Sunday, December 14, 2014

Revlon Parfumerie: Italian Leather and Espresso

Man, do I have some apologizing to do! I have been so bad about blogging lately! Our internet went out after a storm recently, but it still took me a few days to get motivated to get a post finished! So sorry about that. The holidays are a killer for getting anything other than holiday things done. 

Today I have two colors from the Revlon Parfumerie line. These polishes are scented polishes with colors that are supposed to correspond with the scent. I have Espresso and Italian Leather to review and share swatches today. I have older reviews of Autumn Spice and Pink Pineapple, you can follow the links to see what I thought about those.

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First up, I have Espresso. Any of you who know me in real life know that I am coffee obsessed. I live in Portland, so it is pretty much a given. I love coffee and I got this solely for the scent it is supposed to give. It is a very dark brown, but mostly looks just black in normal light. I really only saw the brown hue when I had it under bright lights. I used two coats and got an very smooth and even coverage. I did have one almost patchy spot that I really didn't notice until I took the photos. I liked the quality of this, but the smell...really wasn't anything like any coffee I have ever had. That isn't a good thing. It really doesn't smell at all after several hours, but at first, it smells very faintly of coffee, but only because I am searching for that scent. Otherwise, I would say it just smells like a weird vanilla. Not good in my opinion.


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Italian Leather is a gorgeous color. I bought this one only for the color and not the smell, though I do love the smell of leather. This beautiful green really shines because of the shimmer throughout. I love it. This was two coats and was a little patchy on my ring finger. It is such a pretty, rich color. The application was fine, no trouble there. I did have issues with the scent again though. It doesn't smell like leather to me. Someone else told me they thought it smelled like vanilla. I don't agree, but it definitely smells like something. I can't identify it, but it isn't leather. 

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These are really pretty, but I was disappointed that they don't smell like they should. I did use top coat, but they smelled the same before I added the top coat in both cases. I think the color is worth it for Italian Leather, but Espresso isn't unique enough in my opinion. I'm just upset about missing out on the smell of coffee now. I believe these are on sale at Walgreens, but I have heard mixed messages about how much they are. I have heard they are on sale with coupon for as little as $.50! Mine doesn't have them priced that low, but maybe yours does. Let me know what you think of these and if you have a different experience than I did. I would love to hear about it. Thanks for reading!

14 comments:

  1. I loved the colour of Italian Leather so much that it was my first Parfumerie pick. However I had big troubles in applying it, big bald spots everywhere, bad dragging, a nightmare! I was sooo disappointed by it! I guess it might have something to do with how and where they stock it, but mine was such a no-no formula wise. Colour-wise is unique though! I love it. And about the smell, oh wehhh, I hated it! I have no idea what it smelled like either though!

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  2. Italian Leather smell reminds me of my dad's cologne, actually. Nothing like leather. LOL! I do have & love both of these polishes though. :)

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  3. Maybe it is a cologne scent and I just have never smelled it before. It isn't anything like leather! I'm really upset about Espresso not smelling like coffee though.

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  4. I love the color enough to make up for the smell! Weird, but bearable!

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  5. It's a real shame they have totally missed the scents they were after since that's the whole draw of the line. Your swatches look beautiful though!

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  6. Aww stinks the scents weren't as expected but your swatches are nice :)

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  7. That stinks about the scents but Italian Leather is gorgeous so I would probably buy it just for the color like you mentioned. Beautiful swatches!!

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  8. I have a couple of the Parfumeries and I enjoy the novelty of the scent but honestly, I'd rather have them for the pretty colours! Great swatches :)

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  9. Italian Leather is beautiful! I recently picked up my first one of these because they were on sale (China Flower) and I'm not even remotely sure what it smells like. Not really a flower, but it's pretty!

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  10. I do love the color of Italian Leather - that golden shimmer really is gorgeous! I'm not really into scented polishes, but I would get this one for the color alone :)

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  11. I've seen both of these and you are making me regret passing on them!

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  12. I love the Parfumerie line, I'm so sad my allergies don't like them. :( Great swatches, though!!

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  13. I agree that none of this line smells like it should. To me, every one smells like old lady perfume.

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