Relique d'Amour 2012

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Relique d'Amour (2012) by Oriza L. Legrand
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Relique d'Amour (2012) is a perfume by Oriza L. Legrand for women and men and was released in 2012. The scent is woody-green. It is still available to purchase. Pronunciation
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Main accords

Woody
Green
Floral
Spicy
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes Aleppo pineAleppo pine LeavesLeaves
Heart Notes Heart Notes FrankincenseFrankincense White lilyWhite lily MyrrhMyrrh Terebinth Elemi resinElemi resin Linseed PepperPepper
Base Notes Base Notes MossMoss Polished woodPolished wood PepperPepper Blond woodsBlond woods MuskMusk
Ratings
Scent
7.4129 Ratings
Longevity
6.7102 Ratings
Sillage
6.3105 Ratings
Bottle
7.990 Ratings
Value for money
7.425 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 21.03.2023.
Interesting Facts
This fragrance is part of the 1900 Universal Exhibition Collection.
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Gelis
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Gelis
Gelis
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Unknown fragrance
A noble dispenser put me a sample with a bottling. I couldn't decipher which fragrance it might be (neither could the dispenser). I could probably decipher Amour, but I couldn't decipher what was written above it. It could be part of the fragrance name, or the brand.... Then I bravely dabbed it on myself. My scent perceptions were in this order:

pungent
bitter
Pine or some other woody
Leather, dark and coarse
Herbs, dull, dried
still herbal with a sweet hint, I guessed amber, behind it.

My questioning block entry on this, revealed - and everyone agreed - that it must be this fragrance listed here.

Floral has not come to me at all under the nose, but who knows how old the sample was, that I had incidentally disposed of immediately after dabbing, because the prelude was so awful.

Once again, I thank everyone who helped me. By the way, that was lightning fast.
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7.5
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2.5
Sillage
2.5
Longevity
8
Scent
Drseid

819 Reviews
Drseid
Drseid
Helpful Review 7  
This Is What A Lily Smells Like...
Relique d'Amour opens with a life-like watery lily floral adding gentle peppery angelica support. As the fragrance enters the early heart the lily continues as star alongside the now more prominent peppery angelica, with subtle green pine, oak wood and yellow dusty pollen support. As the composition reaches the late dry-down, it stays relatively linear with the peppered lily remaining through the end as the fragrance's life cycle comes to its all too brief conclusion. Projection is below average with the fragrance only slightly more than a skin scent and longevity is relatively poor at 3-4 hours on skin.

Relique d'Amour really is a pretty minimalist linear composition on the whole. The lily and peppery angelica dominate from start to finish, with what you smell early-on remaining pretty much through the finish. It would be all too easy to dismiss the composition as too simplistic or boring, but that really is far from the case. The lily is super photo-realistically accurate and the peppery angelica compliments it surprisingly well. One other notable observation is what can only be described as a pollen-like supporting accord that is quite uncommonly used, working so brilliantly here. As far as I am concerned if a composition smells *this* good it can be as minimalist and linear as it likes, not detracting from its enjoyment one iota. The only minor letdown is in the relatively poor performance metrics, but I suspect that is par for the course in compositions like this one. The bottom line is the 120 euro per 100ml bottle Relique d'Amour is a gorgeous lily focused composition that is deceptively simple but all too amazingly realistic, earning a "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5. I think with the performance metrics as they are, it is a bit pricey, but there is no denying the tremendous ingredient quality used and the resulting composition success... Lovers of compositions like Lys Mediterranee should endeavor to sniff this one for sure!
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Mujo

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Mujo
Mujo
Helpful Review 3  
Walking into an old church
Relique D'Amour is a lovely scent. It's actually a quite accurate interpretation of walking into a church. You get whiffs of incense, but also the scent of the damp stone church walls, wax candles, lily and polished wood. Although not listed I smell some citrus in there aswell, this must be the elemi. Imo Relique d'Amour is a soft sillage scent, which is great because I feel like it's more a personal journey.

I will have to test it some more to find out if it is full bottle worthy to me. Nevertheless I'm very impressed with this one. It's surprisingly wearable. I will surely test the others fumes by Oriza L. Legrand.
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5
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2.5
Longevity
7
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Kxnaiades

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Kxnaiades
Kxnaiades
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Attending mass on a cold morning in a quiet village.
I don't usually read the marketing blurb before trying a scent, it's usually the notes that sway me. However this story matches its scent. I can picture the cold quiet morning like other reviewers, the freshly cut lilies arranged in a quiet elegance on the altar, the cold air from the outside bringing in a drift of the freshness of pine trees laden with powdered snow. The pine note reminds me more of Nuit Etoilee than Chypre Rouge. This scent is as refreshingly sweet and pleasing like Nuit Etoilee too. I smell the elemi resin that I first came across in C'est la Fete Patchouli. The incense is not heavy in this scent, it is more fresh than a smouldering oriental featuring incense. It would be like sitting in the back pews of a crowded church and catching the wift of incense drifting back towards you. I agree this is quite sublime and another to go on my want list. I very much enjoy the creations of this house so far, although the sillage and longevity I could wish for better. For Relique D'Amour, the sillage is quiet and the longevity moderate, it stays longer on clothes but not apparent unless close up.
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GianmarcoSer

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GianmarcoSer
GianmarcoSer
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Relique d'Amour
This perfume want to represent a specific place: the abandoned chapel of a Cistercian abbey. and it succeedes very well.

The opening reminds me of a closed, humid place with stone walls covered with moss. Then you can smell a very gently combination of floral and frankincense notes, memory of the sacred place that the perfume wants to evoke.
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ArcaneArcane 11 months ago
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6
Sillage
5
Longevity
9
Scent
Cold, powdery, lily-white: the highly transient Relique d'Amour speaks of times past and time eternal. A first hour of serene-sacral bliss.
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