Lolita Lempicka

This fragrance brings back sad memories, yet again I still love it. It is one of those fragrances I still purchase whenever I give it away. In 2000 while living in Atlanta Georgia, I purchased this fragrance for the first time. At the time it quickly became my signature fragrance. I hired this woman, during a conversation with her in my office, she asked me what I was wearing; I proudly showed the beautiful bottle to her which was brand new. 5 minutes later I stepped out of the office because there was an irate patient in the emergency department. When I returned to my office, the perfume was missing from my bag. I couldn’t accuse the young woman , although I knew she had taken the perfume (the next morning she came to work wearing it). Two weeks later I replaced the perfume and to my astonishment it was stolen again in my office along with money from my wallet. I made a report to hospital security, after they reviewed the tapes, they saw her giving my perfume and money to a man in the back alley. We were not able to terminate her because the hospital was afraid of being sued. For a third time I replaced the perfume. I made sure that I mentioned how disappointed that I was that we had a thief in the department. During the Christmas holidays that year, I invited my staff to my house for an early holiday celebration (that woman RSVPd for the party, I knew I was in trouble then) That chick was determined to leave me with no perfumes. I asked a friend to stay in my bedroom to make sure no one wandered around during the party. The same kleptomania woman went to my room while my friend was hiding in the closet, she took 3 bottles of perfumes, jewelry and even deodorant and lotion. I was made aware of what she had done; a couple of my friends got her distracted and we emptied her bag and replaced the stolen items with potatoes, 3 opened cans of sardines, a dirty diaper and a note stating “enjoy the s.... bag”. Long story short, she resigned 3 days later. Best revenge ever!! I would have given anything to see the look in her face when she realized she had a bag full of sardines and dirty diapers. If that employee wanted the perfume that badly all she had to do was ask for one instead of compromising her integrity. Overall, this is an awesome fragrance for people of all ages.

i just blind bought this at a shoppers, i was really intrigued by the unique notes of the lolita lempicka perfumes, yet hadn’t smelled any of them. i smelled angel by mugler before i purchased this, and found it far too sharp and cloying, way too much going on. :,c i must admit, the licorice note in lolita had me worried, as i strongly dislike a black licorice. i also saw the comparison of this perfume to angel. however, i was pleasantly surprised- as it doesn’t come off that way at all! to me, the first spray smelled like opening a bag of meynards swedish berries, in the best way. a really nostalgic, candy-sweet scent. like being a kid, and opening a pack of gummies after getting home from trick-or-treating <3 soo delightful. it isn’t just sweet, but also a mysterious and mature, femme fatale type scent. as i wear it longer, i notice more of the powdery quality (like baby powder kinda), florally patchouli and musk earthiness. a lot of the reviews describe it as a fairy-like perfume and i totally agree- i could definitely see the sugar plum fairy wearing just this! i think this is more of a special occasion or date scent for me personally, as i feel its too “loud” and too much projection/sillage for everyday. as for season, i almost want to say its probably fitting to wear early fall, all of winter, and early spring- and definitely in the evening. just because i find the musk and patchouli gives it a heaviness and almost seductive, sexy quality. definitely not a safe blind buy if you’re not into powdery sweet perfumes. however if you’re into those, this will be right up your alley. love her! 🧚🏻♀️🌙🌛🌠🧝🏻♀️✨🕸️🦚🌳🌲🌿🪻

The version of Lolita Lempicka that I own is the second version from Pacific Creations. I loved it and still do. I had sampled the original and it was a bit more vibrant but not remarkably different from the bottles I eventually bought. Today I sampled Regime des Flyers Himitsu Violets and my impression was how it reminded me of LL. If you think it is the violet note that you dislike, it might be worth seeking a sample of Himitsu Violets because it is completely violet focused, where LL is not. Lolita Lempicka is more complex and in some ways more subtle than HV. The base notes make a big difference in making LL more musky and smoky than Himitsu Violets. I have never noticed cherry in LL and there is definitely no praline. I never really got the forest fairy feel from it, but the marketing heavily influenced that idea. For me it is a spring and fall scent that gives an overall impression of a complex, slightly mysterious natural environment complete with trees, flowers, underbrush and filtered sunlight. Any age could wear it, but only a few men could pull it off. It is very feminine. I guess it depends a lot on which version you have. Except for the first one they are all available on the internet. In purchasing, the differences are on the bottom of the box where it gives the name of the distributor such as Pacific Creations. That information is on the bottle sticker too, but the print is tiny and usually not legible in a photograph.

