L'Eau de Tarocco

198) The orange of my dreams. Olivier Pescheux, the nose, would have been inspired by a traditional recipe of Morocco, an orange carpaccio compound of thin slices of citrus fruit sprinkled with rose water, cinnamon and saffron. I do not know if this is the quality of orange oil used here, the famous Tarocco variety from Calabria or the clever structure propelling the citrus atop, that is responsible of this so surprising natural first impression. Favoring as well juicy than bitter sides, divinely coordinated to spices and to an aerial and velvety rose. Diffusion is excellent, an effervescence seems to spread droplets of orange juice in the air as a mist sprayer. But that's not all, while the Cologne category disappoints too often by is ephemeral longevity, L'Eau de Tarocco extends the magic of the orange with a delicious smoked woody accord, where incense seems to capture the fresh notes of departure to gently mix them to the saffron the powdery rose and fluffy musks that are gradually emerging to make the pleasure last. (but always better on fabric) In his kind, among the dozens of lemony scent I tried I have never met such perfect composition.

I love Tarocco, and I'm so glad I got a large bottle before it became hard to find. To me, it takes me to a sunny summer day in Nice looking out at the blue Mediterranean. The hills around us are citrus groves and cedar trees. Fresh, relaxing, joy. The top notes are orange, rose, and candy, with a dash of incense. It's not overly sweet and totally unisex. It settles quickly in about five minutes to a citrus cedar with a little rose. Then in about an hour and a half it is a soft, slightly sweet, incense musk. It is totally lovely and could be worn year round in almost any occasion. I've worn it in New York in July, I've worn it at Christmas (the cedar, incense, and oranges are all Christmas associations for me). It's never been an everyday for me, I use it when the mood strikes. My only critique is that I wish they sold a perfume with more strength and longevity. I've gone back several times to Diptyque to see if I can find another that I love as much as Tarocco, to no avail!

Fizzy orange drink in a bottle. Very natural smelling this one. Smells like freshly squeezed oranges. When I bought it, the girl I was with said it was the best she'd ever smelled. Completely unisex. It does smell great, but based on what it smells like, this is strictly spring/summer for me (and I usually don't care much about seasons). As for longevity, it fades pretty quickly I'm afraid. It blends into the skin in less than 10 minutes, becoming a skin scent. Fragrances (in any concentration) usually last ages on my skin, so keep that in mind if you're thinking about purchasing. The SA even mentioned it herself, and wanted to sell me a roll-on so I could reapply during the day. If Diptyque acknowledges the fact that you need to reapply every other hour by buying a separate product, why not just make a higher concentration? And another thing, is this supposed to be EDC? Because it says EDT on the bottle. What gives? Try before you buy.

Opening sparkling and sunny!! This scent is very harmonious .. after a while it becomes softer but keeping the'fizzy'orange ... is a relaxing scent suitable for the warm months. I mean,that's sweet, but not too ... cinnamon and musk round all other notes. Saffron is this in the right way in this perfume for me .. is well balanced with the other notes. It 'vibrant, versatile and also kind .. The orange ago to support other notes, without being intrusive! Parfum well balanced. Council for the warm months. Suitable for the summer! Definitely will come in my collection. Sillage: 6.5/10 Longevity: 7.5/10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

I'm revisiting a sample which I purchased a couple years ago. It might be due to its age or possible exposure to harmful conditions (air, light, heat), but this is all rose to me (of the sweet, delicate variety), with a small amount of orange, and the barest hints of saffron and musk. It has the same transparent, watery aspect that Bvlgari Omnia Indian Garnet has; in fact this smells very similar except LdT has rose and IG has tuberose and osmanthus.

absolutely LOVE the Tangerine Orange blast! it was quick though kind of like a poof of smoke at the start of a magic trick that then reveals the main act which in this case was the musk, smoke, spice. Sadly didnt last long so will need frequent applications..but I'm game..just to get my Tang/orange fix!

Absolutely love this! The hint of cinnamon along with the citrus smell makes this a memorable scent.

Lovely citrus fragrance from Diptyque... Perfect in summertime!

