Eau de Gaga

I scored a very inexpensive flacon of Lady GaGa's Black bottle of Eau De GAGA , just like her first fragrance launch was encased in black too. 'Fame' I currently have in storage. I have been travelling, and subsequently have purchased my fragrances on the go, inexpensive fragrances at that, but not cheap versions of anything. This particular fragrance I was lucky enough to score from a reputable Chemist for a mere Aus at$ 12.99 for a 75 mill EDP. Mind you I have managed to purchase some excellent fragrances at ridiculous reduced prices, and have not been disappointed by any means on any of my purchases whilst travelling. To date. I'm in the tropics right now and found delightfully to my surprise and as a winter approach's ; The wonderful suitability for layering this EDP. ( I must add many thanks to other 'Fragrantica' compatriot's on the topic of layering. I have in fact found that this fragrance more than suitable for this approach. SUHESA is a prime example of inspiration and expertise.) I am definitely impressed not only by the longevity of this fragrance, but it's harking back to an era where vintage fragrances from the early eighties even overlapping the late seventies to parfum's when a fragrance with a distinct punch had us all mesmerized, wanting more of that mystique. Mesmerized by omph! , verve at the time an expensive enveloping sensory delight, leaving behind a trail and a statement. (Ps. I used to dance a lot.) A time when Headiness was De Rigeur, especially in my youth! And most of all unforgettable an experience was expected. I commandeered way when my fathers Karl Lagerfeld, Eau Savage and sometimes yes ladies and gents, 'Faberge's' classic 'Brut''. Yep I was and still am when possible, health permitting, an active person. I layered this for several day's recently to check it's compositional compatibility with my own ageing mature skin and immediately felt reminiscent together with a familiar trip down memory lane where I had experienced from fragrances I had owned in my late teens, those in my possession at the time and rather outrageously priced then mind you and reflecting pure luxury from the finest designer fashion houses of the day. A distinctive memory recall upon spraying this fragrance beckoning notes most definitely capturing scent for scent, note by note 'Eau De Givency' cross 'Diorissimo' with some classic 'Chanel' No 19 thrown in for good measure; Tart and sexual, hence my intentions to layer 'Eau De Gaga' with a musky cross tuberose fragrance, with the aim of adding some missing notes to eek out its complexity and render a less unisex vibe, which incidentally I can at times be rather partial too. This layering lasting well over 12 hours felt distinctively vintage, enjoying the sexy emotive response emanating from my cheeky body spots where I applied my layers. Together I sensed a lemony cross patchouli projection, incorporating the vibe of vintage houses. It's definitely a powerhouse fragrance one which inspires perkiness and mystique and exploration. It may not be suitable everyone, and it can at times it may smell a tad soapy, if that's your intention. Again fragrance behaviour mutates according to weather and what you eat and what you intend it's purpose to be. My recommendation is for those whom like this kind of fragrance and feel daring enough to experiment beyond skin scents, not to judge this fragrance on price. After all try before you buy. I layered 'Eau De Gaga' with a 'Kenzo' EDP and 'Black Musk' from my collection. I felt rather satiated and happy with the end result. I wish my circumstances where more stable, I would have purchased another bottle of this long lived fragrance. The flat bottle squeezes easily into a slot in my tiny bathroom cabinet, my only complaint being a small hard to see spray nozzle. A design flaw. I have to check it's position each time I want to spray. Otherwise I would recommend this wholeheartedly to aficionados of vintage Dior, Givency and Chanel. I hope there a percentage of you truly find value in 'Eau De Gaga' Cheers ...... Xoxo. T.....

