Jolie Madame

Balmain

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4.0

64 reviews
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    hesperia

    14 years ago

    This was one of my mother's signature perfumes, way back in the early 60s (the other was Fille d'Eve, also by Balmain). I have always loved it. My mother wore the perfum (the heaviest...

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    5.0
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    msm4slm

    14 years ago

    This is for the vintage EDT. This is a gorgeous chypre, with violet and leather accents. I am very cautious buying vintage perfumes unsniffed on ebay. This one was a $15 bargain worth every...

    About reviewer (170 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    BigEars

    14 years ago

    One would not believe that it was possible to make a predominantly violet scent edgy. After all violets are all pink cheeked innocence right? But Mdme Cellier manged to do just that by adding a...

    About reviewer (325 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    Taylorbryn

    14 years ago

    I researched Jolie Madame for a couple days before I thought it was absolutely beyond necessary to have it in my life. I dropped 25 bucks on Amazon and almost barreled through my front door with...

    About reviewer (23 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    chrystelica

    14 years ago

    This is for the original vintage parfum. Without reading reviews of this product, but somewhere hearing the name and that people loved it, I decided to try it. The smell in the bottle was spicer...

    About reviewer (255 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    Moyra

    15 years ago

    Once again, I wonder if all the reviews are referring to the selfsame, apparently reformulated, gruesomely bitter Jolie Madame I recently purchased unsniffed in its current incarnation. I remember...

    About reviewer (27 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    elaborate

    16 years ago

    TBC, notes from Parfums Balmain website: Family: Floral Oriental, Notes: Petitgrain, Clove, Neroli // Jasmin, Orange Blossom, Violet Leaf, Tuberose, Lilac // Oakmoss, Patchouli, Tobacco, Ceder

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    Kit20

    16 years ago

    A sweet yet beautiful combination of violet and greenery which dries down to a leather chypre. Don't expect a Cabochard clone though, IMO this scent is more akin to l'Insolence by Guerlain. In...

    About reviewer (38 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    KelseyP

    16 years ago

    I wish I had the opportunity to spray this, because dabbing on a sample I find is sometimes a different experience than spraying. My sample, however, produced a strong, sweet violet scent with a...

    About reviewer (533 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    murtomaki

    16 years ago

    The most lovely chypre fragrance! Very clean and fresh! Never overpowing! I love leather in Jolie, it reminds me about Bandit , but is more gentle and sophisticated. I have gave this fragrance to...

    About reviewer (6 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    Draper

    16 years ago

    Me: a lover of classic perfumes (Chanel 19, Mitsouko, 24 Faubourg). Paid $5 for this at TJ Maxx- was looking for unusual scents that I don't see at Macy's. On me, I get a blast of violets, some...

    About reviewer (107 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    MizLiz211

    16 years ago

    Jolie Madame cost me less than $15 at Marshall's, and what a wonderful bargain it turned out to be! This is such a chic chypre: A late 1940s New Look fashion model, clad in blue-gray tweed,...

    About reviewer (161 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    Shadow_Witch

    16 years ago

    I didn't mean to fall in love with this mossy, candied violet, and leather mistress. I had swapped for a half bottle months ago and forgot about it. It all began with a sample of vintage Miss Dior...

    About reviewer (635 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    ocpunk1

    16 years ago

    I got a vintage bottle from a fellow MUA-er who has been my fragrance mentor since I joined up. I loved it immediately, especially the tobacco notes, which jumped out at me. I usually cannot wear...

    About reviewer (87 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    JaleR

    16 years ago

    Jolie Madame, what a sophisticated, seducing smell. I see it in he tradition of Bourjois' Soir de Paris - a parfum made for the "grand soir" - brilliant.

    About reviewer (62 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    4.0
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    susand

    16 years ago

    I found this today at TJMaxx on clearance! $5.00 for a 3.4 oz. bottle! I am always on the lookout for vintage-y or different perfumes, so I snatched it up! First whiff was...

    About reviewer (106 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    CTCOAST

    16 years ago

    I found Jolie Madame in a little shop in Bermuda when I was 14. It smelled wonderful on me and my dad bought me a tiny bottle of the perfume. Every time I wore it I received numerous complements...

    About reviewer (1 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    3.0
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    proximitythe53rd

    16 years ago

    I may come back and edit this review once I've tried this perfume a few more times. <br><br> This is a slightly sharp chypre. My favorite notes that I could pick out of it were just a touch of...

    About reviewer (382 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    tessture

    16 years ago

    I'd been wanting to try this and was ecstatic to get this as an extra from a very generous lady. It's lovely on first application, but dries down to old-style powdery that I just can't like. It...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    jemimagold

    16 years ago

    I found Jolie Madame's strong oakmoss-chypre-leather top note off putting and thought here we go again, another Bandit or Chypre de Coty tiger. After an hour it calmed down and I could detect the...

    About reviewer (291 reviews)

    Age36-43

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