Night Flyer Parfum — Olympic Orchids
Editorial impression: Damp earth, mineral air and resins, with ripe figs, banana and other tropical fruit. Drawn from 32 independent reports across 3 venues. Parfum / Extrait from Olympic Orchids.
At a glance
† cited to the sources listed at the foot of this page.
- What it smells like†
- Earthy, Fruity, Musk, Woody · Parfum / Extrait. The house lists sandalwood, olibanum wood, vetiver.
- Best fit†
- Wearers report reaching for it most often in autumn and spring.
- Current formulation†
- No reformulation record found in the sources reviewed — One thin-batch report lacks a paired bottle or batch code. Comparisons with an earlier release of the composition under another house concern its lineage and give conflicting results, so they cannot settle a later change to this parfum.
- Evidence
- Drawn from 32 independent reports across 3 venues.
- From the house†
- See it on Olympic Orchids's site
Scent description (editorial impression; it begins with the sentence under the page title)
Musk and leather give it an animalic edge, while sandalwood and vetiver keep the base earthy, wearers report.
Drawn from 32 independent reports across 3 venues.
Notes and fragrance details
- House
- Olympic Orchids
- Perfumer
- Ellen CoveyOlympic Orchids - the boutique introduction, which says every perfume is formulated by Ellen Covey
- Notes (as listed, untiered)
- sandalwood, olibanum wood, vetiver, furry musk accord, wet earth, damp air, mineral notes, resins, leather, figs, banana, soft tropical fruitsNight Flyer Parfum - official product page
- Why no pyramid
- Olympic Orchids publishes these materials as a flat list without top, heart or base tiers.Night Flyer Parfum - official product page
- Current formulation
- No reformulation record found in the sources reviewed — One thin-batch report lacks a paired bottle or batch code. Comparisons with an earlier release of the composition under another house concern its lineage and give conflicting results, so they cannot settle a later change to this parfum.Night Flyer — community ratings and written reviews
- Concentration
- Parfum / Extrait
- Category
- Independent
- Scent families (Scentorian)
- Earthy, Fruity, Musk, Woody
Sources are linked beside the details they document. We omit details we could not verify. Note lists describe a scent; they are not ingredient lists.
Questions and answers
What does Night Flyer Parfum smell like?
Damp earth, mineral air and resins, with ripe figs, banana and other tropical fruit.
Drawn from 32 independent reports across 3 venues.
What are the notes in Night Flyer Parfum?
Olympic Orchids publishes a note list for Night Flyer Parfum without tiers.
- Notes (as listed, untiered): sandalwood, olibanum wood, vetiver, furry musk accord, wet earth, damp air, mineral notes, resins, leather, figs, banana, soft tropical fruits
- Why no pyramid: Olympic Orchids publishes these materials as a flat list without top, heart or base tiers.
Notes describe the scent; the ingredient list is on the packaging.
Browse other fragrances by these notes: Incense, Leather, Musk, Sandalwood, Vetiver.
Has Night Flyer Parfum been reformulated? Is today's bottle the same as older ones?
We found no published reformulation record for Night Flyer Parfum in the sources we reviewed.
One thin-batch report lacks a paired bottle or batch code. Comparisons with an earlier release of the composition under another house concern its lineage and give conflicting results, so they cannot settle a later change to this parfum.
Every fragrance's reformulation verdict, in one list: Reformulation watch.
What does the concentration label on Night Flyer Parfum mean?
Night Flyer Parfum is sold as Parfum / Extrait, a label generally used for a concentrated fragrance.
No body standardises these labels, so one does not tell you how long a scent lasts or how far it carries, and versions sold under the same name can differ.
Who composed Night Flyer Parfum?
Night Flyer Parfum was composed by Ellen Covey, according to Olympic Orchids.
What fragrance family is Night Flyer Parfum?
We file Night Flyer Parfum under Earthy, Fruity, Musk and Woody.
These are Scentorian's browsing categories; Olympic Orchids may describe it differently. Browse by family.
What season is Night Flyer Parfum for?
Wearers most often reach for Night Flyer Parfum in autumn and spring.
Drawn from 477 independent reports, all from a single venue. This is one venue's view; our usual minimum is ten reports across two venues.
Browse: Autumn fragrances, Spring fragrances.
How does Scentorian know this about Night Flyer Parfum?
Each detail on this page links to its source: note lists and published credits come from Olympic Orchids, and wearer reports come from the venues named in the sources list.
Drawn from 32 independent reports across 3 venues.
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Blackbird Parfum
Parfum / Extrait. Ripe blackberry with dry grass, fir balsam and resinous cedar.
Woodcut Parfum
Parfum / Extrait. Fresh-cut lumber, and specifically so: wearers describe sawn boards, sap, bark and the hot-metal smell of a saw, like a lumber yard or the wood aisle of a hardware store.
All 3 Olympic Orchids fragrances on Scentorian
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When wearers reach for it
Autumn fragrances
Other fragrances wearers report reaching for most often in autumn.
Spring fragrances
Other fragrances wearers report reaching for most often in spring.
Night Flyer Parfum is filed under
Earthy
Scents of soil, moss, patchouli and mushrooms.
Fruity
Fruit notes such as apple, peach and berries. Citrus has its own category.
Musk
Musky notes with soft, powdery, clean or animalic facets, depending on the composition.
Woody
Wood notes such as cedar, sandalwood and oud, as well as woody facets of vetiver.
Sources
- Olympic Orchids - the boutique introduction, which says every perfume is formulated by Ellen Covey — Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes
- Night Flyer Parfum - official product page — Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes
- Night Flyer — community ratings and written reviews — Parfumo, read in aggregate
- Night Flyer by Olympic Orchids — member reviews — Basenotes, read in aggregate
- Night Flyer — member ratings and wear reports — Fragrantica, read in aggregate