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Fragrance that smells of burnt/smokey/dark/incensey orange. Suggestions please :) +++

post #1 of 22
2/18/11 at 4:54pm
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It hit me to include such perfume in my next sample purchase. I want it smokey, incensey, dark orange all the way to the dry down. Help me please. Thanks
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post #2 of 22
2/18/11 at 6:08pm
parfums*PARFUMS Series 3 Incense: Ouarzazate?
Eau d'Italie: Baume au Doge
Czech & Speake: Frankincense & Myrrh


a directory search for orange and incense
http://www.basenotes.net/fragrancedi...nge%2C+incense
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post #3 of 22
2/18/11 at 6:53pm
Orange Star
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post #4 of 22
2/18/11 at 7:03pm
For "hardcore" smokey stuff:
Lonestar memories (Tauer)
Patchouli 24 (Le (Labo)
These are however uncompromising, almost chemical fires with little orange.

For smoother stuff, in addition to the previous suggestions, you can also try
Timbuktu or Dzongka (Artisan Parfumeur)
Jubilation XXV (Amouage), which is wonderful for incense, but has no smoke.

cacio
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post #5 of 22
2/19/11 at 12:37am
Hermes Elixir des Merveilles. It's sort of an upside down fragrance because I get the woods and incense first, then the orange kicks in strong after about 15 minutes (citrus is usually a top note). Big orange, notable incense, and the orange lasts and lasts. Probably exactly what you're looking for!
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post #6 of 22
2/19/11 at 6:48am
Another vote for Orange Star - it has both orange and incense in abudance and somehow manages to be both bright and dark.
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post #7 of 22
2/19/11 at 7:00am
Well, I don't even smell oranges in orange star just so you know.
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post #8 of 22
2/19/11 at 7:13am
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Originally Posted by sarıpatates View Post

Well, I don't even smell oranges in orange star just so you know.

Well, that's me told.
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post #9 of 22
2/19/11 at 2:42pm
Messe de Minuit is an orangey incense if I recall.
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post #10 of 22
2/22/11 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by Heartwood View Post

Hermes Elixir des Merveilles. It's sort of an upside down fragrance because I get the woods and incense first, then the orange kicks in strong after about 15 minutes (citrus is usually a top note). Big orange, notable incense, and the orange lasts and lasts. Probably exactly what you're looking for!

Yup, this one.
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post #11 of 22
2/23/11 at 3:39am
Rock Crystal by Olivier Durbano (but not so orangey)
Olibanum by Profumum (but not so dark)
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post #12 of 22
2/23/11 at 3:45am
While Baume du Doge does indeed have orange and incense, it's very sweet all the way through and unfortunately not dark or smoky at all. I wish it was, because I too am looking for a 'dark orange' scent as such.

I don't know of a good dark smoky orange incense. The closest I've found is with lemon in Memoir Man. Dark, smoky, lemony frankincense and woods.

Another thought: it's not really all that dark or smoky, but it is an incensey orange - L'Anarchiste by Caron.
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post #13 of 22
2/23/11 at 9:22am
I hope you will try Mona di Orio-Nuit Noir. It has an orange liqueur & dark leather combination I think would be perfect for your craving.
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post #14 of 22
2/23/11 at 9:58am
Anne Pliska has the burnt orange you require - no incense though.
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post #15 of 22
2/23/11 at 12:15pm
Maitre has a pomander smell called Secret Melange.
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post #16 of 22
2/23/11 at 8:13pm
I don't see my fave here... Narcisse Noir. It opens with african orange flower, has orange in the midphase, and dries down to a luscious sandalwood/vetiver finish. Vintage is best. Parfum only, no EDP or EDT. If you sample have a kleenex handy; you'll want to cry at how beautiful it is.
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post #17 of 22
2/23/11 at 8:26pm
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Originally Posted by BayKAT View Post

I don't see my fave here... Narcisse Noir. It opens with african orange flower, has orange in the midphase, and dries down to a luscious sandalwood/vetiver finish. Vintage is best. Parfum only, no EDP or EDT. If you sample have a kleenex handy; you'll want to cry at how beautiful it is.

I concur with bells on, girl!
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post #18 of 22
2/23/11 at 8:31pm
Baykat and Kumqat:

I'm hijacking the conversation here. Never smelled it, old or reformulated. LT give thumbs way down to the reformulated version, while exalting the old. But from your posts it seems the new is still worth smelling, if not bottle worthy. What's your opinion?

cacio
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post #19 of 22
2/24/11 at 9:04am
My enthusiasm, like Baykat's, is for the original old formula. I was fortunate to find a bottle and it has an amazing incense with mild & mellow civit although it is really more about the orange blossom than orange fruit, IMO, it is still gloriously dark & moody. I have never had the most recent version. I would like to try the parfum though. I don't think I'd mess around with the EDT to start.
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post #20 of 22
2/24/11 at 10:27am
Here are a few more than do have both oranges (sometimes bitter orange) and incense among other notes, most fall under the floral-oriental category:

Lauder's Cinnabar
Caron's Pour une Femme
Daphne Guiness' Daphne

others that have a dark aura mostly on the basenotes but are of some quality:

Michael Kors' Michael Kors EDT
Tolu by Ormonde Jayne

this last one is a wonderfuly dark ambery orange flower and incense scent.

cheers and have fun
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post #21 of 22
2/24/11 at 12:23pm
+1 Baume du Doge
Mandarine mandarin
Serge noire
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post #22 of 22
2/25/11 at 8:14am
Etro Shaal Nur, IPdF Spezie de Medici (maybe a bit more spicey than incensey)
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