Very Me New York Oriflame

For Women
Eau de Toilette
Year: 2014
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Longevity
Spring
Best Season
Casual
Best For

Fragrance Story

Very Me New York by Oriflame is a Floral Fruity Gourmand fragrance for women. Very Me New York was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Alexandra Carlin.

Composition Profile

fruity 100%
sweet 85%
fresh 70%
green 60%

About the Perfumer

Alexandra Carlin

Alexandra Carlin

Alexandra Carlin is a French perfumer who has worked with major houses including Amouage and Affinessence. Her style often balances rich, textured materials like leather and spices with unexpected softness, as seen in Cuir Curcuma and Santal Basmati. She has created several notable Amouage fragrances, including the elegant Dia 40 Woman and the opulent Honour 43 Woman.

Fragrance Notes

All Notes

Complete scent profile

Raspberry Raspberry
Green Apple Green Apple
Cupcake Cupcake

Character Profile

The Explorer Archetype: Portrait of Very Me New York Oriflame

Essence

This person is, at their core, an Explorer-one who seeks novelty, independence, and self-discovery. The fragrance Very Me New York by Oriflame, with its fresh, urban, and slightly rebellious energy, mirrors their spirit: modern, unbound, and perpetually in motion. Like the city itself, they are a paradox-simultaneously drawn to the rush of new experiences and the quiet introspection that comes with solitude in a crowd.

Style & Aesthetic

Their aesthetic is urban eclectic-effortlessly blending high and low fashion, vintage finds with sleek modernity. They favor clean lines but with an edge-a leather jacket over a minimalist dress, or chunky boots with tailored trousers. Their scent, Very Me New York, is an extension of this: fresh yet bold, youthful but sophisticated.

In music, they gravitate toward indie rock, synth-pop, or jazz-anything that evokes movement and mood. Their reading list leans toward travel memoirs, modernist literature, and essays on culture and identity. They appreciate art that challenges norms, whether in a gallery or on a subway wall.

Philosophy & Values

They thrive on the pulse of the city, where every street corner holds a potential story, every stranger a fleeting connection. Their philosophy is one of self-invention-they believe identity is fluid, shaped by experiences rather than inherited roles. Routine is their enemy; stagnation, their deepest fear. They are drawn to the philosophy of existentialism, though they may not name it as such-they live it, embracing the idea that meaning is not given but created through action.

Yet, beneath this outward freedom lies a quiet tension: the fear of being trapped, whether by obligation, expectation, or their own indecision. They resist labels, yet secretly crave a sense of belonging-a contradiction that fuels both their dynamism and their occasional restlessness.

Relationships

They are a connector, weaving through social circles with ease, yet rarely staying in one for too long. Friends admire their spontaneity and openness, but some may quietly resent their reluctance to commit deeply. Romantic relationships are intense but often short-lived-they crave passion but flee from the weight of expectation.

Their charm lies in their ability to make others feel seen, if only briefly. They collect stories and people, but their true intimacy is reserved for the moments of solitude that follow-when they reflect on the encounters that shaped them.

Shadow

For all their brilliance, the Explorer has a shadow: rootlessness. Their aversion to commitment can become a form of evasion, a refusal to face the deeper work of self-integration. They may mistake motion for growth, accumulating experiences without fully absorbing them. At worst, they become the eternal tourist-always passing through, never staying long enough to be changed.

When this shadow takes hold, they may feel a hollow ache beneath their vibrant exterior-a sense that, for all their freedom, they have yet to truly arrive anywhere.

Conclusion

They are both liberated and unmoored, a soul in perpetual dialogue with the world and themselves. Very Me New York is their scent because it captures this duality-bright yet layered, fleeting yet memorable. They are not searching for a final destination but for the next question, the next spark of inspiration.

And perhaps that is enough. For the Explorer, the journey is the meaning.