Chypre Azural Les Indemodables for women and men

I wanted to write this down quickly as I was experiencing it, so I apologize if this is not written very well.

This is my very first time experiencing this brand in any shape or form. I have heard about it, but I have never sampled it at a department store or purchased samples online. The sample spray I applied about an hour ago is my very first introduction and reaction to LI.

What an expression of craftsmanship! If you are a connoisseur of fragrance, I am happy to tell you Chypre Azural is instantly recognizable as a top shelf composition. I know I am starting hot right out of the gate, but I say these things after spending over an hour researching and reading the details of CA and the quality of the essential oils used. I have learned many things, but I am surprised most of all to learn citrus chypres exist in this manner and can be done so in a way that not only is balanced, but also lasts longer than 12 hours!

Learning about fragrance is a blessing and a curse. It is a pleasure to educate myself about one of my passions, but I am also realizing I may have purchased items in the past that really aren't that great and the more I expand my fragrance universe, the less I expand my monetary freedom lol.

CA is simple and elegant, but not boring. There are times the sillage will envelop me in a subtle hint of tarragon mixed with the finest quality of patchouli from Indonesia. The Grand Cru. For those of you who can tell the difference between premier and grand, this fragrance is for you. If you are someone who does not particularly care, this may not be worth your money. That's why there are so many variances in fragrance reviews. In my personal opinion, I think the quality of detail adds to the already exceptional creative composition. Not only does it satisfy my olfactive desire for the moment, it excites me for the future experience of the rest of the brand.

There are numerous details I could continue on, but I don't want to overstay my welcome. If any of you are interested to know more, please don't hesitate to contact me via message.

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Citrus.

The initial impression of it is clear, transparent, and bright. It feels like strolling through a citrus orchard bathed in warm sunlight, with green leaves swaying in the shadows. You pluck an orange, peel it, and accidentally cut your nail, releasing overflowing juice.

The top notes are filled with the rich, juicy scent of oranges. As you eat the segments, the aroma of orange peel and orange oil lingers on your fingertips. The white fibers on the orange bring a slightly bitter yet bright and clean scent, leaving a vivid impression of the true essence of oranges.

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In the middle and base notes, the vitality of the sunlit oranges diminishes, and both brightness and richness subside. Flowers timely emerge, adding softness to the fragrance. The floral notes are refined, creating layers that are sweet yet fresh. The green, grassy, woody undertones persist throughout, subtly lingering underneath, providing a fresh backdrop that complements the orange.

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Overall, it is clean, warm, gentle, and intricately layered yet lightweight. Long-lasting citrus fragrances are rare, making it a unique find in the orange-scented perfume category.

The character associated with this fragrance is someone wearing light-colored attire, with light playing on their skin. When they see you, they reveal a smiling face, gentle and courteous. Not the most conspicuous in a crowd, but as you get closer, you realize their refined taste and approach to life. It seems like no one would be unsuitable for it.

Scent 8.5/10 (Fragrance may vary based on personal preferences and experiences)
Longevity 6.5/10
Sillage 6/10
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Absoultely stunning orange note, very realistic, intense.

Underneath there is a touch of green bitterness, very mildly herbal. I guess this is the tarragon, but there isn't that much of an anise aspect from it imho.

I don't get a lot of the rose of amber tbh, this is mainly about the orange note.

This is solid, I like it but I personally wouldn't spend so much on a fragrance that is so "one note" and doesn't do anything new.

This is annoying because it only comes in 50ml

This smells exactly like orange peel on my skin, and I mean exactly. It’s the most realistic orange smell ever. Doesn’t project that much but longevity is above average for this kind of scent.

Tons of sparkling citrus fruits.
Orange, clementine, lemon, maybe bergamots pithiness.
Powdery white musk, basil, hint of tarragon.
A lot going on, makes it hard to properly decipher. But with a scent like this you just need sunlight and to enjoy all its brightness.

This fragrance is a fresh release from Les Indemodables. It's an everyday fresh citrusy fragrance. This fragrance is a very straight and almost minimal fragrance. A combination of amber-rose-citrus is a very common combination and there are thousands of fragrances with this structure. So, you can't and actually shouldn't expect something unique! But what I love about this house is the quality of the ingredients used in the fragrances.
It's an expensive fragrance, especially for a citrus one, and it's not on my buying list. But you pay the price for high-quality real essential oil. This requires perfumery skills to create something bright with natural materials.

7/10

I've been raised between oranges and this parfum has that smell from hands after working out orange peel: great quality ingredients. The parfum itself it's not my taste, but probably it's the best orange parfum I've smelled. I am pretty sure it has some kumquat also. Tested on discovery set.

