Spice Must Flow Etat Libre d'Orange 2019

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7.6 / 10 123 Ratings

According to EssenceVitae Research Team A popular perfume by Etat Libre d'Orange for women and men, released in 2019. Furthermore The scent is spicy-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Gingerbread

Pepper

Heart Notes

Turkish rose absolute

Saffron

Cinnamon

Base Notes

Fir balsam

Frankincense

Patchouli

Perfumer

Mathilde Bijaoui

Ratings

Scent

7.6123 Ratings

Longevity

8.094 Ratings

Sillage

7.694 Ratings

Bottle

8.294 Ratings

Value for money

6.649 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 08.05.2024.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/12/2022

Mlleghoul
361 Reviews

Mlleghoul

4

Less Frank Herbert Dune Spice and more Posh Spice or Ginger Spice

ELdO's Spice Must Flow is less of Frank Herbert's space spice and more a hybrid of late-90's English pop group members Posh Spice and Ginger Spice. It's a lone, lush, rose, cool and fragrant, and mysteriously blooming in the dry, hot sands where only the prickliest, most pungent, and peppery spices survive. I don't think there's any citrus listed in the notes but there's a mild, sour zing when you first spritz that gives the impression of brightness, and a beautiful cardamom incense note at the dry down that lends a shadowy balance. I would actually call this a rose for people who think they don't like roses rather than a gateway to Arrakis for denizens of Spice World. Wait...what were we talking about?

10/05/2023

ScentStudio
141 Reviews

ScentStudio

3

As a rose-disliker...

Looking at the notes, I'm not sure why I chose Spice Must Flow. I do like incense and lately I've been liking cardamom too, but rose is my most disliked note from the top of my head. Anyhow, when ordering my next set of samples, Spice Must Flow came with.

On paper, incense is up in the air immediately. The note of incense is very creamy, like that of an incense stick of sandalwood, which has not yet been lit. However, very soon, the note of rose, sour as it is to my nose, appears too. When the fragrance dries down, I get a delightful note of ginger that compliments the scent very well. The cardamom is very faint and I'm actually unsure whether I can smell it or not, or if it's the ginger. This fragrance is very well blended. I must say that I was a little concerned, but what has been revealed on paper intrigues me.

Just before spraying my wrist, I came to the realisation that Spice Must Flow reminds me of a scent I tried at Sense Dubai, something about this fragrance is quite Middle Eastern. However, I am underwhelmed by how un-spicy it is. I would rather say this fragrance is warm and creamy (not in a lactonic way), but I would never call it spicy.

Let's give it a go on my skin. Spice Must Flow is very similar on skin as it is on paper at the opening, but I would actually say that it is better. The ginger isn't more gingery, but makes the fragrance fresher, the rose is less rosy, which to me means less sour. The cardamom isn't there either (as of yet), but the incense is less prominent than on paper.
After dry down, my excitement fizzles. Spice Must Flow is better on paper than it is on my skin, where rose has become the most dominating note. On paper, the fragrance is an amber to me, but on my skin it is a floral amber (you know, I know, we all know, I don't like florals...). Funny thing is, the aura around me is rose, rose, rose, but, the fragrance is actually more like it is on paper, when I smell my wrist!

Spice Must Flow was a ride. I interchangeable like and dislike it, I'm still not sure...
Going back to it after a hot while, I have to say that I dislike it. The rose is just too dominating, but I like how it smells close to my wrist.

09/03/2023

9
Bottle 9
Scent

OdorAeternus
27 Reviews

OdorAeternus

1

A fragrance with an interesting concep

This is actually a very interesting fragrance. The fragrance is described as a universal fragrance and dedicated to the merchants. Imagine a Silk Road as a network of trading between the countries and civilizations in the past and merchants trade commodities between countries.

This fragrance should have universal characters, to be comprehended by all cultures and countries through history. And Spices play this leading role (universal) to carry this concept. And don't forget, spices were one of the most precious and important commodities in the past. The other notes are the rose, another universal and symbolic flower in all cultures, and incense, as a symbol of religion or in general spirituality. When I see this fragrance from this concept, I truly enjoy that. It feels old school because of the notes. But at the same time it is modern because of other notes like leather, which used here but not mentioned as a note.

05/08/2024

2ofwands
5 Reviews

2ofwands

1

Smoky Rose with a Cardamom kick

The rose and cardamom mix in Spice Must Flow smells delicious and the fragrance is further enhanced by the background base note of incense smoke. It’s a wonderful and simple recipe that does evoke images of Arrakis and Dune. This is the first scent I’ve tried from this house, and it certainly entices me to try more.

05/04/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Emorandeira
386 Reviews

Emorandeira

Spicy & smoky rose

Spice must flow is an spicy and smoky rose perfume by etat libre d'orange. I has some similarities with experimentum Crucis and with other rose based perfumes like oud touch by franc Olivier or une rose by Frederic Malle .
The oredominant note is of course the rose, a bit medicinal. It is mixed with a very nice mixture of spices, cardamom and Ginger, so It has also an acid vibe. The frankincense gives some smoky character and balsámic power. SMF is a very nice rose/incense perfume!!
The longevity is quité good, close to 10 hours on skin, while the sillage is just moderate, but much better than the oerojection un other eldo perfumes. So this perfume has such a good performance for beloging to this brand. The smell is unisex because, although It has a very noticeable rose, It is not a femenine sweet and powdery rose but a smoky and powdery one. I think is better for using with cold weather or during the evening/night. One of my eldo favourite ones.

Scent: 8
Longevity: 8
Sillage: 7
Quality/price: 7
Versatility: 6
Originality: 8
Global: 8