Vegan Leather Jacket

Vegan Leather Jacket is the best new Lush scent in many moons. Starting with a blast of smoke that veers toward—without ever outright becoming—barbecue, VLJ soon settles on skin with heavy spice rising to the fore. I can understand why Youth Dew and Cinnabar appear in the “reminds me of” section above, but it doesn’t directly relate to either. Rather, it’s as if one of those clove-dominant scents has been pared down to its bare essentials, then flung into a bonfire. Intensely smoky, intensely spicy. VLJ feels rough and rustic, but quite sexy too. Somehow, it reminds me of a leather fragrance without actually smelling of leather. Perhaps that’s the point—this is VEGAN Leather Jacket, after all. Pure love. Started with a 30 mL, but had to upgrade to the 100 mL bottle. Gorgeous!

I probably hit the jackpot with the batch that I got because WOW, the performance is excellent. It’s very strong and long lasting, I can smell it all day and even after taking a shower before bedtime. I‘ve gotten a shit amount of compliments - everyone was asking "what‘s that unique smell???" the other day in uni. People around me are absolutely in love with this perfume, I guess it blends really well with my skin. A friend told me I smell like a mysterious witch (I‘m a 24 yo guy), another friend told me he couldn‘t imagine this scent on anyone else but me. AND HERE‘S MY TAKE: It smells like burning sparklers and firework on New Year‘s Eve. Very fiery, smoky, absolutely stunning

I bought this because of the bad reviews. It turns out everything that everyone hates is what I like, and that’s fine. This is THE best perfume by Lush. I have wanted a Lush perfume for years. Always finding myself in a Lush store browsing the perfumes wanting to love them. Then I stumbled on this + the reviews sold it to me, the name does it no justice. This is quite simply an Asylum Hospital on fire and I am living for it. I have Zoologist T-Rex and it’s kinda in that realm, if you know. Thank you to all the people who gave this descriptive “bad” reviews. It’s fire, medicine, spice and all things nice.

I usually struggle to describe perfumes beyond 'nice', 'delicate' or 'strong' but smelling this perfume actually evoked very clear & vivid visions. After the spray, I could initially smell the smoke and almost peatiness, like in an Islay Scotch whiski. But then, after letting it sit on my skin for a while, I could start smelling the leather and then a bit later a light sweetness like incense toned down by the medicinal cloves. There is a dirty, naughty sexiness to it. Picture this, a biker wearing a leather jacket goes into a bar, drinks a whiski, then goes into a church to secretly meet their lover.

Hated it when I smelled it in the store. Adored it when, after I came home, I smelled the little bit of it I accidentally got on my wrist. It's an interesting scent. Heavy on the leather and wood and smoke. Almost a little plastic-y or like gasoline or burned rubber at first spritz. I love how it dries down into bonfire, though. The plastic quality changes into something muskier. It becomes both more subtle and more intricate the longer it is on the skin. A very sexy scent.