Une Amourette Roland Mouret Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men

11:03am - first hit is wood, nothing else. Boy, it’s strong. Smells a bit old-fashioned and to be honest, musty and reminiscent of an herbal ointment but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I smell amber. The iris is very muted and the neroli gives it a sharp tinge. Masculine-leaning and even with that information, it’s not a safe blind buy. I don’t get the vanilla even after 30 minutes. It’s linear to my nose.
12:36pm - i can smell a tiny bit of vanilla now. The rest is the same.
3:04pm - I washed my wrist arm at about 1:30pm. I can still smell it on my skin.
4:19pm - i tried to wash it off twice now. Albeit faint, it’s still there!

The best thing about this fragrance is washing it off. The akigalawood is so pungent, it literally made my eyes sting, like when you cut an onion.
The florals aren’t subtle either, it’s the same biting, smack you in the face type that’s used in fragrances like Red Door.
I don’t like to give negative reviews, but I truly can’t imagine anyone wanting to smell like this on purpose.

Same perfumer who made Guerlain Angelique Noire, which is a masterpiece. I can sense a similarity here. This lasts 10 hours on my skin, is very woody with patchouli running through it. I get compliments on this too, not that I'm looking for them. I wear what I like, for myself. I bought the 20 sample ELDO box, and chose this for a FB. I love its nostalgic feel and uniqueness.

this perfume was my first niche
i loved it
i love the iris
the only cons is that is not a long lasting fragrance

I found this fragrance perplexing and not to my liking. It struck me as odd, and it also didn't last long which is in this case actually good.

Opened up spicy and woody on my skin, reminiscent of TF Oud Wood. I absolutely loved the opening, but it lasted about 30 seconds on my skin.

Dried down to a still woody, mildy sweet scent. Has an airy quality to it. To those who compared it to camphor ointment, I certainly see the resemblance.

It's alright, 5/10.

this one opened slightly herbal and extremely wood heavy, the akigalawood is definitely the star of the show. Then the neroli comes in and it was sickeningly sweet and overwhelming white floral, and then mixed with vanilla absolute and iris? It was just way too much and felt super muddled, in your face sweet with a rather contrasting leathery and oud heavy akigalawood. It just felt like the notes didn’t blend well and they were all in heavy handed doses. Didn’t enjoy this one which sucks bc I typically enjoy these notes in other scents.

To me this smells antique. I smell it and I think of my grandmas house, quilts and a dusty attic. Very nostalgic.

I was really looking forward to this one. After seeing the notes, I was like "ah-ha! these notes are perfect! all things I love!" I love a good neroli, have been searching for irises, appreciate a good vanilla and from my limited experience with akigalawood, rather liked it (I have Magnetic Wood by The Harmonist, which features a prominent akigala note). However, I was really surprised when smelling this. I guess I shouldn't have been, I had read the reviews on here, but everyone was right! It's all wood and leather in the opening, kind of masculine and patchouli too. I don't love the opening, it's honestly tough to get through for me. A couple hours into the dry down, it softened, and smelled nice. Not extraordinary, but nice. I did get some vanilla and flowers throughout the wear but they were tucked in there real deep. Neroli, to me, was nowhere to be found. All in all, this is fine, not my thing and to me the dry down is not worth waiting for. Oh well, they can't all be winners.

Smells like a freshly opened bag of cola flavored gummies. Disappears in the time it takes to eat them. A fun and aptly named trifle.

Green, plus the scent of dead, dried fallen leaves in autumn. There’s some warmth with the vanilla. I’m not usually a fan of the sharpness of neroli, it can sometimes smell like nail polish remover to me, but here I don’t mind it. An interesting green perfume that grows on me, it’s actually kinda lovely- but with such little projection and it fades too quick. Not full bottle worthy for me.

A great first hour or two of wear that unfortunately dissipated into a pretty yet short-lived and uninteresting fragrance on me
The opening is strange, there is something deceptive and volatile about it that I loved
It feels plush, coquettish, and really woody (the Akigala is amazing, definitely the star), but there is a kind of prickly, pointed finish, it's not entirely smooth or stable
The sweeter floral notes too are well done, very forward but not overbearing for me
It all just kind of falls flat in the dry down

It's quite subtle after those first couple hours: if you intend to have someone get very close to you I think it would do well as a cute date accessory

I mainly get Oud, akigala, patchouli and a bit of iris. Definitely original smelling.

I like it but it comes off a bit synthetic and a little screechy!

Sadly this was a scrubber despite its subtleness.

I don't hate it, don't love it. Initially I was getting this sort of citrusy green woodiness that reminded me of a spicy ginger, like being in a Japanese restaurant. It settled into a creamier floral that wasn't at all unpleasant but just didn't make an incredibly strong impression on me.

I think the notes are off; there's no Oud here, at all.
At first I thought I liked it, so I bought a sample. But unfortunately, the more I wear it, the more I disliked it.
There's a lot of neroli, a lot of Vanilla Absolute(smells powdery, not syrupy sweet) and of course some Iris. So far, so good. What bothers me is "something" that can be described as "earthy, metallic and mineral"; is it the Akigalawood? I think so. I get the same gut turning reaction(not exaggerating) from Ganymede and Bois Impérial as well.
Unfortunate pass bc the rest of the notes are great.

Stinky stinky robitussin, so medicinal. I have a personal bias against this to be honest. There's probably something to this fragrance worth smelling, but once I get a hint of anything medicinal I check out. I hate medicinal fragrances, they just remind me of being sick.

In Western Massachusetts, I once visited an antique shop that specializes in Asian art. There were all sorts of Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, and Shinto art. Deities carved in wood, sculpted with bronze. There were Tibetan stupas, elaborate altars, shrines, vases, vessels, teapots, incense burners of all types. The lighting was a low glow, and the running water from a stream in the garden outside could be heard. There was a scent in the air, one of dust, of age, old wood, the sweet echo of incense, waxes and unguents.

Une Amourette took me back to this place when I first smelled it. It begins with a flash of camphor, a dry pepper, and floral matte, metallic neroli, luminous highlights. No sooner than this fanfare begins does that feeling of old wood become apparent. Old wood: just a bit musty and fusty, but also deceptively warm and inviting. I smelled it before, elsewhere, time and again, but at that antique shop, it struck me in a different way, perhaps because of my surroundings.

Akigalawood is used here by Daniela (Roche) Andrier. This Givaudan captive, fractionated from patchouli oil, is processed with the use of an enzyme called laccase, which transforms the natural starting material into that strips away the earthy, damp, herbaceous qualities and renders it vibrantly spicy, peppery, woody, even somewhat fungal. This can very well account for the "old wood" feel. With the addition of a plangent iris and underlined with lignin-like vanilla, this effect continues to grow throughout the development. There's even a certain waxy, mushroomy feel, reminiscent of gardenia.

Suggestions of smoke, whether it be old tar from a censor or that of cigarettes, overlap with the old wood after an hour. It feels fuliginous (there's your fancy word for today), in the space between unnerving and comfortingly familiar. I'm reminded of a hug from a chain-smoking uncle who's preferred smoke is Chesterfield. Then there are violet striations, similar to that of Jolie Madame that sneak in, candied yet blue and forlorn.

It sobers up over time, resembling the pages of old books, stone walls, and fine powder, feeling less haunting and more still and restful. Having traversed through so much of what I enjoy in leftfield perfume through wearing it, I feel so satisfied with its peculiar presence. 

Having smelt the captive akigalawood pure, it is a clean woody scent with a very peppery quality, somewhat reminiscent of patchouli but certainly not oud. Here it joins in an accord with indole which is quite creamy petaly, with a tarry nuance in higher concentration.

This peppery, slightly tarry jasmine like odor is quite prominent but the neroli is evident in the top note and lingers. At the base is vanilla which contrasts with the bitter green notes from the neroli. The iris is more evident on skin than blotter for me, in fact on blotter the akigalawood and indole are dominant.

I also find a grey cigarette like facet, but not evoking tobacco or the smoke of a cigarette, rather the scent a smoker has on their clothes or skin.

I would recommend smelling on blotter first to appreciate the greater complexity that appears when applying to skin. It is also worth vaporising it in the air to smell the entire fragrance at once.

