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Алехандро – :
A warm, heavy floral (mostly rose) woody musk with vanilla in the dry down. I’d call it dated and I absolutely love it. This scent is me. One time my husband was out of town for a few days and to compensate I slept with this perfume on and brought the bottle to bed. I’ve been wearing it since 2009. I did have to take a couple of years break from it because it is so heavy and dated. Best for cooler weather. I don’t smell caramel, sweetness, insence or spice as other reviewers do. Scent is so subjective and I love that. It’s personal and that makes it more interesting.
scrsnseabrookmku1 – :
This smells of soft flowery, powdery incense to me. An absolute favorite of mine. Very hard to get these days, I don’t know if it got discontinued or what.
usenueoxini – :
A sweet, caramel-y, vanilla flower. It is a beautiful construction. There is a balance between cool and warm, soft and spicy and it forms a full, deep and sophisticated sweet floral.
I love this scent and have such great memories associated with it.
vanikin – :
This scent is.. confusing to my nose. I want to like it. I really do, but for some reason, I just can’t. I like it when I first smell it, but then it just settles into my nose, and then I hate it. I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps the pink pepper note? There’s nothing wrong with the fragrance itself, perhaps it’s just something personal.
lexas – :
The 80’s etched and forwarded a postcard in the form of a huge damascone-primped rose that mixed her timelines and arrived too late for a debutante ball lined by simper looking, lipgloss tinted, ironed-haired coquettes that look dismissively at her neon eyeshadow and bouffant hair. Bestowed by her 3 godmothers Paris, Parfum de Peau and Nahema, with the gifts (?) of fluorescent rosiness, stubborn sillage and spicy charm, she’s defying the times she was tossed into and sets to rebel against the vapid stereotypes associated with youthful fruity florals.
An inebriated rose bathed by baroque decadence, velvety roundness, piquant brashiness, loud and tad obnoxious, as if Cindy Lauper and Joan Jett mixed molecules to make one beautiful but very insolent baby.
There’s a fruitiness combining with a big wallop of hot, fruity synthetic musk that reminds me of the tutti fruity smell of a translucent pink eraser I had at school that I used to rub just to get a whiff of the fruity bubblegum sweetness mixed with the hot rubber smell.
Pink, acid-washed All Stars, Vivienne Westwood tartan dress and safety pins on a (physically but maybe not mentally) more grown up Pippi Longstocking. Cutesy rebellion.
yablochkoappl – :
@xxmari – If you’re talking about Daisy by Marc Jacobs, it doesn’t have actual daisies as a note. It’s just named Daisy like the female name.
ninalovesex – :
This is beautiful. I could never understand obsession with daisies, they are so tame. I love the smell of garden after rain, that’s what it is and much more. Lola is extreme floral scent with spices, slightly vintage and very feminine. Rose, geranium and musk is what I get.
R ridick – :
I read all the reviews for lola,still I couldn’t imagine it’s scent.nevertheless decided to blindbuy it.to be honest I wanted that purple bottle with it’s colorful flower-shaped soft plastic cap so badly.also I was very curious
By reading the reviews I could see two main groups here.some find lola strong,sexy,gothic,unique while the other group find it weak,bland,girly,generic.I’m going to be the odd one here as I stand somewhere in between.
When I first sprayed lola I was surprised.it was nothing like my imaginations.I could smell something boozy like red wine and lots of pink pepper.I’m not a fan of it’s opening part but I find it somehow intresting.what surprised me was that it was very familiar to my nose.I was sure that I have a similar perfume,something classice/vintage but I can’t recall it.but after couple of minutes pink pepper and that boozy thing calm down and rose becomes the star.
For me,lola is a floral-rosey perfume.I can’t smell slightest hint of pear but rose has a tart fruity undertone in first hour,something like red current.it has a bit of freshness but is not an overly fresh one.it’s not a pink rose.not a very dark and heavy one either.
On my skin lola is mostly a musky rose-peony scent.a modern musky floral but with a very slight vintage edge.except it’s first minutes it’s not much spicy,or much sweet or fruity.vanilla softens the edges but doesn’t appear as a main note on me.it’s pleasant,feminine and sensual.I see nothing girly or teenage-like here.it’s not exceptional but I find it classy and well put together.each time I wear it I like it more and I find myself sniffing my skin again and again.
