500 Years by Etat Libre d'Orange
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6.9 / 10 105 Ratings
500 Years is a perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men and was released in 2019. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CardamomCardamom SaffronSaffron BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Turkish rose absoluteTurkish rose absolute Bourbon geraniumBourbon geranium OudOud
Base Notes Base Notes
SuedeSuede AmberwoodAmberwood PatchouliPatchouli
Ratings
Scent
6.9105 Ratings
Longevity
8.087 Ratings
Sillage
7.689 Ratings
Bottle
8.497 Ratings
Value for money
6.645 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 12.04.2024.

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7 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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4.5
Scent
Stanze

101 Reviews
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Stanze
Stanze
Top Review 48  
500 (film) Famous quote: "This is EldOOOOOOoooo"
500 years I have voluntarily bought in a sharing. So it's my own fault too. 500 Years smells like stable oud, spices, also pungent synthetic and quite sweet almost gourmand. As if one had rolled tasty pastries in cow dung and then tried to clean them with disinfectant.

I read through the advertising buzz on the official EldO website. A prankster who thinks of Luther because of the symbolically represented rose on the label of 500 Years. At least the cross in the middle is missing. Maybe EldO have also rowed back from religion after protests (protests from Protestants?), I don't know. Anyway, now they want to serve the rose by means of Renaissance and quote Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)

Honey, let's look at the rose,
who might confide in you this morning
the sun her purple robe,
whether the twilight hour bleached
the purple at her flower mouth,
and her complexion, so like yours, faded
Oh, look at how in such a short time,
my heart, close her flower dress and all the flowers are snowed in How cruel is the heart of nature,
such beauty only lasts for a few days from morning to evening.

Believe me, child of my heart as long as your youth blooms so lind
under spring green signs,
pick the fruit into your womb:
Age, look at the rose, go,
it will bleach your flower
My flower is already quite faded anyway and purple has never been my colour. But the joke is that the family tester M and I don't smell a rose in 500 years. So EldO serve the rose by omitting it. Skatol can't be that expensive..

500 Years is more suitable for the colder half of the year. It certainly lasts from morning to evening, like most fragrances you don't like. If I were to associate the fragrance with a colour, it wouldn't be purple, but rather brown. I'm not going to go into the question of what kind of brown. You can wear the fragrance to go out if you don't want to meet anybody or if you want to be with other 500 Years wearers ("This is EldOOOOOoooo!"). In your free time you can wear anything anyway, unless someone stops you. Family tester has so far only asked me to wash off one scent and it wasn't this one. We are pretty tough. At work you can wear the scent when you're mucking out a barn. You become one with your surroundings
The other day I read in a blog post how I should write a comment, namely not in the way I do it, but of course in the way the person who explains it to me does it. Instead of telling you what I think of it, I had a family tester M show me again how to dance two specific letters in eurythmy (and that is the appropriate sport). i danced the letters several times. I felt a little better right away. Not good, but at least I felt better. Of course my statements and comments are not objective. I am only an example consumer. We are all different.
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Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Annarosa

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Annarosa
Annarosa
Helpful Review 7  
A great smell. I like
I love rose scents in all their variety. That much is certain. So of course I had to test the scent, which I did on three days. What can I say? The perfume convinced me and made me on my wish list.

But the first test was full of inhibitions. From the flacon lid it smelled very strong and penetratingly of a really crass Rose-Oud mixture, and then I actually thought that this was the usual Rose-Oud station wagon that is so common these days. ELDO is now also working in this direction? Boring. Not worth the test. So it took another 2 months until one day I decided to finally spray the fragrance on my skin. Such a great bottle! And rose in it!
And what can I say? On the skin, it is not so crass at all, but soft and cuddly. First a green rose bergamot appears. The rose is green, but not fresh, but aromatic, like in herbal and spice malt. Every now and then I smell something that reminds me of leather, but even more of a horse stable with the sweaty horses, so a distinctly animal note (oud?), but a discreet and well-behaved one.

The duet of Rose and Leder(Oud) starts now. The rose now smells restrained, dusty-sweetish (cocoa?) and the "leather" (oud) seems herbal-aromatic to me. The whole thing reminds me remotely of my beloved Mon Nummero 10/ L'Artisan. Very nice. And I'm now enjoying the fragrance to the fullest.

The base is simply dreamlike: soft, well balanced, slightly animalistic, balsamic, for lying down. (And surprisingly, reminds me somehow of "La Femme Boheme" by Edward Bess, whom I love very much. Although there is clearly jasmine in the game. and the scent pyramid looks different ;-)

The shelf life of the fragrance is about 8 hours and the Sillage found quite mediocre, which is an advantage with this rich and somewhat provocative composition.

I like the scent a lot and I'm already excited about "Spice Must Flow", which I absolutely have to test as long as it still exists in the great perfumery in the Kettenbrückengasse in Vienna.
2 Comments
Laceyastra

8 Reviews
Laceyastra
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.
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8
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7
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
Emorandeira

386 Reviews
Emorandeira
Emorandeira
0  
Sweet rose/oud by ELDO
500 years is a lovely perfume. It is sweet, powdery and creamy, almost gourmand. The rose is for me the main note but It comes with sweet and spicy notes like the cocoa, amber and the cardamom. This perfume shares a similar vibe with other perfumes like oud Velvet mood by MFK, oud mood by lattafa, Velvet rose and oud by jo Malone London or my precieux by note 33. However 500 years is a bit less sweet and more powdery than all these fragances. It is bit more spicy and delicate also and the oud here is very subtle and not medicinal or fecal at all.
The performance is good. It lasts about 7-10 hours on skin and the projection is medium. I think is unisex and a very good alternative is you dont own any similar perfume. I LOVE It bus as i have already some similar perfumes inthinl i Will leave It un my future wishlist ..

Scent: 9
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 7
Quality/price: 7
Versatility: 7
Originality: 8
Global: 9
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9
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7
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7
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9
Scent
Lucioparfum

2 Reviews
Lucioparfum
Lucioparfum
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a juicy and dark red rose
The Eau de Parfum "500 Years" by Etat Libre d'Orange offers an extraordinary combination of Oud, Rose, and Saffron. This is not your usual rose; for me, it's a very dark rose due to the presence of oud, saffron, and cocoa. If I were to associate it with an image, I would think of a fleshy red rose wet with dew in a serene evening.
The fragrance is based on earthy and spicy tones, skillfully balanced to avoid being overly overwhelming. It's a unique perfume that may not appeal to everyone at first whiff; I would recommend giving it multiple tries because it's worth it, especially for those who love roses. It stands out for its singularity and refinement, offering a unique and evocative olfactory experience.
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KuraiKurai 12 months ago
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
4
Scent
No oud-rose but a yeasty rubber smell like Play-doh. I get that often with cardamom/saffron notes. Conclusion: incompatible with my skin
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GeorgeReidGeorgeReid 12 months ago
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8
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8
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8
Scent
A unique Oud/Rose/Saffron combo. Leans into earthy and spicy aspects without being overwhelming. Not for everyone, but it stands out.
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EmorandeiraEmorandeira 4 years ago
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7
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8
Longevity
9
Scent
One of my rose/oud favourite perfumes! The oud here is very delicate, the rose is powdery and the back, sweet,balsámic and spicy is gorgeous
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SofiaEinarSofiaEinar 2 months ago
Very sweet and candy-like rose to me. A little powdery after a while. Not my favourite rose scent from ELDO because of the sweetness.
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