Christian Lacroix Rouge Avon for women

I dont know I have given this perfume lots of chances and it smells too old ladyish for me...I am 24 and I like younger scents.Maybe when I am older but for now I will pass

my mother inlaw got this for me a few yrs ago...at first i was like...yuck( i wasnt used to peppery scents) then i gave it a chance..and loved it.AND BTW...ITS TRUE..EVERYTIME I WEAR THIS HUBBY SAYS ooh mama u smell goooood.heheheee..its weird cause i wear dif scents everyday..and only this one he says something about. hmm!

so many dislikes and they are absolutely deserved.it smells cheap..I dont know how Avon makes it but their perfumes smell cheap or simply awful.. Is it because of the ingredients' quality or the way alcohol settles or maybe awrong composition that seems just accidental and unthought over?I dont know,but the fact that u can have a bottle on ebay for 5 bucks speaks for itself.unrecommended!

I was hoping to get more pepper but this note didn't come out loud. Instead, all I got was peony, jasmine and a silent accord of musk and oranges. I like lotus but I couldn't find it in this fragrance. The lasting power is not acceptable for me and the smell is quite ordinary even to be a casual fragrance.

LOL, BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL (2008) WHEN I WORE THIS PERFUME TO SCHOOL I RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLEMENTS. BUT WHEN I BOUGHT IT THIS YEAR,(2011) IT DIDN'T SMELL THE SAME, I DON'T KNOW IF A SCENT OF A PERFUME CAN EXPIRE BUT LATER ON IN THE DAY IT SMELT WEIRD. MAYBE, BECAUSE I GOTTEN USE TO IT.

Maybe september oct nov dec. fall and winter months availability only??? I read another post that said september..... hoping they're right................Pretends to bite nails till then.....

this was discontinued by avon .Makes me soooooooo sad. Avon reps please tell corporate to bring this one back for the holidays. There's so many of us that will buy it again! PLEEEEEASE !!!!

its true that men do love this spicy/peppery scent. i wore this to work last night and on my way out the door hubby said Oh, you smell good. he always seems to like when i wear this. i find this bold, but not brash. dry down is fresh, feminine and clean. i love peony and its really lovely in this fragrance.

I LOVE IT, I had a sample ages ago and I don't know why it took me so long to test it! Is warm, sexy and elegant! Smeels a bit soapy too but in a good way, smells clean. I will deffinitely buy it! I was looking for a warm fragrance for rainy days and I have eventually found it!!

I edit to say that I didn't last more than an hour on my skin, but I like it so much that because its less pricey than other perfumes I am still buying it and put some in a decanter to keep reaplying if needed.

Edit again that I applied it today and couldn't stop smelling my wrists, that it has stayed quite long, put it some 8 hours ago and still get some whiffs. AND it really reminds me od Miss Dior Cherie! but less spicy, which is another one I love.

Edit again: everytime I spray this on smells different! but always good, today for some reason I notice the waterlily the most...

I love the smell of this scent on my wife.It is with out a doubt one of my favorite perfumes in her collection.I wish she would wear it more often.Ive even sprayed it on myself just to smell it.

Ladies, the guys seem to really like this one ! My husband follows me around the house sniffing me whenever I wear it. He says" La croix rouge is so awesome". I dont know why people on this site are saying that it doesn't last. It lasts a long time on me.

It's similar Avon ''Passion Dance''.

I really wanted to love this, because most of the listed notes are my favourites.
On my skin this smells like some weird cacophony that tries hard to be an interesting scent and fails miserably. On fabric (sleeve cuff) it's slightly better, softer and creamyer. But I think this just lacks something, I'm not against some boring scents, I actually love many of those that are considered boring, but not this one.

This doesn't have good lasting quality and is not outstanding either. It's just one more of those fragrances that are around plenty.

this is a beautiful fragrance by avon its dark mysterious and lovely and perfect for night and winter. its captivating!

Actual notes:

TOP: pepper, peony, orange
MIDDLE: tulip, waterlily, plum blossom, carnation, osmanthus
BASE: musk, oakmoss, cashmere wood, patchouli

Warmer and sexier than Absynthe, bottle as nice as the green one, Red is better but it doesn't last.

