L de Lolita Lempicka (for women)

candystripergrrl

I purchased this yesterday. It's now my signature scent. I can't stop sniffing my wrist. My boyfriend can't stop sniffing me. WOW! I love it.

ktv0926

I liked the opening notes a lot - they were so exciting, zesty orange scent, a bit spicy, but fresh and sweet...all at the same time.

Little by little everything goes away except for the spices and i'm not a big fan of cinnamon by itself.

Finally it settles down to a nice vanilla scent, still spiced though.

I still prefer original Lolita, but i wouldn't mind having this fragrance either, i could enjoy it occasionally.

Si

the bottle is beautiful! The perfume is nice but isn't for me.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Ultra-long staying power (despite the fact that I have v. dry skin and many perfumes don't stay long on me)and it smells just like vanilla candles :)

mahanta

It is so sweet that every time I wear it I remember that I haven't seen my dentist for a long time ... (LOL) Nevertheless I love to wear it, but not too often - probably once a month. And the staying power is indeed incredible - for me about 18 hours!!! The bottle is really a masterpiece - gorgeous.

Chatnoir

This is what I was looking for in the original Lolita Lempica! It is unique- a gourmand with a lot of vanilla, to be sure, but its something more than that. It starts off with a spicy note- I detect a bit of the anise signature of the original, but it is tempered with a bit of citrusy freshness. Then the vanilla comes through, and it is a warm, rich vanilla that is absolutely delicious. But the real surprise of this perfume is the very sophisticated woody base that reminds me a lot of Gres' "Cabaret", only sweeter and more approachable. "L" is a divine scent- complex, sophisticated, sexy and fun, and in a fairytale bottle!

HelloLovely27

i go back and forth on this perfume,
i love it so much but at the same time i find the dry down on my skin is very very vanilla sugar sweet and very warm. Which i love but can sometimes smell very old. The bottle is gorgeous and i love how different this perfume and how much it changes through out wearing it! So i think i will be buying it as soon as i get the chance! x

Wristsniffer

This perfume is something that belongs sitting atop Marie Antoinette's vanity. It's luxurious and decadent; complex enough to be a Guerlain, and it's not something I'd have ever expected to come out of a blue, aquatic-themed bottle.

The bottle itself is everything I could ever want in a perfume bottle - it references the sea and the mermaid myth, two of my favorite things, and it's heart-shape fits perfectly in the palm of my hand. My only complaints about the bottle are that it sometimes leaks near the nozzle and it's hard to transport.

The scent inside this beautiful bottle is breathtaking! It's as warm and sweet as Angel, with a bit more freshness up top. At first, it's cinnamon and dry oranges and vanilla and sandalwood. After awhile, the immortelle flower begins to bloom and it ties everything together quite nicely, and this is when things get a bit salty. If you've ever lived, or spent a lot of time near the ocean, you'll appreciate how much this perfume really smells of the sea. Not the fishy-algae smell of the beach on a bad day, but the smell that the saltwater leaves on your skin once it evaporates, after a dip in the ocean on a warm, beautiful day. Once you know that smell, you will recognize it in the coastal fog, in the breezes that form over the ocean and move inland.

Overall, this is an excellently-done gourmand, which brings to mind orange coffee-cake and vanilla tea. I'd recommend it, whole-heartedly, to anyone who is looking for a sweet and spicy, yet light scent that's the product of a lot of creativity.

elvive

I love this one, somehow the first thought when i smelled L was-it smells like blood...(I know, that's weird :)). it must be some kinda "salty" note, that i feel and it really gives me this impression.
the drydown is a little bit spicy and the lasting power on me is good.
hope you understand what i wanted to say-english isn't my mother tongue :)

kay_li13

i will also say that the drydown is muuuch better, except it takes too long to dry down!at the end i finally get the pleasant vanilla cookie smell i was waiting for.

kay_li13

i got the smokelike smell too! like cigarettes and baby diapers! ugh! i really want to love this scent, seeing as this bottle is so absolutely beautiful, but i just can't because it smells horrible. like a cheap version of thierry mugler's eau de star, which i love! :/ i wanted it to smell like animal crackers or something sweet, not irritate my throat everytime i sniff because of the spicy/smokey.

lollipopsneeze

For me L'De is a good example of a "fun" fragrance. I wouldn't wear it to work and I doubt I would wear it out on a first date. But say I'm taking my son to Disney World yes then I'd probably reach for it and douse myself in it...Hehehe! Which would probably be a horrible thing to do to the other people around me...However I don't care I like the scent itself which to me is very unique and I can imagine the Little Mermaid smelling like this so whimsical and spicy sweet.


