Description
Gorilla Perfumers are taking over Lush Fresh Handmade cosmetics this summer with their new collection of fine fragrances – to be released soon. The pre-release from this collection is Tuca Tuca and it’s sure to be the summer number one!
It’s that fun and flirtatious girl inside us all – she’s mischievous with a naughty sense of humour and an infectious giggle. She likes to dance like no-one’s watching and run through park sprinklers with abandonment, just because she can. She’s whimsical, carefree and when the sun shines just right she can go from being sweet to sensual with the bat of an eyelash. Tuca Tuca is the epitome of how fast your heart races when your eyes meet the boy you’ve got a crush on!
Like any good summer day, Tuca Tuca starts with a blast of fresh summer air, violet top notes accompany a rich floral feel from cassie absolute. As the sun reaches midday the warm vanilla and ylang ylang move the perfume into its middle notes and then, as the sun sets, we’re left with a slightly naughty violet leaf and vetivert bottom, the end to a perfect day!
There will also be a Tuca Tuca massage bar (£5.00) available in the range. The fun and flirty fragrance is blended with cocoa butter and shea butter for those sensual, massage moments! Tuca Tuca was launched in 2010.
ErronoNox – :
Super sexy! I agree with reviewer below descriptions cabin, gypsy caravan etc. It seems to be discontinued, what a shame Lush, this is what you should keep. Such a smoky floral on me. Sillage pretty good. Longevity very good. The drydown is very dry and close to skin almost like entering a room where someone was smoking a pipe with sweet tobacco and you sit down on couch and from the couch cushions you smell the tobacco….make sense?
red7774 – :
Solid perfume, loved this and not in Lush au anymore 🙁
Think musty cabin mixed with incense and dried flowers. I get a real gypsy caravan / witches wardrobe vibes. Sweetness balanced by out by powder and smokeyness.
⛤⛤⛤⛤
alejandr – :
I think this smells best in the “Don’t Rain on my Parade” shower gel, as it seems to mellow all the parts out. The solid is my follow up, as it seems sweeter, quieter, and less harsh than the spray, even if the spray lasts longer. And, oddly, the spray is bright orange…and stains. Learned that the hard way. RIP white blouse!
I like this, but I feel it needs a touch of something bitter, which is why I pair it with my Lolita Lempicka Minuit Noir. The patchouli in it seems to tame the sweetness a little better than the violet leaf and vetiver manage.
The ylangylang and sandalwood make the vanilla-sweetness much more interesting.
I don’t get any mimosa in this.
vdi231Diobtetty – :
I have the solid perfume, I think it suits an intimate night occasion. It is playful in a dark moodyish way. Maybe like helena bonhem carter’s character in Fight Club, that kind of dark playful. I don’t recon i can pull this one off in the light of day, it’s highly sensual.
floowlalalley – :
LUSH describe this as playful and I do get that from this scent. But it’s not playful in a childlike, innocent way.
Remember that scene in the film “Live and Let Die”, with the funeral parade through New Orleans? That is Tuca Tuca! A voodoo priestess at Mardi Gras, and I love it!
MurX777 – :
This perfume makes me sigh. Not only because it is very beautiful, but because to get my hands on a full bottle has been impossible so far…it is powdery, sweet, violet-y and smells like the Lush Shops minus a note or few…sandalwoody, perfect. Not a gentle scent, it blasts out strongly (pretty sure I get the wood and base notes, as listed on here first) and even colours the skin a lovely orange-red (Yves Saint Laurent Nu does this too) It lasts and lasts and lasts some more. I won’t sigh no more, once she is mine. But it will be a different sigh. Will she be mine?
sibesa – :
Tuca tuca is strong and dark… in a really boring way. Is just an static violet. Not for me…
Айфи2 – :
AH Tuca Tuca! Advertised as ‘playful’ but with a sinister edge. Like those old posters of clowns.. violets backed up with cassis, not blackcurrant with their acrid sharp cat pee smell, not summer garden fruit but the jammy wickedness of jammy Cassis. Vaguely a splash of citrus for carnival but then the deep Woody foundations, the gipsy caravan at the edge of the field where that circus is camped out. But do beware, the only drawback, I usually apply it to a twist of cotton wool in my cleavage as it stains. And the stain doesn’t come out in the wash!
kazaserp – :
This is a weird one. I bought the solid perfume stick off of the UK site because it wasn’t available in any local Lush stores in my country and I can definitely tell you it’s because of that. It’s weird and kooky and would not fly with the local tastes here in Kuwait. I got it because of my love for violet and said weirdness. I didn’t expect to be what it turned out to be.
