La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto Florale

I decided to rewrite the comment about this perfume because I realized that I had talked more about the funny situation the perfume generated and less about the smell. And somehow in the final was understood that I, who am not a Guerlain fan, and I do not consider that it is a brand that creates for a typology of strong and modern woman, I love this perfume and so it is extraordinary, no. It is better than the EDP version which is disastrously sweet with a plastic cherry covering any trace of skin or tea. This variant has a stronger rose, a combination in fact, but it smells like pretty fresh roses, garden one being the predominant, but here I can feel the Swedish bitter type of smell, maybe from almond black tea combination, I can feel the leather, it's a suede type, and I feel a somehow green note. It's not a miraculous perfume, but it's not something a woman in a suit can't wear, the original and Black Perfecto EDP are not to be worn in that situation, because that sweetness and the cherry that I feel here too, but it's much more temperated , contradicts the image of sobriety and power of a suit. In this case, it doesn't contradict it, but it doesn't propel it either, it's somehow neutral. I like it over all, I didn't make a passion for it, I will probably not buy it again but I would wear this bottle till I will finish it. It's give me the sensation of Fendi L' acquarrosa EDT, the same spicy rose, but BP EDT is less sweet and calmer in the projection of the rose, while Fendi is more wild with the rose, sweater, but has a masculine downnote that I like it more. Over all, it's not a bad thing, it's a perfume that worked more could lead to a more interesting direction. Maybe G will decide to make some perfumes on the typology of a more warrior powerful woman and could star from this one, it could be Ma petite armure, I would be the first customer.

Perfume-y LEATHER ROSE & ALMOND. Overall a rose fragrance, the other notes accentuate the darker facets of rose delivering a long-stemmed 'black' rose that is standing in a perfume decanter. Opens with rose water that sinks into a deeper rose with almond-extract accents, riding on a musky, tannic leather base with black-tea tannin accents. All along there is a perfume-y quality carrying all of the notes, and the result is a much lighter feel than what you would expect from darker notes. Here and there you will catch glimpses of familiar elements. The rose here is deep and velvety with some near-iris accents (not listed). The rose-leather combo reminds me of Habit Rouge EDP Guerlain, another rose-leather combo from Guerlain, although this is much lighter and more feminine. The perfume that all the elements are swimming in smells something like Coco Mademoiselle Chanel EDT, and this is a similar overall vibe of light, powdery-rose, 'perfume-y' feminine composition. In oversimplified terms, you might call this a leather Coco Mademoiselle. Although this has a light feel, it also has really good performance and could be worn year round, although the scent profile reads spring, summer & fall nights to my nose. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

The name is ridiculous and I'm not a big fan of the bottle, but this is one of the few fragrances I liked instantly. This was a blind buy and dirt cheap (22 €) so I wasn't going to be mad if I didn't like it, but surprisingly this is likely to become my signature in the autumn. I think the reason I like it so much is that there is something very similar about this to Anglomania by Vivienne Westwood, albeit this one lacks spices completely. Like Anglomania, this little flanker has tea and leather which I really like. On top of that this is quite rose heavy and rose is my all-time favourite note. I wouldn't describe this dark or edgy by any means. It's a soft, slightly creamy non-citrus rose scent which does not have patchouli unlike the original Black Perfecto. The longevity is surprisingly good for an edt. I'm going to be wearing this a lot once the weather turns cooler.

I was never a rose perfume person, although I do enjoy their fragrance as flowers. I feel like the scent doesn’t translate well in perfumes. LPRN Florale proved me wrong. The rose here is the smell of burgundy roses my grandma grows in her garden. A jam like sweetness, but deep, rounded, full flavored. At no point is this a watery, pale rose. No no no. I can smell the cherry, although not listed, it is a LPRN after all, but it is toned way down and only plays support adding a fruity edge. Vanilla is dripping all over the roses and the whole affair is wrapped in leather. The leather is soft, mellow, it reads almost as suede to my nose. Once in a while, probably with body temperature, the leather decides to take the lead and it is amplified to remind me this perfume wants to be taken seriously.

Ooh I have mixed feelings about this one. Let’s get on thing out of the way: this is NOT a safe blind buy. I bought this because it was at a really good price I didn’t mind it smelling bad. Now, it doesn’t smell bad, but it’s definitely really strong. For an EDT it lasts amazing and projects like crazy. But you do have to be a fan of leather to like this. And even then you might not like it. I’ve heard that it has cherry and smells like cherry a lot, but on Fragrantica it doesn’t list cherry as an ingredient. Either way, it does have a cherry/dark cherry/sour cherry smell to me. I barely get any rose. To me it just smells like cherry and leather. Predominately leather. I like it, but I’d have to be in the mood for a heavy fragrance to wear this.