the first time i smelled this was in a tester i received when i was 11, while i was going through a really intense Phantom of the Opera phase. I was convinced that THIS is what the Phantom would've smelled like. for years after, i couldn't remember the name of it, and ultimately got it mixed up with Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck (due to the bottle similarity). after recently purchasing a dupe of Wonderstruck, i realised something was wrong. thankfully for a perfume tiktok, i was FLASHBANGED with images of Lolita Lempicka and i have never purchased a fragrance so fast in my life. when i sprayed the bottle this morning, a tear fell from my eye. now that my frontal lobe and taste for fragrance has developed, i very strongly disagree with my 11 year old self for even considering that the Phantom would wear something like this, but boy, does my heart SING when i smell it. to my nearing-30 year old nose, it still provokes the innocent fantasy and 11-year-old desire towards the masked opera man that i felt, so many years later. cannot explain my joy. thank you magazine lolita lempicka tester, thank you tiktok, and thank you phantom of the opera.

This is the gourmand for women that don't like gourmands. My most-complimented fragrance of everything I've worn, by men and women alike. It NEVER goes unnoticed and never offends anyone. Better than Angel and Wish (the Chopard editon) by a mile if you are not crazy about fruity florals and candy scents but you do like a mossy-powdery combo with a shot of cocoa. It's calming, comforting, fresh, and sexy all at once. Something like a fairy forest with dew still on the ground but without any actual watery notes in the scent. The comfort of milky fragrances without the milkiness. The drydown is scrumptions. I have the 1997 bottle and am jealously guarding it because the formulation has been changed and now all the sweet stuff has been brought front and center, which makes it ordinary. There was oakmoss in the drydown of the original whether it says that in the notes or not and I will die on that hill. I wish I had known they would alter it and I'd have used mine far less liberally. I hope this stays niche. One reason I wear this over Angel is because Angel is just way too popular for my taste. Men, this one is not for you.

The differences between this and the modern reformulated version are small but the current version is a bit lighter. Its also a tad sweeter. I wore the current last year for a bit but didnt keep the bottle The vintage has more of an easily findable green note and a stronger clean musk note to me. Otherwise they smell the same where it counts. I think the new-new current reformulation is in pretty good shape. Whos to say if they redo it again ? Dont pay more than you would for a modern version of this. Theres full sizes to be had for under $50. vintages like this remind me theres still good+original things to find <$200. i go noseblind to it but once my body temp goes up i can smell it again. linear but thats fine smells like the 90s. Someone i knew wore this but i cant remember who Its not overly sweet like the gourmands of today but i could see this getting saccharine on hot days. TLDR ; Almost like sweet tarts. Powdery, licorice, violets and cherry

I love this. Perfect soft, spicy, powdery perfume. Reminds me of Enjoy by Björk. A very dark, fantastical, sinister perfume. I love the licorice note, even though it comes off as rubber when you put your nose right up to it. That’s why I love it so much. It reminds me of Angel by Mugler, but a little less cloying. Actually, a lot less cloying. It’s very nostalgic for me, and there’s a lot to unpack with it. It’s powdery in the most perfect way: not in a fresh laundry way, not in a baby powder way, but in a sort of old makeup way. I started with a 2 ml sample, and my travel size bottle is on the way. I’m starting off smaller with perfumes, then working my way up in bottle size to ensure that the smell doesn’t change as I wear it around more. So far, the scent profile is a 10/10, longevity (on me) is a 6/10 (which I’m sure will increase as I’m able to spray more with a bigger bottle), and the sillage is a 7/10.

