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Serge Lutens L orpheline vs Hermès Eau de Gentiane Blanche
Eau de Gentiane Blanche is the community's favourite of the two.
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Notes
———Accords
Musky
100%
Amber
98%
Smoky
90%
Balsamic
68%
Powdery
65%
Warm spicy
60%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
fallwinterspring
About
L'orpheline by Serge Lutens is a fragrance for women and men. L'orpheline was launched in 2014. The fragrance features Incense and Musk. 1. Yet another girl! Yes, if you believe that she is the abandoned part of me. Child, I have cut the world in two. On the one hand, a girl, The Vanquished – not the loser! - and more precisely, that which germinated in her and which in myself, I raised; and on the other, a boy, The Victor. For a child, the world comes down to three people: himself, his mother and his father. Without everyone making such a clear-cut choice as mine, each one will be dependent on it throughout his life.2. Did your choice present itself as the mother? Not the mother, her wound; I bore it. It is undeniably an identification. As for each and every one of us, I owe my life to chance. The famous throw of the dice appears exemplary to me – it is a sacred number – it is the one which leads us there where we should have been born or not to have been. I shall not recall the significant episodes of my destiny but, between what was and what I felt, the difference was greater. However, the child is the clairvoyant: he foresees. Since I accorded all the qualities of the feminine to the wound, she named me.3. From now on, should we understand that the masculine was denied in you? From what to my eyes was officially required: the army, authority, power, order, moralism, yes. I was at war with the Male: Maleficence. It can be expected that from this moment, I invent a woman and bring us up to date, it is the baptism of blood.4. Coming back to the orphan girl. Is this you? No, originally it was a virgin territory, it attracted me but I didn’t recognise myself there; this territory which I denied was that of men. My mother, she was the wrath and I, her son, its revenge.5. And the father, where is he? The father is the declared enemy. I was hatred on Earth, on Father. Of the mother I was the figurehead, and of the father the assassin. The wound did not heal. I could blind myself but I could see: the father was immortal. From him I keep the feminine which he betrayed.6. How did you recover the road to perfume in this labyrinth? It is the memory, forgiveness and like this, what we have today, it was able to survive: From the dust. It is not only in the feminine but it also has no plural. It is the wake of my life, that which remains when all has disappeared. It is the invisible which, veil after veil, there where it is forgotten, fades into grey.—Serge Lutens
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Notes
———Accords
Floral
100%
Iris
79%
Powdery
79%
Sweet
71%
Musky
69%
Amber
64%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
summerspringfall
About
Eau de Gentiane Blanche by Hermès is a Aromatic fragrance for women and men. Eau de Gentiane Blanche was launched in 2009. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Claude Ellena. With the Colognes collection, Hermès expands a territory of olfactive expression inaugurated in 1979 with its first Cologne, later baptised Eau d’orange verte, characterised by its refinement and authenticity. Figurative and generous expressions of instant pleasure, the Hermès Colognes offer a series of material-based olfactive vignettes. Through the gaze of Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermès affirms its own interpretation of the Cologne style, between artistic sensitivity and traditional craftsmanship.Eau de gentiane blanche: devised by Jean-Claude Ellena as an irreverent take on the traditional Cologne style, the Eau de gentiane blanche revisits freshness with a mixture of boldness and delicacy. Complex and sophisticated, gentian proffers its multiple facets–sometimes bitter, sometimes smooth–in an elegant vapour of white musks that source their sweetness far from sugary elements, thus offering the gentian component an unexpected olfactive counterpart.
Rating
4.06vs4.12
Ratings
3,933vs1,558
Concentration
EDPvsEDP
Launch Year
2014vs2009
Which should I buy?
Eau de Gentiane Blanche is the community's favourite of the two.
- Eau de Gentiane Blanche is rated higher by the community: 4.12 from 1,558 ratings, against 4.06 from 3,933.
- Longevity votes for both lean "moderate".
- Sillage is comparable: "moderate" is the most common vote for both.
- L orpheline is voted best for fall and winter; Eau de Gentiane Blanche for summer and spring.
- Both houses are premium (typically $100–250), so price won't be the deciding factor.
Buy Eau de Gentiane Blanche if you want the higher-rated option; pick L orpheline if its note profile reads closer to what you already love wearing.