Bikini Questa Sera

Christian Louboutin’s fragrance offering is certainly more exciting than his shoes (I’m unfortunately not the kind of girl who can walk in heels. I have the shoe collection of an angry female army sergeant). So his fragrance range certainly suits me better. I was initially rude to the sales assistant in Selfridges, as I called the bottles “ugly, nicotine-stained lighters, from the 1970’s that a dirty-old-uncle would own.” I might have even attempted an embarrassing impression of my idea of said “dirty uncle”, calling her “sweetheart” and sounding like a dodgy Ray Winstone. I must have looked like a right dick, especially as I’m female. The sales assistant explained that the bottles were meant to resemble a vagina, thus embodying femininity, and I was instantly delighted. Who wouldn’t want a vagina shaped perfume bottle? At this point I wanted one regardless of the contents. Some of the reviews on here have suggested that the bottle is meant to resemble a Louboutin shoe, but now we know it’s a vagina, this must explain why some men can’t find their way around a vagina if indeed they’re thinking it’s a shoe. Out of the three on offer, referred to as “the jasmine”, “the rose” and “the amber”, I grabbed me some jasmine vag... and let me tell you, IT’S DIVINE! It’s like a more cultured version of Al Rehab’s ‘Full’ crossed with Nasomatto’s ‘Narcotic Venus’. It knocks the socks off of other screechy tuberouse scents or obnoxiousl jasmine scents, as Christian Louboutin’s ‘Bikini Questa Sera’ is ultimate feminine floral perfection. The sandalwood just anchors it into calmness. I reckon you could almost throw out your Carnal Flower for this. It’s just so sexy, this will be my summertime fling. I got the £245 oil version and I’m tempted to boost the intensity with the £215 80ml bottle as it’s just floral Godliness. I’ll update with any oil/spray combo outcome. Edit: I’ve now got the 80ml parfum (as well as the oil) and I’ve been wearing them together. The oil certainly lasts longer as the parfum’s longevity is only moderate. I love the magnetic cap, which slots into place with satisfying magnetic magic. The bottle feels weighty and has sexy glass ridges around the vulva-like opening. It comes in a clear Perspex presentation box with gold Louboutin logo detailing - it’s designed to stand the bottle upright like a see-through casket displaying its beauty. I do love ‘Bikini Questa Sera’ as it’s a tuberose/jasmine which doesn’t screech nor needs to be creamy. It has shot to my favourites list, it’s just a shame it doesn’t last longer. Can’t wait to wear it in the summertime.

A beautiful airy white floral. Starts out a little green but the tuberose quickly takes over and becomes the main floral note. It's a slightly sweet, almost fruity tuberose. Though it's not listed in the notes, I also think there is some gardenia in here and also a slight coconut or green fig note, which can smell like coconut. I don't smell it around me, but do when I sniff my wrist, though it is so slight it is barely there. That might be what is giving the tuberose that fruity quality. Combined with the jasmine and ambergris it gives a light beachy feel without going into full-blown sunscreen territory. As the scent wears on it becomes a little greener and woodier as the vetiver and sandalwood show up, but in no way does it ever eclipse the florals. The composition as a whole really suits the name of this fragrance and makes me think of a bikini clad lady on a beach, though not necessarily a beach at night. I think this can be worn anytime of the day or night, though personally for me, I think more suited for daywear. While I absolutely love this, the price puts this off limits, or rather, the limits I put on myself. This would go way beyond that at $320 an ounce - Yikes! I'm a crazy perfumista, but I'm not that crazy. Besides, this is light and more than the normal 3 sprays would have to be applied to get any kind of silage, which would make this an even more expensive purchase than normal. I guess I'll just have to stick with this expensive 5ml. sample parfum and shed a few tears when it is gone. Edit 7/27/21 Hurrah!!! I found this perfume at a great price. Too good to pass up. Comes in this huge black box, lined with black velvet - and the bottle is HUGE. I don't know why they put 2.5oz in such a big bottle. It's very strange. But I don't care because the scent is fantastic. I Love it!

This scent has a lovely fresh, juicy opening. It's the green notes with the tuberose. I wish that part of the timeline lasted much longer. It settles down to tuberose with lots of green note, Vetiver, sandalwood and Amber gris. Very lovely indeed. It makes it very easy to wear. I could see this accompanying me to warm and tropical places. It's essentially tuberose with lots of fresh greenery and backed with wood notes. I would not have guessed Vetiver was present as it is very soft. It probably just bolsters the green aspect of this scent. The sandalwood is very low key to. I get good longevity but it retracts to arm length sillage quite quickly. I really like it but blimey it's pricey. The bottle is a bit different to.

I'm not a fruity-floral person,...but there's something about this one that's addictive to me? It's definitely tuberose, but there's also a tangy fruity element that reminds me vividly of the peach bellinis I used to drink at Carino's (#basic) and it totally works. Absolutely not something I expected to love, but this gorgeous vagina bottle needs to belong to me~ Edit: I have now smelled a frankly ridiculous number of tuberose perfumes and this is consistently in my top 3. I have the oil, the large gorgeous bottle AND a small bottle. Please try it if you can snatch it up at a reasonable price <3

I loved this when I tried this. I still love it now that I own a bottle of it. I LOVE IT. I love tuberose and this is a BEAUTIFUL tuberose. so delightful and fresh it makes you want to run, be active and have fun! Edit: after getting to meet more tuberose perfumes like carnal flower, simply divine and Jasmine rouge. I am letting this one go. I still find it to be delightful but, it does break down fast. It does not progress and it is short lived. I need something stronger. More drama to the sweetness. My white flower/tuberose quest continues.