Etat Libre d'OrangeUnisex Parfum Archives 69 1.7 OZ

With a name like this one might have expected Etat Libre D'Orange to bewanting to lead us by the kaftan down some day-glo Summer-Of-Love hippietrail. Far from it. 'Archives 69' turns out to be a smoky, vegetal littlenumber whose dry incense notes speak more to the echoing aisles of ornateItalian Baroque church interiors than it would to the Woodstock Generation.Rather more Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers than Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit!Somehow outside of time and simply beautiful.Recommended.