Most celebrity fragrances tend to be mediocre, casual and typical, as the name of the celebrity draws more attention than the perfume. However, there are exceptions. There are celebrity fragrances that smell so lovely and so expensive they resemble high-end fragrances (e. g. Chanel, Dior...). This perfume is one of them. Before purchasing, I read reviews of it so I could know what others thought about the fragrance. The name of my favourite singer made me want it. Perhaps, if it was not released with her name on it, I would have never tried it. This is a precious gemstone, for its price, it is wonderful. To begin with, the box is beautiful. The red color of it combines with the black color of the bottle in a luxurious way. I have the biggest size possible ofc (75 ml, it is not enough for me lmaoo). The box opens up from the front and says "the masterpiece" on the top of it. It is really creative, the designers truly have a fantasy. The bottle is simple and pretty. It feels incredible, as if I had paid a fortune for it which is the exact opposite of what it actually costs. The cap feels heavy and cold, I believe it was made of metal. I like how the silver plate makes the bottle look even prettier. One drawback is that it is completely opaque black. There is no way one could know how much liquid is left. I use it rarely, because I want to keep it for as long as possible. If I have the chance, I will repurchase 2 back-up bottles of it, so I can truly enjoy this wonderful scent. When I first sprayed it, it smelled mostly of lime. However, it was not nasty, it did not smell like medicine (which was my biggest fear). It was pleasant and fresh. I began smelling the violet after 20 minutes. I sniffed so deeply it got stuck in my nose. The fragrance is strong, so I believe it is more suitable for cold weather. The longevity is great for a celebrity perfume - 1 spray lasts at least 5 hours. This stuff is strong - 2 sprays on my neck and I still vividly smell it 7 hours later. If you overdo it, you will be suffocated xd It stays close to the body, but still reaches my nose for hours on end. It can be used for any event providing the weather is not too warm, since it is strong. This intoxicating scent is suitable for both women and men, but leads towards the masculine side. After several hours, it is drier and softer, therefore more feminine. To me, it is fantastic. (if anyone has reached this line, thank you for the patience. <3)

Wow! Just picked this up at Shoppers for 20$.. please don't judge this juice on what it smells like sprayed into its box/on paper!!!! It is nothing like that! I had read reviews a while back so I remembered that I was interested in this, but couldn't remember anything about what I had read. The lady actually was awesome and opened the box without me even having to ask - she said it helps them sell when people can smell them. AMEN! PLEASE IF YOU WORK AT A SHOPPERS, LISTEN UP LOL I bought a perfume without a lid and the box was all beat up because it was the last of its kind. We will buy what we can smell!!!! Back to Gaga... She opened the only box sitting there, so I could smell it. My first thought was standing at the bar waiting to order your drink. That smell coming off the bar... spilled drinks - beer, mixed drinks, and hard liquor.. spilled and sticky on the bar top. But I kept smelling it and realised right away, I didn't hate it.. it was intriguing. A little trashy lol but in a fun way.. I bought it lol Well! Let me tell you how different it is on...! It's so simple. So clean. So fresh.. yet classy. Mature. Unique. Bold. And probably so much more.. I just sprayed it 20 mins ago, but I already knew the second the spray hit my skin, THIS IS FABULOUS! Very Gaga. There is an excellent review of this just below mine. Have a read. Pretty accurate. That "skanky" party animal I smelled on the paper box, has not shown its face even once. I'm LOVING this. Definitely one of my favourites, and I know it's early in the game to announce that lol but I mean it! If I find another bottle I will buy again just to be sure I never run out. 30ml only takes a girl so far ;) P.s. I agree, the bottle, shape and colour, is perfection for the juice. P.p.s. would just like to add, if this perfume does not work on your skin, I'm sorry. Have read it's not working for everyone. I definitely recommend trying this on if you aren't for the gamble as I was. We all have such different chemistry, and I think this is particularly one that could easily go wrong on your skin. I'm just lucky it works for me. Mmmmm... I'm loving this!

