La Petite Robe Noire Couture

It had been two months since I was looking for a perfume, after my oh so loved Fan Di Fendi. I looked elsewhere on this site all the reviews and all, I made no less than fifty choices and I went in perfumery several times to try on my skin. The irony is that in all those I chose , La Petite Robe Noire Couture was not in my choice! What was my surprise when I felt on my skin this delicious fragrance! Gourmand, without being candy or generic, glamorous (I would say a new glamor, a little more in tune with the times ) Perfect for spring and summer, but if it's your signature ( as I believe for me!) You can wear for any occasion. At first, it opens with raspberries , by saying raspberries , I mean , a wonderful harvest basket ! It reminds me of a childhood memory when I was with my family and we pick these fruits to make pies. I'll cherish for always these laughs in the kitchen. After about one hour , the rose blooms, present, but not heady, I'll say in a cool way. And patchouli comes enhance the sensual side of the flower. Moderate sillage Longevity 4-5h (on my skin) ----- Ça faisait deux mois que je me cherchais un parfum, ayant vider jusqu'à la dernière gouttes mon Fan di Fendi (automne-hiver). Je regardais d'ailleurs sur ce site tous les avis de tous et chacun, j'en ai fait pas moins d'une cinquantaine et je me suis rendue en parfumerie plusieurs fois pour en essayer sur ma peau. Le plus ironique est que dans tous ceux que j'avais choisi, La Petite Robe Noire Couture ne figurait pas dans mes choix! Quelle fut ma surprise quand j'ai senti sur ma peau ce délicieux parfum! Gourmand, sans être bonbon, glamour (je dirais un nouveau glamour, un peu plus dans l'air du temps) Parfait pour le printemps et l'été mais si c'est votre signature (comme moi je crois bien! ) vous pouvez le porter pour n'importe quelle occasion. Au début, ça ouvre avec la framboise, par framboise, je veux dire, un merveilleux panier de récolte ! Ça me rappelle un souvenir d'enfance où j'étais avec ma famille et que nous cueillons ces fruits pour en faire des tartes. Rires dans la cuisine. Après 1 heure environ, la rose éclot, présente, sans toutefois être étourdissante, fraîche. Et le patchouli vient agrémenter le côté sensuel de la fleur. Sillage modéré. Longévité : 5-6 h

I bought this as my birthday present to dear self this year. This is my first Guerlain! I was debating between buying this first or Shalimar but I go with this first as I live in the tropics. Some of the reviews here said that this is quite fresh so LPRN Couture is my choice. I was a bit worried about the harsh cough syrup smell many people dislike, but hey, I actually LOVE IT! It's not cough syrup for me but rather like cherry cough drops candy (well perhaps still cough thingy). I'm sure it's the raspberry opening note. And yet combined with bergamot, LPRN Couture is indeed fresh. I adore this opening stage, very juicy, like biting fresh fruits. And the raspberry note continues to Couture's middle notes, with powdery rose taking center stage. And my first thought upon smelling this is, "Wow this is so French!" Maybe the fact that it's Guerlain, I consider it immediately as very French. Just a newbie in my perfume journey, but I'm sure I'll be buying more Guerlain. There's no iris here, where powdery notes usually present for me, but this is definitely face powder smell. The powdery quality of this middle stage is strong, I will remember to spray only at the back of my neck and hand. So far this is unique, fresh, and quite heavy perfume. Happily not headache inducing. Just so unbearably pretty like the bottle and the printed one shouldered black dress. As usual the middle notes last the longest on me. Powdery rose very prominent, fresh raspberry noticeable for first 2 hours and no patchouli at all. I can now detect the dry down of tonka beans. Perhaps later on I can detect the vetiver and oakmoss. But so far longevity and silage for me are very good. Awesome first Guerlain! Edit: I'm loving this perfume experience LPRN Couture gives me! Sometimes the raspberry cough drops quality will be present and other times undetected. My impression so far is like eating a sugar powdered raspberry, as you bite it, the fresh juice is mixed with bergamot and glided over rose essential oil. Finally it seeped through your skin, leaving only warm earthy musky vanilla I adore very much. How this makes my day!

