Description
Sheer sensuous fantasy. The powdered top note evokes a woman who dresses for seduction – a soft trail of lipstick, the rustling of lace. The intimate ritual of a femme fatale who sees right through the fragile armour of men. Her sophistication is intriguing, as is the commerce she makes of her body. Under the bitter-sweet touch of almond, like a secret that unfolds, comes a hint of supple leather, fluid and flexible, that introduces what is to come : a boudoir, fingers that tighten on a leatherette sofa and the palpable presence of raw desire. Doesn’t every woman have the fantasy of being a temptress in a hotel bar, of yielding to desire in the intimacy of a lift or of giving way to sensuality in silk sheet luxury ?
Composition: Rose absolute, violet, leather, lily of the valley, tangerine, ginger, rice powder, amber, animal notes…
Nose for this fragrance is Nathalie Feisthauer. Putain des Palaces was launched in 2006.
erurlertyf – :
I was going to blind buy this and I am incredibly happy I managed to obtain a sample because I don’t like it at all! Smells like rancid dried prunes & expired lipstick!
Edit: Hmm, I might have judged this one too harshly. It’s actually quite interesting and I can honestly say that I genuinely like it. The opening is boozy and the dry down is slightly dirty, intimate feeling powder. I guess I am not accustomed to “dirty” undertones in perfumes. It wouldn’t have been a bad blind buy after all ! Also, the longevity is staggering, I easily get 8 hours on skin. However, for “naughty powder with a twist” I prefer Citizen Queen.
nikolaev0081 – :
– honey i love your perfume, what is it?
– uhhm… (hope she doesn’t speak French)
MDThomas – :
Lovely soft violets, dripping with sweet golden amber- (does anyone else smell caramel or praline?).
If Alien Liqueur was laced with violets instead of jasmine, it would smell like this~
I’m impressed by the longevity and potency, and am surprised by how well this is wearing in the summer heat, when heavy amber scents can be a bit stifling.
zerdan – :
This is an odd fragrance, I can’t decide if I love it or hate it. On paper I should love it as I’m a big fan of powdery Iris, and Violets. I will wear it one day and it’s lovely, the next day I can’t wait to scrub it off. One day it smells of beautiful powdery florals and the next it smells dirty. I can’t decide if I want to sell my bottle or keep it. Quite the enigma.
nzi401speagoessenda – :
To my untrained nose, this is all Violet, Rose, Powder and leather.
It will most def be my next FB purchase. It’s a LOVE!
If someone asks what I’m wearing, I will probably just make something up lol
Sampled this from a 7 piece discovery set. I liked most of the samples I’ve tried from ELDO, but this and Jasmin et Cigarette were the winners.
*** Just ordered my full bottle on ebay and I’m SO stoked.
alexeygloa – :
This is my first try of Etat Libre d’Orange perfumes. I have got a sample and tried it directly to my skin. It smells like dirty animal sweat for first 10 minutes after applying, which is kind a very thematic for Putains. After 20 minutes it started to smell something like cheap pig leather, civet, sweat, with a hint of powder and some flowers, which I cannot recognize (probably violets). After 30 minutes scent lingered close to the skin with very light projection of powder, ginger and leather.
Very strong at the beginning and my first thought was:”who will ever wear this?”
Lasted good 6 hours on my skin, faded with musk and powder.
It is actually quite wearable perfume for those, who like to smell like a civet with violets. I am a pass.
abosolaev – :
This isn’t dirty or seductive. I get a hint of the sweat and animalic notes, but nothing more. This smells more like a traditional perfume than any of the other Etat Libre offerings that I’ve tried so far (I have the discovery kit with 7 scents). A little mature-smelling, but not at all inappropriate.
igo1136 – :
Ok, no putains here. On my skin, this is an extremely clean,classy powdery scent. None of the sweat or female parts notes here. At its most, it has a gentle, warm note, similar to maybe clean skin after having been in the sun for long, and showered. Very nice overall, but I don’t think it can turn into a sex bomb unless you have a very particular pH.
j3r0m3 ae – :
This is Powdery sweet jammy rose. It’s dirty but also nice. Clean but sweaty. My 10 ml decant has lasted for years I don’t dare wear this one outside the house.
