Miss Balmain

Balmain

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3.7

23 reviews
57%
would repurchase
3.9/5
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    Aimbl

    10 years ago

    ---- Original review: Two star meritorious, but I won't reach for it often. I have a 30 ml vintage square bottle of Miss Balmain extrait that has darkened. Leather floral chypre. On my skin,...

    About reviewer (517 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Olive, Warm

    HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

    EyesBrown

    2.0
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    violette

    11 years ago

    Don't be fooled by the name & deceptive pink box... this is no sweet, innocent, girly-girl scent. In fact, it's not even a 'Miss'. This is a masculine woody leather in disguise. There's nothing...

    About reviewer (66 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinVery Oily, Medium, Warm

    HairBlack, Wavy, Medium

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    missmoffat

    14 years ago

    I bought this in Harrods in 2007. Eau De Toilette. I had not seen it since the early 70s in Western Canada when I had it. My father said of the fragrance that it smelled of the French underground....

    About reviewer (41 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Wavy, Fine

    EyesHazel

    5.0
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    CecileCecile

    15 years ago

    Recently I purchased a set of vintage parfum minis - Miss Balmain was one of them and is my favorite so far. This parfum is so soft and smooth but also has balls of steel. On me it is a nostalgic...

    About reviewer (489 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

    EyesHazel

    5.0
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    HolliVomit

    16 years ago

    one of my favorites, and something that I will always have in my collection. it's a dirty rocker chick orange blossom scent to me which makes the name seem almost fitting. classic and modern all at...

    About reviewer (20 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinSensitive, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBlond, Other, Other

    EyesBlue

    3.0
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    nordhimmel

    16 years ago

    Whoa Nellie, that's some strong stuff. I totally agree with Dascha's review below. This juice definitely conjurs up a whole other decade and attitude that just isn't really being replicated in...

    About reviewer (29 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair, Neutral

    HairRed, Curly, Coarse

    EyesHazel

    4.0
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    elaborate

    16 years ago

    TBC, notes from Parfums Balmain website: Family: Chypre. Notes: Hesperide, Fresh notes, Herbaceous // Jasmine, Lily of the valley, Rose, Jonquil, Narcisse // Patchouli, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Tonka beans.

    About reviewer (98 reviews)

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    jolene4him

    16 years ago

    P.U., should be the name for this stink . . . a.k.a. scent. For those not seeking to leave a lingering stench of smoke or hides, try a clean, refined, fragrance for your classic woodiness . . ....

    About reviewer (3 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinVery Dry, Medium

    HairBrunette

    EyesBrown

    4.0
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    dascha

    16 years ago

    Okay, if there was ever a "party girl" fragrance this is it. But I'm not talking about the fruity floral sugar-dipped little hotties prancing around nowadays. No, I'm talking about serious hardcore...

    About reviewer (74 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinOily, Fair

    HairBlond

    EyesBlue

    4.0
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    rasputin2

    16 years ago

    I also have noticed the tobacco-like qualities of MISS B., and do not necessarily consider that a fault. MISS BALMAIN indeed does a juggling act between the intense narcotic white flowers...

    About reviewer (74 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Medium, Cool

    HairSilver, Straight, Coarse

    EyesGreen

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    luckylouie

    17 years ago

    I was given a bottle of this as a present about 10 years ago. It doesn't work on my skin. All I get is lily of the valley mixed with a bit of leather, but mainly lily of the valley. It smells one...

    About reviewer (816 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBrunette

    EyesBrown

    3.0
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    debrsl

    17 years ago

    This is a soft scent on me....maybe my nose is out of whack. I did notice that the top is a nice floral, nothing sharp or offensive, and that the base has a little animalic going on. Just what...

    About reviewer (763 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinDry, Other, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Other, Other

    EyesBrown

    4.0
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    Sherrie11

    18 years ago

    There are such great reveiws on Miss Balmain below, I don't have much to add except my two cents worth. On me, it's a bit smoky in the beginning. I get the peppery coriander, and the beautiful...

    About reviewer (116 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinNormal, Fair

    HairBrown

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    3.0
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    magnificent

    18 years ago

    Released :1968 Chypre Floral-Animalic. Headnotes: Aldehydes, Citrus Oils, Coriander, Gardenia, Thujone. Middlenotes: Carnation, Jasmin, Jonquil, Narcissus, Orris,...

    About reviewer (183 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinOther, Other

    HairOther

    EyesOther

    5.0
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    Quarry

    18 years ago

    Jolie Madame was a bit boring to me. I liked Cabochard, but after reading Maller's comments below, thought I'd best sample Miss Balmain before committing to a full bottle of Cab. For a couple...

    About reviewer (58 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    4.0
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    PeeShee

    18 years ago

    I love it and can't put it into better words then Helg did below. I feel the same way. I gave it 4 lippies instead of 5 becuase I prefer the softer version Jolie Madame. Miss Balmain is more of a...

    About reviewer (305 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinDry

    HairBlond

    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    Maller

    19 years ago

    Cabochard has always been my favorite aldehydic floral-animalic fragrance. Until now. Miss Balmain has suddenly and unceremoniously bumped it off of it's first place pedestal. However, all my...

    About reviewer (577 reviews)

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    5.0
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    ellizam

    19 years ago

    I cannot speak to how this fragrance will work on everybody, only how it worked on me. I'm prefacing this way because I suspect my bad experience with it is a chemistry thing. Miss Balmain...

    About reviewer (542 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination

    HairBrown

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    2.0
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    Wyrmiax

    19 years ago

    This one lurches from top to middle to base notes like someone learning to drive a stick shift. And each stage is a little too "too"--the top is too spicy, the heart too sweet, the base too...

    About reviewer (545 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinVery Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Straight, Medium

    EyesHazel

    5.0
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    timbuktu

    20 years ago

    The love child of Bandit and Miss Dior (by way of a fling with Cabochard), Miss Balmain (1967) puts the animal in "floral-animalic" chypre. It is one of my favorite fragrances -- partly for its...

    About reviewer (49 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinOther

    HairOther

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