Memo Paris · 2013
Lalibela Oud
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
StrongFills most of the room
Polarising
Divisive
creamy coconut tea with smoky incense
Scent Notes
Gourmand
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About This Perfume
Lalibela Oud by Memo Paris is a Oriental fragrance for women and men. Lalibela Oud was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Alienor Massenet. Top notes are Coconut and Orchid; middle notes are Jasmine and Rose; base notes are Vanilla, Oud, Tobacco, Patchouli, Labdanum and Frankincense. When Lalibela veiled in oud, an amazing interlude for a journey of renewed pleasure. Memo Paris journeys are not always long. During brief yet extraordinary stopovers, a fragrance can be dreamed up for a limited edition. A place of pilgrimage and celebration, located at over 2,500 meters in altitude, the Christian city of Lalibela in Ethiopia is shrouded in mystery. Legend has it that angels came down from heaven to build its twelve churches, hewn from the rock, in a single night, in the 12th century. Lalibela is the scent of joyous fervor. The fragrance included Rose, Frankincense and Patchouli among its ingredients, its own way of prolonging the mystical moment.
Projection
Strong
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Memo Paris is a French niche house founded in 2007 by Clara and John Molloy; the concept is that every fragrance is a place, a "postcard" from Marfa, Inlé, Cuir Nomade, Italian Leather, African Leather. Scendira lists 82 Memo Paris fragrances with 38 in stock, priced $128 to $660. The catalogue leans fresh-unisex on average, but the two most-loved lines are the Cuirs Nomades leather series and the Graines Vagabondes oud-woody series. Community top five in stock: African Rose (spiced rose-leather-oud, 2019), Ithaque (citrus-cedar-blackcurrant, 2023), Palais Bourbon (vanilla incense woods, 2024), Cap Camarat (apple vanilla florals, 2026) and Shams Oud (oud incense ginger, 2011). If you want the house at its most-cited: Italian Leather, Marfa, Irish Leather, Inlé and the newer Palais Bourbon. Bottle format is a shaped square with a fabric-labelled emblem for each place.
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