Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin

I am still shocked at how much I am loving anise/licorice scents. It's never been a taste I've liked, but apparently I am enthralled with scents that use it. I first discovered this via Cuba Black, which led to Azzaro Pour Homme, which has led me here. Where the APH/CB scent is a classically masculine dry/soapy offering (essentially a classic fougere with a hefty dose of anise - and light musk in the case of APH), this is another experience entirely. I have the original LLAM as well as the Intense EDP flanker, and they are both masterful variations on the same theme, sweet creamy anise vanilla gourmand florals as comforting and cool as satin sheets in a crisp autumn breeze. I'm so happy to have landed the uncapped LLAM bottle with the depresser built-in to what looks like an ice carving (I've seen some pictures of the EDT in what looks like capped bottles like the one I have for the Intense). Is this subconsciously why I feel cooler when I put it on? Probably yes, but I tell myself the scent has more to do with this impression. I find this one by far the lighter of the two, it has an ephemeral, powdery feel whereas the Intense has a thicker, heavier touch, making these an obvious daytime-to-evening transitional pairing (I love it when flankers are conceived in this manner). I am a committed "seasonalist" - I try to limit the use of most of my scents to 1-2 seasons tops - for the reasons that: it helps me stretch each bottle out, and most enjoyably it allows me to continually "rediscover" so many scents I enjoy every three months - but this is one of those wildcard scents that will make this particularly challenging - I really think the body heat that accompanies warm weather enhances the performance of this one perfectly, but I feel like the notes themselves would be such a great experience in cooler weather. This will be a hard decision that I look forward to wrestling with.

Simply put, this scent is a MASTERPIECE ! Lolita Lempicka is a scent thats rich,delicious, and has a really nice blend of sweetness but also some green freshness that’s make this a very well balanced scent ! The notes that stick out to me are the licorice and violet giving this a unique freshness,vanilla giving this a powdery sweetness, and the rum giving this a rich,seductive,sensual edge ! I personally fell in love with this instantly but I was a little unsure about how others would perceive it and then the first day I wore this my girlfriend instantly smelled this,complimented me and said this was a new favorite of all my colognes. ( Which surprised me because she hates licorice). Then the 2nd day I wore this I walking around town and a woman at a stoplight stopped me and asked me what I was wearing and wanted to know so she could buy it for her husband for Valentine’s Day. So this tells me people love it just as much as I do !!! Performance on this is excellent and especially being that it cost me $25... It lasts me 10-16 hours and projects very well for about 4 hours and then for the duration of the scent your left with a nice scent bubble. It at no time becomes cloying or overbearing even though it has a lot of sweet notes. Overall rating— 9.5 out of 10 !!!! This is now my favorite winter cologne in my collection and I can see this giving Aventus some competition on being my most complimented. Also for the price it’s easily the best bargain fragrance I’ve smelled to date and just in general 1 of the best smelling. Sidenote— Sometimes when I smell this it smells like raisin rum ice cream and other times I smell this it reminds me of coconut shampoo. Also ,I’m engaged now but damn I wish I had this scent when I was single as this is a lady killer and also very unique and will make you stand out among all the Aqua di Gios and 1 millions.

A very lovely, unique and timeless perfume that, you keep re-discovering over and over again! Annick Menardo has made some awesome creations Like Jaipur Homme, Bvlgari Black and Bois d'Argent for Dior, and of course Poison Hypnotic that set the course for sweet scents for decades! Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin was revolutionary, very unique, and was very daring when it first came out, it screamed uniqueness and quality, with the sillage and projection of the 90's scents. The liqroice opening offers a very memorable and unique experience, it's something you'd never come across often, it keeps you wondering what's this?! it's edible yet classy and sophisticated, many niche houses has gourmand scents that smells like chocolate or caramel etc, but this was one of the very first to have this! i like to believe that from my avergage experience as a teen smelling mostly any perfume that i come across this was the most gourmand i've seen. 2 months ago i passed by a shop to find an old bottle of this scents on a dusty shelf, i had a price in mind, before asking and surprisingly it was almost half that price that i intended to pay so i did not hesitate, i checked the batch and it was 2003, being prepared to find the perfume gone bad, it wasn't, it was very similar to what i remember, but not as full-bodied and alive as it was, it's more of a flat scent, still pretty though, but the longevity is nothing, not even an hour on my skin, no matter how much i spray and i think that's due to the bad storage. I've bought many old perfumes before, some of them go bad and change in nature, some keep almost the same vibe but loose longevity which also happened with the Rochas Man i bought few months ago. Over all, i'm still happy with it, i don't use it that much when going out, but i enjoy it on me, whenever there is a chance to use it.

This fragrance is one of my treasured gems. One of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences I've had wearing a fragrance came with this one. It was the very first time I spritzed this fragrance on me. I was going to a restaurant which was located right next to a beach here in Sri Lanka. The opening primarily had me sniffing a harsh, vibrant and unapologetically in your face anise heavy accord. I enjoyed this opening and still do to this day, although I could see how it could be off putting to some. However, several hours having passed since I arrived at the restaurant, whilst sipping a nice cocktail, with a gentle, cool breeze blowing in my direction, I could feel a scent cloud around me exude with life. I felt as though I was enveloped by a magical aura. An aura of beautiful vanilla with a hint of anise. This lasted several hours, well into the wee hours of the following morning. Magical! Thus far in my fragrance journey this is the only bottle of which I have purchased a back up bottle. The only negative thing I can say is that at times I get a slight synthetic plasticky note from this fragrance at the tail end of the dry down. Regardless of that minor gripe, I consider this to be one of the very best designer fragrances I've encountered. Unless you have an aversion to anise or vanilla, I can heartily recommend blind buying this fragrance. It's unique and unforgettable. However, the two bottles I own are with the built in sprayer. I hear that it has recently been reformulated with the newer bottles having an external sprayer. So I'm not certain whether the new formulation (if it has been reformulated at all) is as good as the original formulation. Here's hoping it is. Longevity: 10+ Hours Projection & Silage : Scent cloud with atleast 3 feet of projection for 4 to 5 hours.

So, me and my GF were in a store trying different scents when she picked up this pretty blue bottle and sprayed on a strip. She was immediately like 'Oh my God, this is amazing. You should totally wear this!'. When I smelled it I thought her scent receptors must have broken or something. The stuff smelled like a drunk person passed out in a candy store so naturally I told her that vile thing will not come near my skin ... ever! Of course the ol' gal took that as a challenge and the next week she surprised me with a nice present - a 100 ml bottle of Lolita Lempicka's Au Masculin. My first reaction was to dump it straight into the kitchen sink and then sanitize thoroughly with bleach...or fire. But realizing the futility of it all (my GF is a tenatious little darling, bless her heart) I decided to at least try it once. And I am so very glad I did! On my skin the perfume smelled nothing like it did on paper. It opened up with the powerfull aroma of rum and licorice which soon melted down and mixed pleasently with the vanilla and praline. A wave of sweetness and deliciousness began to suround me as it settled down. The whole feeling of this perfume is one of coziness and warm sensuality. This perfume opened my eyes to the wonderful world of sweet and spicy men's fragrances and I LOVE it! The longevity and projection on me are very good if not excellent. And on top of that women seem to love Au Masculin. I've recieved numerous compliments (only from women though, hmm...) that I smell 'cuddely' or 'fireplace-y'. Projection - 7/10 Longevity - 8/10 Scent - 9/10 Bottom line - I absolutely adore this creation and wear it through three of the four seasons. Thank you Annik Menardo!