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Les Liquides Imaginaires · 2019
Beaute du Diable
Longevity
Long-lastingabout 3 in 5 of 51 people
Projection
Variesreports split · 47 people
Worn by
Everyonemost often worn by
woody
grounded
herbal gin cocktail, smoky woody dark resin
Scent Notes
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What the community says
Spicy and soft, with a dark side
Scendira's summary of what people post on perfume review sites and Reddit, updated 25 Oct 2026: 51 describe how long it lasts, 47 how far it projects and 29 how it smells. Most other posts only name Beaute du Diable.
How long it lasts51 people
Leans long-lasting
about 3 in 5 say it lasts a long time
In words
About 3 in 5 people who describe Beaute du Diable say it lasts a long time.
How far it projects47 people
Mixed reports on projection
about half say it projects strongly
about 1 in 3 say it projects moderately
In words
Reports are mixed: about half say it projects strongly, and about 1 in 3 say it projects moderately.
Read what people say
Reddit threads about it
Also worth knowing
Compliments
7%
7% of people get compliments when they wear it (28).
Typical perfume we track: 8%.
Summary in words
Les Liquides Imaginaires Beaute du Diable: what people say about it.
In short: Spicy and soft, with a dark side.
Worn by everyone.
Leans long-lasting (51 people): About 3 in 5 people who describe Beaute du Diable say it lasts a long time.
Mixed reports on projection (47 people): Reports are mixed: about half say it projects strongly, and about 1 in 3 say it projects moderately.
7% of people get compliments when they wear it (28).
Each person counts once per topic. Reported experiences, not verified purchases; skin, climate and batch change how a scent wears.
Community data through .
How we count
- It sums up what 90+ people have said about this perfume in community discussions and perfume reviews, up to 25 Oct 2026.
- Each person counts once per topic, however often they posted. A count or bar only appears once enough people have described that topic.
- These are reported experiences, not verified-purchase reviews or a rating. Skin, climate and batch all change how a scent wears.
- Scendira’s AI reads each review and post and tags what it says (how long it lasts, how far it projects, how it smells). We count each person once per topic; the sentences here are written from those counts.
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Les Liquides Imaginaires Beaute du Diable comes across as herbal gin cocktail, smoky woody dark resin. It opens with gin, absinth and bitter orange, moves into clove, carnation and geranium and settles on gaiac wood, cistus and Haitian vetiver. It reads unisex.
It is best in spring, fall and winter and is easy to wear day or night. A good pick for casual days. Released in 2019.
In the community's experience it lasts through a full day, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something woody and grounded for casual days.
- Sample first if: spicy is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike floral fragrances.
Around $285.
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The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
The Brand
Les Liquides Imaginaires
Les Liquides Imaginaires is a Paris niche house built on conceptual perfumery: each release is composed around a theme (the sacred, the seductive, the cursed). 35 Les Liquides Imaginaires perfumes are catalogued, spanning about $89 to $285 in price. People discussing this house most often name Les Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête, Les Liquides Imaginaires Dom Rosa or Les Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood.
What the picks smell like
Les Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête (EDP, 2021) reads as creamy milk pudding warmed by cocoa and vanilla, drying down to tonka bean, vanilla and cocoa. Les Liquides Imaginaires Dom Rosa (2013) comes across as sparkling grapefruit, pear and rose with warm incense, opening on champagne and grapefruit. For Les Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood (2013), expect smoky red wine cherries, rose and violets over oak.
If you like what you see here, gourmand perfumes and floral perfumes are good next stops, and the Scendira brands page has the rest.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like herbal gin cocktail, smoky woody dark resin. It opens with gin, absinth and bitter orange, moves into clove, carnation and geranium and settles on gaiac wood, cistus and Haitian vetiver.
In the community's experience it lasts through a full day, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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