L'Eau Cheap and Chic

The best soapy fragrance. I'm very lucky to still have a bottle left, which after 20 years still holds strong and hasn't turned bad. It's so clean, out-of-the-shower fresh and it always lifts my spirits when I wear it. I also don't need to spray more than once in my neck to have that clean smell with me all day long. I think this fragrance is what JLo's "Glow" tried to be but failed miserably, as "Glow" smells so synthetic that it's almost unwearable. "L' Eau Cheap & Chic" should have never been discontinued, as I feel that it's the type of fragrance that belongs in every person's perfume wardrobe. Simply amazing and can be worn throughout the year, day and night.

Many years ago I was rushing through a department store, when one of those helpful sales assistants sprayed a little L'eau on me as I tried to whiz past. I moved less than a further ten feet when I had to stop take the scent in again, turn around and purchase it immediately. I can't describe the scent more than a fun summer fragrance which I totally adore. It kills me that it is discontinued and I am fearful of attempting to purchase it from a non recognised supplies as i am convinced it will be a poor imitation. Moschino Please bring this perfum back..... I life us empty without it.

oh my word! just gorgeous. so soft, so clean, so baby powder. other reviews have commented that it is good for teens/younger women but i think it smells really sophisticated. it works so well with my peppery skin (and i'm nearly over the hill at 39!). smells how i would like chanel no 5 to be on me. quite timeless but also fun and summery. another italian beauty to add to my collection. a new love :) update: my new favourite...dangerously close to ousting blv II off it's second place position and coming up fast behind first place blv notte *gulp.

This doesn't seem aldehydic at all! First off, the freesia tempers the lily oh so very well that it isn't sweet smelling...The gooseberry and rose are so subtle that the anise and orange have a chance to shine through...On me, the musk and vetiver give my chemistry that last close-to-the skin drydown that I look forward to every time I wear it! I don't detect ANY soapiness...Just sheer delight! I heart this fragrance so very much...

This is such a gorgeous, fun, delicious perfume. I discovered this as a free sample at a Big Day Out concert in Auckland back around 1996 I think and loved it straight away. The heliotrope in this is superb!! It is the standout note on me. My daughter gave me a bottle of this for Christmas 2010 and told me it had been discontinued. I was sad to hear it. Not the greatest decision Moschino.

This was my favourite perfume i remember having a small replica of it in my vanity when i was 10 and putting just a few of it. It was smelling cleanliness. I was so dissapointed after finding out they stopped producing it since there is nothing out there like this. Please moschino reproduce this juice there are so many people craving for this smell!! The green but not so soapy smell!!

This was my favourite perfume i remember having a small replica of it in my vanity when i was 10 and putting just a few of it. It was smelling cleanliness. I was so dissapointed after finding out they stopped producing it since there is nothing out there like this. Please moschino reproduce this juice there are so many people craving for this smell!! The green but not so soapy smell!!

10/10 The best fragrance i've ever had the pleasure of owning. Extremely heartbroken about it's discontinuation! :( I've never received so many compliments on my perfume before. This was my signature scent for 5 years. Rediculous that I love love & Light Clouds (& now Chic Petals) exist but my beloved L'Eau Cheap and Chic does not.

I am very happy owner of this amazing, unforgettable, unique and most underrated fragrance by MOSCHINO. I had no idea why Moschino just discontinued him. L ́eau Cheap and chic is for me one of the best fragrances i ́ve ever had. I got full 50 ml (1.7.FL.oz)bottle which is full of nostalgia and fantastic summer memories.♥

One of my all time favorites perfumes... It's so sad it has been discontinued. Yesterday I found a new tester for 20€ in a local perfumery.. I couldn't believe my eyes!!! This year's best Christmas present! : ) It smells amazing, clean and fresh but in an original way. I love it. I hope they will bring it back again. xx

I detect a coconutty edge in this (?). Also musk. The perfume is pleasant and passable, nothing outstanding. Not complex or unusual enough to be 'Wow' but I can happily wear it, I'd say it's a summertime perfume. (I've moved this review from 'Cheap & Chic' where I mistakenly put it a few years ago - whoops, apologies!)

Aldehydes usually have a vintage feel unavoidably linked to chanel's no5. This is a unique exception.It's the most modern aldehydic perfume out there.Eccentric and desirable because it is so different. It is crisp,clean and clever.For a woman that is in a mood for playing mind games rather than body language dialogues.

This little thing is so lovely, so airy, so pure, so innocent... I suppose that babies should smell like that. It is the most inoffensive scent I can think of and yet it is well present. It smells like sweet soap, and like a universal shower lotion meeting water and warmed up skin. Just lovely and pure.

This was the best blind buy in my life. It was so soapy so musky i just have no words to describe it. Its not everyones cup of tea, test before buying. For me it was jackpot. Its best for outdoors on a windy day, it leaves waves of magic behind you.

