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Putain des Palaces
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Putain des Palaces by Etat Libre d'Orange is a floral fragrance for women. Launched in 2006, the nose behind this composition is Nathalie Feisthauer.
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To me, it’s pure unisex. Even though it says ‘feminine,’ the skin, amber, and ginger give the violet (nuanced by rose) a spicy, rugged character that makes it perfect for men or women if you like powdery, sweet florals. It reminds me of Portrait of a Lady by Frederic Malle, where the rose becomes masculine with patchouli and incense, though the intensity here isn’t comparable. PDP starts strong but fades quickly to skin-level, just like other ELDO scents. It lasts 7-9 hours, but the projection is moderate and soft after the first hour. It’s intense but not invasive, ideal for personal wear. Versatile for daily use or warm evenings/night. It’s one of my favorites from the brand! Scent: 8.5, Longevity: 8, Projection: 6, Value: 6, Versatility: 8, Originality: 8, Overall: 8.5
To me, it’s very unisex. Although marketed as feminine, the skin, amber, and ginger give the violet an intense, spicy, and rough character—perfect for men or women who love powdery, sweet florals. The effect reminds me of Portrait of a Lady by Frederic Malle, where the rose becomes masculine with patchouli and incense, though the intensity isn’t comparable here. PDP starts intense and drops quickly to the skin, like other ELDOs. Longevity is good (7-9 hours), but projection is moderate and soft after the first hour. Although the scent is intense, it’s not invasive; it’s for personal enjoyment. Very versatile for daily wear or warm evenings/nights. Despite its performance, it’s one of my favorites from the brand. Scent: 8.5, Longevity: 8, Projection: 6, Value: 6, Versatility: 8, Originality: 8, Overall: 8.5.
This perfume changes drastically depending on the weather. Some days it smells powdery and subtle; others, very strong and animal, like fluid makeup or sex in a car. On those days, I prefer not to wear it; I like its softer side. I wonder if others experience this with such a chameleon perfume, because every time I review it, they delete it!
This perfume is totally chameleon-like: it depends on the weather. Sometimes it smells powdery and subtle, like pressed powder, and other times it turns intense and animalistic, reminiscent of fluid makeup and leather that screams ‘sex,’ as if you just got in the car with your partner. On days it smells like that, I prefer not to wear it; I like its softer side better. I wonder if others experience the same thing, because every time I review it, they delete my comment.
Obsessed with this fragrance. The opening is powdery; you feel the violet with a sweet base, but not baby powder—more like feminine powder. It’s dry sweet, not cloying. You can detect amber and leather, which accompany the flowers without making it dark, just more intense. Rose is present but not the star. Longevity is potent at first, projecting for an hour, then close to the skin for 4 or 5 hours. Doesn’t matter; I want my nose glued to my wrist.
I love this fragrance. The opening is talc-like with violet and a sweet dry down, but it’s not baby powder; it’s feminine talc. It’s sweet but dry, without being cloying. You can smell the amber and leather, which accompany the flowers without making it dark, just a bit more intense. The rose is there, but it’s not the star. The opening is potent, projecting for only an hour, but on my skin close to the pulse, I can still smell it 4 or 5 hours later. It doesn’t matter to me because I want my nose right against my wrist when I wear it.
Expect something more animal and suggestive. It’s seductive, feminine, and elegant. The opening is potent but fades quickly, staying close to the skin. You can detect the powder, violet, and a touch of leather. I wanted to feel that intense, sexual side they talk about, but I found it soft and feminine. It’s pleasant, just not convincing for me.
Musky, powdery, linear, and avant-garde. It’s briny, spicy, and savory without being gourmand. To me, it’s a true Montevideo exudate. Etat Libre d’Orange has the style to break away from the norm: it’s medieval, mixing bodily humor and armpit secretions with essences, as if some courtesan secreted it on cold European nights. It’s sweet, an experience I loved (obviously for smelling on someone else).
After one of ELDO’s disappointments, Putain des Palaces saves the day. This is what I think when someone says it smells like talc: it’s a vintage talc that evolves with the skin, sometimes dry, other times creamy. The leather gives it body and darkness to something innocent and pretty, but for me, the vintage vibe wins. Talc dominates from the opening to the dry down. I imagine a baroque moment where courtesans dusted their bodies and wigs with talc to achieve that image of pale skin and red lips.
