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01/19/2019
Chanelle
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The little black one and the velvet gloves
As an old LPRN fan girl I am of course not quite objective. I loved this series from the 1st hour (2009), even though there were a few descendants with whom I didn't get along so well: Hippie Chic, for example (the red Grütze), and there were also some that I liked especially and chose as signatures at times: Black Perfecto, for example, the misunderstood one. Of course, it's not nice to see LPRN being exploited as much as other blockbuster scents these days, but money makes the world go 'round. And besides, everyone's supposed to get their own LPRN: From gourmand lovers to biker brides to classical music lovers.
That's where we've arrived now.
The new small black is the noble version of this fragrance, the less girly-glucksende - more deer-eyed-soft variety of cherryrose.
Okay, don't forget: We're still at La Petite Robe Noire, not a ladylike chypre or a delicate feminine flower scent. A little bit LPRN Velours still makes it crack, but quieter, softer. Not Chinaboeller, but... Big pea, maximum.
It begins typically sweet cherry, but as a successful surprise I smell almost immediately a soft, velvety Mitsouko bond (which is unfortunately transient, like everything beautiful, fragile)! If this isn't a cross-generational LPRN, I'm swallowing a tonka bean, unchewed.
The sweetness then also decreases and a powdery generality develops, with which the previous sister fragrances could not come up.
I practically don't feel it scratchy or smoky, but I can't make out a single violet. I think the rose is clearer.
All in all it has the well-known presence and durability, even after 8 hours I can still perceive it. More delicate and supple than any other LPRN, but noticeably/smellably related.
That's where we've arrived now.
The new small black is the noble version of this fragrance, the less girly-glucksende - more deer-eyed-soft variety of cherryrose.
Okay, don't forget: We're still at La Petite Robe Noire, not a ladylike chypre or a delicate feminine flower scent. A little bit LPRN Velours still makes it crack, but quieter, softer. Not Chinaboeller, but... Big pea, maximum.
It begins typically sweet cherry, but as a successful surprise I smell almost immediately a soft, velvety Mitsouko bond (which is unfortunately transient, like everything beautiful, fragile)! If this isn't a cross-generational LPRN, I'm swallowing a tonka bean, unchewed.
The sweetness then also decreases and a powdery generality develops, with which the previous sister fragrances could not come up.
I practically don't feel it scratchy or smoky, but I can't make out a single violet. I think the rose is clearer.
All in all it has the well-known presence and durability, even after 8 hours I can still perceive it. More delicate and supple than any other LPRN, but noticeably/smellably related.
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