Sirge – :
When I applied this fragrance for first time I thought: Hm, there is something familiar about that fragrance. But what? Half a day later ‘the curtains opened in front of my eyes’ and yes, that was the smell of the Opera theatre where I used to go. Hm, nice memories 🙂
RogerU-24 – :
The beautiful and enticing scent of a naked body that just woke up from sleep, still clinging to the warmth of the bed and to the dreaming state of mind.
Putain des Palaces is an intimate smell, and i love it.
Each time i unlock it an excellent fragrance is not the only present i receive. Scent is a powerful weapon and ELdO have mastered one that goes beyond the basic scope of fragrances. It sublimates impulses, desires, instincts, memories into a bottled magical fountain pumping with sexuality.
*****
tramerstendss – :
Putain des Palaces hits with a sweet flowery opening adorned with a slight dirty undertone. Shortly after, this dirty note becomes the main player, accompanied by sweet powderiness that later forms the drydown. Imagine a sex worker on a busy shift who is using a really sweet and naughty perfume to conceal the smell of previous customers. The result is this dirty and at the same time sickly sweet body odour. The name of the fragrance describes it very well 😀
Kasperka – :
I don’t know about you, but when a perfume has such an explicit name, my brain begin to work and figure out how it could smell like… Well, to me, Putain des palaces, which could be translated in “Whore of luxury hotels”, or more vulgar “Bitch of palaces”, smells exactly like it should smell like… This is definitely a whore scent and know what? I love it!!!! lol It is so powdery, at the same time modern and old-fashioned. If I’d be a whore, I’d definitely wear this everyday. The kind of scent that always come back with sweat and that would stick to your clients forever after their visit. It has been 10 years I want this perfume, but never bought it. I found it at 35$ before Christmas on Fragrancebuy and couldn’t resist… what a good choice! My 10 years old expectations weren’t disappointed!
gausernamec5 – :
At last this fragrance has come to me and it has been a big surprise to check that it did not smell as said in some reviews: it was said to be a powdered and innocent aroma; not at all, its output is strong and smells like oud nd pheromones, it looks like Mukhalat Malaki from Swiss Arabian, an oriental smell of oud and leather.
When it dries it starts to smell like cheap lipstick and that cheap liquid makeup they sell in cheap drugstores, so I do not know where the “Palaces” is, since it smells “cheap”. It also smells like cleansing cream, which is not very attractive.
dim-5402 – :
I’m getting image of an older woman sitting at her makeup mirror, slapping on rose powder, spraying on old-fashion perfume, and caking on lipstick. She has a open bowl of ginger cookies, or perhaps candies.
Like all Etat Libre d’Orange EDP’s, it lives about 3 hours on my skin before fading into a very slight skin scent.
And this one stays pretty linear throughout.
kostiuha – :
This is based on a 2+ years sample.
It’s a cosmetic blend, like a powdery cosmetic with violets and clay. I can detect the oranges, musk, pepper like (mostly chilies), dust, and bits of Lily of the valley.
It’s not bad as I thought it was back then! It’s fair and I truly think it has some slight similarity with “True Lust” by ELDO only with the type of violets used in both.
The colder it goes the animalic it become! The musk get mingled with ginger and the Lily if the valley as well as high makes it qkqind of bitter and bit harsh. It doesn’t become soft if that’s ur aim as it become kind of heavy. Still fair.
ghjklp – :
I owned this fragrance for 2 days. That was all I needed. As another reviewer mentioned below, it smells like the dressing room backstage. It absolutely does- 100%! So, this fragrance is very powdery. The smell backstage is a stench of old wigs, unwashed costumes, stale perfume, and powder from the makeup. That’s is precisely what this fragrance conveys. It does not smell sexy to me at all and I would never wear this if I was trying to make a good impression, especially towards the opposite sex. I let a few people around me smell it and the feedback was not positive. Thankfully, I was able to return it.
jemer – :
First impression:
Old fashioned lady wearing lots of powder and vintage lipstick.
Then:
Lady wearing clean powder with something rosy. Can not wait what´s next!
Now:
A soft, classy suede. Spicy, sweet, jammy rose is there too and make up but mostly suede.
This juice just needs some time to evolve.
I am almost anosmic to a lovely Iris Prima by Penhaligon`s (Poof! it’s gone), so this is a great long lasting suede scent for me.
