Etat Libre d'Orange

500 Years

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Etat Libre d'Orange asks about $275 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $275

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, cardamom and saffron over Turkish rose and oud, drying to amber woods, patchouli and suede.

Etat Libre d'Orange says

You’ll smell bergamot HE, Cardamom Pure Jungle Essence, saffron, Turkish Rose Absolute, oud HE, Geranium Burbon HE, Amber Woods, patchouli and leather (suede).

More from Etat Libre d'Orange’s description

It also mentions Rose, Spices and Oud.

The house’s page

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The drawn 500 Years bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

500 Years’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, cardamom, saffron, rose, oud, geranium drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

500 Years, when you spray it: Bergamot, Cardamom, Saffron

As it settlesheart notes

500 Years, as it settles: Rose, Oud, Geranium

What staysdry-down notes

500 Years, what stays: Amber woods, Patchouli, Leather, Virginia cedar, Peru balsam, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Etat Libre d'Orange names

Bergamot HECardamom Pure Jungle EssenceSaffronTurkish Rose AbsoluteOud HEGeranium Burbon HEAmber WoodsPatchouliLeather (suede)

What the label names

24 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

3 citrus4 herbs & lavender8 florals3 woods1 sweet2 amber & resins3 spices

Citrus3

LimoneneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolTerpineolLinalyl acetate

Florals8

Geranium oilRose oilGeraniol (rose)CitronellolCinnamyl alcoholGeranyl acetateRose ketonesFarnesol

Woods3

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Amber & resins2

Peru balsam oilBenzyl cinnamate

Spices3

beta-CaryophylleneEugenolCinnamal
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

African LeatherMemo Paris · shares bergamot, cardamom, saffron, rose and 4 more$350 for 75 ml
OutlandsAmouage · shares bergamot, cardamom, saffron, rose and 3 more$475 for 100 ml
TerraRayhaan · shares bergamot, cardamom, saffron, rose and 3 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of 500 Years’s about $275
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Epic ManAmouage · shares cardamom, saffron, agarwood, geranium (rose geranium) and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
La Yuqawam Pour HommeRasasi · shares saffron, rose, agarwood, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 moreabout $75 for 75 ml · about a third of 500 Years’s about $275
NefsNishane · shares saffron, rose, agarwood, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 more$665 for 50 ml
Oud VoyagerTom Ford · shares cardamom, saffron, agarwood, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 more$460 for 100 ml
Overture ManAmouage · shares cardamom, saffron, geranium (rose geranium), patchouli and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
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Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, cardamom, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of 500 Years’s about $275
Pour Homme Oud NoirVersace · shares cardamom, saffron, agarwood, patchouli and 1 more
Dark VanillaMontale · shares cardamom, saffron, agarwood, patchouli and 1 moreabout $157 for 100 ml · about half of 500 Years’s about $275
Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · shares cardamom, saffron, agarwood, patchouli and 1 moreabout $465 for 100 ml
Overture 41Amouage · shares saffron, rose, geranium (rose geranium), patchouli and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice 500 Years’s about $275
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Oud MaracujáMaison Crivelli · shares saffron, rose, agarwood, patchouli and 1 moreabout $465 for 100 ml
Black AoudMontale · shares saffron, rose, agarwood, patchouli and 1 moreabout $146 for 100 ml · about half of 500 Years’s about $275
Overture WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Arabians TonkaMontale · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, agarwood and 1 moreabout $157 for 100 ml · about half of 500 Years’s about $275
PurposeAmouage · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, agarwood and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
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Purpose 50Amouage · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, agarwood and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice 500 Years’s about $275
HaltaneParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, saffron, agarwood, patchouli and 1 more$460 for 125 ml
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares bergamot, cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), patchouli and 1 more$135 for 100 ml · about half of 500 Years’s about $275
9 PM Night OutAfnan · shares bergamot, cardamom, agarwood, patchouli and 1 more$50 for 100 ml · about a fifth of 500 Years’s about $275
ZafferanoAcqua di Parma · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 moreabout $343 for 100 ml · about the same as 500 Years’s about $275
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HalfetiPenhaligon's · shares bergamot, saffron, rose, agarwood and 1 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as 500 Years’s about $275
SequenceAmouage · shares saffron, rose, agarwood and suede$475 for 100 ml
EmpressaPenhaligon's · shares bergamot, cardamom, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as 500 Years’s about $275
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, cardamom, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Tony Iommi Monkey SpecialXerjoff · shares bergamot, rose, geranium (rose geranium), patchouli and 1 more$370 for 100 ml
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Safran RoyalVersace · shares saffron, agarwood, patchouli and suedeabout $387 for 100 ml
Palais BourbonMemo Paris · shares cardamom, agarwood, geranium (rose geranium) and patchouli$350 for 75 ml
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