If I remember correctly, I think there was a banana note in Tuca Tuca on Lush’s website which isn’t listed here. It is, for better or worse, very present along with the powdery violets. While it is cloying a, as several reviewers have commented, and somewhat acrid and harsh, it does need some patience and getting used to. When I first got it I couldn’t stand it, but, after applying my strategy of using up every perfume I dislike as quickly as possible via throwing it into my work purse, I began to “get it” a little bit. It’s whimsical, if I have to describe it in one word. Not a good thing at times, but, hey, it is what it is.
Overall, I don’t love it, but I appreciate its uniqueness (even if it’s not always a good thing).
ягафаров наиль – :
gorgeous smells like hubbabubba gum lol
Miss_Kawaii – :
I’m hoping to buy a bottle of this. Please message me if you’d like to sell one.
QQwert – :
This is a very dark and moody, musky/sexy violet scent. In their description, LUSH claims it to be playful and flirty. I don’t get that. On me it starts out strong and peppery, dries down to musky vanilla with the ghost of violet lingering always in the constantly evolving maelstrom of fragrance notes. It does call to mind a dark storm brewing, about to cut loose all hell. I absolutely love it and I can vouch that there is NO other perfume that I have ever smelled that even remotely resembles it. People have followed me throughout stores and down the street asking after this fragrance; interestingly, I receive the most compliments from Middle Eastern folks. Perhaps because of its similarity to an oudh-based scent (although there is no oudh in it)! There is a sweetness to it, yes but it is well tempered by the dark raging peppery notes. No innocent flower scent, this. This is something to wear if you want to be noticed. And you WILL be noticed.
xViziterx – :
…why does some ingredient in Lush’s scents always seem to smell of banana flavored bubble gum? My skin must really amp up their brand of ylang but WOW, banana flavor all the way once it dries down. Not so much into that.
toha201012 – :
I have both the edt and the solid version of this perfume, and they are quite different on me.
The edt is a syrupy sweet fragrance largely consisting of earthy vanilla and a hint of violet. I wanted it to smell like the solid, but it just reacts strangley with my chemistry, I guess.
The solid, on the other hand, is much darker and more intoxicating. It opens on a strong and slightly earthy violet/vanilla note, and eventually morphs into more of a woody, musky scent. It’s not nearly as sweet on me, and less femme then its spray on counterpart (could be unisex). I always get compliments on it! Unfortunately it doesn’t last nearly as long as the edt.
This perfume has a very “80’s fragrance” vibe to it, and sorta reminds me of 80’s rock. Makes me want to apply some more eye liner and listen to The Cure.
aretuentits – :
This is a very intriguing scent. I had an initial blast of cinnamon and violet, then vanilla and more variations later on. This is never boring for sure and one of the most developmental scents I have experienced.
So for a grade
A for uniqueness
A for this wild take on violet
A for reminding me of Christmas
B for reminding me of Christmas potpourri that a younger child is surely trying to eat while waiting on Christmas dinner
B for wearability
A for how this unravels and circles back around to violet again
FoormaVigma – :
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TUCA TUCA!
Yet when it was first released, i hated it the first few days i wore it…. But after the second day, i was hooked! It opens with a very smokey vetiver and screechy violet note, but after an hour it starts to dry down into the skin with a buttery vanilla sweetness with a violet cream accord. It’s a warm, intoxicating and seriously sexy scent. HANDS DOWN the BEST LUSH FRAGRANCE!
Also, as all ‘Gorilla Perfumes at Lush’ fragrances are made with a high essential oil content, the juice in most will NOT be clear like synthetic juices. DO NOT spray on clothes or sheets – perfume is for the skin.
jopka – :
If you’d asked if there were any notes that could never be the foundation for a unisex perfume I’d have said violet because it is just so feminine. And I’d have been completely wrong, because Tuca Tuca is basically violets without the Guerlain Meteorites and granny’s violet pastilles vibe. A truly unisex violet scent.