After another disappointing powdery ELDO, Putain des Palaces saves the day. This is what I think when someone says they smell like baby powder. A vintage powdery scent that evolves on the skin, sometimes dry, sometimes creamy. The leather gives body and darkness to something innocent and pretty, but the vintage innocence wins. The powder always dominates, transporting us to baroque courtesans dusting themselves white and powdery with red lips.
I love powdery perfumes, and this is one of my favorites. I detect rose, violet, and a spicy note like cinnamon (maybe it’s the ginger). The name evokes Versailles courtesans with powdered wigs and heavy makeup. Imagine that era: it’s a tender, feminine powdery floral.
Markedly musky and powdery: it starts like baby powder and shifts into makeup as it develops, very different from paper. It’s a classic floral powder of rose and iris, sweet but not gourmand. The dry down features mandarin, ginger, and raspberry, though barely noticeable on me; it’s pure sweetness. It fits the brand’s pastel sensuality—it’s not the fierce red or sexual vibe they claim, maybe it just lacked an animalic note.
A perfect vanity scent—modern, powdery, and effervescent. To some it’s an innocent floral; to others, it has an indolic effervescence that reminds me of a wealthy woman with champagne on a leopard-print velvet chaise, 90s style. Don’t buy blindly: the ELDO stamp is in full glory, and the leather is quite animalic.
I love how it opens: an unspun iris that leather keeps fresh, with a lovely touch of violet. As it dries down, it loses that dirty intensity and becomes sweeter and more classically powdery. Ideal if you love iris but don’t want to go full goth; for me, not being an iris fan, it doesn’t quite win me over.
Brutal. I wore it today and it’s one of the most feminine perfumes I’ve tried; zero masculinity. There are fresh or sweet florals I see on men, but not this one. It evokes pure, balanced femininity: neither innocent-youthful nor vintage-ladylike, neither too light nor too dark. It’s like a de-skinned Francesca Bianchi at 0%. Although culturally the line between masculine and feminine is blurring and what’s feminine to me might not be to others, it’s easy to wear and versatile; I doubt it will clash. Pity the name; it would be perfect to gift to a woman, but it sounds complicated and doesn’t feel sexual to me, just a balanced animal touch. The name is a commercial move that undermines the perfume, but I get it because of the brand. If it feels too intense, try Narciso Rodríguez; if it’s too soft, try Francesca Bianchi. Special mention to Infusion d’Iris by Prada.
Brutal. I’m wearing it today and according to my criteria it’s one of the most feminine perfumes I’ve tried; it evokes no masculinity at all zero. There are many feminine perfumes I can imagine a man wearing: fresh florals sweet ones ylang-ylang maybe neroli but this? No this one definitely not. To me it evokes femininity in all its aspects with great balance: neither too youthful and innocent nor too vintage and matronly neither too light nor too dark simply pure femininity. It’s a Francesca Bianchi light skimmed of 0% fat. Returning to the concept of femininity although I believe there is a clear spiritual difference between male and female culturally it’s blurred and with the current trend towards neutral gray what is feminine to me might be alpha-male to someone else or vice versa (I’ve given up on that stuff). Anyway it’s a very easy-to-wear perfume and I see it as quite versatile; I doubt it will clash in any context or annoy anyone; on the contrary. A pity about the name because it would be a perfect gift perfume for a woman but with this complicated name I personally don’t find it sexual in any aspect; it does have an animalic touch but it’s so balanced it’s hard to be bothered by it. For me the name is just a commercial gesture that undermines the perfume but given the overall tone of the brand I understand it. If you love this perfume but find it too intense check out Narciso Rodriguez; if it feels too soft then look at Francesca Bianchi special mention to Prada’s Infusion d’Iris.
It’s elegance royalty. Yes exactly how I imagine a queen smells.
The name of this perfume seems very fitting; I imagine a noblewoman from 1770 receiving guests in her boudoir while her maid powders her face and hair; I don’t perceive the leather or the flowers only the talc and white musk notes. Relatively unisex leaning slightly feminine. While it doesn’t resemble Alyssa Ashley’s Musk much I’d place it in the same category of vintage slightly floral musks. Soft projection but excellent longevity; I put it on at 8 AM and could still smell it close to my skin at 7 PM and even catch some scent bursts.
