Divin'Enfant Etat Libre d'Orange 2006

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7.4 / 10 266 Ratings

Divin'Enfant is a perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men and was released in 2006. The scent is sweet-smoky. The longevity is above-average. It is still available to purchase. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Sweet

Smoky

Floral

Leathery

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Orange blossom

Marshmallow

Coffee

Heliotrope

Leather

Musk

Neroli

Patchouli

Tobacco

Bergamot

Peach

Rose absolue Orpur®

Vanilla

Perfumer

Antoine Lie

Ratings

Scent

7.4266 Ratings

Longevity

8.0202 Ratings

Sillage

7.0196 Ratings

Bottle

6.8176 Ratings

Value for money

6.430 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 22.05.2023.

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01/28/2021

9
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Susan

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Susan

Top Review 52

I never liked ELdO....

......I don't like the whole concept of this house.....and I also don't like angular flacons.....those of ELdO I even find particularly ugly.....and then also these terrible white-red-blue stickers!!!! Ne, ne.....all nix for me.....

I also do not like orange blossom, amber, rose, mocha and certainly not marshmallows in a fragrance..!!

So first of all, DIVIN ENFANT embodies EVERYTHING I DON'T like......and almost to perfection.....

But........man would be finally no "real" Parfumo, if a certain curiosity would not be inherent......and since a friendly Parfumo has made me happy with a sample drop of this fragrance, I had to test it of course - even if with decidedly low expectations, or great fears and reservations.....

Now it sits there, the "Divine Child".....on the back of my hand.....and looks at me with big googly eyes......smiling mischievously and with a slyly foreboding expression ........so we sit there for a while and look at each other.......wordlessly..... waiting.....laughing.......and with every minute that passes, the thought increasingly creeps up on me that there might be a bit of a "demon" hiding behind that innocent expression...

How right I was!!!

Suddenly, out of nowhere, this little guy grabs me!!!! Sends a waft of devilishly beguiling scent clouds towards my nostrils......envelops me with creamy sweet passion.....

But wait!!! This "sweet" is not really a "sweet".......not the "sweet" that I - as an inveterate chyprist - indignantly reject.......it is rather a tobacco-smoked, delicately leathery "sweet".....the otherwise exceedingly loud orange blossom behaves surprisingly (and delightfully) quietly, contributing just enough to the overall work as is absolutely necessary.....no molecule MORE....

Interestingly, the scent also triggers an almost nostalgic feeling in me.....it smells warm and homey.....for security and gentleness.....for a tender, protective embrace.....for home....

However, despite all his superficially tender "innocence", there is a shaken degree of subtle eroticism inherent in him......this "Divine Child" does not seem to be at all averse to "carnal lust" ;-)......

Summa summarum it is therefore to announce that this will be the first and so far only ELdO, which may move in with me sooner or later :-)....

06/04/2012

7
Scent

Mujo
48 Reviews

Mujo

Very helpful Review 4

For real sweet tooths

Tobacco smoking and coffee drinking child dressed in leather. This child is a real sweet talker though.

I love the contrast. You have to be a sweet tooth to like this one. Nice! Sweets without the additional calories! Or at least I hope so.....

12/16/2017

8
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 7.5
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Lasagne
3 Reviews

Lasagne

Helpful Review 7

Scent of an unfulfilled dream

Among the few of the ELDO’s that I have sampled so far, this one is a winner when it comes to the longevity and aura. A very comfortable blend of soft tobacco scent with some sweet powder and a lot of tonka - but I like it.

The opening mesmerizes me with the orange blossoms that are dipped in creamy musk nuanced with some honey. It’s a good thing for me that the sweetness does not last that long and is not overly intensive. It soon gives way to the tobacco notes, soft leather, mild rose and powder, and that’s how it continues to play far into the dry down. Even though I find it leaning towards the feminine side, it’s because of the gourmand oriental impression that I would be occasionally wearing it, when the mood would call for it.

On her skin the perfume is immensely sensual, calm, warm and intimate. It creates a desire to be near to someone, to have someone in your arms.
To a man, this might be a scent invoking the feeling of calmness, being at home, in a haven, in the only place where everything is ok - and if now it is not, it would be, by the time the sun rises. Waiting for the dawn, in someone’s embrace, that feeling could make him pull his arms to his chest, crossing them inadvertently as if he has something to hold and keep safe. Something that isn’t there, but once was. Or that is yet to be?

Soundtrack: Max Richter - The Leftovers Piano Theme

05/12/2014

6
Scent

Tinctureall
94 Reviews

Tinctureall

Helpful Review 4

Sweet dreams of soft perfume

Slightly citrus influenced, soft creamy, slightly boozy, malty. Initially very rich and very soapy. Soft, soft, rosy flowers with vanillary, chocolatey creamy almost alcoholic nature. Maybe a distant sweet mace or nutmeg nuance. Everything in this perfume is soft and gentle. Like entering a creamy cloud and dreaming of perfume. Something is so familiar in here. A comforting clean smell but sweet. A bit like Johnsons baby powder on a newly washed babies bum, but the recently removed nappy is still over there, far away in the corner.

There is an old fashioned accord here but by that I mean well structured. The flowers have a sharper, firmer, structured edge that I cannot identify, possibly this means a sharper lavender with the rose but the sharp note is softened by proper grown up madagascan vanilla and mysore type sandalwood. It might be sweet but it isn't going into the realms of too cute.

Very pretty and soft, suitable for a young girls very first perfume. The sweetness is pleasant and not overpowering, like the sweetness in a milky drink with cocoa, nutmeg and rum but so, so gentle.
This perfume is hard to catch notes from because it moves from one to the next with alarming rapidity and ends up at creamy sandalwoody vanilla soap in less than fifteen minutes on the skin.
Unexpectedly pretty but short lived as anything identifiable, but the softer musky soapy bit lingers.

Now i've just revealed the name to myself and that is extremely funny. This is so very amusing.
(I'm blind testing a series of ELdO samples, so these reviews are from nose notes.)

11/30/2014

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
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MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Helpful Review 5

Naughty but nice...

Ok so this is where Etat Libre d'Orange starts to get it's reputation from, a "controversial" concept! Here they take the image of a child, using happy, childish, "innocent" notes: marshmallow, orange blossom, rose, soft musk, and combine them with "adult" or "grown-up" notes like tobacco, coffee and leather. However they blend (surprisingly) quite well!

It opens up with a very sweet and cool orange blossom. Very sweet, which is also the marshmallow note. Then it gets softer (but still stays very "sweet & innocent"). Then the cold tobacco and hints of coffee and leather come through, very soft and fluffy. In fact, this whole fragrance could be described as "soft and fluffy"! It's really nice!

I think if you are a gourmand lover you would appreciate this one, or if you like sweet scents. It's not too cloying but it wafts across the skin giving a wonderful aroma throughout the day, and it's quite pleasing. It's a very "happy" and soft fragrance, I don't see the controversy here. I think people who like sweet scents would like this one. To me, Etat Libre d'Orange is not as controversial as people say (or indeed as their own marketing tends to make out)! I find this quite wearable. If you like soft, sweet, "fluffy" types of scents, then you'll like this.

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