Name: LA FIN DU MONDE
Brand: US Etat Libre d'Orange
Price: 149.0 USD
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500 Years

$225.00

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The story of mankind delivered to you in a perfume. An eternal trail of incense and oud serving the majestic rose. Bold, spicy with insight and alliance for the skin.

Featured in the Orange Extraordinaire Collection.

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500 YEARS By the rose, I remain.

For twelve years, Etat Libre d’Orange has been celebrating enlightenment
through an awareness of beauty, goodness, sensitivity and intelligence. Our house has welcomed humankind in all its forms, as long as they try to contribute to The Perspective – the Renaissance concept of three dimensions in art which allowed for more realistic and profound depictions. And this perspective can be interpreted to extend beyond paintings.

Five hundred years ago, merchants confronted the two established orders :
the Red (priests) and the Black (soldiers). They created a third path, cleansed of dictates, for the proliferation of the arts – and perfume. Etat Libre d’Orange honors the sons and daughters of the Renaissance by offering a trail of insight and alliance for their skin.

Think of Lucifer – from the Latin roots, lux (light) and ferre (to hold) – the shining one, light-bearing, like Venus when appearing as the morning star. Half a millennium to wear on the skin, and in its wake the majestic memory of the rose, the power of spices and the sense of something precious. The story of mankind delivered to you in a perfume.

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Cardamom, Turkish Rose, Saffron, Cocoa, Oud, Amber woods, Bergamot

So Sexy ...///=^} ~

I just received my large bottle today , and the presentation is a bit quirky , but overall impressive . I love this scent , the 3.4 ounce bottle is beautiful and right center on my perfume cabinet . I had just showered when package arrived so I was able to go in with a few spritzes . Heavenly rose , spicy with the cardamom and saffron , cocoa is there as well , I do get a bit of oud , but not overpowering , it's perfect . I will always have this on hand . Thanks , so much all those involved in the making of this outstanding perfume , bottle and experience ~

~ Ooo, my , goodness ~

I bought the sampling of all 3 with this one being an absolute " love " with Spice must flow second . This one here is an amazing scentual of " chocolate and roses " on me , with a hint of spice . I love it , and will buying a large bottle of 500 years soon . I'm saving up to get the larger size and can't wait to add to my collection . One of the best

ATTAQUER LE SOLEIL MARQUIS DE SADE

$149.00

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Woody, Spicy, Leathery

A tribute to Marquis de Sade, the father of sadism, the man who wanted to attack the sun and ignite the world, liberate us from our preconceptions, break down the barriers which keep us from accepting our own desires. We identify with him, because we try to do the same. The pleasure and the pain of Labdanum.

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To attack the sun, to drive it from the universe, to create perpetual darkness – what an outrageous proposition! But Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was an outrageous man. He took on many roles: writer, revolutionary, philosopher, libertine. He disdained the social norms and he demanded unrestrained freedom. He questioned every assumption about love, beauty, even violence, and he ignored the taboos. He wanted to attack the sun and ignite the world, liberate us from our preconceptions, break down the barriers which keep us from accepting our own desires. We identify with him, because we try to do the same.

Which is why Etat Libre d’Orange has chosen to celebrate a man who celebrated extremes. We have invited the Marquis de Sade to join our family of outrageous perfumes. He has accepted with pleasure . . . and maybe a little pain.

Etat Libre d’Orange and the Marquis de Sade. It’s a marriage made in heaven, or possibly in hell. Either way, it works. Together, we launch an assault on the sun.

To read Sade is to take a risk — one is suddenly forced to face one’s self, exposed. It’s a wonderful risk to take if you want to plunge yourself into the heart and the body of humanity. Because Sade liberates.
He pushes us to imagine and to desire, far beyond the boundaries which saturate our perspective.

"How many times, dear God, have I not longed to be able to attack the sun, snatch it out of the sky, create a general darkness, or use that star to ignite the world."

As a creator of perfume, how could I open my perspective, imagine beyond my limitations? A very personal question. The cistus! One of my paradoxes. One of my gray areas.

I have always recoiled from the cistus, I’ve avoided it or hidden it under thick layers of vanilla and amber as a way of escaping it. This is why I have made myself confront a radical formula: the cistus, exposed, and in all its states.

My dear Marquis: here’s to your suns, to our volcanoes!

— Quentin Bisch, perfumer

From the depths of his prisons, Sade constantly reminded his contemporaries
- and all men - of his injunction to go beyond compromise, to overcome conformity, and to always put freedom rst.

