Archives 69 Etat Libre d'Orange 2011
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ELDO being weird, as usual
Personal: 6/10 – Funky, spicy, and weird. I don’t hate it, but I couldn't wear it.
Mass appeal: 4/10 – People will not understand this. It’s challenging, divisive, and niche in the extreme. Camphor is NOT a widely enjoyed note.
Performance: 7/10 – Average longevity, but the strange spiciness sticks around more than I’d like.
Value: 5/10 – ELDO’s pricing is fair for indie niche, but you'd need to really like THIS particular kind of unique.
Uniqueness: 9/10 – Strange, experimental, and bold. Smells like incense, camphor, and a dare.
SCORE: 62/100
Full bottle buy? NO, I couldn't wear something this experimental.
Blind buy? NO, way too spicy and green, and camphor isn't familiar to most.
Recommend? YES, if you’re looking for something truly weird, spicy and different.
Date night? NO, unless your date is at an underground art gallery.
Office safe? NO, HR will think you’ve been huffing incense cones.
Pros: Bold, unusual, unapologetically niche. A great “experience” fragrance, but not to own.
Cons: Divisive, too strange and spicy for daily use, and a bit too 'out there'.
Archives 69 is one of those scents that screams Etat Libre d’Orange. It's a fragrance that exists to be boundary-pushing art, rather than something easily wearable. Someone, SOMEONE, could totally pull this off and wear it regularly, but that someone isn't me, and it probably isn't you. Sample it before you buy a bottle of this stuff, cause it's WEIRD. But... it's worth smelling.
It's not in my wearable rotation, but it's one I love to show people who love 'spicy' fragrances and want to explore actual artistic perfumery. A cool party trick, of sorts.
Review #77 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a decant
Mass appeal: 4/10 – People will not understand this. It’s challenging, divisive, and niche in the extreme. Camphor is NOT a widely enjoyed note.
Performance: 7/10 – Average longevity, but the strange spiciness sticks around more than I’d like.
Value: 5/10 – ELDO’s pricing is fair for indie niche, but you'd need to really like THIS particular kind of unique.
Uniqueness: 9/10 – Strange, experimental, and bold. Smells like incense, camphor, and a dare.
SCORE: 62/100
Full bottle buy? NO, I couldn't wear something this experimental.
Blind buy? NO, way too spicy and green, and camphor isn't familiar to most.
Recommend? YES, if you’re looking for something truly weird, spicy and different.
Date night? NO, unless your date is at an underground art gallery.
Office safe? NO, HR will think you’ve been huffing incense cones.
Pros: Bold, unusual, unapologetically niche. A great “experience” fragrance, but not to own.
Cons: Divisive, too strange and spicy for daily use, and a bit too 'out there'.
Archives 69 is one of those scents that screams Etat Libre d’Orange. It's a fragrance that exists to be boundary-pushing art, rather than something easily wearable. Someone, SOMEONE, could totally pull this off and wear it regularly, but that someone isn't me, and it probably isn't you. Sample it before you buy a bottle of this stuff, cause it's WEIRD. But... it's worth smelling.
It's not in my wearable rotation, but it's one I love to show people who love 'spicy' fragrances and want to explore actual artistic perfumery. A cool party trick, of sorts.
Review #77 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a decant