Lopa – :
it is a nice scent but i don’t find it as sexy as it may sound from the description. To me, it is rather a lipstick scent. it is powdery rosy leathery creation. i like it but i see from the first testing that i wouldn’t be able to wear it often, too much rose and too much fruity aspects for my liking. i was happy to test it anyway, it has many nice qualities. the powdery aspect isnt too bothering, the leather is soft, more like suede to me. the scent is definitely not for me, but i think many may like it, especially those who enjoy vintage lipstic, makeup powder kind of scents and don’t mind a bit of leather.
UPD. i hold on to my sample and kept using it time after time until i started to think i need a bottle anyway. i have ordered one and it is on its way to me. i am very curiuos how it will smell fro a spray bottle. i am hoping for more leather and less rose.
RUSLAN16 – :
This is a very feminine and ladylike rose and powder that faintly reminds me of Lalique Perles with a bit of animalic skank in the form of leather and musk. I also love that little bit of ginger spice. This is a beautiful scent, I don’t find this at all whore-Ish, I think this scent more embodies the earthy sensuality present in every woman beneath the ladylike exterior.
asawasaw – :
I disliked this when i first tried it but held on to my sample and am trying it again
This is starts off with intense leather and musk along with a sweet/sourness.
The smell of powdery makeup is also present.
But as it warms up on the skin, it starts to become smooth and nutty.
Along with an animalic undertone that smells a little like cat fur or warm skin?
Im not sure how I’m getting sweet nuttiness but i like it and actually enjoyed this scent a lot more throughout.
This sits very close to the skin though, which i don’t mind either.
Im going to use up my sample and who knows this might end up hooking me.
crazyz – :
a vanillic, powdery, soft musk with hint of violet and leather; definitely a soft skin floral that’s not sweet; very sexy and animalic
grv1983 – :
Powder with a lovely blend of velvety leather, this works so well with amber and violet, this is very nice, beautiful fragrance.
I evaluate this:
Smell: 9/10
Projection: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
sedoy.81 – :
Moderate sillage with 6 hours of wear.
I’ve had this for over 2 months now with 5 separate days of trying this out. At first 2 sprays out of the shower was not so impressive with projection. Today i have 5 sprays on after a shower with non scented soap and lotion and find the more sprays the more fulfilling.
I’m finding this to be booziest in the beginning. There is that lipstick face powder vibe i love along with traces of stale bar-smoke and whiskey still on my heavily applied vintage lipstick.
After a while the bar smoke and whiskey sweat lightens up a bit and i feel more of a rich creamy lotion along with the boudoir powder and 80’s lipstick.
I love it. The lipstick slightly reminds me of L’ange Noir and Lipstick On which i also have bottles of but this differs from those by maintaining the boudoir powder and boozey element.
I’m not particularly finding the spice to be cumin like other reviewers but if it’s there it not as gross as it sounds to me. There is a “sweating out whiskey” aspect that i find amusing. It puts me in a place as if i’m heavily made up, with make up, while sitting at the bar for many hours having a few snifters of quality whiskey while gently sipping each drink slowly as i chat away with cigarette smoke all around me.
Not predominantly getting rose, but it’s there. Great blind buy for me.
ksevna83 – :
The eponymous putain retired a long time ago and is now a married, clean-living vegan who spends her days going to yoga and whose craziest indulgence is absinthe tastings. In fact, there was never really a putain — the most scandalous thing she has done in her life was a boudour photo shoot she did with her now-husband, even thought she likes to pretend she used to get around and had the craziest semester abroad in Paris (when she hooked up with one Frenchman because he paid for her dinner).
Talk about an anticlimactic name — companies should really save names like that for truly scandalous perfumes. This one is not even a little bit scandalous. In fact, if you want a powdery, warm perfume that is work-appropriate — try this one. It doesn’t make me want to ‘dress for seduction,’ like the website claims — I am totally fine matching this with my Armani suit.
I have never been a huge fan of État Libre d’Orange, but when a local Sephora started carrying the brand, I thought I would give it another chance and asked for a sample, which they very nicely provided.
It is a very feminine scent that smells like old-school makeup (including obligatory rose and violet, although it opens with a bit of ginger candy). I would call it sexual, but not necessarily sexy — it’s not an in-your-face-type of smell, but it is clearly meant to be an attractive one. It’s just too clean to evoke the image it promises.