@chrisykeehan: it is out of the market, so you won't find it anymore...It was MY perfume, my signature, my smell...I can not find another perfume to replace it. If anyoane knows a perfume which smells like clean, fresh flowers, please let me know.

This was my favorite perfume of Moschino!!!!! Please bring it back again...It's so shame of you discontinuing so awesome perfumes!!!! It had very good longevity!!!So soapy and fresh scent,lovely and pleasant.... I love it and I want it back!!!!

It's really yummy! Like these soaps that you have the urge to bite!. Playfull, girly, romantic. A really enjoyable scent that gives you an uforgettable sense of freshness and purity. Like you breath fresh air! Appropriate for hot summer days.

This was my first designer perfume purchase from Sephora as a teenager. It is long-lasting with a generous sillage. It is bright, uplifting, fresh, soapy, and citrusy, with a nice balance of florals, fruit, and powder.

this is perfection..... a very unique perfume. Smells fresh,clean yet classy.... a very sexy combo. this perfume puts a smile on my face and lifts my spirit every time a sniff it.... love.

every time i wear it my boyfriend say to me how beautiful i smell. i wear soft perfumes and i thought that he cant understand the difference but he notice every time i wear it.

This was lovely, soft, and I always thought it smelled a bit coconutty. Sicily by D&G had a similar vibe - ALSO DISCONTINUED! So annoying, they get rid of the best ones.

This and D&G light blue were my first perfumes. I would buy it again! Honestly, though, it's due to memories, it totally smells like baby wipes.

If there is one discontinued fragrance I wish was brought back, it’s this one for me. I keep thinking about it, even after all these years!

A scent that makes me feel happy.Not a favorite but I like it much because it reminds me of the wonderful time when I was 16years old.

omg..... just found out that its discontinued..... i am so sad.... any recomendations for something similar??pleaseee...

A brilliant scent imo! Who likes this one and can not find it, would perhaps like to replace it with "Noa" of Cacharel.

For me its the best of Cheap and Chic line.I adore it.Its a shame we can't find it anymore....

@EvaKmp is right! That's the smell of baby wipes! But I adore it! Happiness in a bottle!

the most beautiful soapy-skin scent ever, fresh out of shower warmth, pure and delicate

It is clear and sweet ,and a little little spicy .I like it very much .

HEAR OUR CRIES MOSCHINO PERFUME MAKERS... BRING THIS ONE BACK!

one of my fav very elegant and playful at the same time

Very dreamy, friendly, well balanced scent.

Great soft cozy wonderful !!!!

Such a gorgeous powdery floral. Not up my usual alley, but this is just wonderful! Smells so classy and ladylike and makes me want to put on a glamorous dress and some high heels. Just amazing. I'm not very good at recognizing flowers so I'm not going to go there, but I'm going to tell what I'm not smelling: citruses. Maybe a teeny weeny hint somewhere within giving it a nice edge, but they're in no way dominant or even strong. It's just almost pure powdery flower bouquet. The sillage is soft, noticeable only to those close to me. I'm wearing this atm and it's a hot summer day, but L'eau doesn't feel the lightest bit suffocating or cloying. It is maybe a little too thick for a weather like this, but I like it anyway. L'eau would be best for a cooler summer day when the sun is still shining but the temperature is not that high.

Powdery, slightly soapy, delicate and calming white floral. I can recognize the lily and freesia, the rest of the notes, for me, form a very comforting mixture that melds together. Office-safe, serene, clean, warm. How does it feel? It feels like serene comfort. Like stepping out of a warm shower after exercising, putting on soft clothes and just being there, near someone who is just caressing your hair. I like how it smells, but what is most attracting me is how it makes me feel. I own a sample. --- In more detail: It is a soapy powder with a punch. Fresh and green-ish juicy fruit which is not ripe at all, soapy and powdery but not sweet. Not a "wool blanket" kind of powder, but a "just out of the shower" kind of powder. Calming yet energizing.

I bought a 30 ml bottle for 1€ at a Flea Market and I can't get tired of it :) such a shame it's so hard to find now! It's a light, delicate and kind of sweet floral perfume, suitable for any ages. At first I felt it too powdery for my taste (like a little granny) but maybe I got used to it, because I cant get any of that now! I really got to love it even if Im not usually into floral scents. I feel like Im not wearing any perfume, just a very fragrant shampoo, because although relatively long lasting and sweet it is only noticeable at short distances and its not overwhelming at all. Very wearable and recomended for those who want to smell clean but not too soapy or citrusy.

I like L'eau Cheap and Chic and I can't even explain why. The opening is subtly pretty and soapy, with a slightly citrus tang to it. After about an hour it is musky, somewhat green, and warm. It's also somehow fresh, but then there's this musky body type pheromone undertone to it. I'm usually quite sensitive to 'body-ish' fragrances, but for some unfathomable reason it works. I rate this one 8 out of 10..mainly because I know I shouldn't like it, but am helpless in my devotion to it.

