Eloge du Traitre Etat Libre d`Orange for women and men

certainly better than monocle laurel.
laurel and pine with some smoke notes and herbal smell.
rounded and liqueur
not trivial.
can't match the name with the scents.(like the most part of ELDO)
similar to Yatagan but a little bit sharp and humid.

Awesomely great old school styled woody, leathery aromatic scent that smells almost exactly like Guerlain's Derby, but with a touch of Polo and Yatagan added to it. I actually think this is better than Derby because it's better blended and smoother than Derby. It's nice and dark, and strong, like a gentlemanly 80's powerhouse. Best of all, it's loaded with pine!

With Derby so expensive and hard to find, Eloge du Traitre is a welcome addition to the men's fragrance catalogue.

MY RATING: 9/10

As soon I sampled this I realised that this is a very masculine scent, and perhaps doesn't suit all women! It's rich and spicy, very warming, comforting and sensual. I'd love to smell this on my boyfriend!

"Très butch and macho", is the first thought that crossed my mind on first sniffing "Eloge du Traitre". :o) ... Close your eyes and imagine a classic aromatic fougère, it would probably smell just like this. So unless you're a fan of this style of frag, you're probably not going to enjoy it.
(Even though from the notes listed it doesn't seem to have your typical fougère structure. It certainly smells just like one anyways !)
It's all smokey pines and dusty lavender on leathered laurel and wormwood, with a sprinkling of spice for warmth (mostly cloves). All in that "distinguished over 40's gentleman" like vibe. You know, with "salt & pepper" hair & sideburns. And yes, a perfectly cut dark pin-stripe suit to match. To my nose, a pretty serious no-nonsense type scent.
I imagine those of you who can't get enough of Caron's Yatagan, would probably get a kick out of this scent too.
It's certainly one of the "safer" scents from ELd'O, one which I'd imagine is probably their bestseller during Father's Day in Paris.

The beginning of it reminds me of a Chinese medicine drinks cafe that I used to pass by during those high summer days. When drying down the leather becomes obvious and it smells more like "human" rather than herbal medicine. Good to try but will not consider a decant.

This is surely not the best and most original scent I've ever tried but I quite like it. It's basically an aromatic fougere with all the chrisms but it has something special and intriguing to my nose. Big doses of sharp pine and laurel joined by a civilized jasmine that soften the general harshness. if it were a colour it would be dark green, if it were an item of clothing it would be a pair of camouflage pants. Eloge Du Traite may be a good alternative for those days you don't have enough strength to face Yatagan but still need to be somehow assertive.

Update:
In the drydown it gets a bit similar to CDG's Monocle Scent N.2 (Laurel), but way more wearable.

Rating: 8/10

I love the marketing graphic used by Etat Libre d'Orange for this EDP. A navy, pin-striped suit-clad man wielding a deadly dagger hidden behind his back. I think it says a lot for such a daring name for a parfum.

ELd'O is one of my favourite perfume houses and I have endeavoured to try every one of their fragrances, eventually!

I saw this on special online at 50% discount and ended up buying 3 bottles of this and other favs from the same house. I like this fragrance because it is so much like my beloved Yatagan by Caron, Polo by Ralph Lauren and even the oddly, Indian incense-smoked RIEN by ELd'O as well.

It's all leather, pine, artemisia, patchouli, musk and cloves. I was sure I saw laurel in is as well when I checked the formulations of all of these fragrances and they all fall in the same category or pine/leather/artemisia. So if you like the others, you'll like this one too.

Once again, this is not a likeable scent for the masses; unless you are a parfumisto who knows how to appreciate and wear this ultra-masculine creation by Antoine Maisondieu (a favourite nose of mine).

Why a woman would want to wear this is beyond me, although their website promotes it as a shared fragrance. It is a good, old-fashioned, manly smell that you either love or hate.

A word of warning; not everyone who smells this on you is going to love it and they will definitely be vocal about it, believe you me!

I wore it to work today and my female colleague screwed her nose up and gave me a really poor review of what she thought was Wintergreen Oil liniment so early in the morning and that I should wear a lot less of it at work; and when I went home, my sister said I smelt gorgeous! Please take heed with how many sprays you squirt .... I'm a heavy wearer, preferring excess to minimalist, so I need to monitor how much I wear, especially since it is an EDP strength.

I like this fragrance very much; but the appreciation really depends on the individual who smells it; not the wearer!

At first this gave me leather, lavender, cloves, tobacco - this is how the morning after the night before should smell but never does. The tobacco and leather stay, but a breath of fresh night air creeps in and the scent sinks to a sombre, comforting elegance that I almost forgot I was wearing. Finally, I realised I was smelling cedar forests and moss. What can I say? Pretentious, I know, but this strikes me as the perfume equivalent of Vaughan Williams' Tallis variations. I truly love it and long for a big, big bottle. Would work for women, men, and as a scent for the home. Really lovely and not even slightly treacherous.

When you first spray this fragrance on you will be thrown into a fourgere sensation. First you are in a forest of pine trees with bay leaf growing everywhere. A refresh awakening with the warm sensuality of what is to come.

Clove accords are introduced with hint of geranium. The warm down is a masculine elegance. I imagine being in the 1800's when they took leather scented it with natural oils to mask some of the animalistic smell. Here they use jasmine. As the leather would warm down it would release the jasmine scent. The patchouli in this fragrance is modern with flashes of the past.

This is a beautiful green, spicy and earthy accords blended beautifully.

Woods, leather, sweat. Eloge du traître. Might sound funny but my first thought after smelling the heart notes was "This really smells like treachery". The scent coming out of the skin of the one who stabbed another one in the back. More masculine than feminine (A woman will never stab another woman in the back? Right?) ;-)