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The Orange Extraordinaire Collection

500 Years Etat Libre d'Orange 2019

6.9 / 10 162 Ratings

A perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is spicy-floral. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Floral

Woody

Oriental

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Saffron

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Turkish rose absolute

Bourbon geranium Oud

Oud

Base Notes

Suede

Amberwood

Patchouli

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Ratings

Scent

6.9162 Ratings

Longevity

8.0123 Ratings

Sillage

7.6128 Ratings

Bottle

8.3135 Ratings

Value for money

6.569 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 09/25/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the The Orange Extraordinaire Collection collection.

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Reviews

16 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/16/2025

2
Pricing 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 4.5
Scent

LastWonder
484 Reviews

LastWonder

3

Melted Dolls and Roses

This probably smells like that kid from the first Toy Story movie, Sid. This smells like he was melting a plastic doll using a magnifying glass or maybe he lit it's hair on fire. This starts with a heavy burnt plastic, slightly leather, scent. The saffron is way too strong in this fragrance. The fragrance does evolve, a nice rose and light leather will take the forefront. Unfortunately, the unpleasant opening scent will stick around in the background as if the melted droppings of the doll are stuck to your shirt.

The fragrance does lift off the skin, creating a scent bubble around you. That is not necessarily a good thing in this case. This fragrance did last a long time on my skin about 7 hours. There is only one price available, $250 for 100ml. I am not sure why the higher price point. In Soul of My Soul, it made sense because of the use of "high quality" natural ingredients but there is nothing in the marketing for this fragrance to depict if the same quality of ingredients are being used.

02/28/2024

4
Pricing 5
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

AliaAtreides
4 Reviews

AliaAtreides

1

Eldo's best in show, in my opinion

This is my go-to perfume from Eldo. I ordered their sample box and after wearing this about 5 times I decided to get a bottle. I still think it's overpriced, but I don't splurge very often so this is a treat for me.
I'm not usually into rose scents, but 500 Years and Delina are my favorites. They are polar opposites; 500 years is my gothic rose, and Delina is a candy-coated confection I'd wear to an amusement park. Every time I grab a shirt or sweater that I've sprayed with 500 Years, I smile and just want to roll around in it. It's sexy, but also comforting.

09/11/2022

Laceyastra
8 Reviews

Laceyastra

2

Bakhoor-ish Rose and Oud

500 Hundred Years seems to me quite a departure from the line, if I smelled this blind I'd guess it was by Montale or perhaps Fort & Manle.

Opens on my skin with Rose , a very nice, sweet and clean Oud, and hint of dusty dark chocolate.
Very much like a high end bakhoor.
Unisex, but leans ever so slightly masculine.
As the oud blossoms, saffron becomes apparent. About an hour or so in soft woods enter the picture.
Midway through the Rose recedes to background, and the oud, saffron and woods become predominant. Eventually dries down to beautiful chocolate-y amber oud skinscent about 6 or 7 hours after spritzing.
Best performance of any ELd'O I've tried.
If you love Montale Intense Cafe, I would think you'd love this.
For me it's a like not a love, but I imagine this being great on someone else.

07/27/2024

5
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Byrehoe
202 Reviews

Byrehoe

2

industrial rose

This is a steampunk scent. Not steampunk cosplay, either. We’re talking the real deal, debonair-spinster-piloting-a-zeppelin scent. It’s an opulent black rose desiccating inside an eccentric professor’s workshop. On first waft, there’s an indelible rubber note that doesn’t quite evanesce. Beyond that I’m getting oiled suede, polished brass, a little tang of motor oil. Perhaps a ghost of spilt bourbon. This is not a fresh scent. It smells antique, archival, and slightly sweaty. Since zeppelin pilots are a bit unrealistic for a target market, I’ll go with kinky librarians.

Longevity: at least 7 hours with respectful sillage. Less rubbery on fabric than my skin, so I prefer to spritz straight on the ‘fit.

Mental Snapshot: Midway through the Aerial Council’s debutante ball the whole ship lurches. You sprint straight from your waltz to the boilers, slipping your trusty screw-wrench from the laces of your corset. A whole ballroom of gearsmiths and mechaneers and only you, Contessa Zipphora Crane, can hold their drink well enough to recalibrate a luftheryion generator. Not that any of them could do it sober.

tl;dr: industrial rose. ️

12/20/2024

4
Scent

parfumpixie
344 Reviews

parfumpixie

2

just okay

really just a powdery woody rose with dark chocolate accords and a bright opening of citrus. I don’t get really much else, it’s not bad just not anything spectacular? I don’t like rose almost ever and this one is definitely very overtly floral and heady, with a hint of spice which I’m assuming is coming from the saffron and cardamom. The dry down has remnants of the powdery rose with a slightly herbal patchouli with woods.

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