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.

A truly gorgeous tuberose fragrance. I agree completely with the previous reviewer. I do smell Simply Divine in this one, but I much prefer Bikini Questa Sera over SD. SD had too many green notes after the floral notes faded. In this one, I barely smell the green notes on my skin, which is what I prefer. Sadly, this turns into a wrist scent after the first hour.

a big wallop of bold white florals and green notes. the tuberose is just a bit creamy and the jasmine brightens the scent with the green notes. I really like the tuberose in this. I like them creamy rather than sheer and light, so that is good. however i have other tuberoses i prefer, so this one is not a must have. the green notes are a bit too intense with my skin chemistry.

This should be the brown ombre bottle. It's actually my favorite of the three; never mind one-dimensional or unoriginal, it's just very pleasant to wear. Reminded me of Simply Divine (Diana V), but after comparison, found this one much creamier with a nice green tea vibe. Unfortunately it does fall apart after a couple of hrs, not to mention the faux-niche price.

This ended up pulling much creamier and less indolic than I expected. There’s a hint of something vaguely coconut-like lurking around in the heart notes that adds a somewhat tropical vibe. It works surprisingly well for a casual scent, too. A few sprays lasted around twelve hours, which surprised me as well.

Light summer white flower fragrance (with some synthetic green note)

i was very lucky to find a bottle in 2022 for a decent price, however, not at all like what i expected. i frankly thought that this was gonna have the same green tuberose as the opening of carnal flower, i don't remember if that one has angelica or what exactly, but i thought this was gonna be like that, a bit creamier, but also a bit greener; instead, what do i smell? BANANA PEEL. i genuinely think this has some kind of a tropical flower like ylang ylang or idk something yellow that's not listed here. the tuberose l, THANK GOD, is not as challenging as fracas-esque tuberose scents, it's a summery scent u know? but it does also smell like it has milk (?) interesting, not at all repulsive, but not my jam. i know that the wearing experience won't be 5/5 for me, but given how hard this one is to find, i'll keep it to give it another chance. P.S. the bottle design is genius, but the bottle itself isn't as big of a deal as everyone make it to be here, i was expecting an statue honestly 😂

- It opens brightly surrounded by green freshness. Distinctly tuberose in all its glory. Then it becomes more creamy over time. Quite animalic and smells like suede after a while. This is lovely but I have tuberose fragrances I love more than this one. I'm very happy I got to smell this and I'll enjoy the remainder of my decant. EDIT - July 2020. I wore my decant again and it smells like GARDENIA on my skin now. Maybe it became concentrated due to evaporation over the past few months. It's now wowing me!

An uninventive, not particularly rich smelling white floral with a suntan lotion vibe, without the coconut. Not my thing anyway, but you can do far better in that category (Bronze Goddess, Terracotta, Nuxe etc.) for a lot less $. I'm not a fan of the bottles. I think they look better in photos. In person, they looked kind of cheap and tacky. I might expect to see these as a celebuscent "exotic vacation" series lined up on a tester shelf at a drug store. I'm really blown away by the $275 price tag for 80ml. Highly aspirational. If I were going to spend that much, it wouldn't be here.