Since I hate patchouli and also raspberry isn't my favorite fruity note,la petit couture doesn't seem to be my thing,but the truth is,I like it very much After owning la petit fraiche and edt,I became intrested in this one and it never disappointed,among edp,edt and fraiche,I can see more similarities between couture and edt,cherry/raspberry and a green vibe is common between them but couture is sweeter,a tad warmer,less clean and fresh and more charming..I can't say which is my favorite,I like them all,each if them in it's special occasion and mood Guerlain la petit couture opens with a fresh,tart,juicy fruit note,combination of raspberry and a hint of bergamot as notes suggest,but my nose can tell there's also cherry..yeah I believe star of this fragrance is raspberry+cherry..I don't have much raspberry scents..there's lancome midnight rose,Givenchy hot couture edp,guerlain my insolence and this one..among these four famous raspberry scents,Guerlain la petit couture is my favorite,still not a passionate love for me,but I like it so much As rose blooms,fruity notes become sweeter and less juicy.it's sweetness isn't sugary and doesn't lead to a raspberry jam,there's still a fresh,tart undertone beneath other warmer and sweeter notes Base notes are completely woody,patchouli doesn't add masculinity to scent as it usually tends to do so,it's almost green here..it's not as clean as edt and fraiche but still it's not dirty..woodsy notes aren't as earthy as usual here,they're soft and blend nicely with raspberry,cherry,rose combo providing a warm and strong base for these sparkly notes For me la petit couture is exclusively a fall scent but all in all it's wearable in mild temp,day or night Longevity is good on me,not as good as edp but still more than moderate,sillage is moderate..as other raspberry scents it tends to receive more nice compliments from men This is something in between the range of casual and elegant so it's wearable in friendly parties,nights out and other freindly/not too formal occasions ❤❤❤❤

I apologize profoundly to the line of La Petite Robe Noire and to Guerlain. LPRN Couture is ah-may-zing. The raspberry is obvious, realistic, but the patchouli gives it depth. I thought this was a silly, jump-on-the-bandwagon line but I was wrong. My only complaint about Couture is that I would love it to project more and be stronger. If you want an unusual fragrance, one that you won't smell on very many people, try this. It's pretty wonderful. I wanted to add that this and LPRN Eau Fraiche were both blind buys that I just received today. I have the Couture on one wrist and the Eau Fraiche on the other. Absolutely no regrets. As the Couture begins to dry down it definitely becomes more chypre-based. In fact, I would love to see what would happen if oak moss were increased. It is not a gourmand, although it is a sweet chypre, versus a dry chypres like Magie Noire. Love! EDIT: I've been wearing this for a few hours and I LOVE the scent. This and Eau Fraiche are beautiful and distinct. The only issue I have, with either of them, is the longevity! Granted, my skin does eat perfume, but typically Guerlain has better staying power. The Eau Fraiche isn't a surprise, because it's an eau de toilette, but the Couture does. If I put my nose right up to it, then I can smell it, but I smell it more on my shirt than skin. Still, no regrets for two beautiful scents. EDIT AGAIN: Oh my god this drydown is beautiful! Guerlain all the way. Just wish it projected more!

I really like most of the La Petite Robe Noire line. In my opinion it's an elegant, beautiful interpretation of the 2010s fruitchouli trend that only Guerlain could have done like this. Yes, there are so many flankers that it's starting to get confusing, which might be the reason why I didn't try this discontinued gem sooner. But now I'm so glad I did. LPRN Couture is a sweet and sparkling blend of jammy raspberry and patchouli. Thanks to an intense dose of tonka beans it has a warm, vanillic, slightly spicy undertone and also recalls the cherry note of the original EDP. This is not really a chypre in the classic sense of the word. The moss note lends an earthy base to tame the berry sweetness, but it's not dominating the scent at all. In my opinion this is too warm and not bitter and contrasting enough for a typical chypre. Not that I'm complaining, I love this just the way it is, playful and chic. Performance wise it's also perfect to me, noticeable and long-lasting without being extremely loud or overwhelming. Side Note: I feel like this is the missing link between LPRN EDP and LPRN Intense. I own and love Intense, but I never thought it had anything in common with the rest of the line. Until now. Couture has the juicy red fruitiness of the original, but not the licorice, and the berries and amped up patchouli of the intense version, without the cotton candy. I can really see how they got from the Edp to Couture and from Couture to Intense.

