Rien Intense Incense by Etat Libre d'Orange

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Rien Intense Incense Etat Libre d'Orange 2014

7.6 / 10 361 Ratings

A popular perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is smoky-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Leathery

Resinous

Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Frankincense Orpur®

Safraleine

Black pepper

Heart Notes

Leather

Cistus absolute

Orris absolute

Base Notes

Patchouli Orpur®

Tree moss

Vetiver Orpur®

Perfumer

Antoine Lie

Ratings

Scent

7.6361 Ratings

Longevity

9.1305 Ratings

Sillage

8.7307 Ratings

Bottle

8.1288 Ratings

Value for money

7.9172 Ratings

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Reviews

38 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/31/2017

sebjar
55 Reviews

sebjar

Very helpful Review 7

Etat Libre D'Orange Rien vs Rien Intense Incense

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Updated on 12/31/2017

04/17/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Very helpful Review 7

Annoyingly noisy

Rien Intense opens with a funny-smelling and nuclear-powerful accord, or I should say “juxtaposition” of soapy notes with a black-grayish, metallic, hyper thick and dry synthetic “smoked” incense note, with a sort of “materic” substance like soil or concrete, and also a subtle base which smells something like a rendition of fake castoreum. All wrapped into aldehydes and plastic mossy notes. Vaguely reminiscent of the mood of some masculine chypres from the 1970’s, but more than a tribute or a reworking it seems like monuments being vandalised by graffiti artists. Overall, in my opinion Rien Intense reflects perfectly its name (“nothing intense”): it’s intense, and it’s nothing. By this I mean that as much powerful it is, it smells completely meaningless to me. It smells like when you wash your hands after having fixed your car: soap and “dark dirty industrial stuff”. I guess it’s my close-mindedness, but I find this fragrance clumsy and boringly unpleasant - “boringly” because it’s not a creative, or provocative kind of “unpleasant” (which I’d still enjoy, or respect at least): just simply annoying. Another “no” for me from this brand.

4,5/10

06/29/2025

9Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Ceesie
142 Reviews

Ceesie

Very helpful Review 7

Je ne regrette rien

Having worn this a couple of times now, it’s time to put fingers to keyboard because I friggin love this one from Etat Libre d’Orange. A house I didn’t even want to like at first. More on that in a different review.

The first time I tried this, I was hugely disappointed. Where’s the intensity this perfume promises? I didn’t smell a lot besides some incense and layered it with something else a couple of hours after. I was impatient and got punished.

This fragrance needs time to develop and appreciate. This extremely strong blast of incense, petrol, smokey burned stuff you’ll experience in the first stage will fade away. It leaves you simmering in the ashes. And that’s where the magic happens.

A nice leathery base starts to unveil. The frankincense starts to slowly morph into a shoe-polish like scent. I hugely enjoyed that bit that lasted maybe four to six hours. Even later on, I still got comments about it. That’s the part where cumin probably takes over. It became more damp and BO-ish. Not everyone appreciated that but sometimes a man’s gotta wear what a man’s gotta wear right?

I’m really beginning to appreciate the house for these wonderful borderline artistic fragrances. Having looked up the price, I expected it to be twice as expensive to be honest. This one goed on the wishlist.

07/16/2016

8.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Rickbr
190 Reviews

Rickbr

Very helpful Review

More is More

For me the best moments of the brand Etat Libret d'Orange are precisely those that they can support a provocative and ironic concept regarding market practices with a scent that not only fits into the concept but who rescues something of the past and gives a more modern but still decent interpretation.

Rien is perhaps one of the best brand in this sense, a perfume with her name somehow takes a fun of minimalist and almost transparent compositions offering a gigantic and proud creation of leather, aldehydes and animalic touches, something that immediately reminds me of one of the most challenging classic when it comes to leather, the beautiful Robert Piguet Bandit. Rien Intense Incense goes precisely in the opposite direction that less is more and do more is more by adding another facet to the idea, incense, keeping the intensity of the composition as promised.

This is one of those scents that automatically highlights, since few still dare to do this. The composition maintains the optimum combination of leather with aldehyde and animalic elements, something that gives it a bold and different personality. You can tell that the incense fits very well, adding a fresh, camphor-like and resinous dimension at the background, something that highlight the aldehydes while softing a bit the dry intensity of leather. Sometimes you can see the floral aspect of the iris and pink adding something more delicate and sensual to the brutality of the idea, which is again bring back by the dry aspect of the woods and amber in the base.

It surprises me a little the direction that Libret Etat d'Orange took recently. It is with perfumes like Rien Intense Incense that the brand became relevant and drew attention in the scenario. It is with creations like Rien Intense Incense that it should continue. I understand the need to ensure the profitability of business with less challenging compositions, but I feel that most of brand recent launches lack this kind of personality, which go against common sense and come out victorious in what they do.

05/07/2021

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Theo1995
4 Reviews

Theo1995

Helpful Review 4

Takes me to church...

I grew up with the smell of the burning incense in Greek orthodox churches. Oh, that incense! Rien Intense Incense is all about that church feeling. It is a clean scent although it is slightly animalic, but the best animalic fragrance in the industry. I wear it for 6 years now and it is such a comforting scent, especially during days where my self-confidence is low, and Rien is there for me, just like GOD is there for those who praise him. It is so well-crafted, leans more on the masculine side as the best niche scents often do. Quite a sexy experience with Rien, especially when people ask me what I am wearing. Answering "nothing" has a strong meaning: Rien is the signature scent of those who do not merely love it but truly appreciate it because it has really become their own skin smell, such that the answer "nothing" is the daring truth. I love the original version as well, but this one is more sexy, refined and more churchy. A tribute to incense, leather and aldehyde. Because it is after all a clean scent, it is great for summer nights as well. I always ask myself: can you wear it all day, all night, all seasons... because wearing RIEN is no sin, it simply takes me to church!

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