Dark shadowed wood covered with tangled and green shrubbery. Something deeply mysterious yet with a piercing fresh opening like the crisp air of a fall or spring morning. A smooth & creamy iris with sprinkles of bite, like the stem of the plant with it. A bold and dramatic wood, and the woody sibling to Herman a Mas Cotes’ dark rose.

I’d wear this to outdoor cocktail parties or any formal event when there’s a chill in the air.

Unisex. Decent longevity, moderate sillage.

6/10

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Unusual fragrance. Starts with a spicy iris (pepper/cardamom spicy) and patchouli and gradually becomes creamier and thicker. Not sweet, just creamy spicies. Quite nice, but not enough for me to get a full bottle. 6/10

This is a very interesting one from this house...I've never experienced such a "dry" patchouli...that's how I describe this scent.

I agree with most that you can't tell from the opening where this scent is going to take you. After about 2 hours it settles into my skin and the note that lingers is the patchouli. I think it is very interesting. You need to layer this with something sweet to re-activate all the notes. I mixed mine with coconut an jasmine perfume oils and the results were WOW WOW WOW.

Give this one a try, just know you will need to mix it with something else.

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I kept thinking this would dry down to something I liked, but it's just for me. It opens up with powerful pepper and then turns into a Watkins liniment. It's salve and bandaids and all the wrong types of tree sap. However, there is a nice, sweet faint scent of Smarties laced with faintly grape-like neroli in the background. I kept hoping the camphor smell would go away and leave the candy scent behind. Instead, the candy scent goes away leaving the camphor scent behind.

I scrubbed it twice and layered it with other scents 4 times throughout the day only for the other scents to evaporate and leave behind the camphor stench. At the end of the day, I even soaked in the tub only for my wrists to still stink. My husband, sitting beside me, commented on how stinky the perfume was still was after all that. And that was from one tiny spray spread between 2 wrists.

Why can't the ELDO fragrances I love last as long as this one? I'm at about 50/50 for loving or hating the ELDO samples I have, and this one is definitely on the hate list.

A classic akigalawood profile: white pepper, cold, thin, almost metallic patchouli with some smoky, green woodiness. It's definitely making my scalp tingle but that sheer hint of metal is rather beautiful. This time testing I got more of the orange flower, opoponax and iris in the opening. This is refined for a patchouli — almost sweet like armagnac — compared to some of the more robust and traditional patchoulis I've been wearing recently. As Une Amourette develops the orange flower and resins fade out and it settles into a transparent, light patchouli with dry blond woods. It's sneaking up on me here and I like this austere woody beauty.

A busy clutter of all sorts of conflicting notes that starts off spicy and earthy with gunpowder but sweetens into candid oranges with whipped cream. It smells like Krampus at Christmas as it’s angry and dark and covered with black soot from just coming down the chimney but with orangey-cloves with whipped cream.

I tried 20 samples from a discovery kit and this one was one of my favorites. The combination of notes is very interesting and CREATIVE. While many other brands combine rose and oud, this fragrance combines the iris with oud and the result is very interesting. It opens with cardamom, neroli, and iris, but the neroli is not quite detectable in the combination. I expect that in the future, we see more fragrances with an oud/wood iris combination.

The main character of the scent is a powdery iris on a woody base. It is a very REFINED and WELL_BALANCED scent. It's not too sweet too powdery too floral, or feminine. And this makes a fragrance a good option for daily use. The fragrance is close to the skin and it's not load. So it could be a very good option for office space or some jobs like health care personnel who can't use a fragrance with high projection. Overall a successful release.

7.5/10

Smells like a sushi restaurant. 🍣

Feminine leaning yet too strong to be so designated. Gnarly neroli note going on here. Woody base, but totally out of the ordinary. This is certainly an artisan mix. Just not VG.

No oud scent detected and I've definetly got my antennas out for that because I can only handle the most miniscule amount of oud. This is a feminine-leaning fragrance, very nice floral for someone that isn't into "pretty florals". Even though I don't get oud exactly, I do smell the woody base and that adds slight dirtiness (which I enjoy here). It keeps it from getting too pretty. I get mainly neroli from the florals. The iris is present, but not super powdery and it helps to tame the neroli... The vanilla is adding the sweetness I imagine, but it isn't very present. After about 10 minutes or so I do start to get a little bit of the oud showing up, but it is still very tame here. The florals aren't as present, as the this slightly sweetened oud comes in more. It then just becomes a blend of these things and a bit muddled for me. I much prefer the first 5-10 minutes to the rest of the dry down. Not terrible, but still not what I want from a "not too pretty" floral.

I fall in and out of love with Une Amourette. A somewhat risky fragrance for me to spray - it only works for me in very specific temperatures/ times of year. I bought this when I needed something assertive- which it is. Works really well layered with sweeter fragrances- which serve to mollify the 'dirty' feel it has, and it then becomes an amplifying woody scent.

Powdery, woody, medicinal. Slightly marine/salty, toilet freshener-esque neroli with powdery floral iris and a dark woody note. To me it smells like a cheap, nauseating lower-end fragrance dispenser or scented candle with too much going on. Not my taste at all, had to scrub it off my skin. 2/10.

Definitely has a touch of Mugler Miroir des Majestes in there. My very first impression reminded me of baby powder or baby cologne. No oud to my senses. It's basically powdery and hints of neroli all the way through. Got an official sample to see if it's full bottle worth. Powder and neroli is a no go for me.

smells very medicinal and like a grandma's house to me, almost nauseating. didn't like it unfortunately

This isn't as different as the other scents that I have smelled from ELDO, but this amazing none the less. It is a very sweet oud that I haven't really smelled before. It has this interesting mix between the floral of the Iris and the dark wood of the oud. It brings it together to form this picture of a dark and old tree standing as one of the sentinels of the woods as it sits there and braves every element and thing that nature can throw at it. I really enjoy this, a definite crowd pleaser, but a me pleaser as well.

I definitely got the Camphor scent at first but it faded quickly. Lots of neroli followed and then i nice sweet oud.

I do love the woodiness of the oud but the overall composition is too masculine for me, even though I like unisex/masculine scents at times. I'm middle eastern and I feel like I'm at a party with some classy uncles. Personal experience definitely ruined this one for me.

This one definitely needs time to develop on the skin before making a judgment, because that first spray is intense and almost gives off a bug spray vibe. I’m unfamiliar with akigalawood, but it gives oud, patchouli and pepper (according to this site) and that’s what I’m getting, and I’m quite fond of those notes. It’s just a jarring combo with the neroli at first, but then it settles. The iris and vanilla come into play and make this so much more wearable. The performance is pretty good, and this scent is unlike anything I own, so that’s nice. I like it, and I’m happy to have this sample, but I don’t think I’ll ever purchase this. I’m not in love with it, therefore I can’t justify its price point. This fragrance house is very unique, but I haven’t found a scent from them that’s really for me.

I was gifted a small sample which I don’t know the history or age of, so who knows if some of the notes have changed due to the way it was stored… anyway, on initial spray I got a huge huff of the akigala wood which was battling with neroli to dominate the scent, but about 20 minutes in, the woods faded and the bitterness of the neroli backed off a bit. The scent began to change- the wood was still present, but more as a support to a surprisingly creamy, gently vanillic scent with a touch of purple iris that my brain interpreted as lavender-colored wood with a bit of dry earth clinging to it. It had me compulsively sniffing my wrist to discover how it was going to change next.

This is a really pleasant albeit fleeting fragrance that smells like a fresh burst of morning air carrying the scent of jasmine, violet and neroli petals. It's light, sweet, ozonic and a little musky. I don't know what oud is doing in the scent profile, it has no dark woody character to speak of. It's barely perceptible after 1 minute and I only catch slivers of it when I move my arms. Perhaps it's my nose; I tend to be anosmic to certain synthetics, particularly ISO E super.

I don't think it's worth the price, but it's nice...

i don't know. I want to love it. For the first hour it's so orangey and spicy and present and then 2 hours post spray your nose is pressed to your wrist trying to get the smell back and it's just faint whiffs of department store perfume counter

Neroli, vanilla coke and B.O. (but definitely a sexy BO). It's a neroli bomb at the beginning, and then the "earthy" "musty" BO-esque notes come forward. Finally it settles into sweet and medicinal (to me coke smells like the medicine it once was) with the neroli and BO giving a curious depth. It's fun and not too challenging once it settles down. Not really for me, but I see the appeal.