i can't believe this perfume! what a dark horse.... she woke up under a stranger's bedsheets, to find a tray of raspberry jam, toast, hot fruit tea and an even hotter chap sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling....the morning after a party to which she arrived incredibly late, wearing only a Ralph Lauren black dress (the one on the bottle) and her Guerlain..... i sort of loath (if it is possible to "sort of" loath) fruitchoulis...but hello! this has me ensnared in a cloud of raspberry deliciousness, which is slowly melding into the perfect rose patchouli and a Guerlain oak-moss, vetiver, tonka base. Couture is XS for her (and the rest of them) gone right, which can only be achieved with a Top Dog nose and over a century of perfuming, to produce winning formulas every time (nearly every time). i detect anise and liquorice in this? there's a definite nod to a Lolita gourmand and ofcourse my beloved l'Heure Bleu. LPRN Couture is the perfect dark and seductive fruitchouli, after everyone got it so horribly wrong. i bloody love it! she is a seriously smokin leggy lady in a hot black dress... EDIT: all that said. beautifully crafted as this is, i can't actually wear it! it is too sweet. sweet to the point of making me feel nauseous. i feel like i've been rolling in thick raspberry jam and liquorice on a dry forest floor. so if you like the sound of that...give it a go (the perfume i mean).

This is an interesting launch by Guerlain as this "flanker" is different enough to be released on its own merits and in a way I wish it had. This is a much sparklier and less languid than the original LPRN EDP. The raspberry note on the top is joined with the intensity of begamot to keep it from becoming too syrupy sweet. There is also the addiiton of a rose note, which again is another departure from the original LPRN. As the perfume dries down, the flanker again shifts, showing a heart of patchouli tamed with tonka bean. The typical Guerlainade is a bit changed, less powder and the addtion of vetiver is noticeable. I know lovers of vintage chypre will recoil at this being framed as a chypre, and there really should be a different category to put the new variation of patchouli based chypres. But this is one of the better examples of the "nouvelle chypre" where the fruitiness is not too sweet and the patchouli is well executed. The addition of a "moss" accord is probably a nod to the vintage chypre lovers, but is not a major part of the drydown. The patchouli definitely overtakes any moss that may be evident. Overall, this is definitely one of the better flankers from Guerlain and deserves more attention. Alas, it will probably languish for a couple years before being discontinued due to lack of advetisement and understanding of its qualities.

I adore this! There is no question why La Petite Robe Noir Couture won the French 2015 FIFI award for the Best Woman's Fragrance for Selective Distibution. Well done Monsieur Wasser! The Raspberry note is prominent and lively. Not as tangy as I would have thought. The Patchouli is not overdone or over powering in any way. The Bergamot is strongest upon initial spraying and then it calms down adding a wonderful zesty dimension. I love the Tonka Bean lurking in the background which gives off an aura of sex appeal. The soft Oakmoss adds some earthiness and dimension. Then the addition of Rose gives this a romantic air as well. There is no sharpness and the sweetness is not what I would consider young but more a classy and refined experience. It brings to my mind the young and beautiful Bette Davis. I had to procure a bottle and I am so glad I did. This is more serious than the original. Miss Couture is for expensive dinner dates and jazz clubs as the name would suggest where the original is more for a playful night out dancing. The sillage is within arms length. The duration is extremely long. I applied at around 11 in the morning and I was still catching whiffs at 10 that night. Absolutely gorgeous!! 10/10

This is absolutely a modern chypre. How refreshingly unusual these days to find a scent with earthy, green moss as its backbone! I can feel the mossy base of Mitsouko whispering to me throughout the drydown, and yet, there is nothing 'fusty' or vintage about this, it is completely doing its own thing; modern, fresh, reworked. The raspberry accord at the top? Yes, as others have said, it's bold and bright, and might be overwhelming if it stayed at that concentration throughout, but it settles very quickly to a perfect real-fruit sweet (not candy-fruit sweet) accord, which blends with and is undercut by that smooth Guerlain patchouli and the beautiful green, deep moss and vetiver. It's a bright, uncommon mix of real raspberry blended into an utterly wearable and contemporary chypre. When I wear this, I feel like I've gone back in time and am kicking it loose as a flapper girl; not like looking back at a faded photo, but actually living it in brand new Technicolour. And I know different people have different expectations for sillage, but this is perfectly lasting on me; a cloud of scent for the whole working day. I'll be getting a lot of wear out of my 100ml bottle.

