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sergo777 – :
This was one of my very first fragrances back in the 80’s.
It evokes so many memories for me, it’s hard to be objective regarding the scent itself. I haven’t smelled it in decades and am not familiar with the current version.
Last week my 18 year old daughter was testing Versace’s Dylan Blue and all of a sudden I caught a whiff of something ‘green’ that was so reminiscent of something and then I realized that it reminded me of Lauren. I don’t know what note it was but it really took me back to my high school days.
Holt89 – :
I wore this many moons ago and loved it. Found vintage bottle on eBay and completely lucked out. It’s exactly the same scent as I remember. It reminds me of cool weather and sunshine. It’s bright and refreshing to me, with a beautiful “cold”, bright, woodsy, green, very unique scent that seems like perfection!
Some reviews had mentioned a similarity to Kate Spade’s TrulyGracious and I’m so glad to have read those. I ordered a mini of TG and I do think there’s a similarity and I absolutely love it as well, yet they’re different enough to enjoy separately.
tzvetochek – :
*This review is for the original formulation, not the current formulation*
Bonne Bell Skin Musk may have been my first fragrance but Lauren by Ralph Lauren was my first higher end fragrance, purchased in 1989. I’m not a fan of florals and my choices were: Lauren, Anais Anais and JM Mcclintock. It’s no wonder what choice I made.
Opening fresh (and slightly fruity to me), unlike any fragrance I’ve ever encountered, florals mix with fruit and woods in perfect harmony on me. I only wish that a perfect dupe of this would come into existence.
Lauren was my signature for years and I do miss that unique scent.
bujhmnzq – :
I was sorry to find out that this was not made anymore. I had had over half a bottle, but it got lost in a move and now it annot be replaced. It was not my absolute favourite scent, but it was definitely a nice fresh fragrance as long as one sprays it lightly.
DEMIAN83 – :
Summer 2018. I was in an outlet in Florida when suddenly I saw it in a cosmetic shop. I couldn’t believe it since it is very difficult to find it anywhere and I was soooo curious to try it. Then I did. The price was $80 bucks. I couldn’t afford it and now i have to live with the sensation that I left something wonderful behind. I can still recall it, it was so good and elegant and fresh, and not flat at all. What a masterpiece.
I grabbed the glass in my hands and almost took it home but you know, I was buying back to school stuff so as a mother you have to control yourself from time to time, though it huuuuuuurrrrrts so bad. The worst was the sensation that I will never find it again. Let me grab a tissue here…
andybr – :
Alexandra from Greece had it back than, and we all loved it so very much, such a wonderful smelling perfume!
AssomAnetesty – :
I so wish this fragrance was still available. It’s pretty much impossible to find. It’s one of the few fragrances that I went through more than one bottle since I worked in the industry in the 70’s and 80’s and had pretty much just about every fragrance available at my disposal. A beautiful soft floral, green and a little bit of woods fragrance that wasn’t overpowering, I always received compliments when I wore it.
lenyak – :
after wearing Lauren Ralph Lauren for a long time. Ralph Lauren recommended Women I gagged. the Macy’s representative said the hardest thing to do is to get that new signature scent.
I am having a hard time because the scent out there is more of an alcohol smell followed by a horrible scent.
today Macy’s had a sale and for 25 dollars and I got a tiny bottle of Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Eau De Toilette Natural Spray. If this does not work I will keep on looking. Ralph Lauren was a wonderful scent. For them to just stop making it was a bad choice. Their other items pretty much SUCK. I just don’t understand why they would stop it but going forward I will never own a RALPH LAUREN ITEM AGAIN! I WORE SOMETHING THAT I GOTTEN COMPLIMENTS AND HAVE BEEN WEARING IT SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. THE SCENT WAS AMAZING AND I LOVED IT. I NEVER LOOKED BACK AND ANY OTHER SPRAYS UNTIL NOW.
Scancebaire – :
I was gifted a bottle of this back in 1993 by my boyfriend at the time. I can’t remember its scent, but I remember really not liking it at all.
