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5.0
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15 years ago

Oh, how I long for vintage Rive Gauche!!! Wore it in the early 80's and loved it. Revisited it recently by purchasing a bottle from YSL. Yes, it's similar, but not the same. Yet, it's still...

About reviewer (55 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Other

HairBlond

EyesBlue



3.0
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15 years ago

This is a nice rose fragrance and I'm sure I detect violets as well. This is very, very flowery and quite sweet. It has great lasting power and projects fairly well also for an EdT. However, I...

About reviewer (217 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinVery Dry, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesBrown


2.0
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15 years ago

My comments are based on the post 2003 edt formulation. After trying Rive Gauche, I'm kind of disappointed after reading all of the great reviews. Rive Gauche is a straight up oriental fragrance...

About reviewer (249 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOily, Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Medium

EyesBrown


4.0
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16 years ago

Very powdery and soft. Elegant and not something everyone wears. For some reason men love this so much.

About reviewer (40 reviews)

Age

SkinCombination, Fair

HairBlond

EyesGreen


2.0
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16 years ago

I would give this just one lippie if it weren't for the lovely packaging. my father worked for YSL and Chanel fragrances when I was a teen, so I grew up bathing in their fragrances. To me, Rive...

About reviewer (19 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinSensitive, Fair, Not Sure

HairBlond, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
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16 years ago

This is a wonderful classic scent . I love it .

About reviewer (463 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


3.0
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16 years ago

i like this one, but i don't love it! firstly, the bottle - i dont dislike it as an object per se, but as a perfume bottle? im not that keen on it. i think its a bit gaudy and i prefer something a...

About reviewer (73 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair

HairRed

EyesGreen


5.0
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16 years ago

OK, I'm old but my DH is older and he loves this one on me. I agree with a previous reviewer - it probably does remind him of the 70s when we were both a lot younger and friskier. That said, I...

About reviewer (73 reviews)

Age56 & Over

SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

HairBlond, Other, Other

EyesBlue


5.0
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16 years ago

Rive Gauche-EdT: I must say that the new version despite all the critique lacks the dreaded metallic note which i found in the vintage one. The vetiver drydown is distinct and dewy, still warm and...

About reviewer (100 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


5.0
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17 years ago

I hadn't thought about Rive Gauche in quite awhile but I remember the scent like it was yesterday. It was the only perfume that my best friend's college roomate wore and she wore it beautifully...

About reviewer (35 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination

HairRed

EyesHazel


4.0
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17 years ago

I still have the older version of Rive Gauche - not that there's much of it left now, but I'm using it sparingly :-) I think this fragrance is a classic - elegant, refined and formulated in the...

About reviewer (202 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Medium

HairBrunette

EyesGreen


3.0
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17 years ago

I'd rate this 3.5 lippies. I'm not sure which version I sampled but I really enjoyed Rive Gauche. This is a very classic type of fragrance. It seems to have an oaky powdery finish. It makes me...

About reviewer (744 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesHazel


5.0
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17 years ago

When my husband and I went to Paris last August, I noticed Sephoras in the City of Light carried this. I love powdery aldehydes and picked up the Intense version of this fragrance, which I will now...

About reviewer (223 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

This is one of my favorite fragrances. It was always sitting in my mom's medicine cabinet when I was a kid. One day, after college, I decided to borrow it and was hooked. The modern version is...

About reviewer (46 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinSensitive, Fair, Cool

HairBrown, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
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18 years ago

Gorgeous aldehydic fragrance. If you are a fan of Chanel No 5, you will want to try this. I find this to be a very soft powdery sophisticated fragrance. I love wearing it and it's very "me". I...

About reviewer (167 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


5.0
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18 years ago

Beautiful, fresh, original smell of freesias. Does not leave that horrible powdery smell. Fresh enough for the office. Sophiscated enough for the evening.

About reviewer (30 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinNormal, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Medium

EyesGray


4.0
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18 years ago

This old favourite of mine has now been reformulated but I couldn't resist spritzing the edt in a department store today. The opening burst of aldehydes is breathtakingly sharp with plenty of...

About reviewer (351 reviews)

Age

SkinNormal, Medium, Cool

HairBlond, Straight, Fine

EyesBrown


2.0
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18 years ago

The original scent was better, a star of 70's: a classy, woody-aldehydic fragrance which had many adorers. I don't know why in the world it was discontinued and this reformulated fragrance is...

About reviewer (136 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinDry

HairBrown

EyesBrown


2.0
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18 years ago

I LOVED Rive Gauche in the mid-70's when I bought it as a solid perfume. The original scent was the BEST, and it was all I ever wore as a teenager and well into my 20s. The new reformulated scent...

About reviewer (4 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

HairRed, Curly, Fine

EyesGreen


5.0
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18 years ago

When YSL himself was at the helm of his maison, some of the most famous and gorgeous fragrances of the 20th century were released: Y, Rive Gauche, Opium, Paris come to mind. Now that YSL's house...

About reviewer (124 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther