Parure (for women)

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DISCLAIMER: Jardins de Bagatelle will be referred to in an unfavorable manner in the following review.

Parure was the sort of relic-of-a-golden-age-past diva who had gone quite mad. She was Miss Havisham. She was Norma Desmond. She was the ladies from Grey Gardens.

Parure was morbidly disillusioned and exuberantly vainglorious at once. She donned boas and stoles alone in her bourdoir, smoked with an ivory ciggarette-holder, schemed about reviving her fame, drank heavily, and cackled rather than laughed. I was little afraid of her, I'll admit, but I thought her rather marvelous. I secretly rifled through her belongings, in fact.. because her taste was so cultivated and fantastic I was sure to be the wiser for it! And I spent all I had at her estate sale, after she met her tragic and legendary end.
Above all, Parure was an outsider, though, and the persons bold-enough, cultured-enough, and wise-enough to pay her a visit and succumb her heady wiles from time to time -- either, culturally, to enrich themselves or for the purpose of a therapeutic respite from the confines of sanity -- were far too few. And she was coldly dispatched, ultimately... by the powers-that-be: the marketing department at Guerlain.

Though I am not surprised Parure's tousled,devilish head was sent rolling --while the bourgeois beast Jardins de Bagatelle was allowed to run amuck, propagating banality in the name of Guerlain --I am saddened.

Parure was a great, dark, rose-leather chypre, of unparalleled character. I wear it when I feel especially at odds with the Universe, yet all the more fabulous for it. And I think it was one of Guerlain's top three ever. It's utterly amazing, in fact. How many fragrances have ever held that power -- to make one feel prostrate in servitude?

I should add that Parure sees through men, too. Like Bette Davis in All About Eve, and I think men know it. ;)

That said, I think that Parure would also make a fantastic men's fragrance. It has all the elements; it's dry, leathery, and intimidating. Please try it, too, men.

It seems to be disappearing from this Earth, so...pray with me for Guerlain to bring it back, and get it while you can.

tessture

This went on gorgeous for me, then dry down rapidly became disastrous. There's a note in the final combination that smells exactly like medicated foot powder and between that and the plum notes, it smelled too old fashioned on me and just too old.

Henriette

Yes, too bad it's so difficult to find it. IMO it would have deserved a better fortune when launched, maybe it was too avant garde, as all Guerlain perfumes are. Parure is pure perfection bottled, absolutely wonderful, elegant. I bought my first Parure when I was 15 and it's among the very few that I still love to wear after so many years. I use to describe Parure as Mitsouko's Little Sister. The Guerlain Marketing Direction should do something to avoid this oblivion, totally undeserved oblivion

chypresse

Hai capito che si trova qui sul internet? Prova ebay or Amazon.com.

E sensa dubbio, si trova in Francia o nelle dogane.

Auguri-
Una amica parmensa-americana

winx61

Peccato non ci sia piu' nelle profumerie... lo adoravo negli anni '70

caribou55313

Gorgeous, very feminine chypre with a distinct plum note and rich floral heart.