LouLou Cacharel for women

Helo Aiko...believed it has been discretly re-formulated as with many great classics which is disgusting.

My first perfume and loved it. I tried it again a few weeks ago and find it very different, I detect something like plastic! I want to think that was the tester

So here is my first shy approach to LouLou.It is sweet, powdery and brings about some sadness. It is perfume that did not shout to shock me. It settled, and told me: I've got a story to tell.

I was in a hurry. I wanted something a bit herbal and bitter, to fit into my own story. So I left.

But I will be back. I will try to approach this famous beauty again later on.

Lou lou è stato il mio primo profumo,ho dei ricordi bellissimi legati ad esso. è un profumo molto particolare ed intenso dolce al punto giusto,femminile ma al tempo stesso giovane ed esuberante.Sulla mia pelle reagisce molto bene rimane inalterato per ore ed ore,a mio parere è un profumo di lunghissima durata.Il suo mix di note floreali a mio parere è eccellente,su di mè riesco a riconoscere molto bene,vaniglia, mimose, tuberosa,iris e incenso.Amo questo profumo,non mi stancherò mai di indossarlo.

I don't know if LouLou has been reformulated over the years or if I'm applying it with a lighter hand than I did in my youth but it doesn't seem as strong as it did 20 years ago or so.
Its still lovely, typical 80's and I do still love many of the fumes that were released in this period (except for the putrid Poison).
Powdery iris, sexy incense and vanilla, and the sweet spices all add up to make this a classic. I hadn't worn it for so long, though I have a friend who occasionally baths in it it seems. I guess I must be applying more lightly, and it certainly doesn't need a heavy hand, I sprayed 11 hours ago and I can still smell it quite strongly, especially on my shirt.

Sexy, warm, mysterious and very feminine. A hit with me for two decades and beyond.

I made a blind-buy to have Lou Lou, because in Italy it's impossible to find it, and I didn't remember anyone who wore it when I was a child.
I was tempted by the mainly notes (expecially by the base ones) and reading the reviews I realized that this perfume, as Anais, is loved and hated by many people... so I ordered it online, and I was ready to get a legendary perfume, for better or for worse.

At last I met Lou Lou, and I enjoyed this captivating fragrance from the first spray.
The earliest notes are a weird, powerful mixture of bittersweet, like the scent of a precious liqueur... then the scent of flowers emerges in a rich, inebriant way, giving an idea of a dense and velvety cream, and keeping the bitter note in the background.
From the top to the base notes, this fragrance has a warm spicy and sensual character, and at the same time a vibrant and exuberant soul... with a wicked touch inside!

Lou Lou is wild, stupefying, enchanting. Lou Lou is a hypnotic bewitching potion... I wear Lou Lou, and feel like a fascinating city witch, among the vivid colors of a metropolis by night.
Almost no one wears it in my country, only a few people still remember the existence of this forgotten gem: I am one of the few exceptions, and this make it even more precious to me...
Lou Lou is so bold, impudent and amazing... just like the 80s.
Beware of the addiction!

for me it's loud yes but also tender and magic

I have only smelt this once, but it was a perfume i really hated and i don't hate many perfumes. To me it smells like deep heat!

I am a perfumist, I make and sell perfume from Ballinger Texas, and Lou Lou and Dune of Christian Dior are the two Perfumes I will never ever run out of, and like the lady before me said you need to put very, very little, just like with chocolate a little bit is delicious you get too much and you'll get a stomach ache.

Smells NOTHING like bubble gum, and NOTHING like Jardins de Bagatelle.

Glorious. Rich, opulent, friendly but not overly so, sharp and witty...but once you get to know her, very soft, smooth and alluring.

Glamorous and reeks of confidence.
Intimidating. Fantastic.

I first wore this in 1988, when I smelled a lady wearing it at the bus stop, outside (silage MONSTER!!) and stopped to ask her what it was. 24 hours later, I owned a bottle. I was 17.

This IS a heavy hitter....I think it is stronger than Poison!! This is a spray in the air and walk through fragrance. If applied this way, it is DIVINE!!

Smells NOTHING like bubble gum. NOTHING. And it also smells NOTHING like Jardins de Bagatelle! JdB is so harsh & mean & dry!! Lou Lou is juicy and fancy and ripe and personable!

If you spray this one normal style = each wrist, cleavage, and back of neck if you're me, you will have a SEVERE headache, and will make people around you feel queasy.

This is a masterpiece if not over applied. I have a hard time not overdoing it. I actually get a little nervous when I am going to wear it. But wear it I MUST!

I don't get it. Reminds me of Ciara... even though I just compared the notes, and the only thing similar is ylang-ylang or something else that is noxious that isn't listed.

Its a powder bomb. And the Sandalwood is soooo strong. I'm not able to pull out any flower notes at all. Must be a chemistry thing. I dunno folks.

headache in a bottle.

I used to wear this when I was in high school and even got compliments on it. This was back when I was ok with stronger scented perfumes.

I now get headaches from strong scents and I bought a miniature bottle of this and put some on my wrists yesterday and got a headache after about 10 minutes! I still like the scent though... I wish it was more diluted.

Me surpreendí com esse perfume,no passado ele parecia tão forte para mim, mas agora ele é tão suave e agradavel.Não é tipo doce gourmand,me lembra o D&G vermelho, porem com uma fixação muito superior.Quando aplicado com moderação é otimo,mais que uma borrifada fica muito forte .Perfume marcante e bem feminino.

What a wierd perfume, it made me very suprised. I always thought Lou Lou would be a real granny-stinker, but it wasnt at all. I dont know if its the bottle that made me think of a nasty, spicy smell?

LouLou starts strong and extreamly powdery. A powdery smell with a pretty strong violet, I would almost say that it smelles a bit of anis. Guess its the Ylang Ylang.

To me it stayed pretty much the same, very powdery violets with some anis and perhaps a little bit vanilla. But the vanilla just softens the scent, it dosnt smell "vanilla" in the normal way. Sadley I dont get any cinnamon at all. The lastingpower is nice and the sillage is very strong. However, I couldnt decide if this perfume is for me or not. I actually dont think to. I do appriciate a retro, powdery perfume, but this is a little bit too much. Its not really "retro" its more oldfashion to me. Its not modern, like for example Chloe Love, its retro stuff with a mordern touch. LouLou also reminds me abot Incolense and Kenzo Indigo, two perfumes that I would pick over this everyday.

very grand smell. it provokes different feelings. I dont know how to say this but I love and hate this fragrance. I dont want to spray it on me but I love smelling it.it is not an expensive smell, actually more close to the cheaply smell side but still there is something sinfull about it that you dont want to be far away from this fragrance. It reminds me a school girl age 15-16 wanting to be mature before her age. weird...

This was the first perfume I bought, I think I was 14 at the time. Weeell, my father actually banned me from wearing it when he was around because it made him nauseous and headache-y! As a grown-up, I totally understand, this is actually quite dreadful, especially as this is another one of those that always seem to be applied with a watering can!

not pleasant - much too heavy and cloyingly sickly

I had a terrible experience with this fragrance. A friend of mine at high school used this perfume all the days maybe she used it as a bathfoam. It's very strong. I remember it as a good perfume but after three years to smell it i hated it.
now it's very difficult to find it, because it's a vintage. Maybe after all of theese years i can appreciate it.

When i wear this one it is as if i am in hawaii on the beach surrounded with tiareflowers, coconuts and saying aloha. For me its like a tropical mystery of ylang ylang, frangipanne[not listed],tuberose, mimose, vanilla and heliotrope. This is the best of Cacharel. Stays on your skin al day when you apply 2 sprays, dont forget it is a edp.

This is a loud perfume suitable for cold winter nights. It takes my breath away and it creates reactions in the others. It is a love / hate affair. I imagine poppy, sweet yet a bit pungent, raspberries, mixed with musk with a bit of grass and chocolate thrown in it. I imagine a fine sanding paper in aubergine colour with sparkle. I resembles very distantly Kenzo Flower which is sweeter, not so complex and far subtle from Lou Lou. The smell longevity is very good.

Ok... so I repurchased Loulou today after a long break from it. It still has that amazing smell that I remember, lost none of its charm! You don't need much, 1-2 sprays is sexy - anything more than that can be suffocating. I have fallen back in love with this fragrance and I never want to let go... ever again!!! Now with autumn at its peak and winter soon approaching, it's the perfect time of year to reach for this little treasure. Please don't try to pull this off in the summer... everyone will hate you! :P

Vanilla, cinnamon, mimosa, orange blossom, sandalwood? Can't get much better than this in my opinion! I know that it was very popular in the 80's, but I'm in my 20's and I love it, so it doesn't bother me that I'm probably one of the few girls in her 20's that wears this... I actually prefer it that way =)

My mother used to wear Lou Lou and now i am giving it a chance too.
I think it used to smell better on my mother!
It is not that i don't like it, but is too sharp for me.
Like being loud without a certain reason.
I have to say that i love the drydown! After 1-2 hours my clothes smell great! But i cannot wait that long to wear it on my skin.
Maybe it is reformulated but i think it has lost its glamor.

As a drag artist, this was the fragrance I wore in 1988 when I won the Miss Gay South Africa title. It was and is still the most evocative fragrance on the planet!!! I recently won a bet for a business class ticket to Paris regarding the wording of the commercial ... "Loulou? Oiu c'est moi" is an amazing reality!!!!

I used to have this about ten years ago....and sold it, because it was too strong for me at that time, I just couldn't stand it.
Now, after ten years I'm happy that I give Lou Lou second chance.
It's all that I want from a fragrance to be - strong, complex, rich, warm, intense and very unique - it doesn't smell like anything else.
It's not a sexy kind of smell, rather sexual - men love this one, it's true.
For few minutes after spraying it does smell 'strange and strong' - so '80s, I can detect a plastic note but after a while....oriental beauty.
And the lasting power is incredible.

