Lauren (for women)

pitbull friend

Thanks, everyone for the information on the old vs. new Lauren! I have a mini of the new. It seems like a perfectly nice combination of suntan lotion and marigolds -- not worth buying a full bottle, but not bad. The old stuff sounds fantastic, though - sorry I missed it the first time around, and I'll have to search it out. What can we do to stop perfume companies from changing formulas without mentioning it on the label? Sometimes I feel ready to give up on perfume collecting, given the games they play with us!

gucci

i love this one very serious and mature super romantic and can be worn in special occasions i heard but i don't know if this is true that the cap contains 18k gold or 24k gold not im not sure

Lime909

Gorgeous bottle. Not really my type of scent, but I remember my best friend wearing this as her signature perfume shortly after it was first released (we were teens at the time and I found it too sweet and heavy).

Now I find it a rather dated smell; time seems to have moved on.

guest_Carmencita

This fragrance evokes memories of childhood, particularly those of my mother smelling so elegant wearing it. Timeless, refined, sophisticated and memorable. I have not tried the new version, but the original version is definitely unforgettable and irreplaceable.

bayviewlib

This was my signiture scent in the late seventies. I lived in Washington D.C.
It is sophisticated and elegant and I felt beautiful wearing it. Lots of male attention and compliments.

dancam86

This is good quality american perfume. When I smell this, I automatically think of a very classy Beverly Hills woman stepping out of a Rolls Royce wearing a gigantic purse and a big hat.

Elegant, classy, refined. Unlike any other women´s perfume I´ve known. Haven´t tried the new version yet, but I highly recommend the original.

essija

I'm shocked to not see more reviews on this one. I have admired women who wear Lauren for years. I myself have never even thought of wearing it. This scent is exactly like woogyjones describes. Very Odd, but Awesome!! A woman who wears this also has a really expensive purse and other accessories.. You know what I mean.. Not just anyone can pull this one off... Theres alot of class in this little brick bottle...

woogyjones50

Add me to the list of people who have discovered the big difference between classic Lauren and what is passing for Lauren now. I've been wearing Lauren for a very long time-probably since 1984. I always found it to be a unique fragrance and really is unlike any other scent. It is just so different-the odd green-fruity smell it opens with that moves into a lovely but unconventional floral and the nearly mossy drydown all combine to make a truly special (and maybe a little odd) perfume. If you can get your hands on the classic, do so. If for no other reason, I think Lauren is a great example of a beautifully blended, slightly left of center perfume that is different than anything else.

CaraMia

The classic version was indeed better than the current and now also discontinued fragrance. If you want the beautiful crisp floral full of greens and tagetes you better run out and get a bottle of RL Safari before that is gone forever too.

The original Lauren was a jewel.

NebraskaLovesScent

This was my first "good" perfume. I received it for Christmas in 1983. At that time, Lauren was a fresh green floral wonder, very different from the heady 1970's oriental scents my mother favored, and a step up from the Love's Baby Soft I had worn prior to receiving this.

I wore this scent off and on through my teens and twenties, then set it aside as I moved into a gourmand phase.

I had heard the original Lauren fragrance had been tweaked in recent years. Finally got a chance to sniff it recently and I noticed a definite difference. It's a pale green ghost of its former self now. The complex mix of fruits, greens and flowers is all but gone. It now smells like a certain geranium-scented household cleaner I sometimes use.

If you can get your hands on the classic version, it's worth its weight in gold!

I don't plan to revisit the new version anytime soon.