Bendelirious

Okay so my ELdO Marathon of 25+ different samples now finally comes to an end with this one! (I should have really kept the "La Fin du Monde" til the very end, shouldn't I have done? First reaction VERY pleasant for I LOOOOOVE anything cherry and this fun, party, boozy combo of sour cherries, bubbles, candy, leather and iris really makes for a fun, night-out-on-town party scent for youngsters. In its concept it is not dissimilar to JOOP! that also has a cherry note, but it is far more pungent, medicinal, screechy and synthetic that I loved so so dearly when I was discovering the clubbing scene back in late 80ies/ early 90ies. This is a far more modern update for a more sophisticated bunch who sadly has to endure soulless EDM music in even more soulless clubs of today. I really feel sorry for youngsters today who have to listen to this s***ty music. (But I guess our parents said the same about our music, we thought was tha bomb! And we still do!) The leather/ iris combo brings in the idea of DIOR's "Homme", so you can say it is a bit of a mixture of JOOP! with HOMME, blended with some remains of Cherry Coke in the very same iconic bottle. It exudes sweet and uncomplicated fun but it is not very strong or pungent. A very tame party that does not violate at all and stays well within the accepted decibels. Pity is does not last long enough....lovely composition and concept though. 8/10 for fun factor. 7 for end result. Good but could be better. P.S.: If you layered JOOP! Homme with DIOR Homme, you'll get something similar but way more pungent and raunchier (just saying).

There must be something really addicting in this unusual frag where its nervous clock resembles very well the running time in a big city. The opening is not what I like best as the 'trendy' grapefruit is not among my favorite notes, but let's take its time as shortly after the game changes especially when the alcoholic note of champagne and fruit- where cherry is a cheer leader - mix up with a beautiful and rather delicate leather note, showing a totally different 'scent-scape'. Many notes appear in its wealthy bouquet (something 'sugary', a touch of old lipstick scent, vetiver and ..... look at at he pyramid above!) I love almost the majority of Et. libre d'Or. fragrances for many reasons but two among them are quite omnipresent: the good quality of the ingredients and an astonishing good persistence which are evident even here and gratifying the buyer also! Personally I like its sillage which I consider 'quite' discreet but present at the same time; on my skin the persistence is very good: more than 6 hours whereas on my clothes many more..... p.s. All fragrances MUST be tried before buying them NO exceptions as your skin is the supreme court! Carefully avoid blind buy unless you think that sight comes first ('I do own 10.......... bottles') while talking about fragrances which normally are perceived by your nose more than by your eyes

+ Superb iris leather! So delicate, so simple. I LOVE it! This is the kind of leather fragrance I can get behind and enjoy fully...that is to say, not much leather and a lot of delicious, gourmand and musky fragrance to enjoy. The bubbly cherry champagne is prominent throughout giving way to delicate iris leather. That's it. This fragrance smells like cherries, champagne, orris and leather. Simple and effective. Leather can sometimes smell like the cow rather than the purse, but there's no cow in this fragrance! This is like vegan leather. It's really quite fresh and pretty smelling. I'm definitely in love. This does not smell like Traversee du Bosphore L'Artisan to my nose. Traversee smells like the cow on me for a while but gives way eventually to honeyed and soft leather. EDIT I couldn't get this one out of my mind, so I bought a bottle Christmas 2019! I'm so happy! I loooove this fragrance! 🤗 I wear this every christmas and birthday.

This is a fun, intoxication scent. Fruity iris with booze and a bearable orris-leather base -- it just works. It's a scent that kind of comes together like an ensemble cast, plenty of 'big hitter' notes and ingredients, and it just works. I'll stop short of saying that it belongs in the pantheon, though, it unfortunately lacks that complexity and counterbalance base, but short of that, this scent *really* works, and works well. At times the sweetness and fruity elements do dominate the scent a little too much, and at times it comes across like a teenage body spray, or something like that, and that does unfortunately detract from the whole experience, but these moments are brief and fleeting, but they do exist and they do unfortunately play on your mind. Overall, a wonderful scent experience to live through, I feel...

The debut fragrance by this fine perfumery gem is a culmination of all the finest fragrance notes and the best that nature has to offer. Made for a woman who knows her worth and demands more, whenever I spray it on, I feel like as if takes me on an unforgettable journey with this one-of-a-kind scent. This fragrance is meant for a woman I believe, for a woman, who knows her worth and demands more. It smells like it is the pinnacle of luxury, a world-class fragrance that deserved to be worn by a highly self confident woman, it’s truly a dreamy one-of-a-kind scent that will transport you to an unforgettable place