This woman is on a journey, a quest to discover the answer to that eternal mystery – where is love? She peels away the layers of her private needs, her personal longings. She follows an instinctive path, to that place where now meets then, and she recognizes that the answer was there all along. And how does it feel, to find the scent that brings you home? Like this.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a scent for close quarters and unguarded company, when the room is warm and conversation has slowed to something personal. It gives off the feeling of a lived-in sweater, a kitchen after dusk, a presence that is soft-spoken but memorable.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or in air-conditioned spaces, where its ginger, pumpkin and immortelle can bloom without becoming heavy. Apply lightly to let the sweet-edible facets stay intimate; on skin it reads warm and comforting, while in the air the vetiver keeps the trail dry and composed.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like niche fragrances with a comforting, edible warmth and a slightly unconventional edge. It will appeal to those drawn to spicy gourmands, dry immortelle, soft woods and scents that feel personal rather than loud.
Release year
2010
The nose
Mathilde Bijaoui is known for composing fragrances with a clear, tactile sense of texture and an instinct for unusual contrasts. Her work often balances comfort with a slightly offbeat twist, which suits Like This especially well: the scent turns pumpkin, ginger and immortelle into something tender, dry and quietly luminous. She was chosen by Etienne de Swardt for her talent and given creative freedom on the project. In Like This, her synaesthetic approach is often noted in the way immortelle is treated with a warm, orange-toned glow, helping the fragrance feel both edible and woody at once.
Collaborators
Etienne de Swardt shaped the concept and creative direction, bringing Etat Libre d'Orange's provocative, rule-breaking spirit to the project while steering it toward a more intimate idea of comfort. Tilda Swinton collaborated directly on the brief and imagery, helping define the fragrance as a search for the feeling of home and lending the perfume its distinctive artistic identity.
Etat Libre d'Orange’s story
Etat Libre d'Orange builds fragrances as acts of freedom: original, ironic, emotionally direct and unconcerned with convention. The house favors contrast, wit and expressive compositions that feel more like statements of personality than polished crowd-pleasers.
Like This’s concept
Like This was launched in 2010 as a collaboration with Tilda Swinton, inspired by the idea of finding the scent of home. Its concept draws on a Rumi poem recited by Swinton, and the composition was built around a comforting, slightly surreal blend of ginger, pumpkin, immortelle and neroli, with vetiver grounding the sweetness.
Extra info
It was the brand's second celebrity fragrance, following Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection. The perfume is closely tied to Tilda Swinton's recitation of the Rumi poem that shares its name, and it is often discussed for its unusual use of pumpkin in a fine fragrance context.
Celebrity connection
Tilda Swinton is the fragrance's central celebrity collaborator and public face, contributing directly to its concept and artistic framing.
This woman is on a journey, a quest to discover the answer to that eternal mystery – where is love? She peels away the layers of her private needs, her personal longings. She follows an instinctive path, to that place where now meets then, and she recognizes that the answer was there all along. And how does it feel, to find the scent that brings you home? Like this.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a scent for close quarters and unguarded company, when the room is warm and conversation has slowed to something personal. It gives off the feeling of a lived-in sweater, a kitchen after dusk, a presence that is soft-spoken but memorable.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or in air-conditioned spaces, where its ginger, pumpkin and immortelle can bloom without becoming heavy. Apply lightly to let the sweet-edible facets stay intimate; on skin it reads warm and comforting, while in the air the vetiver keeps the trail dry and composed.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like niche fragrances with a comforting, edible warmth and a slightly unconventional edge. It will appeal to those drawn to spicy gourmands, dry immortelle, soft woods and scents that feel personal rather than loud.
Release year
2010
The nose
Mathilde Bijaoui is known for composing fragrances with a clear, tactile sense of texture and an instinct for unusual contrasts. Her work often balances comfort with a slightly offbeat twist, which suits Like This especially well: the scent turns pumpkin, ginger and immortelle into something tender, dry and quietly luminous. She was chosen by Etienne de Swardt for her talent and given creative freedom on the project. In Like This, her synaesthetic approach is often noted in the way immortelle is treated with a warm, orange-toned glow, helping the fragrance feel both edible and woody at once.
Collaborators
Etienne de Swardt shaped the concept and creative direction, bringing Etat Libre d'Orange's provocative, rule-breaking spirit to the project while steering it toward a more intimate idea of comfort. Tilda Swinton collaborated directly on the brief and imagery, helping define the fragrance as a search for the feeling of home and lending the perfume its distinctive artistic identity.
Etat Libre d'Orange’s story
Etat Libre d'Orange builds fragrances as acts of freedom: original, ironic, emotionally direct and unconcerned with convention. The house favors contrast, wit and expressive compositions that feel more like statements of personality than polished crowd-pleasers.
Like This’s concept
Like This was launched in 2010 as a collaboration with Tilda Swinton, inspired by the idea of finding the scent of home. Its concept draws on a Rumi poem recited by Swinton, and the composition was built around a comforting, slightly surreal blend of ginger, pumpkin, immortelle and neroli, with vetiver grounding the sweetness.
Extra info
It was the brand's second celebrity fragrance, following Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection. The perfume is closely tied to Tilda Swinton's recitation of the Rumi poem that shares its name, and it is often discussed for its unusual use of pumpkin in a fine fragrance context.
Celebrity connection
Tilda Swinton is the fragrance's central celebrity collaborator and public face, contributing directly to its concept and artistic framing.