French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange has launched She Was An Anomaly, a new "soft cyber-iris" fragrance. She Was An Anomaly was developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier, working with Givaudan's AI system Carto.
"This perfume is the result of something unexpected. I played with Carto, Givaudan’s AI-powered tool for suggesting formulas. I gave it beloved and familiar notes. Carto suggested an overdose of two ingredients. I took care of the rest." – Daniela Andrier (Perfumer)
The notes feature pink pepper, mandarin, orchid, prune, benzoin, camphor, incense, patchouli and musk.*
Etat Libre d’Orange She Was An Anomaly is available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
(first quote via bloomperfume.co.uk, second quote via europerfumes)
* Or those might be wrong entirely, see comment below. I will update when I can.
Update: as of 9/2, the notes listed above are what is listed on the Etat Libre d'Orange website. She Was An Anomaly is classified there as a woody floral, and is also available in 7.5 ml. Here is the brand's description...
Ever since its inception, Etat Libre d’Orange has been an oddity, a deviation from the norm, an eccentric in the world of perfumery.
We don’t fit the patterns, we don’t follow the traditions.
Etat Libre d’Orange is a study in contradictions; light and dark, decadent and nice, romantic and cynical, honest and ironic. No one knows what to expect from us. Sometimes we don’t know what to expect from ourselves. Etat Libre d’Orange is an anomaly. We are different, our fragrances are different, their stories are different. We value this distinction, we celebrate it. And now we honor our difference with a perfume.
This is who we are.
Another update: as of 9/11, the notes are listed as iris, sandalwood, cedar, vanilla, fresh white flowers accord, green tangerine, musk and amber.
Cyber-Iris???
I assume the “cyber” part is just because they used AI? I’ve also seen it described as a soft floral, and as a light iris leather.
My thoughts exactly.
But I love a good iris and I also like the name.
I’m on board of anything done by Daniela, seriously.
My thought exactly. Andrier doing iris? I’m in!
This! Though I’m aware this can be completely different from Prada Infusion d’Iris.
Don’t like the name, but if it’s iris, I am in. Hope it is a good one!
LOL 🤣 😂 we are the opposite on the name but agree on the notes🙃🙃 I blame you for turning me into an Iris fiend.😈
I agree with you on the name. I don’t think perfume names should be sentences, or statements.
So they did Archives 69 once again, called it She Was an Anomaly and gave Andrier credit where credit is due to Nagel.
Why I say this?
Because Archives 69 and She Was an Anomaly share the same notes – down to the last comma.
Confusing, isn’t it?
Those notes are what I found online at Europerfumes, so the other option is that they’re wrong…This should be a more stores on Monday and I will see what others are reporting.
(Although I think they don’t even list the orris, and I added it because it was listed at Bloom Perfumery.)
I’ll bet you a bottle of She Was an Anomaly that truth is entirely on Bloom Perfumery’s side.
Ah, but I would bet nothing at all on either store
I will, however, add a note above.
I am sticking to my guns: notes listed above are those of Archives 69.
“Iris, Sandalwood, Musks”, these are She Was an Anomaly’s notes as set out on French ELdO website – the only one that may be considered official.
US website just got their wires crossed, which is perhaps a quirky yet deliberate sense of humor towards a fragrance dedicated to anomalies.
Quite possibly! I make no claims of any sort, just reporting what I see.
So, for the sake of completeness, you might want to report what you see on ELdO’s French website as well.
Fragrance notes have now been corrected on US official website and read as follows:
Iris, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Vanilla, Fresh White Flowers Accord, Green Tangerine Orpur, Musk, Ambergris.
I win my bet
Hopefully you will give us a new update, Robin.
This could be really good. It’s also nice that it’s from one of the more afforable brands.
And it comes in 30 ml 😃
I want to be an anomaly!!!
I will test my sample again tomorrow. First time I sampled it… I couldn’t smell a darned thing. Not a thing. Sample direct from ELDO.
Yikes! Let us know how it goes!