Paco Rabanne Black XS Pour Elle Eau de Toilette Spray

A guys perspective on buying his partner perfume

What would you like for Christmas ?

I asked my girlfriend, and got the usual reply.
"Nothing, don't worry - no really, nothing"

Of course, I understood that should I take this literally, Christmas wasn't going to be a jolly occasion.

Am I the romantic sort? I suppose it depends on who is asking me: if it's a group of my mates, then I would probably say no, before we all bang heads and throw ourselves down the nearest snow covered slope.
I did book a suprise anniversary meal at the restaurant where we met (my girlfriend, not my mates), which could have gone badly, but her friend nearly dragged her out of the house, kicked her into the taxi and demanded she go "after he's gone through all that trouble - DON'T BE A MISERABLE so and so"
So it actually went pretty well.. yay . .

Ok back to the perfume, and after a few more nudges, she did say that she liked perfume. She does have quite a few bottles on her dressing table.
So now that leaves me with a dilemma.
What do I get her?

Be different, buy a celebrity endorsed perfume

Not for me, thanks. so why did I buy this and not another brand?
I like gifts like this to hopefully mean something, and that I just didn't pluck the first box of the shelf, drop it in the basket thinking "yeah - that'll do"
I didn't really want to buy a £10 bottle of perfume, that she may not like, or again spend £500 pounds (and have to take it back as she would refuse) on something with gold leaf flakes in it.
Of course if she didn't like it then it would be a waste of money anyway.
So, what to get, that didn't make me out as too cheap, or too silly with money, and be different to anything else that she has? Or am I worrying too much.
The first thing to pique my interest amongst all the pre-christmas advertising was the Black XS TV advert - You may remember the male and female models, rock/dancey soundtrack where they battle with electric guitars. So it tugged at the rock rebel in me I guess! Also asked around for advice and only heard positive remarks so made my mind up (read that as now singleminded).

Hey - She likes it

OK, so it's not the most expensive perfume around, not bargain basement either (tick that box mentioned above). but the stylish nearly gothic packaging, and eye catching bottle make it stand out, in the shop and on her dressing table. It has a light, exotic floral scent, for some reason although not fruity - reminds me somehow of pomegranate. A little goes a long way, lasts quite well on the skin, so a bottle shouldn't run out too quickly.

She wore it the same day she opened it, and loves the smell. It hasn't given her any bad reaction, either from her skin, or from anybody she walks past. It's not heavy or pungent, so maybe could be used everyday if you wish, but I hope she won't use it too often as I don't get too used to the scent.
It also subtely pulls my lips in close to kiss her neck so I can breathe in the aroma . and isn't that part of what this is about?

Although I wish I could have bought it further in advance, with my shift work and other little jobs, I only just managed to get a bottle on christmas eve after frantic searching all the local shops. (I had set this as my target and I was damned if I wasn't going to get it). despite being able to visit two large town centres, all but one small shop had sold out - my fault for cutting it so close, but also it doesn't seem to be stocked by the thousands, unlike what seemed to be boxes ontop of boxes of Beyoncé Heat, Beckham Signature, Britney Curious, (If that makes it more exclusive then so much the better).
As she likes it I will be very likely to buy it again in the future. Check the prices at various shops, either in store or online as the price varies quite a bit. Also check which size bottle you may be ordering as they do a very small, almost tester size bottle, which you may order, thinking you are getting a bargain - then find a small bottle which could fit inside a christmas cracker (unless you are making a christmas cracker and . . HEY thats my idea).

Rating

I give it 8 m's out of 10
mmmmmmmm x x

(only reason it isn't a 10 is that somewhere, out there, could be a 10m scent - If I find it I'll let you know).