Transparent
Woody
Noteseucalyptusgarden mintgreen leavesmintpeppermintshisospearmintviolet leafwhite mint
Tags
#clean
#fresh
Style
unisex
Does Los Angeles have a scent? It’s impossible to say. So Etat Libre d’Orange collaborated with someone who knows all there is to know about perfumes as well as LA: a perfume critic-connoisseur-writer Chandler Burr and a perfumer Caroline Sabas.
You or Someone Like You is a fragrance that an LA woman might wear and it bears the title of Chandler’s recent novel, set in Los Angeles.
The perfume is freshness itself created from molecules one finds in mint, shiso, violets and citruses but not from essenses corresponding to any particular plant.
Call it naturally synthetic or synthetically natural but perumer created something nature hasn't, and it's fun.
***
Scent and Chemistry on You or Somebody Like You:
"The intelligent translation of a story's protagonist, especially one torn apart in cultural and personal identity, into a scent and the unusual shiso–green banana, herbal-vegetal harmonies make 'You Or Someone Like You' to us the most interesting and beautiful perfume of 2017 so far. More than that even an artistic masterpiece. Huge cudos to Caroline and Chandler."
***
Persolaise on You on Someone Like You (a 60 seconds review).
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
An afternoon reading beside an open door, with clipped herbs still on your hands. The mint-and-shiso freshness has a quietly alert quality: a scent for conversation at close quarters, where its leafy, slightly unusual character can register without demanding attention.
How to wear
Its transparent herbal character suits spring and summer, particularly mild to warm weather. Start with one or two sprays on the neck or forearms to keep the mint-and-leaf impression light. Apply to skin to let the softer woody aspect emerge; in heat, begin sparingly and reassess before adding more.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to crushed mint, leafy greens and aromatic freshness rather than sweetness or dense woods. Its transparent texture and vegetal edge will appeal to those who enjoy understated fragrances with an unconventional detail.
Release year
2017
The nose
Caroline Sabas is a fine-fragrance perfumer whose work spans designer and niche perfumery. For You or Someone Like You, she worked with Chandler Burr to translate a literary character into scent, creating an abstract green freshness rather than a literal portrait of a plant or place.
Collaborators
Chandler Burr, novelist and perfume critic, developed the concept and creative brief with Caroline Sabas. He supplied the imagined wearer—Anne Rosenbaum from his novel—and helped shape the fragrance as something she might choose, rather than a bottled reconstruction of Los Angeles.
Etat Libre d'Orange’s story
État Libre d’Orange treats perfume as a space for creative independence, combining unconventional ideas with irony and freedom of expression. Its restrained bottles leave the fragrance to carry the argument. Here, the house’s experimental spirit appears in an approachable green composition and a literary concept that resists conventional note-led storytelling.
You or Someone Like You’s concept
Named after Chandler Burr’s novel, the fragrance was imagined for Anne Rosenbaum, an Englishwoman living in the Hollywood Hills whose interests include literature and gardening. Étienne de Swardt invited Burr to move from criticism into creation, beginning a development process lasting more than two years. The result evokes her sensibility, not the literal smell of Los Angeles.
Extra info
The title comes directly from Chandler Burr’s novel. Although the official product presentation replaces a traditional note pyramid with his artistic statement, the house has discussed scent descriptors in its own editorials. Its fictional inspiration is a woman, but the fragrance is offered as unisex.
Featured in edits and sample packs
2020 Bestsellers | Uni
Noteseucalyptusgarden mintgreen leavesmintpeppermintshisospearmintviolet leafwhite mint
Tags
#clean
#fresh
Style
unisex
Does Los Angeles have a scent? It’s impossible to say. So Etat Libre d’Orange collaborated with someone who knows all there is to know about perfumes as well as LA: a perfume critic-connoisseur-writer Chandler Burr and a perfumer Caroline Sabas.
You or Someone Like You is a fragrance that an LA woman might wear and it bears the title of Chandler’s recent novel, set in Los Angeles.
The perfume is freshness itself created from molecules one finds in mint, shiso, violets and citruses but not from essenses corresponding to any particular plant.
Call it naturally synthetic or synthetically natural but perumer created something nature hasn't, and it's fun.
***
Scent and Chemistry on You or Somebody Like You:
"The intelligent translation of a story's protagonist, especially one torn apart in cultural and personal identity, into a scent and the unusual shiso–green banana, herbal-vegetal harmonies make 'You Or Someone Like You' to us the most interesting and beautiful perfume of 2017 so far. More than that even an artistic masterpiece. Huge cudos to Caroline and Chandler."
***
Persolaise on You on Someone Like You (a 60 seconds review).
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
An afternoon reading beside an open door, with clipped herbs still on your hands. The mint-and-shiso freshness has a quietly alert quality: a scent for conversation at close quarters, where its leafy, slightly unusual character can register without demanding attention.
How to wear
Its transparent herbal character suits spring and summer, particularly mild to warm weather. Start with one or two sprays on the neck or forearms to keep the mint-and-leaf impression light. Apply to skin to let the softer woody aspect emerge; in heat, begin sparingly and reassess before adding more.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to crushed mint, leafy greens and aromatic freshness rather than sweetness or dense woods. Its transparent texture and vegetal edge will appeal to those who enjoy understated fragrances with an unconventional detail.
Release year
2017
The nose
Caroline Sabas is a fine-fragrance perfumer whose work spans designer and niche perfumery. For You or Someone Like You, she worked with Chandler Burr to translate a literary character into scent, creating an abstract green freshness rather than a literal portrait of a plant or place.
Collaborators
Chandler Burr, novelist and perfume critic, developed the concept and creative brief with Caroline Sabas. He supplied the imagined wearer—Anne Rosenbaum from his novel—and helped shape the fragrance as something she might choose, rather than a bottled reconstruction of Los Angeles.
Etat Libre d'Orange’s story
État Libre d’Orange treats perfume as a space for creative independence, combining unconventional ideas with irony and freedom of expression. Its restrained bottles leave the fragrance to carry the argument. Here, the house’s experimental spirit appears in an approachable green composition and a literary concept that resists conventional note-led storytelling.
You or Someone Like You’s concept
Named after Chandler Burr’s novel, the fragrance was imagined for Anne Rosenbaum, an Englishwoman living in the Hollywood Hills whose interests include literature and gardening. Étienne de Swardt invited Burr to move from criticism into creation, beginning a development process lasting more than two years. The result evokes her sensibility, not the literal smell of Los Angeles.
Extra info
The title comes directly from Chandler Burr’s novel. Although the official product presentation replaces a traditional note pyramid with his artistic statement, the house has discussed scent descriptors in its own editorials. Its fictional inspiration is a woman, but the fragrance is offered as unisex.
Featured in edits and sample packs
2020 Bestsellers | Uni