To be yourself, without suffering the judgment of others; to be yourself and to live as you want to live... "All human happiness is in the imagination," Sade reminds us.

Sade was the freest man who ever lived. Sade is desire and passion, strength and tenderness, provocation and sensuality. His scent is the same: in nitely volcanic.

Like his perfume, Sade cannot be banished, reduced to silence, made to disappear.
He is there, always there: unforgettable. This is an eternal fragrance that endures just as his thought endures, beyond time.

— Hugues de Sade

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Cistus (A genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family)

Etat Libre d'Orange ATTAQUER LE SOLEIL MARQUIS DE SADE 100ml

Oh no!

All my future wallets weep, this is where my fortune will flow. The scent is quiet power and deep thoughts.

All the purified smoke I hoped to smell is here.

I've found the one....

If the spirits of trees could step out of their sunbaked pines and make love to me, they would smell exactly like this. It is all of the heat and warmth of a wood fire, with only a hint of the smoke. I am wearing this scent to bed, because I want to dream about how this smells. I have never loved a scent before like I love this one. I feel badly for all of the other samples that I haven't tried yet.

Rebellious

Attaquer Le Soleil Marquis DE Sade is a holiday in a bottle only I can’t figure out which one so let’s go with all the holidays in one container. The main note is cistus need I say more? For those who haven’t experienced cistus, it is a soft, fruity smell with warm wood overtones. It has a musky, clean, dignified edge. Mid-day the same as the first. I love rocking this scent. It makes me feel rebellious and the longevity is good. Defiantly feel like the outrageous Marquis de Sade when I have this on. Look him up on WIKI. Who knows what I might accomplish?

What the actual hell?

I believe I've sampled each and every scent they make now, have purchased some again, and again trying to decide which will be the lucky purchase. It's impossible to choose. But right now, today, with the world in complete disarray, I'm floating on some kind of high from this bewitching fragrance. Have been a fan of this company since our honeymoon in Paris 6 years ago.

Yum!

I know this is probably a more masculine scent for some people. But, I don't care, I love it! It smells like fresh milled lumber. That sawdust smell of freshly sawn hardwood. I never realized how intoxicating a woody smell could be until now. Not a smooth cedar or any familiar woody element either, a sharper, heady smell that will absolutely make you incapable of doing anything but sniff it obsessively. Yes, I WOULD love a man that smelled like this, but I don't have one so I'll wear it for myself! Another masterpiece from ELDO.

EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS

$225.00

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Woody, Fruity, Floral

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.

Featured in the Orange Extraordinaire Collection.

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EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS Open a new scented path, beyond light and gravity Newton, excuse us!

Legend has it that an apple from a tree fell on Newton’s head – and thus, the theory of universal gravitation was born. But then let’s imagine a different scene – Newton, asleep under a rose bush. And instead of an apple, a flower falls, an enormous rose, a fully scented, fleshy rose. Would he have felt it? Would he have plunged his face into the heart of the flower? And what would this mean for his theory?

This scent: A chypre! And a very precise and clear-cut formula, like something that falls on you, sudden and direct. And never leaves you. A trail of scent that holds on. Akigalawood and patchouli for a honeyed rose.

Newton, excuse us! Your Crucial Experience showed us that colors are not characteristics of objects but properties of light. We now know, thanks to you, that white light is a mixture of rays with the nuances of the rainbow. You also showed us that just because an object IS red does not mean that we see it as red. If it appears red to our visual perception, this is because, when illuminated with a white light source (for example, sunlight), its surface absorbs all the colored light rays that compose it, EXCEPT the reds.

So forgive us for taking inspiration from your Experimentum Crucis! You have been the inspiration and the source of criticism for so many. And as your theory has changed our vision of the world, we have tried to create a fragrance that will change the world.

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

Etat Libre d'Orange EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS 100ml

Least favorite, until I put it on

I received my sample set and I’m not kidding, upon spraying this on the paper I immediately despised it. After applying all the scents to the papers, this was far and away my least favorite and I figured I’d never bother trying it on lest someone have the unfortunate experience of smelling me.

But that was before COVID-19. Since I’m not going anywhere, I figured I’d try them all on different days, and I finally got to this one. I can’t say it’s my new favorite, but I am genuinely impressed with what a difference is made by adding this scent to skin. It’s no longer the stale smell of grandma masking her lack of shower by too much cloying “rose artificielle”, instead I pick up the sweetly fruity lynchee and the blooming rose garden. It’s quite extraordinary, but you must love musks.