Something about the musk I guess smells very hmmmm what's the word? Sandy? Balmy it's odd and I love it, Coral Flower has the same background and I love that one too...Those top notes in L'De though? Cinnamon, orange and then vanilla! Well I rather like that combo myself but I could see how the cinnamon might make people sneeze so on second thought better not to spray too much.

I think that the formula for this scent varies however. My best friends liquid is a lot more blue while mine is a greenish color and oddly hers is stronger on the cinnamon side than mine is....To put it simply if you like cinnamon and orange you will love this scent...Oh and what perfume junkie like myself wouldn't just adore the bottle? It's so cute to me with the little net around it and the little charms...I loved reading all the reviews for L'De so many positive reviews...It brings out the little girl in everyone I think.

Mim

This one is my favorite!
I love it so much and it makes me so happy!
Someone said it's 4 "all the Peter Pans wearing skirts" and that's really who I am, a Peter Pan wearing skirt :). There's no better perfume for me. It's cute, sweet and salty, mostly lovely but also weird and unique. Just when You think You know it- it changes to something else... Great!

litldove7

This is a very unusual fragrance. Is it weird that I kind of like it? I mean, it's not something I would wear everyday. I would have to be in the exact mood for this (which would probaby be very rare. I smell orange and cinnamon right off the bat. Those two linger for quite a long time on me actually. It's kind of creamy and reminds me of an orange-infused cinnamon cake. The vanilla is there in the background somewhere...but all I get is a cinnamon-orange snack....which is good if you're into that kind of thing...but I don't think this scent would be good for me. Too bad, because it's so unique and I love unique.

fire2heart

This is exactly what I was looking for! I love it! A feminine, spicy scent that both my boyfriend and myself enjoy. Cinnamon and vanilla with a hit of orange, almost like a snicker doodle cookie, only it's grown up and sophisticated... warm, lush and light. On me, it melts on my skin giving me a earthy spiciness and is not overpowering.
It did not trigger my boyfriend allergies at all and is the first perfume he went out of his way to tell me he likes:)
The bottle is adorable, yet misleading, it is not a tropical smell at all but cute on a dresser or in a bathroom with a nautical theme.

Kitty Meow

A friend gave me a bag of samples and L de Lolita lempicka was just one in the bunch. That soon changed as each morning I tested them one by one, that is until I sprayed "L" & was hooked.

At first I didn't like it. I was sure it was going to be over-powering burnt sugar. It soon changed to a lovely vanilla scent. I couldn't get enough of it. I too kept smelling my wrists thru out the day.

Wearing it to bed feeling cozy & warm I drift right off into sleep... Then dose up on it on again the next morning, noon & night.

exciter76

I bought this "scent unsniffed" at Marshall's since it was so inexpensive and it was Lolita Lempicka. It was love at first sight when I pulled the bottle from its box. I could not say the same about the scent...at first.

At first spray I was reminded of Animal Cracker Cookies with a side of cinnamon and sugar. I was a bit put off by this. Having read previous reviews I decided not to be so hasty to wash it off and give it a chance to dry down. I am so glad I did!

It was worth enduring a half hour of over-the-top Animal Crackers to get to the warmth of cinnamon-vanilla flavored musk. I was compulsively sniffing my wrists the entire night, as I had put it on in the afternoon.

The next day I decided to give it another try but this time pairing it with Victoria's Secret's Vanilla Lace shower gel and lotion. The scent was even more inviting. The vanilla musk in Vanilla Lace intertwined pleasantly with the vanilla musk in L by LL. Once again I was enjoying my eau de parfum well into the evening.