I tried to wear it several times and it just didn’t work. I thought I’d use it as an air freshener, but I still hated it (making me think it wasn’t my skin) and ended up putting it in the trash.
egorikkrot – :
i really need this perfume i love it
ISSIES – :
There is something about Lauren when I first spray it that makes me think MINTY. I actually see the color mint green in my mind’s eye. (Same thing happens with Anais Anais so perhaps it is the carnation note?) When that dies down a bit I smell CLOVER, a huge field of it. That smell you get from the open windows as your car twists and turns along country roads, past farms and forests. I was too young to know Lauren in its heyday but apparently it was a hit with young ladies in the early 80s. I have a coworker who must have scent memories of Lauren because whenever I wear this one to work (maybe every four months or so) she remarks “Which one is that? Oh it is so familiar to me!!” Every time. I laugh and tell her she must have deep memories with Lauren but doesn’t even realize it. Like many perfumes of the 80s, it is potent so you only need one or two sprays for the entire day. Side note, the bottle is very pleasing to me with it’s garnet colored glass cube and brass door handle top. You would never guess by looking at that dark opulent bottle that such a fresh floral lives within.
sergsp – :
I have a mini of the modern formulation. Lauren teeters on soapy, clean, green goodness and dreaded bug spray on my skin. I’ll be sitting with a bit of it on my wrist and get pleasant wafts of freshly crushed green leaves immediately trailed by something chemical and toxic smelling. It’s… an odd formulation. Lauren is nice at best and fumigate-y at worst. I read reviews praising the vintage formulation and feel sad that the newest one appears to be stripped of its beauty.
cristalino7 – :
I received this as a gift when I was a teenager. The scent was green and fruity, but not too sweet. I liked the uniqueness of it, but it was way too grown up and heavy for teenage me and a desert climate. I still have the empty bottle and the scent still lingers. It reminds me of that time and friends.
ordemnemedlot – :
I sprayed Lauren on,at a fragrance counter, recently. It brought back memories of women’s Junior College, 1973. Lauren first came onto the market and I gratefully received it as a birthday gift.
I remember wearing it to a class. I was sitting near the wall. The young male instructor came over to my area and began sniffing the wall. He then, to my horror, asked the class at large if we could smell “bug spray”. No one said ‘yes’. But he persisted and then apologized to us for what he thought was an exterminator’s fumagation in the wall that must have taken place the night before.
I’m sure the instructor was smelling my Lauren. I was mortified and so embarrassed. I gave it away to a friend, who didn’t have any negative reactions to it from people, but only sprayed it once on one wrist, just to be sure.
куц – :
I read the reviews and recently purchase on Ebay 3 mini “vintage” EDP Lauren.
I so wanted to like it, but all I can smell is jasmine and something slightly woodsy and bitter, maybe vetiver?
Don’t know if I’ve been ripped off or it’s just not for me and I have to shower it off now. I will test it on others just to see if it’s any different.
What a disappointment!
empiweevimano – :
This perfume smells like the spring. Like the floral gardens after rain. It is a very nice, soft, floral fragrance.
wlgcxltgmz – :
I remember my sister and friends wearing this in the 80s. I always thought it was very nice, but I smelled it the other day at Macy’s and it just wasn’t the same. I think that was not so much because of the reformulation but because of the fact that I only remember it accompanied by a heavy cigarette smell, which makes it unrecognizable in it’s pure state. It was the 80s after all, in L.A.!
BOSYK – :
I wore this one a lot in my 20’s. It was my first designer fragrance. It is classy and unique but nothing really stands out. I’m not sure what the allure was but I suppose when you go from drug store cheapies to Ralph Lauren the nose is going to ignite!
SEN-SURIK – :
I have tried this years ago and I didn’t like it then. I thought it was too dated for my tastes. Today I gave it another chance and wow, this is a beauty! My tastes seem to have changed. This could easily be an expensive perfume of some experimental niche house. This is refreshingly different from today’s perfumes. It has zero sweetness which is a plus for me. This is so elegant daytime perfume. This would be perfect to important official meetings. You will make an impression, try it if you can find the vintage version.
lwm052Diobtetty – :
I have a very small decant of the original, and a full bottle of the remake. Just not the same. I get that there are certain fragrance components that don’t meet current standards, but this doesn’t seem like it would have used nitro musks, or anything “dangerous”. Why can’t we have the original?! I would love an explanation.
farik88 – :
I wore this when it first came out. Beautiful then and now. LOVE this one.
