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.

How pretty is this ? I rejected it back in the day when the original Lou Lou was a favourite and I liked stronger scents, now having found it years later after it's discontinuation I feel I have missed out. A fresh and fruity opening quickly gives way to a hint of anise, and then becomes a powdery and slightly balmy oriental floral. Beautifully blended, no single note dominates to me, although I find the least prominent notes are the green nuances and freesia. It is very soft and feminine and reminds me of the lighter scents by Lolita Lempicka. Soft to moderate sillage and moderate longevity on my skin, I would wear this day or night in winter,spring and summer . Lovely !

Lou Lou blue... beautiful, innocent and yet sexy mix of delicate flowers with a sweet vanilla base. Is there any way to get the original lou lou blue?? any place you can buy it? I've seen a lot of fakes but nothing compares to the gorgeous fragrance cacharel created in the 90's. Well, being a discontinued perfume and all, it's really dificult to find (never understood why someone would take off of the market such a lovely perfume) If anybody knows PLEASE let me know >.< Loulou blue brings me so many happy memories from my chilhood, my mother used it and she gave me a cute miniature as a gift cause I liked it so much... I really wish I could have it again.

This relatively short-lived perfume is more wearable than the normal Loulou and to my nose is even more special and just as distinctive. I agree that it is significantly smoother & sweeter than Loulou (to which it bears little resemblance other than its strength) in a vanilla-woody rather than gourmandish way, and in my opinion is versatile enough for year-round daytime or evening wear. Given the choice of buying Loulou Blue or Loulou for my wife, the former would win hands down - especially now that it's so difficult to find. In my opinion, anybody who has a bottle of both should quite rightly feel smug about themselves.

I am a junkie for all the "old school" Cacharels- anything with patchouli and tonka bean- bring it on!!! I don't get the new inventions like Noa and Amor Amor, but Lou Lou Blue and original Lou Lou are a class of their own. There is a funny note that reminds me of a erasing rubber smell ( that was an 80-ties thing so called "gumka chinska";-))) Update: I managed to find an online retailer who still has some of it in stock- but at 70 GBP for 35 ml, I am going to have a long think about it, as much as love it...

Got a mini, wasn't expecting much. Now I have to find a full size bottle. Intoxicating, slightly green, freesia and licorice on top of the vanilla is strange yet alluring. Can't stop sniffing my wrist! Closest thing this reminds me of is Lolita Lempicka and LPRN, if you subbed freesia for ivy, increased vanilla accords and cut out the violet and cherry. Haha, not super similar I guess, but it's the vanilla-aniseed-green shared in their compositions, I think.

Comparing to the scent we can buy nowadays - this is a parfume that belongs to another era - when quality and composition were serving originality and perfect performance. When being memorable was a goal. I am very pleased that I decided to hunt down some Cacharel historical scents. This gem has a narcotic quality and it lasts 24hours. I feel very sociable ;) wearing it. My skin loves such scents. Do they contain more natural ingredients?

One of my favorite scent EVER ! So weird, but in a good way, i mean myterious, unique . Just like between Eden and Eau d'Eden, i don't see the connection with Loulou :-S . No other scent get close to it , I was VERY angry when it was disconntinued , people only buy "easy to wear perfume " now , come on people, be original ! Perfume is much more than just J'adore or Angel !

This is the best perfume I ever had. My very first "serious" scent together with Lou Lou. Almond and vanilla are the strongest accord, which make this perfume a real gourmand one. Almost completely withdrawn from the European market together with Lou Lou, it's very difficult to get one of this "classic". I don't understand why Cacharel doesn't lunch it again.

I've found 50ml ,still wrapped in foil bottle for the price of 2 nowadays avarage fragrances. I remembered this scent so vividly ,even though I had been using it well over 20 years ago .and it is as beautiful,sweet and unique now as it was back in the days. Love at first sight ( sniff) for the second time. It lasts forever equally on the skin and clothes .

LOVE-LOVE-LOVE ! Though, cannot find it anymore in any perfume shop. Sweet floral, vanilla and tonka bean are quite intensive together with the honeysuckle and a bit of anise. Long lasting. I agree though with Natalia78 saying that this is a match for arty souls.

i want it! don't care about my age :-D the smell is gorgeous and soo 80's ^_^ remind me of my mum when i was little she wore lou lou i believe it was this one :)my first love for oriental began with louloublue

Reverie by Gloria Vanderbilt is SO CLOSE to this! Definitely moreso than Bebe Luxe. I had to fork out more $ than I'd like for a VB scent but it you're looking for a dupe, it's the closest I've found!

LolitaLand by Lempicka. Lacks that specific "vinyl" note mentioned by many ( note for which probably frag was discontinued ) but overall shares enough similarities and fire power to hit the spot

Absolutely adored this. I was bought this as a gift in my teens and was devastated when I found the old bottle, loved it, and went to buy some more only to find it's dead. shame!

I wore this when I was 15 and emptied the bottle pretty quickly. It was a nice alternative to the rise of the ozonic/aquatics at the time. Wish they'd bring it back.