Fleurs D'Oranger

I daubed this scent on my wrists after narrowly avoiding a bear encounter, finding a tracker on my car, and surviving a home invasion attempt in the same week (this week). After retreating to my boudoir with a carving knife in one hand and "Elvis Live from Honolulu via Satellite" on vinyl in the other (waiting for the police to arrive), I thought to regulate myself the only way I know how: revisiting my 1 mL Serge Lutens samples. And oh baby. This is so deliciously repellent--so jammy, so photorealistically funereal, so insistent upon itself--I cast aside my knife. All the psychic, even physical protection I needed was in the form of the devious aural cloud radiating from my anointed wrists and clavicle. There was an instant identity dysplasia that transformed me into a spectrum of female images, including but not limited to: Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis from the ballet "Giselle," the mother scene from David Cronenberg's "The Brood," myself as a corpse at an unspecified date in the future, and my French great-grandmother Jeanne from whom I inherited my appearance down to the finest feature. Fleurs d'Oranger is a gentle medicine that kills its host. Would recommend this for women who must part the seas of violence in their lives.

I feel like I don’t think of my self as a person who loovvvesss citrus scents, but it just so happens that some of my favorite fragrances I’ve smelled all have an orange note in them. Oranges are a great and beautiful fruit so I’m not mad if that’s the truth in my heart of hearts. This is very very sweet and nice and good for convincing yourself that it’s spring when it’s most definitely still winter. Of all of the perfumes in the Noir set this one definitely doesn’t have any of the kinda evil sultry vibes that some of the other ones have. Very light fresh fun.

This fragrance is so sexy. I've worn and loved orange blossom fragrances before but they usually read clean girl, basic. This is sensual and sophisticated. The tuberose and cumin make it otherwordly. Smells like watching my older cousin Selena get ready for a date in 1996 - it's summery like sunscreen but warm and endlessly sinffable. I dont smell rose or hibiscus just intoxicating warm white floral with cumin and citrus. Has great staying power I can smell it all day, would be great for layering.

Oh, sweet mercy, this fragrance is the standard by which all orange-flower-forward fragrances should be judged. I am not typically blown away by an orange flower fragrance, though many are certainly pleasant. However, Fleurs d'Oranger is incredibly narcotic and, dare I say, flawlessly blended and balanced. The depth and richness are there, yet it is very comfortable to wear in hot weather. My nose cannot stay away from it. This one teeters into masterpiece territory for me.

Love her. As I become even more of a white floral whore, this is more and more becoming a bit of a go-to fragrance for me. Unfortunately I do become very noseblind to her in under an hour, so it's hard not to over-spray at times. Still, others have insisted on her lingering presence long after she's disappeared to my nose. A wonderful year-round gem!