Timeless fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent

Advantages: Timeless classic
Disadvantages: Day rather than evening perfume

...Pedigree Perfumes come and go. Many these days in bottles far more interesting than their contents. And manufacturers try and think up more and more marketing gimmicks. But, nearly 40 years on from its invention, Rive Gauche is still going strong. The Name Rive Gauche, which means "Left Bank" in French, was created a few years after the student demonstrations and riots in Paris, and Paris's Left bank has always been associated with artistic types, chic intellectuals, youth with a passion for politics and romance. So- the name was of its time. The Scent What's really nice about Rive Gauche is the fact it is a fresh, uniquely floral fragrance with top notes of bergamot, ylang ylang and freesia. With hints, also, of rose and jasmine. It is not "in you face" hasn't got that horrid chemical scent you get...

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Review of Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

Just One Spray

Advantages: very popular, nice smell, great packaging
Disadvantages: none

...Rive Gauche is a very strong perfume and definitely one for the evening. It is by Yves Saint Laurent and is very popular, many people I know wear it. Even after YSL bringing out many new perfumes none seem to beat this one. I have tested out some of the recent ones but still do not like any of them as much as this. Thi perfume could be worn in day but I think it is for night. It comes in different measures but I have the 50ml bottle which is around £26+ I am not too sure. The smell is hard to describe, I would probably describe it as flowery but very strong. You do not need to wear lots of this fragrance so one spritz would be enough. This stays on very well so you do not need a lot on for this reason too. One thing I love about the perfume is the packaging it is very posh and luxurious. This has a very classy look with the blue...

ms19 20.01.2003 · Read review
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An excellent present UPDATED

Advantages: Lovely fragrance, good range of products
Disadvantages: Possibly expensive?

...If you're looking for a perfume to buy as a present for a lady of any age - then look no further than Rive Gauche by Yves St Laurent. There is a wide range of products from which to choose so you can spend as much or as little as your wallet will allow. The fragrance itself is quite light and not too overpowering so it is equally suitable for wearing during the day or during the evening. It also means that it would be an excellent choice of gift for someone whose tastes you weren't quite sure of. The design of the packaging and the containers holding the perfumes and powders are all a distinctive blue, silver and black, which makes them instantly recognisable as Rive Gauche. The 50ml eau de toilette spray currently costs £26 in the Empire Stores catalogue, but I would imagine that it could be bought more cheaply at one...

SusanLesley 12.11.2000 (24.10.2001) · Read review
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Effortless Parisian Relaxation

Advantages: Hotel Cat; Location; Comfort; Friendliness
Disadvantages: No view

...Despite living in France for a year, and visiting on numerous occasions I'd never actually been to Paris before. So for a first visit I really wanted the hotel to live up to the promise of the city - and the Hotel Saint Paul Rive Gauche certainly did that. Right from the welcome at reception we knew things would be relaxed here. The hotel cat, Sputnik, lounging on the reception desk summed up the feel. If anything my only gripe came at this point, and it was nothing to do with the cat (who was fantastic, though I do recognise not everyone would be so happy to see a moggy at reception), but rather that the receptionist spoke to us in English when I was speaking in French. Really a very minor complaint when her English was so good, and it's a common trait in the big French cities and not really worth getting worked up about. Staying...

blackpuddinonnabike 08.04.2008 · Read review
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my favourite

Advantages: smells wonderful and lasts for hours
Disadvantages: none

...I have been using rive gauche for more than 10 yrs and have tried others during that time but have never really found another that i loved as much, it's fragrance is sweet but not overpowering and i find it suits me and i am often told so, people say they love the smell and ask me what it is, then they go out and buy it too. So we can't all be wrong. I also find that certain fragrances can give me headaches too but i have never had one while wearing rive gauche, it also lasts ages. i do however believe that as we all smell differently anyhow it can smell different from one person to another but i would definately recommend it to anyone....

inde 12.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

The Perfume of a Princess!

