La Petite Robe Noire 2 Guerlain for women

First off let me say that the dress on the bottle does absolutely nothing for the appearance of this. It looks like something out of an illustrated childrens' book. How about keeping the bottle as is and slapping one of those round Guerlain labels on? Anything would be an improvement.

As for the juice inside, first sniff I was so-so. Not as bad as the first Le Petite Robe Noire, which struck me as Le Petite Black Berry. LPRN2 is more floral, it's got that almost electrified sweetness much like My Insolence but not as sweet. Call me crazy, but I do love My Insolence.

Yesterday while in the store, the SA sprayed a tiny cloth (looks like a tag off an article of clothing) with LPRN2 and I got a 1ml vial of it. I purchased other things so the swatch sat on my kitchen table last night. While sitting here, I kept smelling something appealing and wouldn't you know it was the swatch of LPRN2, from 2 rooms away. This always happens. It does not smell as strong today.

On my skin LPRN2 really reminds me of My Insolence, minus the deep vanilla dry down and so-called cherry cough syrup top. It's definitely not a classic Guerlain. It's very likeable, I think the galbanum, iris, lemon, and bergamot keep it from becoming uber sweet (although it is fairly sweet, not an entirely bad thing) and the dry down on musk and leather keep it interesting, prevent it from becoming the generic floral fruity fare. I swear I smell vanilla in here, must be the marshmallow. Jeeze, the more I sniff it the more it grows on me. But I am a Guerlainophile, I have only come across less than a handful of Guerlain offerings that I dislike: Champs Elysees and a few of the Allegorias-but the Allegorias don't really count, do they? After all, IMO they're just one flanker after another, except for Winter Delice. I don't know, I haven't dabbled in the all. Not yet.

Would I run out and buy a big bottle of this? I *might* after a few more wearings of my 1ml. Now if a bottle of LPRN2 fell into my lap or was given as a gift I would happily accept.

Let me add that if I were going somewhere that required the wearing of a little black dress, this is not what I'd chose to go with it. It's probably the last thing I'd pick to wear with a little black dress, it's too playful and not chic enough for that type of occasion.