Jolie Madame

Balmain

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4.0

64 reviews
71%
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3.8/5
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    3.0
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    fpih

    17 years ago

    I bought this unsniffed from the Internet. I have to say that it is not what I expected. It is very floral in the begining, very very sweet but that scent fades in 10 mins. I do get the sweetened...

    About reviewer (187 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

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    4.0
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    debrsl

    17 years ago

    The first time I put this on, I was dismayed by the intensely sweet, candied violet smell. I used too little of it and did not leave it on long enough. I reapplied it, using alot. It is...

    About reviewer (763 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinDry, Other, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Other, Other

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    4.0
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    rosbergs3

    17 years ago

    When i was a kid my mother used to make a dinner called chicken curry. It was an amalgamation of all kinds of spices like cumarin, clary sage, and curry. It had a very strong smell to it and it...

    About reviewer (521 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinNormal, Other

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    bududaddy

    17 years ago

    I wanted to like this based on the great reviews here.... but I didn't like it at all. Maybe the sample I got isn't the freshest? On me, this turned into the most musty, stale-smelling old lady...

    About reviewer (33 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    4.0
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    kariekirk

    17 years ago

    Bandit and Annick Goutal Passion had a love child and named it Jolie Madame. I put the parents away in a shoebox once I discovered this. The tuberose is brilliant with the leather, and the...

    About reviewer (2 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

    HairOther, Other, Other

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    1.0
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    Gingerbreadgirl

    17 years ago

    There is something, as previous reviewers have noted, distinctly unsettling and other-y about this perfume. On my skin, this smells like nothing so much as a car full of Mary Kay saleswomen wearing...

    About reviewer (73 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinNormal, Fair

    HairBrunette

    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    oonaghst

    17 years ago

    I bought this on a whim, having never smelt it before. I have to say that when I first tried it, I was really quite unsure as to whether I liked it or not. There was something old fashioned about...

    About reviewer (104 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Other, Other

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    CelestialBlue

    17 years ago

    My Grandma wore this beautiful fragrance. I was thinking about her and thought I'd order a bottle off ebay to remember the scent. She was very young Grandma by the way, in her early forties when I...

    About reviewer (154 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinVery Dry, Fair-Medium

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    rebdab

    17 years ago

    Oh My. OH MY !!!!!! I would main-line this, snort it, bathe in it, drink it, aspirate the opoid out of fentanyl patches and replace it with this..... Every time I smell Jolie Madame I wonder WHY do...

    About reviewer (62 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    HairBrown

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    4.0
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    LipstickLil

    17 years ago

    This is a lovely elegant scent! Jolie Madame is a very refined floral leather on my skin, clean and green rather than powdery. The aldehydic topnotes are a little bitter but only last a few...

    About reviewer (351 reviews)

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    SkinNormal, Medium, Cool

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    bmichlig

    17 years ago

    I bought Jolie Madame earlier this summer almost on a lark. It was recommended as a summer chypre. As a chypre girl, I LOVE THIS SCENT. I had Bandit and enjoyed it well enough, but was always...

    About reviewer (141 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

    HairRed, Curly, Coarse

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    4.0
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    cjblue

    17 years ago

    I wore Jolie Madame one day, early summer, and in my normal spacey way forgot I was wearing it - or anything, for that matter. So I'm driving down the street going "Wow, something smells...

    About reviewer (32 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    danysedai

    17 years ago

    I hated this one, had to scrub it from my wrists, I love so-called old fashioned scents but hated this one on me. After reading the reviews that say this is similar to Bandit, I'm in trouble...

    About reviewer (20 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Dark, Not Sure

    HairBlack, Relaxed, Coarse

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    5.0
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    Joey2

    17 years ago

    Oh how I love Jolie Madame. This is a wonderful chypre with a hit of a floral note. I've seen this described as violet, however, I don't know how violet smells. Frankly, I remember mother wearing...

    About reviewer (42 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinOily, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBlond, Straight, Fine

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    5.0
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    ellizam

    17 years ago

    Jolie Madame is a beautiful creation. On my skin, anyway, it opens with a distinct bergamot/neroli aromatic kiss. There's leaves in there, green herbs - probably the coriander several sources...

    About reviewer (542 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    2.0
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    rachchen

    17 years ago

    I have tried very hard to like this, and I do like the top and middle notes (love violet!), but the leathery, animalic base notes (civet and castoreum) do not sit well with me. I cannot do animalic...

    About reviewer (73 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Medium, Warm

    HairBlack, Straight, Medium

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    5.0
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    pulsar

    17 years ago

    This is one of my favourites, even if I don't wear it very often. It is a great interview/work scent, because it just says "confidence". It is elegant without being stuffy, confident without...

    About reviewer (15 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBrunette

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    5.0
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    frini

    17 years ago

    OK, I live in Greece and this perfume wasn't available here...When i was a little girl my mumy put this on me and we were going out for a walk with the girlish dresses and is a very nostalgic...

    About reviewer (49 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBlond, Wavy, Fine

    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    shopcheap

    18 years ago

    i bought this unsniffed because of the notes, and sure enough i love it; chypres are lovely! miss jolie smells almost exactly like halston in the opening (halston being a "newer" chypre from the...

    About reviewer (66 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    3.0
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    tashmina

    18 years ago

    Bandit's innocent and beautiful little sister! This was created by the same person who created Bandit (Germaine Cellier) so there is that connection. This starts off very deep green/woodsy/mossy...

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