Rien Intense Incense by Etat Libre d'Orange

Rien Intense Incense 2014

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09/14/2025 - 10:02 AM
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Sacred mysticism in the deep black night

The hike was long and arduous... unfortunately, I didn't manage to reach the village on the edge of the forest before dusk to spend the night in the inn. Now I'm wandering around in the dense Loh without a clue, constantly searching for orientation. I pause and look up. The tops of the deciduous and coniferous trees are so dense that even the moon only barely shines through. Something rustles in the thicket behind me. The call of the night bird, which seems to have been accompanying me for a while, can be heard ever closer. Now it's rustling to my left and right and I start moving quickly again. Is it a spook or just animals? I don't turn around, I stumble on, on and on. W-What do I see between the dense spruce branches not too far away? It's actually the flickering light of a torch illuminating the night. Without thinking, I rush towards it, pushing branches aside, accelerating my pace more and more, breathing harder... now I catch sight of the torchbearer, standing right in front of him. It is an old man in a monk's robe, staring blankly at me, his torchlit face expressionless. An incredibly intense smell of sacred incense suddenly fills the air, covering the mossy petrichor of the damp forest. In the distance, I suddenly hear soft choral singing. I'm just about to say something when a scissor-like hand rests on my shoulder from behind...

Whenever I wear Rien Intense Incense and close my eyes, images and scenes like these appear in my mind's eye. Dense forests at night, mysterious encounters with mysterious strangers in the deepest darkness, choral singing in deep catacombs and behind time-honored monastery walls... this fragrance is dark, mystical and powerful. Sacred incense paired with spice, light animal notes in the background and an incredibly enveloping density. In my eyes, Etat Libre d'Orange has created an olfactory work that is second to none. Hardly any other fragrance fires my imagination in such a way and conjures up melancholy and eerie images in my mind's eye. But the motto here is: "less is more", because two sprays are already incredibly captivating and intense, anything more would be too much of a good thing.

I respect this fragrance and wear it with pride, it is sublime, engaging and demanding. When you get involved with it and learn to understand it, you wrap yourself in an aura that radiates fascination, raw power and dark elegance. Like a dark knight who has no dark intentions.
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