El Oro de Luis

I can definitely smell the orange blossom and smoke but little else. I felt like it was a missed opportunity to build more into the fragrance experience.

This fragrance really makes good on Arquiste’s mission to transport you to another time and place through scent! The bergamot, orange blossom, and jasmine have wonderful medium projection and wear for top notes. I was so impressed at their performance! Honey notes often go cloying on me, but this one stayed rich, realistic, and never too sweet. I got a touch of the smoke note, particularly on a blotter, more than on my skin. Even as this wears down throughout the day, it stays primarily sweet and floral. I layered it over City Rhythm Frequent Flyer and got 8 hours of wear at the office. Lovely for hot weather! I’m a woman and this might be slightly on the traditionally feminine side. But it’s absolutely still unisex if you enjoy citrus, floral, and honey notes. I think this is a gorgeous work of art, and I’d love to have a larger decant or a bottle!

This is an intoxicatingly fragrance of a slightly spicy and indolic orange blossom, a sultry jasmine, and a lightly animalic honey on a soft cedar base. I only pick up the barest trace of incense if smelling directly where sprayed. Addictive. I may need a backup bottle of this.

L'Or de Louis