No leather and no violets to my nose and I do love both but curiously, I'm not disappointed in the least. Why? Because on my skin Eau de Gaga is all lime (& lots of it) with a heavy dose of black tea leaves. Absolutely gorgeous! Nothing masculine about this at all to my nose, just the summery freshness of a tall glass of iced tea with a slice of lime. After reading the looooong list of reviews I was prepared to dislike it but one sniff is all it took to totally captivate me. The opening is deliciously crisp, so much so that I reapplied hourly. Not that I needed to though because it is nicely long lasting but that initial spritz is just so darn... tasty. Thirst quenching, actually. After I got over my initial infatuation with the opening and stopped reapplying hourly I finally experienced the beautiful dry down notes. The tea and lime fade into the background and a mellow mix of woody notes emerges softened with the scent of suede and just a hint of violets. The dry down is faintly similar to that of my beloved Jolie Madame, believe it or not! Amazing... just goes to show that celeb scents should never be dismissed before testing. Celebs don't create fragrances, they hire often VERY talented perfumers and now and again a true gem emerges. I was gifted a 15ml bottle by a lovely member and this shot to the top of my "must have" list. Wore it to work one evening and got compliments all night long from coworkers who'd never mentioned my fragrance before! Definitely a departure from her first fragrance and not a bit masculine to my nose. I do love lime and now I love Eau de Gaga. Edit: 9/26/15 50ml bottles have just appeared at Marshalls/TJMAXX for just $12.99. I bought 2 today and nothing could pry them from my hands. This is delicious! Each time I wear it (and I did, daily, on a beach vacation last week) I like it even more.

I do enjoy some harsh, "in the face" citric notes, as in Mugler's Cologne Summer Flash. If it's meant to be citric, I want it to really be it. It's like drinking teas: I don't like them soft. I appreciate fully vivid colors and special aromas. When I saw that piramid, I fell in love with it, dreaming of the wonders of mixing citric and flower notes - which I also happen to love - on leather. Well, wore it, hoping it would be some sort of Gaga-ish surprising blast of something, but... Don't get me wrong, I like it more every time I wear it, but I expected more. More lime and more leather? I'd like the lime to be a citric punch and fight the flower, build a drama scene, make an odd statement, something beyond the common harmony. I don't know many fragrances, but still I can feel it's something I've already known in my 34 years of life. Well, Gaga is pop, for sure. It's elegant, simple and self-assured, which is really positive. It makes me feel happy and comfy, for it has some of the colors I'm always looking for in my life, but still not that special. Unoffensive. I could describe it a vanishing avant-garde, if that makes any sense, indeed being suitable for men and women; a few women I know like it on me and appreciate the notes a lot, and they've told me its aroma is kinda unique. In the hot weather I live in, four sprays are fine, in order to avoid being intrusive to the others noses, with a desirable moderate sillage for some time and around 5-6 hours of longevity, rapidly becoming a skin scent. Reapplying it during the day can be useful. I'd buy it again, for sure, but still expecting some more magic from this boring material world. 4 out of 5.

I love to collect celebrity perfumes but I always stayed as far as possible from this one for some obvious reasons:1I hate all of it's notes 2.I usually don't go for unisex fragrances 3.I expected something weird and not easily wearable from lady gaga.however I have fame and I find it nice and wearable,I thought this is going to be something strange,sour and bitter,something trying hard to be different.let's be honest and face it.I was so wrong Tested it today thanks to my lovely friend sahar,this is totally different with my imaginations.I can see that some people associate citrus,lavendery scent to masculine fragrances,but I found eau de gaga easily wearable and likable,and I'm a gourmand lover and a girly girl I could smell like.violet was there but not too strong.I could also detect a hint of something like lavender.there was something green and pleasant.I agree with reviews calling it a green tea note.I can't detect much woods or leather.but there's a warm musk balancing it's cold opening.this is not trying hard to be a niche-like celebrity fragrance(though it's packaging suggests so).it's a calm scent.comforting,simple and non pretentious.clean in a very good way.when first sprayed I told my friend it's not as bad as I thought.after it dried down I said I want a bottle! I.sprayed it five hours ago and I can still smell this comforting,clean skinscent on my hand.I will probably buy a bottle and share it with my husband whenever I see one.it's not my usual type.not a love.but a strong like and a good everyday spring and summer scent

