Encens et Bubblegum by Etat Libre d'Orange bottle
Etat Libre d'Orange

Encens et Bubblegum

3.5/5 · 369 votes Unisex 2006
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Fragrance notes

Notes

Character

Longevity3.4/5
Sillage3.0/5
Day100
Night52
Spring68
Fall62
Summer46
Winter43
Our take

You spray and the first thing that hits is a blast of pink bubblegum, all synthetic raspberry and peach syrup, the kind that stains your fingers and sticks to your teeth. But then the incense arrives, not as a whisper but as a grey, liturgical fog seeping through the candy wrapper. This is a perfume that sets up a playground next to a cathedral and dares you to tell the difference. The vanilla and musk eventually smooth the rough edges into a soft, powdery amber, with orange blossom and lily of the valley lending a soapy, floral undercurrent that keeps the whole thing from turning into a full-on sugar coma. Its character is a single image: a child in a lace veil, blowing a pink bubble in the middle of a midnight mass. The sweetness is upfront and synthetic, but that smoky, balsamic anchor gives it a niche tension that feels deliberate, not accidental. It suits anyone who enjoys a little chaos in their scent, who wants to smell both innocent and transgressive. Skip it if you need something subtle or conventionally elegant. Given the low sillage and decent but not outstanding longevity, this is a fragrance for close encounters. Wear it on a spring afternoon when the sun is warm but you still feel a hint of chill, or indoors in early autumn, a private rebellion under a cardigan. The question is not whether it works, but whether you are brave enough to let it.

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