The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Or de Moi arrived in 2024 as part of Infiniment Coty Paris, a fourteen-piece genderless collection marking Coty's 120th anniversary. The name means "gold of me" in French, a declaration of something personal and unrepeatable. Perfumer Dora Baghriche-Arnaud built the fragrance around a tension: the tuberose flower's notoriously animalic, almost nocturnal character, and the cool, green grounding of moss. The goal was to capture what tuberose does at dusk, when its scent intensifies and the green stems turn almost black. It's the hour the flower owns.
What makes Or de Moi interesting is the structural choice. Tuberose is one of the most challenging materials in perfumery, it can swing from creamy and narcotic to sweet and synthetic depending on what surrounds it. Here, the chypre-moss accord does something unexpected: it gives the tuberose a green, almost fungal counterpoint that keeps the sweetness from becoming detached. The 20% oil concentration is notably high for a mainstream release, and the formula draws from both natural extracts and synthetic aroma chemicals developed with IFF. The result is a tuberose that feels bold and saturated rather than polite.
The evolution
The opening is where Or de Moi announces itself. Creamy, almost edible tuberose with a bright green flash from the moss, it reads as sweet, but not synthetic. The transition into the heart phase brings the chypre accord forward, adding a balmy, warm quality that shifts the composition toward something more animalic and resinous. There's a particular detail worth noting: the sillage stays intimate from the start. It doesn't project so much as invite. By the drydown, the moss and chypre accord have taken over, creating a warm, earthy base that stays close to the skin for hours. The creamy sweetness doesn't disappear, it persists underneath, giving the drydown a softness that rewards patience. On most skin types, the full arc runs 6-8 hours, with the most interesting phase being the shift from the bubblegum-sweet opening into the grounded, mossy drydown. That's where the fragrance reveals what it actually is.
Cultural impact
Or de Moi sits at an interesting intersection: a heritage house celebrating its past, a genderless collection rethinking who fragrance is for, and a tuberose-forward composition that doesn't apologize for being sweet. The reception has been divided, some find the sweetness brave, others find it leans bubblegum. But that division is itself revealing. This is a fragrance that commits to a point of view.