I am starting to believe that I will love ANYTHING with jasmine, vanilla and incense in it, even though I can't smell them..

Any way this thing is gorgeous!
It's synthetic, sweet, cloying, powdery, has great sillage, is very unique and super cool.
By the way it ends very cute, kinda like a warm hug.

I believe this to be one of those fragrances that fits just right on a street-fashion loving girl in the city.

This was my best friend's signature fragrance in high school, so I did not wear it at the time. But I recall I thought it was wonderful. I found a bottle recently on ebay for a good price so I decided to try it. Sadly, I no longer care for this fragrance. There was some note which disagrees with my chemistry and my nose. It just doesn't smell nice to me anymore and it gave me a headache. :( Hooray for the people who can wear this, but sadly I am not one of them.

Does not work -- has never worked for me. That's not to say it's good or bad. Just that with my skin chemistry it's a cross between expensive lavatory cleaner and tropical insect repellent, laced with a pungent air-freshener sprayed in a very smelly place.
Not sure whether I'm reacting to the opaque blue bottle or to the contents therein. But LULU is one big turn-off.

Second review after a couple of times wearing it. This perfume was made in the year that I was born, still around and very popular in Belgium/Europe. Not expensive (25€ for 30ml eau de parfum) and easy to get (drugstore, a bit more expensive in perfume shops). It's an amazing perfume, strong and bold and especially very sexy. Men love this stuff!! You'll get noticed.

First spray: very heavy plum and cinnamon (very 80's), I understand that this is not for everyone.
After 30minutes: ylang ylang and heavy heliotrope!. Love this stuff, really my kind of sexyness.
After a couple of hours: wonderful drydown, vanilla, spices, cinnamon and incense. Very different than others in my collection.

After 10hours still smelling this, close to my skin.

Bold and loud but sometimes i'm really in the mood for that. I'm the kinda person that loves to smell my perfume the whole day. A projection beast, everyone around you will smell this (too bad for the haters).

It kinda reminds me of barbiedolls, wonder why that is? Perhaps because my mother wore this when I played with them. Really weird... !

At first sniff I thougth, it was awful. Smelled like an old fashioned boudoir, not sexy and "perfumy" at all, but chaotic, having effect on my digestive system.
And after a few days I simply have grown to like it. It was cosy, sweet on my skin, a daring girl's smell. I simply don't understand it. I can retrieve the first awfull sniff, but now I love it.

LouLou is a jasmine incense floriental. It is loud and strong and I love it. I sometimes use a particular scent when in a certain mood. The relationships between the states and the perfumes can be many, but for LouLou, I wear it when I’m feeling expansive. It matches my state. Shiny amber, heady florals, sparkly aldehydes, a thick great sillage. Yeah, expansive. This happy mood suggests optimism and the desire to engage with the world. LouLou is the perfume equivalent of this state.

Lou Lou is a love hate relationship with me. Indeed, it was a very adult fragrance compared to Anais Anais. The promotional campaign was superb and grabbed everyones attention.

For an 80s powerhouse, it is rather avant gard. Hence, it never caught on in US markets. In Europe it was/is still in demand.

Perhaps its the stange fruitiness crossed with the tiare flower and heliotrope that disturbs and becons me. Its rather hard to describe it. Sadness and seduction. Wealth and despair. That is Lou Lou for me. Its somewhat funerary...

Another revisit to a favourite perfume from my past! Still love it now and can actually recognise some of the notes in this; jasmine, sandalwood, ylang ylang, some of my favourite oils, a great uplifting scent, the only thing that spoils it is the talcy 'drydown'?, but find that disappears after a while leaving a gorgeous, creamy, exotic scent. The other thing...the bottle design? it deserves something more striking I think, as do all cacharel perfumes, the bottles always look a bit of an after thought, I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for a pretty bottle. Other than that, I am delighted.

Lou Lou represent the 80' fashion quite good.
Lou Lou is plastic vanilla doll, is strong, pungent, sweet and incensy.
The first half an hour is hard to bare but after that Lou Lou becomes a soft skin scent.
Alluring, provocative. An icon.
This is how a cheap perfume becomes a classic, because it had character and was the perfect representation of its time.
By the way when I putted this on I instantly reminded Lady Gaga, she should wear this.

It's a grand, exotic, sweet bouquet surrounded by incense. I think it might be too deep and weighty for some people.
It used to be my signature scent in my early 20's and the thing that I have to say about it: a bunch of men like it and most women will hate it, and will hate you for wearing it too :) Funny, but I don't necessarily consider it a sultry queen like some reviews tend to indicate. To me it's just an opulent fragrance with a sort of melancholic, dark tune. It turns powdery and slightly sour on my skin.
In essence - it's a statement perfume, and that's where a lot of people are lost. These days, perfumes have to be able to appeal to a large audience, so they are made more straight forward, and end up with much less of a personality.

This has been one of my favourites since it was launched, and I keep it today as my "big event" perfume - it has that sexy, edgy, big and flowery personality that seems perfect for a night out, but perhaps a little too much in the daylight. I never liked Poison or Opium which were big (huge!) but very spicy - LouLou seems to share their assertiveness but with a different style. To me it is a more sophisticated perfume, which may be why it has survived as a cult favourite. It is not easy to find in North America but is still available in Europe. Like others, I get more comments about my perfume when I wear this one compared to any other scent. It's very unique.

Mae West once said, "It is better to be looked over than overlooked"! I could not think of a more appropriate saying to match this perfume. When Lou Lou enters a room, she cannot be overlooked! Whether liked or disliked that is another matter!

A bit like Mae West this perfume is full on! Maybe not sophisticated enough to be one of the greats or complex enough to be one of the classics but most certainly the type of perfume once smelt, never forgotten. I have never met anyone that encountered Lou Lou and cannot remember the name or the bottle. Personally, I like it and do own a bottle but I rarely wear it due to the nature of the beast.

Be warned if you haven't yet had the pleasure you will certainly know when you do and be aware that if you love it, others will tend to remember you as, "that person that always wears that perfume” you know, "the one in the Blue bottle”, Oh, I know, “you mean Lou Lou!”

people keep saying me that i smell so familiar. i am 30 years old and i dont know any woman in my age wears this one...so i tried to figured out why....and i think that's because in 80's our mams use to wear it...so people (especially men) in ages 25-35 feel warm familiar and nice when they smell this...and i guess that's good...but anyway...i am crazy about this fragance...craaaazyyy....

I'm gathering from reviews that Lou Lou varies according to body chemistry. First off on me it's not overpowering at all..it's a very exuberant sweet tuberose. I seriously remember trying Carnal Flower and thinking it reminded me of something less expensive- that was Lou Lou. Of course there are fundamental differences but as most tuberose perfumes are super expensive I think Lou Lou is the best bang for your buck..if it works on your skin! Smells almost youthful to me and not dated at all.

I had to have a reunion with this perfume from the 80s and bought myself a new bottle yesterday, and I do not regret it! This is an unique, mystic, sweet and longlasting fragrance. The fragrances from the 80s have overall far more staying power than most of the perfumes made today. The drydown of this smell is tender and sweet like candy and you never need to touch up during the day as it lasts and lasts. I only wish it was possible to find the perfumebottle that looks like an UFO (as the one on the photo above) but it is very rare so I ended up with the ordinary eau the perfume spray.The uniqueness of this smell can be difficult for some to wear, I think you either love it or hate it, but for me, this fragrance has always been special. Love it!!

Back when I bought this it was because I read reviews that suggested it was spicy and would be the sort of oriental that I appreciate, but in spite of trying this in winter and summer and on skin and on clothing, all I get is a lot of coumarin, that rubber doggy bone smell and some heliatropin. I would not have persisted in trying to find something good in it if it were not for the positive reviews, but this is so bland I don't see it as a classic or an original. I get no spices. A touch of powder develops early in the dry down. No discernible flowers, hardly even a sense of general floralcy. Boring, bland, generic, something a little nauseating and just plain boring.

It reminds me of a sweet frosting.

Love this fragrance.

I was very amused about the statement from The Swedish girl, : "Eau de public restroom" This was also my opinion, when I sniffed on the bottle by my sister in law.She dies for this parfum since 10 years. Then I sniffed it on my mother in law, she is 60 years old. What a heavenly parfum, I asked immediately. It was Lou Lou, which smelled totally different on her, than on my sister in law.

The next time of course I sprayed on me. On the skin this scent turns into beautiful, rich and sweet scent, which is very unusual. I have it on my love shelve, because this is the only one parfum, I got regularly and often compliments for it when wearing. For my personally, this is too much vanilla on the base, which is disturbing me a long time after spraying.

"Eau de public restroom". VERY indolic (poopy) jasmine kills all the other notes. But the sillage and longevity is great. This one smelled much better and warmer in the 80`s when my mum wore it.

LouLou is one big '80s floral oriental. The jasmine, tuberose, violet, rose, balsam, cedar, incense, and ambergris explode off skin in a harmony not seen in current feminine fragrances. It's all so thick and lush that, by today's standards, it could be masculine. Vanilla quickly washes into the fray, adding a sweetness to the woodsy and floral mix. Eventually the sugar from the vanilla dominates, and the entire affair melts into a sweet, warm, slightly powdery aura. Like most '80s boudoir masterpieces, this fills the air around its wearer, and follows her everywhere. Very well done, a bold offering from Cacharel.

There are no words to describe "Loulou".
It came out soon after "Poison" and one can't help noticing that this one is "Poison's" little child. A stripped down version of the 80's best seller, its heart isolated and majestically enhanced!
It smells like velvet would smell when caressing a pretty girl's smooth skin, the precious odor of a rare flower, captivating and infinitely seductive!
You have to experience "Loulou".
It is the Femme Fatale's perfume.
An advice: spray it on your underwear.

i want to smell like this when i ll become a mama.

self confidence, erotism, womanity, tenderness.

i love it and i want it!

