Approximately 80 interconnected fragrance notes create a complex scent with a powdery character, which the manufacturer describes as a "second skin" perfume.

Fragrance and Composition

• Top notes: black pepper, Safraleine with a saffron and leather character, and Orpur frankincense essence.
• Heart notes: leather, iris absolute and cistus absolute.
• Base notes: Orpur patchouli, Orpur vetiver and tree moss.
• Drydown: features a vanilla-opium accord.
• Olfactory family: woody and spicy.
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum.
• Year of release: 2006.
• Perfumer: Antoine Lie.

The base composition consists of denatured alcohol, fragrance composition and water. The published INCI also lists Pogostemon cablin patchouli oil, Evernia furfuracea tree moss extract, vanillin and rose flower oil or extract.

You get a layered fragrance in which a spicy and incense-laden opening transitions into a leathery heart and a mossy-woody base.

Packaging

• Volume: 100 ml.
• Format: spray perfume.

About the Brand

The perfume house Etat Libre d'Orange was founded by Etienne de Swardt in 2006. The brand name references the South African Orange Free State, where the founder comes from. The collection includes more than 30 fragrances, and the brand's declared values include originality, boldness, authenticity and freedom of expression. The tricolour cockade on the flacons is a symbol of freedom and individuality.

Rien is thus part of a collection built on a distinctive approach and free expression through fragrance.