Sweet, fresh orange... The word "tarocco" refers to a type of orange (blood orange), and it is said that this perfume is based on a specific dessert called " Carpaccio d'Orange " which is a desert across the Mediterranean North Africa region. The particular inspiration for this one came from the perfumer's journey in Morocco, where he ate this desert of orange slices soaked in rosewater and dusted in cinnamon & saffron. What you get here is a "sweet" orange perfume that is dusted with spices but still smells fresh. There is the sweet Italian blood orange, as well as Bulgarian rose, Laotian turmeric, and Sri Lankan cinnamon bark, Texas cedar, and Somalian frankincense. The is also a synthetic jasmine note (hedione) which really lifts the fragrance nicely. This smells sweet and fresh and fantastic, very refreshing actually. You have to like orange though... I would say this is first and foremost a sweet, juicy orange mixed with saffron and rose, surrounded by a host of soft woods and some other spices (cinnamon, ginger). It is very Mediterranean and exotic. For a fragrance that is based on a fruit dessert it smells complex and refreshing. This is good stuff! Try it out in nice warm or hot weather and it will really shine, although it can be worn year round. I would say if you want a citrus which is more "interesting" and which has a little "depth" (not like the countless designer "citrus" offerings for summer), then this is a notch above all that (and people won't smell like you either). A very good choice if you like your oranges with a little spice and sweetness.

L'Eau de Tarocco is eau de toilette with a fresh and exotic aroma. The opening is citric, fresh, fruity and vital with that sweetness that has a good orange juice, this is accompanied by a touch of grapefruit, ginger and cinnamon, the latter, I feel especially clear, joining very well with orange and Musk Diptyque typical background. The tincture of roses gives that floral spot that goes unnoticed but it feels there next to the saffron tingling and binding with the cedar wood and an incense that I hardly perceive, all this while still smelling the musk in the background, soft, slightly powdered and With a sweet point, everything well nuanced and the fundamental: very wearable. Completely unisex, good duration and an excellent aroma of exotic character, friendly and not too demanding for summer seasons, even, an excellent option for a night atmosphere for that touch that invites sensuality and intrigue, whenever you want to smell good without calling much The attention. Rating: 7.5

Starts with a bright, juicy orange. Happiness in a bottle. But I also wonder if I really want to smell like this. What people may think? That I'm wearing a kids cologne? That I sprayed Fanta? Or that I just spent the last three hours peeling oranges? But that orange-y phase is slowly replaced by a more delicate and refined composition, and it's actually more feminine. A very light floral note with a touch of powder. The citrus notes are perceptible but not as in the beginning. As time goes by this fun, extroverted and bright perfume turns quiet by the minute. The last notes are a light musk with wood notes but very close to skin. It literally feels like a rollercoaster ride. I like this perfume and I think it's very interesting in its different facets but the opening is so different, so disconnected from the ending that it's almost like two different fragrances. I still think this is more feminine than just unisex.

I just purchased this today after some help from a wonderful Sales person at Nordstrom. I was not feeling the fruity sweet perfumes today I have to say. After a bunch of perfumes I would normally love failed to really hit the spot, a whiff of this on a strip took my heart. This the softest and most inviting scent I have ever smelled. The initial spray is shocking and is my least favorite part, but the dry down is worth the horrible opening. I personally am not fond of citrus perfume, but this one is nothing I have ever smelled before, it is truly unique and a worthy addition to my growing collection, quite beautiful!

The reviewer beneath me is correct, this does smell like orange, saffron and other spices. And yet it doesn’t feel too heavy. It’s also not flighty like some citruses are. This is more orange fruit than orange tree as in Eau des Sens and it reminds me a little of Creatively Shanghai which by Zara x Jo Malone. That one is a little bit soapier because its main spice accord is cardamom which often reads soapy. This, however, is a very natural, grounding orange. A shame it’s no longer in production.

grapefruit and orange mainly, ginger, saffron and musk noticeable, and a bit of rose but not a rose fragrance; I'm not a huge citrus fan but I like this one. It's tart but sweet without being aromatic.

Delicious sparkly spanking-fresh orange with just the right tang of spice. Like the rest of the line it doesn't last long enough but it's unalloyed delight for the time it does. Lovely stuff.

I would recommend L'Eau de Tarocco to those who love their citruses warm and fizzy. As for me, the only citruses that seem to work are the cooling ones like Light Blue.

Reminds me of ELDO Remarkable People ....... Which I have and love.

constant comment tea in a perfume

Ahh, disappointment. For me it smells like air freshener used in public toilettes, really. It opens sharp and citrusy which I don't enjoy at all. After 20 minutes of the only fresh-citrus on my wrists I had to scrub it off. Even if the drydown is extremely lovely (which I do not know) I don't think that one should suffer trough the phase they dislike. I could recommend this for citrus lovers. I don't find this appealing.

Oddly, this opened with a vaguely chlorine / pool locker room scent for me, with a hint of cinnamon and a tiny bit of artificial ginger (like a ginger-flavored sparkling water). And it disappeared just as quickly. Really not getting the citrus. My experience is so vastly different from the other reviewers, that I question the integrity of my decant. Nonetheless, I won't be revisiting this one.