This perfume reminds me of Strange Love NYC Melt my Heart but a much less interesting and synthetic version. There is the papery and powdery iris the chocolate woody smell of oud a bit of neroli keeps the composition fresh and keeps it from getting too dark. But Melt My Heart has a lot more going on for itself. I think the ginger and absinthe make Melt my Heart more interesting for me. I know vanilla isn't listed above but I smell vanilla extract all the same. This ends up being quite gourmand for me. Like chocolate chip cookies made into a perfume. Kind of candle scent. If you want a better version of this check out Strange Love NYC Melt my Heart instead.

Now when I have read that it has oud in it, I can detect it, but overall it smells like camphor spirit.

Overall ELDO fragrances have really worked for me, and Une Amourette is no exception. I enjoyed it from first spray, even more once I wore it.

The fragrance is both fresh and rich. The woodiness is present throughout the wear of the fragrance. In the opening that woodiness is very dry and crisp. The neroli brightens up the woodiness adding a bitter citrusy floral note that makes the opening refreshing. In the mid the iris is there, but it is very much a supporting note. If I didn't know it was there I probably wouldn't have picked it out. When I really pay attention to it I can find a papery/powdery iris mingling with the woods, especially as the neroli fades away and before the vanilla is really noticeable. The vanilla adds richness once the fragrance fully dries on the skin. I find it slowly gets stronger until it fully takes over the neroli and iris in the deep drydown making the woods feel a little deeper and darker.

I find Une Amourette is masculine leaning unisex fragrance. I find it very appealing on a man, a little bit sexy but casual enough for everyday wear. It is also a masculine leaning fragrance I love to wear myself. I think it is even a little sexier on a woman. It's a fragrance that can comfortably be worn all year. The refreshing opening is wonderful in warm weather. Even though the drydown is rich enough for cooler weather, it is never heavy or cloying in heat. There is something about the crisp, dry woodiness that gives me fall vibes which is when I am most likely to wear it myself.

I have no complaints about the performance of this fragrance. It lasts quite well. It easily lasts all day, 10+ hours. I can smell a lovely bubble around myself the whole time. The projection of the opening is quite strong, I can smell it across the room. Although it is strong, the sillage is light, fresh and airy. It settles on the skin after an hour or two, then the projection is more moderate, reaching just a little beyond arms length.

I have the 30ml bottle so I don't have the pretty gold bottle available for the larger sizes. It is still the same solid qualitly bottle and atomizer, just not as interesting looking. That's the down side of getting the smaller bottle. ELDO tends not to give the individualized bottle designs to the 30ml bottles.

I don't like it, it smells like something very very medicinal to me

this scent makes me think of
A confident woman who uses men as playthings as she moves through life like a force of nature.

sexy, aloof and free.
I think I love you.

It’s quite interesting. The opening is rather medical, so not sure if it can be everyday perfume, but the drydown is rather lovely.

oud wood with candied florals. masculine floral

Une Amourette comes out of the gate very neroli and akigala wood heavy. The two notes are in a wrestling match for dominance, and it all smells loud and unsettling at first spray. I waited it out, and when the notes started to finally settle, I found myself huffing my skin in delight. (thank God the neroli calms the F down) On me, it's softly earthy, spicy, a little powdery from the Iris, and the wood notes a "touch" sweetened from vanilla. It's quite a ride from start to finish, and I can see how this can go many different directions based off of your chemistry. There's a lot going on with it. It's a win for me and this is easily unisex. Decent longevity and projection.

I’m super surprised no one has ever mentioned how this is very reminiscent of Joop! I’ve even had people ask me if I was wearing Joop! while I was wearing this.
I see some similarities…maybe the violet or iris scent you get from Une Amourette, but that’s it.
This is beautiful and dark and woody with a bit of flowers. But eventually it fades to a gorgeous Patchouli. It last long, stays on your clothes for days, and projects well for hours. It is one of my favorite fragrances that works for all seasons.

This is so beautiful. Every time I wear it, it moves me. It’s medicinal and woody. I catch wafts of it throughout the day even with just two sprays. It reminds me of antique stores.

A truly addictive scent
Imagine a very dry old & dusty board of wood and above it lots of wet iris flowers.
There is a note in this perfume reminds me of a cool air 😄

I love it! I do not find the notes listed…for me it is a real mature version of Karma from Lush… and a niche and more sophisticated version of Fruitchouli from Tauer. On me a fruity patchouli with at the end a soft note of cocoa that remind me cacao porcelaine from Atelier Materi.

I can’t stop smelling a wet dog that was just bathed with vanilla scented flea and tick shampoo.

warm, smoky spicy opening transitions into a woodsy floral that strikes a nice balance between dirty and clean.

that said, something is missing here. it somehow lacks sensuality and soulfulness. I can't put my finger on it any better than that. can a perfectly nice combination of smells feel perfunctory and insincere? this one does. I still like it, though.

I write my reviews for my own future reference.

The opening was deceiving. Even it's transition to dry down had me guessing this and that on its primary notes. Once dried down, it settled into a nice and long mellow mix, that for me was reminiscent of something, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Looking at the notes now while writing this I thought they were going to help, but no. Reading others suggestions, nope, thigh the comparison to hot peach cobbler on a wood board was interesting. I get the reference, but that isn't quite it. As others suggest, you really have to let it dry down, and for me, I got a slightly woodsy incense and green freshness fuzzy warmth. Maybe worth persuing, and I do enjoy it, but it isn't really me.

Not bad, it starts off woody and earthy, a dirty earthy. Interestingly, it gets fresher as it dries down, and turns into a more clean woody scent with a hint of earthiness.

This goes all the way right back to your sinuses, probably because of the akigala wood, which is pretty heavy here. The other big opening note is neroli, which can be arid if it doesn't have something juicy to work with. That's the case here: this is bone dry. Une Amourette does possess one of the hallmarks of some ELdO fragrance, which is it that it transforms over time into something very different. This becomes peachy and powdery as time passes, which makes the fragrance all the more unusual.

This seems like the sort of thing best enjoyed by someone looking only for something one-of-a-kind. I've certainly never smelled anything quite like this, but I'm not sure I needed to.

This is suave, elegant, contemporary perfumery at its finest and the low rating does not indicate its quality, but rather its uniqueness. No one should approach this brand looking for an everyday, mass appealing fragrance but that doesn't mean this bottle is sharp or offensive. It's a pristine scent best suited for a cooler climate: clean, earthy, aromatic and powdery, with immediate associations of medicine cabinets and vintage bathroom products. It balances demure elegance from a bygone era with a cool edgy futurism that places it perfectly in the now.

It feels cold and a touch acidic on paper, but warms up and sweetens slightly on skin, so I'd recommend testing it off the strip. It lasts only 4 - 6 hours but I feel that adds to its fleeting charm, and allows us to wear something new in the evening (very much a daytime wear). It's so well blended that it appears a touch minimalistic, in a way that is relatively unfamiliar for this brand. The perfumer did an excellent job in that respect.

Elegant with a few quirks, daring in a very wearable way, frivolous and modern - I adore it.

Of the 20 ELDO fragrances I've tried, this may be the seventh one that requires a full-bottle purchase.

I love the opening of this fragrance. It is rich loamy earth, right after an afternoon rain when the sun is just coming out, bringing a cheerful, life-giving radiance to the moment. There is something a big magical about it. Like a transcendent moment in nature captured in a scent. After the earthy accord settles, the neroli-- and to a lesser extent, iris-- come into play. It is just a wonderful experience.

As an aside, I completely disagree with the "oud" accord as there is nothing truly oudy about it. But it is earthy.

Unisex. Not moderate sillage and moderate longevity.

EDIT & a note about ELDO fragrances: they change more upon maceration than most fragrances I've experienced. Four months after the last time I wore it, it is more potent. The loamy, woody earth is much more complex than before. I can even detect a little vanilla in there giving it even more fascinating dimension. I really like this one before, but now, my third time wearing it, I love it.

