Karma Lush for women and men

Karma is so well balanced. It is full of vivacious patchouli, brightened with orange and pine, and then lovingly mellowed out with some relaxing lavender.

Dare to not care about who this perfume may offend.
Some folks out there will shy away from this scent because of the amount of patchouli that it contains.

Karma makes me smile! It reminds me of how my skin smells on a warm summers day. If it puts a smile on your face and a pep in your step like it does for me then don't shy away!
I wear my karma with pride.

smells really nice it is a warm spicy orange scent and it gets quite creamy and sweet when it settles probably patchouli , smells soo good only problem is it is orange and stains my skin and my clothes for this reason only i will not wear it or buy it again unless it is colourless i love it though

I bought this like a year ago from LUSH, in the solid tube. Honestly, I do like it a lot. Even more so when it's on the skin for a bit - On me it starts smelling creamsicle-ish as some people have said here.
My only issue with Karma is the patchouli. On my skin it fades fast, but with someone elses chemistry it could be painfully overpowering. You really have to go easy on a perfume like this, because it's very love-it-or-hate-it, and some people REALLY hate it. That's the only thing that keeps me from wearing it all the time. I've never met a guy who likes the smell of Karma. Every LUSH employee I've spoken to has the same thing to say: "Yeah, my husband hates Karma."
Bottom line, I like it, but I don't think it's an every day thing by any means.

The solid smells like a Dreamsicle! Waited for something else to come up. I waited and I waited and I'm waiting still. Dreamsicle. More like the Bonne Belle Experience than Jimi Hendrix.

Yes, bobkat said it best - you either love this or loathe it. Scents with heavy patchouli tend to be like that. I love this. It is mainly orange and patchouli, and quite heady. I would suggest anyone using this use only a light amount. This has a sweet herbal quality that when used lightly, smells intoxicating, but if overapplied, has the potential to be nauseating. There is a fine line with this one.

The best for me!

Karma is the Marmite of perfumes....you love it or you really loathe it! It is in your face citrus and patchouli..incense..and I have been told, shades of Antimate....oh dear! Maybe not a keeper, even though I love it, don't really want to smell of dog spray.....

I wanted to like this, but it gave me an instant headache-away it went.

This is the one for me... I have been wearing this as my signature scent since 2005 or so, and it really works on my skin. It smells completely different on me than in the bottle, much softer and less harsh. It becomes softer, more sweet and rounder as the day goes by until late afternoon when there is just a glow of scent left, warm and spicy and cozy sweet. When my boyfriend comes home from work and hugs me he always puts his nose at my neck and collarbone and sniffs me, he loves this scent :)

It's not super easy to wear, don't put on too much (it only takes a small amount compared to other perfumes I have tried) or you might sneeze, and sensitive people will react to it. It's best to use just a hint of it. When used right, you'll get compliments all the time.

Try it before you buy it, it smells totally different on the skin, and also reacts more than most scents to the individuals skin chemistry. It smells great on me but my friend tried it once and it lost all it's warmth and subtlety on her and just smelled really harsh and chemical, almost unpleasant, we were both a bit shocked.

As I said before I cannot stand with citrus and syrup-like scents but the last few weeks Lush Karma is the umpteenth such a perfume which I meet.:)

I have Lush Tuca Tuca in my collection and I really like the simplicity of this cute violet fragrance but I have to say Karma is a big NO for me.

Sweet lemon candy with fir and lavender.I really tried to see the hidden beauty in this fragrance but the final result always the same.Fir-car-air -freshener's infusion with citrusy toilett cleaner on me.

Two things is clear for me:
-I just can blame my crazy skin-chemistry.
-The extremly fresh citrus scents just suffering of my nose, and this scents are doesn't fit to my personality.:(

Otherwise the fragrance could be a good choice for who loves powdered lemon candy scents.

Alright, this is going to be a love it or hate it type of thing - and I love it. The Karma range was what made me fall for Lush in the fist place, way back when. I love to wear this scent. It's the most unique smell I've come across. It's a delicate scent of orange and strong patchouli, and it fades into a light, natural smell that works well for those who favor "warmer" scents.
I'd say women favor this one, but if my man was wearing this, all I'd want to do would be bury my face in his chest and cuddle for hours...

I'm still amazed how Fragrantica.com is complete! This typical English gem has indeed a lot of orange and patchouli in it. I feel like a Gypsy wearing it.

I personnally like the powder. It's more on the sweet side and less harsh; as a foot powder it's just enough and you save from the big expensive bottle. I kind of like the idea that this perfume is made of natural essential oils and not crazy awful postindustrial crap. ;-)

I don't know what possessed me to buy this one but oh my lord.... pine sol in a bottle ! Someone actually thought that I had B.O. I swear and then I didn't wear the perfume for one day and they were like oh my goodness that's a perfume from Lush?! The thing is, I think that's what made me buy it to begin with..Lush products usually smell devine, from their bath bombs to their solid perfume bars with white chocolate and other delicious notes.. I have no clue what they were thinking with this concoction but I can't imagine that this would work on anyone's skin (it's suppose to be unisex)... pine tree sap literally.

very good,so orangy and the a lot of amazing wood.i personaly prefer the solid version cause i can feel less the vetiver.but over again,they try to promote the fair trade....the cruelty free...ok!put the price down and maybe people will give a try!