This is the first perfume ever where I actually find that the raspberries smell like real raspberries, enhanced indeed, but still realistic. I find this fragrance to be beautiful almost beyond words. It manages to be classy, youthful, mature, sexy, flirty, fun, dramatic, serious... all at once! I smell all notes all through the wear as a matter of fact and the vetiver and moss are all the way as good as in classic old time chypres. The vetiver, in particular, is stunning, green, earthy and balancing the whole concoction from being cloying. Because this stuff is sweet, and I mean... Sweet! The vetiver calming those those lovely berries, then a sweet and relevant rose, bright citrus and last... the patchouli. I have a complicated relationship to patchouli, because I think it works best when it ́s by itself. No, I didn ́t mean that, I meant when the patchouli in a fragrance would still be good if all by itself. i find that to NOT often be the case. Here it ́s perfection. This is one of the few scents (and I do love many scents) that I cannot imagine ever being tired of!

I now have in my possession two 100 ml bottles of this beauty from my fav perfume site. Aproximately 8 hours ago I sprayed this on my outer hand, went to sleep, and woke up smelling the most beautiful dry down of raspy raspberry and the rest of the ingredients but the raspberry was the most dominant. This is on skin! Usually the only time I have scent left from 8 hours ago is on my clothes. This is the EDP (they don't make a toilette in this) and not only is it beautiful, it is worth the money. I was thrilled to see this on my fragrance site- I now wasn't finding it in the stores anymore(they have pulled it off shelves in the last month). It also was much less $ on line. I just want to say though, as much as I love this one(it is my favourite LPRN) I do miss the tea note that the 2012 EDP version of regular LPRN has. Fortunately I DO have that version also so it's no big deal. Soooo, I guess it's safe to say I love the series and wish I could find the original from 2009. I doubt that will happen, it must be long sold out...

Well, I never thought I'd find a chypre fragrance from Guerlain or from the wonderfully talented Thierry Wasser which I didn't adore, but this is it. The opening is pure faux fruity cough medicine. It does dry down to something less fruity, but is a Meh for me. So disappointed. Edit - Oh Mme Couture, I owe you and M. Wasser such an apology. I wore you for the first time for 6 hours when I wrote my review, however that was in air conditioning. After submitting the review, I scurried out into the 36 degree Celcius heat and you came to life. Lovely and fresh, I would even call this a green scent when it is worn in heat. Just what I needed in the Australian Summer humidity. Now today I have given you another chance in both outside heat and indoor air con. The opening raspberry note is still overwhelmingly reminiscent of artificial cough syrup (horrible, but it lasts only a couple of minutes if that), but the dry down is now a beautiful earthy vetiver and moss. I'll be buying a 100ml bottle now.

I did my review, but I just couldn't stop singing praises for LPRN Couture. It smells sooo beautiful. Makes me feel beautiful. For the sake of myself only. I enjoy smelling the back of my hand over and over and over. Lucky for me it's long lasting and I can discern the development clearly. I enjoy the fresh yet powdery raspberry opening. It's quite warm and intense at the same time. I'm always careful not to inhale too close upon this opening stage, coz it may induce headache. But when it reaches the middle stage with rose, tonka bean and finally vetiver mixed in, God it's to die for! So gloriously beautiful. Silage moderate to heavy. Longevity awesome with just 3 sprays (but I love to add another 1-2 sprays just because). I am mad with my first Guerlain and preparing to buy heaps more from this reputable house. Edit: Happy to say I finally detect the oakmoss. At the very last phase when the perfume is almost gone, I smelled something green mossy. Very delicate on me.

I bought this bottle roughly 6 years ago. I've recently picked it back up, sucked into that beautiful opening.. just wow. It's so feminine and delicious - then I remember why I put it aside in the first place: the dry down is a bit screechy, almost too powdery, maybe even sour?? Admittedly, and as a point of reference, I am one of the mouth-breathing masses who is biased towards my gourmands and fruity florals (sue me) and this doesn't seem to hold up as a solid gourmand, but I really like it for that reason. The sweetness isn't "buttery" like caramel or sugary vanilla, rather a fruity, jammy kind of sweet. Despite my weird feelings about this perfume, it is undeniably classy. When I feel like wearing a "ladylike" Fall/Winter scent without offending people I share air with, or going into "this perfume is wearing ME" territory, I will reach for this. One spray is good for the office for the day.