First ELDO frag I've tried, and I like it a lot. I smell all the notes; it's very powdery, very woody, a lil sweet, a lil fresh, and a lil smokey. Performance is pretty mid, but its great for layering. My friend told me it smells a bit like blueberries???? Which is weird, but I think I can see why he said that? The sweetness of the vanilla mixed with the powderiness of the iris maybe?
Overall I recommend giving it a try, very nice can't go wrong

This is soft diffused camphor + “white” creamy patchouli + powdery creamy Iris. This what the too-sharp-for-me Lalique Pearls failed to be for me - its camphor wasn’t the right kind, the rose was rather screechy and the patchouli a bit sour for my taste. RMUA does have a masculine side, but the way Midnight Poison does it - only there’s no rose, but creamy iris. There’s vanilla in the notes, each I don’t detect clearly. The patchouli is like in Bulgari Splendida Patchouli Tentation (the perfume itself is sweeter than RMUA, and has a bit of floral, as well as mineral dusty side). The overall concept sounds strange, but it’s a wearable one, despite the medicinal associations one may feel towards camphor as a note (it may remind you of your grandpa, smelling of that sort of camphor rub, but once you stop focusing on it, you start noticing what’s actually going on in this perfume). The woodsy+iris base is taking over and even if you find it off-putting on your first encounter, the more you smell it, the more you get into it. After wearing it for just a day, my husband is already claiming it “shared”. It’s great on its own, but if you knew me, you’d know I’s want to try it layered as a spice over other “white” patchouli and iris fragrances, maybe sandalwood as well (like Boucheron Iris Syracuse ; Patchouli Tentation; Clean White Woods … etc) and even with coffee perfumes or some fun gourmands like Sol de Janeiro 71 (the one that smells like wafers). I wish to smell nice juniper with it and see how that goes. This list of notes here opens room for adding colors.

I'm not a fan of the initial opening - very spicy pepper and cinnamon with a camphory background that could be either the patchouli or the akigalawood. It's medicinal and strong and a bit unpleasant.

However, like most ELDO scents, after a few minutes this morphs - in this case, into peach cobbler served on a fragrant wood platter...! Absolutely delicious, a little sweet, leaning more feminine than masculine on me. The baked, jammy peach note is strong and quite distinct from other peachy perfumes - it's not a fresh fruity note, it's golden and dense and sticky. I get strong woodsy notes but no actual oud, which is suprising, as oud tends to be very loud and strong on my skin. Perhaps akigalawood does not smell so very oudy on me?

The drydown is soft and quite intimate, less sweet and a bit more floral with a soft resinous note.

This one surprised me and does not at all smell like I was expecting based on the list of notes. I actually really like and will likely finish the sample, although I don't expect wanting a bottle.

Wow I love this, but how does it fade so quickly? Pepper and neroli together are a bit funky. Both are individually detectable, photorealistic, and divinely natural smelling, and together create a unique olfactory experience. the vanilla, peach and opoponax lend a creaminess.

At first it's easy to assume this will be a heavy, potent perfume from the peppercorn and woods, but it really gets close to the skin almost right away. It's got a sweet anchor from the vanilla, which is almost sandalwoody. It's like oud mixed into your warm, peaches and cream oatmeal lol.

I reapplied within minutes of the first spray, and would love to apply more, leading me to conclude that I'd run through an entire bottle too quickly if I full sized my sample. Sad, because I'd love to smell like this regularly but don't think I can bear the expense.


Notes from Etat:
Top notes: Pink Peppercorn, Cardamom, Neroli
Heart notes: Peach, Iris, Patchouli
Base notes: Opoponax, Akigalawood®, Vanilla Absolute

Starts off sharp and citrusy, like burnt orange peel, (and kinda like grape candy? Must be the iris.) before becoming very spicy, woody, and, warm, and then drying down to a more flowery, amber-y scent, almost like frankincense or myrrh. It's very unisex, and I like that the floral notes are more hidden by the wood and spice. It's a very unique and well-blended fragrance in my opinion, although I'm not entirely sure under what circumstances to wear it.

The room-filling, head-turning power of the opening quickly becomes a skin scent, but the sheer unique mystery of the scent will captivate anyone that gets a whiff. I feel like because of how unique this scent is and how nice it is to catch intoxicating whiffs of it on your or another's skin, if your partner wore this while making love, they'd be etched into your brain forever.

Overall, I'm not a huge fan, so message me if you'd like to trade for my sample!

Really gorgeous. Tart opening, dank wood and muted floralcy. Very tasteful and stylish unisex number. ELd'O always does amazing scents.

A little confused by this one. I see iris listed as a note, but something seems to have swallowed it up. I'm a huge fan of iris, but I have to really concentrate to pick it out, which is curious for such a simple composition. It's almost as if my nose can sense the presence of notes that my mind can't discern. I suspect this is a great example of a fragrance who's few notes were mixed in such a way to render them all undetectable individually, and its resulted in something quite flat and uninteresting. The opening is quite opaque and heavy-handed, and not much happens to change the scent experience through the dry down. I have a hard time reconciling that something as massive, complex, and beautiful as Rien could be released by the same house. Une Amourette certainly isn't offensive or bad, but I can't imagine anything much more unexciting.

Very strange and a little bit addicting. I want to keep smelling it, but not sure that I like it. It’s very medicinal smelling.

I think this is supposed to smell like the mix of feminine and masculine. When your fragrance mixes with someone else’s while embracing. The wood dominates for hours, but in the dry down the softness comes out. That’s where I smell the iris.

This has a hint of minty, cloves, almost a clean medicinal scent to it. There’s so little listed in the notes of this that I’m thinking it must be the synthetic molecule Akigalawood. I don’t know, but whatever it is this is male, medicinal and woody on me, and I can’t smell any neroli, iris or surprisingly vanilla, although I’m sure it’ll make an appearance in the dry down. I’ve smelled this note in ELDO before now though, (I’m looking at you Experimentum Crucis!) And it’s nice to be able to identify what it was. Luckily it’s not as strong in this one, but to my nose it’s still a manly smell. A bit spicy, and getting warmer on my skin. I like this for my boyfriend so it can go in his pile of testers.

On paper, I loved this — that lovely oud really came into sharp relief. On my skin, it was a different story. I got a wave of the halitosis scent described by others, followed by an actual headache! The oud that was so prevalent on a paper strip was nowhere to be found. When I attempted to wash this off after a few hours, I was not entirely successful (this stuff is strong), but I actually enjoyed the “shadow” version of this scent left behind. Basically, I’m confused and wish I enjoyed this more.

Smells really... green? Not what I expected, but I like it a lot. Leans a little masculine, but I still consider it unisex. Smells green, with a hint of sweetness, and a little bit of freshness from the neuroli.

Interesting orange blossom, wood, and something biologically foul (but fascinating). Lol at the reviewer before me who called it 'warm human breath,' weirdly I agree. Orange blossom, wood, and the warm breath of a human with a tooth infection.
It's the same note that disgusted and mesmerized me from Eau de Protection. I sprayed this on the back of my hand and I kind of can't stop sniffing it.

Oh yea !!! Surprised here !!!
Woodsy/green/neroli........patchouli......IMO...so different !!! Odd combos of notes that just...WORK.( On my skin)
Big love.

All I get, unfortunately, is a huge dose of patchouli and orange blossom, with their medicinal/camphorous side emphasized in the beginning.
The patchouli - huge, but somehow plain, like with akigalawood they removed all the interesting bits, except the camphorous pungency that quickly fades away, and then some sweet vanillic notes make it sound almost like bitter chocolate. But that's it.
Orange flower smells like chewed gum. I've never smelled this particular variety anywhere, except in Divin'Enfant, where it was again forced to match an unmatchable partner - in that case, tobacco. Makes it a totally un-fresh, un-soapy, un-summery orange flower, gives it some "warm human breath" nuance.
I adore ELDO's concept of pairing opposites, which has worked brilliantly for so many of their early fragrances. Yet, in this one, I don't get the point.

Note: It's Akigalawood (derived from patchouli oil), not Agarwood. It has nothing to do with oud. Someone messed up the scent profile, then a dozen reviewers wonder why they don't smell the oud. A bunch of others actually succeed, but there's an air of suspicion... Still, we are all trying our best. A fine example of the power of suggestion and of its limitations, after all.

An aromatic fresh neroli bouquet in a new shaved wooden bowl on a table covered with dry iris. A nice paradox between bitter wood and sweet fresh neroli. I love it.