After a very brief clean and bright orange note, this morphed on my skin into an extremely bitter crushed hay note. That stage was quite long-lived, and the eventual dry-down was an OK version of a men's cologne, but I did not find the notes to be clear, nor suited to me.

ROSE. thats what I smell. sharp rose.

Abstract blood orange evoked through saffron and spice As I’ve stated before, I am slowly starting to believe that successful robust citrus compositions rely more on the supporting spice accord rather than the citrus top. Look at practically any Elena composition notably the Declaration inspired offerings as prime examples, FM Bigarade being the pinnacle of bitter orange evoked through warm spice cardamom (other good examples being Azemour, Guerlain AA Bergamote, Tauer Orange star, countless vetiver citrus freshies) Eau de Tarocco feels to me like Olivier Pesceux attempt at a similar effect but in his typical watercolour style. I’m convinced he must have spent considerable time in southern Italy or at least must have found a reliable vendor of Tarocco oranges. These mandarin x sweet orange hybrids have a curious red streaks in otherwise pure orange flesh (not to be confused with regular blood oranges). Similar to their complex appearance these oranges have a very intricate scent profile, to my nose smelling significantly more bitter and slightly oilier while also incredibly fragrant refreshing, as opposed to regular sweet oranges that purely smell of limonene aka Fanta. In Eau de Tarocco you are getting a heavily exaggerated version of the already intense spectrum of the Tarocco orange, initially a tart zesty juicy opening, not particularly sweet, but very bright and refreshing. Then it slowly starts warping into fantasy land, essentially saffron ginger and rosy accents with hints of cinnamon candy, essentially emulating the luscious and intoxicating elements of the Tarocco orange, while also strongly defining its bitter and pungent oily rind. On my skin it dries down quite ambery with hints of vanillic sweetness around 2-3 hours in. Very complex for an EdC, definitely one of the more exciting citrus interpretations. Definitely something better suited for cooler summer nights as the oriental core and base ends up bringing more heat than refreshment. Ultimately nothing else out there even remotely resembles it.

This was a blind buy for me, but I didn’t keep it...it’s gone. .. the box looked like it had some sort of Christmas tree design, and I thought it was going to be Christmasy.... I’m not sure I love it. It’s interesting but not very feminine. The opening is a gorgeous blood orange with hints of cinnamon . Just beautiful and zesty. But then the middle phase turns woody, and I am nearly sure I smell sandalwood here.... then the woody part mellows even more and something resembling citrus flavoured toothpaste comes up. This is the phase I don’t really love. And then it sweetens in the drydown , and in an unusual turn sweet orange juice, not peel , remains . Basically I love the opening and the drydown, but not so much the middle phase which is a little dry for my taste. An interesting unisex offering from Diptique, even though they are not similar, something in it reminds me of Hermes Eau des Merveilles. But that is much more refined and stronger. Silage here is average. Lasting power normal for edc even one notch above average.

This is what I call "an Eau De Cologne with a twist". The usual citrus floral pattern of many fragrances of this type is brilliantly enriched by a fascinating accord of saffron and incense that's incredibly similar to the one found on the latest Comme Des Garcons EDP from 2011 but, where the CDG pushes on the accelerator by introducing its typical wierd/synthetic hallmark, L'Eau De Tarocco smells incredibly natural and, while surely more understated, it is still able to remark its presence with a considerable amount of personality. A citrus ologram during the opening joined by woods, incense and saffron while a petit rose note serves as a subtle yet remarkable refinement. Clean, summery and very original. Bettern worn on fabric to play it in slow motion. Highly recommended. Big thumbs up! Rating: 8/10

If it could have only lasted that amazing burst of just peeled blood orange....the best i think i've smelled EVER! So so wonderful. But alas, perhaps it's my chemistry, because I'm getting that "hay" note someone else mentioned. And not just hay, synthetic hay and an almost "blue" note like you get in some of those aquatic perfumes, you can't quite put your finger on the note, but it comes off as synthetic. To be honest there could be saffron, incense, musk and rose, but they are so mixed and jumbled i can't pull them out. I'm still waiting for dry down but the bulk of the time is spent here in what are we smelling here land. Not sure i could tolerate that for a 3 minute amazing blood orange and a dry down. Already sure there will be no FB.