Loved it since 2018 and on my second bottle but opinion may either have been intensified due to my bias to anything Gaga or my general affinity with citrus fragrances. This one’s a lime-forward perfume with woods and leather in the background to me in the opening. It dries down to something more violet-forward with woods and leather accompanying said violet with citrus just barely poking through. I do think projection is quite small/intimate (skin scent, bordering arm-lengthed-radius) in the first hour or two, but overall longevity is fair (3-6 hours) on my skin. I like its simplicity as well, even if it may be “boring”. It just makes it feel more versatile and clean in the equatorial climate/tropical weather where I am. Smells like an everyday scent due to its lime and violet but can arguably be in more professional settings as well due to its leather and woody notes combo. Personally don’t find it powdery though. I also personally like how it smells “sour” but definitely not the sour-body-odor kind...or I’m just confusing sour with fresh. I can see why some may point out its tea-like qualities and I can personally attest to this but it just lives in the undertones for me and nothing tea-forward (as if when you think about the tea, you can smell it, otherwise no). More earl-grey than purely green tea though.

My first, and so far only, self-bought celebrity perfume, and of course it being Lady Gaga it wouldn't be the safe route runnof the mill people pleaser that is most celebrity perfumes. I'm not very creative with my perfume scent descriptions and tbh most of the time I have difficulties making out which notes are in perfumes other than the hardcore mains or when there aren't more than one or two notes, but with this one for some reason it's more of a colour than a scent that comes to mind, and the colour would be a pulsating electrical dark purple, like a violet zesty flash in a black void. Which actually makes sense looking at the scent profile provided here, indicating lime, white violet and leather. These notes play BEAUTIFULLY together, and while the violet is all-commanding at the helm, the sting of the lime and the brooding presence of leather are also always present. I would definitely say this is female-leaning in terms of traditional profiling, but as always, I couldn't care less, I'm a man happily wearing this and I'm truly sad this is no longer in production. I would have loved a second bottle. Wearing this always made me feel really upbeat, vibrant and ready to get sh*t done. It's not just a great celebrity perfume, it's a really great perfume, period. Well done, Gaga!

Oh yeah this little lime beauty isn’t going anywhere. I had just placed it into my pile of perfumes I contemplate getting rid of, when I decided to spritz it on tonight. And it is creating the coolest refreshing sensation around me even though it’s hot enough for a hen to lay hard boiled eggs outside right now, and the air conditioner seems as though it’s in the fight of its life right now but it’s losing the battle. I’m sweaty and exasperated but this fragrance has transported me to another place entirely. I wanna reopen the cap and bathe in this stuff but I won’t. I will however, be keeping it on rotation for the next month and hopefully this will get me through the end of summer. I really just get fresh juicy limes out of this fragrance. No violet, no leather unless it’s a very subtle leather. Something more akin to suede I would say. But that lime! Bursting, zesty, tingling and energizing! I went from almost turning this one out on its tail, to looking for a twin backup bottle online! Absolutely 10000% unisex too I might add. The wearer just has to love citrus. It’s a shame she stopped putting out fragrances, this one is really quite good and underrated. But that’s alright with me, I’ll be buying up some of these unloved under-the-radar bottles shortly!

Funny - I originally looked at a review of this on a blogger site I read often just because I was curious about how bad it was, and it was actually given a favorable review, which really surprised me for a celebrity fragrance, and just goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover, especially in perfume. The review sounded interesting, and it just so happened a few days later I saw it at TJ Maxx for $10 so I figured what the hell, it's a pretty bottle anyway. So I bought it and was shocked to find it was actually quite nice. It is a burst of lime in the top notes, changing to floral and then to the leather base. What I don't like is that the transitions are very choppy, if that makes sense, like three different blankets on top of each other rather than a quilt with three sewn together layers. It's three separated parts rather than three parts making up a whole - the transitions are not seamless, so it's a little strange. Just my $.02 It smells more expensive than it is, and a great budget friendly, tasteful option, and it does last all day. I'll use it occasionally and then pass it on to my teenage daughter at some point to give her a start into the perfume world that doesn't include sugar candy scents.

