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Savoir-faire in a bottle
I was feeling bold enough to try something new whilst at the department store today, and sprayed myself with this generously. It could have gone horribly wrong, but I was pleasantly surprised seeing I have only gotten a few whiffs in passing of the EdP and EdT currently for sale.
I can only make some general comparisons, but Couture is definitely, decidedly darker than either, and completely devoid of any ditziness usually associated with fruity florals and found in the regular versions of LPRN. I am kind of surprised there is no liquorice listed in the official notes, but I suppose it is the intense mossy tonka-patchouli that gives LPRN Couture its depth and darkness; the regular versions are both far sweeter and lighter. I was actually kind of surprised to like them both AND Couture, seeing as I have come to dread rose, but this is a timely reminder that note lists do not make up for the experience of actually smelling a perfume. Also, a reminder that one should never write a perfume off based on its market profile (talking about the LPRN range generally here), as I had dismissed the range beforehand.
La Petite Robe Noire Couture opens with sweet raspberry somewhat tempered with bergamot -- the juicy kind, not the tangy. Patchouli and rose are discernible from the beginning, and rose becomes quite intense over the scent's development. Both are balanced, I think, by the mossy and patchouli notes. LPRN Couture is quite good as fruity florals go, retains a classical vibe (dare I say distinctly Guerlain?) while incorporating heaps of modern savoir-faire, and seems to last a good 5+ hours. Those who found the regular EdP and/or EdT disappointing might enjoy Couture, but you would have to like the basic idea of LPRN.
If I had to assign a personality to this perfume, LPRN Couture would be a model or a dancer, dismissed as a vapid creature of vanity, who nevertheless kept her eyes on the prize and became a successful business woman in her own right. I was somewhat thrown by how much I liked this, or maybe it is pleasure by association -- it had been a lovely day, and it kept on being lovely. Either way La Petite Robe Noire Couture will be associated with happy memories, and is definitely full-bottle worthy for me.
I can only make some general comparisons, but Couture is definitely, decidedly darker than either, and completely devoid of any ditziness usually associated with fruity florals and found in the regular versions of LPRN. I am kind of surprised there is no liquorice listed in the official notes, but I suppose it is the intense mossy tonka-patchouli that gives LPRN Couture its depth and darkness; the regular versions are both far sweeter and lighter. I was actually kind of surprised to like them both AND Couture, seeing as I have come to dread rose, but this is a timely reminder that note lists do not make up for the experience of actually smelling a perfume. Also, a reminder that one should never write a perfume off based on its market profile (talking about the LPRN range generally here), as I had dismissed the range beforehand.
La Petite Robe Noire Couture opens with sweet raspberry somewhat tempered with bergamot -- the juicy kind, not the tangy. Patchouli and rose are discernible from the beginning, and rose becomes quite intense over the scent's development. Both are balanced, I think, by the mossy and patchouli notes. LPRN Couture is quite good as fruity florals go, retains a classical vibe (dare I say distinctly Guerlain?) while incorporating heaps of modern savoir-faire, and seems to last a good 5+ hours. Those who found the regular EdP and/or EdT disappointing might enjoy Couture, but you would have to like the basic idea of LPRN.
If I had to assign a personality to this perfume, LPRN Couture would be a model or a dancer, dismissed as a vapid creature of vanity, who nevertheless kept her eyes on the prize and became a successful business woman in her own right. I was somewhat thrown by how much I liked this, or maybe it is pleasure by association -- it had been a lovely day, and it kept on being lovely. Either way La Petite Robe Noire Couture will be associated with happy memories, and is definitely full-bottle worthy for me.