500 YEARS

Our Maison embraces humanity in all its forms, as long as they contribute to the Perspective, born in the Renaissance 500 years ago thanks to merchants, against the two established orders, the “Red and the Black.” This perspective opens a new path free from any imposition, to let arts and fragrances flourish. Etat Libre d’Orange celebrates the girls and boys of the Renaissance. The sensation of feeling on the skin a trail of foresight and fraternity, fragrances that bring light, “lux” and “ferre,” all at once Morning Stars and Venus.

From the Marquis de Sade to Vaslav Nijinski, through the poet Rumi and Tilda Swinton, Fat Electrician, Victor Hugo, Tom of Finland, Putain des Palaces, Sécrétions Magnifiques, and Remarkable People, all our fragrances carry a message of light against obscurantism. From the cult of merchants, they have transformed into what is most beautiful: the exchange between human brothers and sisters.

It all started with the merchants. And to remember the spice and silk roads they opened, against the obscurantism that too often condemns us, we pay tribute to the Merchants by dedicating these two new fragrances to them, 500 YEARS & SPICE MUST FLOW, where universal, intense, and rare selected ingredients blend. The idea is to create an eternal trail between OUD and SPICES, to enhance the ROSE. With this flower, everything begins and ends, like the Renaissance. Pierre de Ronsard wrote the poem “Sweetness, let’s go see if the rose,” speaking from a flower of salvation, soul of our soul.

NOTES
Top: Bergamot EO, Cardamom Pure Jungle Essence™, Saffron
Heart: Turkish Rose EO and absolute, Oud EO, Bourbon Geranium EO
Base: Amber Woods, Patchouli, Musk