This opens with a violet and ‘LUSH store’ fragrance. You know how LUSH stores are essentially the worst place to test perfumes because everything is drowned out by a fragrance + soap cacophony? This perfume starts like that. Then it loses the violet and just smells of soaps, with a sort of plasticky smell too, but the violet is just waiting in the wings for its next scene. The soap screech dies down and the vetiver peeks through giving this a nice sweet woody note. It’s got vanilla and the violet reappears, but it’s ‘peppery’ somehow. In the end it’s definitely violet, but not like any other violet scent I have smelled.
And it lasts. Forever… If you spray this on at 9:00AM it will still be hanging around at least until 8:30PM. And not much changed, this settles into its violet, vanilla and vetiver sweet groove and stays there, even seeming to gain power if you wear it on a hot enough day. It’s a bit cloying in hot weather actually because it has the same sort of vibe as Lolita Lempika- sweet, a bit tarry, a bit heavy, a bit powdery and a bit perplexing. People say that that one is enchanted or ethereal, and this is the same. Picture the elves in Lord Of The Rings- they’d probably smell a like this.
A guy could definitely wear this, as could any woman, but it’s not a conventionally masculine or feminine scent. I also think this will be a bit of a love it or hate it kind of frag, I like it, but it can make me feel a bit sick (like a lot of sweeter perfumes can) if I overdo it, and it isn’t hard to overdo it.
Also the juice is orange? I wouldn’t suggest heavily spraying this on fabric because 1) it will stick around forever (as most LUSH scents do) and 2) the juice will probably stain.
Игорь1991111 – :
Usually not fond of dark or heady scents, I find this addictive and sultry in a dirty way. The first few minutes upon applying, it made me smell like a heavy smoker and gave me a bit of a headache. But after the drydown, the powdery, smoky, woody smell kept me sniffing at my wrists unconsciously. I do agree with a lot of reviews in saying that it feels wintry, and I would probably only use this at night.
EDIT: I can’t get over how intoxicating this scent is to me. I have just been able to put my finger on where I have smelt it before, and it’s from Lush’s Tramp shower gel (I have been in love with the woody smell of the product for years, but have not been able to purchase it for a while in my area). I always thought of the gel as a summer smell, but the perfume completely proved me wrong. If you are a fan of the product or into woody unisex scent, I highly recommend this perfume.
nsergey81 – :
Tuca Tuca is way underestimated. It’s got soul. It’s not a “Hey, smell me over here!” kind of fragrance. It’s modest, not overpowering, sexy, feminine, and soft. I have it in the solid perfume and love it. I often put in on and a little goes a long way. It’s no offensive and it’s not in your face either. Tuca Tuca is probably a real summertime fragrance but I think it would work any season, any time of day and it would smell great on a man.
arteym_777 – :
I like it but alot of people are allergic to it so its hard to wear…
burov35 – :
Good staying power, moderate sillage. Violet and some vanilla, I like it, regardless it didn’t age very well. When I use it, I get lots of compliments, as it’s very feminine.
tatysad – :
Oh Tuca Tuca, how I love thee 🙂 I grew up eating Parma Violets and so I have a special love for violet scented anything. This so far is my favorite violet perfume. It has the right amount of sweet vanilla and powder. It’s not as cloying as Insolence, and not as green and fresh as Love in Black. It’s just right to me. I also have the massage bar (sadly, discontinued) and it smells like heaven. I keep it in my underwear drawer. I’m afraid to use it up! I only have a 10 mL spray of this but after rediscovering it after a couple years, now I realize why I bought it in the first place. It’s just yummy and the sillage is perfect. It’s not overbearing. If you can find a better sweet vanilla violet, let me know, but for now, this is the best one I can possibly imagine.
barcelona797 – :
Tuca tuca was my first Lush perfume, for the longest time it was VERY overwhelming for me. It sits on top of your skin and screams I SMELL GOOD!! I had to do the old “spay it in the air and run through it” trick. Then the Sillage became tolerable.
On me Tuca Tuca smells powdery and sweet, the violets soften and complicate the vanilla in a way that is oh so Lush. After a few minutes a spicy almost cinnamon type note comes out but only very close to my skin. I think this perfume is fun to smell but I can’t wear it.