It is one of my top favorite feminine fragrances by avon.
Personally i am not a huge of avon fragrances because there is too much monotonous in them.
But this one really stands out, gives me the feeling of absolute refreshness and luxury with soft and girlish appeal.
Great amalgam of citrus fruits esp. oranges and sweet flowers. Perfect for day as well as night in winters. can be easily worn by lady of any age and at any occasion. Simply lovable
Dark colored attractive yet simple bottle.
Good silage with decent longevity.
Overall i give it 8.2 out of 10.

I really fell in love with this fragrance first time I sprayed it on. Reading some of the reviews is helping me to identify the components little by little. But some of the reviews make me wonder if indeed it stinks like bitter or bad oranges to others, since I don't get compliments. I love chypres. They have a life/personality of their own. When I was on hormones a few years ago, some chypres did stink on me. I've been following comments on Fragantica for over one year; but this is my first time to comment. I love fragrance and would be embarrassed to confess the number of fragrances I own. I have read of some "Sisters" who own over 50. I feel at home at Fragantica. At 67, I've slowed down buying because I'm afraid my children would sell them at a 25 cent yard sale table when I'm gone. All three have allergies to scent!

Love the bottle, but the fragrance is not for me! It smells expensive, but too strong, almost masculine. For me this is a green aromatic scent, not seductive and feminine at all. I was expecting something else from this beautiful bottle. I love peony and I can't feel it in here, too bad!

Esse perfume fixa muito.Eu não gostei dele por ser muito parecido ao Diamonds Giorgio armani que eu também não gosto.

Ooh, the opening of Rouge is juicy orange mixed with a little bitter orange peel, tart, juicy, sweet. As it dies down the peony peeks through for me only a bit. What I do love is the way the aquatic floral helps to balance the whole composition. It goes from sweet & zesty to that lovely lotus flower and then....... I also notice a slight spiciness from the carnation and pepper which really awakens the senses. Rouge is like a renewed fresh elegance in a gorgeous red bottle (a little contradictory, but it works!)

I LOVE IT! Rouge starts out green & citrusy on me...The lotus serenely opens up, inviting the osmanthus to stay a while...The drydown is delicious with the cashmere wood, and the right amount of musk and patchouli...It totally works on my skin & chemistry...I'm sad it's been discontinued & getting hard to find...

I love this! This is beautiful and mysterious.

LaCroix, Sweetie, LaCroix!! I first heard this name on BBC's 'AbFab' and equated it with loud and garish ensembles that looked nasty even on rich people. Be that as it may, his scents are simply scrumptuous and don't let the fact this was an Avon collaboration turn you off...

This begins with a burst of peonies surrounded in zesty orange peel and pepper, floral yet lush and warm. The heart is where the florals blossom and enchant: the softness of Amazon water lily, smooth sweet tulips and the subtle spice of Spanish carnations entwine with osmanthus' richness and plum blossom's floriental fragrance to produce a stunning mix that doesn't (surprisingly) smell like a flower shop. This is an elegant and very well mixed scent that has just the right amount of citrus and spice, and has an awesome floral body and despite seven floral notes is amazingly light and energetic. The base becomes a mysterious and exotic mix of patchouli leaves (not oil) and musk with cashmere wood's unique aromatic quality. This one is enchanting, voluptuous and rich, a wonderful high quality scent for a very good price...

Sillage: very good
Longevity: Incredible
Overall: 3.75/5

This is an extremely good perfume and shows Avon is not just for old ladies anymore. This is a vibrant, sexy scent that will leave you wanting more after it fades...manifique!

I don't usually like peony scents very much,because they sometimes seem a little too juvenile for me, but I do like this one! The bergamot notes are refreshing, and the overall effect is warm and enchanting- I think it would be nice all year round! I think it could have better staying power, though-

I like this fragrance. It reminds me of Paloma Picasso but for much less money.