Beautiful, a realistic orange peel

This is lovely, its for once an orange that dosen't go funky, annoying or is artificial. Plus it LASTS (the chypre dry down last 12h+)!
And cuz of the comment bellow I want to share that my costumer service expirience was AMAZING. This is a tiny company, so tiny you will have your emails awnsered directly by the founders Valerie and Remi and they do a lot for the industrie. I got a discount code with my sample pack that was expired, I asked if anything could be done about it and recived a new one with in two days. I asked for my full bottle to be gift wraped and it was lovely plus I got 4 full 3.5 ml samples of other scents extra. (If you buy from les indemodables, you also buy how the scents are made and from what resources and the price is for once justivied that high! They buy tiny batches of HIGH quality and fair produced rawmaterial, not huge bulks like big houses, and so I'd expect to have chaning nuances for each batch)

Don't be deceived by chypre in the name, it is through and through citrus perfume (mostly orange) with very little aspect of chypre in the dry down if any. Performance in my skin is monstrous it is still there even after I take a bath. I love it, big success blind buy on my part, and I got 2 vials another perfume from this house, i think this house have excellent quality.

Take note: the full bottle I recently received is very different from the sample in my sample set. The tarragon is almost non existent, and the citrus at the top is significantly less zesty. It does not have the freshness of the older sample, and the top to middle notes suffer enormously because of this. To my mind, this type of perfume (a summer 'cologne', a 'freshie' of sorts) needs this freshness. Les Indémodables agreed that they are different-but not enough to cause them concern. Well, I would not have bought this bottle if I had known there was such a difference. They offered a free sample of their next perfume which I declined. It's a very expensive way to learn not to trust a sample, and also not to expect a company to give a damn. I understand that the natural substances used in perfumes change from year to year, but if they change in such a way that the sample does not match the bottle, then I cannot trust you with almost £200 for 50ml.

EDIT: Rémi just offered the Grand Crus materials box with my next purchase, which seems a bit fairer. That said, having to buy another product in order to receive some kind of compensation isn't really compensation.

I like this a lot. Starts out very orange forward as one might expect and as the orange recedes, it reveals the rose/patchouli accords which are quite lovely. Not the most complex fragrance ever, but the ingredient quality is UNDENIABLE, and there is nothing out of place about this fragrance. Not cheap, but might be FB buy anyway.

Extremely dry, bitter greens with a spritz of orange. Grassy, mossy, herbal, has a faint floral touch and ambery undertones. Moderate projection fades over 2-3hr, longevity 8-10hr.

Kinda reminds me of the deep drydown of Xerjoff Nio, at the point where the citruses have died down a bit and the green accords start taking prominence. I can agree with the Hermes only to the point I smelled it once in passing at a store.

Not really chypre. More of a perfect unisex orange scent. I loved it on my husband.

Juicy orange cologne with staying power. The chypre aspect was very subdued.

Chypre Azural is mainly the scent of a freshly cut citrus zest magnified to the point when it makes me think of cleansing agents at times. I am simply missing something that would calm down/ anchor the freshness in some way because these types of linear aromatic scents induce headaches to me.

I really disliked the opening, I think due to the Tarragon, but then it turned into a juicy and interesting perfume.

Les Indemodables Chypre Azural (2016) - orange chypre - @odorescence creates an easy-to-wear citrus chypre that resemble the backbone of classical reference points such as Chanel’s Pour Monsieur or Cristalle. Starts the perfume with a combination of bright and tart Sweet orange mixed with herbal and anise-like Tarragon. As the top and middle notes are mainly that casual citrus-herbal top, that softens and comes this chypre-like structure, without the oakmoss. I get Patchouli, Rose, Jasmine and Resins. Cleaner, modern yet shows respect to the classics.

Delicious citrus with rose/patch and not-so-resiney amber.
Very pleasant, but just not weird enough for me.
There is also a 'dated' element to this. I'm not quite sure what it is, if it's an aesthetic element or a theme, but I'm getting nostalgic for some reason...
All that said, it's not for me.
Smells amazing, though...

This just makes me smile from first spray to dry down. This house is fast becoming a favorite for their quality and variety. This is sparkling happy citrus. I can actually smell fresh oranges - not the least synthetic. This is very summery but I can see spraying in the winter when needing a pick me up. A tad linear but that could be a good thing when you need that cheerful citrus to stay around a while.

You may call me crazy for saying this. I do not care....

This is the Habit Rouge reincarnate. It is the renewed Habit Rouge, which has perfected itself, mastered its emotions remaining calm in every instance of panic or pressure. It has finally found its identity, being confident in every circumstance. If you haven't already realized I am already convinced into proving this is Habit Rouge's almost perfect form. The fruitier, juicier Habit Rouge.

Chypre Azural is nothing short of the handsome and properly behaved, good-natured heir to Guerlain's 20th century masterpiece. If you have Habit Rouge and you smell this - you won't argue with me. The scent begins with a ripe, juicy, green and luminous orange! Another minimalist offering from this house that is a photorealistic dewy orange on a hot summer day, lying under its tree on fresh wild grass.

It dries to a beautiful old-world powdery, metallic, soapy and dry orange heart much like Habit Rouge. But unlike Habit rouge which is much more conservative and seeks to smell like a fragrance, more powdery and soapy, this becomes an aroma more candied, less sharp, more herbal or medicinal in character almost, chewy, tangy, gourmand and powdery - like an orange flavored vitamin gummy. On my skin a nice kiss of real cranberry or real grape-like tartness to round off the fleeting edges of the scent profile. I get a hint of photorealistic berries in this, as if the orange tree in my imagination is accompanied by raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes and currant bushes nearby.

A glowing, neon green, herbaceous scent that shouts sophistication and poise while performing decently even for a citrus dominant scent. Almost 6-7 hours on my skin with decent projection the whole time. A Chypre whose smoother, gourmand facets change the game to something I want all Chypres to evolve into in the near future. My best orange scent so far - a reference orange .

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10/10

So I get an opening of bergamot and green shoots which morphs into orange, first bitter (pith) then sweet orange which lasts into a very mild EDC type neroli orange blossom note, just peaking through what is a very mossy, pretty relentless chypre moss. It has a bit of an indy sensibility but the truth of the matter is that indy perfumes can't make a citrus as bright and enlongated as this.
It's kinda a very fresh, eau de cologne, chypre hybrid. Very, very good. Solid and just what I expect from this brand.

The sample was gifted by Les Indemodables but this has no bearing on my review whatsoever. I'd say it's a touch expensive but they all are really, and the naturals present are in quite small quantities, (although a few are overdosed) the perfumers get the most out of them.

starts out waxy, orange blossom, oranges, powdery, green, stemmy, reminds me of Nio by Xerjoff or Nicolai Neroli Intense

very pretty, very smooth, light, airy, touches of florals with some elements of savory herbs to keep it interesting, earthy, & a little dirty :)

3-4 sprays medium projection 4-5 hours

This is pleasant but a bit of a non-starter for anyone that needs complexity in their perfumes. Not anything out of the ordinary. But it is a lovely, well-constructed perfume and surely someone out there will find this to be a perfect background scent.

Trying sample of this now, and it's definitely herbal citrus bomb! In addition to listed notes, I'm definitely getting subtly animalic musk & woody (cedar?) base notes, as well as very restrained mossy. Floral heart is very abstract, not at all indolic, and subdued. I guessed more geranium, ylang, neroli than rose. This is a very dry citrus with little progression, if you're looking for something like that. Seems idiosyncratic to name this a chypre.

I visited the "Scent Bar" downtown last night (Luckyscent's store in NYC), smelling every random and obscure niche fragrance in the store (though I will need to return later because there are so many different brands there, it's probably the world's most diverse perfume shop!), and well... I found this to be my favorite of all the perfumes they had to offer. I tried a number of drifter-sleeping-on-the-train varieties of glaring "animalic" flops. I tried Roja's new "Parfum Colognes" (mehhhhh!!!), Areej Le Dore galore (whatever!!!), and even an 80's bug spray-reminiscent $1000+ DI SER Kyara (DEEPLY unmoving...), with enough cacophonous, sappy Bogue scent salads thrown in to last a lifetime. Then I smelled this. Wow. Hyper-fresh bracing citrus/green opening, followed by honey-suckle floral in a provincial french field of grass and pastoral hay. Perspectival. Tenacious. And ironic, considering just how uplifting and like a fresh summer cologne this is. It's a fresh, natural beauty for any season, but may be perfect for the summer...

Without tarragon, this would’ve fallen flat on me. With it, it’s wonderful.

Uplifting with essence of orange; like someone squeezed fruit that had already been used, so that just the juice from the rind is obtained. For those warm summer days when you want to take a break from tropical or florals. This leans herbal, and very natural.

For a citrus based scent I’m getting decent longevity, though the scent stays close.

Received my shipment today 😌

A FB of this included.

Interesting name for what is like Ramon Monegal Entre Naranjos an approximate facsimile of Hermes Concentree D‘Orange Verte - arguably the best still in the Orange genre despite its low oil content. CDOV is still one of my top faves and signature scents.

Unlike Entre Naranjos that is to me an exact copy with poor performance for an EDP this excels and was obviously worth the purchase as it is decent performance and the soapy earthy drydown is removed and replaced with a somewhat dry tarragon giving and maintaining a freshness and greeness lacking in the others. This perhaps making it more contemporary than old school.

Effectively this reminds me of a pleasant slightly sweet not too tart dried orange peel - or - dried orange on the skin. The green hint just carrying it enough into perfume territory rather than reminding you that you need to clean up after a mess lol.

Best bought at a discount. Great uplifting summer scent with decent not exceptional Sillage and longevity.

Beautiful perfume, but just more on the feminine side for me.