Little Black Dress Avon for women

on my skins it smells a lot like Versace crystal noir. Very sexy and sophisticated. I'd wear it in the evening, it's not a morning/afternoon fragrance for me and it's also a fall/winter one. I have a sample but i think I'd buy a bottle!

I got this perfume for christmas this year and i love it. I didn't test previous so it was a gamble but i am so glad i got it.

It smells very expensive like a high end brand perfume. Also i love that avon frequently have sales on their perfumes, so i got this perfume very cheap.

It's a sweet floral perfume That smells mature but not old-ladyish atall. I think it would suit ages around 20+

It's a comforting scent to me and reminds me of christmas as a child. My mother would take me to a department store to buy toys and there was also a perfume counter on the way.

Smells pretty nice, I allmost love it.
Classy, not bad Avon!
The more I sniff it the more I like it. I just tried a sample but I guess I´ll be buying the whole bottle soon.

This fragrance is really nice and would recommend it,its really subtle and a good buy......

love this scent long last

I love this one,it's the best perfume from avon:)so classy and smell expensive:)it smells good on me and it's my signature spring fragrance:)

A friend was throwing this pefume away still boxed and sealed. I was happy to give it a whirl. A pleasant, subtle, easy-to-wear, but not particularly striking perfume. Good to wear to the office. Staying power is very poor and definitely not one to wear for a special occasions.

I am never sure that this scent is good for me until last week I wore it and went to the photocopy shop. The woman there came directly and asked me about the perfume. She said she really liked it and when I told that was Avon, she was amazed and mumbled that she never knew that Avon launched the nice perfume...

I was so happy and LBD is the one that can be with me morning to evening and last long on my clothes too.

Well, I thought it was too heavy for my nose. I will wear it again when I am sure that I will be only in air con room.

After reading mostly positive reviews for this scent , i have come to the conclusion i recieved an "off" bottle of this scent .

Now heres a story . I dated a man last year, 1st date was OK , on the 2nd he said "ive bought you a gift". It was a small rollerball bottle of this LBD. Smelt awful to me ... . maybe it was off ?

all i could smell was cheap nasty scent , mixed with the smell of a vintage aldehyde type fume? No flowers or anything im afraid

The funny thing is the silly man who got it me ( im assuming he paid next to nothing on ebay!) tried to tell me that "This is a really good scent you know , it was recommended to me.....it wasnt cheap you know ". Yeah right !! Oh dear ! I said nothing but he obviuosly hadnt clicked that im really into perfume and know that Avon is nothing special really.


He also got me a cheapo nasty chain that he reckoned to be " 18 carat gold " . I bet the tight bugger got both chain and scent for under £10. I can cope with people not been able to afford exspensive gifts , but insulting my intelligence by trying to pass off cheap scent and fakes as "something special" , is a BIG No No !! Needless to say he didnt get another date and his junk presents were binned. Typical penny pinching Yorkshire men for you :)

Im now curious to smell this as a fresh , new sample and see if i percive it different

my mom have this parfume ... me esplcially i don't so much how it smells on me but you know the pafrume smellss different on different body

very classy, elegant, femine and longlasting frag

i just got samples from i think all perfumes from avon.
the almost only one i liked was little black dress.the most of them was just bad and a few i can tolerate.so avon maybe your prices is ok but so many perfumes are just bad.

I have to complete my review, longer I have it, more I like it. LBD is excellent scent, I really feel peony and the bottle is so elegant. Great work!

I have to disagree with the preceeding review. Why? First, this perfume is exciting and interesting absolutely not boring, and perhaps you will agree - it is prettier at the end that in the beginning, simply elegant, glamorous feminine perfume, maybe more suitable for evening occasions but you can use it during a day, nothing happens... ´cause it is also very pleasant, floral and what is important - not heavy scent!

This fragrance seems promising at the beginning, but ends up being rather boring... lasting power is very poor, too.

Like most Avon fragrances it does not last long enough for me, but it is cheap and cheerful

I have been wearing it through the winter. Reminds me of Allure, but I got a bit bored with it. Not special enough I think, trying to find another winter fragrance.

Edit to say: I've fallen in love with it again! I am loving it in the colder days.

