Secrets to buying perfume on Black Friday… with good judgement

The Black Friday shopping date has become an excellent opportunity to buy perfumes from luxury brands, as we can find discounts or special details from the brands when shopping. It is also a good time to start thinking about Christmas gift lists. And, if you've skipped any perfume launches this year, it's a great time to review your fragrance collection and complete it!

Buy authentic perfumes

The first thing you should bear in mind when buying perfumes on Black Friday is that you should buy from authorised establishments that guarantee that you are buying authentic perfumes. Be wary of exorbitant discounts and non-transparent websites.


Take advantage of special details

Black Friday has gone from being a special shopping day with discounts to being extended for a week or more. However, keep in mind that not all brands are committed to discounting during this time. It is possible that some luxury perfume firms prefer to have other types of details with their customers, such as a special set, a small gift or samples of other fragrances from their catalogue that give us the opportunity to discover new scents.


Broaden your horizons

This is an ideal shopping time to explore new fragrances from your favourite brands or to discover new brands, or even to treat yourself to a limited edition to complete your perfume collection.

Behind its apparent simplicity lies a radical intensity. The new Prada Paradoxe Intense explores a new femininity based on ingredients that appear soft but reveal a powerful essence.


Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons set the creative direction for this fragrance, created by perfumers Nadége Le Garlantezec, Shymala Maisondieu and Antoine Maisondieu.


What will surprise you about this perfume? The olfactory score features a floral bouquet taken to the extreme: neroli, fresh bergamot contrast with an addictive floral accord of super-infused jasmine and a mousse accord in the heart. In the base, amber musks and ambroxy vibrate with an infusion of Bourbon vanilla and natural vanillin.

La Vie Est Belle has become a young classic in the Lancôme catalogue. If you are a loyal follower of this family of fragrances, this is a good occasion to complete your collection with the launch of the limited edition La Vie Est Belle L'Extrait, a powerful elixir combining a duo of rose, iris pallida and oud.


Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion, two of the perfumers of the original 2012 score, have composed Lancôme's first woody iris, a statement of luxury expressed with noble ingredients.


Dominique Ropion sees this perfume as a representation of the richness of wood: "It is a fragrance filled with warm amber notes that blend perfectly with the fascinating depth of oud. It is a sophisticated and deeply sensual olfactory experience".


To differentiate it from the rest of the La Vie Est Belle saga, this ephemeral edition dresses the freshness in a warm light, as if a drop of gold bathes the perfume.

You can't miss this new olfactory chapter of Juliette Has a Gun, created by Romano Ricci, founder of the brand, whose motto is "learn the rules like a professional, to break them like an artist". To perfume yourself with a fragrance from this brand is to enter a universe full of romanticism and fantasy, but without a hint of sappiness, because the rules are there to be rewritten…


Introspective and minimalist, Ode to Dullness celebrates the inner life, away from the noise and stressful pace of modern life. Who said that boredom is boring? It is precisely when we have nothing to do that the spark of creativity arises. To convey this retreat, the olfactory score combines the enveloping sensuality of sandalwood with Kashmir flower.

Nina Ricci's manzanita is irresistible at first glance? but when you discover what's inside, you're even more captivated. This time, the brand surprises with a new intensity based on natural extracts of apple, recycled Italian lemon and a bouquet of white flowers composed of orange blossom, gardenia and tuberose, culminating in a base of amber wood and vanilla. The result is a woody and fruity floral composition ** ** that gives this new perfume a tantalising character.


Did you know that Nina Le Parfum is a vegan fragrance? Its formula contains **91% ingredients of natural origin **and uses super-recycled lemon, which means that the whole fruit is used, from juice to pulp and peel, which avoids waste and adds a more vivid touch to the final scent.


Are you a fan of the Nina family? The collection consists of Nina Rouge, Nina Extra Rouge, Nina Nature and, the latest arrival, Nina Le Parfum.

Francis Kurkdjian signs the latest juice that reinterprets this mythical Dior fragrance, whose original version dates back to 1999, no less than 24 years that make it a perfumery classic.


To take up the challenge, the renowned perfumer was guided by the words of Christian Dior: "Respect tradition and dare with insolence". He chose to go to the essence of his complex formula and isolate the floral bouquet, which is the heart of J'Adore, in an exercise of minimalism.


This is a renewed, pure and modern fragrance with strong notes of jasmine, rose and ylang ylang, which blend with lily-of-the-valley and violet, showing a luminous side like the reflections of liquid gold.

Loewe revisits one of its most successful classic perfumes, Esencia, giving it a new intensity with an extraordinarily high concentration of essential oils
(30%), which translates into a powerful trail, to leave a mark wherever you go.


Discover the new Essence Elixir… Herbal accords mingle with aromatic and woody notes that give way in the heart to a smoky leather note. The fragrance culminates in a base of patchouli, vetiver and amber.

The iconic Aventus perfume from the exclusive House of Cred fragrance house is reborn in a version that will not leave lovers of the original scent indifferent. The characteristic floral and pineapple notes of the original score, which leave a fresh impression at the start of the fragrance, give way to a blend of warm, sensual notes including cardamom, cinnamon, patchouli wood and vetiver.


Absolu Aventus is a special edition that will be on sale for only five months, so it is sure to become a coveted collector's fragrance from this brand with more than 200 years of history.

Forget everything you know about Le Male because the new version Le Male Elixir will surprise you with an olfactory score that feels like a warm second skin.


Woody, aromatic and ambery notes combine with a torrid intensity that takes on a new dimension with spicy mint and soft tonka bean. Soft lavender and sweet vanilla benzoin make the fragrance an addictive elixir that creates a halo of fiery sensuality.

Perfumer Jordi Fernandez, a specialist in amber fragrances, creates Blue Talisman, a woody amber scent that encapsulates the values of Ex Nihilo and evokes a spiritual energy.


The fragrance is designed as a hypnotic jewel that synthesises the brand's olfactory DNA. It contrasts the freshness of pear and bergamot that evolves into floral and woody heart notes, ending in a musky, ambery base that reveals multiple facets.

Don't let the red colour of the bottle confuse you, because Polo Red Parfum is an intense, nocturnal fragrance.


The work of Christophe Renaud and Olivier Gillotin, the two perfumers have brought a new level of intensity to the original score, incorporating absinthe and an opulent note of iris. Bergamot and lavender refine the scent, while cedarwood provides a seductive masculine character with its harshness.