The opening hits hard but is pleasant. I mean you have the violets (and I get iris vibes too even though it’s not listed) with that airy fine and elegant Versailles-style talc touch but mixed with a marked animalic leather. It’s like imagining what a court lady would smell like after a whole morning of horseback riding. Of course that contrast doesn’t make it feel vintage to me at all. At least on my skin after 3 hours there was barely any trace of the leather left and it turned into a musky floral with an amber base. It was a blind buy and I’m so glad I took the risk with the 100ml bottle.
Powdery fragrance. Naturally I’m talking about the powders used in the courts of the 17th and 18th centuries which I believe were mostly ‘rice powders’. I don’t know exactly when they started perfuming those powders with iris violet or other floral scents. It’s natural to think that in this fragrance the violet note helps create that makeup powder smell. ‘Putain des Palaces’ seemed more like a statement of intent for the general public than a true fragrance that could lead the wearer to the olfactory experience of a Versailles courtesan. It’s well known that those ladies possessed somewhat more ‘carnal’ scents beneath their layers of perfume and clothing (which were sometimes changed several times a day with limited hygiene). Here the leather note fulfills that function but even being somewhat animalic I find it lacking punch. It’s not bad; perhaps it brings the product to a wider market. The result seems quite feminine and more suited to a good girl who’s a bit naughty. The projection and longevity are good and the price is appropriate for the product. Recommended to try but it won’t challenge the user too much.
To me it smells like baby powder heads with a latex/plastic base that along with the other notes reminds me of that.
I’ve known this brand for a long time but I only recently decided to buy some of their fragrances. As other reviews say it’s a powdery perfume with animalic notes but very very soft… So soft that I have to go looking for it shortly after spraying it on my wrist. I have a preference for this type of aroma and own many powdery perfumes like Angel’s Dust Jardins d’Armide Lipstick Rose etc. but the potency of these scents is lightyears away from those. Since some reviews talk about it as a quite intense perfume the logical conclusion is that we aren’t smelling the same perfume. The only way to describe it is as a powdery skin scent with a barely-there animalic note. On my skin it barely projects or lasts.
It reminds me a lot of Francesca Bianchi’s Angel’s Dust powdered iris like old lipstick. I love perfumes like this and want to add it to my collection when I can. I find it this time very feminine. Now the name really delivers hee hee hee.
Bought this perfume blind drawn in by the eccentricity of the name and the concept. It wasn’t a mistake to buy it but I don’t love it 100% in all its phases so I won’t be repurchasing it for my collection. However in a way it’s addictive especially after the first hour. Right out of the bottle if I didn’t know the notes I’d say it has a very predominant smoky ashy and spicy neroli (I assume it’s the ginger) that drowns out the other notes of iris violet talc and musk trying to peek through but failing. This neroli recreates an animalic equine leather. For me in this opening phase the scent is a bit suffocating despite the cold autumn we’re having. Gradually that note fades in intensity and blends with the rest. Over time the talc iris violet and musk notes shine beautifully slightly sweet. The animalic notes disappear completely. In this phase it reminds me a lot of makeup powder and high-end 90s lipsticks. I detect some plastic-like notes but the final aromatic blend is a huge hit. I think even though it lasts more than 10 hours it has very little projection.
The name promises a lot but the reality is quite different. It starts with a 90s perfume vibe the kind of stuff you’d find on the bottom shelves of Perfumerías Mariloli like dusty treasures. Suddenly a slightly sweaty scent with hints of cumin creeps in (I assume it’s the musk and leather like suede). Then it overwhelms you in stumbles with a coy flat touch of talc backed by that animalistic growl. Yes I think it’s trying to evoke a petite courtesan just fresh from raiding the pantry sneaking into the king’s bedroom amidst giggles. The talc is pleasant but that sweaty cumin note reminiscent of toasted cumin over food makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. In the end it dries down to clean dry talc. I wouldn’t call it elegant but it’s not vulgar either and for this brand it’s one of the most conventional.