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    <periodOfReport>2009-10-08</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>REVLON INC /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>REV</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>PERELMAN RONALD O</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>35 EAST 62ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10065</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>RCH Holdings One Inc</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MACANDREWS &amp; FORBES HOLDINGS INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>35 EAST 62ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10065</rptOwnerZipCode>
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                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2009-10-08</value>
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                    <value>29498536</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Owned through wholly owned corporations</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>4512</value>
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                    <value>29503048</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Owned through wholly owned corporations</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7718092</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Owned through RCH Holdings One Inc.</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>323500</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 4,561,610 shares of Class A Common Stock of Revlon, Inc. (&quot;Revlon&quot;) beneficially owned by a family member with respect to which shares MacAndrews &amp; Forbes Holdings Inc., a corporation wholly owned by Ronald O. Perelman, holds a voting proxy. Does not include 3,125,000 shares of Revlon Class B Common Stock also beneficially owned by Mr. Perelman.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the Contribution and Stockholder Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2009, as amended, by and between Revlon and MacAndrews &amp; Forbes Holdings Inc., in connection with the closing of an exchange offer by Revlon (the &quot;Exchange Offer&quot;), Revlon issued to a subsidiary of MacAndrews &amp; Forbes Holdings Inc. 9,336,905 shares of Class A Common Stock in the aggregate, in connection with the transactions forming part of the Exchange Offer (9,332,393 of the shares of Class A Common Stock were issued on October 8, 2009 upon the consummation of the Exchange Offer and 4,512 of the shares of Class A Common Stock were issued on October 12, 2009 after Revlon received 4,512 shares tendered in the Exchange Offer pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures).  The transactions reported on this Form 4 will be reported on a Schedule 13D filed no later than October 19, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">A holding company in which each of Mr. Perelman and the Ronald O. Perelman 2008 Trust own 50% of the shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Barry F. Schwartz for Ronald O. Perelman pursuant to a Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Barry F. Schwartz, its Executive Vice Chairman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
