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Thé Darbouka L'Orchestre Parfum 2017

7.0 / 10 99 Ratings

A perfume by L'Orchestre Parfum for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Sweet

Fruity

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Immortelle Caraway

Caraway

Styrax

Bergamot

Candied fruits Cocoa

Cocoa

Oud

Perfumers

Amélie Bourgeois, Anne-Sophie Behaghel

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Ratings

Scent

7.099 Ratings

Longevity

7.278 Ratings

Sillage

6.875 Ratings

Bottle

7.973 Ratings

Value for money

6.847 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/18/2025

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

JVD290280
20 Reviews

JVD290280

1

A quiet revelation for a cold day

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First impression: it doesn’t announce itself. It leans in. A cool breath of bergamot meets the dark, earthy pull of cacao. Bright against shadow. Crisp against raw. An unusual tension that feels deliberate, like it knows exactly what it’s doing.

Then the warmth arrives - slowly. Immortelle drifts in like sunlight through a frosted window, carrying echoes of dried hay and tobacco. Maple and honey glow softly underneath, never sticky, never overplayed. Sweet, but restrained. There’s a quiet depth here too: tobacco leaf, a hint of woodsmoke, dried fruit tucked away in a cedar box.

It settles into a soft, glowing ember. Ambered woods, a touch of resin, and just a suggestion of oud-more felt than smelled. It lingers like a private thought, shared only with yourself.

Sophisticated. Comforting in an unexpected way. Quiet strength for a dark afternoon. A small revelation on a cold day.

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11/08/2024

Thewrongbeth
105 Reviews

Thewrongbeth

1

Underwhelmed

Not a bad perfume, but not a great one. Very faint citrus opening and then a sheer, arid tea. The base is nicer--smooth, semi-sweet woods--but it, too, is barely a whisper. I had to put 5 sprays on my arm to really smell this (and that is A LOT of juice given the atomizer here is a firehose). Wore it to work with 3 sprays total and couldn't smell it on me at all.

I will say, though, that I get comparisons to ELDO Like This, and even Milano Fragranze Panettone--they all share an earthy, immortelle/spice thang. It took me a while to place, but Darbouka also smells like a bit like Bvlgari Black, but without the leather.

I just cannot get this thing to perform on my skin, so it's a bust.

Updated on 12/29/2024

02/12/2024

7Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Anni22
17 Reviews

Anni22

1

Adventure in the Arabian desert

I was looking for a tea scent and I don't quite know what I have found. Darbouka is supposed to be an imaginary tea and I can see that. This perfume is not "just" a tea scent though. Wearing this scent makes me picture myself in the desert: it is 9pm, the hot sun has already disappeared and it is cooling down. I am next to my tent at the fireplace. Our camels are close by resting under the fig trees and I am enjoying my last bites dried fruits while having my first sip of THE DARBOUKA.
Wow- what an experience.

Updated on 02/12/2024

01/21/2018

6.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Gold
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Top Review 11

Tea in the Sahara (without me)

Thé Darbouka: probably the most interesting scent from the "L'Orchestre Parfum" series!
It evokes the Sahara and an "imaginary tea", a tea that the real scent notes do not provide, but which could emerge in our imagination as a scent image. Slightly spicy and initially sweet (candied fruits like in a Christmas fruitcake with dates and raisins), this fragrance has a special aura defined by several components that make a perfume unbearable for me: caraway (smells musty to me), immortelle (I have never liked a perfume with a strong immortelle note), and oud (faintly detectable in the drydown).
Anyone who does not have such a problem with caraway, immortelle, and oud as I do should give this scent a chance, as it has something very unique and individual: it is smoky, spicy, and truly "very niche" - much more original than the other fragrances in the series. Unfortunately, I do not like it, but I can imagine that others might find it very appealing.