La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Toilette My Cocktail Dress 2017
La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Toilette My Cocktail Dress opens with a surprising inversion: jasmine and rose arrive first, bright and slightly soapy, instead of fading in later.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Floral85
- Rose75
- White Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Apple
- Black Currant
- Orange Blossom
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readLa Petite Robe Noire Eau de Toilette My Cocktail Dress opens with a surprising inversion: jasmine and rose arrive first, bright and slightly soapy, instead of fading in later. This reversal gives the composition an immediate floral polish that feels less fruity gourmand, more dressed-up than the original black dress bottle suggests.
The apple and blackcurrant emerge quickly but remain tart rather than candied, cutting through the white florals with green acidity. Orange blossom adds a neroli-like sparkle that keeps everything from settling into powdery territory too soon. The effect is closer to a citrus-floral eau than a sweet cocktail.
The base pulls it back toward Guerlain's house style with soft amber and a whisper of patchouli that never goes dark. This is the most restrained of the Petite Robe Noire variations, trading syrup for something lighter and more wearable in warm weather. Suited to someone who finds the original too heavy but still wants that polished, feminine framework.
Scent twins
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