Lola (2009)
by Marc Jacobs

The appeal  (for some, not for everybody) of the bottle design and the intriguing latin sound of the name don't manage to save this fragrance from the collapse. Lola  is one of  those scents that  are litterally  headache inducing. Detergent, hyper synthetic, syrupy and almost plastic this fragrance stars citrusy, fruity and gassy with the dominant role of harsh grapefruit and pepper, developing towards a bombastic, linear, aggressive and chemical accord of synthetic musk, caramellous fruit and vanilla. I don't smell clearly neither the  rose nor the geranium because the intensity of the artificial fruits, colorants and candies caramel overwhelms any  botanic natural feel and because is just possible to detect an indistinct floral vibe. Too warm and over sweet to be worn in the course of a summer night so i utterly disagree with some of the reviewers. Unfortunately the lasting power is notable, i had to wash many times my hands to scrub the smell off. One of the worst fragrances around and the fragrances are thousands.

9th December, 2011.

Another fruity floral... the top notes are a bit aggressive and different, but the heart is kind of one dimensional. I don't get a specific flower, just FLORAL (in BIG letters). The drydown is nice if predictable.

Minimal sillage and reasonable longevity. I prefer fragrances that I can smell on myself without actually sniffing my arm or shirt. I have to go looking for this one, so not one I'd reach for normally. It's fading now, after 8 hours.

And I think the bottle is UGLY.

21st September, 2011.

I wear this when I'm feeling confrontational.
Usually I like to wear the subtle, soapy, very nice, very pleasent scents. Basically scents my dad would complement me on. But I don't always feel like being nice and innocently pleasent. Enter 'Lola'.
Some describe this MJ as fun and flirty. On me she smells like a pissed of wife, a girl who used too much eyeliner, a flowery sundress with a black leather jacket. The heart of the scent is confrontational, very THERE. True, Lola starts all fruity and innocent (boring) and after, say, 6 hours the scent dies a (boring) warm vanilla death. But I'm in love with what Lola smells like on me after an hour. Rich, bold and like fat peonies; you don't overlook Lola.

Btw; I bought the 30ml bottle because I thought the bottle was less ugly than the 50 and 100ml. Those bottles are... so ugly! Almost tacky and neon and cheap. But then again; Lola isn't a very classy smell. You wouldn't wear Lola and your hair up at the same time.

10th August, 2011.

A very unpleasant blend of neon fruit, harsh grapefruit, and shrill woods cemented together with vanilla. Would be middling fruity floral if everything wasn't so synthetic and aggressive.

10th July, 2011.

Well, what can I say, I genuinely don't understand this fragrance's popularity.

Personally I find this to be your average fruity floral, nothing too ground-breaking here I'm afraid.

Lola is basically an opening of peppery and musky citrus followed by a fresh burst of pear and predictable florals, finishing with an uninspiring blend of musk and vanilla.

I'll give credit to Marc Jacobs for refraining from making this sickeningly sweet like most new perfumes aim to do these days. The scent is playful and young without making one smell like a candy shop.

I can imagine that this will be quite popular this Summer as it seems that already women and young girls alike are buying Lola like hotcakes. From just over-hearing what people have said about Lola, many are attracted to the bottle design. I, for one, don't find the bottle to be overly appealing. The pictures on here seem to flatter the bottle, in real life Lola looks quite tacky, especially with the multi-coloured, plastic folds which are meant to represent god only knows what.

5th June, 2011.

I don't know...I kinda like this. With a perfume market that is now absolutely glutted with product; so much so that you can't remember what you smelled ten minutes ago because there's ten new scents behind it--Lola kind of stands out. Nowadays, this is an incredible feat. A bold fruity floral, heavy on the aldehydes. That's it. But it's well done. Coco Belle's description of night blooming flowers and kissing in the dark are lovely and right on the money. This Lola is a fun girl. The kind of girl who likes to put on a mini-dress and go to a carnival on her first date. Very summery. But she has an overwhelming persona at times. Just buy her some cotton candy!

24th May, 2011.