Tuca Tuca is packed with summer notes but wears like a winter scent for sure, when you miss the pool and flowers and sunshine spritz this one on. It will envelop you in a sweater of thick scent.
biwe – :
I recently purchased a sample due to my intense love for violets and vanilla. I am not disappointed, once again, with LUSH. Beautiful, lush violets, vetivert gives I slight dry grassiness, the vanilla and ylang ylang are perfect, making the scent slightly sweet and spicy. If you truly love natural violets, you will love this perfume. LUSH perfumes are so beautifully natural and non synthetic…I am totally hooked…
_dvsh_ – :
This is very warm and dark for a violet scent. I usually prefer my violets cooler, Insolence Eau Glacee probably my favorite. The heart of this composition has a warmth and sweetness that is difficult to put my finger on — probably a combination of the vanilla, mimose, ylang ylang. The sandalwood is quite lovely in the dry down as well. I think I would like this composition better with less vetiver, it seems to clash with the rest of the notes. The violets just don’t stick around long enough to make me think of this as a violet fragrance, it’s more of a yellow floral, it certainly has the sweetness of one. I think it is definitely unisex, if you’re a man who likes florals this one could work for you.
tundra4747 – :
I like this. I bought it because one of my favorite things to do is go into a lush store and go on an olfatory journey. Just loove holding the bathbombs smelling them, watching them glisten in the light when they have little sparkles. This is a kind of therapy for me, so very relaxing….and if there is a quintesential Lush smellis the Tucca, Tucca. Is the stuff you smell when you go infront of a Lush store and makes you walk in! This smell is kind of strong, soapy clean, but pleasnt to me. I think it soothes me because it transports me to the leasurely moments I spend walking around a lush store smelling all the little treats as if time didnt exist…
I however don’t wear this often. As much as I like this I find the smell is too strong and kind of annoying or umplesant to those closest to me. They say hey Mangotea, you smell like that weird soapy store. Thus I wear it sparingly, because I like those people close and because I do recognize that there are some dresses that look better on a hanger than on your body. I think this fragrance is a little like this. If it was a paint color this wouldnt blend like a watercolor but coat like a wall paint, regardless of your body chemistry. I wear this more on the occasional weekend when I come out of the gym, after a long, strong workout and looooonnnng shower.
arendajcb – :
This is Juliette smoking and listening to “Love will tear us apart” by Joy Division
Deroxwntkj – :
First it has an sticky, dark dollish sweetness to it like a Barbie mixed with petrol. After a while it turns into a sweet, violetty almost rubbery kind of scent. It’s a quite sharp, sweet dark heavy fragrance. I don’t know if I like it or not…. If I spray it on clothes it seems to be much more refined and delicate, maybe that’s what I have to do :))
I’ll try it on for a while and come back to edit…!!
Edit: I’ve decided that I like the smell, it turned into an amazing powdery violettyfloral smell on me after a while. Well done again, Lush!!
Först uppstår en väldigt skarp “Barbie” doft uppblandat med bensin!! Inget jag alls uppskattar…. har till och med svårt att utröna några som helst noter då doften är mycket skarp och “frätande”. Den tonar ner sig efter ett tag men är fortfarande ganska gummiliknande i doften med noter av sötma och viol. Har svårt att avgöra om jag tycker om den eller inte…. När jag sprayar den på mina kläder framstår den mycket mer raffinerande och delikat…
Jag kommer att använda den ett tag för att sedan återkomma och redigera…!!
Edit: Jag har bestämt mig för att jag tycker om doften, den förvandlas till en fantastisk, pudrig, violettblommig doft på mig efter ett tag. Bra gjort igen….. Lush!!!
Kissa1983 – :
very nice violet’s perfume,very sugary ,sweet mimosa and sandal.
and very strong ,persistent,with good silage.I’ll buy it cos it was love from the first sniff :).
Meoza065Negeltzex – :
The one thing that I like about this perfume is that it smells like my mom’s lipstick that I would borrow from her purse when I was a kid. That’s it. It smells like lipstick for an hour, then on my skin turns into something obnoxious, kind of like mothballs mixed with hairspray mixed with some kind of pee. Not great.
retterne – :
I tried the Lush solid perfumes and this one turned out the nicest on my skin. When I got home I asked my mum to smell my wrist and she said “mm is that Guerlain”. :)I suppose it smells expensive on me. I actually tried on a violet perfume by Guerlain once, but it didn’t quite sit with my skin as nicely as this does.
The silage is quite good but not in an overpowering way. It smells yummy.I love that it has Ylang Ylang and vanilla in it as well as the violets.