When I tried this fragrance on paper I didn't like it at all; it was too harsh and overpowering, I couldn't find any kind of harmony in it.
But this one deserves a test on the skin. When I did so, I was surprised and amazed by its beauty.

The opening is pretty harsh, I guess that might be the cinnamon and anise, but that is soon followed by sensual flowers like Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose, Jasmin and Orange Blossom. They make the fragrance sensual and even sexy and seductive. When the flowers start to fade, the scent turns into a warmer and more comforting/cozy fragrance with incense, vanilla and tonkabean. The incense stands out on my skin and is very beautiful.
The drydown is sweet and powdery and has a slightly smoky feel to it.

My keywords for LouLou: classy, luxurious, sensual, mysterious, inviting.

Not dated at all! Great sillage, great lastingpower!

i am not sure if it is my body chemistry or what, it doesnt smell as strong as mots others said! But it smells quite interesting and affictive that u wanna smell it more and more once u sprayed on you. It smells like nothing created nowadays, it is special in its way that reminded me of 80's. Thats for sure.

I'm wearing LouLou today for the first time. It works great on my skin. It's not an everyday perfume, too strong but sometimes I need that. I love it, she's so special and so precious. She's very creamy and in your face, to me she's powdery too. Definately cinnamon and vanilla, mixed with violet and ylang ylang (very noticable) which makes it a sexy perfume. It reminds me of my mother when I was a little girl, no worries about work/money and other stress factors. That's a reason why I like her a lot. Cacharel has great perfumes, it does that a lot for me!

Oh Gosh! Does exist anything more powerful and overwhelming than this one? I cannot believe I used to wear this during the day to go to school on Brazil. Bad trend! LOL

One hell of a french Femme Fatale perfume! I love it!!!!

I just love it!!!!! It's never old!

i love LouLou :$
i'm a 19 y-old boy, and i use loulou as a night perfume
it's just androgenous, it's like an forbidden scent
some people hate it, some people doesn't give a damn for it
but everytime that i use it, it fusioned with my skin, this perfume use me, as its slave *-*
i'm just in love with this magic and erotic scent

I have read many reviews on this and a lot of people just can't tolerate this perfume a bit like Red Door. I thought ok here it is I am going to test this but I was prepared for it being very strong and strange to say the least. Well, I think it is a lovely perfume. I only sprayed a tiny little bit. It starts off very strong and yes there is incense but it is not the harsh knock your head off incense like in a head shop. The incense is just in the back ground which destracts your nose from the powdery dry down which is slightly sweet and musky. The perfume doesn't smell animalistic or dirty to me. It is a sweet powdery smell with depth added by the incense. If used sparingly it is a very feminine perfume a little dated but not in a way that you would smell kitchy or out of touch with today's perfumes. If you don't like incense and don't like powder then don't bother with this. If you do like Eden or Chanel No.5 or even samsara give this a test but only a little drop and you will see how lovely it is. Some bottles have gone off I have noticed in some stores because they do have a rancid chemical dry smell so if that happens try a different store and the smell will be different. It lasts as well as Eden does so a long time. It is affordable now too so worth a test.

This is my signature for many years (two decades +)
It's different than usual scents and it was too progressive when first launched(1987)
Yes,it's intense and mysterious smell(incense)..
You may be overwhelmed at first apply(cinnamon,anise,plum) but then it turns very soft powdery smell that lasts(iris-orris root)and kind of sweet(heliotrope-vanilla-benzoin)..
All in all it captures me with the longevity and sillage ,it makes me want to use it more and more...one word, magnifies me!!!

I like mysterious and unusual scents but Loulou is too strong and too spicy. It is not an indifferent perfume but I don't like it. It is feminine but also 'offensive' and 'provocative',in my opinion.
Not for one who likes floral and fresh perfumes or milder scents.

Lou Lou is mysterious and dark and at the same time soft and soothing.
If Anaïs Anaïs is the perfect romantic day time scent, Lou Lou must be the perfect seductive night time scent.

It is a very soft oriental where incense, vanilla and cinnamon are far more dominating than the musk and sandalwood notes.
Lou Lou is totally free from sharp or acrid notes. It's is so smooth and alluring that I can't help sniffing my wrists all the time, when I wear it.
As in Anaïs Anaïs and Eden the flower bouquet in this fragrance is simply divine and the lasting power extremely good.

I've heard people saying that Lou Lou is vulgar and cheap. I don't share that opinion but you should be careful when you apply, because it is a very loud perfume.

My only question is: Why did the put this heavenly scent in that ugly bottle?

In 3 words: SOFT - MYSTERIOUS - SEXY

Loulou 87 it´s my signature too.
I love Lou Lou very much
I can´t live without this

this perfume is soft romantic and sensible...i always wear it at nites.. and when eva i wear it, someone asks me what my perfume is.i think its one of the best perfumes ever..

this perfume is soft romantic and sensible...i always wear it at nites.. and when eva i wear it, someone asks me what my perfume is.i think its one of the best perfumes ever..

Strong, but very sexy, this is my signature scent

This was my signature scent when I was a teenager in early 90's, I absolutely loved it & felt like a vamp when I wore it.
I'm not sure I'm so keen on it now. It's so strong I don't know how I got away with it then.

Ah!sexy.creamy perfume ,tuberose and vanilla give the go the rest come later on.when you are already in love with it.or fist smell will make you ran away.love

LouLou was my signature scent in the 80s and early 90s. I guess I didn't know any other scent then anyway :) So I wore it from around 16 to early 20s. I loved it a lot. I guess I'm an oriental-floral scent lover. Today I can't find much in LouLou anymore. It works for younger girls that aren't too shy ;)

Loulou is so me. It's the perfume that I wore when my honey fell in love with me. It's warm, voluptuous and compelling. Smelled it a hunderd times on other women, cause everybody wore it in the 80's, but on "me" its like a bedtime story in a desert tent by Scheherazade and The Dream by Henri Rousseau all rolled into one. And it still is.

Loulou isn't just a perfume. In my point of view loulou is almost a person. A powerfull, seductive, mysterious and unique woman. Like a Diva, or something. This perfume is amaizing, have a verry strong composition but you still cam feel the sweet and delicate floral in a beaultiful contrapoint with the strongth of musk, incense and benzoin.
It isn't the kind of perfume wich is liked by everybody who smells it; some people hate, some people love, don't exist the "midle". But liking or unliking, you will feel this perfume, and recognize it, why Loulou is unique and calls the attentions in any situation.

I want to like this and I've tried it a few times over the years. It's great at first - a hit of rich, velvety warmth that is neither distinctly floral nor fruity but a little of each. That's followed by warmer, slightly spicy notes but then comes the base note and this is where I start to dislike it. There's an element in the base that comes through and really sets me on edge. I don't know what it is, but I find it in the dry-down of several perfumes. It's something insistently sweet and cloying. If I can ever find out what it is, it will save me from a lot of perfume-buying mistakes!

For me, Lou Lou is the best fragrance in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was the first perfume i owned. Given to me on my 14th birthday and i thought it was the most exotic and beautiful thing i had ever smelled. Absolutely loved it! Now some 18 years later and having not sniffed this delicious scent for many years i find myself wondering whether i would still like it as much as i did back then. Testing time i think...

I got this when it first came out, back in the days of big hair, big dancing, big voluptuous scents. As I recall, I liked it at first, but like Angel, it just got to the point I couldn't bring myself to smell that much.

I wouldn't care to go back and find it again.

The perfume founded in stores today is not the same that was released in 1987 and became the big hit of the season.
I have an old bottle of it and Lou lou perfume is certainly one of the most beautiful in the world. Sweet like candy mixed with delicate flowers. Perfect!

OUCH! Tried this at a chemists last week and the moment I opened the cap I had a reaction not unlike catbiscuit's (LOL). It was.....horrifying. I showed it to my boyfriend and he made the most disgusted face. Fairly certain everyone in the shop heard us and our honest reactions. For some reason he could smell vanilla. I love vanilla...but not like this! It smelled like the kind of perfume you'd smell coming from a tomb....incredibly rancid and old but trying to be sweet...

I don't think there's anything to "get" about this perfume. I'm 28 years old so I'm no teeny bopper, and I appreciate unusual scents. I think you love it or you don't, as someone else said there's no in between with this one.

I sprayed it on my arm to see how it would develop. To me it didn't change much, just got softer but I still didn't like it. It lasted forever, too..lucky me. LOL. But it is definitely intriguing..I kept sniffing my arm out of morbid curiosity and each time my opinion didn't change.

La Petite. LOl. I'm thinking the same way, how could I? But I didn't know any better at that time. The only perfumes in my arsenal at that time were Light Blue and Cool Water. I guess LouLou was beyond the scope of my comprehension when I was 23. I remember thinking about my mother-in-law: "How could she give me that garbage?"
Today chances are much higher that Light blue would be on the way out. I don't even keep in my collection anymore.

@ olga1780 : Nooooooooooo how could have you done this >< why not giving it to me instead !!! :-'( I'm crazy about this unique , mysterious scent ! <3

My my ex mother-in-law gave it to me for Xmas 7 years ago( a large bottle!!!) and I threw it away without using it once.At that time i really thought she gave me that crap because she didn't want to use it herselt. And here I am now, 7 years later, scouring Ebay up and down for a good deal. Ugh!

I got it a month ago and still don't know if i like it or not. Smell like nothing I ever had. A bit plastic, a bit green, nothing sweet on my skin, but my clothes smells great in the evening. My husband loves it, my daughter too, they said they could smell the resins on me. Must be my nose, 'cause I only smell green leaves. Vanilla???? No way. Tuberose??? Never found. Still, it's intriguing. I only wear a couple of drops and still my clothes got the smell, and they smell wonderful in the evening. I guess I can't appreciate it well enough.
Anyway, I've never had a perfume which smells green in the morning and oriental in the evening.
P.S. All my male collegues told me it's wonderful. What the heck??!!

