Pardon my French, but what the hell. What is up with fragrance campaigns? They make me want to rush out and buy the scent, even though this one by Valentino will always be my true love. They are all so beautiful I want to make them into posters and stick them up on my wall (especially this campaign by Nina Ricci) and stare at it for more than 5 minutes. Parisienne by YSL is no exception. Kate’s smokey eyes, messy hair and that delicate rose are all telling me Bonjour. And that Eiffel tower. The LBD. Le sigh … Le everything. This ad is gorgeous, and Miss Moss (hehe, say it quick 10 times) still has it.
Parisienne is a scent that suits this eternal woman: she has personality, she is paradoxical, and she plays with convention. There is nothing obvious, only hints. This fragrance flows lovingly in a precious flacon, intricately carved like the labyrinth of Parisian streets, soft as the sheets she has just left behind, pink as the sky of a pale early morning, and as couture as the YSL label on black leather.
A beautiful presentation, just as Yves Saint Laurent dresses a Parisienne woman.
I saw the ad online and was determined to hunt it down at the department store, and shamelessly spray it all over myself.
I found out later that the target age was for women in their 30s, so I’m not sure I fit the target audience. However, when smelling this, the phrase “thirty and flirty” came to mind – it’s a flirty, floral fragrance. Notes include vinyl accord, cranberry, blackberry, damask rose, violet, peony, patchouli, vetiver, sandalwood and musk. I like to think that the women who suits this scent loves to have drinks after work (to which she’s the CEO of course), is self assured, confident, yet soft and feminine. In other words, I like it, but I wouldn’t buy it personally … I don’t feel like a ‘woman’ yet. I mean … I’m not a girl, not yet a woman (yes, I went there).
To my hard-working, amazing career lady readers, I think you’d love this. 
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Haha! I laughed so hard reading this!
You’ve got some writing skills, ma chérie.
Aw, mais merci, ma cherie! Je t’adore!
Oh la la, vous parlez français alors? Très bien, Renee! Haha!
J/k!
Did you learn to speak it? Or did you Google it?
Oh non non, cherie, Il y avant pas Google! Je parle francais un peu, j’etait une etudiant a francais depuis 10 ans!
…My french is very rusty, I am sure half that sentence is wrong
I learnt it all through 3rd-11th grade, then a little bit of classes after, but I have forgotten a lot of it which is a shame. 
I should get classes again! Knowing a second language is a privilege! How do you know French, you smart lady? 
I love the bottle design. The leather against the pink is so pretty. I’ll have to go to the store and take a whiff, even though I’m not in my thirties either. Oh, and no you didn’t just quote Britney! Lol!
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Hey Tammy – I actually didn’t realize it was leather, even though it said it was! That actually looks really cool, I like the ‘tough’ leather against the eternal pink bottle – so classy! And do tell me what you think of the scent after you try it out!
… And yes, yes I did. Shameful!
LoL! I’m not a girl, not just a woman too!
Haha! Ah, the trials of womanhood
ooh.. i am loving the poster! the black dress is awesome isn’t it. sigh. but the perfume seems really awesome.. im gonna have to try it as well!
Hey Nish!
Ugh… tell me about it. I want that dress! Of course it probably costs $13,000 or something ridiculous! 
Do let me know what you think of the scent though!