Like many, I got a sample of three Louboutin fragrances. Bikini Questa Sera is the first one I tried. As a floral lover, of course, I cannot do anything but like the scent of this perfume. Straight out is Jasmine and next Tuberose, but not a heavy, headache inducing tuberose like so many. It's light, fresh and feminine, tuberose done right. And....that's it. I don't get green until the drydown, and even then, not much. Which is fine with me, it's the flowers I love. This perfume is a floral and only a floral. I would probably be in love with it if it had more to give. There is no intensity, no staying power. Nobody will know you are wearing it but you. And application would be endless if this was in your collection, as least if you had similar skin chemistry as me. Don't buy it without a spray bottle on the side. It's too bad. It smells beautiful, but that's not enough. Many perfumes smell beautiful. It needs to smell beautiful to others, and leave a trail of gentle petals falling behind as you walk. It should be insouciant, like the red bottom of a shoe. It should be unique. It is not. It reminds me of something, and I could not figure out what. Then I realized it was every jasmine/tuberose perfume ever, yet with flash missing. As perfume smells like colors to me, then I will say that this is a very watery purple. Perhaps a ripple of pale blue, but no lavender, pink, no green, and nothing sparkling. Just lLight purple. It's an impressionistic watercolor, so watery that one cannot see what the picture is. This perfume would be lovely before bed so you can go to sleep dreaming of a jasmine scented garden with twinkly lights. Your man may like it. It will last until slumber. But sadly, it is not enough for more. If I was given a bottle, I would be happy. I don't dislike it, I find it a humble, pretty and simple floral. It is adult, not childish. I could wear this in those places you are not supposed to wear perfume.(Marc Jacobs Daisy Dreams suits that purpose now) Perhaps the tiny tester I got is not enough, if I see it in a store, I will try again. I so want to love it. But as it stands, I would not spend money on this when there are many lovely jasmine/tuberose fragrances who give more. It's funny. I enjoy it's gentleness and delicateness and pure flowers. It almost hurts to write this, But for the price, I apparently need a bit more. After an hour it was almost gone, and no sillage st all. It is a pretty shoe, with a plain bottom. The girl in the ad above? She does not look like what this perfume smells like.

I don't have much to say about Bikini Questa Sera, I'm mostly reviewing it just for the sake of completeness, since I reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed the other two scents in the Louboutin collection: Trouble in Heaven and Tornade Blonde. Unfortunately, Bikini Questa Sera is the dud out of the three. It is a flat, unrefined white floral scent that has been done a million times over, and this isn't a particularly good execution of it anyway. There is a clumsy accord of grassy green notes with vetiver added over the white florals to provide freshness, but it fails and instead just smells stale and damp. Due to the high price of this fragrance, I'm sure that there is at least some pure tuberose absolute and jasmine absolute in the formula, but there is no finesse or polish to the overall fragrance. I am a huge lover of white florals but I am so unexcited and unimpressed by this. The other two fragrances in the Louboutin line are fabulous. Spend your time and/or money on those two, and skip over this one.

This perfume is somewhat nice, I can't describe why.. I would describe this perfume as a holiday walking around Dubai in the evening... it is not dry but powdery and creamy to my nose. It is seductive perfume, sweet, unique in a way, I cannot compare it to any other perfume actually. It is definitely not young cheap teenager sweetheart perfume but rather gives me a vision of a sophisticated seductive very young woman who likes to wear designers and is very high maintenance. Not rude, but not too friendly. She just knows what she wants out of life and from a man kinda perfume. It can be worn by a young or older lady, gives a vibe of both age groups to me. Definitely to be worn at nightime, more so for hot summer night on a date. This is just how I see it. It lingers on the skin hugging and it almost feels like the scent sinks in with your skin and stays for quite some time. Overall 7/10

Sampled this fragrance and thought it smelled like one of the Creed fragrances, can't remember which one. There are notes that read like a Creed, especially ambergris. It seems to be more about the white florals and the base of vetiver/sandalwood which come off as soapy, and masculine. There is also something reminiscent of Alien by Thierry Mugler, not sure if it's the jasmine. The green notes smell like subdued patchouli and this scent seems to open with that. It's not my kind of scent but I wish I could own one of the Louboutins. They seem to be more complex and more like a mature fragrance for expert/mature veteran perfumistas. I wanted to like this scent but it is a bit too much for me. I'm not there yet. Maybe one day.

I like it, .nice tropical tuberose, bright, happy scent, reminds me of being on a warm tropical island..pretty much a summer suntan type of a scent, but nicely done..still, it is pretty linear, but it is fresh and feminine..soft jasmine comes into play...lovely..but poor longevity..seems to fade so fast..but I wouldnt pay that much, plus the bottle looks rather ugly.!

I'm late to the party. This fragrance has been out for a while now, and I'm unsure if it's still in production. The bottle is gorgeous, and it smells incredible. I thought I finally found the perfect tuberose, which this would be if it lasted more than an hour, so my search continues.

pretend you walk into a cold flower/plant shop , green stems and leaves with florals all over , super floral but with that added plant smell , All I can say is wow , from the moment I smelled the sample I was given I was shook , beautiful beautiful !!!