It has very good lasting power(+7 hours)but sillage doesn’t pass moderate.I wish it had better projection.
For me it’s a year rounder.it acts very well in this breezy spring days and nights.I purchased my 3.4oz bottle of lola for 60$ and I think it worthes it.not a love for me,not yet,but I like lola a lot
boss2011 – :
Little story behind this one:
Im in Australia and about 3 and a half years ago, me and my husband were living in the pilbarra ( north west) with our then 6mnth old boy and once my husbands job ran out we had to pack up and move back down south asap to find more work; so we gad to sell anything that wasn’t an absolute necessity..which for me meant parting with my collection of designer scents. I loved this one, i had a friend tell me i smelled like musk stick lollies once while wearing it lol. Its sweet with a slight spicyness to it. Ive never really been much for rose dominated scents but this ones quite fresh and sweet. Ive always wanted to replace this one but i havent for fears it will bring back bad memories of those days but i do love it. lasting power is good too. Ive never really smelled anything quite like it its unusual and can be worn by any age
(VZER) – :
Between this and Lola Velvet both smell the same.if your doing a blind buy you won’t be disappointed. Of course ,I’m not one to love florals but this is a sweet floral and it stays on you all day. Very clean scent almost indescribable.
smiller20 – :
@cookieal: personally I thought it smelled dated 2 yrs after it came out
Николай1970 – :
It smell beautyful on the piece of paper, I loved it. But not when I spray it on me 🙁
ConstanceF1 – :
i dont know its just me or anyone.. on me this is not last at all !! its disepear after 30 mins on my skin or my cloths.. very sad tho
fh – :
i tested lola when it was first launched and i liked it SO MUCH.
i didn’t get it at that time but had it on my mind since.
i recently ordered the full size in a GREAT offer i found online.
it still is a very nice perfume, but what i realised is, that is a little dated for now…
i don’t know how else to descibe it, but perfumes do have trends, and it is out of trend for the moment.
the opening reminds me EXACTLY burberry’s britt edp, i wonder why it is not mentioned.
this greapfruit- red pepper combo is just the same.
britt is another perfume i was crazy about 10 yers ago, but not any more, though i still like it.
what to say, it has a place in my collection and waits for the right mood. it s not the one i reach for, daily.
it is def. a perfume for colder months and i bought it in summer, so, i ll keep testing now that winter is coming , maybe that is the reason is seems a little harsh, and i ll update.
Grek523 – :
I tryed Lola just when it came out in 2009. The Bottle is so pretty and inusual. For me Was too much flower smell, but everybody Made me compliments for the parfum on my skin. So I bought it, but in my collection is a little bit à shame. I almost never spray it, but today, I wore it after a while…and I still not understand if I like/hate or not…
oleg10159 – :
This may sound strange but this fragrance smells like a perfume that I used to wear in high school (1987) called Aviance Night Musk! Don’t ask me why but every time I smell it, it takes me back. The notes are totally different….They do not make the old Aviance anymore…the new one is not the same. Don’t laugh at me…I am a big nostalgic mush.
timoss13 – :
This is yet another underrated fragrance that i don’t get the dislike of. I personally have found every Marc Jacobs I’ve tried to be wonderful.
Lola is a rose scent with the perfect dose of pink pepper. The pink pepper blends in so wel that it makes the rose smell even more beautiful. It’s a bit “dark” but lovely. Sillage and longevity are both moderate. My only complaint is the bottle. I think the bottle is gorgeous, but the way it is shaped it takes a lot of room up where I store my bottles.
Mikola1983 – :
The first impression after just spritzing it – dark, mysterious, dusty purple(?) powder, velvet clothes, Victorian furniture, goth. It does smell purple, the color of the juice. I was contemplating buying it while smelling my wrist in the store for like 20 minutes. Eventually I grabbed a box and headed for the register, but…the line for the register was sooooo long that day.. Anyway I put off the purchase for another time. Good thing I did.
