Quatre En Rouge

A gorgeous fruity chypre! I thought I fell in love with Quatre en rose, but this is way better and original. En Rose is like a more rosey version of Si, while this is...well, this is a brand new scent for me. En Rouge opens really sweet, with marshamallow and fruity notes, maybe it reminds me slightly of Dolce pour femme, that's why I like it so much. Then comes the patchouli, yet not a dirty one. Somehow I can smell the rose in the drydown. Nice silage, longevity is about 7-8 hours. The best flanker so far. I don't find it similar to LVEB at all, it's ten times more subtle and not in your face. I don't get much similarities with La petite robe noir, I am sorry. LPRN has a strong berries scent on me and it's very powdery, however here there's only a hint of powderness.

Raspberry and patchouli are some of my all-time favourite notes, however here I smell something slightly different. It was a love at first sniff, but beware: it’s a sweet bomb. In the first moments after spraying I smelled a lot of sugary (marshmallow, I reckon) fruity notes. In the drydown pear comes to the forefront, and although it’s not my preferred ingredient, here it works somehow, I guess it’s all that patchouli that is able to tame the fruity notes and turn this fragrance into a grown-up scent instead of some “easy breezy popstar edt”.

Lovely perfume, very well blended. Somehow it makes me feel confident & cosy at the same time. I guess it works good on my skin - I didn't notice any harsh patchouli, or fruity, 'in your face', bubble bath kind of 'cheap' smell. Quite the oposite - this is a very versatile scent and I get a lots of compliments while wearing it.

I keep reading all these bad reviews and I feel sad that it seems like I'm the only one who likes this? It reminds me a lot of Gucci Flora Glamorous Magnolia. I've only had it for a short while, so I'm still testing to see if this one's full-bottle worthy.

Quatre Pour Femme perfume was launched in 2015, closely followed by the men's version. The inspiration was the line of rings of the same name, which has a wide range of options and has, as a principle, to combine four bands of textures with different types of gold and precious stones, forming a single piece. Hence the reason for the name. Quatre En Rouge was released in 2019, being the fourth flanker of Quatre Pour Femme’s line, following Intense (2016), Absolu de Nuit (2017), and En Rose (2018) versions. This new version brought the red band in the center of the jewel, located between diamonds and rose gold. Its fragrance was created by Milene Alran (Robertet) and Michel Almairac. It has essences of bergamot and mandarin, as well as freesia and pear in the beginning. The fruity explosion goes towards the body of the fragrance, which brings black currant, apple, rose absolute, and iris butter. In the base, raspberry, marshmallow's accord, musk, and essence of patchouli. On the skin, Quatre En Rouge reaches the nostrils with a strong smell of crispy pears, which gains even more accentuated nuances thanks to mandarin orange. This phase is remarkable and, although there is a floral link of the notes of rose and freesia, they lose space to the strong content of the black currant - full of sour facets - and introduces a sweet apple, slightly caramelized, like those of childhood that were well made, without too much sugar. The evolution is subtle, time-consuming and Quatre En Rouge has excellent projection capacity. It takes a long time for the base to show its presence when the fruity side no longer dominates and a creamy sweetness is printed on the skin. The marshmallow note is not a cause for concern, but the patchouli could have been replaced by some wood, such as sandalwood, for example. In the way that this ingredient was explored, the result ends up being repetitive and this can be a negative point for sales. Regarding the bottle, the ruby color stands out in contrast to the golden finishings, reinforcing the jewelry techniques used by the brand: Double Godrons, Clous de Paris, Paved Diamonds, and Gros Grain. A luxury! Before finishing, I would like to leave an important piece of information that was passed on to me by the brand's importer in Brazil: Quatre En Rouge was barely launched and has already been discontinued. That is, it is a kind of limited edition release.