État Libre d'Orange
Story of Your Life
Story of Your Life, signed État Libre d'Orange, is a warm and enveloping amber fragrance. It opens on labdanum, davana and benzoin, reveals bay laurel and orange blossom at its heart and rests on a base of rum, vanilla and amberwood.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
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Opening First minutes
Labdanum · Davana · Benzoin
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Bay laurel · Orange blossom
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Base Several hours
Rum · Vanilla · Amberwood
Heart notes
What its composition says
- 3 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Bay laurel: a niche material, declared by only 10 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
- Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
- Amber, gourmand, floral and woody: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with amber supplying 2 of 8.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
- Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Story of Your Life by État Libre d'Orange seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
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