@lauradahlman the notes you shared are for the new version. You cannot find the old version anymore, not on their website, not in any shop I know in Europe, maybe someone will sell an old version well kept bottle, but I think it would be really expensive. I still have half bottle of the first Lolita Lempicka edition and I bought every reformulation since then but it is just not the same. For me, each reformulation have less than the one before. The last one is so much more expensive than the OG, but smells like an affordable dissapointing inspired by version to my nose and I've bought it directly from Lolita Lempicka website :( I never had any problem with the OG's atomizer and I had lots of bottles, but the new version's atomizer broke up after few sprays. I will always treasure this house because of the memories but they are just not the same anymore, like almost everything nowadays :(

I’ve been wearing Lolita Lempika since the early days. In my twenties, I became involved with a much older professor & thought it would be cute to buy a perfume called "Lolita" as a nod to my stupidity. That did not work out well. On the bright side, I discovered a lovely (clean, cruelty-free, vegan) perfume I still adore. It is the whimsical, imaginative & girlish sort of fragrance Alice would have worn in Wonderland. . Unfortunately, it's also just a tiny bit on the syrupy side. The soft violet, iris, amarena sour cherry, tart bergamot & fresh ivy notes make up for it & the result smells quite a bit like my German grandmother’s Kirschsuppe sour cherry soup (w/ a side of licorice). Speaking of grandma, I'm pretty sure LL was (somewhat ironically) inspired by Guerlain's very mature L'Heure Bleue. I will update after I try them side by side to test my theory.

Okay so I have an original formula bottle from 2002 before Pacific Creations took over and reformulated. I have the Pacific Creations "le premier Parfum 2010" and also the Leslie Lenore current Le Parfum formula. The original formula has less cherry than PC and has that ivy/soil earthy forest smell especially on the dry down. 2010 PC version is my least favorite it has no longevity and it's way more powdery and light. Cherry is heavier but it's not bad. No ivy detected. 2023 le Parfum is closer to the original. The longevity is better than PC but not as good as the OG. The ivy/soil smell is there from opening to end, my husband says it smells like a greenhouse and that's the vibe I'm going for. Forest witch where the PC is more fairy vibes. I'm glad this version seems to be easily accessible because it's definitely a repurchase for me.

Fell in love with it when I started wearing it on HOT spring days...I discovered the unbeatable rush of smelling like a forest when everything else around you is scorching hot, you become your own oasis. My signature in the past few years, To most people this one doesn’t really register as something they can grow up together with, but in my opinion this is for anyone ages 14-35 if they’re a little freaky and like spooky things: It’s saving grace is that it isn’t toothache sweet, it’s sweetness is contained and in the middle ground, the forest is in the foreground. It doesnt last long but when I want to smell like a corpse ditched in the forest I spray this over Black Orchid. The only thing I really hate about this is that as your bottle gets older it starts to smell like a generic green men’s perfume

LL is my favourite perfume, I love the reformulated version, however it’s not very strong and not massively long lasting. I managed to get ahold of a small bottle of this from the 90s - a vintage now (cries in older millennial) Whilst the top notes may have quietened somewhat, especially the ivy, the juice is still very good! It’s very similar to the Le Parfum of 2021/2023 but the OG seems denser, stronger, not as watery or light. It’s powdery, pretty and comforting, it’s almost lipsticky but not annoyingly so. The anise and liquorice give it an edge, youthful, vibrant but dark. Truly gorgeous. I live in hope that one day LL reformulates to capture the headiness of the original. Meanwhile, I have several reformulated bottles and a few discontinued to keep me in stock of this utterly beautiful scent.

Lolita Lempicka has been my signature scent for 15 years. At 30 years old, I not only still relate to it, I adore it. It is single–handedly the most whimsical perfume I own. It is a Midsummer Night's Dream... What fairy-tales are made of. Ivy growing up the stone cottage in the woods. Purple Irises and tiny violets springing up through the fresh earth after a rain shower. Inside, cherry pie baking over a wood stove, the crust made with bits of star anise and a generous splash of vanilla. Laying on cream satin sheets, day dreaming of prince charming.... This scent is pure unadulterated romance. It is predominantly sweet, but brought down to earth with florals, woods, spice, and a bit of warm powder. Heavenly. I hope to never outgrow it. ETA: Amazing silage and wear-time!

