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Atelier des Ors' Larmes du Désert (2015) by Marie Salamagne is an amber-woody incense that feels refined, restrained, and perfectly suited for elegant everyday wear.
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The fragrance these clones are inspired by.
Atelier des Ors' Larmes du Désert (2015), created by Marie Salamagne, is a well-rated unisex amber-woody incense fragrance that many users praise for its clean resinous character. The scent opens on frankincense-like incense and a green cypress lift, moves into dry guaiac, cedar and patchouli heart wood, and settles on benzoin, amber and warm woods with a touch of citrus brightness. With a 4.08/5 average from 645 votes and a nearly even split between lovers and likers, it is viewed as a polished, wearable incense-wood composition that leans more reserved than brutish in projection.
Our take
I enjoy Larmes du Désert for its smooth resinous amber and austere frankincense, it smells refined and well made. On my skin it stays closer and projects softly, so it reads more intimate than monumental, but the wood and benzoin base hold for hours. I reach for it on cooler evenings when I want a calm, clean incense-wood scent rather than something loud.
Perfumer: Marie Salamagne
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The Bottle
Atelier des Ors Larmes du Désert has a broad, rounded-rectangular bottle with sloping shoulders, bright yellow-gold liquid, and flecks suspended inside. Radiating dark and gold-coloured lines sit behind the black central label, under an opaque rounded black cap. It is an unusually theatrical object: familiar in outline, but far from routine in presentation.
Original or Clone
Marie Salamagne’s authorship gives Larmes du Désert a clear reason to buy as the original: this is a named composition, not merely a set of accords to be imitated. Its woody, amber, warm-spicy and smoky profile has enough character to explain why another house has attempted it, even though we have no evidence to rank that interpretation against the release. The bottle’s suspended flecks and radiating decoration strengthen the original’s appeal. We track one interpretation from one house.
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