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Gold desert's tears flowing over the blue sea... (by VanAllan)

Noire

Strong 'n Scottish Meißner Tremonia 2005

7.8 / 10 291 Ratings

A popular perfume by Meißner Tremonia for women and men, released in 2005. The scent is woody-resinous. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Resinous

Smoky

Spicy

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Frankincense

Gaiac wood Cypress

Cypress

Heart Notes

Benzoin

Cedarwood

Patchouli

Knurled Envelope

Base Notes

Amber

Labdanum

Precious woods

Theoretical Shoelace

Perfumer

Marie Salamagne

Ratings

Scent

7.8291 Ratings

Longevity

7.6243 Ratings

Sillage

6.7240 Ratings

Bottle

8.4219 Ratings

Value for money

6.478 Ratings

Submitted by Ronin · last update on 12/10/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Noire collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Sahara Noir

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/08/2018

6.5Scent 9Longevity 4Sillage

StellaDiverF
213 Reviews

StellaDiverF

Helpful Review 3

Smooth Incense

Thanks to a blogger friend, I was able to test a few Atelier des Ors offerings(thank you!). Here are my thoughts on Larmes du Désert:

As its name indicates, Larmes du Désert is all about resins. Olibanum, myrrh, labdanum and benzoin all make an appearance, but most of the time, they're seamlessly interwoven into each other and merely show a certain facet from time to time.

The fragrance opens with the bracingly cool and stony smoke of olibanum, flankered by the musty sizzles of myrrh and the aromatic woody freshness of cypress. However, Larmes du Désert does not feel as aloof or austere as Avignon or L'Eau Trois for example. Because there is this mild balsamic and fleshly warmth of labdanum and cinnamon-tinged benzoin that soften the overall harshness of incense. There is also a discreet plum-like sweetness lurking in the background, although I don't know where it stems from. As a result, Larmes du Désert is like a fantasy painting of desert, where one can admire the tawny landscape but doesn't have to endure the hardship of an actual desert.

Like most Atelier des Ors perfumes, Larmes du Désert is largely linear during its 10-hour longevity, although the sillage is rather soft except for the moderately projecting first hour.

While I personally prefer an incense fragrance with a more stark constrast between its coldness and warmth, Larmes du Désert is nontheless very enjoyable and solid. Its strength actually comes from the unification of the cold incense and warm amber and its smooth execution. If you happen to be looking for an elegant and verstaile incense fragrance, Larmes du Désert might well worth a try.

06/23/2021

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Landshark321
761 Reviews

Landshark321

3

Lovely amber incense, sweet and woody with some kick

Atelier des Ors Larmes du Desert is a 2015 release my very first try from this house, and it’s instantly a sweet, resinous, slightly spicy and even seemingly slightly fruity mix that’s both fun and a bit intriguing. The resinous quality leans toward incense, albeit not heavily smoky, with some contribution from guaiac wood, and some punchy, spicy bits from cypress and patchouli, but I feel like I’m missing something sweet in the mix, or perhaps the benzoin is just that sweet in this case.

It’s an easy winner for fans of resinous fragrances, especially those that like their fragrances to lean more toward incense or sweet instead of animalic. It’s not at all an animalic amber, in my opinion, even if there are spicier and woodier aspects of it, and in total, it’s decently sweet on my skin, which I love.

It performs reasonably well, albeit slightly less than I would’ve expected, given the prominence of resins in the description and note breakdown, but surely still satisfactory. It comes in EDP concentration and is sold at $275 for 100ml at Luckyscent.

Overall, I love it, and would love to have a bottle.

8 out of 10

06/25/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

1

Featuring the tinder-dry austerity of scents like Opus VI and LADDM

Amouage-like in its desert-y, resinous dryness, Larmes du Desert smells like a hunk of desiccated wood studded with calcified pine sap that someone's thrown onto a dying campfire. The coniferous element lends a pleasantly masculine bitterness; it's actually kind of aftershavey in parts. The amber is not the sweet and unctuous kind, but the tinder-dry austerity of desert-style ambers like Opus VI and LADDM.

I almost dislike this brutal dryness (its rubbery smoke magnified by a hefty dose of Ambrocenide,a powerful woody amber made by Symrise) but for two things. First, there are no real hard edges to the labdanum, myrrh, benzoin, and other resins here - they are buffed so seamlessly into each other that all you perceive is one smooth, warm resinous mass. Very enjoyable.