The dry down after a couple of hours turned out to be very generic light sweet powder, as a lot of reviews here say. It turned to “pink light” from “goth dark”. Confusing, somehow…Maybe I’ll give it another try.
sokol89 – :
This smells very much like Nina Ricci L’Extase to me. It’s a very memorable and unique scent.
k1ruh0072 – :
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Like Lancomes Magnifique Lola is approaching niche territory. “What did she say?” I hear people thinking. This one? Oh, yes! It´s VERY good, juicy, boozy and at the same time fresh and flowery- it´s a contrasting fragrance, so I am not talking weird niche, just maybe ALMOST a beginner´s niche, like something by Montale or Bond. Sure, pink pepper has been overused, but when it´s as perfect in moderation as it is here- who cares? I adore that it has rose and grapefruit. I am finding that I really love scents with the rose/grapefruit combo- it´s wonderful in Byredo Rose Noir as well. Peony makes it flirty, geranium serious, so it´s a slightly contrasting fragrance- is it for perky girls or grown women? Again, who cares? ANY woman could wear this and would smell wonderful in it. I don´t really smell vanilla, but rather the tonka and musk, this type, is in almost ALL modern scents, so nothing to add about that. Somehow Lola also makes me think of Tauer perfumes- the boozy depth combined with something fun and sunny, as in hot weather sunny, not as in “happy-go-lucky” sunny. Lola is really very nice and I want more of it.
Weamytrerdend – :
I bought it cause I loved the bottle and the opening smell. Sadly,the dry down smelled like fruit liqueur on me. When I moved, I left it for the girl who moved in after me. She loved it.
admalx – :
My boyfriend surprised me with this early in our relationship because I mentioned how much I adored Marc Jacobs as a designer and was that I interested in his scents.
When I said that, I am fairly certain I meant Daisy and whatever its new flanker was in its early years. When I opened the package and discovered Lola, I wasn’t sure how to feel.
Daisy is light, fresh, unoffensive. Lola is gothic, floral, and musky.
My nose is sensitive to pepper notes and musk. I think that’s why it was so confused at first. I love the beautiful dark rose and the sweetness of this, it’s just the heaviness that sometimes keeps me from reaching for it.
Epson – :
My Lola! I worry it has gone a bit off…
I love it so much, got it when I was around 15 and my mum went on a business trip to New York. I had requested Daisy but as it sold out she got me this in stead. I would say so much better… Really hope it is still wearable. We are 6 years down the road now but 100ml is just quite a lot for the infrequent wearer.
Now the dominant liquorice (I am sure it wasn’t that dominant) has gone it starts to smell a bit more like it was again… Hope it turns out to be wearable still.
Guess I’ll give this one some undivided attention the upcoming months! And I need to stop buying perfume, I don’t understand how you guys keep your perfumes in condition haha… I have 10 now and I guess I keep that my max to prevent any other going off. I added one cheapie today, but I’ll stop myself and say only until my next birthday I may request a new one!
мракоборец – :
I am ambivalent with Marc Jacobs’ perfumes. They’re a bit out of my price range (and I’ve only seen them once at the discounters I shop at–TJ Maxx and the like), so I tend to hoard samples of the ones I love (Daisy Dream, Dot, Daisy Eau So Fresh, and Honey), and sample the rest. When I was young, the original Daisy was so thoroughly repulsive that I avoided all MJ perfumes, but clearly I’ve found some that I love. Lola, however, is a first for me in how my relationship with it has changed and is continually changing.
Lola is the one exception to my sample hoard: I own a full sized bottle of this because my former roommate left it behind after she moved out. And like Daisy, I was initially repelled by this scent when I sampled it. Where were people getting rose? All I could detect was pepper and dirty chrysanthemums. When I got this full sized bottle, I decided to give it another chance, and what I smelled was a pleasing combination of the two Stella McCartney perfumes I love: Stella and L.I.L.Y. (basically the combination of Stella’s rose/peony + L.I.L.Y.’s peppery musk).
Now, this is all well and good, but Lola is the one perfume that I’ve noticed changes based on my (forgive me for the euphemism) moon cycle. Most days, I get the Stella McCartney combination. But this week, I noticed that right before my cycle, this smells completely different: I get a strong whiff of juicy pear (usually not my favorite note because pear can smell too concentrated; here, it was perfect, like a real pear cut in half, instead of a pear juice) and geranium. It was really surprising, as fruity florals are not my usual cup of tea, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. The love affair ends on my actual cycle, as now I’m nearly anosomic to it; if I strain, I can detect a vague baby powderish rose, and that’s it.