One sniff of Lou Lou and no this is not for *me* and yet I couldn’t help buying her. I found a mini vintage bottle at this dirty little antique shop, so I quickly grabbed her thinking perhaps the new formula and ugly bottle lacked the magic bestowed on the original. Lou Lou doesn’t really remind me of bitchy Poison’s little ingénue sister, though I get how people might feel this. I agree more with those who feel how unique Lou Lou is...I've never sniffed anything like this in my life.

Lou Lou is obnoxious and elusive at the same time, it’s no surprise this scent has often been called a misfit. Kmarich nailed Lou Lou, she is a misfit! The top notes scream 80’s power hour for me personally. I was a child in the 80’s but had I been old enough to wear perfume, I probably would have picked Lou Lou.

I love the complex procession of boozy fruit, powdery violets,black rose, and the truly unforgettable oriental night blooming jasmine, which is very dark but frankly just too fleeting. This composition morphed with my chemistry in less than an hour, she changed into this bizarre and shy incense that isn’t exactly sweet, it’s almost dirty and I’m guessing orris root is responsible. I would love to douse myself in Lou Lou just to see the reaction I might provoke. I'm quite sure people would either run in fear of me, or fall in love my aura. Sigh.. as it is I will have to be content with a few drops from the sweetest little genie bottle.

Was my signature smell years ago. I wonder if I could wear it dayly now cause I remember it was very sweet and strong but also special and long lasting. Then I changed to the lighter version but nowadays I cant find it in any shop!

I could say that this is the scent from where my olfactory trip begins.It was early 80's and I was just a teenager.It is amazing the memories that this fragrance helped me store in my brain!!!
I feel very lucky to have worn it at that time.
It is still a kinky scent but of course I love other fragrances too now..
UNFORGETTABLE.

Don't you love all these perfumes that were popular in the 90's? No, they're dreadful but I do love the memories they evoke. This is the perfume your mum gave you when she thought it was awful (a gift from someone else and throwing it away would have been a waste, right?) but knew you'd appreciate it as a young girl. I remember it being very powdery and not something I liked even back then. It was an unusual perfume for the 90's, notes that aren't well defined, so in that regard it is unique. Not something I would ever want to smell again except for a trip down memory lane. Even that's pushing it.

This is THE perfume to wear if you want a man to like what scent you're wearing. Men always like it. Even the ones who usually don't notice or like perfume!

Oh Lou Lou... What a beautiful scent you have. But sadly, we're not meant to be together. Why, oh why. Only God knows why.... You gave me a terrible headache and nausea, I really don't know why. Don't worry, you're safe and sound with my mother now. She likes you more than I do. Hopefully we can meet again someday. And probably that day, I'll love you more....

Another great classical that I didn't know...until yesterday, and that I'm in love with! On my skin is a so rich and warm fragrance, and I can mostly notice the incense, the plum and the tuberose: maybe is just the tuberose that leaves on my skin a kind of honeyed note. Two drops last for hours, and I like it so much! I don't know why, but most of these Eighties fragrances seems to work very well with my chemistry!

I have been wearing this regularly for 25 years, been complimented countless times by both men and women with but one complaint...from a co-worker who had loved it until we had a difference of opinion. Yes, it's got a large presence but the trick is to use it sparingly. With it's sillage and longevity you need to be very careful not to over use it, please! It's considered a classic for a good reason and should not be splashed about like a cheap cologne.

Many of us on Fragrantica have fond memories of Lou Lou because she was a "coming of age" fragrance for us. We wore Lou Lou to smell grown up, cool and sexy when we went to all-night dance clubs and parties. It was a fragrance to lose our innocence and virginity by. If you're curious to know what trendy young women in the '80's smelled like, give Lou Lou a try.

I used to have a bottle in the '80's, and remembered it being potent, unique, and intriguing, but couldn't remember the scent specifically. I was curious to try it again and ordered a used bottle on eBay. I tried a light spray because I'd read the Fragrantica reviewer warnings about not overspraying. Is it just me, or does Lou Lou smell almost exactly like Dior's Poison? Someone here called it Poison's little sister - I agree. They both have that heady tuberose, grape jelly (plum), smoky incense smell. "Heady" says it all - a sickly-sweet exotic flower smell. There's plenty of tiare, jasmine, and especially tuberose - a femme fatale note, which I'm not a huge fan of, but it will lure men. Lou Lou is a flirtatious siren. My husband says it me smell "like a harlot", and it turns him on, which made me laugh. I also had to laugh when I read one reviewer wrote that it's for "wh--es", and another "kinky".

Sherapop detects a "plastic doll scent" - good call, Sherapop, me too! I found the opening too intense because of so much plastic doll and incense, but after the the juice mellowed, it was sweet, powdery, even pretty. Fragrantica describes it as a warm scent, and other reviewers here do too, but I didn't find it warm at all. I tend to prefer warm-sweet fragrances. Lou Lou is cool-sweet, if that makes sense, but I still like it. I admire Lou Lou's bold "everything old is new again" opaque blue art deco bottle, a vintage throwback which also gives you a clue as to the cool fragrance inside. The packaging, the name "Lou Lou", and the model in the advertising with the forlorn, melancholy, waif-like appearance create a mysterious mood and suit the fragrance well. (That's what sold me on it when I was young.)

Lou Lou has a sense of mystery, I'll say that for her. She's sexy, complex and deep. The "deep dark forest" reference is apt. Maybe the balsam basenote has something to do with it (Wella Balsam shampoo from the '70's - could that be what I'm smelling!)? I recommend wearing Lou Lou on an occasion where you want to flirt like a femme fatale and attract a special someone's attention with an intoxicating scent they can't ignore.

memories of youth!

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@la petite...it was my first perfume too!!
and i loveddd it!

i am not sure if i will love it now too,but now that i remembered it,i'll go smell it!

What a heavenly beautiful warm and absolutely lovely scent this is! So romantic..

if you love it you have to reach for it, this perfume is a gorgeous oriental! and all men i met when wearing, have complimented and where crazy about. (see my review about this sone) go for it!

This perfume is SO special to me, it was my first "real" perfume , i would only use it in very special occasion .
I'm not always a fan of Oriental scent , but this one is so classy and elaborate.
This perfume makes me think that Cacharel is almost a niche perfumery , because most of their scent are very original and daring, they're or love or hate them .
At least they try things

I belong to the second category. I hate it.
Don't buy it, Annelien! There are so many other beautiful perfumes to pay for!

The colour of the beautiful art deco style bottle fits the perfume very well. Used in tiny dabs this is a soft, powdery dusk sky blue cloud around you...
Actually this is how I imagined to smell "L'heure bleue": It's like lying by nightfall in late spring somewhere in a park on the grass and watching the lightly cloudy sky transforming from peach to blue, getting darker and darker untill the stars come out.
Although it's spicy, sweet and dark fruity-flowery it's a bit soft and clean and a bit mysterious and grown-up dreamy, romantic to me.
I think it's timeless and very sexy used in small amounts. (Over spraying is fatal in this case.)

Until recently, my only faint memory of Cacharel LOULOU was of the time when I was walking through a major department store with my little brother during the initial launch of the perfume. An eager SA was holding a bottle in one hand, which she used to spray test strips in the other and then fanned out to passersby, enthusiastically extolling the marvels of this new perfume, which, she insisted, we really had to try! We accepted a strip, sniffed it, dropped it, laughing, and the rest of the afternoon my brother cooed "Loulou! Loulou! LouLou!" to mock the poor woman.

Then LOULOU basically dropped out of my consciousness for decades (!) until I started noticing some reviews pop up at Fragrantica. They piqued my curiosity since people seemed to have such strong reactions--one way or the other--to this creation. It seemed to me before obtaining a sample that there was a good chance that I'd fall into the camp of those who find LOULOU "totally intolerable" or even "vile". This is because I am thoroughly convinced that there is a bell curve distribution of every human trait and tendency, including sensitivity to plastic notes in perfume, and, inductive evidence strongly suggests, I fall at the very tail of the loser end of the curve in that case. (Know thyself.)

Unsurprisingly, then, upon donning LOULOU this afternoon, I was struck down immediately by a splitting headache. I have not smelled a plastic/"doll" note this strong since Rochas POUPEE, which has enjoyed considerably less success than LOULOU, but offers the same nightmarish plasticity to my nose and suffering body. Whatever virtues and originality this composition may boast, I am literally blinded to them by the strong smell of molten plastic in which I am currently trapped.

I will say that, in contrast to some other reviewers, I do not find this composition very similar at all to Agent Purple. As anyone who has ever suffered a migraine knows, there are headaches, and there are headaches. The LOULOU headache is definitely in its own league, though it is true that, as in the case of POISON, this perfume is definitely not for me, so I suppose I can agree that in this sense these two perfumes are the same: Totally unbearable and, therefore, totally unwearable. Even my cat ran away upon sensing my approach. No can do. Désolée. Time for a bath!

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Off topic FDA addendum:

AGENT BLUE appears either to be a liquidified version of the plastic coating in which it is encased, or else the plastic has leeched into the liquid, lending credence to the view that we all need to switch over to glass--and fast!

As a young girl, around 16, I didn't like this perfume but now I'm older (32) and I love it ! I received it as a gift and now it's impossible to forget it ! It's impossible to compare it to another perfume (perhaps Maitresse - Agent Provocateur...). It's gourmand, deep, a bit intoxicating but not too much. And it lasts all the day long : very important indication according to me.