Opens up woody/fresh/green, like walking through a garden. It is unisex, but the spicy woody notes lean just a little masculine. Decent projection and lasting power. A really unique scent.

I really love the neroli and vanilla notes in the begining. These sweet floral notes fade in about 90 mins on my skin to give way to iris and wood notes. That's when I know I am not interested in this one. I feel iris here gives a pungent powdery scent that just overpowers other notes. I guess I am not a fan of iris scent.

Neroli, iris and patchouli, with something musty and almost rotten, open pretty strongly. It settles into creamy, woody floral, with heart of barely there vanilla, and spicy tinge to it. It almost feels cozy, if not for that rotting thing in the background. Then after an hour or so it suddenly turns sharp and quite masculine, and not in a good way. Not a fan.

based on the initial blast (which honestly made me a tad nauseous, maybe due to the iris?) i really did not think i would enjoy this but it pleasantly mellows out to an ultra-clean and sweet woody scent. this one is complex! i like it!

Tester- A very clean smell! Like coming out of some Turkish baths after a good scrub:-) I like it! I find it more masculine,but super nice!
Edit:
I bought a full bottle, LOVE it! Not too masculin, neither too feminin- original fragrance, oily,warm, seductive in some kind of way but not extremely feminin. Super nice :-)

incense display at a head shop

Love this one. It's oud, but a soft, gentle approachable oud that is lacking the Band-Aid/camphor aspect. I find it a rather cozy and comforting scent.

First blast of warm sweet wood and unlit incense, like you're walking into an overgrown courtyard of a Buddhist temple. There's a sharp floral sweetness floating through the heavier wood notes, lending an airy quality that complements quite nicely. Fascinating. After a couple minutes, the scent settles down into a creamy sweet woods, almost gourmand even. However, after a few minutes more the whole scent starts to pull slightly menthol/eucalyptus. Unisex but leans masculine and would suit all weather, methinks.

6+ hours later: The scent is still there when I press my nose into my skin, still on that sweet woods scent.

So drawn am I to divisiveness in perfumery, that when I heard there was a love / hate reaction to Une Amourette, I couldn't help myself out of ordering it. For me, the first spray was magical! Chalk dry notes of oud, balanced so cleverly with honeyed orange and neroli. Iris, also parched and powdery, is quenched with floral sweetness. The saturation of scent possesses gladiator strength and eternal longevity. Its very existence and market value justified with the expanse of breath delivered upon application. There's a vintage nostalgia with its scent, like watching men in black and white, project masculinity on screen and in script. It is regally balanced, in gentlemen-like manners, and asserts cleverly, weaving its sillage around the room. I truly wish I owned more of this powerful elixir, and swoon over the top notes every time I hear the sprayer's "shhhp". That is me, utterly enamored. My mother, on the other hand, states that this particular fragrance can never be worn again in her presence, and flinches as I place it back on my shelf, and not in the bin. So there you have it: Division within and without. An intriguing world of opposites. Beyond the brands popularity, exists a forum in which algorithms have no power over the perfumer. After all, scents are, by nature, meant to conjure emotion. Fragrances being the unspoken handshake directing attraction, signalling other like-minded to connect. They were never really intended to become a mark for accolades or acceptance. Ultimately, when companies attempt to please everyone, they please no one at all. Une Amourette makes a loud declaration; and humbly, I am summoned to answer. This is not a safe blind buy, and in point, it's not 'safe' at all. Then again, not many things that are safe end up being very rewarding.

Une Amourette is a surprising neroli fragrance, done in a masculine way such as I had not smelled before. It opens very grassy green, herbal and fresh. It's woody as well, like walking through a damp, earthy, but not musty, forest. Neroli and iris are present and showing their full floral character, but with zero femininity, somehow. There is some sweetness, I suppose from vanilla (but I don't actually smell the vanilla note), but the syrup of neroli is always counteracted by an equally strong, bristling facet of the same blossom. Super fresh, and I would describe it as a green fragrance actually, because the woodiness is so zingy.

Although it smells masculine upon first application, I think it settles unisex - my husband commented that he liked this perfume after I had been wearing it for about half an hour. The typical masculine vibe softens, and it becomes this really interesting verdant spring neroli.

This was awesome at first, a heavy, crisp, woody, and metallic fragrance that made me feel like I was in some kind of freshly cleaned twelfth century Danish pub. Unfortunately, performance was terrible on my skin. Two hours later and there is almost no trace of this stuff on me anymore, which is a shame.

It can be said this is a winter version of Xerjoff Birdie. URAM has a bitter green-woody and long-lasting smell, but it's very linear and the scent becomes boring after a while.
Previously, when a maximum of five accord were listed for each perfume in fragrantica, an accord called "narcotic" had been written for this perfume, but I didn't understand what it meant, now I see that accord has been deleted!

میشه گفت نسخه زمستونی عطر بِردی از سرژف. بوی چوبی و سبز تلخ و با ماندگاری بالایی داره ولی خیلی خطیه و از یه جایی به بعد خسته کننده میشه
قبلنا که تو فرگرنتیکا حداکثر پنج آکورد برای هر عطر نوشته میشد یه آکوردی به اسم نارکاتیک برا این عطر نوشته شده بود که آخرم نفهمیدم منظور ازش چی بود، حالا میبینم که حذف کردن اون آکورد رو.

Sample Testing - can't accurately comment on performance/longevity - opinion is strictly about smell.

Une Amourette Roland Mouret

Starts off a bit unusual but within minutes, my nose recognized what I was smelling. I couldn't believe it - I had not found another fragrance that smelled like Dunhill Icon....until now. Except, believe it or not, Icon is actually a better all-around fragrance. Icon came out in 2015 - the ELDO scent in 2017. All the notes in the ELDO scent are also in Icon's notes list. Amourette only gives you 1/3 of Icon - i.e. the fuzzy, cozy grape soda-like drydown and admittedly Amourette does it with more quality (it better given the comparative price premium). But Icon gives the wearer so much more like the spicy, peppery opening and the neroli heart.

If anything, the ELDO scent just made me appreciate Dunhill Icon even more. Another example of price not being an indicator of quality or complexity of scent.

YT Channel - The Scentrovert

The beauty - and the big risk - with ELDO is that their scents are almost guaranteed to be unusual and unpredictable. Most times, for me, it's a beautiful love, but when it's not, it's *definitely* not. To join the 3-4 other reviewers below, I will chime in that my boyfriend, too, was not at all fond of the scent! I'm extra perplexed by neroli being listed as a note?!

Strange, bodily fluid-soaked incense in a plastic bag would best my best concise description. And, hey, maybe that's your thing?!

This smells like straight up Pine-Sol on me and I am not enjoying it one bit.

edit:
my boyfriend just walked in and asked if I bought scented cat litter. I told him no, and that it was my perfume. he then said it smelled like I was hot boxin', heard someone coming, and immediately just sprayed lysol to try and hide it.

this starts with a lot of wood and neroli. it's like flowers in a forest. it smells very clean but not in the typical sense. it seems very modern to me and i have not experienced anything quite like it. it's not really 'me' per se, i tend to reach for timeless/vintage leaning scents rather than modern ones lately. however, i am intrigued by this perfume, especially the neroli, which is quite beautiful. this is not something i'd personally wear much, but i like how evocative it is.

I get eucalyptus or something, kind of like Vick's VapoRub, and a slight mothball-ish jasmine, and a berry or mixed berries smell. It's different but also recognizable somehow.
Also, it starts to smell like old-school bar of soap - which isn't a bad thing.

Pungent and almost metallic woody opening. I think it's the akigalawood I'm smelling. It reminds me of a more woody patchouli. Smells pleasant actually. Definitely masculine to my nose. It's paired with a hint of vanilla and a green note underneath, almost aromatic. I detect no oud accord at all. The akigalawood/patchouli note can smell harsh in the opening but smooths out once it settles on the skin. Interesting blend, a little bit dusty, not necessarily powdery. The smell is better when you sniff it from a distance rather than up close. Very unusual. It smells metallic or plastic-like at times but everytime I get a whiff of it I actually find it quite pleasant. Almost as if the notes shouldn't work together at all, but somehow do. In the drydown it smells like an earthy patchouli with a hint of sweetness still barely perceptible. Performance is decent, especially in the beginning. Sillage is nice as well, lasts some hours on skin. I imagine more on clothes. Can be worn year round, suitable for most ocassions. Intriguing composition by Andrier, worth sampling.