I like this perfume very much, a fresh citrus that then changes leaving that imperceptible almost neutral sweetness, becoming one with your skin! In my opinion it is a fresh spring citrus fruity almost a unisex cologne that makes you feel good on every occasion and at every moment, after the gym, after a shower it invigorates and gives you a boost of energy, the great thing is that it lasts unlike of other hespereidates/citrus fruits (which usually go away in the blink of an eye) a long time, on my skin it lasts a whole day, and for a perfume of this type it is not so obvious! I am a lover of fruity and spicy perfumes and I can say that, in my humble opinion, it is one of the best without a shadow of a doubt.

Starts with the peeling of a blood orange then settles almost immediately to a soft muzzy musky suede, hints of wood and something freshly floral around the edges. The wood is like the pencil shavings in Chanel no 19, and the orange stays slightly bitter and oily, without sweetening much, like..... I don't know what! The reviews for this one are so varied, are we sampling the same perfume?! is it changing that much according to skin chemistry? or is it that complex a perfume??? hmmmm..... This really really reminds me of something classic like L'Air du Temps or Arpege, quite distinctive (although it's been some time since I smelt these! but my olfactory memory is insistent on this!).

@Housebliss, yes the original formulation was a cologne. Americans get confused by that term because they think it means "men's" so they repackaged and redid the verbiage. (ex-employee here) One of my favorite orange scents. Don't expect a flat, "fresh" traditional orange scent here though, this one has a little something fizzy and spicy up its sleeve. Tarocco is unique in its medley of citrus accompanied by a fragrant ribbon of saffron. I love this scent in the summer because there is no musk to speak of and the spice notes keep the fragrance warm but not cloying. Many citrusy scents can be too zesty and one dimensional or just plain artificial. Tarocco is very vibrant and sexy.

This is a very interesting and unique fresh orange/ citrus fragrance. The cinomon and ginger make an accord with some floral nuance that blends with the orange in the opening, then the orange settles quite a bit, then becomes more balanced. It's not a real Summer time effervescent citrus, it's fine for the Summer, but this is quite versatile seasonally. This was fun for a sample. This is nothing like Eau Des Sens which is primarily an orange blosom fragrance, this is not very floral. This is similar to Hermes Terre de Hermes Fresh, but this has much more charachter. It's growing on me, it may be a future purchase next Summer.

I love citrus - it's nice and fresh and many of the fragrances I lean toward have some in it, but when it's the main player it can remind me of my kitchen hand soap. This one is anything but ordinary. The spice brings the citrus alive in a more beautiful way than any other scent I've tried, and I can't get enough of inhaling it. I don't like gourmand at all, and though this isn't technically, this is as close to one that I want to get. It totally makes sense that it was inspired by a dessert, because I want to eat it up. It's fresh and spicy and easy to wear and I will be enjoying it often.

Brilliant. An everyday clean scent that is indescribable. Not floral or citrus but a mysterious hybrid. Light, but with musky undertones and a spicy finish. To describe it thus is make it seem like all those other obnoxious scents that envelope one like a perfume cloud (ugh! and an imposition). h is is a personal scent, by invitation only. Discreet. It never fails to lift the spirits and awake the self to endless possibilities. I wear it all the time, it is my signature scenes and men and women compliments me constantly (the women wanting it for their husbands and boyfriends).

a nice flowery citrus loaded eau de cologne which is heavy on the cinnamon, the cinnamon and the orange counteract beautifully to form a nice more feminine type of skin scent which i am sure is well aided by the violet, although beautiful in its own way, this is not for me and in my opinion is more suited for a woman - 6/10

I was hoping for the Constant Comment Tea someone else got, but I don't get that. Still, I’m really liking it. The fruits and rose mix to make it kind of a potpourri smell. It's very light though, very hard to detect. Still, I'm liking that dried orange rind/rose petals and cinnamon bark blend.

unfortunately-i just smell a generic sour citrus and dirty leather jacket scent ....not a good combination.... shudder.... update-the lemon became a little more clear-after about an hour-but that was truly the only discernable note. -the perfume was very short lived-2 hours at the outside most.

Just got a sample of this from a department store...... It was like déjà vu................., kept thinking to myself: "where have I smelled this before"?!?!?! The answer FINALLY HIT ME: Tom Ford Atelier Rive D'Ambre......, are they identical? Stay tuned!

I would suggest this scent to anyone that likes that Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue vibe. This has a similar twist, with a bit more excitement. Not as fresh, but more mystery.

Very natural smelling orange turned bitterish and powdery suede. Just the right amount (small) of sweetness. Sits very cosily on my skin. Very likeable and not predictable.

Lots of saffron and musk. Smells an awful lot like L.12.12 White by Lacoste. To save time and money, just get the Lacoste.

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Orange peels and flowers. Simple and bitter. 6/10