Lolita will always be my favourite perfume, smells like freshly showered skin, clean and floral smelling FRESH laundry and also childhood fruit candy. It is just amasing. The very first time i bought this perfume, I was 16 and everyone kept asking me what perfume i was wearing, and they always said that i smelled good but couldnt describe the smell... eventually, this guy that i liked, who was very obsessed with the way i smell lol, he said that i smell hot, like a spicy kind of hot, and it just then clicked in my brain that that is exactly how i would describe the smell of Lolita Lempicka, but i just now heard someone put it into words. Im 19 yo and I will ALWAYS go back to this perfume. It smells like innocence, but also tempting. Musky but fresh. Buy it now.

I managed to get the original, after I ordered a sample of the Mon Premier version. This version is more liquorice forward, more earthy, but there's still that sweet fruity cherry note that I love. I hate liquorice but it's balanced out by the other notes. It actually adds something special. It smells like almond, cherry cola with a powdery drydown. This has a dreamy, magical fantasy vibe. It reminds me of Alice in Wonderland and Tim Burton films. I haven't smelt anything like it. I do love Mon Premier too, but it can be sickingly sweet and girlish, the original LL has a depth to it that Mon Premier lacks. I can see why people are upset about the original being discontinued and I'm glad I managed to snag a bottle.

The history of this fragrance is so full of twists and reformulations and the power of scent-induced nostalgia that it’s almost useless to write a review. This review is specifically for the eau de parfum, contemporary formula, bottled in the container NOT apple-shaped. I adore this fragrance. I never smelled the OG late 90s formulation, so I cannot compare it to this, but what I have stands on its own as a classic. To my nose, it is very cherry and licorice forward. Not medicinal cherry, but fresh, sunny cherry. It dries down woody and lovely, darker and moodier than the opening notes. It’s not like anything else in my collection, and that’s why I love, no matter the formulation.

Lolita Lempicka from 1997 is the sweet licorice and anise perfume that many of us knew back in the early 2000s. Its sillage was impressive; not everyone could wear this perfume because of its exuberant, sweet, and strongly pronounced scent. It's so lovely to remember it when you spray the lilac apple; it makes you dream again... I'll be honest, back then I didn't wear it; it was too much for me, as I was more of a citrus or hesperidic perfume kind of girl. Nowadays, using a bottle of the old formula is as special as being part of Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them... Gnomes, dragons, all kinds of magical beings and places come to mind when you wear Lolita💜

Hello, First of all I used to love the 1997 formula of Lolita Lempika. Since bought by the Korean companay, then sold back to Lempika, this perfume has not been the same. I think people need to be very careful when commenting under this perfume, it is the 1997 formula, not the cheap sweet version you find today. The original Lolita Lempika Lolita Lempika, had the softness and spiciness hitting you first, then some sweetness in the background and some long lasting vanilla, musk and aniseed notes with a hint of vetiver. It was complex and enjoyable. The new formula feels cheap, the sweetness hits you first, it is musky and powdery with no complexity. It now gives me migraines.

This review is for the OG formula. Earthy, deep, heavy, misterious, dirty, paralel to a lilac, powdery, sweet, etheral feeling... really nothing like this. Starts with a blast of anise and licorice almost like a sticky licorice candy, almost unpleasant, but after the violet and flowers kicks in with a deep earthy undertone and I just can't stop sniffing it. Projects like a beast, all day, after shower still there. The bottle is just beautiful, and 100% match the smell itself. It's just perfect. My first parfume from 2004. My first love and the starter of my perfume obsession. Never felt anything like this, and it was my signature until the reformulation. Missing this dearly.

Yeah, I'm a guy... Yeah, I wear Lolita Lempicka... What of it? I think perfume really balls down to loving a smell, and feeling represented by it. And Lolita Lempicka does that for me! For sure, it comes in a cute little apple bottle with love hearts on it, and it's a bright, sweet cloud of a scent. But there's something about it, something really affecting to me: it's both calm and reckless, cute yet provocative, at times nostalgic and at others completely modern. It pushes the smells of violet, licorice and vanilla to their absolute max, and when I walk down the road with my mates, decked out in black and doused in Lolita Lempicka, I feel like a million bucks. Peace.