Dreaming of Oriens

                 

I almost fainted when Stacy showed me her Van Cleef Arpels Oriens Perfume bottle. I was intrigued by the beautiful bottle designed by designer Joel Desgripps who modeled Orien's flacon after a Van Cleef Arpel's ring with the surlyn cap mimicking the pink orange green spectrum of the tourmaline gem set within the ring from the series "Tree of Dreams". The Van Cleefs Ring is an enormous tourmaline set in white gold and diamond studded leaves. The bottle was made by Luigi Bormioli. Bernard Elena is the nose that made this creation in 2010.  The top notes are raspberry, black currant, and mandarine. The mid notes are jasmine and lily flowers and the base notes are blond wood, sandalwood, vanilla, and amber and prailine.   Thumbs up for this whole package.