Little Black Dress somewhat reminds me of 5th Avenue by Elizabeth Arden. They are actually different but the elegance and femininity is the same in both fragrances. Little Black Dress is spicier and warmer. And it's not as long-lasting as 5th Avenue. But it's okay because it's also cheaper.
But Avon is doing a good job. I can absolutely picture myself wearing a little black dress on a fancy coctail party while wearing this perfume. Makes you feel like a classy lady.

Everytime I smell it I feel happy and I can't abstain to smile even if it's not my type of perfume.I wear it everytime i feel breathless or unhappy because it makes me feel much better.

Little Black Dress smells a lot like J'adore, only it is not so intoxicating . The staying power is good : it starts out with a worm and fearly strong projection, but it gets hard to notice if you don't move from here to there.

My signature fall-winter fragrance.I wear this during the day and it's one of the classiest perfumes.It's warm,powdery,floral and at the same time an attention grabber.whenever i wear this i get compliments.My boyfriend love love loves this perfume :D

Little Black Dress was my signature fragrance for years, and I really like it until this day.I think I gonna keep this in my collection forever. It's a subtle, soft scent, it's stays on my skin 6-8 hours.

When I had it used it up back then it was such a little bottle. It recall sandalwood musk floral a little fruity. It was nice but it may not have lasted on me.

I totally agree with the review below, it's a beautiful light floriental with poor sillage and lasting power. It's classy and smells expensive in the first minutes, after that I hardly smell anything. Very well blended and altough it's widely known and ne of Avon's best sellers, it's not that easy to wear, boring pretty, nice fragrance in my opinion. It has character indeed, but due to the poor sillage it's not satisfying enough.

This one is impossible to overdose. And i'm sure it will not offend anyone.
To me it is soapy in a nice way I really love this one for many years alredy, but I wish it had a better projection and sillage. This is really beautiful and sophisticated floral, maybe one of the best Avons ot there. Too bad it does not last at all :(

Once upon a time, I loved this scent so much that I sent my Mom and sister both bottles for holidays. Now...I do not think it smells good on me any longer. I am sure it has to do with my aging and chemistry changing with the passing years. All said, this is a lovely scent, I still have it, but I cannot wear it yet again.

Loved this smell once upon a time. Now I can't wear it although it smells ok.

Loved this scent as a teenager and still find it pleasant now, although I probably won't wear it. I still own my little perfume roll-on. :) The smell is indeed sophisticated and feminine, and mysterious.

Sophisticated. Wore it 8 years ago, and used its body cream, and purchased it again last year. Never fails to impress me. Chic and mesmerizing, carries me away to other places.

Very classy and very French. Absolutely love it. Of all Avon perfumes I have tried, this is by far the best in my opinion. It is creamy and sexy, has style and sophistication. I think this is the female version of Valentino for men (which my husband wears and I adore).

In some bizzare way, this perfume reminds me of Fracas. Yeah, I know, most think that Fracas is the perfume to beat, and LBD doesn't even have tuberose... Still, my mind can't help but make the connection. Another connection I make is with Boucheron. Both Fracas and Boucheron are very French, and I think that's what they have in common with LBD. Personally, I can't wear either Fracas or Boucheron but I find LBD VERY wearable - it is a bit more mellow, and definitely more modern.

This is one of my favourites as it's so easy to wear, warm and sophisticated. The bottle and scent is reminiscent of Chanel with its simple square clear and black cap, plain square clear bottle and well-balanced, clean lingering quality that scents like Chanel Allure have. The notes that really stand out for me are ginger, musk, tonka bean and white flowers and there is a hint of coriander and possibly a mandarin citrus note. It all blends together very well and lasts for hours (the EDP) and is clean enough to wear in the day and musky enough to wear in the evening. Really great value too considering the full price is very reasonable and Avon often has discount deals on top. Would recommend to anyone who likes elegant musky, clean, oriental floral scents!

I've been using this for years! My last bottle had no staying power/strength, but have realized it must have been edt. A friend bought me a new bottle which is edp, this is miles better!
I thought it reminded me of something by Chanel, maybe Allure?
You can't really go wrong with this perfume.

I come to this website so many times during the day....always looking for insight into perfumes before I buy them. To me, the most important info on a perfume before buying it, is how long the scent lasts. I know it varies, like the smell of the perfume on each person, but majority wins, I think, and I tend to not buy if the majority say that the perfume scent doesn't last.

a classy perfume from avon. I have a friend that buys this for 7 years, since high school. She loves it and gave it a try and bought it for myself a few years ago...It's pretty and classy

Little Black Dress starts quite fruity, slightly discreet pineapple and berries YSL Baby Doll kinda fresh aquatic-ish, which is quite shocking to my expectations, I was expecting a more classic, femmine, oriental perfume bears some similarities with Opium and so.

