Reviews of I Am Trash : Les Fleurs du Déchet by Etat Libre d'Orange
Starts with a soft, fruity smell combined with clean laundry musks. Feels unisex. I get hints of apple, citrus and strawberry from the fruit notes. Iso e super is very apparent. The strawberry note takes over as it dries down.
Besides the louder opening, projection is just average, which is still good for situations where you don't want to be a projection bomb. Decent longevity, should get you through most of a workday.
Besides the louder opening, projection is just average, which is still good for situations where you don't want to be a projection bomb. Decent longevity, should get you through most of a workday.
I Am Trash is quite something. It’s a slightly tarter version of Light Blue for women, reminiscent of more affordable fragrances but with a balanced and well-executed composition. It’s not too sour, sweet, or woody, and it avoids smelling cheap. If you’re looking for a tangy green apple scent, give this a try. It’s a refreshing break from all the sweet cotton candy and BR540-like fragrances on the market. This is a cheerful scent, great for summer, but with its tartness, you could wear it year-round and even make it your signature scent. I’d recommend picking it up from discounters. I've always wanted a stronger, more intense version of Light Blue, and this fits the bill perfectly. I just love the apple and crispness in this scent.
This is one my favourites from the brand.
This is one my favourites from the brand.
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TLDR The woody notes and Iso E Super keep the Apple from reading too adolescent.
As a teen in the 90s, my signature scent was BBW Country Apple. Now, as an adult, I have a hard time shaking the association between fruity or shampoo-y, apple scents and essentially, being a child. The woods in I Am Trash really round out the scent out and keep it from reading too juvenile.
I find it light and fresh enough for school, work and warmer months. Then, the woods give it enough warmth and body to make it through autumn.
As a teen in the 90s, my signature scent was BBW Country Apple. Now, as an adult, I have a hard time shaking the association between fruity or shampoo-y, apple scents and essentially, being a child. The woods in I Am Trash really round out the scent out and keep it from reading too juvenile.
I find it light and fresh enough for school, work and warmer months. Then, the woods give it enough warmth and body to make it through autumn.
Have this sample in my sample tune. I Am Trash kind of sounds like a turn off, I was delighted to find out it was very floral, roses, apples and more. I tested this on several times, I liked it several times. It doesn't have a long longevity or sillage. That's something to consider since the cost is moderately high and you will have to reapply. Would I purchase this perfume? Yes I think that I would. And telling friends the name...wouldn't that put them on their heads spinning for a moment? LOL!
UPDATE 10-8-2021: I went for the full bottle puchase and I love this fragrance! Often I'm asked what I'm wearing. I happily reply "I Am Trash". And as I suspected people look as me puzzled. :>)
Next full bottle from EDLO is La Fin Du Monde. It is often sold out on the EDLO website.
UPDATE 10-8-2021: I went for the full bottle puchase and I love this fragrance! Often I'm asked what I'm wearing. I happily reply "I Am Trash". And as I suspected people look as me puzzled. :>)
Next full bottle from EDLO is La Fin Du Monde. It is often sold out on the EDLO website.
I get a very sweet and juicy apple, and then something floral in the background. Later it becomes even more sweet, like the background florals turned into some more overripe fruit. Rotten fruit? Nah, probably not rotten, just close to it, but still good. Feels a bit like a fruity body spray from The Body Shop, but with some more funkiness underneath which makes it interesting. Fun and pretty scent, but not for me.
Even before I received a sample of this, I loved the concept of the perfume - an entreaty to our better selves to find the beauty in the stuff we usually throw away or regard as waste. The scent upcycles' waste materials left over from the process of making a perfume; wood pulp, orange peel, and so on. It made sense to me that Givaudan, the Swiss flavor and aroma giant, would be involved, since the company has all the waste materials required. Ogilvy, one of the world's biggest advertizing brands, was also on board, producing (I presume) the visually stunning video that accompanied the PR launch of the perfume.
Really, nothing in the marketing campaign for I Am Trash can be faulted: the video is compulsively watchable, with its rotting fruits and imploding vegetables, and the brand copy is peppered with gems such as this plea from Etienne de Swardt So before it's too late, let us (s)pray to the god of waste, our dear lord of leftovers. Ha! He sounds like he might have kids.
It's just that, how can I put this delicately, well, the perfume itself is nowhere near as interesting as its premise. The edgy reputation of Etat Libre d'Orange, the video, the brand copy they all set you up for an experience that just ain't delivered. I Am Trash smells exactly like those strawberry and apple-scented animal soaps The Body Shop used to sell in the 1980's and 1990's, stretched over a soapy Iso E Super base. And that's all, folks. Nothing more to see here. The perfect fruity floral, perhaps, for the Tinder generation, entirely used to not getting exactly what's been advertized.