"la, la, la, la..." I went, when biking home after visiting the Lush-store, having bought the Karma solid perfume, the Karma soap, the Karma bodylotion and the solid Karma shampoo. (at the same time wondering what spending money will do to my Karma..-;))
I had put some Karma bodylotion on my arm and the lovely breeze on a nice sunny day made me catch a hint of it every now and then...and urged me to sing indeed! This really does lift up my spirit!
Karma is not a fume...it's a scent..! Don't know how to put it otherwise, but once I imagine Karma to be a PERFUME I'm wearing, I tend to think I made a wrong choice...but once I decide it is a SCENT, I'm totally happy with it....

Beware - this is a patchouli bomb ! :) It's hard to wear this and not offend anyone. I wouldn't dare :)

I have the solid perfume which I don't find as nice/complex as the juice, it is overpoweringly orange compared to the juice. I tried the EDP at Lush and walked around with it for a day, loving what it did, the orange gives way to the patchouli/lavender/pine as time goes by, it gets sweeter/warmer on me. It's patchouli alright, but not gross "stinky unwashed feet hippy oil" patchouli, at least not to my nose. I use the soap daily, and have used the Karma Komba solid shampoo as well. Someday I will stick a crowbar in my wallet and buy the juice.

For me, one of the best fragrances. Love to wear it for sleeping, so I smell the beautiful patchouli note after waking up in the morning :)

Karma is my all-time favorite at Lush. I bought the soap at first and it's refreshing and vibrant. The smell lasts forever in my bathroom and all over the house.

On my next visit, I bought the perfume and it fits me so well. I love wearing this when I want to feel nature all around me in the big city.

I had this but went right off it. The soap smells warm and Christmassy and perfumes the whole house. I found the scent cloying and much too strong: made me smell like an ageing hippie, which really isn't me!

My mother hates perfumes and loves only Manifesto (by Rossellini) and this one.
Odd, as they are so different. Karma is a strong, long lasting pachuly with inital citrus notes. I like it. I found it a bit too expensive as it doesn't convey any expensive image. What strikes me is the fact that today I smelled tabu by dana for the first time (I asked my sister to buy it for me in ny as it is not sold in europe) and tabu reminded me of karma. But tabu gives an idea of classy retrò ladies, and it costs one third of karma! So tabu is a cheap patchuly thats smell like an expensive fragrance and karma smell like a cheap patchuly and cost only a bit less than an expensive fragrance. To sum up I like karma but it's not value for money.

Profumo molto insolito. Arance e pachouli = fragranza felice. La polvere del corpo e del sapone è favolosa

I so love this one. It's nice, very cool and special.
I have a solid in a tin but the new solid isn't that good. As I have very pale skin, orange perfume is not a good idea, It really looks stupid on my skin, and a tube... don't know what to say about it. You do get more now (12g)but it's impossible to use.

Karma is kind of a classic by now. To me this is a spicy orange peel scent, and it is obvious that genuine orange oil is used. There are some wintergreen notes,and earthy patchouli drydown. Karma is like winter sunshine in a bottle. Perfect fragrance for warming up on a snowy day. I spray it on my scarf and indulge. Cozy, hippie, special... What's not to love?

I've been wearing this for years and get nothing but compliments. It's spicy, it unique... it's perfect for the unconventional. ;)

The center smells like strong spicy rasped orange peel with sugar (sweetness=patchouli here?) that my grandmother used to put in the fridge for flavouring cookies.

But there's more. Pine,oily pathchouli and lavender. Wow! Like... being in a pine forrest,burning some incense sticks, having massage with patchouli oil, you lay in a circle of lavender, and a woman is making some cookies, rasping a lemon and 2 orages, 1 m away (oil particles from the peel come to you with the wind), and you're just waiting for the massage to end, and lay a little more there until the cookies will be done, and you'll have some at a picnic on the grass, in the middle of those pine trees...

This is my signature scent and has been for years. It works really well with my skin. I receive nice comments all the time on the way I smell and I personally just love this scent. I might be a professional, but I'm a big hippie at heart.

Rarely do I come accross a fragrance that makes really sick. This is, sadly, on of the few.

I might be on minority, but I really hate the scent of the Lush stores. I get it, the cosmetics are natural, but it is really hard for me to stay there any longer than few minutes. And after trying out Karma, I certainly wont be back for a long time.