Well,if there is something you can say about this perfume is that has personality. You may like it or not. Personally I think that masterpieces always have lovers and haters, nothing in between.
If this one was a woman ,it would be Maria Callas ,If it was a car, a huge lorry,and if it was a song a bolero.

best full bodied plain oriental ever. i used to use this when i was 22-25 and boys and men where following me everywhere i went, telling me how good i smell. haha, i had also a boyfriend he was sooo crazy about this perfume and my neighbour was also crazy about it. guess this one was really ME in this period of my life. the nice big diamond shaped blue opaque bottle with tis bloodred bump, which i own still today, lasted for 3 years. you need only a few drops to smell to whole day long and in hair and clothes it stays forever...
i used it up untill the last drop with pleasure but never purchased it again because i came a cross poison then :)

I've found that a similar fragrance is D&G 10 LA ROUE DE LA FORTUNE. It was driving me crazy trying to figure out what it smelled like until I found my mom's bottle of LouLou

I inherited this pefrume from my older sister. It was long time ago, but I still remember it's powerful scent.

Well...now I can say I own the most perfect scent on Earth! Creation of all creations!
Thank you, Ro! I love you!

Oh, LouLou! You deserve a Phd paper written about you. All the elaborate and lengthy reviews are well deserved. This is not a scent that you can describe, it's one that you can only experience for yourself. I remember it as one of my favorite ones from when i was...well...a kid. But, considering the fact that my time machine doesn't work, this is a story from the present. The opening is harsh. I belive that few people can handle it. It attacks your senses in an unforgivable way. I was ready to faint. But after you survive it, if you can that is, comes the magic. Amazing blend of the notes,a master piece. The dry down is smoky and warm.It touches is you almost in a physical way.Velvet. Lasting power-never seen before. Fragrance worth a try, emphasis on 'try'. Never ever, do a blind purchase on this one. And please, use it carefully, don't 'bath' in it, cos it will be a criminal offence.

I purchased LouLou parfume for my wife on her wedding day 22 years ago and I can say that the aroma is the most sensually enticing smell you will ever smell! It lasted about 15 years - the bottle, and I have purchased her another one for this Christmas. If you want an aroma to spark an evening event --try LouLou, you won't be disappointed. We now have 4 children........

This fragrance opens loudly with clashing metallic notes. It dries down nicely though, if you can manage to get there. And it has good staying power.

When I first tried Loulou I passed whole hours of an extraordinary olfactive journey. I felt the powerful incense from the first blast and it made me stay alert. Obviusly I had applied too much and did not know where that could lead me. But I waited and ... kept breathing. What a strong juice and what a strong will I had to let it go on! It was at first an inspiring, a bracing-up smell, a wake-up slap on the face due to the loads of incense present which made me think of Paloma Picasso. Yes, a rich bouquet of white flowers mixed with powdery flowers, all on a bed of incense. I started to enoy its softness three hours later, when the incense became suffused by powder and creaminess. I am wearing Loulou right now, obviously reduced the amount to a tenth of it, and still feel it on my clothes, on my scarf, in my hair. It is lovely, so creamy and warm and bright, which is the part that I like best, but anyway I look forward for a new application and I like the idea of the initial incensey coming to my senses when I get ready for work in the morning. Yes, I wear a small amount of Loulou at work.

I just tried this yesterday but have smelled it before, just not the parfum concentration ... wow. A scorchingly sexy scent by far; you only need a little bit of it. Fantastic staying power ... I have washed my hands more than once and am still enjoying a very powerful drydown of musk and vanilla. Remember, you only need a little of the real jus ... the bottle highly unusual as well, unlike any other. Use with caution :)

Is one of my favourites too.
ia a peculiar scent. At the beginning it remerbers to me " new dolls " is a plastic scent but very conformtable that makes you dream when i was younger....i like a lot and i think that is much more different than the rest of perfumes.....

Some of the reviewers on here are so funny! Catbiscuit's review is hilarious and I TOTALLY agree!

Perfumepromosi, on the other hand, thinks LouLou is wonderful and states that she's on a diet at the moment so "today I caved and bought this one 30 ml edp and put it on and instant relief. So 'gourmand' ish, it makes it so I don't want to eat! I just want to smell this! Its more amazing than I remember it being and it does smell rich. Its so yummy and wonderful. So the morale of the story, its good if you are on a diet!"

Hmm, all I can say is that LouLou, for me, also makes it so that I don't want to eat. Not, though, because it's "gourmand'ish" ..... because it absolutely stinks, turns my stomach and makes me lose any appetite I may have had.

I had a bottle of this when I was a teenager, which I think was a present. At first I thought it was very grown up and sophisticated and I did wear it but gradually I noticed that I was finding it harder and harder to "stomach" it and it got to a point that there was no way I could, or would, wear it anymore.

This perfume, together with Opium are, in my opinion, two of the worst perfumes ever created. God knows why some women seem to love them and see them as classic perfumes that should be adored by everyone. Personally, I would advise any sane woman to steer clear of this horrible perfume but that if they do like it and insist on wearing it, then they need to stay about 10 miles away from anybody who has good taste and who finds stenchy perfumes like this to be revolting and nausea inducing ! !

Oh what a ferociously vile smell! As someone else has said here, it's terribly plasticky and artificial, nauseating to the point where it gives you hallucinatory states (unpleasant ones, that is). Way too strong and aggressive - overall a typical 'classic'. I am so sorry that I cannot stand these classics, I wish i could see the beauty everyone raves about in connection to them. To me they are in your face, overdone, shrieking scents, which end up wearing you instead of you wearing them.

Big 80's fragrance indeed.

It starts out smelling of plastic, definitely synthetic. It starts to ease with sweetness a LOUD floral. I'm not sure if it is the iris or violet. Either way it is persistent. After about an hour the base notes begin to try to tame the obnoxious floral but despite the attempts, it fails.

Oh how I wanted to scrub this one off!! I was determined to not let it win though. I made it approximately 1 1/2 hours. So, in the end, it won. I couldn't take it anymore.

In your face, straight up your nostril & poke your brain type of dated headache scent.

Who is Lou Lou? and what does she represent? is she the Lou Lou played by Louise Brooks as a amoral seductress in Weimar Berlin who's actions to bring her
to a downward spiral of Degradation or is she an 60's pop singer with the song To Sir with love'
Lou Lou Captures a lot of
mystery.

The opening for me starts sweet with luscious plum bring out with the innocence of delicate lily dries to an down to an powdery textures of Mimose Irises and Purple violet Chinese Cinnamon wood Brings out the exotica of this perfume and with the ending of the top notes the Leafy Cassia with it's primal and earthy essence.

The nocturnal jasmine starts the middle notes with the distant and crisp note
of anise orris with it's musky undertones makes it more androgynous
that appeals to both sexes; the drydown
of dry sandalwood with it's subtle presence with musk for it's mannish Dietrich Like sexuality in Morocco in the famous nightclub scene dresses like a male vanilla with it's dry sweetness
and Dark and Mysterious Incense Adds to the exotica of a Dark Cabaret with black
Curtains and Big Bold red neon words
flashes in the background while incense
burning beside each other during their
serpent Dance.

Definitely one of the most distinctive and memorable women's perfumes of the last 30 years. There was a time in the late 80s and early 90s when this was "the one to have" and it may have suffered from being too common at the time. Now 20 years later and with newer generations around who might not be so familiar with its smell, I reckon it's time for a come back. As previous reviewers/users have indicated, its sheer distinctiveness links it to many (good & naughty) memories of that time for them. However, this should never be a blind purchase...

Loulou is a testimony to the scent industry's braver days when houses were bolder and not concerned with repeatedly launching sales-safe insipid clones of each others' creations. It takes a brave woman to wear this assertive and sexy fragrance - and as a man I say good luck to them as I love it, especially in wintertime.

I tried LouLou and it was different. We all know that is the polite term for "don't like it ". It has a very pronounced spice like clove to it that is overpowering. The floral is crushed by the spice. You could use it to scent candles since it is like fragrance oil in strength. I found that the spice was intense enough to clear my sinuses and I could taste it in the back of my throat. The blue bottle is very pretty but the stuff inside of it burns my eyes. Not for me and I don't recommend wearing this around fragrance sensitive people for your own safety.
PS-
This is what you would call a "go to hell perfume". That is, if you don't like my perfume, you can go to hell !

I'll start saying that I totally understand Catbiscuit's psycho-physic reaction to this! LOL!
In spite of being marketed as “oh, so doll’s perfume” LouLou can really make you go crazy and want to hit someone. The reason? Who knows? It’s not just about heaviness. There must be some ingredient that makes that reaction and it is probably the same one that drives men wild. After all a wild man is often an angry one.
The commercial was a little phoney and presented a pale independent not overtly sexy young woman who could be a ballerina or an actress in a serious theatre drama. But she left a LouLou trail behind her.
I agree it’s a little sister for original glorious Poison and they both lived their glory moment in big ‘80s. I own a beautiful bottle with the red stopper without spray, almost used up.
I was not crazy of this cloying cloud of powder power back at those years but I used to wear it for perfume’s sake and also to make my mom go crazy. She simply hates LouLou! She puts it in a special category, the “w..re” one, together with other scents you would never say. On the other hand I can’t stand Anais Anais which she loves.
I have no idea if men go wild with LouLou because at that age I hardly made anyone wild, not even later.
Only now I understand how skanky LouLou is, the skank being hidden by tons of old French face powder and strong yellow Baby Johnson’s Shampoo. Most Cacharel smell dirty on me after a while and they smell outrageous, but it seems something made on a purpose.
My mom was right. This is for w…res, not said in a bad sense. Poor naïve me, I couldn’t understand its power back in time and now it smells just gross compared to my sophisticated perfumes.
I will try again dabbing only 2 drops on wrists and stay far from Catbiscuit!

Re Carbiscuit's. 8-1-10 note...


I am laughing my --- off.

I once apologised to LouLou lovers everywhere after calling it vile.

'Catbiscuit' I said to myself, 'Perhaps you were too hasty, rushing to judgement about this iconic 80s fragrance?" In a rare moment of insecurity, I allowed myself to believe this.

