Dangerous Complicity

I got a few samples of this and kept coming back to it. On the same day I got 500 years, La Fin du Monde, and Une Amourette. 500 years was my obvious favorite, but I'm not going to fork over $225. Anyway, Dangerous Complicity was next best. I couldn't really put my finger on exactly why I was so drawn to it. It has slightly powdery, fruity apricot osmanthus and tea like scent. The bay leaf really comes through on me, and reminds me of Lalique le Parfum. It's very pretty and easy to wear. Nothing groundbreaking, but I was tempted to buy a full bottle, and I couldn't figure out why. It's not really a sexy scent, the name is misleading, I agree with the other reviews. I'm a Mugler girl, Womanity and its flankers are my faves. I prefer loud, unique scents with massive sillage and longevity. This has low to moderate sillage and moderate longevity on skin. Lasts longer on clothing and hair. For me, Dangerous Complicity is not what I would normally gravitate to. This morning I figured out the attraction. I sprayed some on at 8 am, and a couple of hours later I was working out and it hit me. It reminds me of a softer more mature Exclamation by Coty!!! Exclamation was my first perfume, I practically bathed in it as a 9-12 year old. It made me feel so grown up. So it's nostalgia that is making me crave this fragrance. Coty Exclamation, with a dash of grown up Le Lalique Parfum. Edit-2/28: I gave in and bought the medium sized 1.7 bottle. I knew with it longevity and sillage issues I would burn through 1oz. I considered buying 3.4 oz but it is not a strong enough love for that. Infatuation for now. Edit 3/6- I got 11 hours longevity today without reapplying! It's not as weak as I thought. Sillage is still on the low side of moderate

My older sister gave me a number of samples from ELD many years ago when I was young, dumb, and lacked taste for the finer things in life. It's intoxicating. I'm not sure why some people find the opening to be underwhelming. To me personally it's the best part. It's a colorful explosion of passionate energy, screaming in your face in the best way. Maybe it's because I'm working with an old batch from 2018-19. For a good two minutes immediately after the opening, it smells like an atrocious and distasteful old lady scent before settling into the exhilarating mid notes. During the drydown it evolves into this quietly confident fragrance that makes me happy. The opening brought me back to my childhood, biking to dollar tree to waste money on candy. After that, I'd picture a woman wearing this at night. It's mysterious and confident. The combination of osmanthus (which I'm finding to be one of my favorite fragrance notes), ylang ylang, and jasmine is perfectly blended. As Spaceybailey said in her review below mine, this is not a powdery fragrance at all. It's just juicy, candy florals in an artistic expression of scent. To me this leans more feminine. I genuinely want to wear this out, but I'm afraid of the roasting I'd get from the boys. It's a beautiful night time fragrance. If a girl I'd never met before walked past me wearing this, I'd put a ring on it, no questions asked.

poor misunderstood dangerous complicity. it just goes to show how consequential a name can be ! in my mind, it is not meant to smell dangerous. it's meant to smell innocent, and dangerously so ! which is why it's...dangerous to be....complicit (it's in the name !). ANYWAY, like most reviewers, the first time i smelled this i was underwhelmed. nothing special, perhaps even (shock ! horror !) conventional. i moved on, and tried it again weeks later, and this time something happened: i couldn't stop smelling myself. it was exhilarating. the sweet booziness of the rum mixed with the creaminess of the cashmere wood and coconut was pleasant, but the osmanthus was a revelation for me. it may border on the conventional, but there is nothing teenybopper mall scent about this (i assure you). the osmanthus and ylang ylang grow it up -- this girl has come of age, and she's curious and open to what the world has to offer; any lingering naïveté gives her strength. it's a mood lifter, it's optimistic, and it holds the potential to charm the jaded (how dangerous then indeed, actually). but don't be fooled: you don't have to be young to wear this--just sensual. i never want to be without her. consider me complicit.

