Description
La Petite Robe Noire Ma Robe Hippie-Chic, the new edition of the La Petite Robe Noire collection, offers a lighter and more floral perfume (Eau de Parfum Légère) with dominant notes of rose water and sour cherries. Perfumer Thierry Wasser stands behind this collection.
The fragrance is a floral-fruity, bohemian and light. It opens with fresh notes of cherry, rose water and almonds, leading to the floral heart of rose and black tea. Tonka and patchouli accords form the base of this composition. The original Eau de Parfum is sublimated by rose water for a light, delicate and playful interpretation.
The bottle of the fragrance is the same as the previous one, colored in luminous purple-pink, with a new illustration and a hippie design of a little black crocheted dress. The fragrance is available as a 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum Légère.
La Petite Robe Noire Légère was launched in 2018.
sashakuprin – :
The “hippie chic” PRN is more of a candy-sweet perfume, heavy on artificial cherry notes.
It’s a rather nice composition, definitely along the LPRN lines, yet not “legere” but, to my inexperienced nosed, more childish.
Drydown is more mallow with nice tea notes.
I have half a mind of giving it to my 10 yo daughter.
Shumix – :
@sleep2dream yes, I was surprised by the longevity too! Sillage not bad either, I was constantly getting whiffs from my wrist and then had to smell it again – it’s on my want list!
stirna05 – :
Two years ago I almost bought the EDP, but something about it was too heavy and syrupy. But I always thought the almond in it was lovely, so I was very intrigued by the “Eau légère”. The opening is very fruity (in an Amor Amor way) and has some cherry lollipop notes, but not in a synthetic way. The almond then develops underneath, and the result is perfect if you like gourmand/amarena kind of scents. Then the evolution is pretty linear. Whereas the EDP could easily give me a headache, this version is very well-balanced, at the same time very sweet, but fresh and perfectly wearable in the summer. I was pleasantly surprised by the longevity (at least 7 hours on skin). I hope this version can stay for a little while!
Foetidix – :
I really like the cherry here! The original is too strong and has a heavy cloying licorice note that I can hardly stand but this version is so much better!
The only question is: why hippie chic?!
dimabuldyzhov – :
Another one smelling Marina De Bourbon in the base.
nik2011 – :
Literally the same as the others, save BP & Intense.
Save your money.
rigaj84 – :
Another Robe Noire, God Lord, aren’t they already enough? It seems that the whole concept of the Black Dresses is successful, thus the endless flankers. As for the “Hippie Chic”, I wouldn’t be so sure; don’t you need a hippie patchouli for hippie chic effect? Well it’s not here. Version Légère is a bubblegum-chic fragrance.
And they went for pink cherry gelly candies, a big hubba babol bubblegum with a sheer spice underneath, clearly sweet, no nauseating ethylmaltol. The more it projects the more I am convinced that it is cherry big babol liquified. A bitter touch from the almond is traceable and necessary.
People will call it “okay”, “ordinary”, “child-like”, they don’t lie, it’s truly nothing new. It’s on the sweet side, without smelling cheap/tacky, it’s happy and youthful. Springy and summery, it makes sense that it is released at this time of the year.
It might be light, just as Guerlain advertises it, but it has a lovely projection, will create a cloud around you and will last for five-six hours, which is okay. Soap and water didn’t seem to affect it.
A fine fragrance, albeit not my style.
VLAD123MBB – :
This opens as a very sour yet sweet juicy cherry. It’s a combination of the EDT and EDP. If they had a baby this would be it. It’s not sticky, nor heavy. It’s light but not to light. It’s somewhere in the middle. On me I get a lot of cherry, rose, tea and Tonka. The Patchouli is barely noticeable. I suppose the almond adds a bit of smoothness to the composition. It’s not much of a departure from all the others from this line. I’m a huge fan no matter what.
The bottle is pink, very pink. The sillage and longevity are normal. I find this to be a very uncomplicated scent. Easy to wear from others in this line. Femininely wonderful and delightful as always. Xo
max100 – :
Just tested this at The Bay in Canada. It is a mild January day, with no humidity.
To my nose, it is very similar to the standard 2012 Eau de Parfum, but lighter. Where the EDP was sometimes overwhelming, overpowering, or migraine inducing, this edition has shed that intensity. The overall weight of the fragrance has lifted, and it will likely be wearable through a larger scope of weather.
It has the lovely cherry sweetness, but it has been toned down and lost that almost cough-syrup vibe. The smokey black tea is here, which I really missed in the Black Perfecto version. The note structure is really similar to the EDP, with only notes omitted, nothing new added. Comparing the 2 directly, this version has a lot less ‘noise’ in the notes. I’ve been noticing my own inclination towards less complicated scents with fewer notes lately, and this seems to hit that perfectly. It has everything that i loved about the EDP, and removed all of the things that have kept me from buying it all these years.
This seems to be the version that i have been hoping for all this time (exempting my beloved Couture version from all comparisons haha). It has the same character and vibe, but more wearable and less overwhelming to my scent style. It’s going on the want list, and will probably be the next purchase I make.
Also, the bottle is a really vibrant pink! I was surprised at how bright it was!
chestnovd – :
Where are people finding this? I want to try it so badly, but cannot find it online anywhere. Thanks for any info.
volodyasem – :
In cold weather it opens up lightly, the cherry is fresh and sour in comparison with the previous versions. But as the scent develops it starts to resemble La Petite robe noire edt., just a little bit, however not significantly, lighter. Maybe in warmer weather the fragrance will show its different side clearly.
afile74 – :
This one really sounds like it could work for me. The others are lovely, just not me.
I did really like Eau Fraiche & Black Perfecto tho.
davidoff3311 – :
This looks and sounds nicer than the last release.
Will try this one. And re-review.