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Lola by Marc Jacobs, 2009

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By shopgirl24
I asked my sister to buy me this perfume for Christmas two years ago, and it's been sitting in the box for two years collecting dust. I wa drawn to the bottle and I am an avid user of Daisy so I thought it to be a sister perfume, so I got a sample from the perfumer and I found it to be very strong, much stronger than Daisy and very much so in your face. I immediately thought of wearing it while out on the town with my friends and to parties cause it has that musky - fruity seductiveness to it. I've started wearing it today because my bottle of Daisy is running low and I liked it more than my other perfumes on my shelf, some o which smell like old ladies, no offense to Sarah Jessica Parker. (Lovely and Covet) I consider this my alter-ego scent because it's the complete opposite of Daisy, but I dont understand the bad reviews. I think the bottle is perfect for the scent. It's dark like a wine rouge and has a flower on the top which in reminiscent of what a flower truly is, the sexual reproductive organs of the plant. It starts off strong and fruity/ spicy then gradually fades into this warm, poeny like scent which I like and the musk is detected right away but is subtle. Only spritz it once cause it might irritate someone sitting next to you. Daisy can be worn everyday cause its so light and pleasing but I fear that Lola is not for everyone. It doesnt smell tacky or cheap to me, but very temptressy and bold. I will probably finish the bottle in a few years cause I wont wear it very often. Daisy won me over and I can't move on just yet. ;)
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By KarmaLee
A "white noise" floral that just smells synthetic, generic to my nose. Thankfully it also seemed to disappear quickly. I keep expecting more, more something, from modern florals and rarely find it. I got no drydown on this one at all. White floral detergent whiff and gone.
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By Darvant
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.
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By Leilahdancer
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.
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By Lily from the Forest
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.
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By blood-orange
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.
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By colormechris
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!
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By Coco Belle
Got a sample of this yesterday and wasn't feeling particularly confident about it... the bottle screamed "FRUITY FLORAL!" at me and I was dubious.

I was pleasantly surprised though. After a brief red-berry burst at the opening, this swooped into a gorgeous, heady, vivid vintage rose that made me want to gulp this fragrance up by the mouthful. The dry-down was soft, almost incense-like rose with warm vanilla-musk lingering just beneath. Not complicated; not hugely sophisticated... beautiful without being self-conscious.

I'd wear this on a summer night for sure. Reminds me of night-blooming flowers and kissing in the dark.
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By _Uzume_
Lola wasn't love at first sniff for me, in fact I would have to agree with many of the reviewers here, and say it's run of the mill. Reminds me quite a bit of the rose/vanilla combo in Pherose, Nanette Lepore, and Tocade, but with a dry vanilla trail, very similar to Kenzo Flower. So it surprised me when I fell in love with Lola, enough to purchase a bottle.

I tried it on my skin, it's not as flat and mono dimensional as I first thought.I loved how after perhaps twenty minutes, the rose geranium accord with dry vanilla exploded on my skin, truly suffocating me. I couldn't stop smelling my wrist for the rest of the day. I'm a little curious behind the marketing of rubber caps with Marc Jacobs as of late. I find the bottle pleasing and fun to the eye, not garish or tacky.
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Top NotesPink Peppercorn, pear d'anjou, ruby red grapefruit
Middle Notesfuchsia peony, rose, geranium
Base Notesvanilla, tonka bean, creamy musk
Launched Date2009
GenderWomen
PerfumerCalice Asancheyev-Becker / Ann Gottlieb
AvailabilityIn Production
ByMarc Jacobs
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