Guerlain Black Perfecto by La Petite Robe Noire Florale was created by Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk in 2018, a darker version of the original La Petite Robe Noire with a little floral. The inspiration was contrasting a biker leather jacket and a red carpet evening glam ensemble.
Monsieur Guerlain noted "Guerlain fans, rejoice! This smells like a resurrection of Delphine Jelk’s greatly missed original version of La Petite Robe Noire from 2009, which was evidently more charismatic than the reworked 2012 version that followed: a gorgeously rich "Musquinade" blend of raspberry, amarena cherries, bitter almond, Bulgarian rose absolute, licorice, and burnt sugar, well worthy of the Guerlain name. Back then, Guerlain's now former artistic director, Sylvaine Delacourte, explained that La Petite Robe Noire was inspired by the flavour and chewy texture of a raspberry macaron, and Black Perfecto makes us remember why...."
It is anything but ordinary, in a surprising way. The notes look scary, but it's not that sweet, it's more substantial, the heart of the note and not the idea. And it is darker. Often darker versions are billed as such and are just not that.
Notes of rose, leather, black musk, black tea, licorice and almond. Guerlain Black Perfecto by La Petite Robe Noire Florale is an eau de parfum Legere.
Fragrantica - "As one would expect by looking at the notes, this version of LPRN is centred around three types of rose, black tea, almonds and soft leather. The rose in this is a sweet, deep, rich, dark rose, the black tea offers a certain level of freshness and the leather, which is not very pronounced on me, grounds up the floral notes. Offers some edginess and oomph. Cannot say too much about almonds or musk since I don’t really detect them in here. What I can say for sure is that this blend is strong, nuanced, balanced, sweet and intoxicating!"
Fragrantica - "I crave it every January. This year the cherry effect has shifted to black cherry or even a bit purple grape. Perhaps blackberry. It's also a bit frosted, for an hour or two. Cool wine that has cherry or berry, licorice and tannins. Cherry Long Island Iced Tea cocktail. The drydown is berry-cherry cream. Of course there is rose all the way through."
Fragrantica - "Firstly, I did not understand this fragrance, it seemed very strange to me. But I tried to wear it and did not notice how much I fell in love with it. This scent is unique and similar only to some other "Dresses". It's very curious, I smell a cherry, but cherry is not listed here. Also I can smell roses and leather. The rose is very gentle and young here. I'm in doubts how to classify this scent. Sweet? Floral? Or any other? Probably, everything at once. This is a delicious cherry jam with rose petals and a slight hint of expensive leather nearby. But it's not a safe blind buy! This fragrance has its own character."