In fact, I'm testig this stuff at this very moment. For me the opening is nearly ok, but it has a little bit disturbing element.
After five minutes - on my skin - it turns to a horrible, soapy scent, very similar to a dishwasher-soap, which is aviable in my country.
It settles down to very sharp scent, I got a headache because of it.
On me, the lasting power is incredibly poor. I have never tested a perfume with a staying like this. After around ten minutes the scent is gone, leaves nothing behind.
Too bad, I thought, I would like it.

i really like this fragrance.i love peonies and they come bursting fort,as it settles there is a very pronounced water lilly smell.makes it smell like spring on reelfoot lake where the beautiful flowers poke their heads up from the blue water.it has a lovely woodsy dry down,like walking thru the forrest.the price is right and its a pretty bottle.

Fora de linha(discontinued) no Brasil !!

Not a fan of this, sorry. I think the notes look like they should work . . . but the balance is off. I feel like the top is too heavy and the base is too weak. The opening is overly sharp and vaguely green with an overdose of pepper that makes me want to sneeze. Throughout the composition, the poor peony and lotus try (oh yes they try) to keep the pepper and patchouli in check, but die in the process. The upshot of that grand stuggle is that the florals sadly wane off into dust and the pepper/patchouli sulkily waters down and shuffles off. Tragic.

Finally, I think the notes are highly synthetized, as they seem overly chemical and jarring to my nose.

OK, us guys know you ladies love to were perfume's, and us guys love a sexy smelling lady, in fact that's how i came across this site, I'm looking for something really nice for my wife.

I need to replace her bottle of Rouge with something else, this stuff "Reeks Bad", the other night a bunch of our friends came over and my wife had gotten a bottle of this stuff as a gift and was passing it around to all the ladies to test out, so they started spraying down with it :( OMG

To sicking strong, not one of us guys liked it, we went out in the back yard just to get away from it.

I'm no caveman and know a good perfume when i smell it, but Rouge just smells like they mixed a bunch of left over perfumes together, put it in nice red bottle and slapped a name on it!

Hi there,
This perfume falls into a category of mine called: cannot smell them. The other one in that categroy is Rive Gauche, i really don't know why. I feel something in the background, but it just stays there, same with RG.

In the case you DO NOT have that same problem Rouge, and you like it instead I am willing & able to swap my bottle!
Thanks

I know ginger isn't listed in the description, but to me this smells like freshly cut ginger with a small amount of other spices added in the background. Very spicy and different. I couldn't wear it but it's definitely a fragrance worth smelling once, just for the experience.

unique scent, feminine but not sweet, floral but captivating... with some spices and just a touch of musk...elegant, subtle, wonderful

Flowery/Peppery/Woody and warm. It opens up with a hint of orange peal. It lasts min of 5 hours but sits very close to the skin. It provides a little spice and comfort for the fall season. But it really can be worn any time of year except really hot summer days.

this fragrance is worth buying long lasting, and nice smelling of course. But i do have to say it smells alot similar to STILL by Jennifer Lopez

This is a real surprise - very light and sweet, a lovely note of oranges at first which I just adore, wish it lasted longer! The orange soon fades and you're left with a very pleasant sweet floral scent that you could easily wear to work, it's so unobtrusive. I like it.

I like Avon's Rouge. I think it's one of their better fragrances. I don't purchase many Avon perfumes, because many of them have rather weak lasting power. Rouge is definitely one of their better fragrances. The lasting power is good and it smells great. I think you're getting a good deal, considering that it's inexpensive. It's a rather mature scent and a bit sexy in my opinion, no doubt because of the white pepper and musk. Rose isn't listed as one of the notes in this fragrances, but I want to say that there is some there. Perhaps because of the bottle. In my opinion, Rouge is both classic and modern. It's definitely in a class by itself, via its unique scent. Ideal for speacial occasions and the fall weather, and better suited for the very mature crowd.

Ugh. It reminded me of a disliked palmolive shampoo - harsh, and unpleasant. I couldn't even pick the individual notes past this impression of "yuck", and whatever the unpleasantness, it didn't fade throughout the day.

Yuck! Cheap,cheap,cheap... It is very similar to Passion Dance...Don't like them at all...

