La Petite Robe Noire Guerlain perfume. This is the fragrance that started it all. I know that a lot of fellow Guerlain fans strongly dislike La Petite Robe Noire, but it has a very special place in my heart.

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It kickstarted my interest in Guerlain fragrances (perhaps the intention of the company.. This led to a redefining of my tastes in perfume.

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I went from loving fragrances such as Viva La Juicy to classics like Vol de Nuit and discovering perfume beyond the mainstream world. I learned how to pick out notes in perfumery and identified my favorite ones. And I honed in on my absolute favorite type of fragrance: sweet and powdery. What sold me on LPRN was its complexity, the very distinct stages of development it undergoes, and most importantly, the soft, powdery vanillic base, which I realized after trying L'Heure Bleue, Vol de Nuit, and Shalimar Parfum Initial, that this was the famous Guerlinade.

Never have I used a sample up so quickly, and never did I crave and desire a perfume as much as I did with LPRN…I was so desperate to have it, I bought my first bottle at Sephora, full price! Showtime Full Attack Of The Herbals Online Free. A Lonely Place To Die Full Movie Part 1 on this page. LPRN quickly replaced my former all- time favorite perfume, D& G The One, which I ended up totally disliking (the peach note was sickly sweet and incredibly artificial, overwhelming the warm vanilla base to my nose, sadly!) This is the only perfume I have ever finished a bottle of. Since LPRN I have acquired and/or tested perfumes that come so close to my idea of the perfect perfume for myself (powdery, cosmetic inspired, floral, and sweet with a modern- meets- retro feel and containing most of my favorite notes): Terry de Gunzberg Ombre Mercure, Love, Chloe Eau Intense, Frederic Malle Lipstick Rose, and Chanel Misia. But they are not Guerlains. And LPRN remains my signature, even though it doesn’t fit the bill. And it doesn’t matter to me.

Why? I’ll explain: My mom is always taking full advantage of my “large” perfume collection (she only owns just one bottle of perfume at a time). She’ll grab any bottle off my vanity, almost everything in perfumery smells good to her. But she *never* touches LPRN because she knows it’s my “favorite”, as much as she adores the scent. Even my baby brother and my friends have said that my car smells like LPRN, even though I wear different perfumes daily!

Also, I apply just a couple spritzes of perfume on my arms every day, so it’s very rare for me to get comments but LPRN is one of the very few that seems to get noticed and complimented on (and the most often too!) by coworkers. So it truly is a fragrance that people associate with me. LPRN opens with a blast of cherry and red berries. Watch Life`S Blood Online Forbes. Not sickeningly sweet or medicinal whatsoever to my nose (trust me, I work in a pharmacy!) Bergamot adds freshness, the almonds contribute powder, the vanilla and tonka some sweetness, the licorice and anise a slight spicy nuance, the roses a floral touch. Very complex and layered, with distinct stages of development. At the final stage, the drydown, is the signature luscious, powdery sweet, almost gourmand Guerlinade.

You can still get whiffs of the opening every now and then though. It lasts all day on my skin, and I can smell the heavenly drydown into the next day. One of the best perfumes in terms of longevity that I’ve ever tried. Good sillage too, I can easily smell it on myself throughout the day. Although LPRN is marketed towards young women, I feel it is ageless. I am in Guerlain’s target demographic for the fragrance but I can see myself wearing it 2. And as mainstream as it seems (a fruity floral with patchouli, a dime a dozen at your local department store), the composition’s “long- term freshness” (which Luca Turin notes is a characteristic that Thierry Wasser excels at) juxtaposed with the fruity sweetness and most importantly, the heavy dose of Guerlinade, separates it from everything else in that category.

Plus, LPRN is so versatile to me- I can wear it anytime, anywhere. Day or night, hot or cold, no matter what I’m wearing. Is it the first perfume that comes to mind when choosing a perfume to wear with a little black dress (or anything fancy)? Honestly, I’d consider Guerlain classics such as Shalimar, L’Heure Bleue, Vol de Nuit, Nahema, or Chamade first, or even the very recent (and also highly underrated) Insolence.

Nevertheless, I have worn it at night and/or for special occasions, even layering it with L’Heure Bleue quite a few times (gasp!)The name and bottle panders to the target demographic. The bottle is the classic heart- shaped stopper bottle used for two legendary Guerlains, Mitsouko and L’Heure Bleue, but given a makeover with a purple/mauve ombre, cute LBD motif, and a pink ribbon with the brand’s name on the neck. It bolsters LPRN’s modern- meets- retro aesthetic. But Guerlain could’ve dumped the juice into the ugliest bottle in history and named it anything else but I know it wouldn’t affect or change my perception of this perfume. In summary, La Petite Robe Noire is for the woman who adores vintage glamour, but doesn’t (or can’t) go full- on Dita Von Teese every day. Jeans are one of her favorite things to wear (unlike Dita who doesn’t own any), but no matter what, she is always polished and well- groomed. She greatly admires and embraces retro beauty and fashion, but incorporates modern ideas and trends into her aesthetic as well.

Her style is chic and sophisticated, but a little quirky too. That describes me to the T. COMPARISONS: Vs. Lolita Lempicka: LPRN is often compared to Lolita Lempicka because they share cherry, licorice, almond, and anise yet they are still so different from each other. Lolita Lempicka is a lot more gourmand and linear from start to finish. It doesn’t read as very fresh either, plus it lacks one of the definitive characteristics of LPRN: Guerlinade. Vs. Chantal Thomass EDP: This is a lot closer to LPRN because it contains cherries AND red berries, which I realized play a bigger role in LPRN than I thought before trying CT. CT has heliotrope though, and smells a lot fruitier, and of course it too lacks Guerlinade and Thierry Wasser’s signature lasting freshness.

Vs. EDT and flankers: EDT smells identical to EDP. Couture and Eau Fraiche smell incredibly similar as well but Couture seems to have more patchouli while Eau Fraiche seems to be even more, well, fresh. I need to retest to confirm that it is nuttier. Guerlain Recommendations: Other sweet and powdery modern Guerlains to look into are Shalimar Parfum Initial (recently discontinued), Insolence, My Insolence, French Kiss, L’Instant Magic (also recently D/C), L’Heure de Nuit, and Guet Apens/Attrape Coeur/Vol de Nuit Evasion (all 3 sadly VHTF).