Lolita Lempicka Eau de Toilette

smells magic, like glittering stardust flying off the wings of an iridescent fairy in the most stunning Victorian garden you can imagine. purple flecks of glitter landing on softly musky human skin, like holding a fairy in your hands for just a second before she leaves you sullen in the beautiful garden, just a whisper of incense and angelic fruits left behind in the moonlight. This is the most beautiful fragrance I have ever smelled in my entire life. I almost feel like it’s too perfect for me to wear. I have never really had a reaction to a fragrance like this, even my favorites. They all make me feel beautifully alive and feminine but this is truly otherworldly. The softest white musk imaginable, something slightly spicy, a hint of candied fruit, and a gorgeous slightly vanillic dry down. I carefully opened my tiny blue bottle with my mother on Christmas Day and as soon as the liquid touched my skin we both gasped, it really is truly a stunning stunning fragrance, I can’t even think of an appropriate time to wear it because it is so perfect to me. Never has a perfume given me a reaction like this, I will be chasing the high of the first sniff of my Apple bottle forever. I would like to update my review and say that this smells pretty similar to heavenly by Victoria’s Secret, specifically the fine fragrance mist version. So if I don’t want to waste my tiny apple that kinda fills the craving :)

I have had experience with Lempicka fragrances for more than a decade now, but this seems to be the best in line for me. It is discontinued, of course. BTW, this is the original Lolita Lempicka EDP in a much more wearable form, for all seasons and occasions. It was love at first sniff, probably because I knew the original EDP, but wanted a lighter version, not only more summery and less syrupy-smoky-sweaty, but much more of a fresh laundry skin scent with a little twist. The notes included here are in the pictures are not of the original one, but probably the newer one, Le Premier EDT. There is no cherry in the original one. (As opposed to the original EDP, which smells like thick, smoky cherry syrup compared to the EDT.) The real notes of the original EDT (with the silver cap and the crystals) are the following: ivy, anise, iris, violet, musk, vanilla, tonka bean, vetiver, more like in the written description. I have got a small sample of the newer formula (Le Premier EDT, with the heart-shaped indentation), but it is much sharper, more masculine and soapy, with something that bothers me -- myrhh, maybe.

This is amazing! I have to write one more review for this one, because I have just bought a big bottle and realized it's my favorite summer fragrance. In hot, humid weather this blooms like a flower... Opens ivy-sharp and quickly turns powdery and sweet, but really very delicate. The anise note keeps it from being too sweet, adding a delicious sourness to the composition. Anise is really main note in this fragrance. Then I distinguish iris, subtle violets, vanilla and a lot of tonka. Oh my, I just love the smell of tonka beans! If the weather is cold it smells a lot more "timid". All the nice bold notes don't get to develop, so the big quantity of anise just makes it smell a little bitter. One important thing to say is that this is very unique. Delicate, gentle, easy going, but not ordinary. This is quality perfumery, and has that special character that turns a nice combination of notes into a real perfume. The bottle looks gorgeous and the staying power is also great. There's nothing about this fragrance that doesn't really fit my taste. Definitely a keeper.

Really wish they'd be a bit more creative with their naming schemes. To be perfectly clear, this is the silver/blue bottle with little gems on it, the original EDT. Written notes are Aniseed, Ivy, Aniseed Water // Violet, Iris, Aniseed Water // Vetiver, White Musk, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Aniseed Water. Thankfully my bottle was NOT bad, I waited way too long on this one. This is a gentle fresh-sweet-powdery floral, fresh in a soft-dry-floral-laundry-musk kind of way, with a candy-powdery kind of sweet from the violets and aniseed, heliotrope-vanilla undertone, with a hint of cool minty green herbal tones. It's quieter and less of a huge personality than the original EDP, which suits me just fine. I wasn't sure I liked this but it grew on me a lot, now it's one of my favorites to reach for in the summer. It's beautifully balanced and very wearable - soft and feminine, still subtly sweet, but clean and a little breezy, and the sweetness doesn't get over-the-top with heat. Just has that little something that is memorable to me.

MAJOR BOTTLE CONFUSION!!! Lolita EDT by Lolita lempica is the fragrance I'm now reviewing. My bottle does not look like the one shown (It's more like the bottle fragnantica have listed as Le Premier). In case anyone else has same problem. . . It's the purple bottle with a heart shaped indentation on the side, and comes in a white box! This scent is my signature. I LOVE IT. It's much lighter and greener than the EDP which is heavier on the licorice, a scent I also love, but wear either at night or in colder months. The EDT is just so unusual. I think it's the magical ivy note that appeals to me. The violet is light and airy. Yes, this scent is very light, sits close to the body and does not project! That's my only gripe with it. I bought the EDP hoping it would be stronger, but was the different scent as stated above. Whenever I can't decide what perfume to wear, or if it's raining outside (my favourite weather), I wear this. It's magical to me.