Then it gets slightly tart, with some kinda citrusy hint as in a tart citrusy cake, plus some faint flowers in a well-blend, subtle way. However, there’s something gives me a headache, something feels plastic and synthetic, in the same way quite a lot sports/aquatic perfumes give me a headache.
I bet I’ve smelt Little Black Dress quit often. It does have some ‘little black dress’ quality, it’s nice, inoffensive (if you only smell a whiff from someone around you), feminie and quite appropriate for nearly any occasion. Somehow it emits a kind of aura similar to Dior J’adore, but J’adore has more white flowers bling blings and louder in a ‘I am here’ way.
However, the drawback is, Little Black Dress smell kinda old, as in the perfume is old, sprayed there for a while and evaporated. At this stage, the peony smell becomes more significant, but it reminds me of taking out a pile of used stripes with scent from Chloe, Marc Jacob and perfume along those lines, from your handbag, after half a day.

The dry down is fainter, a little bit soapy-sweeter and less sharp.

Maybe it is a little black dress to some, it’s nice in a so-so way, and I find it lacks a backbone to be a perfect little black dress.

After reading a lot of positive reviews of this perfume, I gave it a try. I would say that it is different, a classic and an occasions perfume. The EDP is strong and has good staying power. I have also used the deoderant which can be used as daywear as its lighter than EDP. But I got bored of it after using it for a few months. However, the fragrance is sexy, oriental and ideal for wearing at parites.

ok ive just seen and read the reviews on little black dress .... some quite mixed reviews and reactions from some of you on here ...ok well i do like little black dress although right in saying that this is a scent for a special occasion or for evening use not one for everyday use .. in my opinion this is a bit strong quite a woody odour to this perfume nothing memorable about this perfume wouldnt go out of my way to buy it much prefer the little white dress perfume by avon as its lighter and less overpowering and more memorable than lbd.

LBD is definitly one of the best from avon
it's so class perfume & smell expensive

This one is a nice scent from Avon, very comfortable. At first is a bit spicy, but then sweet and warm. For this price is a good choice to go to the theatre or to work if you like classic style. I think, it's Avon's best scent. Nothing special, but nobody will run away from you...

Very nice happy, sweet, floral perfume. Great for everyday wear, light and pleasant. Not spectacular or out of the ordinary, but nice.

i think that's...a very feminine fragrance...my mom has it and sometimes i use it :D

I don't see how it can be the same as Chic in Black. CIB has fruity notes, floral notes, and woody notes. This one smells a lot spicier than CIB.
Little Black Dress is an oriental, while the CIB is a floral fruity.
They both smell good though.

Uhhh i don't like it, it's too spicy and too strong for me.

Very easy to wear classic perfume.
Does not smell cheap and would suit most occassions except summery sporty.
I find Avon perfume is especially good when used with the body products such as lotion and shower gel. Quite lovely.

Sweet,warm,elegant, but not very special, I got bored of this very quickly. And it's also very shortlasting for an EDP.

I did not like it at all. I gave it to my grandma. It was not even for my mom. Too strong, too heavy.

It has a strong alcoholic smell at first, but then it turns into that special, not-at-all-cheap fragrance, that is so lovely. Maybe there is a slightly resemblance between this and SJP Covet, but Covet is much crispier, more citrusy and fresh; LBD is more elegant. It's not really warm, not really cool, spicy enough but not in the common 'oriental' sense, it's just a slightly tart-bitter fragrance that I like on others, but cannot really wear myself.

i love it bt its availability is rare in my country...

Quite decent, classic perfume, to me it reminded of Carolina Herrera's 212. Not exactly a Little Black Dress, rather a Black Jacket White Blouse type, to my mind...more suitable for office wear. Not a strong smell, stays very close to the skin for a couple of hours on me. A good cheap perfume that smells more expensive than it is.

I really love this perfume, everytime i wear it, it ticks all the boxes. It is not very sweet, it is balanced a little spicy warm but there is something else i cant put my finger on. something which makes it very lovable.. ;)

Can I buy this anywhere?

this is my favorite perfume from avon. It's classy and feminine, floral and sensual. It makes me feel happy and beautyful when I wear it and that's just what a perfume should do, in my opinion. It goes better for a mature woman (not old!!) , a woman that knows very well who she is and what she wants.