Lola’s interesting behavior almost makes me want to give Daisy another chance. Almost.
Elysian88 – :
She’s wearing a floral dress and a big smile on her face. She’s youthful and clumsy and beautifully imperfect. She’s vulnerable in the most endearing way. She might be a little tipsy. The kind of girl everyone wants to hug and kiss for her sweet smile and colorful personality. I think this is an approachable, sunny, feminine perfume for any casual affair… This could work for date nights as well, a way to bring your sweetheart closer.
The opening smell is similar to me to Honey by Marc Jacobs, which I love. I was never incredibly sold by Daisy or Dot, but I gravitated toward the lush goodness of Honey. That smell eventually fades, and you’re left with the sweet floral goodness that is tempered by a powdered musk. It’s lovely really, and smells like a sweet drunken rose. I just bought this from TJ Maxx for $29. It’s good at that price, I think!
mishel2250 – :
The opening is actually rather promising but the promise is fleeting. I’m iffy about pink pepper to say the least so I didn’t expect to love this one, and I certainly don’t. It doesn’t really inspire me to delve into the details of the composition, so I’ll let you keep this one to yourself, morose Karlie Kloss.
wqs420Unlogrere – :
I think I had a small bottle of this when I was around 15 or 16 years old. Absolutely loved it back then. I can definitely see why it is still a popular choice among girls around my age (20s) and I’d definitely reconsider buying it again for a fun night out.
To me it smells flirty and fun while not being overpowering but still giving a certain ‘seductive’ vibe.
I definitely smell the florals and it’s quite sweet (but not in-your-face-sweet!). I don’t really smell the rose but then I almost never do unless it’s the main focus of the perfume.
So in conclusion a very nice fun going-out perfume you can wear to the movies, a party, etc.
alexxx___1995 – :
Wearing it right now from a vial sample. It’s an acceptable scent, but I can’t imagine myself buying a full bottle of this, or wearing it days in a row. Too contemporary (in a bad sense).This Lola is too generic, represents modern perfume industry, I mean, disposable fragrances. I prefer fragrances with a vintage vibe, something more special, exclusive or misterious. And plus: I hate marc jacobs frags bottles, those butterflies and flowers petals and wings are so tacky.
P.S.: Many years ago I had a miniature of Rose (pierre cardin)… Lola reminded me Rose a little, but it was so long ago… I’m not sure…
unia73 – :
I wish this fragrance smelled like the bottle looks.
The opening is so wonderful and intriguing. Fresh and warm, fruity but not sickly sweet. I tried this on about an hour ago, and it’s gone a flat floral, with a pinch of spice or something.
I wouldn’t buy it sadly
StololakMet – :
This was a gift from my college boyfriend for the Christmas that marked almost a year together. Naturally, I switched from my one and only Gucci Rush to this, out of sentimental value. At the time I liked this scent, it’s fruity, floral, spicy– but it’s very generic, it doesn’t move me. As my nose becomes more experienced I like it less and less. It smells like college romance: clumsy, trying to be frisky with pink peppercorns but clashing with youthful/girly fruits and florals. It isn’t blended well. Lola is figuring herself out, unsure of what she really wants, still coming of age. A perfect scent for a 16-22 year old, AHA! That’s why it’s called Lola! Alluding to Vladmir Nabokov’s “Lolita”, very clever Marc Jacobs.
Босяк – :
Taking Southern Blonde’s cue here:
Well, I’m not dumb, but I can’t understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a ….
Not a man. No. Just another floral-fruity-cutie – which wouldn’t bother me in the slightest had she not had the potential of being so much more. I’ve tested Lola a zillion times, because the thing is, I really like the start of this scent, and there’s a suggestion that it’s about to bloom into a lovely, heady voluptuous rose – but it always just stops short. It’s pretty and flirty but not the least bit dirty, and that’s what I want my rose to be. I think the citrus and geranium are the culprits here; they lighten Lola up to the point that yes, she does become fairly generic.