I am grateful to the attendant at Lush who told me to wait 15m for the perfume to develop. I am used to alcohol based perfumes so I wasn’t aware of how long it would take, and on first sniff I wasn’t quite as crazy about it. Will become my everyday becasue of the great ingredients and due to the fact I can carry it in my handbag.
dimka 1985 – :
When I first had this, I loved it. It was amazing powdery sweet floral smell to me.
But then it changed. I don´t know what happened, but now it smells sour to me, like expired joghurt.
Very dissapointing…
SandN – :
Tuca Tuca reminds me of Lust because they both have that sticky, dark syrupy sweetness. Both contain a generous portion of ylang ylang (it’s that distinct spicy floral note) and they both turn kinda stuffy/powdery in the drydown. But where Lust goes all green tea & jasmine on you, Tuca Tuca turns purple, violetty, lipsticky, and almost rubbery. I can also smell the musty roots of iris here…
Now, being a fan of dark/spicy/heavy fragrances I love them both, but I waited longer to test Tuca Tuca because of the misdirected advertising. The name is too silly for this dark beauty; all that fun and dancy stuff simply doesn’t suit its mood. This is the most sensual dark floral heavy on violets, there’s nothing careless or modern about it. They should have named it ‘danger danger’ because that’s the vibe I’m getting, but in the best possible sense. 😉 But just like with other good quality heavy fragrances, anything more than a drop will be an overload, so spray with caution.
Toxasmsquad – :
Lush TUCA TUCA is another rather gooey and gunky creation from this house, in this case with more of a dark purplish, almost black character. There is a somewhat rubbery and burnt scent to the opening, which smells to my nose similar to the pot liquor at the end of an organic chemistry experiment. It does lighten up a bit as it dries down, but it always remains quite dense. I would compare this to the result one might obtain by boiling away most of the solvent from Lolita Lempicka or maybe Guerlain INSOLENCE. TUCA TUCA is not nearly so sweet as those perfumes however. I would say that this is more of a masculine violet scent.
The hue of the liquid is empirically indistinguishable from that of red food coloring, but it appears to be imparted by acacia, which is listed among the ingredients, along with several other inviting-sounding essences. I don’t know about this one. It’s an interesting concept, but I feel that it needs to be infused with something to make it diffuse into layers. As it sits on my skin, TUCA TUCA seems pretty impenetrable and monolithic.
I think that Miss K (see below) is on to something with the comparison to cigarettes, but I’m not finding TUCA TUCA all that appealing as a stand-alone fragrance. It’s not repulsive, but it’s not compelling either. It seems to me like the rough draft of a perfume.
наташа – :
The first time I tested Tuca Tuca, I really enjoyed it. I got spicy-green violet leaf, creamy ylang, and warm vetiver and clove. It was a lovely sweet-spicy experience. Pleasantly smoky and exotic, with a “campfire” undertone.
Having tested it again, I get a similar unpleasant experience to what others have described below. It is waxy, heavily powdery, sweetly synthetic, cloying, and has a distinctively stale, “old cigarette” smell. Very disappointing.
PAHAN1 – :
I have to admit that I’ve put off testing my sample of Tuca Tuca for almost a year now. I first smelled the fragrance in the matching massage bar in a Lush store and I visibly recoiled – just not for me.
Today, having forgotten what it was I didn’t like about the scent in the first place, I finally steeled myself and dabbed on some Tuca Tuca. And I have to say, it’s not as unpleasant as I was expecting. Wet on my skin, the violet leaf and sandalwood come to the forefront. I also get something a little spicy, like black pepper, even though that’s not in the notes. The violet leaf and ylang ylang offer a little lift to what is otherwise a heavy scent – the sandalwood and vetiver keeps it dark and a little smoky. It dries down into a powdery incense sweetened with a bit of vanilla.
Overall, this is definitely a try-before-you-buy fragrance. I don’t hate it, but I wouldn’t buy it either. There’s not enough warmth or lift to this fragrance. The best analogy I have for this is painting: Tuca Tuca is a little like paint straight from the tube – when you push it out, it’s dark and murky and you eye it in disbelief (“that’s supposed to be purple?”). It’s only when you add a little bit of white that the color really opens up. Tuca Tuca smells a little like that dark paint looks, the color still folded in on itself, missing that crucial component that will let the fragrance really sing.
sosjoy – :
Simply love it!