7,5/10

Received this in a sample fragrance purchase. I think that I over sprayed. Strong initially. I walked into the same room with my husband and he asked "What's that smell?". I was like, "uh, it's me". Don't over spray. Otherwise, I found it to be a fairly likeable scent once it died down. Will I purchase a full bottle of it? No. I still have many other Etat Libre d'Orange samples to try. Hoping to find a signature fragrance that no one else has. At least not where I live in North Georgia, USA.

Une Amourette is one of my favorite ELDO scents. I find it utterly compelling: sexy and elegant, warm and bright at the same time. It smells like nothing else. Truly unisex.

The letdown is in the performance for me. While I do consider scent to be generally more important than performance, on me the sprays from my sample die to a very very close skin scent in about two hours, which is a let-down, given the price. That's the only thing keeping me from buying a full bottle of this. People seem to have different experiences though, so fingers crossed that I'll ever come across a nice bottle and it'll take me by surprise!

Very cool scent, herbal and almost marine, then a little powdery. An inviting, bitter, woody citrus on paper. On skin it is much warmer and more camphorous with an underlying note of sliced brown bread. I am quite certain I'd prefer to smell it on a man rather than on myself. Very unusual and intriguing but not one for me to wear.

This is a weird one, but amazingly sexy weird. My favourite from the brand. It attracts interesting people by my experience!

It smells like a dusty library, I guess that's the wood and spice aspect, and kinda like Fahrenheit by Dior. There's also a lovely, gentle flower in there, though I don't have the flower knowledge to name which one.

Its strong on the first spray, but it calms down over the next few minutes to the point where I have to bring my nose to my arm to smell it again.

It's not to my taste so I'm not going for a full bottle, but it's good. Give it a go.

Edit: I took out my sample and tried it again, this time for a few days in a row, and I sprayed more generously. Turns out I adore it and I am absolutely going to buy a full bottle. I can now smell this beautiful sweet note in it, I couldn't recognise it but my mum said it smelled just like a sort of natural resin that's called "misk" in Arabic, I looked it up and I think its mastic gum.

I first tried it when I was shy about over spraying and would just give the tester a little spritz on one wrist. I fell in love with it after I gave each wrist a proper spray.

Like others below mentioned- its wow, its weird, its sexy, its deep, its light, its clean and yet...such an amazing amount dirty! For me, a winner from the first moment. How come? I dislike iris, i'm not into neroli, and certainly not mad about vanilla.

Well, its a witchcraft of a sort. There is patchouli, clear and in your face but not as you know it. Instead, patch is clean and dry but with lots of depth that blends in with akigalawood that is a new note for me, but apparently similar, plus adds a touch of oud look-a-like. There is neroli, but again - not as you know it. Very peppery neroli right from the get-go so the scent comes across very spicy at the beginning. Peppery spicy. The mix of peach and iris forms an intoxicating heart with the slight woodiness. Its a bit like Cabotine, but massively modernised and far more lux. Not headache inducing (personal experience with Cabotine). The projection of mid-phase is literally to die for and it is easy to imagine how the trail of Un Amourette after a woman makes the crowd of people turn the head instinctively and in unison.

Its one alluring beast getting better and better as it settles. The dry-down is expensive-smelling and impossible to ignore.

Big love and FB worthy!

p.s. can't believe I'm saying this about something thats essentially a white floral. But there it is. White floral, yes...but not as you know it.

Edit: I used the full bottle to skin-test it, not a sample and got pretty decent longevity and moderate sillage out of it, its definitely not a weak one.

I brought my Amourette out for a walk today, it was misty in my little town by the Sea. The humid air was full of the aromatic smell from fallen leaves and wet soil, which added up nicely with this gem from ELDO.

This must be the ultimate scent for autumn, I've tried so many through the years but this is perfection. Even the moth ball part is agreeable!

As it settles down I get that very special "waxy" note you find live in gardenias, followed by the pure bliss of something actually Mitsuoko:esque. And it lasts for hours and hours, the other night I fell asleep while happily sniffing it and it was still there in the morning.

Definitely unisex in my book but still not for everyone, this is quite a weird one - in a beautiful, beautiful way.

Nag champa incense sticks, dirty makeup bag, old leather boots, used undies and bodily fluids - this is not vanilla sex, this is kink play, and the 'drop dead sexy' comment below is spot on! Try it for yourself and on your skin as you won't be able to tell much by solely judging from the notes. A love at first sniff for me and one of ELdO's hidden gems.

It smelled feminine on a paper strip but oh so intensely masculine on my skin. Opens incredibly spicy and then settles a bit after thirty minutes. Hours later it is still going strong, no shift in notes. I only get the iris and wood, very minimal neroli and no vanilla; which is great as I dislike vanilla as a “tamer” of scents. I think I’d like it on another person, sadly is just too overpowering for me.

Opening blast of cardamom, a little citrus, then a wealth of mild oud and patchouli. Very mysterious and sexy!

This is a very sexy fragrance in my opinion for men. A woman can definitely wear this but it would give men an edge. Its one of those fragrances that if you dont smell your skin all the time, and you randomly get a whiff of it, you just smile ;) Boost of confidence for sure. Also on my skin this starts smelling absolutely amazing after about 45-60 minutes, so If you are trying this out give it an hour and dont smell your skin too much just let it do its thing.

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Drop dead sexy.

I wasn't sure what I was smelling at first. Everything was sharp but my god, the dry down is to die for. Fresh and woody but very unique! I've never heard of Akigalawood before. I am not normally a patchouli fan but to me this Akigalawood has all the aspects I like about patchouli without the dampness which I dislike.

Just bought a bottle with expedited shipping. I must have more before my sample runs out!

UPDATE: Guys, this is addicting and leaves a phenomenal trail. Longevity is great and lasts forever on clothes! I find myself wearing this quite frequently and my boyfriend has a VERY positive reaction when I do. I think it's more suited for evenings but I've had success spraying into the air and walking through for the daytime.

Nice but weird, weird, weird... However weird doesnt mind bad and this a very weird but great scent. It remember me a lot to symphonie de neroli by bortnikoff, but in this case the opening is very peppery (i know that It probably doent have any pepper un but all together makes an effect like the pepper smell) while the bortnikoff one is much more oudy. Yo the dry down this peppery vibe becomes more in neroli, so maybe is produced for a high neroli concentration at the beggining. In the dry down both perfumes become more similar because un this one some note very similar to oud begins to appear and in the brotnikoff one the medicinal and fecal feeling fades off. So for me the dry down in une amourette is just lovely!! Vanilla and iris gives some powdery and sweet character tonthe dry down.
The longevity is quité, more coparing yo the other fragance that Daniela Rocher has made for the brand which is almost imperceptible. The sillage is good but moderate. I would use more at day than at night and better with colder weather. Totally unisex.

Scent: 8
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 7
Quality/price: 7
Versatility: 6
Originality: 9
Global: 8

Very complex and definitely underrated—this has been my new jam over this winter and I cannot get enough of it. I have no idea how those notes line up with what I’m smelling; I even considered whether my house sample was really Une Amourette—but other people seem to be smelling a lot of what I’m smelling—and none of it has much to do with what I thought a perfume composed of vanilla and iris is supposed to smell like. Instead, this is like a millennial interpretation of Fahrenheit—the super-aromatic gasoline jasmine, with a wide streak of turpentine, piled on classy (but also slightly worn and maybe a little kinky) leather. Body heat brings out the aromatics to a degree that smells like menthol, or at least a fresh pack of menthol cigarettes in a leather jacket (I don’t smoke anymore, and I never went for menthols, but all these elements together works for me). I love weird leathers, and I like wearing kind of masculine scents in the colder months. If it wears well through the spring, I might consider a bottle. This house is doing the Lord’s work, giving us cool and arty perfumes that stay interesting, even when you wear them every day, for significantly leas money than most niche houses charge nowadays.

(BTW, I was certain that there was a Fahrenheit summer flanker that actually had mint in the top notes: that’s why I came to this page in the first place. Am I thinking of Kouros? I can’t remember and Fragrantica’s note search didn’t turn anything up. Does anyone else remember there being one? If you do, or if you know that there was no such thing, please PM me).