Advantages: Smells Very Distinctive, Long Lasting, Beautiful Bottle, Very Feminine
Disadvantages: May be too sweet and floral for some

...One of my favourite things to treat myself to is perfume and those who have read my earlier reviews will know that I am a self confessed perfume addict. I love the different varieties you can buy all with their own distinctive scents and pretty bottles. I have worked hard at my perfume addiction though and have really cut back on the amount that I buy ? these days I adopt a one in one out rule as I started getting far too many bottles of half used fragrances sat in my wardrobe (any perfume lover knows that you keep bottles out of daylight to keep them smelling fresh). Before we went on honeymoon I used up a couple of bottles of perfume and so I decided to treat myself to something new rather than buy a replacement for the fragrances that I just finished from the duty free shop at the airport. I had already been and tested a few...

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Review of Vera Wang Princess Perfume

The Princess and the Perfume

Advantages: Light and delicate scent, sexy
Disadvantages: Slightly expensive

...If you've already read my Vera Wang Princess Satiny Body Lotion review, you will know I recieved this perfume along with the gift set from my boyfriend for my Birthday last November. And as promised, I said I would write a review about the Vera Wang Princess perfume, so here I am now. Vera Wang, if you haven't heard of her, is a lady from New York. At frist she was an editor for Vogue magazine,then going on to do other things. She started designing dresses for celebrities and now owns her own Wedding Dress collection. She has her own Vera Wang accessorie collection and more importantly her own fragrance collection, including more scents than just the Princess collection. As the story goes, Vera Wang Princess collection is a new spirit in fragrance, inspired by a modern-day princess. Confident, indipendent, with a total zest...

loise007 01.02.2009 · Read review
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How to choose your perfume?

Advantages: Knowing the type of perfumes you prefer, you won't buy perfume that doesn't suit you
Disadvantages: You may become quite selective, like me, so it'll takes ages to find one

... About me A recent member of Ciao, I have to date reviewed 35+ well-known and modern Eau de Parfums and Eau de Toilettes on the site. A budding chemist who's passionate about perfumery I have an ever growing number of perfume samples (100+), about 25 vintage rare perfume bottles most of them containing the original juice and about 50 modern perfumes that I've been using and collecting in the past 4 - 5 years or so. Introduction Choosing a perfume that suits you is not easy. First of all we need to know ourselves a bit. We have to be honest and not just following trends and fashions and just because everyone's wearing it, it doesn't mean it's right for you. Below I have written a quick introduction into perfume notes and the different olfactory families that perfumes are put into. This guide will help you...

lillamarta 20.01.2008 (29.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Perfume

Perfume -Compelling Cinematography

Advantages: Haunting visual and sound effects.
Disadvantages: None

...born without a body odour, and it is perhaps his own lack of a scent that stokes his obsession with odours. At the age of 13, Jean-Baptiste is cruelly sold to a tannery, where he spends his days surrounded by the foulest of smells. Luckily for him, he is one day sent on an errand in town, and it is there that he discovers the most intoxicating scent... that of perfume. Managing to become the apprentice of a renowned perfumer, he quickly learns the trade and eventually surpasses the genius of his master. In his pursuit of the perfect perfume, Jean-Baptiste comes across a beautiful young woman in the streets of Paris, and is seduced by her scent. The natural fragrance of a beautiful woman is intoxicating, and in a desperate need to capture it, he will resort to murder. His murderous obsession with scent, and his desperate need to...

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Review of Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer (DVD)

THE PUTRID SMELL OF PERFUME.

Advantages: A very interesting film, sticks closely to the book.
Disadvantages: Shocking images.

... PERFUME Released in 2006, and directed by Tom Tykwer Perfume is a harrowing tale of the Drama genre. The story is taken from the book 'Perfume' written by Patrick Suskind. Synopsis Set in 18th Century France in a small sleepy town a mother gives birth to Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. She immediately abandons him in the Parisian fish market, under a filthy market stall rife with rats and the stench of fish. Immediately Jean-Baptiste is enveloped in a putrid smell of the markets wares of rotting meat, maggots, and old food, which are presented to us in a series of snapshots. The child sniffs the air, and these are the first smells his young highly developed olfactory senses are greeted by. The mother is hung for her crime of child abandonment, and the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille begins...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 25.01.2008 (26.01.2008) · Read review
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