Best Perfume form Avon, Rouge holds its smell for hours well worth buying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried this in a small sample bottle. I liked it & my husband liked it. That's probably because we are old ppl. lol. But I don't know if this would be my favorite, maybe one of my favorites, as I prefer white florals usually.

I decided to try Rouge after being impressed by Avon's Absynthe. Of these two Christian Lacroix collaborations, I still think Absynthe is my favorite. Rouge isn't bad, but it just goes on a bit too sweet for my taste, with pronounced juicy fruit aromas. It's really overwhelming on me for the first hour or so. The sweet orange stands out in an obvious way and doesn't seem to blend well with the rest of the fragrance.

However, once the sweet top notes fade, a nice peppery wood aroma that I adore begins to emerge. This phase of Rouge almost reminds me of Clinique Aromatics Elixir or some other woody/floral chypre scent. The dry-down on Rouge is truly lovely, florals dancing with wood and musk for the next couple hours.

The Sillage on this fragrance is good, but the persistence is slightly less than average. I get about four to five hours at most.

Props to Avon for trying something different with this scent. It's worth a sniff for fans of the Chypre Floral category if you don't mind a little fruit on top of your woods and flowers.

Bem chipre mesmo !!

ugly ugly!
i gave this perfume to someone else because it had a too old smell for me.it was too hard for me to bear it.

I like this perfume for a winter day, but it doesn't last long at all. I only had the testers, and didn't buy the whole bottle. I think it was expensive as you have to keep re-applying, not good value for money.

One of the few fruity, peony dominated perfumes that I sometimes almost love. Only sometimes. The water lily softens the blend a bit and adds dimension. An oddly bright but soothing fragrance. Fair balance--though I find it mighty sweet and have to be in a rare mood to reach for it. Rouge remains in my wardrobe largely because the name and bottle design delight me.

In the best of all possible worlds, Rouge and Cabaret would switch names and flacons.

Note that Rouge is also listed on this site under Lacroix, where there are more reviews. It is the same fragrance: Christian Lacroix for Avon.

the best perfume that avon has made, doesn't smell cheap like the others

Not a sweet fragrance, infact it's quite dry. Very confident though, with subtle florals and rich spices. Doesn't have great lasting power but I like it and may buy it again. The bottle has been designed well and looks really expensive. My husband LOVES this scent!

I Love this frangrance and so does my Mom! It smells like feminine with a little spice! The bottle is gorgeous.

it looks expensive, sexy,smart...but it kinda smells..i dunno...like old ppl cologne. that smell that gets stuck in ur nose and threatens to burn all ur nose hairs off...

I love this; it makes me feel glamourous yet still retains a youthful aura. The pepper in it gives it a bit of zing which is perfect. Its smell somehow reminds me of a sparkling drink, and I think it is mainly that quality that keeps me coming back to it time and time again. So beautiful! I also find it lasts all day.

Smells wonderfull! my mom and i were very pleased with the fragrance, pure elegance i feel like i'm the model with the gorgeous red dress hehehe. ladies give it a try, u won't regret it at all! and 4 me last long time, even in my clothes much more

I'd rate Rouge a 2.5 out of 5 stars. It's not great and not bad either. To me it smells a bit like Avon's discontinued Rare Sapphires with some citrus notes added in. It didn't smell anything like the page in the Avon book (which I thought smelled like a weak Fendi). Rouge doesn't have much sillage, it lies very close to the skin. The lasting power isn't very good at all, & it doesn't stick to fabric at all. The bottle isn't original and in fact it looks suspiciously similar to VW's Anglomania bottle. Also at $32.00 it's quite expensive for an Avon perfume (by Christian LaCroix or not). I won't repurchase.

I feel so sexy wearing this, it really captured my imagination when I first tried it.

I Have It, It Smells Really Nice And The Smell Lasts

It seems to be nice. I'll try it as soon as possible.

i want this one too. the opening is long and strong with very sweet orange oil scent, tamed by peony and you can catch a bit of the white pepper. later it becames softer and more feminine. the bottle is darker red and not so transparent like at the photo.

it will be available by avon ladies (distributers) from midst September.