Second, Larmes du Desert develops a rather interestingly cool, earthy facet midway through that's not just foresty-earthy but soil-earthy. This honest-to-goodness bit of clean dirt elevates the smooth nugget of ambery resin to something a little more special. Think of that flattish, mineralic soil note from Journey Man but more ethereal. Due to the spiky woody ambers powering its engines, Larmes du Desert wouldn't be my personal choice in the resin-amber genre. But if you're the market for this - money to spend, like the haute luxe niche end of things, want something flashier and smoother than indie renditions of the resin genre - then this would be a good choice.

06/06/2025

9Scent 6Longevity 2Sillage

Ady14141
5 Reviews

Ady14141

1

An Arabic Bakhoor

This is a very nice Arabic Bakhoor (incense) fragrance. If you go to the malls or souks in the Middle East you will find this scent familiar. While this scent is very good, the longevity and specially the sillage are very poor. Not sure if its my batch or its the case with this perfume.

Love the bottle, the style with gold flakes, looks very nice and stands out in your collection. Now coming to the performance, I apply almost 20 sprays and then I can smell the perfume on my skin for 6 hours, after that it starts to fade away BUT the sillage and projection are very weak even after that many sprays, within an hour it becomes a skin scent. WITHIN AN HOUR :(

IMO the scent / smell falls in the same category as Gucci Oud Intense and Oud for Greatness. I'm not saying that it smells same like these two. It's just that it falls in the same realm of scent for me because whenever I smell this perfume, it always reminds me of these two, that's all.

Overall, scent-wise I would say this still is my favourite from this brand.

05/04/2015

10Scent 7.5Longevity 6Sillage

Ergreifend
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Top Review 31

Moved to Tears

With Larmes du Desert, one embarks on a vast journey into the depths of the Orient. It strikes me right in the heart when I draw Larmes du Desert into myself. I love incense. The combination with amber is even more delightful. This is a bullseye when it comes to being moving! In addition, there is magnificent resin that blends with it and lets a smoke of desire rise. This fragrance smoothly settles on me and makes it immediately clear which direction it is heading. For even at the first skin contact, it rolls out the carpet of the Orient. First with a very pronounced spicy note, which takes a rapid tour through the desert. But hardly a few minutes have passed, the scent becomes very cuddly. The spicy note takes a backseat, allowing a lovely incense to rise.

Larmes du Desert is not a strong and enduring oriental fragrance. It is very sweet, confidently leaning against its wearer and highlighting their personality with warmth, as it covers them with a fine blanket of sand under the naked sky, where the stars seem to hang quite low. You are surrounded by a delicate smoky note that does not constrict the body with its power but presents itself quite nobly and lovingly caresses the warm skin.

The fragrance does not make wide leaps or transitions; it only becomes warmer, and it seems to me that the resin leaves very fine and extremely fluid impressions in the scent. In my opinion, the fragrance is suitable for all situations, but most of all for those in which one feels most comfortable. Both women and men can confidently take a look into this Orient, which does not always make a loud impact with its force but also emits soft tones. It stays with me for about 8 hours, slowly pulling the sand blanket away. The warmth, however, slowly withdraws from my body and soul. It creates not only impressions that remain forever but also evokes a sense of security, even when it has detached from the body. In spirit, it remains pure and still preserved.

I would like to sincerely thank Zionist, who has brought me great joy, and also Labormaus, who organized a sharing.

I am moved to tears. Because it has everything I like and greatly appreciate. Actually, more than that. I love it. I love how it presents itself, and I love it passionately how it manages to create a beautiful and warm atmosphere. Without any uproar and any dominant phases. Everything is so beautifully and appropriately combined, as if this were the first bridge of the ever-changing Orient, over which one can walk with a good feeling.

Nevertheless: I would have wished for more endurance and an extremely smoky low point that slowly rises, but that is the smallest problem. If this were still present, I wouldn't have been able to contain myself at all. I would love to surround myself with it all day long. So I am left only with the impression in my mind and 80% for the rather mediocre sillage.

Edit: The fragrance reminds me, after several wearings, of "Sahara Noir." However, as a lighter version.
Edit 14.8.15 I now find it very rounded and give it 100%. This slightly lighter nature appeals to me immensely. Who would have thought? I have also acquired it as a bottle, so it now sits proudly in my collection.

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