New Favorite

I recently ordered the 20-fragrance sample, based largely on the cheeky names given to many of them (Fat Electrician, anyone? HA!). After a fairly exhaustive testing session, I came away with 3-4 that I really liked (though many were rather special and told me a unique story, just not all were something I'd personally want to wear), and Experimentum Crucis topped the list. It is so fresh and clean and unique, I simply cannot get enough. I haven't received any comments on it yet, but I don't mind that, as it feels like something just for me. Every time I roll over in the middle of the night and get a whiff of it from my pillow, and I smile and sigh in my sleep. My only wish is that this was available in various sizes like most other; $225 is just a bit cost-prohibitive for my budget, even for this incredible scent. Until (or unless) this is available in a more economical size, I'll just keep ordering 10 samples at a time!

Unique

Just got a sample of this and sprayed it (while at work) and shortly after a guy walked into my office and commented it smells like "fresh laundry". Seeing how long it lingers but so far it's exceptional.

Full bottle worthy

Got a sample of this and its love st first spray. A unique scent and last long on me. I'm definitely will purchased.

The change this cologne makes is remarkable

When first sprayed, there's a strong powder scent, but within a couple of minutes it dramatically changes to a clean, lightly citrusy scent that lasts all day long. This scent makes me feel happy and light.

FAT ELECTRICIAN

$95.00

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Gourmand, Woody

Based on the true story of a once beautiful man who ended up a Fat Electrician. Because while beauty fades, a good fragrance is forever. And contrary to the name, this is an ever attractive and wearable vetiver-based scent modernized by woody Vanilla Bean and balsamic Myrrh.

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His beauty would have been his greatest asset. One imagines he was raised in the big air of Texas, his soft skin scrubbed by ears of wheat, his eyelashes curled by grappling with grace against a blinding sun. A Midnight Cowboy lost on city asphalt.

A fisherman without a line, he was made to be hooked by others, to believe in his fate without knowing it, to wreak havoc and forget it over time. Youth for women-of-a-certain-age, stock for late-night parties, a partner to accompany the wealthy of Palm Beach on nature walks, his splendor is consumed in the service of others. Now, a Fat Electrician in New Jersey, his talent depleted in his sexual decline. This is the curse of beauty - it doesn’t last.

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Vetiver from Haiti, chestnut cream, olive leaves, myrrh, vanilla, opoponax

Etat Libre d'Orange FAT ELECTRICIAN 100ml

Smells like... well a Fat Electrician

I agree with the other reviews I have read so far on here, sweet smelling, unisex but leaning towards masculine, I keep smelling myself. I really enjoy this scent. It’s not a fresh scent but it’s a distinct smell from my youth. Have you ever been to a small town hardware store in the early morning and a round man in overalls and a denim cap has stepped in to get some sockets or hose reels for his at home project? He drives a 1962 maroon Chevy Impala that’s still purring like a cat, cause if you keep oil in them they’ll last a lifetime. When he walks his hefty self past you in the hardware isle, THIS is the smell you get. This is it.

I want to smell this every day

The name is... eccentric? However, somehow I knew this scent was something that was going to fit me. I don’t know if I want this on my SO, or myself, I just know I want to smell it all the time. I admittedly love masculine, woody scents, and this... this fits the bill. It’s masculine, yet sweet and comforting... it’s like Mother Nature and your favorite dirty pub with live music had a love child with fall and all your favorite holidays, and also the most comforting things in your life. 10/10 recommend.

Close your eyes, sniff, and fall in love.

I bought the sample kit, and this has so far been my favorite. I. Can't. Stop. Smelling. Me.

I love it. It isn't some fru fru spray that goes away in 30 minutes, or that makes you smell like your 12 and going skating, but it's also not that smell that makes you seem like you 80 going to the early bird special with your flower hat. It's wonderful 👏

Enchanting!

This scent is perfect for me. It leans towards masculine while still being sweet, and even though I am, in fact, a woman, it smells just the way I want it to. It progresses throughout the day, getting softer the linger you have it on. Beautiful scent, a great choice for my first ever perfume.

Fat Electrician

Top notes: Cedar Vetiver warm wood tones chestnut cream, olive leaves, myrrh, vanilla. Imagine going into a museum and opening an ancient chest of cedar drawers and there’s something sexy and slightly naughty inside. Mid-day update: Wood tones have settled down and now I would describe it as cream, vanella, musk. Softer as the day progresses into evening. This is very nice. I like it and upgraded from the sample to the 50ml.

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