I can relate a lot to the reviewer below me. As I read the review I thought “yes, absolutely, I can see that!” ... Except I absolutely love the dry down. I blind bought this a few months ago and was so disappointed at first spritz. I was seriously taken aback by the atrocity that was filling my nose - a masculine lime aftershave smell is all I got. I washed it off because I’d gotten a few other scents in the mail that day and was ready to try something else. This sat on the shelf with no desire to reach for it. Until yesterday, knowing I wouldn’t be leaving the house, I decided to try it again - same masculinity, same lime, same aftershave... then 15 minutes later something happened and I fell in love. I can’t even describe the dry down on this one but it is so beautiful and worth the first fifteen minutes of avoiding smelling every part of my body I’ve sprayed. This is going to be my spring scent on days I’m not feeling strong florals. Despite the hint of leather and woodiness, I think this is going to perform well in the warmer months. This will be a repurchase for me, for sure!

Oh my Gaga!!! Why have I waited so long to try this one?? This potion is glorious! (I say potion because this simple black bottle looks so dark, lavish and bewitching!) The initial blast of lime is zingy and fresh, but violet quickly follows, mellowing out the lime and giving it a powdery softness. After a bit in strolls the sexy smell of leather and woods. They all are so well blended and wafts of them all drift up to my nose throughout the day and I am in love!! Lets recap...fun fresh lime into powdery floral into sensual (with a capital S!!!) leather/woody notes. What is not to love!?!? It lingers all day and I can still smell the woody/leather hotness on my skin in the morning! Amazing! And this just smells so posh and fine! Like a paid $$$ for this and really I paid less than 10$ for a 1oz bottle. Honestly, no matter your gender, you could wear this androgynous beauty, and rock it!! Everyone should try this fragrance! You get so much more than you pay for!!!

I can't believe I did not review this little gem yet. I hesitated so long before buying it. After all I did, and it was such a great purchase! I would like to start with the beautiful, solid and really deep black bottle. It gives the first impression of elegance and quality. The scent on me is a beautiful bergamot earl grey tea. I find it rather funny that black tea is not listed among the notes. It is very pronounced. Flowery notes make it a bit softer, and finally comes the soft, but also daring and sexy leather note which prevents it from becoming yet another Elizabeth Arden Green Tea flanker. I think it is nice, wearable but never dull or boring. It does not smell overly masculine on me. I feel confident and sexy wearing it. And last but not least, it is so much more original and interesting than Voce Viva...it is a shame it is discontinued. I will certainly try to get a backup on this one and on CK2, another beautiful and unusual discontinued gem.

Is this perfume still produced? I finished my 75ml bottle and I want to buy it again, but I don't want to buy a perfume that was made 9 years ago, being exposed to who knows what temperatures. This is one of the few celebrity fragrances I really like and, while its composition is very simple, weirdly enough, it has a very complex performance on my skin and clothes. Generally, it opens with a herbal lime note (to me it's more like the lime leaves instead of the fruit itself) along with a green tea nuance, then it dries down to a powdery violet and then to a woody/leathery base. But the only consistent part of the perfume in my case is the top note because, as I said, it can perform differently on my skin and clothes as it dries down. The majority of the time, it's the violet that takes a main role. However, there have been moments when a musky note is what is left (probably from the leather). Other times I perceive more the tea characteristic.