I can’t help thinking thinking the Marc Jacobs team DID want to do something a bit different and darker with Lola; but then they got stuck on the tried-and-tested success of the fairly generic Daisy and Dot, and lost their nerve. They bottled it. Literally. The Lola of the Kinks song turns out to be something quite different to the singer’s expectations, but at least it’s a thrill of a ride. This Lola promises a thrill but it’s just so much harmless flirting…
liaplegrienue – :
Her Name Was Lola She Was A Showgirl With Yellow Feathers In Her Hair And A Dress Cut Down To There
This smells so so good! My God does it smell good. The bottle is so pretty. It smells of grape fruit and pear as it opens. Then all I get is a rose scent. It lasts a long time before it turns into vanilla and a bit but only a bit powdery. This is a soft sexy romantic rose fragrance to wear when you go out on dates. I wear this on dates and have received many compliments. I also like to wear this on cruises when I perform. A little goes a long way as this scent is detectable to others. I just love it so much. I prefer this to Decadence by Marc Jacobs. This one is a gorgeous fruity floral.
kazak-gol – :
Vaguely generically fruity/floral with huge sillage at first, Lola quickly becomes a cloying vinyl/vanilla that begs to be scrubbed.
sonyyase – :
Blind bought this at TJ Maxx this weekend, either the juice is bad or this is straight up the scent of a thousand common fragrances. Cannot tolerate this scent at all. I feel horrible that I spent twenty bucks on this.
It’s the fact that I can’t even detect any singular notes that makes me thing maybe this is off.
qwertin – :
I have been looking for a rose scent, so when I found a bottle of this for a bargain I picked it up. Unfortunately this is a most neutered rose, utterly lacking the dry yet oily classic scent of rose. The rose does lurk in the background, but is almost completely extinguished by the peony, pear and pepper, which unfortunately when combined on my skin make me smell like I’m covered in Herbal Essences shampoo. The scent is very generic and inoffensive, great if you work in a super conservative office but it bores me to tears.
atstt – :
Lola – I almost wish the full size would have the same shape as the 1.7? Why,well because Lola is gorgeous in that size, very representative of a woman’s body shape in a rich velvety purple gown and she adorns her hair with beautiful flowers pinned on the side. She is flawless, sexy, somewhat mysterious old Hollywood vibe like Laurette Luez but with a modern Salma Hayek twist.
I am so glad the pink pepper note is not prominent on me, what I get is a beautiful fruity floral musky scent. Good longevity and pretty nice sillage.
maks198015 – :
I found the cuttest little thing today…its two 20mls bottle of this one of which comes in a little gold container with the purple colours this perfume comes in, then the little replacement vial-so each one is 20mls. Then it has a cute little cosmetics bag to carry it in, or for whatever else. I had not smelled it before but wanted to. So this little set being 19.99 thought why not. And I’m glad I did! I love this. Its not like the usual blast of florals like the other Marc Jacobs frags out there-dont get me wrong I love those ones too! But this is different. It has something very nostalgic to it-not sure what but it smells great. Its a deep floral to me, a deep aquatic floral-if that makes sense to anyone other then me haha!
domi – :
I found the cuttest little thing today…its two 20mls bottle of this one of which comes in a little gold container with the purple colours this perfume comes in, then the little replacement vial-so each one is 20mls. Then it has a cute little cosmetics bag to carry it in, or for whatever else. I had not smelled it before but wanted to. So this little set being 19.99 thought why not. And I’m glad I did! I love this. Its not like the usual blast of florals like the other Marc Jacobs frags out there-dont get me wrong I love those ones too! But this is different. It has something very nostalgic to it-not sure what but it smells great. Its a deep floral to me, a deep aquatic floral-if that makes sense to anyone other then me haha!
makc-gomel.2 – :
I extremely loveeeeeeee the fact that it’s long lasting on me and attracts compliments from people around me. Even my mom and sister in laws loves it. They thought that it is a perfect perfume and suits me very well.
However, I must admit that I don’t like the smells of it on me. The crisp musky smells feels generic to me and overtime I think it smell like piss. Now I just keep it in my car so that I can use it in case of emergency or when my car needs an extra boosts of scents.
It was a gift and I don’t wanna be rude by not wearing them at all though.
