says about Orlina
Floral, sweet and citrusy, softly amber: those are the brand's words for Orlina. It recommends spring and summer and daytime use, from daily wear to casual outings and daytime events. The projection is described as light to moderate.
Who is Al Ambra Orlina for?
Orlina is a women's scent in the brand's product title. It offers white flowers with a citrus edge and honey underneath: neroli and lemon first, then jasmine, orange flower and gardenia. Lovers of an orange tree in bloom should read this list closely. Those who get a headache from white flowers, or find honey too sweet, should not. Men who wear neroli will recognise the top; whether the heart suits them is a matter of taste, not of the title.
Al Ambra Orlina Eau de Parfum, 100 ml: size and concentration
The format of Orlina is the usual one for an Al Ambra eau de parfum: 100 ml (3.4 fl oz), with no other size listed. The brand calls the blend style French-inspired and labels the oil richness moderate to high. Those are the brand's words, quoted here as labels. For help in choosing among the 49 scents, see which Al Ambra to try first.
Al Ambra Orlina compared with its closest siblings
Orlina and Secret Scent are both listed for women and share lemon, amber and patchouli. Their flowers differ. Secret Scent has one, rose, with green apple, bergamot, musk and sandalwood. Orlina has three white ones, jasmine, orange flower and gardenia, plus neroli, raspberry and white honey. Secret Scent is the crisper list and comes as a 50 ml extrait; Orlina is the more honeyed one, an eau de parfum in 100 ml.
The overlap with Blue Grotto is the same three notes, lemon, amber and patchouli, and that is where the similarity stops. Blue Grotto is a marine scent listed as unisex: marine notes, blue ginger, apple, sandalwood, incense and vetiver. It names no flower. Orlina has neroli, jasmine, orange flower and gardenia, raspberry and white honey, and no sea, smoke or root. One is a 50 ml extrait, the other a 100 ml eau de parfum.
Hexa Modkila is another floral eau de parfum for women with neroli at the top and an amber note in the base, white amber in its case. On paper the two feel different. Hexa Modkila is pale: pear, peach blossom, iris, lily, osmanthus and cedar. Orlina is fuller and sweeter: lemon, raspberry, jasmine, orange flower, gardenia, white honey and patchouli. Size and type are the same, and the brand suggests both for spring and summer.
Where to buy Al Ambra Orlina in Europe
At present FragranceGems, an independent reseller, has not taken Orlina into its range. You can let the shop know you want it through its request page. Nothing is ordered that way and nothing is promised in return. Two of the shop's scents overlap with Orlina in part. Black Forest Elixir also lists orange flower and patchouli, and has lily of the valley as a second white flower. Ravenna has the neroli and the lemon, in a fruitier and spicier setting with ginger and black tea.
Request Orlina at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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