Madame Isabelle La Rive
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Tour de Dupe: Season 5
Oh dear - this station has been the most challenging so far. Madame Isabelle has yet to captivate me, perhaps because I have never liked the original from Chanel. Unlike with Chatte, my aversion has remained, although I find Madame Isabelle better and more wearable than the original. If the La Rive variant were released as an Eau de Cologne, the hype would probably be huge.
I find this version very wearable and less shrill and less over-the-top than the original. Unfortunately, it lasts very poorly on me. 2 hours and… almost gone. So it’s more suitable for 35 degrees in the shade or very short outings.
In fact, Isabelle is less madam-like than her name suggests: she spins around quite sexily, carefree, fresh, fruity, and powdery. As mentioned above, she runs out of steam pretty quickly… although that’s not entirely true: Isabelle just becomes so close to the skin so quickly that the environment doesn’t really notice her anymore. Unless one approaches the Isabelle wearer in a very un-madam-like way (and I could imagine that THIS could also be a goal).
She radiates good vibes and even laughs. So the money spent here is well - and at a reasonable amount - invested. But the spark just doesn’t quite ignite for me. Maybe it’s because the main statement of Madame Isabelle/Coco Mademoiselle doesn’t resonate with me at all and therefore doesn’t appeal to me.
But maybe it’s also because I - traumatized by Coco M. - always perceive scents of this kind as particularly penetratingly shrill giggling girls of various ages, who stand out more for their silliness than for style or sophistication.
My love-hate relationship with Sarah Kern would probably make her liiiiiive it *scream*, I can very well imagine Anouschka Renzi with it *pouty face* or even various (ex-)WAGs (obviously now a job title) probably guzzling it by the bottle *puts on giant sunglasses*.
Coco M. was, in my opinion, the first mass fragrance from Chanel. It hit like a bomb, and the hype was enormous, as were the scent clouds. Finally, Chanel had something for the young, the trendy, the fashion-conscious students, the young-at-heart generations of the 1950s-60s, and so on. The scent itself has never convinced me and has always felt too girly. Loud, shrill, annoying, cheap.
La Rive has toned all of this down to a truly bearable level, which clearly makes Madame Isabelle the better Mademoiselle for me. At times, I even find it almost herbal, and it is wearable without being irritating. Good!
I find this version very wearable and less shrill and less over-the-top than the original. Unfortunately, it lasts very poorly on me. 2 hours and… almost gone. So it’s more suitable for 35 degrees in the shade or very short outings.
In fact, Isabelle is less madam-like than her name suggests: she spins around quite sexily, carefree, fresh, fruity, and powdery. As mentioned above, she runs out of steam pretty quickly… although that’s not entirely true: Isabelle just becomes so close to the skin so quickly that the environment doesn’t really notice her anymore. Unless one approaches the Isabelle wearer in a very un-madam-like way (and I could imagine that THIS could also be a goal).
She radiates good vibes and even laughs. So the money spent here is well - and at a reasonable amount - invested. But the spark just doesn’t quite ignite for me. Maybe it’s because the main statement of Madame Isabelle/Coco Mademoiselle doesn’t resonate with me at all and therefore doesn’t appeal to me.
But maybe it’s also because I - traumatized by Coco M. - always perceive scents of this kind as particularly penetratingly shrill giggling girls of various ages, who stand out more for their silliness than for style or sophistication.
My love-hate relationship with Sarah Kern would probably make her liiiiiive it *scream*, I can very well imagine Anouschka Renzi with it *pouty face* or even various (ex-)WAGs (obviously now a job title) probably guzzling it by the bottle *puts on giant sunglasses*.
Coco M. was, in my opinion, the first mass fragrance from Chanel. It hit like a bomb, and the hype was enormous, as were the scent clouds. Finally, Chanel had something for the young, the trendy, the fashion-conscious students, the young-at-heart generations of the 1950s-60s, and so on. The scent itself has never convinced me and has always felt too girly. Loud, shrill, annoying, cheap.
La Rive has toned all of this down to a truly bearable level, which clearly makes Madame Isabelle the better Mademoiselle for me. At times, I even find it almost herbal, and it is wearable without being irritating. Good!
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My love-hate relationship with Sarah Kern would probably make her liiiiiove it *screams*, and I can totally picture Anouschka Renzi with it *pouts*, or even various (ex-)WAGs (clearly now a job title) probably guzzling it by the bottle *puts on giant sunglasses*.
I’m dying 😂. Brilliant comment!