I don't know if I'd wear this to work for it is very sweet and if not used with a light hand, it is very strong. Also, the bottle is very misleading. The bottle conveys a summery quality but I'd never use this in the summer. It's too warm, lush, and thick, like a cashmere sweater. I would use it to prepare for a date or a night in with my paramour. It was made for cozying up! Sometimes it's nice to be someone's little cookie! ;)

KasiaS

I've been having it for a couple of months now and I still don't know what to think about it... Once couldn't resist to buy it and now I sincerely think it's because all the Lolitas are like a little girl's dream - the bottles are like toys or like jewels stolen from your mum's wardrobe that you can play with. The juices are lovely, but also a bit unreal, assexual, I think. Especially the classic LL - your baby doll could smell like this. Also L is this type of a fantasy smell that hasn't got much to do with proper feminity. Still, the opening is simply nice, like an orange-vanilla cookie (even the hint of salt fits perfectly in: don't you use it to make a cake?), but then the note of immortal flower appears and gives me a sad, cemetary feeling (a bit like Angel does) I also detect something like the self-tan lotion smell. Probably won't decide if I like it or not until I smell it on someone else. By now, I think Lolitas are made for all the Peter Pans wearing skirts. This one could also be perfect for Pippi Langstrump while making pan-cakes, I guess, especially if you added more sour lemon to it :)

Jessmoberry

I love all the notes individually... but together? Blech. This was a cinnamon-covered orange on me. Swapped it away asap.

falovalo

I wish it stayed like a lemon cupcake, that's what it smells like at first. Then I get a scent of cigar smoke, which I guess is supposed to be the vanilla. Not bad at all, just not what I expected.

Mals86

I didn't think this one would suit me, but after I received a free sample, I decided to try it.

I was right, it doesn't suit me. Now, I love me some citrus/vanilla oriental - I own the lovely but discontinued Shalimar Light, Organza Indecence, and Emeraude - but on me this is just wrong. Like Organza Indecence, it's orange, spice, vanilla, and a deep base. Here the depth is provided by a salty musk, while in OI, it's a clean patchouli. However, while OI is friendly, rich, and warm, L is overly rich and heavy - as if OI had swallowed a 20-lb bowling ball and couldn't drag itself off the couch to say hello. I'll stick to my other citrus vanilla fragrances; this one's Just Not For Me.

The bottle is absolutely adorable.

Mysticalili

it´s better than the original LL.The cinnamon scent on this perfume is adorable!

tsofa

The first Lolita Lempicka's perfume I ever owned.

The first impression I had while wearing it? A strong smell of cinnamon, way to spicy for me, and, further, a vanilla scent, with a little bitter orange smell added, but very slightly.

Lolita Lempicka... A bitter sweet fragrance which, somehow, confuses me, as I don't know if I have to just simply love it or hate it!

Supposing, it's a summer fragrance, at least its good looking bottle shows it, but I guess it’s the cinnamon that finally bothers me a lot.

Bottom line? I prefer this spice (cinnamon) in my food rather than in my perfume wardrobe. I am not impressed about it, but don’t mind smelling it on other people.

Based on its advertisement, but after wearing it, it finally doesn’t give me the envy at all to dive into the sea…

asilverfire614

I adore the original LL, but this one I just cannot wear. On me, within ten minutes I smell like a huge over-sized lemon-vanilla cupcake frosted with cinnamon!

Extremely sweet while being slightly salty...it does not smell like perfume to me. I don't dislike the smell, I just don't want to smell like that! For those that do - it has fantastic staying power, just like the original! :)

Zaleska

Strange and delicious. For me, different from MandyCat, it's "Vanilla-citrus-and-a-little-salty!" :)
I feel confident wearing it. Lolita Lempicka rules!

sharyssa

My boyfriend bought me this for my birthday today and it smells so good! It smells like Fancy by Jessica Simpson to me but better and it has lasting power which is a good thing! Very attractive bottle I like all of the little charms on top of it I am going to save this after it is empty to set as a decoration it's so pretty!

Elumina

L de Lolita Lempicka was my 'surprising one' today, but in a very good way.
My first thought was "This smells exactly like my Macadamia Vanilla body lotion" and i always wanted a perfume with this smell, now i found it yeeeh ^^
After some minutes i also smell a light cinnamon note, its so nice and for me absolutely not to sweet.
I was never into Lolita Lempicka fragrances, because the most have this anise note, but this is an exception, the only one i can stand and its just lovely. I think it fits for day and also for night wear. The bottle looks really pretty, could be a good decoration for a bathroom and the scent lasts very long too. Two thumbs up for this one.

