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Rose Noire 1985 Parfum de Toilette

7.1 / 10 20 Ratings
A perfume by Giorgio Valenti for women, released in 1985. The scent is powdery-floral. It is being marketed by Parour.
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Main accords

Powdery
Floral
Oriental
Spicy
Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
GeraniumGeranium RoseRose BergamotBergamot JasmineJasmine
Heart Notes Heart Notes
SandalwoodSandalwood VetiverVetiver IrisIris
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber VanillaVanilla MuskMusk OakmossOakmoss
Ratings
Scent
7.120 Ratings
Longevity
7.918 Ratings
Sillage
7.916 Ratings
Bottle
5.320 Ratings
Submitted by Ingepetra · last update on 12/09/2024.
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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Awesomeness

247 Reviews
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Very helpful Review 5  
Cheap Thrill ... but get Habanita or Encre Noire instead
Rose Noire falls into the category of fragrances you might call 'Cheap Thrills.'

Rose Noire opens with a punchy geranium that can be a little difficult to take, but Rose Noire eventually settles down and wears like a powdery old-fashioned rose with vetiver. Rose Noire is strong, it's pronounced, and it's not meant to be worn by kids. It's also cheap - $13 for a 100ml bottle, so who can complain.

Rose Noire is less of a powerhouse than the fragrance it reminds me of -- Molinard Habanita -- but stronger than the well-done Lalique Encre Noire. Rose Noire is not as good as either, of course. On the rare occasions that I wear this, I wear it to bed, lightly sprayed as a mist walk-through.

Rose Noire is one of the better buys under $25. However, I think the money would be better spent on one of the fragrances mentioned above, because, quite frankly, neither Habanita nor Encre Noire is terribly expensive but are so much better.

Thankfully, Rose Noire does not contain accords of berries, fruit, or spice, which I have seen listed at other fragrance websites. Perhaps one of the other Valenti fragrances does (Absolue?), but the Rose Noire femme most certainly does not.
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Peanut

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Top Review 15  
What a loud thing you are??
Goodness, what a curiosity!

The packaging looks like the cover of a Baccara pulp novel. And that's no exaggeration! The bottle is a frizzy mix of wannabe Lancôme and 80s department store cosmetics for more mature folks. Again, no exaggeration! And the content-

Top note shamelessly copied from YSL "Rive Gauche": An aldehydic powderiness that is hard to grasp. The heart shamelessly copied from YSL "Paris": A lot of rose soap and antiquated romance. With a ton of very cheap and somewhat stale baby powder on top. In the base, just a piercing powder shock.

Rose Noire??? Yeah, right. This is a sharp-synthetic powder monster without any sense of shame! I have no idea when one should wear something like this. Maybe if you want to make yourself look infinitely older? If you're keen on a dry throat and coughing fits?

But the stuff is interesting, no question about it.
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Scorpio

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Very helpful Review 13  
In the Chains of Passion
My dear swan, this is really a bizarre thing. Just the box alone! Pure 80s vibe. And then this screechingly pink glitter rose on the bottle. Like a kitsch novel to spray on. The beautiful Rose Noir in her latest tear-jerker "In the Chains of Passion," or something like that.

This scent is truly intense. I've never smelled a comparable powder note. It's as if a gigantic, pink powder puff has been slapped right in your face, and again, and one more time. SLAP - SLAP - SLAP. After that, everything gets thoroughly rubbed in with rose soap RUB RUB and then another hit of powder on top. Help help!! Just too much of a good thing. And it gets worse over time. Suddenly, I saw her before me. Like a pink marzipan loaf in a robe that is from another world. Plus a five-strand pearl necklace, aquamarine blue painted eyes, and a hat as big as a wagon wheel. Barbara Cartland! This scent, published under her name, would have fit like the proverbial glove.

Whatever, off to the souk with the "beautiful" Rose Noir. SLAP!
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Minigolf

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Helpful Review 8  
...shrill, colorful, GOOD....
....and slightly daring. First of all, the color of this rose is "Magenta," a special blend of red and blue. Then it has a lasting and enduring scent like one of those "old roses" in castle gardens.
And it has no shortage of thorns on its sprawling bush.
It has a few friends in its surroundings: May I introduce... Mr. Vetyver. He comes across slightly crunchy and rough-dark.
Next to him is Mrs. Sandal in a wood-brown patterned dress, exuding a scent that could stand alone as a perfume.
Then, slightly in the background, Madame Jasmine with her daughter Bergamot, vibrant in her youthfulness, alongside her friend Iris, who has donned a lightly woody powder scent.
Amber must not be missing, along with her sister Vanilla, both very warm-hearted and usually in good spirits.
Gardener Moss provides a green, soft base, as he likes oaks.
All together they form a lively, slightly shrill and colorful group, where everyone has something to say. And Mrs. Rose, in her floral-patterned pantsuit that matches her name, loves them all because they provide her with entertaining, pleasant company...
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Lissy

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Rose Noir
this scent is a very special case, I discovered it by chance
and took a quick sniff aha Rose but sharp.
I thought for a moment the price didn’t make me think too much
“do I want it”
Once I got home, I realized what a special treasure
I had in my shopping bag.

This scent overwhelms me,.......... it is just so sexy !!!!!!!

Hello chikkas !!! get yourselves this Superwoman Elixir!!... and put it
behind your ear ......and it will sizzle.....worse than Etna.
And don’t say later I didn’t warn you !!!!!
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dark rose
rises from mystical depths
colorful sweet companions
take away its seriousness
grounded in lovely warmth
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