Narcotic as they come. Found myself needing to lay down in a dimly lit room with nothing much on but the fan. This one takes time to contemplate. Projection is decent but wear this on a breezy evening and you, along with those downwind of you, will be amazed. I can not speak for longevity as I generally pass out shortly after application. I can tell you all traces have booked off by the morning.
Fun fact; my otherwise reliably aloof cat, suddenly can't get enough of me. Perhaps Une Amourette is the perfect scent for attracting that special, totally unattainable, someone. Warm but not spicy, like a steaming mug of hot, unisex cedar with whipped cream, smooth, semisweet, woody. A glimpse of something provocative; glorious iris bathing in a pool of camphor and hot white flowers. Sexy ugly magic, I'm in.

the opening smells sweet, spicy, woody

then in seconds plastic notes, mothballs, rubber...

sadly this was a scrubber

Where Rien is the master all suited up, this is the younger feminine brother. I smell a touch of Fahrenheit (old batch) in the beginning. Later on it morphs to a more gasoline loaded 4711/Neroli Portofino by Tom Ford. This will go directly on my "yeah, let's get a full bottle" list because it's the first neroli fragrance that really got me. I smell some very ripe/slightly rotting banana peel as well, to add a kind of sweetness.
Stunning!

While I enjoy other scents from ELdO, this is not one of them.

It smells like a tennis ball. Plasticky, harsh, synthetic.

Ok, this fragrance represents everything I dislike in most modern perfumery. Generic and way too much sugar! This one consists of a screechy high-pitched iris, nauseatingly sweet, on a base that is vanillic and indolic....Une Amourette?? Between Ken and Barbie, maybe….

The one good thing I have to say is that it combines loudness and transparency in a very clever way. And that it disappears rather quickly…..scrubbing is unnecessary.

Woody neroli. Nice but not groundbreaking imo.

This is so strange, I had to check if this was the right sample. But it is. A warning, the Mouret site lists different notes "sweet smell of neroli essence with traces of cardamom, this sensual fragrance opens with spicy notes of pink peppercorn, before revealing an earthy undertone of patchouli oil enriched with vanilla", the etat libre de orange site and fragrantica list "Neroli, Iris, Vanilla Absolute, Akigalawood…" and my nose agrees far more with the Mouret site and not the manufacturer!

I have no clue what akigalawood smells like so that might be it, but to me this smelled like a blast of camphor at first with a good underpining of iso e super. I dislike perfumes heavy in iso e super, and this is not something I would buy, but I did think it a very interesting use of iso e super somehow. There is some cardamom and pink pepper as well and patchouli and vanilla.

I love iris, I was expecting it considering the nose who composed it and to love this fragrance, but I honestly could not smell neither the iris nor the neroli (and everybody else agrees this has neroli!).

It is interesting though totally different from expected and not really "me".

It's odd, because if I smell this while i'm sitting under the fan, the breeze makes it smell very nice; a little fruity and woodsy. It gives me the idea of what others would smell on me, but if I put my nose to my arm, it has a smell of bad breath. Only a few perfumes have this smell that I've tried, but it's enough to make me not buy a whole bottle. I do like the fruity woodsy scent though.

Smoky neroli that dissipates into sweet iris, then completely disappears. An elegant one-hour-stand, but I don't remember her name.

(Roland Mouret is a French fashion designer who is all the rage right now for his body celebrating dresses in all sizes.
I was hoping his perfume would somehow be more voluptuous.)

Street by Gentilini, Franco 1977 (Private Collection)

I have been on a bit of an Etat Libre d'Orange kick lately. This house wasn't always my cup of tea, yet now that my tastes are maturing, my appreciation for this brand is growing stronger.

I was pleased to see a few Etat Libre d'Orange fragrances lining the shelves at my local department store. Une Amourette Roland Mouret stood out to me straight-away, not only was the bottle strikingly different to the rest of the line, but I had also never heard of it before.

Unfortunately, Une Amourette Roland Mouret is not my favourite from this brand. It's definitely not unpleasant, I have smelt far worse, (think Secretions Magnifique), but when it comes to the composition, I find it quite linear and plain.

Une Amourette Roland Mouret is heavily centred around a note of patchouli. The patchouli accord in this fragrance is super dense, dirty and sharp. I was hoping to smell more florals in the heart and drydown, but the patchouli seems pretty persistent.

I start to enjoy this fragrance most in its final stages. The patchouli-driven base is cleaner and woodsier making it a touch more palatable. If I had to compare Une Amourette Roland Mouret and Nombril Immense, however, I would have to admit that the latter is the better patchouli scent of the two.

Since my teenage years and until the sale of the company, I had been a very frequent visitor to a privately owned furniture manufactory. There was an 800 sq meters lumber storage, where several types of solid wood were being kept. The first moment I tried this frag late autumn of 2018, I immediately immersed myself in a well-known atmosphere of the wood processing industry. So crazy! I cannot smell any other notes instead of wood planks. Not a single different note! The funny thing is that akigalawood is a total imitation produced by an industrial giant.

Once I sprayed this frag prior to my psychotherapy session. Before telling my therapist about my emotional struggles of the moment, I asked this well-mannered artsy person at his early 40s about his feelings while smelling Une Amourette. He answered that he imagined himself sitting on a rocky lake coast in the foothills of woodsy mountains somewhere deep in Karelia. Fair enough.

People, there's no point in trying to detect neither Neroli nor Iris. Just let yourself enjoy the wood substance. The performance is great, it lasts over 6 hours on my skin, over 10 hours on fabrics.

As for the naming, it sounds paradoxical and absurd. This smell is not at all about love affairs. The only romantic thing I can conceptualize regarding this smell is Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn duet in a late 80s mainstream comedy movie :)

Music: On Trees And Birds And Fire by I Am Oak
Book: Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting
Film: Overboard by Garry Marshall
Painting: Jonas I by Andy Denzler

Leaning in to smell some tiny winter pansies: tiny, cold purple flowers, a touch of peppery nasturtium leaf, the faintest bit of damp soil. A terrific alternative for Iris lovers. Mysterious.

@meama is spot on.

This reminds me of an airier version of Kouros Fraicheur (a kind of forgotten flanker). It also has that protean quality that popular modern aroma chemicals seem to have - akigalawood, ambroxan and the like - where I'm not sure whether my nose is confused or intrigued.

The opening is vaguely in the vein of Lush's Breath of God or Creed's Viking - somewhere between rotting leaves and an abstract pepper. But that soon dies down. After that, it's a middling mix of dry and airy, soapy and musty, with some elegant edges. Fairly unique, but unremarkable. Worth a sniff though.

The initial phase is like what I imagine the scent of freshly cut wood from a tree would be. It smells crisp and has a woody freshness on top of a unique smelling wood (Akigalawood). This wood is a paradox as it smells crisp, rancid, earthy, and peppery. Soon a touch of sweet vanilla shows up to add depth, comfort, and roundness to this scent.

My husband says it smells like the floor of a forrest.

At first I didn't like this fragrance at all. It was too sharp and unique. I'm glad I kept my sample because I get it today. This fragrance is fab! It's intoxicating. -

It is very difficult to describe this perfume. For a brief moment reminds me of Perles De Lalique which is the best part for me. But all in all it is very nondescript almost like a smell of something not exactly a perfume...I really can't understand it.
It is very long lasting and with huge sillage.

5/10

dark, mysterious, smoky iris- neroli is not prominent-

They are so many scents that describe themselves as 'multi-faceted', but this is a real one. Intense and airy, dark and bright, extravert and introvert - there are so many personalities in one. I fell all the aspects of the perfume - flowery, woody, powdery - and they create a new olfactory pattern on my skin every few hours. I tried it just last evening and bought it one hour later, it has a lot of character and enormous sillage. Flirty and vivacious, this ELDO gem is a real 'amourette' in a bottle!

Longevity poor and not a nice smell on me anyways. Not a fan, received a s free sample and not bottle worthy.