Perfumedsecrets

I've loved this for a long time. Until I realized I already had it in another brand. Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Cannelle. They smell so close, one could barely tell them apart. The CSP's lasting power is also far more amazing. So I love it, it's just a lighter cinnamon vanilla. The bottle and scent don't match each other's personality. It's beautiful, and a nice gourmand.

Annie_D

I want a Lolita bottle so bad, I sprayed this on the tester strip and at first I detected vanilla with a touch of cinnamon, after a while it became VERY vanilla-ish. It smelled like sweet vanilla cookies my grandmother made. I love it and I will update my comment after I actually spray it on my skin and see how it develops! This may be the Lolita I buy!! :)

ramiske

I accidently sprayed this all over my hands in a perfume store, and wow! It is memorable and has incredible staying power! I have all the LL scents, and this one is probably the most different than the others. So warm and inviting, and the gourmand notes really take over. It is just delicious!

And of course, the packaging, bottle and marketing campaign are just gorgeous. If you want to see some truly gorgeous photography, go to the LL website!

Loveluxxx

Like a polished pebble on the salty beach, sparkling in the sun, emanating the sweet, comforting scent of vanilla, cinnamon & musk, you make me feel contented and happy...

Makk

It's like afternoon on Hawaiian beach. I walking on the seashore, warm water brushing my foot. I smell in the air salt from oceans which mix with my lemon ice-creams. Sun is shining, I hear roar of the waves and -what's a little strange- vanilla breeze caress my skin. So calming, so pleasant...

Oh, I must open my eyes.. but it was great! Persistence is very good, I smell vanilla to the evening.
Bottle is like oceans's treasure.

mellybee

I'm not a person, who collects fragrances just because they've got a lovely bottle, but I've always wanted to own a Lolita Lempicka glass. As I'm not in a friendly relationship with the liquorice - I hate it to be correct - I gave a try to this one. The opening is very strong, the scent of raw cookie dough. I can smell the flour, the vanilla sugar and a little lemon peel in it. Luckily it fades quickly into a lovely wearable scent, which could be a good choice even for those who - just like me - don't want to be foody-smelling.

snobuni77

This is my first review on this but I will be reviewing this again once I know it a little better ;)

What I can tell you now is that I find this to be even yummier then the original Lolita perfume =)

It is still just as vanilla as the original
but
this opens with a burst of fresh lemon & as the lemon seeps into your skin the cinnamon starts to float lovingly around you.It is a very sweet very gourmand scent & I love it!

Lady Macbeth

Just got it, it is like a cinnamon-muffin in a bottle! I have an urge to eat my one wrists because I've sprayed it on them :D
Really cute and ''eatable'' and the bottle is pure perfection!

rebella

This is so much more than sweet, nice and cute. This is nothing less than a nude cookie. A very sexy nude cookie according to my husband. I have no idea what a nude cookie is, but it sure smells good. I dared to buy this one unsniffed cause of the notes, the good reviews and the fact it is created by Maurice Roucel, I wont regret it.

You know when making buns, cookies or fudge just the tiniest amount of salt in the dough make a lot of difference. Maurice knows all about that obviously. This is sweet, cookielike vanilla, cinnamon heavenly jummy and a slightest hint of salty, almost sweaty smell. Make it so sexy, different, not at all so girly one can imagine by the first look and the cute little bottle.

I love detecting little Maurice-signatures in his work, and L de Lolita do have some resemblance to the much classier Dans Tes Bras in Frederic Malle´s line of perfume. L de Lolita is Dans Tes Bras little more vulgar, common, übersexy and still very kindhearted and cookiebaking cousin. If L de Lolita is nude cookie, Dans Tes Bras is more of a nude mushroom...? :)

justine_gayle

i love L. you can smell the cinnamon note at first whiff! sweet and cute. but i only have a 50ml bottle. can't find the 80/100ml ;(

Emeraude

me gusta esta fragancia..es diferente,tiene algo magico,me recuerda un poco a los buenos sahumerios de la India,a alguien le pasa lo mismo? creo que por ser tan dulce es mejor usarla en dias frios...

trueperfumelover

yummy fragrance ....i have sampled it since last year but couldn t decide over it....to buy it or not.but i know many love this fragrance....i m in love with the classic LL ....so i might purchase this in the near future.i noticed that L doesn t have the lasting power of the classic LL.but it s a nice fragrance,very sugary with slightly woodsy notes.

blbogoni

It's a very simple fragrance: Vanilla and sandalwood... but is so warm and confortable, just wonderful!