Floral, not sweet. Feminine, but sophisticated, elegant.
volsvol – :
This is one of my all time favorite scents. I’ve been wearing Lauren for the past 20 years. Here lately I don’t wear it very often but yesterday I decided to wear her and was complimented by two very different individuals, one in the morning not long after application and the other around 8pm after an all day wear… This tells me that not only does this scent have staying power, it’s also a crowd pleaser.
Bogumyslaw – :
Smells like fresh carnations and takes me back to high school. The only 80’s perfume I still like.
sneginka_88 – :
Ralph Lauren this beautiful rare perfume I found on eBay. It’s from the 70’s and you can tell as soon as you smell it from the bottle but oh my goodness does it ever send me! It’s absolutely gorgeous. Here are my personal thoughts about this fragrance. I think of it as being a simple, no nonsense, very clean floral and woodsy scent, green, aromatic, mossy and yet very easy to wear. It embraces you in it’s greenery like a little cloak of moss speckled with flowers. This is day wear and casual, not formal. It matches up with Ralph Lauren clothing to wear in spring and summer like blouses and dresses or slacks. It starts off green with leaves and herbs. A not so juicy but detectable pineapple comes through and then sage bush and rosewood, but not opening up woodsy from the start. It’s definitely green floral. Then it gets into a floral heart made up of lilac, carnation, violet, lily of the valley and rose. The white flowers of jasmine and lily are noticeable. They turn somewhat soapy and they are also somewhat spicy in the way that flowers have a peppery smell. The rose is not prominent and one can easily pick up on the carnation note which is also in the base. So if you like the flowers listed on the notes you’ll enjoy it. They aren’t heavy. In fact they are subdued and soft, gentle like soap on your skin.
As the fragrance softens and turns dry, I was able to detect the notes of woods. It is sandal and cedar. This woodsy scent is very pleasant and yet never turns to much of a forest scent. It has vetiver in it which keeps it in the green theme, green-herbal and green soap. Like a bar of little green soap. The carnation is very lovely. Floral and spring like soapy and green, aromatic, gorgeous. My hubby loves this perfume. I have to say that yes it is more feminine than unisex. It’s not a powerful flower but it is still floral and feminine. The woodsy notes are not aggressive. This is a whisper of a perfume. As such I could spray more of it on and no one will notice. This is good for Church on Sundays, for going to work on weekdays and really, any occasion will do. One last thing I would say about it is that it’s mature and sophisticated and more appropriate for ladies 30 40 50 60 and so forth. Not for a 20 something year old unless she’s already used to wearing these type of florals. Very elegant and mature stuff in this bottle.
Recommending it to my friends!
Thank you Fragrantica and eBay!
xmenni – :
I had the original. Such a beauty. The newer formulation is no comparison. With that said. It’s a greenie, floral, with warm spice. It was a classic composition of grace, elegance and class. Back in the day the sillage was exceptional, and longevity outstanding. I will have fond memories of this grand beauty. Xox
IvanWD – :
Such a glorious fresh green floral, with the loveliest lily-of-the-valley, lilac, violet, rose and other delicate flowers. The smell of greenery, like freshly mown grass is gorgeous, with the earthy smells of moss, vetiver and herbs added to it. It’s so fresh and charming, feminine and elegant, and joyous. Lilting and beautiful. Sweet too, but more fresh sweet than sickly, and not harsh at all. I think it’s really a classic, excellent quality, springtime fragrance, with also a lovely wood presence from beginning to end. It’s lovely. It perfectly evokes a day in the country, with flowers everywhere. Beautiful lush smells to give pleasure to your senses. It’s delightful.
And the bottle is really stunning! What a fabulous colour!
zgaraev – :
It’s true: what this was originally was wonderful and how it smells now is a travesty in comparison. So stupid.
