Yes, the scent is designed to be worn “on the pulse point between the thighs” and “activated” when you walk in an “intoxicating burst of fragrance”.
[...] According to Mouret, the fragrance is “a women’s perfume that men can wear – not unisex," and was created in a very instinctive way.
— Vogue explains the new Etat Libre d’Orange Une Amourette Roland Mouret. Read more at Roland Mouret's Fragrance Is To Be Worn Between Your Thighs.
Perfumer Antoine Lie talks about Etat Libre d'Orange Sécretions Magnifiques.
French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange will launch Une Amourette, a new fragrance made in collaboration with French fashion designer Roland Mouret…
What is it: a 100 ml bottle of Etat Libre d’Orange You or Someone Like You, used lightly for testing.
How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment on the website telling me that you live in the US (or that you can provide a US mailing address). Then tell me either a) your favorite fragrance inspired by a work of fiction, or b) your favorite Etat Libre d’Orange fragrance, or c) something else you’ve been dying to post in a comment.
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And the raw materials Caroline used are irrelevant. The scent is the scent. If you need to know what’s in it, “You” is probably not for you.1
That’s Chandler Burr, who is familiar to perfumistas as the author of Emperor of Scent and The Perfect Scent, as the New York Times’ perfume critic from 2006 through 2010, and as a “curator of olfactory art”. The “Caroline” is perfumer Caroline Sabas. The “You” is You or Someone Like You, Burr’s new fragrance under the auspices of French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange, and named for Burr’s first novel. Unbeknownst to Burr, Etat Libre d’Orange did post a few of the fragrance notes online (rose, mint, herbs), but they were removed shortly after, and I can vouch for the fact that they were not all that helpful…