It is modern enough that is doesn’t make one think of old-school Hollywood (that’s actually an impressive achievement), but it does have that timeless elegance. It is not a soubrette scent, but a full-blown coloratura one — it has a personality. But not too much of it. I don’t even get the promised ‘animal notes’ — it would perhaps benefit from some.
Honestly, were it not for the name, I would have loved this a lot more. It’s a balanced perfume that is powdery without bringing grandma’s closet to mind. It is sweet, but just enough. It has a lot of body without being too heavy. All of those are quite a feat. I may buy it if I can get past the name-related disappointment.
Average sillage.
Update: I sprayed this on mindlessly the other day, and I thought I was wearing Kilian’s Back to Black (another strangely named perfume!) — it’s the same honey / powder note. The similarity is much more apparent when the weather is cold, and other notes open up differently when it’s warm out.
NetFefusGef – :
Spicy lipstick! I like it. Would not go fb, tho.
natalyamamycheva – :
It’s leather, soft spicy scent. Lots of ginger, amber, musk. Barely any flowers. Also a lot of powder. Thanks heavens this scent is not suffocating. All in all, an interesting, sexy scent.
Di_gfufi – :
i am a lover of powdery scents as well as violet and leather, therefore excited to try this one. opens up super powdery with a hint of…something i can’t quite place. the amber and violet bloom next adding their own dimensions to the powder, then the rose comes along adding more of a floral element. i don’t seem to get any leather, but it’s mostly powder, amber and rose. this doesn’t smell like VW boudoir necessarily, but it does have a similar feeling to it, like the scent of perfume left behind on a silky blouse. after more time on the skin the scent gets a note of creamy violet that is just beautiful, almost like violet cake frosting.
FDFKJD – :
This is not love or hate perfume! This is not extreme or hard to wear perfume too. It is just shameless, immoralist but easygoing! I do love it!
dimon011111 – :
One might expect Putain des Palaces to be a dirty scent but when you smell it, you don’t get that feeling. On the contrary this smells rather smart and elegant. A soft powdery rose/violet combo with subtle animalic and leathery notes in the background.
This is the story of the femme fatale ready to meet his new prey. A sensual girl wishing to release her sexual feelings. A free fragrance made to express his own fantasies. There’s something challenging and provocating to wear that makes it respectful. Smooth drydown and beautiful juice.
kirill.plyusov – :
Based on the perfume name I expected this to be outrageous. But I already own both Boudoir by Westwood and Bal a Versailles, so it takes a lot of skankiness to impress me. 😉
The perfume starts off with that intimate, slightly sweaty after sex, skin smell that you would expect from a name like Putain des Palaces (The Palace Whore), but it actually quickly goes away.
Towards the heart the scent smells more like warm, blushing skin covered with expensive perfumed powder. It’s a beautiful understated sexiness of powdery violets and sensual leather.
It smells like being at Versailles in the 1700’s. Beautiful embroidered silk gowns, white powdered wigs, pale skin, blushing cheaks, beauty marks, lace fans. It smells like flowers from the Versailles gardens, old makeup and secret seduction behind heavy velvet curtains.
That warm powdery smell lingers, and in the drydown it turns into this lovely soft vanillic veil.
Sillage starts off medium, but dries down to a soft skin scent. Longevity could be better. On me it lasts about 6 hours.
This is a very nice scent, and a lot more wearable than I anticipated. But since I allready own scents with a similar vibe and based on the same kind of concept, I feel I don’t need this in my collection. 🙂
sli953speagoessenda – :
Honestly, I find it not nearly as raunchy as many seem to. Apart from a pleasantly spicy bite of cumin and ginger during the first 20-30 mins or so, it’s nothing but lovely powder and the jammy-fruity common denominator of violet and rose. A variation on the “Lipstick Rose” theme, but a good one.
