Minuit Sonne

Midnight strikes and surprises me again and again. The box is beautiful, sophisticated, an object of art- dark blue with silver inscriptions like stars in the midnight sky. The bottle - the same apple, but this time with silver decorations on light violet glass. The only thing I dislike- the ivy leaves covered with silver glitter which comes off. I opened the box at work, and my hands, my clothes and the floor was sparkling in glitter. Made me think about "Twilight" somehow... Otherwise of course the bottle is adorable, as always. The scent... Yes, it has a lot in common with the regular Lolita Lempicka, but this one is more balsamic, thicker (first time I smelled it, it reminded me the scent of high quality raisin (made from the light grape) aroma -sweet, concentrated, strong) and slightly masculine maybe. Now it's autumn here, I guess this scent will be perfect in winter. This doesn't make me think about midnight, it's rather a beautiful, cold, clear, sparkling, starry winter evening before the Christmas. The snow is slowly falling, the air is pure and your spirit is light and fulfilled with some quiet happiness. After about 30 minutes the vanilla note becomes quite prominent, deliciously tempting -a fresh baked pastry after a walk in that cold winter evening. What could be better? Recently I thought about all those Lolita flankers.. They all are like the regular Lolita, but still something very tiny has been changed about them, and I fall in love with Lolita again and again. The same scent (almost), many variations. It's like the ideal marriage- you fall in love many times, but always with the same person.

This fragrance is like stepping into a concocted world of a sparkly violet fairy forest in the moonlight and Willy Wonka's candy factory. It is at once bubbly, fizzy, and sweet maybe as if it were scooped up from a dark purple lagoon in the fairy forest and put in this lovely enchanted apple bottle. The lagoon would be made of a magical cherry-vanilla soda brew, as those are the notes I immediately smell in this fragrance. The hints of licorice give it darkness and mystery, adding the element of fun mischief to the scent. The whispers of baby powder remind me of the sweet fairies and butterflies that would grace this magical place. It is a very strong fragrance; I can smell it in the bottle even standing far away. And while I mainly smell fizzy spiced cherry, I asked others (who are not perfume aficionados by any means) while wearing it and they all said it smells like a beautiful and sophisticated baby powder!

Just wanted to say the bottle is much more beautiful in person than in picture. In pictures it looks straight up light purple, but in person it's actually a translucent multicolored bottle, primarily purple but with facets of green, red, blue and yellow. And of course the glitter is gorgeous too. Smells very similar to Lolita 2007 Fleur de Minuet as well as Lolita Eau De Minuet (red/black one with the red tassel). Which imo is a good thing, as those two are my favorite version of LL. Deeper/darker than the regular lolitas and just lovely. I am happy to own as many limited editions of these as possible, not only for the beautiful bottles but also as back-ups (since the original formula of Lolita has been discontinued and replaced by le premier, it's nice to have several other alternatives). Anyway, love this one.

Fluffy and lightly powdery vanilla laced with the daintiest threads of anise and benzoin, layered overtop buttery soft iris and smooth violet. Minuit Sonne's bottle perfectly represents the scent within. It's not really purple, it is a haze of iridescent indigo, purple, aqua, and gold. They are both whimsical, sparkling, and delicate. I do wish I smelled myrrh, but it never appears. That is my one complaint. Minuit Sonne works amazingly in humid heat, despite the wintery notes. It's also not a morpher. If you like the opening, you'll like the drydown. This is the L'Heure Bleu of my dreams! Just as elegant and tranquil, but perhaps a bit more simple and undemanding. A total comfort scent.

I just got this version and I do love it however have a very difficult time telling a difference between it and the Lolita lempicka original. I remember years ago I picked up a dark apple by Lolita lempicka in a cologne store and it was the most beautiful intense strong sweet vanilla candy smell intertwined with strong Black Licorice I didn't get it at the time but have thought about it ever since but cannot seem to find out which one it is. Does anyone know what one I'm trying to remember? I also don't remember the strong Cherry vibes. I have Lolita-Lempicka original and LL Minuit-Sonne can anyone tell me which one is mainly Vanilla and licorice?