Opens up with heavy pepper & Vicks vapor rub combo on my skin. It made me think I bought the wrong fragrance,but then it quickly started developing into a smoky unique neroli concoction that is to die for,unfortunately like most it doesn’t last on my skin 4 hrs max maybe 6 if I’m indoors,but spraying heavily has solved that problem for me & I will be upgrading to a larger bottle ASAP.Thanks to Steve at scentbar for the recommendation!

super woody , sillage is monster not my cuppa tea but it is good

Gorgeous. A woody musk (Akigalawood?) is dominant here and I'm loving it.

Neroli makes an entrance on the drydown. Long lasting on me too, and I have nothing Iike it in my collection. Nothing. When my husband first smelled it he said he loved it and he's hard to please. So a win-win all around.

By the way, I admit to following gtabasso and her observant reviews. She is right on about this, and I thank her once again.

EDIT this has turned into one of my favorite perfumes, and if I was stranded on a deserted island, it’s one that I would hope to have with me.

first blast was camphor then it toned down and blended into a light woody floral with no distinct note; the wood dominates with a supporting hint of floral and no powdery effect but the iris lends it a creaminess

Somehow I am reminded of Horchata. There is pepper at the beginning but it ends up smoothly blended and comforting. There is a nuttiness to it and a suede-like leather impression. I also do not notice the patchouli or neroli - at least not the way they've been used in other fragrances I've tried

I may have finally found my perfect scent from this house. This went on like strong nag champa incense on my skin and is a powdery, woody iris scent. As it has settled, oddly enough I am now also picking up the neroli. I really love this and will definitely be needing to add this to my collection. It's not a loud scent but the sillage is respectable. I wish it lasted a little bit longer. Honestly though - I am really in love with this one.

Perfume marketing tends to induce tsunami-sized eye-rolls in me, so I have a love/meh relationship with Etat Libre d'Orange. Love the perfume, cringe at the 'stories' the brand gives each of its perfumes. The scene-setting melodrama can be interesting as a side-bar, but the 'story' is irrelevant to the experience of the perfume. So when a friend recently turned me on to Une Amourette I started the odd little two-step I find myself doing with most ELDO perfumes: enjoy the perfume and just ignore the story. But the dance takes enough effort that I eventually give in, read the text and have a laugh.

I had just written some quick notes for myself that started with, "It’s a lovely, conservatively proportioned floriental. A contemporary take on a traditional genre." when I decided to take a peek at ELDO's take on Une Amourette. There designer Roland Mouret's is quoted: "Une Amourette is a no-holds-barred fragrance. It is not for everybody. It’s divisive. It will corrupt the fragrance category with its subversive positioning." Oh, for fuck's sake. Really?

Une Amourette isn't divisive or subversive in the least. But you know what? It's gorgeous. Forget corrupting categories and just dig the feel-goodness of Une Amourette--that's where this perfume hits its stride. A peppery citrus opening is the freshest, though not necessarily the brightest moment of the perfume. Matte, spicy, creamy-powdered florals illuminate the perfume from within and transfer their glow to your skin. A mineralic vanilla-almond accord forms a backdrop for the skanky white florals and reminds me of the way Bellodgia set a spicy carnation against a chewy marzipan stage curtain for maximum effect. Here the result is less powdery, more mineralic and far more modern than comparison to the old Caron perfume might imply.

The heartnotes blend into a listless olfactory image of vintage suntan lotion. The particular combo of solar florals and creamy woods actually suggest a whipped-smooth beige or khaki tone. The almond-vanilla accord reinforces the image with a matte sand or putty tint, but perfumer Andrier takes a page from Coco Chanel's book. What you notice in historical images of Chanel's collections is not the plainness of the color but the uncluttered design, the perfect drape of the fabrics, the impeccable tailoring. The difference between the perfect beige and dinginess is slim and the potentially dull ‘color palette’ of Une Amourette could have been its downfall.

Like Chanel, Andrier's manages to make the olfactory ‘color’ chic. She reassembles olfactory cues to shift from a beige hue to tanned skin, from flowers to sun tan lotion. The perfume’s easy finish and seamless transitions make it an effortless wear but don’t disguise the details. The floral accord's heavily indolic breathiness reinforces suntan lotion's implicit suggestion of parading flesh barely contained by swim trunks and bikinis. Andrier gives you skin and sun. Flirtation and exhibitionism. Skip Mouret's story of corruption and subversion. Just dig the potential of Andrier's suggestive scenario and fill in the rest for yourself.

(from scenthurdle.com)

I think this must be stuffed with Iso E Super. I say that because after spraying a small amount on my wrist I got a brief whiff of something vaguely woody and floral and then - nothing. Days later I put on the same sweater and I can smell something very dark, smoky and woody. Iso E Super, though I like it in tiny amounts, tends to shut my olfactory apparatus down and I guess that's what's happening here.

It's pleasant, and quite elegant, but very light-weight. Lasts about 3 hours for me, but there's no sillage at all. Disappointing.

this one is exactly related to afternoon of faun and cologne from the same brand, an amazing perfume indeed but only for private time near to the body nothing further and too weak, it can make you happy for only half an hour but you know we would like to catch the happiness even if for a few minutes:)
thank you eldo you are the best

Un Amourette is exactly the complete opposite of what niche is right now: pretentious and pompous. It’s pure, magical perfumery and a triumph of olfactive narrative. La liberte a son parfum!

AKIGALAWOOD was created by Givaudan, patchouli oil was added to an enzymatic bath, washed, and what remained, the new material, was patchouli with all the earthy herbal qualities removed. The spiciness and the woodiness are what predominates.

thumbs up for antonpan, scott.lauze and Sezyvex for their descritpions, I have nothing to add, except: I think this bizarre, georgeous, modern, FB worthy perfume is, IMHO, absolutely unisex.

I tried this today from a sample vial and it has put me in a dreamy, cosy state.

A swipe from the vial I get notes blended in perfect harmony; Cardamom and Cinnamon sticks (obviously it's the Akigalawood which I have never smelled), the ones you put into Indian tea as a whole and the combination of these two spices releases an intoxicating aroma with some sweetness maybe from the vanilla.

In addition to those I smell and I think that the mix of iris and neroli give it that ever so slight detergent quality. It's very faint but it's there in the initial stages.

Initially I did think it had a peppery vibe but it was a passing feeling due to reading the reviews on here and then on second application, I didn't get any pepper at all.

I see why some people are getting patchouli. It is akin to the patchouli in MFK's Lumiere Noir Pour Homme which is barely perceivable in that too. Here it's paired with the Iris instead of the rose. I could mistake this for a MFK creation if I had blind tested it.

Une Amourette could be my favourite from the line-up from ELDO from whatever I have tried so far. There's something magical about it which I cannot describe and haven't smelled before.

A close second is Eau De Protection. I feel both are hampered with projection and longevity issues with being really close to the skin that I have to really dig deeper. Having said that, I would still like to pursue a bottle of this because I think a few full sprays from an actual bottle would really satisfy and do justice to the feelings I already feel from a tiny dab.

So weird! I am sniffing my wrist and reading the current reviews and wondering if we are smelling the same thing.
To me this is predominantly a woody oriental perfume.

Peppery: yes, for sure, almost an eye-watering pepper, but emphasizing the woody aspects, not the floral.

I detect no neroli, unless the perfumer used some exotic isolate.

Heart of vanilla is noticeable in the dry down, but it is not forward at all.

I am somewhat patchouli sensitive, and I smell no patchouli! And yet other reviewers are describing a patchouli festival! Perhaps there is a difference between patchouli and what is listed as a note: akigalawood?

To me this is quite abstract, contemporary, skews masculine, slightly weird in a good way.

Sillage is moderate, persistence is excellent.

This is pepper in a bottle to me. Neither good nor bad - it's fine on its own but I think it benefits by being layered with something else. Leans more towards the masculine than the feminine.

Love this one. The best ELDO in years and a very Daniele Andrier's style.

Akigalawood (=patchouli) is dominant here. Starts off with a nice freshly dark violet vibe, then the scent transforms into irisy patchouli with a vanilla heart but still not Dior Homme / DHI kind of sweetness. The green, minty character of patchouli is shadowed by a smoothiness of iris creating a leathery sensation in a style of Bottega Veneta fragrance.

A must try for patchouli lovers.

A patchouli with steroide in a very 80s style. A more transparent and flower'y Kouros

Je t'adore, Neroli ... don't tempt me so