This smells like one of the scent bars you put among your clothes to make the moles stay away,or the scent trees some people put in their cars. Except that it is so much stronger and nauseating. The most horrible combinaation of notes I already am not too fan of: lemon and lavender, and pine smells nothing like the pine I know. I adore the scent of forest in general, here it just smells so very artificial and terrible. it might be natural, but smells like lots of chemistry to me...

Another hyped and terrible fragrance from Lush world made of please-kill-my-nerves smells.
Everything in a lush shop smells soooo artificial to my nose and incredibly expensive. I had my Lush period but then it stopped and I barely could get into a shop.
Karma doesn't smell totally artificial (like let's say Vanillary) but it's strong and very pungent.
On my skin it becomes a total hippie soaked in patchouli without taking a bath before.
Even if it happen to like it, one should go very light-handed with this.
It's maybe better to layer with soap bar and cream and only 2 drops of the scent.
The solid soap bar actually smells better.
I would like to know if Karma and other Lushes are truly organic made.

Love this perfume, but I also love patchouli, very strong smell. Reminds me of incense, hippie shops, wearing sandals and summer dresses. Although probably more of a winter perfume, can be quite heavy. Something very mystical about it.

I haven't got a whiff of the spray but the solid is great! I know from experience that people will love it or hate it. I like a lot of hippie scents. I love LOVE LUV them! I haven't found a lot of people that do though.

Karma smells like incense in the past, probably 70s. Oranges and patchouli always work very best and have synergy effects. Sexy but young and refreshing. This is a very strong smell. I wore this at work. Seems that my co-workers didn't enjoy this. Whatever, this is one of favourite organic perfume recently.

think i wouldn't mind smelling this on someone else- a 19 year old student at a protest march, perhaps- but not on me. I love patchouli, being an ex 80's goth but i can't do the orange angle- it removes any sexiness from it.

The scent Karma between aromas of Lush I love ... It's really a perfume with good karma! So delicious I rejoice when I wear it. Intense, spicy, a little rebellious and a little mistique it gives good mood and makes sensual women as men and as said Lush, makes you want to paint everything orange and sing Love Soul ...
....
New love-a man and woman talking
New words are the only thing they can share
New Words-a love so strong it tears their hearts
...
Love is careless in its choice
....
Everything I have is the love of love ...
lalala ...
:-)

I absolutely adore this perfume. its is strong and lasts all day. a beautiful perfume to seduce someone and lovely to wear on a evening out although i wear mine all the time! very cheap considering what its made from! usually i cannot stand this sort of strong heavy citrisy,potent smells but this took my breath away! its also lovely and calming! everyone should own a bottle!

very very strong
a bit retro, in your face type, simple notes, but loud !
it is organic based (avoiding lots of chemicals)
falovalo is right, its like orange dishwashing soap.
People love it or cant stand it, not a typical smell out there, and for good reason too !

Strong! It instantly reminded me of dish soap! The lemon and pine needles just aren't working for me in this, it's odd and harsh smelling.

I loved the fresh orangey-smell of this in the shop but I found it took on a very nasty, strong smell later and I had to give it away (maybe the patchouli isn't my thing?)

Very unusual scent. Oranges and patchouli = happy fragrance. The soap and body powder are fabulous also.

I bought this one based on the description in the Lush Newsletter as I had fallen in love with the whole London Look in the 60s and 70s. This is the scent we strived for when we wore glass beads, Indian print skirts and leather headbands. I wish it would have been around then, but I'm happy it's here now.

It's a lovey tribute to the era and a lovely scent full of patchouli evergreen and citruses.

For me, Karma evokes sitting on the campus lawns listening to folk dulcimer music. Fascinating

If your going to San Francisco, head towards Haight-Ashbury, be sure to wear a flower in your hair and this happening scent! I decided to pick this up to commemorate the 50Th anniversary of the peace sign! It's so 60's, so retro, so "groovy"! The solid is the way to go on this one as the perfume is so potent it will blow you away! The lavender in the opening is lax but the orange is alive and well. The pine tree note is wild and crazy good but when it when it calms down it's ripping.. The smokey incense aroma and patchouli is perpetual and makes an " I'm here" statement. This is a keen fuse of notes with an expression of love, harmony and peace. Compared to the offbeat, powerful, pure patchouli oil worn in the past, this is positive karma at it's best. This is a neat novelty scent with a character all it's own. It's for her, it's for him, it's for everyone, it's ageless! I'm glad I added it to my collection. It's a trip!

One of the loveliest "nearly natural" perfumes. Lush Karma gives off an intoxicating air of 1970's headshop incense, stinky hippies and herbal soap, which is a magical combination, believe it or not. :-) I love this one, as does my 65-year old father, who is so NOT a stinky-hippie-headshop kind of guy. It's nice to see a fragrance available as both a liquid and a solid, too. The solid version holds down those citrusy top notes a bit more the liquid, so both versions smell slightly different but are equally lovely.