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A commentary with circumlocution on a perfectly arranged "urban-rural scent"!
Orage means thunderstorm. One reads so quickly "orange" and is then perhaps irritated. A price thunderstorm but it is guaranteed. Not that someone thinks, I have now treated myself to 100 ml for 225 euros (is only a bottling).
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Since one wonders why the world's largest luxury goods contern LVMH (Louis Vuitton - Moet Hennessy) of all under the name of the suitcase and bag brand for some time also brings out exclusive fragrances. After all, the brands Acqua di Parma, Bulgari, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Guerlain, Kenzo, Loewe and Maison Francis Kurkdjian belong to the same group (for those who did not know).
And a quick catch-up again, because what many also don't know: Louis Vuitton himself is considered the inventor of the practical luggage and worked in the 19th century first as a suitcase packer of the French empress at the court of Napoleon III. That just so, for all who think that was a fashion designer like Yves Saint-Laurent or Christian Dior! ;-)
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Now, despite all the interesting company details, let's get to the fragrance itself: It's pretty linear (which I like in principle) and consists of only a few ingredients (which I also like in principle). So you are A) not unpleasantly surprised and B) is able to better smell out individual ingredients. We are dealing here with a very well done mélange of tart-citrus (bergamot), earthy-green (vetiver, patchouli) and powdery-flattering (iris, ambrette).
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Here (unfortunately) again a short insertion: ambrette is a synthetically produced musk substitute, which also reminds of amber thanks to its sweetish component, hence the name. It is probably not uncontroversial from a health point of view. However, ambrette can also be produced as an essential oil from the seeds of the so-called musk bush. What exactly is involved here, I am not able to say. Whether one can do that without exact indication at all, I also do not know.
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But now back to the fragrance: Orage does not come with thunder and lightning, but it does. He was developed by Monsieur Cavalier-Belletrud, one of my favorite perfumers, but even they have for me all some olfactory skeletons in the closet, since they sometimes in one and sometimes in the opposite direction research and develop (must)! ;-)
Orage is in any case clearly masculine and very balanced. Fans of Terre D'Hermes or Encre Noir he should like because of the earthy vetiver note in any case. Orage comes across as original, but not with brute force. The longevity is great, while the sillage doesn't hurt the environment! ;-) A certain effervescence remains all around thanks to the bergamot, a balsamic-tinged powder joins in and drives away the harshness that some other woody scents bring.
But since so many here speak of tropical forest or humidity: Since rather the misleading name "thunderstorm" greets in my nose. Because I myself feel Orage as quite dry and have in no way a just faded downpour in mind. Also with the hay association I can do nothing, because slightly musty-damp smells here nothing for me.
It's always a mystery to me anyway, how many always "fall for" the name of a fragrance and want to connect the hell out of it contained in it and even can. Amen, I tell you: That's just marketing in 80 percent of the cases! ;-) Nonetheless, Orage is for me (!) an insanely great and not too extreme (also a "disease" of today's time) composed fragrance that perfectly combines the city center and the edge of the forest (I may also get rid of an association)
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Since one wonders why the world's largest luxury goods contern LVMH (Louis Vuitton - Moet Hennessy) of all under the name of the suitcase and bag brand for some time also brings out exclusive fragrances. After all, the brands Acqua di Parma, Bulgari, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Guerlain, Kenzo, Loewe and Maison Francis Kurkdjian belong to the same group (for those who did not know).
And a quick catch-up again, because what many also don't know: Louis Vuitton himself is considered the inventor of the practical luggage and worked in the 19th century first as a suitcase packer of the French empress at the court of Napoleon III. That just so, for all who think that was a fashion designer like Yves Saint-Laurent or Christian Dior! ;-)
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Now, despite all the interesting company details, let's get to the fragrance itself: It's pretty linear (which I like in principle) and consists of only a few ingredients (which I also like in principle). So you are A) not unpleasantly surprised and B) is able to better smell out individual ingredients. We are dealing here with a very well done mélange of tart-citrus (bergamot), earthy-green (vetiver, patchouli) and powdery-flattering (iris, ambrette).
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Here (unfortunately) again a short insertion: ambrette is a synthetically produced musk substitute, which also reminds of amber thanks to its sweetish component, hence the name. It is probably not uncontroversial from a health point of view. However, ambrette can also be produced as an essential oil from the seeds of the so-called musk bush. What exactly is involved here, I am not able to say. Whether one can do that without exact indication at all, I also do not know.
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But now back to the fragrance: Orage does not come with thunder and lightning, but it does. He was developed by Monsieur Cavalier-Belletrud, one of my favorite perfumers, but even they have for me all some olfactory skeletons in the closet, since they sometimes in one and sometimes in the opposite direction research and develop (must)! ;-)
Orage is in any case clearly masculine and very balanced. Fans of Terre D'Hermes or Encre Noir he should like because of the earthy vetiver note in any case. Orage comes across as original, but not with brute force. The longevity is great, while the sillage doesn't hurt the environment! ;-) A certain effervescence remains all around thanks to the bergamot, a balsamic-tinged powder joins in and drives away the harshness that some other woody scents bring.
But since so many here speak of tropical forest or humidity: Since rather the misleading name "thunderstorm" greets in my nose. Because I myself feel Orage as quite dry and have in no way a just faded downpour in mind. Also with the hay association I can do nothing, because slightly musty-damp smells here nothing for me.
It's always a mystery to me anyway, how many always "fall for" the name of a fragrance and want to connect the hell out of it contained in it and even can. Amen, I tell you: That's just marketing in 80 percent of the cases! ;-) Nonetheless, Orage is for me (!) an insanely great and not too extreme (also a "disease" of today's time) composed fragrance that perfectly combines the city center and the edge of the forest (I may also get rid of an association)
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