Really, nothing in the marketing campaign for I Am Trash can be faulted: the video is compulsively watchable, with its rotting fruits and imploding vegetables, and the brand copy is peppered with gems such as this plea from Etienne de Swardt So before it's too late, let us (s)pray to the god of waste, our dear lord of leftovers. Ha! He sounds like he might have kids.
It's just that, how can I put this delicately, well, the perfume itself is nowhere near as interesting as its premise. The edgy reputation of Etat Libre d'Orange, the video, the brand copy they all set you up for an experience that just ain't delivered. I Am Trash smells exactly like those strawberry and apple-scented animal soaps The Body Shop used to sell in the 1980's and 1990's, stretched over a soapy Iso E Super base. And that's all, folks. Nothing more to see here. The perfect fruity floral, perhaps, for the Tinder generation, entirely used to not getting exactly what's been advertized.
Love love love this scent, and the cheeky name.
For me "I am Trash" is buoyant, bouncy, fresh, citrusy, a bit apple. This makes me happy when I wear it.
The sillage is quite low, I never get a single comment positive or negative, but I love it just the same.
For me "I am Trash" is buoyant, bouncy, fresh, citrusy, a bit apple. This makes me happy when I wear it.
The sillage is quite low, I never get a single comment positive or negative, but I love it just the same.
In the opening I get cedar & tart fruit, more citrus than strawberry to my nose, followed in short order by a jammy rose. And suddenly it smells exactly like Black XS pour Homme circa 2006! A scent that sure brings back some memories for me. The same woody fruitchouli vibe is there, & on looking up "akigala wood" online, I find that it's fractionated from patchouli oil, which explains what I'm smelling. Within half an hour, the fruit fades, & a pepper note adds a more savoury nuance. Three hours in, it's all soft, smooth woods with a hint of apple, fading out completely at the six-hour mark.
This is by no means an unpleasant scent, & contrary to what the name implies, I don't get any rotten fruit or suggestion of decay from it. It's definitely nothing new or special though, even if it did take me back to a special time & a special person in my life...
This is by no means an unpleasant scent, & contrary to what the name implies, I don't get any rotten fruit or suggestion of decay from it. It's definitely nothing new or special though, even if it did take me back to a special time & a special person in my life...
The overriding impression when you first spray is strawberries over apples but in a citric, not gourmand way -- it is bereft of sweetness and is in fact, quite sharp.
There is a fruity and smooth woody finish and well, it doesn't seem that 'trashy' to be honest.
A perfectly nice wear for both sexes but I'm left a little puzzled by the hype.
Having said that, the opening is on a scale with the fantastic Bendelerious from the same House.
There is a fruity and smooth woody finish and well, it doesn't seem that 'trashy' to be honest.
A perfectly nice wear for both sexes but I'm left a little puzzled by the hype.
Having said that, the opening is on a scale with the fantastic Bendelerious from the same House.
A clean cut marketing gimmick
Fleurs du Déchet/I am Trash is a pretty fragrance despite its name. It has a fruity and fresh opening dominated by strawberries before growing more abstract and blurred out.
The original ad copy referenced earthworms but there is absolutely nothing earthy or dirty about this scent which would have made it more interesting. I was imagining a little fermentation as well, like a touch of Byredo's Pulp. There's none of that. Instead, it's generically pleasant, clean and safe, leaning a little on the young side but not overly sweet. When I smell my wrist, the only thing I can think is, "entirely pointless."
But what of the scent's concept? Isn't there any value to its environmental message? I'm not going to belabour any criticism of the scent's marketing campaign, which leaves me smh. All I will say is the sample Luckyscent sent me came in two separate packages, one for the size of the sample enclosed within a needlessly large 10cmx10cm printed box covered in branding, which necessitated a larger shipping parcel. So much for championing the reduction of waste.
Fleurs du Déchet/I am Trash is a pretty fragrance despite its name. It has a fruity and fresh opening dominated by strawberries before growing more abstract and blurred out.
The original ad copy referenced earthworms but there is absolutely nothing earthy or dirty about this scent which would have made it more interesting. I was imagining a little fermentation as well, like a touch of Byredo's Pulp. There's none of that. Instead, it's generically pleasant, clean and safe, leaning a little on the young side but not overly sweet. When I smell my wrist, the only thing I can think is, "entirely pointless."
But what of the scent's concept? Isn't there any value to its environmental message? I'm not going to belabour any criticism of the scent's marketing campaign, which leaves me smh. All I will say is the sample Luckyscent sent me came in two separate packages, one for the size of the sample enclosed within a needlessly large 10cmx10cm printed box covered in branding, which necessitated a larger shipping parcel. So much for championing the reduction of waste.