Collection Noire

L'orpheline Serge Lutens 2014

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7.5 / 10 275 Ratings

A popular perfume by Serge Lutens for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is smoky-spicy. It is being marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Woody

Resinous

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense

Musk

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Ratings

Scent

7.5275 Ratings

Longevity

7.4208 Ratings

Sillage

6.4217 Ratings

Bottle

7.9202 Ratings

Value for money

7.045 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 22.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Collection Noire" collection.

Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/01/2020

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Milathecat
6 Reviews

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Milathecat

Top Review 41

Psychiatric Hospital de Luxe

1.Hi. Forced confinement. With valerian ( Castoreum? ) droplets sedated 2.Hi. Visit in the clinic chapel (incense).
3.Hi. Group discussion ( musk ).
4.Hi. Meditation ( grasses and wood ).
5.Hi. Voluntary introduction into the closed (sage and citrus).
Conclusion: Unique fragrance with addictive potential.

09/30/2014

8
Scent

Ysbrand
84 Reviews

Ysbrand

Top Review 10

Aether

One thing i noticed in the last times about Serge Lutens is how they are becoming more and more obscure at the time to list the ingredients of their fragances. And i would say it is a trend other niche fragances are following too (i am thinking of LÁrtisan, for example)

Not much could be found when researching L´Orpheline. Mostly, a mere reference to incense and a lot of lutensian literature (written in that ambiguous Confucius/Chesire Cat way that only rises more questions) about orphans and Orpheus. Which actually prepares one for the mood of the fragance.

So i expected a classical incense. Avignon type. Well, nope. I mean, it is a very incense centered fragance, but dont expect warm spirals of smoke. L´orpheline is ghostly, a steel-cold incense, incredibly clean and fresh, with an inorganic vibrant feeling coming from aldehydes and woody aromachemical, also cool spices, i smell hints of clove and pepper. Indeed, i can sniff in L´orpheline elements from other SL fragances, that interact very well. The buzzing-high pitched etheric note in Miel De Bois, like fictional woods. The cool spiciness of Vitriol d´Oeillet and the sparkling aldehydes of Laine de Verre and De Profundis, and also the clean musk of Laine. Miel without the honey, Oeillet without the flowers.

If you enjoyed those perfumes, you might like L´orpheline. As the fragrance develops in my skin, i feel it less metallic, gets smokier and the texture of dark wood and humid soil is more obvious. It is refined in a low key way, almost austere and ethereal. I personally find it easier in a man, but of course, as all Serge Lutens are conceived for, it is wearable for women.

10/30/2023

9
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Lautrec
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Lautrec

Helpful Review 8

An inverter

Another one of those insiders!
Incense can be interpreted differently, many feel the melancholy when they perceive him, some he makes fear. Is he but so often the companion of funerals and sacred events, where we are confronted with our finitude and powerlessness. We like to smoke it at Christmas to create a special atmosphere or to chase away the evil spirits. It makes me inward, free, calm. In L'orpheline, incense seems fresh and light on its feet in a special way. It comes with light baggage and does not impose itself. Musk plays the supporting role for me, but is needed to create that uniqueness. Beautifully balanced, it brings me down helps me with health-giving introspection. Do not be afraid of him!

07/17/2019

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Bara89
3 Reviews

Bara89

4

Memento mori

Serge in a bottle. This scent is my favourite for november. When it is still fall, but almost winter, cold, rainy and grey. I absolutely adore incense, and this fragrance is a beautiful and simple interpretation. Cold and warm at the same time, soft and also sad a little bit. When you are sad, because something happened in the past, not the "in the present" kind of sadness, when this feeling running through your mind over and over again, but the tame, almost comforting kind of sadness. This is the most beautiful scent for all souls day.

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
353 Reviews

Mlleghoul

3

silence and dust, memories and melancholia

Serge Luten’s L’Orpheline is one of those fragrances that it took a really long time to interpret and appreciate. At first sniff, for the longest time, all I really smelled was a ghostly, soapy mist of fleeting, fading florals. I thought this was meant to be frankincense, so confused and underwhelmed, I always sort of checked out and never really paid any further attention to how it unfolded on the several occasions I tried to revisit it. Today, I think I am starting to understand. It is oddly incensey, in a way; if there were an incense of musty, dried bouquets, spectral resins from unearthly realms, and milky, artificial woods, freeze-dried, crumbled and lit over a cold blue phantom flame. This is a fragrance faintly ominous and disquieting, of silence, and dust, and memories, and melancholia. The scent of a locked room that hasn’t been opened in over a century and witness to secrets best left well alone.

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