Oooh... this was my first perfume... ahh... I bought this when i was in New York and must have been like 13 or something... it was either that or Stella by Stella Mc Cartney... and I'm glad I didnt go for that one as my nan has adopted that as her favourite... anyway it's very powdery, flowery, clean and soft... like a baby blanket should smell. Not sure on the bottle.. but oh well...

Very good perfume indeed. My roomate used to have it so I could use it as well. It was very classy and girlish at the same time. I could imagine wear it at my 19s and at my 40s as well. Sad it is discontinued since it was my favorite Moschino Perfume. And very affordable

This is one of the only Moschino scents I could ever wear, the heliotrope and subtle spices warmed up the watery notes just enough to make it bearable on me. Was great when I was a teen but not for me nowadays I need something with alot more punch.

This perfume is such a fun and flirty scent! It's definitely floral-forward, but the anise and orange add a unique twist that keeps it from being too sweet. I get lots of compliments when I wear it.

Am I the only one who feels this fragrance is minty??I really sense lots of something like mint in it.. Most of it goes away with the dry down though!

This scent reminds me of my aunt. I was a child when she wore it. A memory of sweet and citrus notes, delicate and light. What memories!

But that smell nice and gentle! Lightweight but striking, floral-scented cleaning envolvenet comfort. Different!

I was surprised, it's so powdery with a fresh note, perhaps because of the name L'eau ...I like the fullness,L'eau is very soft and it seems to be more for the winter, as EDT quite stable, a combination of cream and the smell of powder, but the powder is more like an old grandma's scented powder. I'm not a fan of Moschino. but I like this one,just passing by I would never discover its beauty. Bottle is a bit frivolous, acts more like a perfume for girls:)

I put some l'Eau cheap and chic and I feel as if I'm just out of the shower. I find myself putting a few drops when I actually had a shower to prolong that feeling. Very refreshing soapy-powdery rosy scent with a vibrant musky base. The opening is slightly bitter because of the anise, but nothing dramatic. There is quite a bit of a synthetic edge in this and one should be prepared for being immersed in a generous amount of old-fashion alkaline soap. It reminds me of something I wore as a teenager, possibly even a particular dulgon deo that smelled just like creamy soap. Also towards the middle l'eau cheap and chic has an undefined sugar candy something that sneaks in the cleanliness. The retro vibe it has is very enjoyable, but sometimes I find this edt too synthetic. I almost never wear it because I lean more towards woodsy and floral scents which I find more agreeable with my taste. Bottomline: It is not a frag that I'd wear often, but I totally get its alternative appeal. Great in winter and spring. Soapy, somewhat synthetic and retro. Tank you for the mini, KasiaS, otherwise I wouldn't have found this refreshing scent.

I so wish I could wear this. I bought a sample box with a small vial of the EDP, a tiny lotion, and a tiny shower gel as a blind buy. This sounded too interesting to pass up. Why I went for the potential heartbreak of falling in love with a discontinued, I don't know - I know that sorrow well (Givenchy Hot Couture Collection no. 1, there is no substitute. *weep*). Anyway, I digress. I opened the tube of lotion and my eyes popped wide open. What a fascinating, fun, totally unique scent! It's like a wink and a giggle. It's like bright yellow rubber ducks. It's like a cheeky burlesque dancer wearing a rubber duck costume and blowing bubbles and kisses at you. I wanted to wear it and revel in its quirky, modern, playful, cheeky charm. Alas, scent hits my skin with a thud. The rubber duck dancer totally faceplanted on my stage and she's not laughing anymore. On me it's a heavy, soapy, dusty, musty, synthetic smellingl mess. Very sad faced about it. I am willing to part with my little kit of samples if anyone wants it. I don't want it to go to waste!

Sooo, just happened upon a bottle of i love love for a real discount and figured "what the heck?" I am one of those people who has to smell a perfume on my skin to appreciate it. I adore it, and have had so many compliments on this fragrance, just ordered a full bottle of funny and a sample of happy fizz based on reviews only. I wish I had the cash to try them all at once to decide my favorite but that is not possible, and my most recent purchases were made based on all of your helpful reviews here. :) Getting to the point...please rate your favs for me and keep in mind that I adore I love love. I know different sscents appeal to different noses, but I am trying to get a top five list going from some users who have gotten to smell all of moschinos line. Thanks in advance, and comments on why you like the top five you pick are very helpful to me as well, comparing to I love love. Jun 12 2011

It's really difficult to face this perfume. There is no middle ground, or do you like or hate. I hate perfumes that remind (even for a stereotype) infant aromas, flavors of babies. It's powdery, floral (irritating to my nose) and extremely sickening, it makes me want to vomit. But is there any taste for everything. Like I said, there are those who love. I really like the bottle, just as I think Cheap and Chic (black and white) beautiful. I also like the idea of a trademark search for a target audience, without worrying about pleasing all the people. MOSCHINO has made in several of its fragrance. 1*/5*****