Around – :
If Tuca Tuca is your favourite night time perfume then Mitsouko by Guerlain would be it’s day time equivilant 🙂
tanya12345 – :
I grew up eating Parma Violets, so I think that’s why I have such a place for violet in my heart. I think it smells so yummy. This reminds me of those candies as well. It kinda smells like the Vanillary perfume but with lots and lots of violet. It’s ALMOST a violet overload, but not quite if you go really easy on it. Lush’s perfumes are quite strong, and this one is no exception. It’s really yummy, just very strong!
Edit:
I tried layering this with Lush’s Vanillary and I liked it even more! The vanilla subdued the intense violet and made it more approachable. This combination is what I expected from Guerlain’s Insolence, but didn’t get.
demonolog666 – :
When you first spray you think of a strong chemical cleaner that gets up your nose. It then morphs to parma violets with an added hint of ylang ylang. After about an 30 mins/ hour it morphs to a lovely mysterious incence smell. It smells powdery, sweet, ylang ylangy with a hint of violet and a faint hint of basir du dragon.
Definately a winter’s night perfume. But to be worn on a night when you want to create a mysterious you, that keeps people guessing.
I can imagine wearing this whilst wearing rock chic stuff and killer heels:) This perfume reminds me of a sexy, sultry, rock chic (but only when fully evolved)
YOUNATAN – :
You’re turning violet, Violet!
These are violets with a sense of humor. My friends, family, and co-workers loathe the days that spritz the Tuca Tuca but some days, like today, I cannot resist. I am in a violet phase and Tuca Tuca is my favorite. My husband-type person told me that I smelled putrefied this morning and that put a smile on my face. I arrived at work and my cubicle neighbor gagged and commented that I was wearing “that” again. I don’t wear it often because it gets such a strong reaction but I must admit that I enjoy some of the strong emotions that this one commands.
Tuca Tuca is syrupy, reminds me French candied violets if they were left out in a humid climate and the sugar began to run and drizzle. I swear the juice looks brown when I squirt it on my wrists; it’s very potent and long lasting. I also have the Tuca Tuca massage bar which I enjoy rubbing on my legs and then the scent wafts up. Good stuff.
Nurik530320 – :
Strong violet leaf, mimose and vetyver: a very strong and unpleasant scent to me. I stopped testing Lush scents after my disappointment today. It seems like me and Lush don’t agree on what a nice scent is.
alex23964 – :
I was so excited when my LUSH SA told me about it before it came out. Since then i have tested this multiple times, hoping it will smell different. It may smell like violet leaf, i’m not quite sure how that smells on its own. Alas, i always get too much vanilla and caramel.
And it definitely does not smell like violet flower perfume, aka Parma violet, and that is what i keep hoping for. Parma violet is old-fashioned and smells a bit sugary sweet, but also has an airy cheerful lift and an almost child-like innocence. It doesn’t smell like caramelized vanilla, and that’s what dominates in Tuca Tuca. I really wish it smelled of violets.
roswell – :
It’s just soo cute!:)
I own the EdT and the solid perfume version and I love both of them.:)This scent is “The Lipstick-smell” of my childhood. Every time when I wear it’s just makes me smile.:)
The Edp is much more dynamic than the solid perfume, at the beginning violet dominant with vetiver, other notes aren’t detectable in the opening. After a few minutes it’s settles down to a powdery, semi-bittersweet violet touch, lightly spiced with a pale sigh of vanilla.
The solid perfume is loud too, but it’s heavier, stickier, the “hard-core” version of the Edt without the bitterness.
Violet, vanilla,mimosa and ylang played the lead role, the violet leaves just hiding.Slightly sweet, smokey violet drydown with musk ever after.:)
Smokey, dusty, powdery violet scent. I prefer the solid version.:)
Playful, flirty, naughty and insolent fragrance. Strong perfume for girls with strong individuality!;)
zvonser – :
The Lush SA who ‘helped’ me find the store fragrances really pushed Tuca Tuca on me throughout my entire hour-long stay while I was testing all the fragrances. It’s his favorite & yeah it does smell good on him, but it did not develop well on me (most of its primary notes do not react well w/my chemistry) & so I had to be firm at saying NO to buying Tuca Tuca. (Instead, I got Vanillary, Dirty & The Smell Of Freedom.) These salespeople can be quite insistent (albeit nice at the same time, which makes it harder to say no, lol) but I do like the variety of scents Lush/Gorilla Perfume has put out.