Today, I tried Lou Lou again. I will never doubt myself again, no matter how much everyone else seems to love a perfume. To me this is so far beyond being simply a scrubber, it is a *screamer*. Pure animal rage at being subjected to such a terrible smell.

There is something about LL which kicks my adrenals into overdrive. But it is never the flight response that I am driven to. LL creates a physiological response - hyper-alertness, clenching fists, rigid jaw, pent up nervous tension & intense anger. I am spoiling for a fight.

To be honest, I can't pick really pick out any notes bar sandalwood. Too much emotion in the way.

So again, sorry Lou Lou lovers, I really am, however if you want to take it outside, I am ready...

Actually, Loulou also has the note Tiare flower in it. Not unimportant to know!!!
Action

I wore LouLou as a teenager. As I established my place in the world and tested my values LouLou was there with me. LouLou my support, LouLou my encouragement, LouLou my ambition, LouLou innocently pushing the boundaries.

The scent is heady with impish silage that dares you to 'DO IT'. (what ever IT may be)

I must become reacquainted with you again soon.

For a short time in my life, LouLou was me and I was LouLou. When the perfume exploded on the market, I was mesmerized and bought it. And never went without it. I lived at night, I partied too much and lived too little, I went to the opera, theater, fashion shows and dance recitals, I had the blast of a time with a much older man and felt as though this craziness would never end. Which of course it did, leaving me with a horrible hangover, one empty and one half empty bottle of LouLou, and with a fund of memories, some lovely, some embarrassig.

LouLou is the most daring, craziest and loudest perfume I know. Oh, and the sexiest. Men have never before or afterwards reacted to me the way they did when I wore LouLou. It was like walking nude under a fur coat, full of promise.

I could never pull off this scent any more, actually, I could do it only for this short time of madness in my life. It was SO worth it.

But when I smell women using it for office or everyday use, I shake my head. Dear ladies, this is a perfume for wild women who love their risk, their adventure, their night jungle, their muddy depths and glorious flowers of the water lily, floating effortlessly.

It is no doubt one of the achievements of perfume making to create a scent that polarizes like no other. Some people will be disgusted, other will feel intoxicated.

If you are looking for adventure, wear LouLou. If you like your life the way it is, look somewhere else / because it will shake up your life.

Today is my second time to try this. It wasn't as bad as the first day because I knew what to expect. I suppose it is somewhat exotic...but it just doesn't smell that good to me. It would probably smell best in the autumn. I probably won't use it again until then. I really like the bottle though. And I like the idea that another reviewer had, that it's like and Alice in Wonderland perfume.
***It does smell better in the autumn! But should be used sparingly! And it goes with my new short, retro/Sophia Loren inspired hair cut!

When I saw LouLou come by in the latest reviews, it's picture, the blue bottle with the red crown, I immediately remembered the scent within. I had it years ago, got it for a present.
I think Loulou smells like it's presentation, it reminds me of the fair. I can see the merry go round and smell the cotton candy...bubble gum chewing young girls, giggling, talking about 'the boys'...
Not my kind of thing.

I remember how, at the time of it's release, I simply couldn't understand that this cheep appearing scent was from the same brand as Anaïs Anaïs that was presented in such a beautifully dreamy and sophisticated way...

The original 80-ties bottle of Lou Lou proves a strong inspiration by a 1927 scent Le Debut by Richard Hudnut- I have just borrowed a great book about collecting perfume bottles-and the resemblance is striking.

Lou-Lou is the "LITTLE" sister of Poison indeed...
If u like Poison u will like Lou -lou also ;)
Very , very similar fragrances...
Strong, bold, so 80's...
I like Poison more...thou..

I tested it two days ago on my wrist and I regretted it. It was soooo heavy, plastic and bitter that I could not take it... Not for me, even if used sparingly.

this fragrance should have on it 's packaging...WARNING; DO NOT APPLY LIBERALLY.the bottle is fabulous and the fluid contained within is not for a wallflower.............you have been warned.

if u want to feel SEXY try

I recently have been paying attention to this one. Well at the moment I am on a diet and getting closer to my goal its getting harder. I am being taught about distraction tactics and have been turning to perfume. So today I caved and bought this one 30 ml edp and put it on and instant relief. So 'gourmand' ish, it makes it so I don't want to eat! I just want to smell this! Its more amazing than I remember it being and it does smell rich. Its so yummy and wonderful. So the morale of the story, its good if you are on a diet!

had it as a teen and was just today even considering getting it again. It is not a teenage price! It holds its own in terms of value. Its a good one alright.

Loulou? - Oui, c'est moi! How much I wanted to be like her... And my friend Moon, who introduced me to that out-of-this-world scent. We were very young and we didn't have much experience with perfume those days. It was the must have scent of the scents of the 80th! I can't describe it. You need to smell for yourself.

I'm sorry but I really dislike this scent..
My grandma is wearing it often, also when I'm in the car with her, and it makes me so sick. I always open the carwindow to get some fresh air because I can't stand it! It not that it's too sweet of so, but it's just loud.. and stong :(

This one is a very good perfume, but also a lonely pleasure: it is a great experience, not an easy complement to a look. I also like it because it has the character of old Cacharel, away from Noa, Promesse and the very sad "freshness" of Scarlett.

Lou Lou is like Poison for me-it can be nice in small doses-but I don't really like it. This scent is bold, equally spiced and powdery sweet floriental-unique-but has a cheap (harsh) edge. I see how this could be horribly offensive, but I see how some people really love it too.

After knowing Lou Lou I could say:
"-Thanks God, I'll die happy ".

I feel myself flustered... pratically drunken!
Lou Lou is a punch that kicks me to a parallel world... magical!

It's funny but the first time i saw the light blue color bottle,I remember the Alice in the Wonderland dress, and in fact, the two bottles version are so strange, that seem to have been taken from a Fairytale.

Lou Lou is like Dior's Poison, don't smell the same but they are the type of scent that you love or hate. Both fragrances are extremely sweet and intense, very longlasting, both shares 9 notes, some of them are: plum, anise, and cinnamon; but i think poison is more woody and mature than Lou lou, who is more innocent and childlike.

For me Lou Lou is like an innocent child, trying to grow up and know who she is, lost in a strange Garden inside her mind, surrounded with a lots of flowers with intense fragrances calling her attention.


I love This! Lou lou is Magic to me!

I could smell LouLou for days on end. My sister wore it for years, and even when she overapplied it (easy to do), it calmed down enough to avoid an assault charge! Sillage is brilliant, and the bottle and packaging are equally so.

I wish more women (or even men) would wear this stunner.

EVERYBODY had a bottle of this in my class at school, circa 1985 and even then I found it way too sweet! I have recently given it another sniff to dispel this 25 year old opinion but although I respect the mix, which has stayed pretty true to my nose since those days- I still can't wear it!! (more to do with the memories than the smell, I think)

Love it. Very sexy. Long lasting.

i love this fragrance because its such a strange and unique smell its very sweet but in a dark way the vanila and the cinimon really stand out for me.great if your looking for a sweet but not candy sweet perfume

Totally hate this perfume- too heavy, too sickly, too sweet and smells horrible on me. I first smelled this when I was about 6 and recently took another whiff and I still hate it 13 years on. Gives me headache and makes me sneeze!

This perfume is one of my first lovers. My cousin used to use Lou Lou when I was 15 or 16. I can still smell her perfume. It's so unique. I strongly believe that if you like Lou Lou you are going to like Moschino Cheap&Chic

a masterpiece, so unique smell, incredible sexy, sofisticade. this masterpiece, my mother wore when i was a child, when i smell this, i remember my chilhood.... incredible fragrance from cacharel one of the best..... MASTERPIECE...

Master piece, original "chef d'oeuvre".
I turns my head off as a sexy classic!

WOW!!!! What a wild and crazy fragrance! This is a very loud scent, even when applied minimally. But how I love it when I'm in the proper mood for it! As far as I'm concerned, this fragrance has everything. Good and bad. My main complaint about it (if any) is that they overdo it on the incense alittle. But, no matter, I love it anyway because it sure packs a wallop..... I hope to get myself a bottle of this soon.

To Mysticalili who said this: "To guest_Rashelle: Can´t you see that you were even ruder with your words? Specially the final words?"

-LOL, apparently this "Rashelle" doesn't know what vulgarity is, nor rudeness, and that fact is proven in 'her' words, and 'her' sentences 'she' wrote. . .... Actually, nor does this person know the definition of racism either... Where's this racism now coming from????? HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sorry, I just can't help but laugh at ignorant people sometimes, especially those filled with hatred. People like that are a dime a dozen. What a joke.

'Mysticalili' and 'Fragrance_is_happiness' are clearly in the right. They're not even trying in the least to be 'shit disturbers' and 'drama queens' as you are, 'Rashelle'. Don't believe me? Just read over what you just wrote to them, and you will see all the anger and hatred in your words. Even a child could recognize it. It's that obvious. Seriously, Get help.

LouLou is a desire for me. It gives me the most lovely memories from my childhood when I had more contact with my aunts. I´m not saying here that this perfume is for old ladies. No, no, no! It´s for all ages! For all the women with a sofisticated and elegant taste principally! This one is eternal!


Offtopic:
I agree with fragrance_is_happiness when she says “Also I think people should not be allowed to put up reviews if they have not even smelled the fragrance”

To guest_Rashelle: Can´t you see that you were even ruder with your words? Specially the final words?

To sofiapap: Girl, your review simply rocks! I couldn´t agree more. ;-) High five!

I wasn't going to add a review here as I am not a fan of this fragrance... its okay but not my style. But oh my god, wat rude review from lady venomtongue... seriously I was sooo offended reading it. Was it so necessary to say these things about a scent?? Really in very bad taste.

