Paco Rabanne Pour Elle by Paco Rabanne

Dark Curls

i received this in swap from NathalieZ & just as I knew I would, I love it! I can smell beautiful flowers and a woodsy undertone that is almost masculine, & they blend together nicely. I am not good at picking out specific notes unless they are blatantly obvious, but i do know that i love this scent. Thanks NathalieZ!

Sinica

I honestly don't know why such bad reviews, in my opinion, this is a very very good fragrance. It opens up very fresh and juicy, you can feel the cold water in which you put a bouquet of blooming flowers in the morning. The water is slowly getting less and less noticeable and the blossoms start waking up from their morning sleepiness. They shine out through all the morning and the after noon, and then they are smoothly replaced by soft woods and spices which just last and last and last. A simple quality perfume which should never be discontinued and so horrifyingly dismissed.

miru

i honestly smell pepper and mandarin..and a slight touch of amber in the end..i guess i`m not so peachy after all:)

Sassy1

I love florals and this one's right up my alley. The top is fruity and the pepper note balances it out so you're not drowned in sweetness. I'm a sucker for plum and I do pick it out along with a hint of orange. The middle smells very rosy to me but a pure refined rose, not cheap or phony.
Ok, I wore this for the whole day. The florals lasted so long, it faded before I got to any of the bottom notes.
It's an ok frag, I'd buy it on sale.

guest_Botshelo

My cousin's ex boyfriend baught it for her a few years ago and since then i have been in love with it, it is very hard to find in South Africa though, ive requested they order it for me...i can't wait!

moonflower143

i bought a mini of this yesterday to give it a try...it was too floral on my skin, the kind of floral that dont blend with my body chemistry..

lilinah

I am so shocked! I got a tiny sample tester in a larger perfume order. I decided to give it a try today. And i can't believe my nose. I actually like it! What a surprise!

On me it's a rather fruity floral (but not gourmand).

The packaging lists notes somewhat different from those above:
Italian Mandarin (is this Zagara?)
Plum
Pink Pepper
Tiare
Ylang-ylang
Amber
Vanilla
Massoïa Wood
And i smell melon (like Casaba), although it isn't listed.

It's a sunny cheerful scent, pleasantly uplifting on this cold gloomy day we're having, so typical of summer here. It isn't groundbreaking, but seems like a very good scent for day wear in spring and summer.

chocolat

Nothing so special, at least not fot me. It is floral, reminds me of Kenneth Kole Black. I prefer fragrances that have a little more to their charactere, this is ok but doesn make me want it.

Dani-G

Lovely scent, great for office use, particulary in spring/summer.
And it has a remarkable staying power, more than 10 hours.
I will buy it for upcoming hot season, I think it will match perfectly for hot months here in Bulgaria fr. April till October!

woogyjones50

I'm wearing this one today and looking at the notes shown here, I keep smelling my wrist and wondering what I am missing. To me, this perfume is somewhat synthetic-it doesn't smell like anything 'real' to me. I don't know if that makes sense or not but I'll give an example: The basenotes contain peach. However, on my wrist, I smell nothing but a blend of what smells to be white flowers with nothing distinctive jumping out. On my skin, this perfume smells exactly the same way now as it did when I first sprayed it on. It seems rather linear.

With that being said, however, this is not a bad perfume at all. It probably doesn't have a lot of characteristics to make itself stand out in the crowd of the many perfume choices out there. But it has incredible staying power, it is reasonably priced, and if you enjoy a fresh, floral that packs a punch (use a light hand on this one) and will be with you all day, I think that this is one to try.

sophywt

When the first time I put it on, it reminds me of Kingdom, another fragrance by Jacques Cavallier.
The two have different characters, but I think they share a same kind of darkness and strong-minded.

guest_Zoe M

You can think that this is a fresh and minimal perfume because of the bottle. But this is, one of the most stronger perfumes I ever tried. Perfect for stronger women. I love it when I smell it.