Etat Libre d’Orange Paris

Legend has it that an apple from a tree fell on Newton’s head – and thus, the theory of universal gravitation was born. But let’s reimagine. Instead of an apple, an enormous, fully scented, fleshy Rose met with by sweet Lychee, deep Akigalawood and earthy patchouli for a new scented path, beyond light and gravity.

Notes: 

Lychee, Apple, Rose NeoAbsolute, Jasmin Absolute, Honey, Patchouli, Musks

Frustration, the eldest daughter of renunciation and the sister of perfume, since perfume proceeds like frustration in the game of love.

  It gives by taking up, a fullness never satisfied, an enjoyment started but never achieved, an infinite movement of desire without completion, without apotheosis, an instillation that excites, seduces, lulls, dominates and annoys like a Bolero by Ravel. Frustration.

  So take a vanilla bean, a garden rose with swollen red petals, some old rum exploding with amber woods, a bourbon vetiver, bring each of these materials to your senses. Frustration.

  Breathe, taste the circulation of the unheard of beans, delectable fermentation but never enough, where one asks for more, all nostrils out, ... "More, more, let us take your redness deeper, and become this animal with the dull mind of the child who wants to enjoy and devour even more this chestnut wood, this cinnamon or this vetiver until bursting, and then to bathe satiated in the poetry of the smell." Frustration.

  This is the love game of perfume, this is the game of love according to Musset, Shakespeare or Racine. And it is so much the better because satisfaction kills whereas desire makes you live by creating movement through the ever renewed distance, so as to never consume like a homicidal ogre. Frustration.

  Happy are the consumers of desire, unhappy the consumers of enjoyment.

  Frustration, a perfume to awaken the strong child in the fragile adult or the fragile child in the too-strong adult, a perfume for a regressive journey to the dominion of vanilla, rum and vetiver.

Frustration Fragrance Notes: 

• Top notes: Cumin HE, Cinnamon HE, Pure Rhum Jungle Essence™
• Heart notes: Pure Vanilla Jungle Essence™, Vanilla Absolute, Ciste Absolute
• Base notes: Chestnut Wood Accord, Bourbon Vetiver HE, Vinyl Gaiacol – MANE Biotech

 

There's this wonderful expression for addressing a loved one: to say “soul of my soul,” signifying the emptiness of living without one's love. Here, musk intermingles with iris butter and transmits the powerful balm of vanilla, followed by the friction of Tonka against Benzoin. Here, perfume is soul, soul is perfume.

Notes: 

Bergamot, Incense Essence, Pink peppercorn, Iris butter, Suede Accord, Sandalwood Essence, Georgy wood Accord, Vanilla Absolute

A symbol of Parisian history and endurance that has spanned the Seine for well over a century, immortalized in Guillaume Apollinaire's famous poem, which acknowledges the temporary nature of life and love even as it celebrates that joy invariably awaits on the other side of loss. It's this nuanced celebration of the cycles of life and legacy that inspire Etat Libre's latest fragrance Sous le Pont Mirabeau, a refreshing and sophisticated aromatic aquatic scent that captures the melancholic beauty of Apollinaire's missive. An opening of bergamot and pink pepper mingles its brightness with the sweet green fullness of fig, leading into a soothing and evocative waterscape at the heart of the fragrance accented with ozone and a delicate sparkle of incense. A sharp, modern violet represents the "violent hope" of the poem, while a base of sandalwood, fresh musk, and vanilla conveys the oddly fulfilling ache of lost love. Gentle yet subtly powerful, modern yet timeless, Sur le Pont Mirabeau is a lovely, eminently wearable fragrance infused with true Parisian soulfulness.

Sous Le Point Mirabeau Fragrance Notes: 

• Top: Italian Bergamot HE SUSTAINABLE, Pure Pink Berry Jungle Essence™, Elemi HE, Fig Accord
• Heart: Superessence incense, Aquatic Accord, Ozonic Accord, Violet Green
• Base: Virginia Cedar Upcycled, Vanilla Pure Jungle Essence™, Sandalwood HE, Orcanox™ Upcycled, Musks

A spicy aromatic fragrance that commemorates merchants and the beautiful exchange among humanity’s brothers and sisters.  That tributes their open roads of spice and silk, roads that opened the world. A cosmic, mystical, and enchanting spice.

Notes: 

Turkish Rose, Ginger, Pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Saffron

FULL DESCRIPTION

The seductive side of the not-so-innocent mademoiselle. The sweetness of marshmallow enflowered by an elegant and feminine bouquet of orange blossom and lily-of-the-valley gives way to a hint of seductive patchouli.

Notes: 

• Lily-of-the-valley, jasmine, orange blossom, aldehydes, amber, patchouli, cocoa, musk, marshmallow

 Do you know this adorable mademoiselle? She’s a girly-girl, clutching a bouquet of orange blossom and lily-of-the-valley, all sweetness and light and delicate grace. Like a ballerina, she pirouettes across the floor and into your heart. But this young dancer knows some jazzy moves. That pink-and-white charm conceals shades of gray. And when the innocence of fresh white flowers gives way to a hint of seductive patchouli, you know there’s more to her. Someday, her sparkle will turn into fire, and her gentle warmth will become passion. Oh, the sweet mystery of this precious child/woman! But all will be revealed when he asks her, “Do you..?” And she replies, “Yes, I do”.