Also I think people should not be allowed to put up reviews if they have not even smelled the fragrance..nicole 79... just plain rude. its one thing to say you don't like a perfume, its another to say that without even sniffing it... anyway just my two cents

Those who believe it is horrible just do not wear this!Let the rest of us who believe it is unique and
wonderful to wear.Enjoy the spicy powdery classical scent of an unforgetable perfume.The revolutionary scent of '80s in a awesome bottle.Best of Best!!

Update: I cannot have a relationship with LouLou. I had to hurry and scrub it off of my hand because it began to make my head hurt and my stomach turn. Fiance said it stinks too. Sorry! :(

ok i got my mini bottle today; i wanted to remember what it smelled like as i used to wear it in the 90's when i was 11 or 12. I don't know! i really really want to like it but right now it just smells too "old" and dated to me. I am 28. I will have to try again a couple more times. The longer it's on the better it smells but I feel like I am forcing it.

I Use to work for a compagny from Karl lagerfeld.During modeling we sprayed this smell through the showroom.Everybody was in love with it!

I lost my virginity wearing this perfume, very dangerous scent :)

really think about purchasing it! its not for teens more for 20 and beyond :-)
real 80's smell and longlasting too!

Persephone- I like that it takes skill to pull-off wearing "Lou Lou" well; you feel like a chef preparing "Fugu". One slip of the hand and you've REALLY ruined someone's day; if done right, unforgettable tantilization is the result.

Undoubtedly, one of the most interesting and unique fragrances. It reveals a masochist in me. At once I feel like I'm going to vomit and want to smell it over and over again. If you can bear a colossal dose, it's great when you're going to a crowed restaurant and want a peaceful seat without bothering the hostess - it will clear space around you. Absolutely lethal if over-applied. Wonderful in moderation.

I can agree more with spa.It is the most wonderful,intense,sexy oriental perfume i have ever wore.
Although it have been released so many years ago,stil remains a unique and glamorous one.It was ahead of its age.Timeless one...

...I have to step on my soapbox for one more moment, lest my "Lou Lou" becomes extinct because people don't understand what a rare bird she is. This is one of the most beautiful scents I've ever encountered, reminding me of classic 1920's-early 30's scents like Lanvin's "Arpege" and Jean Patou's "Chaldee", but like all great things, it comes on strong, is potent and can be overwhelming if not gently introduced to others. And it's not just a matter of nostalgic fascination for me, as I haven't even entered my 30's yet.

Anyhow, it doesn't matter if you're going to the opera or the office, proper application is KEY with "Lou Lou". You NEVER over-apply it or young children will run screaming from you and animals will drop out of the trees when you walk under them. This is not something you can liberally spray around you in a mist, like Cacharel's "Noa" or "Promesse". But some of the most beautiful, intoxicating things in the world are best enjoyed with moderation. One or two dabs behind the ears or one quick spritz at the nape of the neck; done. Apply it early enough before you leave, so it can meld with your skin. If you do, you'll be luxuriating in the smoothest, creamiest most polished blend of flowers, woods and resins, that it will smell like the olfactive interpretation of velvet, rubies, emeralds and sapphires. People will always remember you. Just make sure their memory of "Lou Lou" is a positive one.

Intense, heady, intoxicating, vulgar in the most creative way, the opening of "Lou Lou" is like having a young stage actress run up to you after a show, all elegant but disheveled, yelling: "Look! Lilies!"...and proceeding to shove a bouquet of Asiatic lilies, boxwood, freesia and jasmine in your nose, quickly drawing it away. Once you get your balance back, you can smell a soft, smoldering, creamy incense rising off velvet. It's warm, deep green and reedy, reminding you of striking blends from the jazz age; unique works of art, lovely but everpresent.

"Lou Lou" almost wears like a mix of Guerlain's "L'Heure Bleue", Chanel's "Bois des Isles" and People of the Labyrinth's "Luctor et Emergo". It's fresh but dense, cherry-sweet but grassy and woody, smelling of fresh fruit, dried fruit, deep red roses, green lily stems, crunchy dried leaves, cinnamon and mace, vanilla and milk. And throughout the whole, wild ride, a chiffon-like powderiness tempers things, keeping it smooth and fluid, breezy and dewy, as if a dusky, sheer, royal blue wrap was running along the notes. Sexy, sexy but BIG in the way of personality.Like "Poison", "Opium", "Amarige" or "Hot Couture", "Lou Lou" is intensely beautiful and very distinctive but truly, "a DAB [or a spritz] will do ya'!" Really. This is a big scent that can swallow you and anyone within a 100 foot radius if not applied with tasteful discretion. But when it is applied properly; oh, how it sings. And although many people blanche at the bottle, I love it. So abtract, so celluloid Art Deco and what an exciting color combination. If you're ready for it, jump in. Enjoy!

I fell in love with this perfume in the late 80s and wore it for a number of years. Its scent was intoxicating --men frequently stopped me to ask what i was wearing because it was so unusual and captivating--they loved it and would often say " I would like to get some for my wife" Women also asked about it and wanted to buy it. I was heartbroken when it was taken off the market in Canada and the United States but then if resurfaced in Europe and the Middle East and is now again available in the US.

However I have to admit there were one or two people who hated it and found it overpowering--my brother was one--i gave it to his wife and he said it used to take away his breath --it got up in his nose and her couldn't even be around it. but to me it was definitely a signature scent

I tested it today (I remembered the smell, actually), and, what can I say? It's definitely a matter or love or hate.
I...love it!
Dark, exotic, spellbinding. I feel mystical, almost like a witch (beautiful, without warts or a broom, ok? haha)

Bewitching Factor (yeap, Cinsot, :D, I stole your idea): 10 out of 10.

I had a big bottle of LouLou when I was a teenager and thought I was very sophisticated and grown-up when I wore it! However, god only knows why I thought it was good at first because I quickly grew to loathe the smell of it and it made me feel queasy whenever I wore it. In fact even the memory of that smell makes me feel slightly ill! It's a very unusual, quite pungent perfume and just not my style at all. It's one of those perfumes that I really hope I never, ever smell again because to me it's disgusting!!! Oh, and the bottle was always hideous and cheap looking but now the design has changed it looks even weirder and still horrible!

The most perfect perfume ever ♥
To me it's real first-sighted love which lasts till now (10 years, yeah!).
Perfect scent - very rich, sensual and mystery. I suppose that can be too much for somebody but for me this is intoxicating.
Loulou contains a lot of my fave ingredients like anise, violet, iris or cinnammon.
The bottle - maybe a little bit controversial and for some unpretty - it's ok - strange, mysterious and different than others like Loulou.
What else can I say - it's my One Big Love For Ever.

Well, I don't think it's "vulgar", "cheap", "stinky" and stuff.
I can say the same about Poison. Wonderful, but doesn't work on me.
I don't know if LouLou works on my skin. Gonna try it and after write something for you.

This perfume reminds me of my grandma when I was a child.
I remember this bizarre bottle sitting on her dresser.
All I could think while sniffing it with my young nose was "Ugh, it's so strong!"
and then "I wanna smell like grandma."
But I won't dare to use it. No, it's my grandma's smell.

Ladies, when you try this lovely juice on DO NOT judge it before the drydown! It can take your breath away when you first spray it on...but then wait for a bit and it will begin changing and turns into a gorgeous, sexy oriental and should give anyone an extra kick of confidence for sure! The drydown is definitely worth the wait. I love this stuff and will hopefully always have a bottle in my collection.

I think that the opening of this perfume was way too acid like and artificial. But then later it grew on me as the acid notes faded and it turned into a soft and rather sweet floral. But I like the dry down the most with the incense and the tonka beans and vanilla.

LouLou... I had a small bottle of perfume, was always too strong on my skin. But recognize it even in passing in the street. Just like Eden, this perfume is not easy to wear, a few drops is quite enough. For me one of the most beautiful oriental perfume. After wearing it, even days to feel the perfume on your hair and clothes, which is really unusual. Somewhat reminiscent of One Thousand and One Nights, so full of excitement and mystery.

considering the ingrediants i thought i would love this. upon first smell i recoiled and thought "too old fashioned"
however as the perfume sits on the skin it becomes more lovely as the deeper basenotes come through. i do not like the high top notes of this scent-too much.

This is a strange perfume.

its perfume emits dark floral notes reminding me of bleak fairy tales such as Hansel & Gretel trying to find their way in the woods following the eery moon light.

It's bizarre bottle is like an alien capsule that made its way to Earth by accident. At the same time, it reminds me of a Lego brick, so for anyone who has brothers - dont blame them if they mistake this as a toy.

I first fell in love with this scent about 10 years ago and still have the same bottle I bought back then. The fragrance has remained intact all these years and speaks to just how much quality work was put into creating this fragrance. It's a shame that it is now only available online and not in stores. I wonder why?

Lou Lou was my first love...and will ALWAYS be in my fragrance wardrobe.On my skin it is warm and creamy, with the most exquisite oriental aura that draws people in for a sniff.

My sister used to wear a deodorant spray of it when she was a teen, about 16 years. I loved the smell. I need to try it nowadays to see what happens.

Sweet and pretty smell,reminds me of my childhood..

it reminds me a lot of Poison-cinnamon,plum,tuberose.Heavy,dark,misteriously sweet and seductive.Lil bit retro but definatelly wearable these days too.I didnt like it at first but it grew on me and now i changed my opinion for Lou Lou.Worth a try for those who like Poison!
The bottle is very ugly and looks very cheap though...

Loulou is a creation, that I have tried so many times to appreciate even a tiny bit, but it stays an afwul composition for me.
I recognize it immediate when someone wears it, because it just "stinks", a nightmare for my nose.
I have once left a restaurant, where the woman next to me was perfumed with Loulou.
It was disgusting... .
I can't be more relieved that they discontinued it. A nightmare in perfume history!

I just love women wearing this.
Very attractive.

First i didn't like it but it has grown on me. Its strong and poweful and at the same time sweet and cunning. It will make you feel special!

