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Rose Noire (Parfum de Toilette) by Giorgio Valenti

Rose Noire 1985 Parfum de Toilette

Peanut
09/03/2011 - 05:05 AM
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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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10 Comments
ZappergeckZappergeck 14 years ago
Does anyone know where to find it in Frankfurt? Karstadt didn't have it... and the huge Douglas didn't either...
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ScorpioScorpio 14 years ago
HAHA how awesome! I remember that little minx too. It smelled really quite tacky and powdery. Hatschi****
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PeetPeet 14 years ago
Hmm, probably another bad purchase, huh? ;)
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Medusa00Medusa00 14 years ago
LOL. Powder monster trophy
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FranFran 14 years ago
Completely perfectly described, that's exactly how it is. Hallelujah.
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TivellonTivellon 14 years ago
Great comment! Trophy for you and lots of love - Ti
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AmandanAmandan 14 years ago
Uh! And great comment (like all your comments)!
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AmandanAmandan 14 years ago
How so? What’s that? Is the stuff interesting? If it makes your throat dry and causes coughing, you probably can't really use it as a fragrance but more as a psychological test? ;-))
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FlorblancaFlorblanca 14 years ago
Well, I'm older, but I don't need it either. Nope, nope, and definitely not to be so heavily powdered... ;-))
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LissyLissy 14 years ago
Ha!!!!! Yeah, right!!! Great comment... but I love this stuff and don’t find it old-fashioned at all.
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