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Elegant Woman La Rive 2023

6.5 / 10 81 Ratings

A perfume by La Rive for women, released in 2023. The scent is sweet-synthetic. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Synthetic

Floral

Spicy

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Saffron

Jasmine

Heart Notes

Amberwood

Ambergris

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Fir resin

Ratings

Scent

6.581 Ratings

Longevity

6.768 Ratings

Sillage

6.768 Ratings

Bottle

6.567 Ratings

Value for money

8.564 Ratings

Submitted by Itscoral, last update on 09/13/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum

Belle Icône

Rouge

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/15/2025

9Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Anismahmoud
9 Reviews

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Anismahmoud

Helpful Review 1

Very good alternative to Baccarat Rouge

The scent is truly a very good and affordable alternative to Baccarat Rouge by MFK. For just €7.45, you get a very sweet saffron note. I prefer this alternative to the Belle Icone for the simple reason that, in my opinion, it represents the fragrance better with all the sweet notes. I find the Belle Icone, in contrast, a bit fresher than the Elegant Woman and also than the Baccarat Rouge. However, the longevity is not the best, so I would recommend buying small 5ml spray bottles and filling the scent into them for on-the-go use; if it fades, just reapply.

05/06/2025

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

MajaDuft
105 Reviews

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MajaDuft

Helpful Review 2

Good Unisex Alternative to BR500, but it's a standalone scent

I bought Elegant Woman yesterday at the drugstore because I liked the DNA of Belle Icône so much that I also treated myself to the famous original Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum in 35ml.
Since I plan to use BR500 sparingly due to the price & it won't be oversprayed daily, I am happy about alternative fragrances that I can spray generously.
I don't just use fragrances for myself, but I also like to spray them on pillows or curtains.

About the scent
The fragrance cost me €6.95 at Dm for 100ml, the bottle somewhat resembles the original and is quite simple & straightforward.

After spraying, the DNA of Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum is clearly recognizable, yet something is missing and something has been added, making it not a copy but rather a related scent.
Of course, we don't have the intensity of Baccarat here; saffron dominates with jasmine undertones and has a nice fir resin touch in the dry down along with slightly woody notes.
The scent has a sweet and noble character with rich cotton candy undertones.
It doesn't smell cheap, which is the most important thing for me.
Compared to "Belle Icône | Câline," I prefer Belle Icône a bit more because of the candied strawberries. Thus, Elegant Woman & Belle Icône are related but different; I am glad to have both alongside the originals in my collection. I plan to spray them generously and will repurchase both drugstore fragrances because I like the DNA so much.

Both drugstore fragrances are unisex and can be sprayed by both genders, so please don't be misled by the name Elegant Woman.

Anyone who loves the Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum DNA and enjoys the scent will find Elegant Woman to be a standalone fragrance with a relation to the original.

11/28/2023

10Scent 8Longevity 10Sillage

Eriele
322 Reviews

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Eriele

Top Review 17

Summer Cousin

BR 540 divides opinions. Some celebrate the scent, while others condemn it. There’s no black or white here. But there’s also a group like me, who has some difficulties with the original scent but doesn’t actually find it that bad. It’s kind of a middle ground. For us, the affordable cousins of the fragrance spring up like mushrooms. A close relative is Belle Icône, where I like the strawberry scent. So, a spring cousin.

Here with Elegant Women, we are dealing with the summer cousin, as I smell citrus notes at the beginning and a bit of pine resin. It’s like walking through a pine forest in the sweltering heat of summer. Also, the beginning doesn’t smell like hairspray, which is otherwise typical for La Rive. Otherwise, it’s very, very close to BR 540, but still a bit different. Not bad, but I prefer the relative with the strawberry scent. But that’s a matter of taste.

Longevity is 5-6 hours, and later it’s nice to sniff up close. Now in the cold season (it has snowed here in my area in the Bergisches Land), I find the scent fitting.

The bottle is simple and elegant, albeit angular and not suitable for a handbag. But you can always decant it.

This week, the La Rive fragrances are available at RM for 4.99 euros. For that price, it’s an absolutely good scent. Just one should mentally detach from the idea that it’s supposed to be a copy or something of BR540. Rather, consider it a nice cousin, where you can sense... um, smell the family resemblance.

Statements

25 short views on the fragrance

Duftgroupie

2 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 9Sillage

27

16

Cotton candy dreams in cotton candy land/
cotton candy-saffron caresses woody-powdery blooms/
doesn't hide behind the big role model

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Gold

2 years ago

1.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

26

19

Baccarat Rouge again as a copy, my goodness, how cheap must this molecule be that torments me so? It's not elegant. But it's strong.

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Käse

1 year ago

7.5Scent

22

17

I find Belle Icone a bit better at first (more balanced), but over time this dupe also develops into a lovely scent.*

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Meerjungfrau

2 years ago

12

1

Tested it at dm today. Who wants to smell like this??? Pungent, alcoholic, awful... No elegant woman smells like this!!

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Velvetmoon

2 years ago

8.5Scent

11

In the first minutes, there's a strong saffron, then it develops into the usual woody-sweet scent. Belle Icône is, in my opinion, a bit better for the price.

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Eriele

2 years ago

10Scent 8Longevity 10Sillage

11

For BR fans, a cheap + good alternative. Just a little synthetic. Belle Icône, however, appeals to me more personally.

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Kalinka1973

2 years ago

4Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

8

Another dupe for BR?! Unfortunately, yes! And it's even more synthetic + louder than the original. H/S is unfortunately good. The bottle is really beautiful.

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