Thoubbaxoth – :
I just received a partially full bottle of Lauren in a perfume lot. I find it to be carnation mixed with French milled soap. Unfortunately, carnation is a nasal nemesis of mine. I cannot stomach Calvin Klein Eternity and most other carnation heavy fragrances. Nevertheless, the soapiness soothes the bite of the carnation a bit on this one. I’ll put it away and revisit it later before making a final judgment.
yomama – :
Everyone I knew wore the original Lauren in the mid 80s and it’s forever embedded in my memory. Sadly, the Lauren of today is nowhere near the original. They should’ve just discontinued the original fragrance and made a new flanker with the latest. The Lauren of old was a timeless beauty, just like the gorgeous model they had in her riding suit for the commercials. Miss that old gal and would certainly wear it again.
figurestes71 – :
COMPLETELY fresh mowed grass– have never smelled anything else like it. So outdoorsy and clean. Great daytime scent!
SkyLazyBoy – :
I miss having this one from many years ago. I’ll have to find some and see if it smells the same. Brings back memories of designer jeans and permanent waves.
qhx632Bessinepome – :
Omg I looove this perfume I really really do. I bought a 4oz bottle because the price was just to good to pass up and I am actually shocked. I get lily of the valley big time and in a good way to me this would be almost the perfect scent you can wear it year round and it doesn’t disappoint. It dries down to a slightly woody spice scent and I love that. This scent would be for anyone that is looking for something different and not sugary
Wedaalusa – :
I had a little, teeny bit left in a bottle stored in my dark, cool parfum “vault”.
I tried it on and I’m suddenly young again.
Scent is the most evocative, transforming sense we have. That’s, of course, why we’re all here. ❤️
pyatakvova – :
FRAGRANCE REVIEW FOR LAUREN BY RALPH LAUREN
Top Notes: Pineapple Sage Green Notes Rosewood
Middle Notes: Cyclamen Violet Lilac Jasmine Lily of the Valley Rose
Base Notes: Carnation Sandalwood Oak Moss Vetiver Cedar
Ralph Lauren’s Debut Fragrance For Women
They don’t make them like this anymore and such a shame. Our loss. This fragrance is spring time scent of greenery and flowers, evokes a garden or park. The opening is mostly green with sage and rosewood. It let me know that this scent was going to be a chypre and not a typical fruity floral. The heart is floral with distinct notes of lilac, violet, lily of the valley and rose. Soft but detectable flowers. In addition there’s carnation and usually carnations are very transformative and have different personalities. On here it’s not too strong and a bit boring. The sandalwood and the oak moss and wood notes are what most stand out at the dry down. A simple floral chypre. It’s rather old fashioned but so beautiful. I’m glad to hear this fragrance continues to sell but it has become eclipsed in a way and it’s under the shadow of more popular Ralph Lauren frags like Safari for Women. I think this is really such a gorgeous classic perfume. I bought it Sephora.
Annaroza81 – :
This has impressed me, hay drying in the sun, picnic on a tartan blanket, long summer days, balmy nights, the freedom of youth.
Sitting on a wooden log drinking cola with lemon, giggling, flirting, a first kiss. Evocative of heady nostalgia.
sekurg75 – :
Fresh Cut Grass and flowers! LOVE this scent! Wore in high school and still wear. Just wish the scent would last longer.
I also think this can be used by both genders!
romul17 – :
This is THE perfume that got me started on my mad perfume obsession. It was my first grown up perfume and I got it for Christmas when I was sixteen. I think it’s always been a sleeper of a fragrance, it seemed that it had more of a cult following.
There is nothing out there like this scent. Nothing. I defy anyone to find anything that can stand in as a substitute for Lauren. I learned it cannot be done after years of searching for a replacement. And please if anyone can suggest a fragrance that you think can serve as a similar replacement, please pm me.
Lauren (vintage) is the scent that started the fruity floral genre and yet its nothing like the fruity florals of today. The pineapple is a stand out in the top notes and blends amazingly with the sage and other florals. Pineapple sounds like it would be an odd note for a perfume and yet if it were removed something would be missing.
Each note belongs together in Lauren. This is why everyone feels as though the new formulation has been butchered. It has. The new formulation smells like a soapy oakmoss bomb.