By all accounts I shouldn't like this perfume. I typically detest patchouli and I strongly disliked the original LPRN. So imagine my surprise when I not only liked LPRN Couture, but loved it! This opens up with a bright, sweet raspberry that's grounded with just the right amount of patchouli. I'm finding that there's something about Guerlain's patchouli that I actually enjoy and that works amazingly with my skin. As Couture dries down it doesn't change all that much, but the raspberry becomes deeper and the chypre base becomes more evident. This is classy and less heavily sweet than the original LPRN which I think makes it more wearable and versatile. The sillage is light to moderate, but longevity is fantastic--it easily lasts 8 hours on my skin and even longer on my clothes. I'm so glad I invested in the 100ml bottle as this has become a winter staple for me.

This starts off a strong rasperry and patch but quickly dries down to a smoother chypre type scent. I can smell rasperry and oakmoss. Imo it smells like cherry chapstick and light notes of cosmetic powder. It is long lasting but sillage sits close to the skin occasionally wafting around. I love Couture, it's elegant and is amazing with my skin. It has similar dna to la petite robe noir but this one is less sweet, no licorice and the oakmoss makes this lighter feeling. I know that la petite robe noir and some of the flankers get alot of hate but i think there different than other fruity frags on the market. It smells expensive to me, not overly sweet, not heavy or syrupy. Maybe they just work great with my skin chemistry. All the negetive reveiws almost made me avoid trying them but I'm glad it didn't. I love this perfume as well as the others!

This one confuses me, so much. In a very good way. It is an extremely complex frangrance, dare I say the most complex Guerlain has. Most complex frangrances end up like a melting pot of scents one can't quite make out.. but this.. it's like every note comes out for some time, one at a time, during wear - which is exceptional, for the record. I still smell gorgeous cherries in this, less raspberry, and not so mcuh rose. But I do get the very interesting and bizarre moss, soft and delicate, slightly sweeter than one would expect, also patchouli and vetiver are noticeable, popping out from the background without taking the scene. Gorgeously made frangrance, very high quality, wears so luxurious and expensive, a dream. Can't wait to own a full size, got addicted to the samples I used!

oh god this was a blind buy and after the initial spray i was like "there it is the toilet spray smell why didn't i listen to that review" but after that stage passes i swear it transforms into something really beautifully sweet and powdery. i haven't smelled the original lprn but i chose this flanker because i can't stand licorice in scents so i was happy to find out that this smells similar without that note. i did see reviews below saying this smells less elegant and more young than the original lprn and this might just be me because like i said i haven't smelled the original yet but this actually smells elegant to me in a quiet kind of way like the elegance is just not on the forefront but it's still there and somehow i prefer it that way because it's a more approachable scent

Goodness I adore this scent. The opening notes are fruity, intense, and fun, almost cherry-like. For a fruity fragrance, it's surprisingly warm and mature. This is definitely worth carrying as a signature scent. To me, it's unique and unforgettable, even among other gourmands. As it dries down, it becomes woody, slightly spicy, and sweet. It's incredible. Personally one of my favourites. It's unique, warm, and sexy. Keep in mind it's a very intense scent, however. I haven't been able to take this perfume off my mind, I'm obsessed with it. Sillage: I'd say moderate. It definitely leaves a trail behind, but it won't turn heads in a room---I consider this a good thing. Longevity: Very long lasting. If you put it on in the evening, you'll likely wake up to this scent.

Personally, I do not want to separate type of fragrance by sexual or gender stereotype. I think everyone could wear fragrances as many as we desire. Then each person will find what the signature or suitable scent for him/herself is without discourse of male/female/unisex perfume because all perfumes in my mind are sexless (and borderless of age also). For me, La Petite Robe Noire edp Couture edition by Guerlain is although designed to capture the target of young women, it can make men or older women shining and smiling by sweet notes; from fruity and vanilla, together with light floral-patchouli tone. Surely, I fall in love it at first time suddenly and I decide to find the original and the other flankers of LPRN soon.