L (2006)
by Lolita Lempicka

A little spicey sugary and sweet and fruity. Suprising. I thought this would be some sort of Pink-Sugar-Like candy fest but this reminds me so much more of Nag Champa incense. If you burned Nag Champa incense inside of Victorias Secret it would smell exactly like this. I like it. Time will tell if it will eat away at my wallet but I'm kinda doubting it. hmmmm...

Odd. I loved the sound of orange, cinnamon, and vanilla, but I don't smell any of those on me. Almost no top notes at all. Goes on immediately as a salty/smoky/leather accord and stays that way. Silage is very modest -- stays close to the skin throughout. I have to really sniff myself to smell it. The smokey/salty note reminds me strongly of cigarettes a sweat -- the way my clothes used to smell in the morning when I'd been out dancing all night the night before.

Not unpleasant. Just nothing like what I was expecting. Wearing it underneath something lighter and sweeter -- I tried Coco Mademoiselle -- might lend that scent an interesting bottom. A little bit of bad girl underneath all those flowers.

This has been a staple in my collection since it's release in '06. I adore it and can't help thinking that this is what Shalimar should have smelled like (IMHO). I usually don't even judge a fragrance in the first 10-15 minutes until it settles on my skin and some of the top notes dissipate. I'm usually a fan of citrus-y top notes that precede vanilla and woods (like LaVanila's Vanilla Grapefruit - why is that not in the fragrance directory?!) and this one delivers with a very prominent, very dry, and very sweet orange (think orange rind instead of orange fruit). I actually love its first moments on my skin more than the dry-down, which, though still lovely, gets to smelling like vanilla incense, and woods, and loses almost all complexity and citrus-y goodness).

The intense orange, cinnamon and vanilla accords last for at least an hour on my skin, more on my clothes. I become addicted and can't stop smelling my wrists. It is beautifully blended and the notes come together very, very well. There is also a salty accord which is by no means marine, but which must be a throwback to the mermaid-myth themed bottle (which is hands-down the most creative thing I've ever seen to house a juice). That saltiness keeps the scent from smelling like something I'd love to eat, though just barely. Having grown up near the ocean and woken up to fog nearly every morning, I can't help but adore its inclusion of what REAL marine notes should smell like: salt. This has to be the first blue bottle of perfume (except for Angel, of course) which pleasantly surprised me with a gourmand treat instead of soapy, "masculine," clean, artificial, "marine," smells-like-your-shampoo, trash.

I happened to smell L'Occitane's Honey & Lemon recently and couldn't help noticing the similarities. If you're out for a citrusy-gourmand, perhaps a tad lighter in intensity but not in depth than L, and if don't mind missing out on the adorable bottle, or purchasing a scent which was obviously copied from Roucel's masterpiece, opt for that one, instead. It's cheaper.

I cannot agree with the reviewers who compare this one to Pink Sugar, which I also own and wear from time to time. I detect a lot of licorice and strawberry candy in Pink Sugar, of which there is none in this scent. I could more easily compare Lolita Lempicka's first scent to Pink Sugar, because this one lacks any anise. It's great!

Very strong vanilla scent with a little cinnamon and orange scent.
It is a heavy and very sweet perfume.
It is a Oriental - Vanilla type of perfume.

When I tried it in the shop it was sweet and a little spicy. Unfortunately after I bought it I started feeling nauseous and sick by its overwhelmingly sweet scent. I could not stand it no matter how much I tried.

Not recommended for those who dislike sugary smelling perfumes.
The bottle design might indicate that is a light and cool watery scent, where it is not. However, it is a brilliant bottle design.

I was pretty excited to try this one, so I procured a sample. The first thing I noticed was that it smelled a lot like Pink Sugar, which is a fragrance I already own. I would smell my skin periodically throughout the day, to see how the scent would change on me. In the end, though, I found it to be basically Pink Sugar, with a hint of orange. My husband liked it, and when I remarked on how similar it is to Pink Sugar, he said "that must be why, then. I do love Pink Sugar on you."

I'm giving it a thumbs up because it's a really good scent. In fact, if I didn't already own Pink Sugar, I'd probably buy it, because I like that extra hint of orange. But, as it is, it's way too similar to Pink Sugar for me to bother. I'm sure I'll use up that sample, though!

An rather heady fragrance that started off with vanilla, orange and cinnamon, and ended with vanilla and spice. Although I love vanilla, it was used to much.. I felt a bit ill after having this fragrance on for a couple hours and had to scrub it off. I wish I could have like this, it sounded so good on paper.