LouLou Blue

This was my all time favourite scent and first signature scent in my teens and early 20’s. I would happily douse myself in this and found it to be such a relaxing and de-stressing scent. Unfortunately this is now a good 20 years old, and most bottles today are likely to be off. This was a very well balanced scent. Anise was never the main note, other than in the opening. It was a very well blended, intoxicating mix of anise, unidentifiable florals, a dreamy vanilla and slightly creamy sandalwood. This had an almost watery/airy feel, with a powdery vibe from the orris. It was truly a very unique masterpiece of a fragrance. I’ve never been able to find a single perfume that comes anywhere even close to this. To me this is angelic and the best perfume ever made. I’m now in my 40’s and would love to wear this again, happily until I die! I have since bought a miniature bottle and as expected it was off, with a very unbalanced yogurt anise scent. I also have a 100ml bottle and it smells exactly as it used to. It’s really just your luck of what you’ll get now, depending on how well the bottle has been looked after. It’s sad people are charging such ridiculous and greedy prices for this. It was always a cheapy! I wish they’d rebrand it and bring it back.

I must have bought this the year it was launched as I remember having the beautiful Lou Lou Blue magazine advert / poster on my bedroom wall. This was one of my favourite daytime perfumes at the time (when I was a goth) and I was very sorry they discontinued it. Nevertheless I managed to get hold of a bottle several years later, but it had somewhat lost it's appeal by then. EDIT: Just repurchased this perfume and wore it for the first time again today after many years. It is how I remembered but stronger. Longevity is very good but I do take on board and get what the reviewer above says about it smelling like a public toilet! I thought the same thing when I sprayed it on today (I don't remember thinking that when I wore it in the 1990s). The dry down is nice when the fragrance gets really soft and warm. I still think of this as being a very 'gothic' fragrance and very different from modern perfumes. For me it is a 'like' rather than a 'love', but I am delighted to have it in my collection once more.

I owned this perfume over 20 years ago and takes me back to the summer of 96. I absolutely loved this scent and was never able to find anything similar. Reminds me of my holiday in Inverness Scotland, hanging out with friends and taking in the stunning scenery of the evergreen forested mountains. Such memories! Well reason for me leaving this review is that I think I have actually found a perfume that is very reminiscent of Lou Lou Blue and to me smells the same. Maybe if I were to wear side by side they may smell slightly different. But when a scent evokes such memories, it could be that it's a very similar scent. Go try Alien Mirage and see for yourselves! I'm so curious to see if anyone else thinks the same! Both have a beautiful transparent blue glass bottle, which I think represents the beautiful blue aquatic, floral and vanilla scent. I'll be stocking up on these for sure!

If I could find a bottle of this I would buy it straight away! It would be a memory scent addition to my small collection. I loved this when it came out, more than LouLou original. LouLou Blue lived a short season and god knows why. Cacharel also has this policy of discontinuing fragrances that just hits on my nerves. It smelled very different from original. This one was much sweeter a just a little cloying, the right way. Very sweet with tons of vanilla and a melancholic effect, more mysterious and deep with average staying power. Not a complicated one but not an easy one either. LouLou Blue was perfect balance between deep feelings and girlishness. My mom hated this one like she hated original LouLou too and this was a plus for me at that age!

I wanted to come back to this and write another review, as I don't think I gave this perfume enough credit last time. I wore it today and sprayed it on myself about an hour before going to the gym. I can tell you that Lou Lou Blue develops beautifully with body heat and half an hour into my workout a fellow gym user commented on how lovely I smelled! It's a bright, dry and warm day here and this perfume is perfect in this kind of weather (I don't think it would be as suitable for very warm weather). I could smell this gorgeous warm and mysterious scent constantly throughout my workout, but it's soft enough not to induce a headache. Will have to wear this more often! A real gem.