Oh my god, this smells like heaven. I didn't expect to love this fragrance as much as I did. This is so invigorating, complex, delicious, and exciting. When I first spread this on my arm, I got a wiff of strong florals and bright greens. I could definitely smell ylang-ylang, backed up by some deeper, richer green notes. Mabey, it was the bay leaf of calamuas. Then, as I let the opening develop more, I smelled coconut, and then some of the wood finally came in. This was so rich and complex; every note played off of each other in such a beautiful way. It had this calming and warm green herbal smell that I just couldn't stop smelling. In the drydown, I got a bit more of that spice, and the floars faded. It now smells like a sexy, green, spicey, woody fragrance. It was intoxatingly spicy yet sweet. This is a very unisex fragrance; the florals in the opening are great, and the woody, hardy green base really rounds it out. This lasts forever, and the project is great. I really fell in love with his fragrance. It is perfection in a bottle. This is a 10/10 fragrance everything about it is perfect.

I was looking for a more unisex scent - I usually go for more feminine florals - and bought this after I saw a review online. At first I didn't really know how to feel about it, the way it smells the first couple of minutes reminds me of something that I can't really seems to place. The dry down is really lovely however. There is a soft sweetness to it that I really enjoy with a little bit of spicyness. The coconut doesn't feel overpowering or 'sunscreeny' at all, but is more reminiscent of the soothing addition of coconut milk to a well balanced dish if that makes sense 😅 I've really grown to love this one. Seems more suitable for spring, summer and autumn than for winter. I'd wear this any time of the day depending on the occasion. Maybe more of an 'evening with friends' than date night type of scent. I would go for something more feminine for the latter occasion, but that's up to personal preference I supppose.

For some reason i had always read this title as 'dangerous compliancy' which i think is much more suitable as an idea of the message of this perfume. In which case i thought they meant to make a statement about the seduction of being ruled and eventually taken over by the ordinary. As that statement i think this scent totally works. Its approachable, likable. Nothing that will take you away from what you have already seen. But it will make you feel comfortable and at ease with the ordinary mundane aspects of social life. A little loose, boozed up and ready to accept and be accepted However its 'complicity' and i dont think that fits so much I personally do really find the smell appealing maybe the name was a typo and they just went with it

Sweet, woody, complex, and warm. I have to believe those who find this to be an underwhelming scent just have skin chemistry that doesn't comply with it. This always gets pushed to the back of my shelf because when I smell it from the bottle or on paper, all I can smell is a harsh sandalwood. Without letting it set on my skin, I forget about it's beauty for months at a time. The first 10 minutes the ginger, jasmine, and sandalwood steal the show. But the longer it sets, the sweeter it gets. The full dry down on my skin is a sweet boozy coconut, without the generic beachy coconut vibe that comes with most coconut fragrances. It's so beautifully blended and smells more like an essence than an actual perfume. I just love this.

i really like this - i purchased the full bottle after finishing my sample. it's a very clean, powdery floral with a woody dry down - it reminds me of how dove's original bar soap smells, which i love. i would've guessed there were some violet in this, as it has a sharp, tart edge to it, but there isn't. in spite of it's name it is very safe - i'd say it's quite feminine, and overall just really nice, whilst still having an interesting enough scent profile. i guess if i was to sum it up - it's not like the other girls. different on the surface but still palatable, almost trying too hard. i just enjoy it for what it is - it's a cold, soapy, powdery wood floral, that's an easy wear for me. 8/10

This is a shape-shifter, a wraith in a corset, a crude gesture concealing a blessing. It somehow smells different on my wrist to how it smells on my inner elbow. Admittedly I'm not in love with the strident opening, it reminds me of something I used to wear in my youthful slut era: maybe 212 sexy, or ultraviolet. But the dry down is a very different animal. There's rum here, but it's top shelf. The coconut is a soft balm on the breeze. Mostly what I am left with is a gentle seduction, suggestion rather than salaciousness. Dangerous Complicity would be softly spoken words of persuasion, not a screech or a yowl. I can hear it whispering again, and I like what it's saying.