Depp – :
Maybe it’s because I got a really old sample, but I found this to have a very fruity “pastey” smell. The closest thing I could think of to describe it is fondant. Acai also has that gummy/pasty quality which actually surprised me that there was no acai in this perfume.
valter – :
Ah, dominant pepper! with some Pear and Rose to start with. After a while it gets warm, soft pepper with deep Dark Rose and Musk. A lovely scent, but I sneeze, a problem I have with many scents.
Åh, dominant peppar! med söt Päron och Ros i toppen. Efter en stund blir det en varm, mjukpepprig doft med djupa, mörka Rosor och Musk. En underbar doft, men jag nyser av den – ett problem jag har med många dofter (växande allergi).
znakomaxa – :
This fragrance is beautiful, mysterious, and sexy. It has lots of layers but upon first spray you get roses, pink pepper, and vanilla. It is warm and spicy but somehow floral and sweet too. I don’t even know how to explain it but whenever I wear it I get showered in compliments. It makes me feel like such a woman. I’ve got to say the most compliments I get are from men who seem to love this smell.
Another thing I love is that it lasts but it isn’t overpowering, but if people lean in or hug me they immediately are like what are you wearing, wow!
I see this perfume as a power perfume; walk into a room and own it. Its so so unique too. I have never smelled anything like it ever. This is my signature scent for sure.
yasya2004march – :
I love this gal, so much… But, alas… she says hello, nice to meet you so sweetly and seductively at first spray… and then… nothing. 5 minutes later, absolutely nothing… I have a full size bottle of this gem and I’m starting to think- should I sell it? What the heck… A huge selling point for me, is staying power. This lady has not got that at all. Is it just me?? Why doesn’t she want to stay? *sniffle* *sniff* … flat.
But like I said, the initial blast for me is absolutely wonderful. I like those 2 minutes…
Months later… Suddenly, I don’t like it. It smells different on me. I think my nose has elevated to higher frequencies of the quality fragrance meter. Lol Seriously though, it’s so weird.
olesa – :
I got this for Christmas when it was first released. I didn’t have an extensive knowledge of fragrance at the time but I like it because it was different, to me it reminded me of patchouli but I guess that’s because its a little darker than some perfumes ive had. I used up a 30ml edp in about 6 months. 3 years later my husband and I were at a huge duty free perfume event at Birmingham airport and I could have got more of this but chose dot instead to be different. BIG MISTAKE! a 100ml bottle of dot ended up in the bin a few months ago as I never wore it and wish Id got lola!
Avtokill – :
A few years ago I wore this a lot, never for work, only evenings or weekends, now it almost makes me gag. Strange. I think it is the peony perhaps, as I quite like peppery notes in a fragrance. I always hated the bottle! I I think it may remind me of Lauren which is why I first got it, not the same notes but reminds me of it, but now, oh dear. Oh Lola is even worse…
Vilmond – :
When I was wearing Lola a few years ago, so many people – strangers too – wanted to know what it was. Everybody seemed to like it on me.
But somehow I don’t like it anymore, I got bored with it, it seems, or people can change this much in a few years.
It is spicey, strong and long lasting. It is more fruity than sweet or flowery on me.
Serik1 – :
Far too peppery for me. I gave it away to my best friend who loves it.
tairlo – :
Lola is one of my favorite fruity florals (which is not typically a group I pick from often). It’s soft, pretty, and unassuming. The pink pepper provides a little spiciness and intrigue to the rose, and together, they perfectly complement each other. The pear is just the right amount of fruitiness without overpowering the soft florals, musk and sweet vanilla. Lola is gentle, buoyant. Purely delightful.
To mimic another reviewer below me: Lola absolutely has a ’90s throwback quality. That’s actually the entire reason I decided to try it. I think most times I see Marc Jacobs perfumes with their flamboyant toy-like bottles, I can’t take them seriously. But Lola helped me gain perspective on the matter. Especially going back to that ’90s mentality – Couldn’t you see the kitschy Lola bottle sitting atop Lisa Turtle’s dresser (from Saved by the Bell)? Or perhaps Blossom Russo’s? Heck, one of my favorite perfumes in the ’90s, Fetish, had a ridiculous bottle. Which is one of the reasons I tried it in the first place! Haha.
