Frustration by Etat Libre d'Orange
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7.1 / 10 71 Ratings
A perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is gourmand-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CinnamonCinnamon RumRum CuminCumin
Heart Notes Heart Notes
VanillaVanilla Vanilla absoluteVanilla absolute Cistus absoluteCistus absolute
Base Notes Base Notes
Bourbon vetiverBourbon vetiver Chestnut woodChestnut wood VinylguaiacolVinylguaiacol

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Scent
7.171 Ratings
Longevity
7.852 Ratings
Sillage
7.452 Ratings
Bottle
8.257 Ratings
Value for money
5.940 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 20.04.2024.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Pricing
9
Bottle
10
Sillage
9
Longevity
9
Scent
Myrtillajus

323 Reviews
Myrtillajus
Myrtillajus
2  
Child inside us
Frustration: perhaps the most anomalous interpretation of the Etat Libre d'Orange rose.
A dive into childhood, the smell of chestnuts, the aroma of liqueur invading the rooms, the warmth and sweetness of those days.
“The memory of that fragile child that was within us, now strong adults, or the melancholy of the happiness of a child who has become a fragile man”, this is the beautiful explanation given by Etat Libre d'Orange.
And frustration here is seen not as something negative, but as a pleasure that is not fully satisfied and ephemeral, doing nothing other than stimulate our soul to remember and rekindle the desire for that unfinished something, and the perfume, with its volatility, it is a sort of metaphor for it.
So enjoyable that I wanted to try again to get to the end.
A beautiful and original fragrance, warm and comforting.
Ended up on wishlist.
“Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” drawn by Arthur Rackham.
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7.5
Scent
DogiCoco

345 Reviews
DogiCoco
DogiCoco
5  
Wonderful gourmand with a frustrating undertone
A really delicious vanilla, chestnut and cinnamon scent with a small downside that keeps me from loving it. Almost everything is perfect, but there is a slightly scratchy note, especially in the opening and heart phase. I'm not sure where it's coming from. Maybe the combination of cumin and vetiver, which I both can't single out separately here, or the gaiacol, an ingredient I'm not familiar with. It makes the scent a tiny tad too masculine leaning for my liking.
Which is a shame, as the rest is so comforting and gorgeous: Sweet, creamy vanilla, warming cinnamon, toasty chestnut and a dash of rum. This is definitely more of a autumn and winter scent. This has a chestnut wood accord, and I do smell something woodsy, but I also get a pure gourmand roasted chestnut note.
In the drydown it gets warmer and rounder as the harsh aspects slowly fade away. I wish it was like that from the start, they drydown is addictive.
Kind of ironic how my feelings for this scent fit the name so perfectly.

I see where people are coming from when they compare this to By the Fireplace, but I think Frustration is a more complex fragrance and less smokey. They might be related to each other, but they sure aren't twins.

Despite saying it's a little too masculine for me, I still think this is perfectly unisex. It's just that I'm a bit sensitive to notes I perceive as scratchy and that I associate them with male-marketed fragrances. It might also be a skin chemistry issue in this case.
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5 short views on the fragrance
Try89Try89 3 months ago
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
5
Longevity
8
Scent
Lovely scent. I agree that this smells more like warm hazelnut with creamy vanilla. I just wish this lasted more than 3 hrs on my skin
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HugoMontezHugoMontez 7 months ago
A vanillic vetiver with a weird vinyl accord. Not great but still pleasant. The vanilla is not overly sweet.
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PowerfulMuskPowerfulMusk 6 days ago
Winter holidays in a bottle. Roasted chestnuts and warm vanilla. A very comforting scent.
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KatzevogelKatzevogel 29 days ago
Sweet nuttiness, definitely similar to by the fireplace, but there is also this almost plastic note that stings the nose on first spray.
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AngelicforceAngelicforce 1 year ago
smells like nutella!!! i got all the hazelnuts and the sweetness!! not fully gourmand as there is a musk/woody note behind it but it’s a nice scent!
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