TOXELSAN – :
Putain des Palaces, though in reference to ladies of poor reputation (of which I was lectured by my mom’s best friend that I would wear such a fragrance) smells more like a lady in waiting to Marie Antoinette at her mansion Petit Trianon, walking through a field with violets in it lined with rose bushes. the scent right at the nozzle is violet leaf to my nose, slightly green and bitter with a hint of the flower, only once it is on my skin for a few minutes does the violet flower appear. Keep in mind this lady in waiting is still wearing her powder, and that note comes in very softly and she seems to be carrying some of the roses she has picked on her walk. The leather note referenced in the notes listing seems almost transparent though, just a hint in the whole composition. At the base, though it is not listed I think I almost smell the creaminess of sandalwood, but that might just be the combination of the amber, powder and musk. A lovely composition, there is a reason why I started with a sample and had to get a bottle.
aleksei_ – :
I adore a previous reviewer’s comment about saloon girls and cowboys. A wonderfully apt description for a tiptoeing scent that feels like it contains worlds. In my world la putain is a court lady in Versailles, wearing violet silk and a rouged red lip, her face powder and rose oil mixing with the scent of church incense during mass. Fanciful? Certainly. Fun? Oh yes.
I don’t find anything dirty about this scent. Sensual without a doubt, but la putain is meticulously powdered and pompadoured, not redolent of sex.
Extremely delicate, smokey, beautiful.
Vanchuk – :
I totally get the connection to Citizen Queen but only for the first few minutes then they develop in opposite directions on my skin. I have them both and am comparing them on each wrist.
CQ turns very powdery and floral, with almost a Meteorites vibe but sweeter. But PdP turns very animalic and raunchy. Someone below dropped the “coochie” reference and I couldn’t agree more. A very naughty girl indeed! lol ❤
iliator_5 – :
I really wanted to like this, but somehow it manages to make powder and violets completely overwhelming and i am a lover of strong perfumes! It smells like the old Revlon Moon Drops lipstick from back in the day, in fact I even compared the 2 of them and could hardly smell the difference. I feel like I’m supposed to be impressed with this brand but so far I’m underwhelmed. Luckily I just bought the sampler.
neolegovich – :
non proprio il profumo che mi aspettavo dal nome, tantomeno dal brand che si pregia di realizzare sempre accordi provocatori al limite dell’indossabile. è poco indossabile per me, quello sì, ma semplicemente perchè le note iniziali intossicanti e dolciastre di zenzero e rosa, benchè poco persistenti, proprio non piacciono al mio naso. la fragranza di evolve poi sul polveroso spinto, sorretto dalla violetta per concludersi su un cuoio ambrato, ad evocare l’atmosfera della stanza di prostitute d’altri tempi. non troppo originale e neppure gradevole per me. se volete davvero l’impressione di una casa chiusa pre-legge Merlin, mi pare più credibile Une fleur de cassie di frederic malle.
KoleosAW – :
I love this scent even though powdery fragrances aren’t usually my thing. Yes, the name of the scent translates to something like ‘hotel whore’ but it is not ‘slutty’ by today’s standards. This is a scent that I think invokes what an old West brothel would have smelled like. The brothel whores all powdered and perfumed up and sitting on the laps of the cowboys wearing their leather chaps. So we get that explosion of powder and some floral from the girls with a hint of leather from the cowboys.
This fragrance is very powdery but it works here. The powdery note blends well with the flowers and ginger. Then the scent get a bit darker, warmer as the musk and amber come out to play. I also get a punch of leather at first spritz but it dies down quickly and then just stays a hint of leather in the background. The only note that I cannot really detect is the orange. A nicely blended fragrance that while it is not a ‘slutty’ fragrance does somehow invoke the feel of the time period when this would have been a slutty fragrance. There is just something a bit mysterious and sexy about this fragrance. My boyfriend loves it on me and says it is one of my sexiest fragrances. I get decent longevity of about 6 hours and decent projection from moderate to heavy.
maxbani – :
A lot of powder in the opening, then lipstick floral with violet dominant. The powdery quality of the violet mixes well with the powder notes. Something animalistic and raw in the drydown. Extremely well blended scent. Beautiful!
9876512345 – :
*heart eyes*
The secretive scent of violets, red lipstick – the classic crimson kind that comes in a metal bullet – a suede minidress, and clean sweat.
It smells like a night out when you know before you leave the house that you will not return alone. It’s sex in a bottle, and its fabulous. It starts out quite ladylike, but the dry down gets a bit raunchy with the animalics. It’s frankly suggestive.
Full.Bottle.WORTHY.
