Our take
What does Organza Indécence smell like?
Givenchy launched Organza Indécence in 1999, three years after Organza and its statue-shaped bottle. The mood changes completely. Everything here is woody and spiced. Mandarin barely opens before a warm cinnamon takes over. The heart arrives fast, where candied plum meets jacaranda wood. That accord is the perfume's identity: sticky fruit laid on dry wood. The base leans toward amber and patchouli. White musk rounds off the edges. Givenchy does not name the perfumer. Compared with Shiseido's Féminité du Bois, another plum and cinnamon wood released in 1992, Organza Indécence is sweeter and rounder. It is still in the Givenchy range more than twenty-five years after launch. Few flankers from the 1990s can say the same. The plum and cinnamon pairing still feels generous today, even if the sugar shows its age. It needs cold weather to make sense.
When to wear it
A winter evening perfume, best on a wool jumper or a coat. One or two sprays at most, since it radiates for hours.
It belongs to the Oriental / Amber, Woody family. Organza Indécence is one of 40 creations by Givenchy in our encyclopedia.
