Year: unknown
Notes: rose, vanilla, musk
Comment: Parisienne is part of the Collection Noire / Eau de Parfum review
"Stylish and elegant, like the legendary city itself."
Parisienne claims to be a stylist and elegant fragrance, but starts out smelling more like... rhubarb and custard boiled sweets...
The rhubarb aspect (which one assumes to be the rose) soon dies down and allows the custard aspect (or the vanilla accord) to dominate. Resting on a bed of musk, it's essentially a creamy vanillic gourmand with a tender animalic flourish. Based on the comparison to this classic confection, it's very well-executed, but, with regards to the source of its inspiration, it fails miserably.
Having visited Paris at least a dozen times, no matter how romantic the location, rhubarb and custard (let alone rose and vanilla) is the last olfactory association that springs to mind. And as for the aromas encountered while walking along the Seine...
Providing moderate sillage and average longevity, it would be advisable to ignore the conceptual backstory and simply enjoy it for what it is.
Parisienne claims to be a stylist and elegant fragrance, but starts out smelling more like... rhubarb and custard boiled sweets...
The rhubarb aspect (which one assumes to be the rose) soon dies down and allows the custard aspect (or the vanilla accord) to dominate. Resting on a bed of musk, it's essentially a creamy vanillic gourmand with a tender animalic flourish. Based on the comparison to this classic confection, it's very well-executed, but, with regards to the source of its inspiration, it fails miserably.
Having visited Paris at least a dozen times, no matter how romantic the location, rhubarb and custard (let alone rose and vanilla) is the last olfactory association that springs to mind. And as for the aromas encountered while walking along the Seine...
Providing moderate sillage and average longevity, it would be advisable to ignore the conceptual backstory and simply enjoy it for what it is.