It took me about 2 hrs to figure out what it is about the scent of Tuca Tuca that doesn’t agree w/me – the reminiscence of LEATHER, which doesn’t sit well on me. Clearly, that’s why Tuca Tuca smelled good on him. Leather is primarily a male scent. There are no animal-based ingredients in Lush products but this blend of notes gives off a somewhat musky-leather aroma on the skin (even in the bottle)…could that be the sandalwood perhaps?
helena91 – :
I have tried very hard to like this scent because I like unusual scents. I would say this is too smokey and heady to be worn during the day unless yo work in a Lush store or some other very groovy place. The dirty earthy (and yes, rancid) notes are very overpowering and so it loses I think its floral effect and sadly becomes a very single note fragrance whose one note is a bit offkey. But hey, I got a bottle, so I will use it in some way. I wish I had gotten instead Breath of god, which is a much more interesting scent for Lush.
UsenseCab – :
I thought that my local Lush store only carried soaps and nothing more, however the other day, while browsing, I stumbled across a tiny display of their perfumes and solids. Tuca Tuca caught my eye at once.
I adore this fragrance, yet it’s a little difficult to explain why I love it so. There’s of course a bucket-load of violets in this fragrance. However, I find these violets less feminine and flowery, and more green, earthy and somewhat dirty. It is a feminine fragrance, but it smells like the essence of a man. I find it quite animalistic.
The first few hours was a very raw blend of green violets, ylang ylang and dusty vanilla, however I was surprised by the development, especially towards the drydown, when it took on a stale cigarette smoke quality.
This was the scent of my heavy smoker boyfriend’s shirt. It was the mixture of sweet, soapy laundry detergent mixed with the aroma of a pack a day. I adore it because it smells like him, but I can understand the old man and floor cleaner references made by other reviewers.
For me personally, Tuca Tuca is sexy, in a dirty and musky sense of the word. The longevity is wonderful as is the sillage, which leaves just the slightest trail. I love it and I cannot deny that I probably love it more because it has managed to capture the scent of my lover in a bottle.
acermok – :
I like most of the Lush perfumes.. my favourite is Karma, this is very violetti and I love Violets!!! there you go what more can I say .Oh yes it lasts like most of the Lush perfumes.
Snake552023 – :
I just received this today in the solid-I was a bit worried after reading some of the negative reviews but shouldn’t have been:I LOVE this!Honestly the only notes I get are the Violet,Mimosa and Vanilla…it has the typical earthy ‘Lush smell’ to it and lasts forever.Maybe the liquid is different smelling?This just seems to be mostly a powdery violet to me and it’s lovely:)
zeere9090 – :
When my partner offered to buy me something from Lush I knew right away that I was going to snap up Tuca Tuca in solid form! Usually I prefer sickeningly sweet perfumes over floral scents but something about this just rang my bell. I love the way the violets in Tuca Tuca are heavier, almost too much with a soft powdery linger and a tiny hint of sweet that just catches me! I find it very relaxing, long lasting, with an earthy, sexy feel to it. The solid perfume is rather greasy and almost tacky but it does moisturize and lasts for a very long time (which truly surprises me as I’ve had many others that fade faster). I will definitely be replacing it once its used up!
satir65 – :
Went around the little wheel of the perfumes today at the Lush store on the Upper West Side. Most were dull and one dimensional. This was the one that tweaked me, however…I like the Air of Freedom, too…But this was just SEXY to me, earthy, herbally, with a bit of something sweet. Oddly familiar. Then I realized that this was exactly what Tocca Touch used to smell like before it was messed with. Love it. Only problem is, I’m trying to figure out if this is what caused an allergic reaction for me today. It was three perfume shops in a row, this being the second. Wondering if anyone else has had a reaction to Lush fragrances?
Andrey999 – :
Absolutely vile. Like stale flowers rotting in rancid water thats been left in a bucket for weeks.
Dsl4eg – :
For me violet is and important smell in my life. A kind of younger substitute of lavender when I want to smell clean and fresh. I liked violetta di parma (the most famous italian violetta even if not the best) and I expected tuca tuca to be a sugary violet. What a disappointment. This isn’t a parfume, its a scented water, nothing more. It disppears immediately. And has no depth. I’ll have another try to other gorilla scents anyway.
boosaba – :
I tried the solid perfume today and it was really greasy but does smooth and soften my skin. The price was not so bad either, but oh boy! The whole store is so fumey. As for the scent, I got this nice powdery violet and heavy on ylang-ylang and vanilla, and I smelle