Olympia

Olympia is Aromara's dupe of Paco Rabanne Olympea, opening with mandarin, water jasmine and green notes before ginger lily and salted vanilla build a sweet, addictive heart. The base of cashmere wood, sandalwood and ambergris gives a fresh, sweet finish that stays close to modern gourmand-floral territory. Built at 35% extrait, it leans into the same salty-sweet vanilla signature that made Olympea one of the defining mainstream fragrances of the past decade, prized for its uniquely addictive salted-vanilla twist. The genuine Rabanne version carries a distinctive marine-salt facet running through the vanilla-ambergris base that gives it real depth and a long, skin-hugging finish that lasts well into the evening. Aromara's take reproduces the sweet vanilla-ginger opening convincingly and is genuinely likeable in its own right, but the cashmere-wood-ambergris base is thinner and less salty, fading sooner than the original's marathon performance. As a way into that addictive vanilla-goddess mood at a fraction of the price, it works well for spring and summer dates.