It lasts more than 8 hours!!

I've just got this perfume and I'm in love!

Malibu

I used to love L, but now when I come across it my stomach turns. I don’t know what’s changed - maybe my taste is starting to mature.

I love the top notes; the fragrance applies sharp & slightly sour on me. I love the contrast between this & the sweet remainder of the fragrance.
It goes downhill from the top notes. I light sweet fragrances, but this is just reminds me of biscuits.

L doesn’t give me a headache & it isn’t overly sweet, but it just doesn’t appeal to me any more.

Cherub573

This smelled like cinnamon, vanilla, and orange on me when I first sprayed it on. Pretty and sweet... but the drydown smelled exactly like Gaultier Femme. Not bad, but not original.

DeLizious

I love this one for summer! It smells like the ocean with vanilla to me. I just smell a little bit of the ocean when I spray it on, that's why I only like it in summer. But ofcourse, everyone has a different nose cuz I someone told me I smelled like coffee... fine by me though!

emma_d

At first I bought Lolita Lempicka, the original, without smelling it first, and it was the worst fragrance ever. It literally made me vomit. But L de Lolita is realllllyyyyyy different from the original. It`s warm and delicious and it makes me think of cookies. if u like oriental vanillas and gourmand scents, this could be an option for you.

leonora84

Hm. I bought a bottle, a little 1 oz one because it is so popular everywhere, and I would get the "Lolita L feeling"...It is a cozy, orangey-vanillic almost classical scent on my skin, for an hour. And then, my skin drinks it up. It dries out to be my own lightly sweet candy like olive-pale oily skin scent. I try to wear it later in hotter weather, maybe summer is the time for L.
Edit: Now, in the summer it smells more intense.
Many of the reviewers compared L to Chocolovers. I would say, L is a swiss praline kind of chocolate, noble, with a pinch of salt, sweet, and filled with the most fragrant, flowery-buttery, really noctalgic filling, which is unhealthy to eat, but cozy and comfortable to taste and to look at, and to sniff at. Chocolovers is rather the milka kind of chocolate, with noisette cream filling or with little hazelnut pieces, or, better, the praline named ferrero rocher minus alcoholy taste. L is expensive and vintage smelling. I tought, that Crazylibellule and The Poppies makes such scents, but those sticks smell more "modern", and L /Lolita Lermpicka Lolita smell "vintage/belle epoque/jugendstil":):) For me, this is a big plus. I think, that scents should have this ability to bring us back in time, to give us dreams of beige/creme rose coloured robes and gloves, of big romantic hairdos, of music of Eric Satie/Chopin/Debussy, of sexy heroes like the phantom of the opera:)...and so on...:)I am not a friend of sad music from that time, but I am now in the mood for Satie, as I am sniffing L on my arms.

alicektn

What a precious bottle!I'd really like to buy that, just for the bottle...I'm glad the scent is beautiful too...

It starts with a caramellized burst of orange, but the sensation is quite short. The character of the perfume is Cinnamon...Wonderful, sexy cinnamon, blended with delicious vanilla and other, more subtle spices...After several hours, a salty note appears among the spice. Unusual and sultry...

I picture a white piece of wood that has been brought on shore... The abusing of the sea has left its' traces.. And now that the sun took hold, the salt is mixed with the deep smell of wood.. Enchanced by the spicy smell caused from the sun's caress.... It burns my nostrils in the most seductive way....

Just unbelievable fragrance...After 24 hours I can still smell its' last breaths on my skin....

thelittlelady

After reading so many reviews, I bought this perfume. At the first spritz of it, I didn't like it but in the end, the scent grew on me and I came to love it.

