Polène Number One (Uno) Nano 1 year review & Nine (Neuf) unboxing |Comparison | Contemporary Luxury 

Hi lovely! Warmest welcome 💜 Thanks, and I still love my Uno just as when I got it:))

Hi Heather! I’m so glad to hear this was useful 😊 Honestly, I was a bit sad to return the Neuf as it is soo cute in that size. But everytime I start to have second thoughts I look at my photos with the bag on and realize that, oh well, it looks as if I borrowed it from my little sister… But remember that not sll the all tall ladies look the same, perhaps it would look different on your frame? Good luck choosing! 😊 If you buy the bigger one let mw know if it was a good choice! I’m still thinking about it but haven’t ordered.

Hi lovely 💜 I’m so glad to hear the review was useful! Oh the sandalwood colour is very nice. I think it looks best on someone with dark hair or cold skintone, like the model on Polenes website. Camel is a warmer one, at least how I see it. But overall, depends on what do you plan to wear it with, what color makes you extra glad seeing it? Both can work well with many outfits:) And un nano is such a grab & go bag, one of my most used ones, and it still looks pristine!

I am a redhead, but I do not like the way most camel bags looks on me unfortunately (too warm and bright), so I think I need contrast. My wardrobre constists of both cool an warm tones. I wear a lot of black, cream, navy, grey, khaki/olive green, tan shades, darker camel (as not strange)etc…my shoes are mostly black and ecru/white though. So am looking for a neutral bag color (except black) that could work with both warmer and coller tones. So I thought maybe Polene’s sandalwood or taupe would be best. But problem is I have to pick only one and not sure which one would be most versatile 😀

Hi Ola! Glad to hear the review was useful 💛 This Neuf in chalk is really stunning, I personally think it looks best in this size I filmed, BUT… I just would be annoyed everytime I’d have to squeeze my hand in to find items inside, and struggle to put them in/out. Also on my frame (I’m 180cm tall) it somehow looks too small. But if you’re shorter and would use this bag only for carying phone & wallet then I’d say go for it!

Hi Liana! Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 🤍

Hi Paulina! Glad to hear you like the review and enjoy your bags:) Did you get used to the limited opening space in the Nine? I have conflicting thoughts now as I returned it but still prefer how the smaller not bigger version looks, plus I prefer to have an organizer or some sections in bigger bags not just one big compartment. So I haven’t ordered the bigger Nine yet!

@@lilac.moonlight The struggle is real everytime I put my hand through the opening, but the cuteness of the bag always pays off 😆 Yeah, was thinking to also buy the regular one, but all those wrinkle design looks better if compacted in smaller scale. I think for the Nine, it's an "either or" situation. Either the design or the functionality.

@@PaulinaRosari I hope Polene would make the opening expandable someday and then the struggle would be gone :D

I also have the same 2 bags, along with the Beri. The 9 definitely looks cuter in mini size, it's such a unique design. It's true the opening is small, but once you get through it, you could actually fit a decent amount of things. I don't use it as an everyday bag, but using a card holder and sunglasses with a soft pouch fits more easily. 😊

Hi @@PracticalLuxMom - I'm also thinking about Beri, but it has a bit odd bottom that I'm not so sure about... How does it wear, are you happy about the purchase? :) Haha, perhaps I'd get used to the opening of the Nine. It was indeed so lovely and cute in that mini size!

Hi! Yes me too, a perfect shade 🤍

Hi, haha yes it does! As for the opening, it probably depends most on how big your hands and belongings are after all 🤭

useless purse. i have small hands, and the opening still does not work at all. I wish people do an honest review.

Hi Wendy! Thanks for your feedback 💜 Handle of my Uno in trio has not discoloured at all, but probably because (I just now realize that) I rarely hold or even touch the handle:) I wear it cross-body 95% of the time. I think being light the handle of trio could discolour with time from normal use. Although trio combinayion is my favourite on Uno but generally the model looks great in other colours too:)

THX for your reply. How has the smooth leather flap worn? I love this color combo. I was thinking of getting the textured tan but I keep coming back to the tri color. Thank you!

@@wendymelnikoff2724 it has worn very well to me so far, no signs of wear on the flap. It could appear in future of course, from sharp objects or so, but I managed to avoid it so far. Even on another handbag which is in smooth shiny leather. I have just accepted that it’s a risk. If that would make you worry about the bag too often then it’s better to choose some that you’ll feel more at ease wearing. But yes I understand, if you love tri colour then risk is that buying other colour than that will keep you thinking about tri anyway…:) Good luck choosing what’s both pretty & fits your lifstyle the best!

You could probably squeeze it in diagonally, but question is if anything else would fit? Keys, cards, perhaps a phone. Would it feel comfortable putting items in and out? To me it wasn’t. Sad, as I think this model looks best in size nano:)

Hi lovely 🌸 If I had to choose today, I would still pick the same color:) To me, it looks very cool with these three similar colors combined, and it looks nice with all outfits where I want to have camel/brown bag. That being said, it really depends on your wardrobe & style. Think about outfit combinations that you’d wear this kind of bag with. That can help you pick the color. Black and grey are beautiful too, but wouldn’t work for me because when I need a black bag I’d always pick other black bags I own. Same with grey or let’s say red. So it really depends on the combinations you can make with this bag. Hope my feedback was somewhat useful, let me know what you decide later! 🫶

Hi! I did not order the bigger one yet. I have doubts of having a good use case for it, and just cannot get over the fact that the smaller version is much cuter, in my opinion:) But as you saw the smaller doesn’t work for me either!

@@lilac.moonlight I’m afraid the bigger one is too big & the smaller is very hard to get your things in. I agree with you!!

@@jbtb2858 yep, completely agree! Sad, but true. It's such an eye candy though!!

I have the bigger one in camel an love ❤ because now I think over the mini neuf and the dix

I’ve already sent it back, so cannot tell exactly. But based guestimate out of my visual memory, I’d say something like 14cm x 7cm in the widest…

Hi, I understand you completely! The opening is too narrow to be used for anything more than a card holder size. Even a phone one has to struggle to fit it inside, as captured in my review…

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