Hands down, one of my fave ELdO scents. As others mentioned, it’s unfortunate the marketing lingo for this beautiful fragrance is so off-target and misleading. To me, it is bright, colorful, sweet, soothing and serenely smooth fragrance. If I were on the marketing team, I’d probably opt for something more along the lines of “fête de rêve extatique”. It’s boozy, dreamy, sophisticated and gorgeous. My nose primarily gets rum, osmanthus, sandlewood, light white floral and, actually, a bit a of juicy red rose vibe ala La Fille Berlin (not in the listed notes). It’s highly wearable and v. Unisex. A regular go-to, everyday scent in my collection.

For me, this dries down to a woody floral-ish skin scent that my husband finds utterly intoxicating (seriously like catnip for him). On some of my friends it is "too masculine" not not womanly enough and some of my guy friends think that it is clearly femme. It is like a Basic B level ELDO scent, maybe a good newbie-friendly introduction scent for their work. ELDO's Frustration remains my ELDO fave and MVP of my perfumes, but this is a totally uncomplicated, unobtrusively pleasant daily driver that might not net compliments from random strangers.

This is so delicious, but I don't know why I got orange soda in the opening! After that it settles into this smoky rum, like a gingery dark 'n' stormy. Gorgeously boozy and spicy in a very balanced manner. Definitely more accessible than other ELDO fragrances, but still really good work from them. My favorite part is the cashmere wood, it really adds a comforting warmth to the scent. I also get some musky skin accords in the background which perfectly subtitle the spicy sweetness of it all. Will be buying for myself.

Dangerous Complicity on me is slightly boozy (In a Malibu Rum kind of way) sweet and incredibly juicy. I imagine slightly over ripened fruits on a forest floor, turning to alcoholic mush in the dry earth. I imagine the plump red lips of Caravaggio's Uffizi Bacchus, the hand on his robe, un tying the cord to reveal soft flesh. It's a youthful fragrance, a forbidden lust bottled. Not my favourite from EDLO but certainly one of the most wearable. I would love to own a full bottle of this mouth watering fragrance.

Dangerous Complicity is a sultry skin scent; warm rum and ginger spices melt into creamy coconut, jasmine, and osmanthus, with just a whisper of leather. The base is smooth sandalwood and vanilla wrapped in patchouli, creating an intimate, second-skin warmth. It’s not loud but it has this pull to it, quiet, a bit mysterious and kind of addictive. I also get the modern edgy crystal noir reference with this one. Not the same but similar vibes. IG/tiktok: @wilddew_vibes

Purchased a tester box and my wife grabbed this one out as soon as she read the note information. I jumped online and ordered a full size bottle once I smelled the scent on her. My goodness, how amazing. Just beautiful. I love the way that Etat Libre d'Orange go about their art. Dangerous Complicity is maybe the most traditionally beautiful feminine leaning scents they have developed. Very wearable, but still unique. These guys don’t do boring.

This was a blind buy for me and I usually don’t do blind buys but this was a success. Dangerous Complicity is boozy, unisex goodness. My first ELDO fragrance and I will definitely come back to try others. I got a 1.7 oz bottle on discount for $50 and for that price I’m happy. I’m a 27 man and I could easily see myself wearing this year round, it’s nice. Not the loudest projection but it hangs around for some time on clothes.

Ultra-modern perfume, unusual and very charismatic. Emanates an unforgettable wake, sweet but not too... complicated! For me it was love, I love, the note of osmanthus is divine,even as interesting as the skin is combined with other notes. Unfortunately (only) negative is the sillage soft, but longevity is average. Worth a try,very nice! Sillage: 5.5/10 Longevity: 7.5/10 Scent: 9./10 Overall: 9./10

sweet, fruity, rich and heady in the top with patch that reminds me of some other deep patch fruit florals like Euphoria and others in the top but then took a turn that became more herbal and my skin felt tingly like mint or toner; the ylang and sandalwood are present, the drydown is more woody

what i told a friend “ dangerous complicity is very rum and leather and spicy in like a womanly way, like maybe this is a tatted up masc lesbian. It’s really woody almost like cupboard or countertop but i like it a lot” I dont have much to say about it. it’s a very good fragrance.

This is my first scent from this brand, and I am impressed. I find this very sexy in a subtle way. It subconciously appeals to a base instinct, a deep erotic feeling. I believe this was correctly named. I would certainly wear this on a date, to arouse my partner's interest.