Love. Some of us have known it, others have yet to experience it, but we are all waiting or looking for it. It will come.
“I often have this strange, penetrating dream,” we whisper in the warm, enveloping caramel arms of benzoin and the sweet, ripe fruitiness of davana.
There is a vague but strong hope, nurtured alone on a blanket of yesteryear, when the hope, the dream, becomes reality, when the meeting takes place, at last, and everything makes sense. This is a home, a haven, a shelter.
From our first morning of buttered bread and orange blossom, savored in the laurels of yesterday. We soar, intoxicated, high on rum, infused with vanilla and cocoa. Full of that body, the feeling we want to devour. On the pillow, we leave our signature, the bare skin effect of Orcanox, the undress of amber woods and patchouli.
We’ll meet again tonight, tomorrow or in another life. True love is an eternal beginning again.
Our ancient hearts find their way back together.
I already know you, we say.
NOTES
Top: Cistus Essence, Davana Essence, Benzoin Siam Pure JE™
Middle: Laurel Essence, Orange Blossom Absolute, Brioche Accord
Base: Rum Pure JE™, Vanilla Infusion & Absolute, Amber Wood
HOW IT WEARS
Opening, interestingly, with notes you’d typically find in the base notes of a fragrance, Story of Your Life begins warm and cosy. As it wears, honeyed orange blossom and herbaceous laurel come out just for a second before you pick up the brioche accord – fluffy and sweet like French toast. In the base there’s a little rum, infused with the warm spice of vanilla and intoxicating resinous amber. This fragrance has awesome lasting power, and will stay on the skin for 8+ hours with pretty intimate projection, ending up a creamy vanilla at the tail end of its wear.
LORE LOVES
Another incredibly unique neo-gourmand from ELdO… This is a gourmand fragrance for those who don’t typically gravitate towards them. The sweeter notes are perfectly balanced by the resins and ambers, meaning it’s never sickly sweet, rather softly sweet, creamy and skin like. Comforting and warm, but also sensual, this fragrance takes you on a real journey as it wears. The Story of Your Life!
ABOUT THE BRAND
Founded by Etienne de Swardt in 2006, Etat Libre d’Orange is an ambitious, audacious perfume house. Its name meaning “Free Orange State” in French, this is a house with an emphasis on originality, audacity, authenticity and freedom of expression. Each of Etat Libre d’Orange’s offerings is uncompromisingly surprising and knows no constraints in terms of creativity nor raw materials.
A perfumer for LVMH for many years before going rogue, Etienne de Swardt founded Etat Libre d’Orange with a view to turn the commercial fragrance industry on its head. Its launch certainly made waves, not only due to the raunchy fragrance names, but for the compositions themselves.
Read any review of Etat Libre d’Orange online and you will see a wide range of opinions, from disgusted to delighted, from aroused to inspired. We are obsessed with the daring whimsy of this fragrance house and so excited to have it at Lore!
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