Lastly, I have an odd story, or, perhaps a comparison to add. Lola isn’t exactly a perfume I would’ve even taken a second look at if not for searching high and low for similar scents to Avon’s discontinued ‘Natori’. I recently read that a knock-off of Lola, called “Hola”, was a dead ringer for the gloriously ’90s Natori. I thought, “Well, what about actual Lola?” While they had a few notes in common, Lola turned out to be only vaguely similar to Natori. But I wasn’t disappointed by Lola in the slightest – it’s a charming scent that I’m glad I happened to stumble upon.
dima123dima123 – :
Lola hits you in the face with a plastic pear, but soon the gentle petals of a peony start to emerge while tickling your cheeks with cool leaves. It’s the moment you realize that the petals themselves have a green leaf life juice vibe. Grapefruit and pink pepper are jumping on a bed and the whole scene shortly dims as a voluptuous corseted diva – the rose enters, hushes the kids jumping on the bed, puts the peonies in a vase and starts singing a jazzy song with her beautiful voice, but her voice is shy and muted. All the other noisemakers gently gather round her. as it all mellows into some kind of melodramatic coziness. And then the song starts going louder as Vanilla enters and joins with her sidekick Tonka in their low, velvety voices.
I got it as a birthday gift many months ago and gave it a proper one perfume sniffing and wearing per day, but probably I will be giving it to someone else. This is way too adolescent to pull off for me. It’s for a flirty girl, and I have zero skills. I believe to most might seem deliberately sexy date night perfume. And if I ever needed that, I have way more sophisticated guns in my arsenal.
EDIT: “I’m not a girl, not yet a woman!” kind perfume, I’m just a child, trying to survive in an aging body.
EDIT: still have it though and tested the other day, and I must admit I really hate it. She is like a friend, that seems cool at first, but then annoys the hell out of you and you want to run away, screaming never again!
kostaf75 – :
i love this and always have. i get lots of pepper which i happen to like in perfume. it’s sweetened by the rose and vanilla. i find the lasting power and silage to be above average. i feel great and happy when i wear this perfume. it’s flirty and fun just like the bottle.
gera0610 – :
Testing it on paper, I quite enjoyed this sangria-like rose. However on skin, it developed a thick impenetrable quality with a nagging scent memory that I finally placed – it reminds me of those edible wax lip candies, plasticky and generically vanilla-fruity. Once I made that association, it wouldn’t go away . . . so this isn’t a winner for me.
alcohol666 – :
This perfume is very 90s- it reminds me a lot of Tommy Girl which was one of my first perfumes ever and now recently I’ve started wearing it again for the nostalgic vibe and the fact that nobody I know wears it anymore. I do prefer Tommy Girl over Lola because it’s a fresher lemon rose and Lola is more peppery, but those who like peppery citrus perfumes like Chanel’s line will likely prefer Lola.
tigrenokb-b.s.c – :
This is rich, almost oily, a powerful rose scent; the key with this one is to apply lightly, with one or two sprays. It is stronger than you think. I love grapefruit and rose conbinations. I love the grapefruit-rose in Coco Noir.
This grapefruit is a sour one, a big juicy Indian River squirt in your eye grapefruit. The rose note is thick, oily, and fatty. The whole perfume has a Rubenesque quality, overripe, sensual, a little blowsy. I love it, it is like bad genre fiction that is so bad it is good. I don’t get that much peony, but I definitely get an old school geranium, which I love. There is quite a soild base of vanilla and tonka to anchor the rose, and sweeten the greenish geranium. Projects big, and leaves an impressive trail.
This is not a black pepper at all, it is a rosy, spicy, pink pepper, but it definitely opens with a bang. Very little pear on me, enough to sweeten the grapefruit. Pear can have a dry quality for a fruit, but this is a juicy pear note. Again, there is a thick quality to the pear, a little sweet, a little gourmand with the vanilla and tonka. The rose lingers throughout, never really ceding the stage. I don’t get much musk, which is probably a good thing. Just a little sexy muskiness to the florals.
But, that top! that giant plastic gaudy ridiculous thing. I don’t know what that is supposed to be saying to the world. I have to keep my bottle out because it