9118083801 – :
Given the onslaught of oud-based fragrances launched over the past few years, one could conclude that any perfume house that jumps on the bandwagon might be considered basic or derivative. Etat Libre d’Orange has proven time and time again that they do not want to be one of the popular kids—oud might as well be a pair of Uggs worn with yoga pants and it is best to avoid at all cost. But then I sniffed Putain des Palaces and realized that “animal notes” is a euphemism for oud notes. That’s right, our charming PdP is a benzoin bomb with a dash of oud and a sprinkle of rose and violet. The “animal notes” stick around for about an hour and then the whole composition mellows down to a sweet, cozy amber that is anything but naughty. So yes, PdP is a textbook amber-oud marketed to women, but in the end, it won me over because it smells dang good.
4/5
uko1 – :
Somebody else mentioned curry. Well, on me I get straight-up cumin. It smells uncannily like opening a bottle of ground cumin when I make taco seasoning. Perhaps cut with a bit of baby powder?
This is the first ELDO that I’ve not liked (and I’ve tried a lot!). Definitely a scrubber for me.
krabs111 – :
One of my top picks so far from ELdO. My personality suits it — ladylike, a little old school, and a subtle dark edge. I have applied it very lightly and I’m not getting anything too animalic or dirty. It may also be working nicely because the weather is cool. I don’t think it would behave as well in the summer (as someone else was able to conclude). I like rose on me as a day scent in the winter, and the leather and amber make it wearable in the evening. (Usually amber isn’t my thing, but it works here.) Perfectly reliable scent for me — for the fall/winter season!
UPDATE: Bought FB and I’m quite happy. The musk/leather is quite a kick to the stomach (even a tiny spray), at close quarters it can be overwhelming! But it’s a perfect balance to the big-diva pairing of rose and violet. It is quite sexual, but it’s one of the only ultra-femme perfumes I can really adore, as its boldness is so well constructed. The mandarin-ginger is also key here in keeping such a feminine bomb a bit fresh.
Serg_S67 – :
Reminds me so much of one of my other favorites, Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania. Both of them have that contrast of smoky, burning leather, and innocent powdery notes. Perfect for bundling up in colder months. For the price, however, I’ll stick to the original which is more complex.
Andrey1985 – :
All I get is old-school baby powder. It smells like a clean baby diaper. No thanks!
Whatberh – :
There’s some SERIOUS funk in this one and I can’t really decide if I find it sexy or not. It’s not gag-inducing sweat, but it’s a little dirty and I could see how someone would find it unpleasant. Combined with the leather note, I’m thinking it’s a sweaty saddle smell.
I didn’t smell much powder for the first few minutes, but then it came in strong. I definitely get a hint of curry, like garam masala. The rose reminds me of the one in Agent Provocateur, just less overwhelmingly powerful (and thus less nauseating). Or perhaps a dirtier version of Vivienne Westwood’s Boudoir.
I…I can’t decide if I like this! I wouldn’t buy a bottle of it, but it might be fun now and then to spray lightly if the mood took me there.
ShanelleMi24 – :
Putain des Palaces features heaps of face powder, that soft scent that old lipsticks used to have, pillowy violet and a brush of velvety rose. It is, like many powdery fragrances, cozy and comfortable for me. I don’t get a ton of animalic/leather when I wear this, but they’re there – there is definitely a full background supporting all that powder. Gorgeous.
I wear this fragrance all the time even though it seems to be described as a “private” scent or a scent used for imagination-sparking purposes. It suits the fabrics I wear (lace tops, leather jackets, mohair sweaters and tights) and my lifestyle. Putain des Palaces is bold and gentle at the same time – my favorite dichotomy in women’s perfume. I love it.
cov160Negeltzex – :
This is just unbearable! No animal at all. This is the kind of perfume 4 year old girls would plaster themselves in whilst dressing up in mummy’s shoes and wearing her make up, making them feel so grown up. Flowery, sweet, powdery nonsense. It really does not live up to its name.
I really want to like Etat Libre de Orange. I love the stories, the packaging, the perfume names, but even clever marketing can’t salvage these poor passionless products.
