ATELIER DES ORS
LARMES DU DESERT

2015

PERFUMER
Marie Salamagne

Incense
Cypress

Guaiac Wood
Cedarwood
Patchouli

Woody Notes
Benzoin
Amber
citrus notes

Larmes Du Désert is Atelier Des Ors’ ode to the Middle East and that’s definitely something I can picture while smelling it. It’s a darker, woody incense.

I imagine this is how an old library, with wooden floors would smell like. It’s a dry textured fragrance, but not powdery and I get a balance between cooler and warmer elements. The sweetness is understated, which I think is nice. I love fully sweet incense fragrances, but it’s nice to get something different from Larmes Du Désert. I don’t know where it’s coming from, looking at the notes, but the sweetness that I get reminds me of pastry. I’d say this ends up being 50/50 incense and woods.

I’m far from an expert on telling woods apart, but cypress is listed as one of the main notes here, so I expected more of a greener, pine-like vibe, which is not at all what I smell (luckily for me).