Some of the reviewers here have been very snobby in their comments about this being a "budget" priced perfume but they fail to realize that spending a lot of money on a perfume doesn't mean that it is necessarily any better than one that is reasonably priced. Some expensive perfumes smell disgusting and some cheaper ones smell lovely!

Anyway, Little Black Dress smells creamy, fruity, warm and seductive. It's a very good perfume for the price and smells much more expensive than it actually is. I think women of any age could wear it and it's light enough to be worn during the daytime as well as at night. It's a very nice perfume ... try it!

I discovered by accident, that LBD has an amazing similarity to Estee Lauder's "Intuition" which I wore to work the other day! Yet it's a fraction of the cost! Amazing!

A versatile fragrance that can easily be worn on any occasion. Ironically, the fragrance gets a little tiring after a while.
None the less, a bottle of Little Black Dress is great to leave in your handbag for an emergency application.

well,maybe janina, maybe i am . but im not here to read about how posh and snobbish attitude one has,and how little another seems to know about perfumes and so on , im here to read about perfumes and to be able to rewew without getting judged and commented for the opinions.

Oh swedeangel... don`t be so uptide and pacifist :-) Nobody`s cutting anybody`s throat here. That`s just a part of the discussion here. Surely commercial price is a part of a perfumes` image so here we are talking about different attitudes towards this image. Little black dress for being low budget is looking good! That`s what the discussion was all about.

Please,i see an argue on its way in this thread ! Lets not cut one anothers throats here,were just here for the fun ! Close this argument and get back to reweing scents!

To picuri82. What a silly and "like to be posh" attitude. My dear if you knew anything about perfumes, you would know that you can not judge by price (well obviously some natural ingredients are very expensive and it shows in the price of the perfumes see J`Adore Absolu by Dior, or No.5 pure perfume by Chanel). But there is too many crap but expensive perfumes. For people like you brand sells. As long as there is majory people like you - Happy days for mass marketing strategies. :-)

I am smelling a sample of it now and i most say its a nice scent.Fresh and a bit spicy.Reminds me of a bodylotion i had from Croatia,it was a special brand with natural ingredients.Very wearable and like i said,nice.Thats the best word for describing it.With that name i would exept something deeper and darker but this works well as a day scent too.
Perfumes doesnt have to be expensive to smell good,i have smelled many that are good even though they are cheaper.I think the thing is that people immediatly judge lowpriced scents after the price.So they always have to say something about it so they dont feel like they like cheap scents..If you see what i mean.But it is true that the lasting power can often be bad..

This is a very lovely perfume from avon. very elegance. a little bit like Estee Lauder - Intuition. now i dont really like this perfume, and i got bored of it. but i replace it with Intuition and i never get bored if Estee Lauder - INTUITION.

Versatile and refined at the same time. It's oriental and floral notes are what bring out it's sophistication. It's subtle fruit notes make it wearable for women of all ages.
Basically, this fragrance is composed of a little bit of everything.

Wear this to social gatherings, dinner parties, festivities; etc...

I like it.Considering the price, the smell is quite nice. No staying power at all. Nice recipient.

I used to love this one. I still have a few drops of it. Not very intense on the skin. It fades quite quickly after you have applied it, but in the bottle it's fascinating. Sweet and mysterious without excesses or provocative innuendo.

The only Avon fragrance I have been buying for a decade. And it is really suitable for black clothes. Chic, classic and "expensive".

After reading some of the reviews here, I kept thinking "what have I missed?" and purchased a bottle of the new look "LBD" now called "Chick In Black" in USA. I have to say, it's several years since I'd last tried it and I've changed my mind, it's actually really wearable! It is warm, sophisticated and classic with a subtle underlying sweetness that is not initially apparent. Great for any event or time of day.

little black dresss

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This is definitely recommended for classic women, which like Chanel No 5, Oriflame Eclat( similar to this one,really). It is like a modern No 5 with no aldehydes, just a little rose and jasmine and soft vanilla and woods. Sexy, wearable anytime, anywhere. I really love this on girls and women. It does smell expensive when it really isn't.