This is definitely in my top 10 perfumes for it is warm, seductive and sweet in a special gourmand way. The trick is not to get scared of the opening notes which are kinda overwhelming, but then the intoxicating trail says its word with the divine scent of cinnamon and vanila which linger on the skin for long hours...

P.S. I just got a bottle of Balahe and discovered great similarities with LouLou in the drydown. They actually have 11 notes in common!!!

Oh,I had the 100ml prismatic bottle,the one we can see above and loved it.Nowdays they only produce the tottaly different,ugly 50ml flacon...

The scent has numerous ingredients similar to Poison.They are like sisters but I prefer Loulou.

It is exotic,dynamite-heavy but suitable for hot summer nights.I love the plum,the anise and the incense lingering on the skin.

I miss the original bottle so much!

Today I received another bottle; I haven't been using this one for about half a year. Well, I have to say it's just WONDERFUL... i simply love it, but most of all what i enjoy it's the heart of the perfume: it has something overpowering, yet innocent, a freshness that is very sexy at the same time.
It suggests a girl who has just become a woman, i guess...:) Congrats to the nose who made it:)

I've only recently discovered a love for sweet and intense orientals. Lou Lou in my personal opinion is not dated at all. The fragrance is unique, rich, womanly and desirable.

Lou Lou makes me think of the Taj Mahal and ancient India, even though I have never travelled there. The composition of beautiful flowers mixed with a powdery vanilla and incense base is delightful and enchanting.

There is an inviting warmth to this scent, that makes me want to cuddle up next to someone beside a warm fire while it's cold outside. Lou Lou manages to be both classy, luxiourous and glamourous while creating an aura of sensuality and mystery.

This scent has been known to be a little overpowering at times, so it's best if sprayed with a light hand. I find Lou Lou to be rather similar to Samsara by Guerlain and Angel by Thierry Mugler, so if you are a lover of those fragrances you should give Lou Lou a try.

Sometimes I hate it,sometimes I...like it.I loved loulou when I was around 12 years old and hadn`t smell on many perfumes.
I have it but it`s not often I feel to use it.It smells most nice after around 2 hours on your body.
Don`t wear this if you easily get headache!

I hate this with a passion. It is overly sweet and sickly, the sort of scent a little girl thinks is sophisticated and a grown woman knows is detestable. It is unbelievably overpowering and should only be worn by women of a certain sort who want to be noticed.

Well, when I was a little kid I remember falling in love with this one. So about 2 months ago, I purchased it without even trying. It was a big big mistake. I don't know why I liked it back then but I absolutely hate it now. It is the most intense scent that I know of. It is sickening. I really wanted to like it but that's impossible for me. It just grows on you even if you spray it only once. You can try to wash it off but sorry it doesn't go away either. It is a very old scent. So old that it can be described as rusty. Not for me at all.

I used to wear LouLou when I was around 16 which means many years ago... I managed to have a bottle, the one with the beautiful red stopper. My mother hated it, because she said it seemed a talcum scent for whores! mmm... she likes Anais Anais which I can't stand. For me LouLou was a very new smell, grown-up, extremely feminine and soft yet intense. I used to love classical ballet and the athmosphere of LouLou fitted the character of the powdered ballerina.
It reminded me of yellow Baby Shampoo Johnson's in the topnotes, while the rest of the composition was a cloud of powdery incense. It became so popular I lost interest in it. I will have a good sniff at my old bottle tonight for memories' sake :-)

What I like about LouLou, is that there are no other fragrances like it, nothing that I could compare it to.

A very unique and intense fragrance...but do avoid for an occassion like job interviews in a small stuffy room, as the fragrance can get overpowering...

I always wanted to smell this fragrance that is claimed to be legendary. For my suprise I found LouLou in a duty free shop at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam. It was a big opportunity for me to test it, at last!

The beggining was somewhat confused and I got dissapointed, I couldn't really understand it. Not attractive to my nose at all.

After a while, it transformed to a powdery fumey scent. Iris,incense and heliotrope were really prominent. Better, but not anything extraordinary.

But the drydown....Oh the drydown. One of the most breautiful and romantic around! Powdery and sweet, including incense,other mysterious resins, tonka and vanilla..Just divine!

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I recently got a mini of LouLou and had the chance to try it more. My opinion has changed. Dramatically!

This time I adore the top notes. They are very sensual with a bunch of Ylang Ylang and anise, and also deep because of the middle notes I described before. After it settles in ,the sillage is light but not invisible.

The base notes remain my favorite.

What I also like about LouLou is the feeling of "real" and "expensive" ingredients. The Ylang smells like Ylang, the Vanilla like real edible vanilla. The incense is deep and fumey and the resins balsamic, while the orris root gives an earthy melancholic tone to the composition.

I'm so glad that I can find it easily at the airports and in e-shops.At the same time I'm sorry that I underrated this fragrance in the past, but it's never too late to appreciate the good stuff.

i had LouLou long time ago also. Absolutely loved it and i think i am going to buy it again.

Beautiful , a warm scent ...i had loulou very long ago but i still have in my mind the plesure i felt wearing loulou

I was so excited to find and try it in a perfume shop but was a little dissapointed.I love the bottle design for some reason, it's just so...pop artish and bold.I sprayed it on my wrist and at least on me, it smells very...well not that good...Kinda like one of those old lady perfumes.Maybe it just doesn't fit my skin type.

Wow! I used to wear this 20 years ago. I can't believe it is still around. I saw that is is being discontinued, so maybe I'll get a bottle for nostaligia's sake! It is definitely one of those signature scents because I've never found anything like it!

My mother had this fragrance and when i was a child i get a cute sample of it from my english teacher,i really loved it because the smell is so sweet and warm.Before some weeks i want to buy it but i can't remember exactly how it smells.When i got the Bottle i was surprised how much notes i smell out of this fragrance now.The beginning is very spicy and strong,i smell the cinnamon,the flowers and the anise,but after some minutes you smell the middle and the base notes very floral/sweet and warm i love the smell,it's like a cozy,warm bedcover.It's a very unique,classic fragrance and it last such a long time and i'm happy that i bought it.Good for the colder day's.

Having read all your reviews, I decided to give LouLou another chance -after a 15 years gap! I just got back home with my bottle and I am hooked. Nuppu, you are right, how did I let it go? It is sweet and sensuous, long-lasting, intriguing, sexy, unique, and brings back glorious memories I thought I had forgotten. Brill!

A unique and diffrent kind of purfumes that mekw one happy at one time and sad on another time it varies with the moods.
I like that purfume on last velentine i gifted to my teacher she liked it.

I order a big decant of Loulou sometime ago just for memory reasons,and when i spritzed on air, i travelled in time in mid-80's in my aunt's boudoir, looking with a kid's eyes her costume jewelery and her collection of hats. This haunting scent it's still very consistent but i would never reuse it, just because it casts a melancholic shadow around.Just sense the airy byt also earthy opening, i guess from iris, sweet dry lily that morphs in a glorious tuberose ( a flower that became an 80's trademark), with all the other slightly traditional heady white flowers like jasmine and orange blossom.Even the sandalwood feels real and luxurius in the hard times we live on.

One month ago I put a little spritz of Lou Lou on my wrist at the dept. store. I did it for sentimental reasons, suspecting it was too sweet and only for young women.

But to my surprise it totally captivated me and I just had to buy it. It is both extremely floral, sweet (in an intimate way) and there is also a complex scent of smoke deriving from the powdery orris root combined with anise incence and the the musky woody basenotes. Today I think this fragrance is aimed for the grown up woman who knows the power of her sensuality, rather than the innocent girl I was at the time when it was my signature scent.

Now I wear It at special occasions, but just a little to be put on in good time before the event. I totally agree with Nuppu. How could I ever have a 20 yrs rest from this awesome perfume?

usedthis one whe nI was in my teens, very sweet like candy. would not wear it today!

I was never sure about this perfume. I had some copies of it as a teenager. Never quite got to grips with it. I had a love/hate relationship with the very strong fragrance. Because, back then, I did not know myself as a person I might go back to it now and see how it makes me feel.

Now that time has passed, and it isn't being worn by every third person you meet, it is worth a try if you like powerful, very loud, 'signature' oriental florals - but be careful about overdoing it for day wear: the intense, sweet notes are so strong and long lasting that people can literally get nauseated if you overdo it in a warm office. It will create an almost visible miasma around you all day, so not one for shrinking violets......

Strong oriental and very rare fragrance. Nothing really smells like it not even the least ..... Very unique.

This one is a keeper. I am planning to get the biggest bottle I can find - first, cause I fall for sweet and powdery all the time, second, because it is unforgettable once you try it, and third - because it has everything good in it that was about the 80s.

Once upon a time this perfume had a very distinct campaign around here, so it became somewhat a mockery. That's a shame because the blend is very unique and long lasting (although it's very strong at first). On me it's spicy and warm, a great winter perfume which stays close to your skin for hours and hours for you to enjoy. It's more a "personal" fragrance than it is a "here I come" one, but to me, that's the beauty of it.

it is very original,and it has a story,very attractive.at first pump,you may think it is very heavy to wear,but after 5-10 minutes you will be the most innocent and sexiest woman in the world!

This scent was totally ruined for me when it first came out. A friend of mine over sprayed day after day - and it became completely nauseating.

Just have it once again, only 15 years gap in use, and can't understand how I ever let this lovely perfume a rest. It's like a vanilla velvet, rich, creamy and powdery. Like a slipping into dark wood four posted bed with lots of colourful silk pillows and thick velvet curtains. So sensual and pure luxury.

Legendary perfume, with touch of Orient in a modern way. Perfume for all times. I adore its beautiful composition with specific mix of flowers and fruits with powdery touch, strong spicies and balsamic and sweet resins. One of a kind! Stays long like a gourmand ruler.

this is one of my favourites. i like its intensity and mystery. it is definetely not a usual composition, innocent and wild at the same time. when i smell it i have an image of explosion of colors. exquisite!