It’s also a real bastard to scub off too!
serg1152 – :
There is definitely a powdery make-up scent that I find very comforting and enjoyable to wear. Lately every new scent I try has been rejected by my very picky and critical husband. Today he actually complimented me on my fragrance! I’ve finally found something he likes! I ordered a full bottle and can’t wait to get it! I find the dry-down especially delightful. I also love the name! I know that I’ll enjoy owning this!
romash – :
Shalimar is something close and MUCH MORE dirty than this, really, you could never think of a Putain, unless a sooooo young and “untouched” one, at her first experience… but I love PdP all the same! I recently discovered I better like leather or suede scents in summer, yes, mediterranean hot summer, when you start to sweat only if your brain imagines to go out in the morning; well, this kind of perfumes make me think to a pleasant sweet soft female skin, whose smell comes out due to the hot temperature, instead of zesty-minty ones (that bored me… is it possible none kind else of scents in summer!!?), while I deserve frangipane-coconut scents for the day.
So, during evening summer, I find so good to wear someting like Cuir Blanc by Evody, Shalimar, Cuir Fetiche or this.
Maybe it’s my skin to allow me this choise, and I’ m grateful, but try, maybe yours will be able too…
starkinor – :
This is the first fragrance that made me regress to being a 6 year forced to eat sprouts…no, no, its yucky, urrgh, don”t want to!!
Just awful on me I’m afraid. It was sort of a fruity curry for the first 10 minutes, then dried to a sour milk and baby powder with a hint of sweat mix that smelled exactly like baby vomit. I’m sorry, I don’t want to offend anyone who loves this fragrance, but no, absolutely no way, never again.
I lasted about 3 hours with it and it turned thicker and ‘claggy’ and caught at the back of my nose, and went creamy sour, like milk left too long in the sun. After that I scrubbed it off, I couldn’t face any more so I don’t know how long it lasts or what happens after 3 hours.
I love the history and the stories behind their fragrances, and I love what Etat Libre d’Orange are doing, but not this one.
FriendBlake – :
oh my god wait for the drydown, because the begining is pure cumin …….and yes it smells very how can i say well it does give a coochie vibe , the drydown is al powder and some lipstick (think revlon) thrown in a make up bag , is nice not super difficult to pull off , but not something i reach for often.
natali84-84 – :
Very powdery. It reminds me of the smell of the inside of a purse with a jumble of scents; face powder, lipstick, fruit gum, and a light smell of cigarettes with a wisp of past perfumes mixed in. Not something I will buy or wear but I appreciate the artistry.
krr172Unlogrere – :
Powdery musk, of the clean deodorant variety. Where is the skanky sex I was promised? This is the sort of thing I would wear to work, except I really can’t, because apparently one person’s inoffensive and powdery is another’s DTF. Awkward.
keety – :
Assomiglia tantissimo a citizen queen di juliette has a gun e a lipstick rose di malle…tanto tanto
Dmitry06091992 – :
Leathery floral. Weird! Tangerine plus flowers makes an odd, intriguing contrast with powdery leather. First application, the leather gradually disappeared leaving a rather nice and realistic tangerine, in fact that bit of the dry-down made me hungry. Second application several hours later, the leather remained to the end. As for the whole thing, I could not have imagined such a thing until I smelled it. 10/10 for novelty and skill. But it’s not a perfume I can imagine wearing very often. I generally like it; maybe one for the “once in a while” shelf. 🙂
canon – :
Powdery Violets…Putain des Palaces is a name which conjures up images of “brothel whores”, with powdered makeup and overt sexuality, both in attire and attitudes. But this fragrance really smells nothing like that. As with many (but not all) of the Etat Libre d’Orange line, this has a provocative name and bottle packaging which does not reflect the smell of the liquid inside.Putain des Palaces opens up with a very juicy note, which I can only imagine is the combination between the mandarin orange and the ginger, combined with the violets. It gives everything a very “fresh” vibe which I like very much. Then the powder comes in, rose absolute, sweet violet and ambery musk-like powder, which nearly dominates the fragrance. Personally I like it, and do not find it too powdery for my taste, but I could see why other people might. There is also lilly-of-the-valley here, which combined with the powdery rose and violets, give this more of an “antique” fragrance smell, more associated with the old fashioned, conservative female floral perfumes of the past. However in true Etat Libre d’Orange style, it’s still wearable… as they know how to balance the line between controversy and convenience.
I think this one is very acc