Divin'Enfant Etat Libre d'Orange 2006
5
Helpful Review
L'enfant terrible
The name of Divin' Enfant comes from an old French jingle that I used to sing every Christmas all through elementary school, until utter satiation. I still occasionally catch myself humming its haunting chorus in the shower... brrr
Leaving the memory lane aside, Divin'Enfant the perfume is quite a piece of wicked art. Its bitter-sweetness is masterfully balanced by the tobacco leaves, coffee notes and the unexpected marshmallow-vanilla accord. The dissonance created is playful and unique, and it beautifully portrays the Peter Pan complex with all the tension between impending maturity and craved childhood comforts.
This is for the selfish, spoiled but irresistible inner child that loves to flaunt its dark, vicious streak. Insolent, provocative, borderline illegal. And sweet all along.
The official marketing description is in fact pretty spot-on. I went out to test the perfume especially because it described me so uncannily well and to my delight I discovered the fragrance actually lives up to its narrative.
"A child can either charm or annoy us with the same ruthlessness. A child can be irresistible with his angel-sweet smile but he also knows how to drive us crazy. Under the angel, the faked innocence of a demon. After the gentle top notes of orange blossom and marshmallow, breaks the unexpected accord of coffee, leather and cold tobacco, a shrilling symbol of our sleepless nights. True to his reputation of «polymorphic pervert», this mini-sized tyrant is only happy when he succeeds in imposing his whims, which he always manages to do. What a sweet little monster!"
A sweet little monster indeed. Love it!
Leaving the memory lane aside, Divin'Enfant the perfume is quite a piece of wicked art. Its bitter-sweetness is masterfully balanced by the tobacco leaves, coffee notes and the unexpected marshmallow-vanilla accord. The dissonance created is playful and unique, and it beautifully portrays the Peter Pan complex with all the tension between impending maturity and craved childhood comforts.
This is for the selfish, spoiled but irresistible inner child that loves to flaunt its dark, vicious streak. Insolent, provocative, borderline illegal. And sweet all along.
The official marketing description is in fact pretty spot-on. I went out to test the perfume especially because it described me so uncannily well and to my delight I discovered the fragrance actually lives up to its narrative.
"A child can either charm or annoy us with the same ruthlessness. A child can be irresistible with his angel-sweet smile but he also knows how to drive us crazy. Under the angel, the faked innocence of a demon. After the gentle top notes of orange blossom and marshmallow, breaks the unexpected accord of coffee, leather and cold tobacco, a shrilling symbol of our sleepless nights. True to his reputation of «polymorphic pervert», this mini-sized tyrant is only happy when he succeeds in imposing his whims, which he always manages to do. What a sweet little monster!"
A sweet little monster indeed. Love it!