The signature
Etat Libre d'Orange is a declaration of independence.
Etienne de Swardt has worked long years in the world of luxury perfume. Much of the work in recent years has been limited to simple, sterile fragrance expressions. Perfumes are designed with the aim of pleasing as many potential customers as possible, and this aim is based on the premise that customers want something easy and uncomplicated.
It was Etienne himself who formed his own house with the idea of starting a revolution. He wanted to create a challenging perfumery, to emancipate traditional olfactory expressions. He imagined perfumes that pushed the boundary of the obvious. Sometimes scandalous but always delicious. Perfumes with love for life.
The emblem
For Etienne, the three-coloured rosette is his symbol of freedom, his proclamation of difference. It appears as a seal, a commitment, at the end of all his perfumes.