It's very different from the perfumes I've taken a whiff of. At the first spray, you can automatically detect the bitter orange. I'm not really citrus fan so the orange turned me off a bit at first because it was a little overpowering. Then, it settles into this mild, sweet vanilla scent. It's definitely not just cookies and cake. (If I wanted that, I would've gone for Jessica Simpson's Dessert/Creamy perfume.)

I wish it stayed longer though. Other than that, this is definitely my favorite.

pimentosugars

I'm a bit confused by the photo; I have found L in department stores, but in London while the bottle is the same and the box is the same, the perfume is lemon coloured - not quite as pretty, and it certainly doesn't make me think of the Little Mermaid or sea breezes.

The bottle is still very cute though, and the top notes are quirky and whimsical, sweet but not too sugary. The scent settles to a soft cookie meets baking dough feeling and has seriously impressive hold, on me easily lasting 5/6 hours.

My thoughts? It's awfully like Angel at base, more gentle, not sophisticated. The top notes are different, but they don't last that long. It's less shouty, more comfortable, more candy bar. This doesn't seduce, it's a fun scent, but there would be no point in having L and Angel in the same perfume wardrobe. A yummy little gourmand for the young and young at heart!

Trvevil

This sure is fantastic. Opens up with bitter citruses, then turns really 'salty' and sweet. The ad matches fragrance perfectly.
It is so good that actually I would like to have it as pure perfume, luckily I saw it in this concentration.

essija

I have my bottle now and I am in Heaven. I must say I don't care if everyone is wearing this or not, this is absolutely delicious. I smell like baked goods and I wish everyone could smell me right now... yum yum yum....

PR

Changed my mind about it. I thought it would be my next purchase, but trying for a month now, something changed. Each time I try it I feel sick, the scent smells nauseous to me, slightly too sweet, 3 months ago everything was fine

essija

Wow, I LOVE this but now I'm scared b/c I see there are several reviews so this must be in everyones wardrobe. I don't know why but this reminds me of the smell of a baby's head a fake doll that is. Yumm Yumm Orangy Vanilla Cereal Puffs. Too bad everyone else has this but I'm thinking I need a bottle of this real bad especially for this Holiday Season...Update: I wore this to work last night and the minute I stepped in the room a co-worker said Wow you smell good!!! Oh how I must get a full sized bottle now..

LadyJedi

Sweet and bewitching! Best to wear in cool weather. Velvety and delicious (but not overwhelming) vanilla in a gem of a bottle.

isalim

well it certainly is a little on the sweet side, but the bitter orange in the opening does well to balance the blast of vanilla and cinnamon. In fact, I wish the orange was more prominent in the development of the perfume, but it disappears soon after the first 15-20 minutes, and the subsequent dry down is vanilla, tempered by something more nutty, and a heavy dusting of cinnamon. In fact, I was wearing it the other day and when I walked into to the room, someone said rather excitedly "I smell cake!" : )

Jeanette

I like the Lolita-perfumes, and that suprises me - i normaly preffer oriental, fruity and floral perfumes!
Reminds me a bit of "Obsession" or the old classic Venezia" from Yves Rocher but in a much lighter version with a touch of vanilla.
In general i don't like vanilla if it stands out to much, i find them impersonal. This perfume is the only one i've liked that has vanilla in all notes. The perfume is warm and sexy. Not so sweet as vanilla scents can be. Maybe because the oriental notes takes just enough space to balance the vanilla.
The bottle i beatyful!

deli_s

On my skin it's is very dense and long lasting, scent with sexy train. I think that it is not for daytime, bit for romantic evenings... And the bottle is so nice... Super!

d dolce vitta

The parfum design its not like the others, in simply words this parfum its not like others, it have the seal of lolita Lempika, smells like a nirvana, it makes you feel like a siren, so cute, a little sweeth, very oriental scence, definetivily long lasting, so sexy. Very you!

sjanira

I love this scent! it's such a comforting, warm and sensual smell that makes me smile everytime I sniff it on me. The staying power is great too. I can still smell it a few hours later as a much sweeter softer scent. The combination of these notes are like a beautiful symphony, they all work so well together. At first it can be a little overpowering but soon you will have a smile on your face as the juices grow and bloom like a beautiful flower.