I recently bought a vintage bottle from Ebay. God bless ebay. I only bought it, because I just could not find a perfume oil dupe that gets it right. For a long while I swore off wearing mainstream department store perfumes because I wanted to avoid the additives and chemicals in those perfumes. But for Lauren I had to break my own rule. I just couldn’t deal with the sad copys of Lauren I was getting and I longed to smell this perfume again the way I remembered it to be. When I received my red narrow bottle with the gold cap, and opened her up to smell it, I was immediately thrown back to the moment when I first smelled Lauren and feeling that intrigue. Lauren is like the smell of potpourri in the home of a rich genteel man. It’s this rich floral, pineappley, green, herbal, mossy, dream of a scent.
Please oh please, Ralph Lauren relaunch this perfume to it’s former glory. Bring it back so that everyone can see the beauty she really is.
zasada343 – :
Totes green apple scent to me;) What highschool corridors in the ’80s smell of, along with Anais Anais <3
VabyBallutt – :
Beautiful and crisp. I find it elegant and sharp. So many perfumes are very sweet and this is a nice contrast. Probably won’t work as a man magnet, more of a humble and low key scent.
Guistexpetdus – :
This and Halston were my very first frags so long ago. Brings back mermories.
Osama – :
I have loved this scent since the early 80’s and still do. To me, it opens with a burst of spicy green, maybe the carnation, and a lovely clean almost soapy scent. I picture a willowy brunette in a mens white button down, a knowing smile and nothing else sitting in front of a crackling fire in some snowy mountain getaway. Crisp, clean, elegant with warm spices underneath.
Payclarkpap – :
Ugh, I don’t know… Starts off as a male aftershave and this impression never leaves me although it gets shifted to the background by the green and flowery part. The most interesting note about it is the carnation but apart from that I wouldn’t say it’s something worth having or missing. Just a classic scent, nothing intriguing.
Zerber – :
Lauren was one of “the” fragrances of the 80’s and I have so many great memories associated with this scent. I had read that it had been reformulated and is nothing like the original which is too bad because it was a distinctive, classic and beautiful scent.
Катюша280889 – :
I loved the original Lauren. I wore it all thru High School and to me is was one of my favorite fragrances. A few years ago I picked up a discounted Lauren at TJ Maxx, and it is not the same. It feels like they have taken all of the soul out of this fragrance. It just sits in the back of my drawer and will never be used again. So sad.
lms – :
Pure sophistication. The original Lauren opens with overpowering green, fresh notes and very soon it becomes a classy, elegant and quite unusual floral. Unique and excellently blended. The middle phase is exquisite due to an elegant flowery composition and noble due to a powdery base. At first it is quite heavy but soon it turns airy and soft. A powdery, woody drydown remains refined, more contemplative in tone and polished. Its smoothness and finesse of its spirit recalls a cultivated, stunningly beautiful woman but not in a conventional way, gracefully behaving with a savoir faire. Tasteful and stylish. Or….it could simply be a Shakespearean sonnet….firstly, the fragrance starts fresh, green evoking springtime and youth, then a full bloom of a late summer flowery matureness feeling of romance and delicacy and womanhood settling in the end in a meditative, reflective chapter of life.
Feminine and beautiful.
lexxx1973 – :
Wore back in the day and loved it…bought a bottle at Ulta and its not the same…love to find the original again..bottle is pretty but not user friendly for me.
asimabi – :
The bottle screams old school! I was expecting an 80s power house frag with shoulder pads so I dabbed on a few tentative splashes and …..it’s really lovely. Soapy, rich, clean, inviting – definitely not a boring fruity floral. This would leave a lovely trail behind you. This is the reformulated version so I can’t speak to how the original was but I really like this.
Валерик – :
My mom just got a brand new bottle of lauren and of course I had to smell it. This is yet another winner. You know, it’s weird most 70s scents don’t match the gold, orange, and avocado, bell bottoms ugliness of the time. This one is fresh, earthy, woodsy and almost spicy. VERY VERY clean. I would describe this as Sung’s slightly dirty sister. It also kind of reminds me of coast soap (which i’m obsessed with). The bottle is really, really nice. That burgundy color is my favorite. Also the gold, knobby cap compliments the bottle well. It’s not overpowering so you can use thats as an everyday signature. Contrary to popular belief, this is still readily available from the Ralph Lauren website as well as the websites of Macy’s, Dillards, Nordstrom’s ect…. People tend to assume that since that don’t see it on a counter that it must be discontinued. So if you’ve been depressed thinking that you can’t any more of this precious juice, get happy and grab yourself a bottle. You’ll be glad you did!
