Etat Libre d’Orange, as a brand, doesn’t really suit me, which is a shame because it’s one of the few niche lines that still sells a bottle for less than $100 (and as many of you will remember, $100 is the new free). I haven’t tried quite all of them — they’ve made a whopping 22 fragrances since they debuted in 2006 — but by now I’ve tried most of them. The one that impressed me the most (although it isn’t really “me”) was the brilliant Like This for Tilda Swinton; after that, I’d list Putain des Palaces and Vierges et Toreros as close calls, and I’d probably want a bottle of Fat Electrician if I didn’t already own a bazillionty-and-one vetiver fragrances, modern or otherwise.

But so far, I’ve never been tempted to buy, and only one Etat Libre scent has been sitting in my purgatory basket¹ and that’s Jasmin et Cigarette. Since Kevin reviewed Sécrétions Magnifiques yesterday and Jessica is going to review Archives 69 tomorrow, it seemed like a good time to pull it out and decide one way or another…

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