Divin'Enfant Etat Libre d'Orange 2006

Hi guys, here I am again, testing another fragrance from a perfumer who really wants to hear my opinion on the scent. I would have tried and described the fragrance earlier, but the lid of the sample was stuck on with tape... it took me days to open the lid!!! Hey hey, well almost, but it's often quite a fiddly job to peel off the tape :D

Anyway, today we're talking about the fragrance "Divin' Enfant" by Etat Libre d'Orange, who are best known for fragrances whose names translate into German as "Köstliche Klemmschwester", "Don't get me wrong baby, I don't swallow", "Fetter Elektriker" or "Riesiger Bauchnabel"... so "Divin' Enfant", which is only called "Divine Child", is relatively harmless!

However, names don't always have to reflect what the fragrance might be like. Maybe sometimes it's deliberate, who knows? The fragrance that bears this blatant name "Don't Get Me Wrong Baby. I Don't Swallow", for example, is one of the most innocent-smelling fragrances I've ever come across, as pure as it radiates :D

That's why I can't imagine anything at all about "Divine Child" right now, at least olfactorily. But I'm about to find out! And so will you, if you have to read my impression here! :))

**The fragrance:**
The fragrance starts quite soft and smooth with a sweetish direction and smells quite pleasing, which is good. I smell a powdery sweetness that smells like a mix of resins, iris (there is no iris in it at all), vanilla, musk and almonds, perhaps with a hint of lipstick scent, at least when I spray it on. There are light, fruity notes in the background; a glance at the fragrance list tells me that it's peach, which I wouldn't have guessed now.
In the middle section, the fragrance is soft and warm and I can best smell a coffee scent, of course with all the other fragrance notes that I have already described, but the coffee comes through well and is actually more reminiscent of tonka beans due to the mix with the other fragrance notes.
The fragrance also smells a little tonka bean-like towards the end, mixed with vanilla, light resins, lots of musk and a great, powdery radiance. All in all, quite a beautiful and, for me, rather feminine fragrance.

**The sillage and the longevity:**
The sillage is strong, even after the first spray I had the feeling of being enveloped in a cloud of fragrance. I therefore also think that you will be able to smell the fragrance for a while. That's probably why the longevity is quite good at 8-10 hours.

**The bottle:**
The bottle is rectangular and has a cylindrical, chrome-plated lid. Normally, everything would look quite simple if it weren't for the striking, round label, half of which is stuck to one side of the bottle and the other half to the other side. At least the label makes the bottle look quite interesting.

**Conclusion:**
Hm, so the fragrance is very nice. Gentle, soft and fragrant. And not at all what I would have expected from an Etat Libre fragrance. This fragrance has a lot going for it: radiance, durability and, of course, as mentioned, a pleasant scent. However, you have to like powdery fragrances, as the scent is quite powdery, and perhaps not everyone likes that.

In any case, I can imagine the fragrance as a leisure fragrance as well as a night-out fragrance. The vanilla and the resinous-powdery aura give it an autumnal and wintery feel, but as it is not too heavy, I think it can also be used in spring. Only on really hot summer days should you perhaps reach for a different fragrance.

Does the name of the fragrance match the scent? So "divine child"? No... not really, because names like that are more for creative marketing than for the fragrance. Okay, sometimes some people say that the fragrance smells divine, but that's still different from a divine child.

And anyway, what I imagine divine children to be... no, I'd rather not say that now. Even though I may not have mentioned it in my comments for a while, some of you may remember that I'm into a lot of things (which I'm sure you find bizarre) like Star Wars, video games and... comics, of course. So who would most likely come to mind when I think of the Divine Child? Of course: Thor, the son of Odin... and I'm talking about the comic book character that many should know from the Marvel movies by now, not the mythological figure! See where this is about to go? :D
Tsss... There's even a perfume of Thor called "Thor Bring the Thunder (EDP)" by Marvel (you'll have to search for it yourself, it's not here in the Parfumo database... BECAUSE NOBODY IS INTERESTED!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaarghgrhgrhgrgh!!!!).

Okay then,... I'll come to the end of this comment and wish you a nice evening, until next time :) And please read some comics! :D