grinin68 – :
Even when it was for sale I had to travel to buy this in the uk as it was only in large department stores. I loved how grown up it made me feel, heady & long lasting. Would I wear it now? Probably not, but I have not smelled it for over 20 years.
valya0806 – :
so my sister gave me a mini of lauren, i guess somehow i forgot that i
actually had this back in the 80’s early ninties when i was a teen .i remember smelling it and not caring much for the first blast ,but once it settles in its really very nice , i can smell the light powdery violets ,very warm i figure this for a colder monthes kinda perfume . i love this but i would certainly apply lightly !
uzk20082008 – :
Can see why this was discontinued. It really isn’t ‘in’ anymore, even though I imagine there would be a few ladies out there sad about it. In its day this was an absolute delight and totally ‘on point’, but men (and ‘girls’) don’t want women to wear the 80’s power fragrances anymore. Its composition is amazing in that it stays on and lingers so strong and smells quite upper class, but only upper class in retrospect.
Allmarr – :
I used to babysit for a divorced but very young single mom when I was in my early teens and she wore this out to her club dates. All I’d have to do is basically put her kids to bed and stay up until 1 a.m. on her couch being bored and eventually fall asleep. You’d catch movies late night on her tv, old fun ones with like Dom DeLouise or Don Knotts, and actually I did watch the 1984 Olympics over at her house. In my regular life, at school, kids would be watching maybe Fast Times at Ridgemont High and this whole culture of Gen X’ers would be out looking for ways to find their identity at the malls buying their Gummi Bears and trying out fancy fragrances at mirrored displays at the department stores. This, Halston, and most of the Estee Lauders were very popular, as was pencil eyeliner melted with a lighter on your inner lid (never upper!) and maybe a frosted mocha lipstick.
I used to go into her bathroom and spray Lauren on while bored at her home and I loved it. It would be a very nice, warm woodsy scent with a bit of floral. It reminded me of her, I mean she looked exactly like Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman, with her flowing mane of brown hair, big brown eyes and raspy smoker voice, puffs of Lauren on her velvet brown blazer, tucking jeans (probably Calvins) into brown riding boots.
I love this fragrance and can’t wait to find the original. I loved the little shimmery gold cap and the classy burgundy bottle, just saying “ta-da!” on her dresser, because it was the 1980’s after all, you’d want to be noticed.
yyooma – :
Loved this since the 80’s when a very preppy friend had a bottle and wore it constantly. It’s like everything Ralph Lauren from the 80’s- preppy, fussy and moneyed. I’m glad to find it on eBay and am thinking of picking up a bottle.
uhr556elipseskism – :
I lucked out and found a nearly full 1 oz. bottle of vintage Lauren natural spray mist cologne in my favorite thrift store yesterday for just under 10 dollars. I know it’s vintage because 5 minutes after I sprayed it on I was hit with the rich note of oakmoss, with greeness and Lily of the valley. Initially, when I saw it on the shelf, I was going to pass on it because Lauren was always my sister’s signature scent, ever since my mother bought it for her when it first came out becasue her name is Lauren. I didn’t hate it, but I never gravitated toward it either and was never even compelled to try it. Then she stopped wearing when she could no longer find it anymore and moved on to other scents. Had I tried this on my skin back in the 1980’s I wouldn’t have liked it because my nose wasn’t developed enough to appreciate green scents as I was into spices (Opium, KL, etc). Fast forward: I have an appreciation for every scent category even if they’re not what I would wear, because now I understand them. I have to say, I like Lauren and as I sit here inhaling my wrist deeply, I notice that the secnt goes through a phase where it reminds me of both vintage Diorella EDT and Parfum de Therese (two of my favorites), minus the ripe mellon note. As it dries doen it gets very light and goes back to the dominant oakmoss with hints of vetiver and faint florals. I don’t get any sandalwood. Since it’s a cologne mist, it doesn’t last long at all, so now I’m going to look for a vintage EDT, EDP or parfum, so I can really experience this scent. Originally, when I picked it up yesterday, I was thinking of sending it out to her, but now I’m going to have to think about it (lol) as she has is currently into Prada’s Iris d’Infusion and I crave anything with oakmoss.