The bottle design is so much prettier in person, the picture doesn't do it justice. I think all of Lolita Lempicka perfumes are exquisite. She's among the select few that have the most glamorous and unique bottle designs out there. Also her fragrances are those you can't compare to others, their very special, unique and different.

LiLascents

At first I loved this fragrance and got me a bottle, sprayed on my sheets for I thought it would make me feel even more comfortable in my bed at freezing nights. Unfortunatly, I had to get out of my bed, go to my freezing kitchen to HAVE SOME CHOCOLAT. And not just once either... so for me, no L. Maybe I will give it another try on my skin....standing next to the sink in case of chocolat emergency to scrub it. :)

woogyjones50

Not too much to add here because everyone has descibed it so well. But I LOVE this perfume. Totally full-bottle worthy. Sweet, interesting, not overdone or cloying. Also, not a flat fragrance that has nothing to offer besides smelling like something you would feel guilty about eating. This actually has some substance to it. I would highly suggest trying this one.

Mitsouko

Ha! La donna e mobile ! - L de Lolita, which recently for me was as boring sweet cake , begin me please, so very, that I still test it in perfumery and I think if buy it. So, I have felt in it intriguing note salty ambergris.

Malegria

This one is so special among my new discoveries.It smells exactly like a subtropical garden with a great big southern magnolia tree with lemony-scented flowers in the middle and the warm fresh breeze from the seaside! May be it is not a masterpiece, but almost like an time machine in a bottle for me, brings me right back in my happy days under magnolias...
I tried many perfumes that claim to have magnolia in them, and neither of them had such a real, aromatheraupetic magnolia scent. I finally found it in L.

SandraS

One of my favourits. Always get nice comments when wearing it, but I wear it just for myself.

On my skin it turns into orange mellowed down by the cinnamom and vanilla. nham nham! The staying power is great and the sillage is perfect. Not to discreet but not offensive either. It embraces you and evrubody around and does not impose itself.

simona

Very interesting and unusual perfume!
Just amazing and very feminine...
My fav ...

loretta

cinnamon, cinnamon , cinnamon... it smells like a pie... sometimes it makes me remember thierry mugler A men, it must be because the tonka bean I think.
I don´t know if i like it, but it is certainly special

Bahia

For me this parfume is almost fantastic.The parfume is smelling nice,but he is too sweet.The story,the bottle everything is very good and very beautifful.For me this parfume is not for summer,that's impossible but he is for winter and cold days!

Chaosnmotion

At first spray upon my skin it smells like scorched sugar... but then it mellows into a slightly sweet, vanilla tinted envelope that lays lightly upon my skin. Not one of my fave's but ok for occasional wear during the fall or winter.

PR

I agree it is definitely not pies and cookies.We with the husband were just spellboud when tried it for the first time. I smell something oriental, spices and sea. This combination drives me crazy. But I agree with Leukothea it is not very lasting, the only solution is to reapply it after couple of hours and so on.

elve

Many people call 'L' a cookie - but it's not! It's very sweet, but dry, vanillic but piquant. A Monster, yes, Roucel is known of creating monsters - but what a beauty! Totally optimistic, one of my autumn/winter favs.

Leukothea

I still got a few drops left and saving it.. too bad its so expensive, compared to how long lasting it is, i have no desire of buying it.

sweetcarousel

I usually love sweet perfumes and after all these comments I went to check it out. I sprayed it on my arm and the smell was brutal! I could not stand it. It's overpowering and nauseating to me.

F_A

For me it smells like freshly baked apple pie with cinnamon, but after a while a smell of sea salt reaches my nose - very strange but nice smell indeed, the smell of salt. It's one of the most interesting fragrances i've ever smelled:) And the bottle, it is absolutely fabulous!

amanda

i think its too sweet but not the way pink sugar is, its a bit more refined than pink sugar, its similar to l'occitane miel and citron. I dont really like this one but either hate it, i mean i would be able to wear this but not everytime, and i wouldnt pay for this. Actually since sometime i have a dislike to lolitas fragrances, i dont know why because before i just loved their perfumes

baiba_pukite

I had a sample and fell in love... Bought a bottle and HATE it... The fragrance in sample is obviously much better than in bottle. That's a shame because I really loved the sample, but all I got is constant headache every time I try to wear this one :(

Mitsouko

Boredom, boredom, sweet vanilla boredom. I do not want to smell as boring cake with boring vanilla cream.

wildflower

Very interesting and unusual perfume!
At first it was orangy and like caramelised vanilla, then after 15 min. I could immidiately detech cinnamon.
It became very gourmand and sweet on my skin.
The dry down was, like lillybee said: "something like the aroma in waffleshop" + cinnamon and spices. Very sweet, just how I like it.
The bottle is one of the gorgeused I've ever seen.

