Paco Rabanne Pour Elle

I am not a floral person. At least I didn't think I was until I found this, it has been my one and only scent for the last three years. It is floral, but in a dewey classy and elegant, not warm and heady, way. The florals stay cool while the peach, and pepper warm it up. In spite of being floral and peach, it isn't sweet, no syrup here. The scent doesn't have too much going on, allowing it to feel very honest and pure. "white flower" is the accord given to this, but let me underscore that this is not a vulgar gardenia. It is a very well balanced calm jasmine and tuberose. The silage is perfect arms length, it has presence, but does not interrupt. And it lasts, and lasts. I can smell it on my coats days after, and it still has the same perfect blend of scents. It is light enough for day due to the silage, but it easily transforms to night and sets you apart from the cheap, dirty, or powdery common perfume. In many ways it reminds me of Apres l'ondee, except that Apres fades sooo fast. I am stocked up on a few bottles, but fear for when they are no longer available. For those individuals like I was who don't get perfume, for whom most scents smell like chemicals, alcohol, candy, powder, or old ladies, this might just change your mind.

This was my obsession when I started getting into perfumes, before self-educating with hours of reading online & offline. I always liked perfumes, but when I got my first bottle of Pour Elle, I nearly lost my mind; it smelled like nothing else and I decided that I didn't need any other perfume. I went through three bottles, back to back, for a long time, because this has insane longevity and lasts and lasts. Years passed, of course I had other scents; ffw to last year, when I wanted to get another bottle because I was missing it and I wanted it in my wardrobe. I was bummed to find out it had been discontinued, and I started regretting not stocking up on it while it was available. To my delight, I recently managed to buy it again online from a local shop, for a shockingly good price. I checked the code and it says it's from 2013; the scent seems the same to me, the longevity is pretty good - might not be the same as it was years ago, but I'm not complaining, I'm just happy I have it again. And I've started stocking up on it, because you never know. Highly recommended!

I absolutely loved this in my teen years, so I was delighted to find a bottle of this for £10 in Savers drugstores here in the UK (I intend to stock up!) I love the way this is packaged; the bottle is very unusual and feels quite contemporary, it very much looks like the time its from, if that makes sense. As for the scent, it opens up similarly to how my signature, Ultraviolet also by PR, does with a strong blast of pepper, then there is a slightly odd alcoholy stage which then dissipates quickly to reveal a warm, creamy white floral scent which is how Elle mainly stays for the rest of wear (from memory it used to last all day, but because this is old stock, I'm not too sure how long it will last, but it does smell identical to how it used to). I'm devastated that this is another unique number thats been discontinued and I'd love to find a good dupe or replacement for this. From a time when perfumes didnt really smell like "perfumes" and had something unique and interesting about them *sigh*

Very long lasting fragrance that smells unique. Easy to wear with beautiful dry down base notes.I love sandalwood, therefore I adore this scent. Top notes are very strong making very unique combination freesia and pepper with hint of something sour). this fragrance follows me all day, from 8am till 7pm. And the bottle is very unique too.

Really pleasant strong perfume which lasts hours and hours. Is not sickly or sweet, smells quite expensive and is great to wear to the office and is reasonably priced, one could pay much more for something that doesn't last as well as this one. I keep going back to this perfume and have another in stock ready, my favourite perfume.