I bought a small 30ml bottle of this stuff for less than $10 and let me tell you what an investment it has been! This fragrance is mad mercurial in best way! Like most people, on first spritz, I get a huge dose of lime and then it immediately fades off. What is left is a bona-fide tea fragrance (must be the violet?), sweet and a little woody. I get no leather from this frag at all. It's just really damn pleasant. I come home and change into cozy clothes and spritz this on because it's such a calming olfactory experience for me. I immediately feel centered and zen after. I also like wearing this scent to bed because it's longevity is laughable. This stuff is gone in like 3-4 hours, so it's perfect to wear around the house or go to sleep. I don't love wearing it out of the house for the same reason, though. I kind of love that most people don't like this frag because it keeps the cost of it cheap for people like me who are gaga over it 😂

Vanessa is spot on: after the initial bright citrus opening rolls off, Lady Gaga Eau de Gaga smells exactly like high-end hotel toiletries - not unlike much pricier Hermes Eau de Citron Noir Cologne. It is very pleasant and comfortable to wear for all genders, does not smell cheap, will likely pull neither compliments nor objections, but delivers nothing one might expect from Mother Monster, the ArtPop Diva, or even Joanne - no edge, no innovation, no sparkle, no shock. I suppose for some, the fully non-gendered profile would have been conceptually new when this product was brought out. Performance seems good enough for an EDT at this price point, though weak for an EDP, as this purports to be. The red foil package and black glass bottle with silver placards are elegant, though hardly groundbreaking. Definitely a good value and IMO among the best celebrity frags available at sub $20US/100ml.

I absolutely love this fragrance. The burst of green juiciness in the form of lime makes me want to spray and spray, just to have that experience all through the day. It quickly settles into the floral notes and, finally, the wood. It's uncomplicated, and I like that in my scents. Unfortunately, the longevity, at least on me, is not much. So, I do get to respray often. The last time, I laid it on pretty heavy, so maybe it will take me to lunch (it's now 9:00 a.m.) UPDATE: It's now 8:30 p.m., and Eau de Gaga stuck with me pretty well all day. I did respray just so I could enjoy the top notes again. At some point during the day, I realized this is a fragrance I want to keep around for a while, so I ordered two backup bottles on eBay. Once I read the reviews that likened it to Earl Grey tea, I realized why it appealed to me so and knew I was a goner!

Few "unisex" fragrances deserve this label. But this one does. Wore it on a night out with a leather jacket and couldn't pick any other of my fragrances that would have worked as well (except, maybe, Chanel Antaeus). It start very citrusy, like fresh cut limes. It then gets notes of purple flowers (violet, iris) and settles into a woody leather (but not freshly made, think aged, that trusted leather jacket that has a faint smell, but doesn't take over a room when you wear it). Some florals remain throughout, which prevents the scent from being too masculine, but don t overpower the other notes preventing it from being too feminine. Sprayed at 8 pm. Got home past midnight and could still smell it well enough that didn't need pressing nose to arm. Beautiful fragrance

Aloha! Outside the window, the return of a mighty winter, but on my golden tray I give hot Earl-Gray tea with lemon, I also recommend gin & tonic or lemon water and most ... hmmm? .. .. Today GaGa has moved me to a warm island ! Blue sky, calm ocean, and a sandy beach full of citrus trees ... lemon, bergamot have anti-depressant effects, refreshing, laughing and adding life energy. A journey that lasts up to 7 hours, wonderfully! This whole cocktail called Lady Gaga-Eau Da Gaga 001 which Lady Gaga offered for us smells more expensive than it costs, great for every season, a beautiful and successful bottle, I like it! I am on YES! The association is with the beautiful Azure Lime - Tom Ford. Nothing! just help yourself ... and forget about winter. Regards! Albert

Gorgeous!! Absolutely gorgeous!! A perfect summer scent for a sweltering hot day, it’s so refreshing with its herby/ zesty opening, and then it turns into a delicious light leathery punch. The longevity and sillage is pathetic, considering it’s an EDP I was expecting more of a long lasting scent, on me it seemed to disappear almost after only 1 hour. Still, the price and wonderful smell makes up for its shortcomings in regards to longevity, as it’s cheaper I don’t mind using a bit more and reapplying through the day. I have a feeling it’s out of distribution now too, I shall be reserving my bottle for only the hottest days of summer. Very sexy bottle too, reminds me of the Tom Ford style.