I didn't notice anything stinky or nauseating.

Nuppu

Nice start with citrus and vanilla, after that sweet and sugary. I like it, but my husband find this sadly nauseating.

Aiona

The bottle is really weird. It took me a little while to figure out where the spray comes out. The clear top does not come off! That *IS* the spray head.

Aiona

This is such an interesting perfume! I tried it on my skin today, and at first spray, it smells all cotton candy and a touch of licorice! I liked it, except I already have a cotton candy perfume -- Pink Sugar.

Then, I went to work, and while I was at work, I kept smelling "Obsession for Men." I was wondering who it was who was wearing it. Then I smelled my arm, and realized it was myself!

So, this perfume completely changed on me, within about 2 hours. I could SWEAR I was wearing Obsession for Men! Spicy, licorice-y, and slightly stinky!

Very interesting! And totally NOT like Pink Sugar at all, after two hours.

On a paper card, it still smells like cotton candy, 5 hours later, though.

lillybee

Just after a few seconds of spraying I was greeted with the smell of a deep, juicy scent that reminded me of black cherry - tart, spicy, infused with cinnamon. The fragrance is overpowering at first but not in an unpleasant way - more like tasting a fruity liqueur.

The magic on my skin happened about half an hour later. It suddenly settled and sort of became part of my skin, a warming, delicious blend in a way a perfumed body lotion would as the skin absorbes it.
It smelled like caramelised sugar and warm vanilla, something like the aroma in a waffle shop.

As I child I remember collecting strawflowers in the wild and our summer house almost always had a bunch of these dried flowers hanging off the verandah window. Strawflowers belongs to the same family as everlasting but do not smell really flowery.

They dry easily and after they dried they have a straw hat-like, dry and woody odour. This is what I smelled on L de Lolita together with its vanilla note as a backdrop to the dry floral, spicy and slightly salty immortal flower (also known as everlasting, immortelle or curry plant)

The dry down goes spicy-powdery like compact powder, slightly woody and I smell a lot of white musk too. This drydown smells very similar to Hypnose from Lancome but luckily the still lingering traces of spice and cinnamon make it slightly different.

It is a perfume to love or hate. I find the top and middle notes intriguing, new and unusual. Wearing it in winter is a delight, as it acts as a warm, velvety layer to your skin in the cold.

To make it long-lasting you do not need to spray more than once on each arm and it will stay with you for the whole day. You can combine it with using the perfumed shower gel and body lotion to make it even more long-lasting.

I love wearing it daytime and going out with it alike. It's great when I get a waft of the spicy vanilla undertone mixed with the fluffy, wooly jumper I'm wearing on top of it. I recommend this scent to everyone who likes gourmand type of scents with an adequate dose of exotic flavours.

I would have thought that this fragrance will be a favourite by many Anna Sui or Hypnose fans but since its 2006 launch it doesn't seem to have caused as much a stir than the aforementined two. Another good point that you'll unlikely be smelling it on anyone else than you!

To sum up, a big thumbs up for the design of the bottle and the fragrance composition and a small thumbs-down for the originality of the base scent (see my comments on Hypnose de Lancome)

Urban Skies

Smells like cotton candy! The perfume is as fun and whimsical as the bottle. Better for younger women.

Leukothea

A sea design for my greek Leukothea myth.. got it from my byofriend.. a gentle modified vanilla scent.. perfect!

noor_jehan

i like this fragrance. it is so sweet, sugary, and warm. i feel very optimistic wearing it. and the bottle is so cute, real adornment. besides, the little mermaid was my favorite story. :) i think i'll get it for me asap.