Neredgeme – :
I was surprised at this fragrance. I didn’t think I would like it, but I was wowed! It’s not a long lasting fragrance on me, but I love this fragrance. I can’t put my finger on it because I’m still trying to get over the shock. I will be purchasing a large bottle of this since all I have is a mini version.
cedoi112 – :
I spray tested this today and was literally shocked. It was nothing like Id expected (maybe I was thinking of a greener version of Romance). Bitter, extremely woody, so much so that it reminds me of wood cleanser for furniture polish. Somewhat in your face, not necessarily feminine or masculine…Katharine Hepburn comes to mind, in that tell it like it is no-nonsense way (woman wearing trousers before it was hip). For very modern strong women, I think
I really cant say much about this except it doesn’t even smell like a perfume to me, it smells like some kind of product. Im not a fan.
Aktau_roman – :
Review is based on a vintage bottle.
On me, Lauren starts out very soapy with woodsy and green notes rounding things out. As it dries down the green fades and some spicy notes start to come through. It stays pretty true to that from then on out. It smells like a fine bath soap to me. The kind that one might keep in the cabinet to scent their linens. It’s pleasant, classic, and clean. Just not clean in a fresh and watery kind of way.
oleg.panasyuk – :
Absolutely get the vintage version. There are many on eBay. I got it because my dear high school friend from the mid 80s wore it and she passed away. Sense of smell can really bring you back. I’m sitting on the steps with her working on homework and I ask what that lovely fragrance was. She quietly laughed and said Lauren. Only the preps wore it I later learned and we were the alternative/punk kids. It just goes to show you a woman is a woman and a good fragrance should not be limited to any type.
Does anyone know if an EDP or parfum version exists? I’ve only seen EDT.
Natali-ch – :
Why discontinued this 80s icons … Green and floral at my nose … Gorgeous bottle and pack . . . Please make a new edition, collecting or anniversary . . .
Alpine16 – :
An update to my review below: I had the newer EDT before and I just bought a bottle of the Cologne Vintage version. My oh my, I didn’t know it was possible for me to LOVE Lauren more than I already do. The Vintage one is fuller, warmer, and softer around the edges. It’s a little spicier and the green notes are less sharp (so it smells more like a forest and less like fresh cut grass on someone’s yard). I like the initial green overload rush in the EDT version better (maybe the cologne had it too at one point? It’s possible that the top notes became weaker over the decades). The vintage is definitely more mature and has an animalic overtone (civet?), but not in your face like Tabu. I can’t stop smelling myself. It lasts longer and projects further than the EDT. I love both versions though. I can picture a woman like Jennifer Connelly wearing this….sexy in that mysterious and brainy sort of way.
gamer1984 – :
I have been looking forward to finally sampling this iconic fragrance from the 80s-
It starts off with a very shampoo-ey vibe, reminiscent of my favorite shampoo scent from the 70s- Clairol Herbalessence-
but poof- it seemed as if it was gone before it began-
PleatMult – :
Remember this from the preppy 1980’s. Sexy and classic. Woodsy and warm.
aleksei_krasilni – :
I have yet to try the vintage version, but I love this scent. I tried it at the mall because my male friend told me it was one of his favorite scents on women back in the day. He smelled it at the counter and said “yeah that’s the same one” …so it can’t be THAT much different from the vintage. I love the initiall rush of green florals. Unfortunately, longevity and sillage are poor after that. But it’s such a beautiful green, woody, spicy floral scent. I hate having to spend so much on something I need like 10 sprays of, so I’ll look into the vintage afterall. In the meantime I have a decant version of the EDT.
raime – :
I have loved this perfume since i was in college. I named my daughter after it. They stopped carrying it in Dillards and it used to cost $50.00 a bottle to now it is costing my $70.00- $90.00 a bottle. I love my Lauren
Mexos675Unlogrere – :
This is one of the first fragrances I ever bought