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Nombril Immense Etat Libre d'Orange 2006

7.3 / 10 69 Ratings

A perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men, released in 2006. The scent is spicy-earthy. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Earthy

Woody

Powdery

Animal

Fragrance Notes

Patchouli

Bergamot

Vetiver

Amber

Carrot seed

Opoponax

Pepper

Peru balsam

Perfumer

Nathalie Feisthauer

Ratings

Scent

7.369 Ratings

Longevity

7.550 Ratings

Sillage

5.943 Ratings

Bottle

5.951 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 06/03/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/18/2013

5Scent 7.5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Sleuth
31 Reviews

Sleuth

Helpful Review 7

First impression

My first impression of 'Huge Navel' is that it is a unisex patchouli+resin combination. I get about 40% patchouli, 30% opoponax (sweet myrrh) & balsam, 10% vetiver and 20% of other things, such as a little carrot seed in the top and some pepper after that.

It is nothing like most patchouli or resin bombs because this isn't a bomb. After 15 or 30 minutes, the sillage dies down and it becomes quite a soft scent. I get good longevity but there's little sillage during that time.

This fragrance didn't wow me but it's still an okay scent because the notes in the drydown are quite well combined.This scent is just 'a little bit of Nirvana'

08/18/2024

7.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

1

Huge Navel

I'm mighty glad that I chose to order a sample of Nombril Immense amongst the vast array of enticing Etat Libre d'Orange scents. I knew just by glancing at the scent pyramid that I would love it.

Nombril Immense sounds so beautiful when spoken in French, but the rough translation to English is huge navel, or belly button. Well, if belly buttons smelt this good, you wouldn't be able to drag my nose away from one. I can assure you, Nombril Immense is an oriental with a lovely blend of patchouli and opoponax.

When I first applied this fragrance to my wrist, I was met with an intense, spicy burst of patchouli and opoponax. I was left wondering how people could describe this fragrance as subtle. However, after a few minutes, Nombril Immense did indeed become subtle. So subtle, that at times it was hard to detect.

I enjoy loud scents, so I would be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed by Nombril Immense's weak sillage. I often rectify this problem by over-spraying, and I find that the more I layer the scent, the stronger it in turn becomes.

Other than the dominant accords of patchouli and opoponax, other notes that I can detect quite strongly on my skin are pepper, peru balsam and vetiver. I think this fragrance could wear well on both men and women, and is best suited to wear during Autumn and Winter.

By all means, if patchouli often gives you a headache or offends you with its dominance, you may want to give Etat Libre d'Orange Nombril Immense a try. I'm certain that many will find themselves enjoying this fragrance's unique subtlety. I highly recommend.

Original review written: September 2012.

06/03/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

1

E noi stiamo gia ballando

Questo e l'ombelico del mondo! Anyone remember that Jovanotti song? It's what I start singing whenever I see this tiny bagged sample that I was excited to receive in 2014 and then never fished out of my patchouli sample box, distracted as I was by other shiny things to smell and think about. Seems it was enough for me to see its name to be fond of it, this huge bellybutton that is the bellybutton of the world.

But its time has finally come. The beginning caused me some mild excitement, with its silky burp of gripe water - cushioned cottony musk, lavender, the plush dillwater billow of sweet, laundered air, a hint of sticky booze. Kind of like Helmut Lang EDP or Annick Goutal's Musc Nomade but less carnal. But the sweet, cozy-powdery mastic incense scent soon slides into something a little earthier and rotty-smelling, like orange peels left to decay on a wet log. The patchouli doesn't smell at all like Angel, but there is something of Mugler's famous 'moldy dishrag' accord that lingers here. Possibly, it is the slightly dirty 'orange and clove pomander' aspect of opoponax that is producing and urging along this unfortunate effect. Perhaps it is the old age of my sample that is at fault.

I do sense a teeny, tiny bit of the intense, aftershavey lavender-and-clove spiciness that opoponax always brings (a wee drop of Old Spice) and a midge of sweat, but none of its golden, baby-powder-ish Shalimar-ness, which is a pity because that's the part of opoponax that I really love. Anyway, the upshot of all this is that Nombril Immense turned out to be infinitely more enticing to me while it was still trapped in its sample and swimming around aimlessly in my sample box than on my skin.

03/18/2011

9Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Louce
138 Reviews

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Louce

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Ungeduscht

Patchouli... my nemesis. I could never fall in love with a patchouli scent, I thought. Until the first spray of Nombril Immense. A powerful, deep, and emotionally touching fragrance, striking... no: shocking!
Nombril Immense did not seduce me slowly, but rather overwhelmed me with a bang.

Peppered, with a slight fruity touch and from the very beginning patchouli-dark, the overwhelming begins. Then, further facets of patchouli unfold: there’s a smoky touch, a leather touch, and I also think I can smell an underlying lavender, while a very thin citrus note survives the start and becomes a close companion to the main note.
Never too drastic, never so uncompromisingly overbearing as patchouli can be, yet always strong and characteristic.

From the middle on, an aspect of vetiver adds a surprising smile (and once again makes one understand a typical ELdO name): Nombril Immense is the opposite of fresh laundry and freshly showered scents!
Fragrant, smooth sheets, linen or soft cotton on the skin, bodies refreshed by water, young, virgin, just washed off the soap, cleaned, clear... exactly the opposite of that!
Nombril Immense does not smell dirty, disgusting, sweaty, fishy, rancid, or anything else that might come to mind under the heading "unclean." But still, it is a clear rejection of fresh-body concepts.

The sheets AFTER the night.
The body BEFORE the water.
That is Nombril Immense. Incredibly sensual and physical, but not in a directly sexy, urgent way. More like a Sunday morning in bed: still cozy, still sleepy.
A lazy stretch when the bed is still warm.
Wonderfully unshowered.

03/19/2011

9Scent

FrauHolle
556 Reviews

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FrauHolle

13

The One with the Green Stripes

Myrrh, mint, and sage? I feel like I've had more than enough of that before. Did my dentist, Dr. Opoponax, once polish my face with that stuff? The nose never stops learning, even while brushing teeth.

And anyone who knows the cassette of Karius and Baktus knows how to properly brush their teeth. Namely in circular motions from top to bottom. And while doing that, the white gold sometimes splashes against the mirror, onto the ceramic, and even sometimes all the way to the belly button. (Hence the name)

When gargling, that is, in the finish, Listerine Nombril Patchouli tastes incredibly spicy, resinous, and incense-like, providing a long-lasting, fresh breath that must trigger a uniquely erotic, balsamic high when kissing your beloved.

Louce, if THAT is your skin scent, then definitely with tongue! ;)