Nice perfume, but doesn't last long.
I agree with the girls that question the name of this perfume though..i would call it "festive", I like to smell it in winter and it associates with Christmas and New Year Eve for me. I have no idea why - maybe because my mom wears it?

Saiu de linha aqui no Brasil, mas lembro bem dele é um floral especiado
bem classico e elegante !!

sadly this perfume lasts for the first 15 minutes after i spray it on :(

This one has grown on me and has become a favourite. I like the apricot and floral scent and the bit of spice. The drydown is particularly lovely: the sandalwood and tonka bean are there, and the touch of fruit which I assumed was the apricot but perhaps is actually plum. I find it to be a rather good compromise scent for when it's not too hot or too cold out, and I can't decide whether to wear a warm scent or a floral.

(I notice, by the way, that this has been reintroduced into the North American market as "Chic in Black".)

what to say?? this perfume has nice smell, but lasting power = 0 . :(

i don't want to spend my money to this one anymore, because my expectation aren't satisfied.

all my friends liked this perfume and I also find it ok but... for me the name of this perfume seems to be wrong.
i mean i would imagine myself wearing a different kind of perfume with a black elegant dress.
anyway it is a soft smelling perfume suitable for a special occasion and that's it.
nothing special.

this is a true classic, at least for the younger generation (20-30 year olds). used to be good and strong , isn't anymore. the bad thing about this frag is that if you decide to buy it leting youself be seduced by it's magical deep scent, you risk smelling the same as other 1000000 ladies around you whatever social class. i personally wouldn't like to smell the same as the cashier at the super, or the cleaning lady from my building(with all due respect). a nice elegant frag all in all, leaves a nice woody musky trail on your skin, very sensual. should really be worn with it's name:)

This fragrance tries to be classic.I liked it.Younger girls should wear it at night,on special occasions (like I did),but for the elder ones it can be used daily.It is pleasant and special.I don't like Avon,i don't use it,but this perfume is something i recommend to try.

*EDIT* 12/13/10 I put this on again today and am getting a lovely, sweetly floral scent today (body chemistry is a strange thing!!), but I put it on about 45 minutes ago and it is already about ready to fade away, sadly. Now I rather like it, but with the fast disappearing act I doubt I'll repurchase - even with the bargain price, there really isn't any point if I have to reapply every hour or so. Too bad, that. **END EDIT, begin original text below**
This is a sharply floral scent and I like it OK but it isn't among my favorites or very high up in my circulation of fragrances. I guess it is the herbal notes at the top that keep me from liking this fragrance.

yes,it's one of the best Avon's perfumes,because it lasts long,but on the other side it's nothing special.It's not of these perfumes that i would buy again.

i believe this is a clasic perfume, my mom is in love with it it`s dry but has also some floral notes..i think is appropriate also for work and some night out

To me this scent was dry, woody and a bit masculine. Luckily it faded relatively quickly. I couldn't see what was supposed to be so special about it but kept wearing it hoping to catch on. I never did and will happily not buy it in future.

My mom gave my this perfume about three years ago and I just loved the scent: when the top notes start fading there's something very close to Chance by Chanel though they're of different olfactive families. The staying power was disappointing but the beautiful scent totally compensated it.

One of Avon's best perfumes EVER! I loved it(and I'm a guy!). It smelled very good, if not perfect, on every woman! It was truly a ladies perfume!

This one is not discontinued, Avon just stops selling is in certain countries, ie. US. In China, Little black Dress is still available at Avon's counter.

I like this one, very soft and subtle. but its staying power is poor.

My grandma introduces me to this one, she was in love whit it since it cames out in 2001. when avon discontinues this (a HUGE mistake 4 me)i travel to europe and my surprise was that i found it! i bought like 6 bottles to my grandma and me. she was very happy! the fragrance is soft, femenine and it has something that makes it unique! i'll agree with the 1 review SJP's COVET smells identical to it. but my grandma says there's no one like avon's little black dress!!!

very feminine but in my opinion it is a mother parfume,not for younger.

well, in my country it is still available. the scent is nice, however, it seems a bit uninteresting to me. i was appealed by the elegance of the bottle, but i expected a bit stronger and more seductive fragrance. perhaps, i should try it again. :)

I liked this perfume. To me SJP's Covet smells almost identical to it. Little Bk Dress has been discontinued for a long time now. I used to always get compliments on it, but I got bored of it quickly.