L 2006 Eau de Parfum

L (Eau de Parfum) by Lolita Lempicka
Bottle Design Sylvie de France
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7.7 / 10 472 Ratings
L (Eau de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Lolita Lempicka for women and was released in 2006. The scent is sweet-gourmand. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Oriental
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Bitter orangeBitter orange Solar noteSolar note BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CinnamonCinnamon Everlasting flowerEverlasting flower MuskMusk
Base Notes Base Notes
VanillaVanilla Tonka beanTonka bean SandalwoodSandalwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.7472 Ratings
Longevity
8.0333 Ratings
Sillage
7.1299 Ratings
Bottle
9.0340 Ratings
Value for money
8.031 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 29.05.2023.
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14 in-depth fragrance descriptions
10
Bottle
5
Sillage
8
Longevity
9.5
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Ambedo
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Ambedo
Top Review 17  
Like in a fairy tale
The first splash of "L" caused me a direct olfactory shock that only a few perfumes have managed so far. A positive one beyond all measure! With this fragrance it is difficult for me to smell out individual components, because the components for me fit together into a difficult to describe whole. I'll try it anyway:
For me, the fragrance begins with a bombastic, bitter and yet sweet bitter orange. After the top note has faded, "L" develops on my skin: I mainly perceive spicy vanilla and cinnamon notes in addition to musk. In between, the scent on my skin becomes sometimes sweetly powdery and plastic-like (reminds me of plastic dolls). In the last few hours a salt note appears more strongly on my skin next to the warm, powdery gourmand notes, which in my opinion harmonizes very nicely with the other notes, makes the scent a bit more angular in a very interesting way and gives it depth.
The bottle goes very well with the fragrance because it really reminds me of a small, mysterious, dreamy mermaid. It is by no means an aquatic scent, as the connotation of "sea" might suggest.
For me in any case a leisure scent, because it would be a bit too heavy and conspicuous for me in a professional setting.
One of the most interesting, complex and enchanting fragrances I have ever smelt. Too bad it's no longer available.
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10
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10
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10
Scent
Sorceress

213 Reviews
Sorceress
Sorceress
Very helpful Review 6  
L de Lolita Lempicka-My Own Midsummer Night's Dream
This is a delightful Lolita. Classified as an oriental vanilla fragrance, it's more complex than the eight notes it contains. They wax and wane so well to a drydown that manages to mystify a lot of followers.
Within minutes, I was transformed to a burning campfire in the deep, dark woods, surrounded by tall, dark evergreens. I was sitting on a tree stump, smelling the wood and twigs I had collected to burn and watch dance in the fire's embers. There was moss underfoot and it is my own Midsummer Night's Dream.
I could smell marshmallows and little night flowers. This is not a sweet scent to me, but a warm scent that brings to mind not food, but memories and places and dreams. It evokes thoughts of areas I've been to, of trips I've been on.
Perfumes give you sensory and olfactory experiences. L Lolita immediately put me into another time and place. I've had gourmand perfumes remind me of food, yes, but never had this type of experience happen so quickly. How interestingly and quickly it mixed with my chemistry. Its drydown stayed similar to its initial notes, just richer but softer.
Bergamot, immortelle, tonka bean and vanilla were the highlight notes for me. The scent lasted for at least 6 hours, happily well worth it. As with all of the Lolita bottles, very interesting, unique and pretty, although a bit cumbersome. This Lolita is my favorite so far.
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8
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10
Longevity
10
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Kaja86
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My absolute favorite perfume
Years ago I got a tester and tried him directly. The whole train ride I hung on the spicy but at the same time sweetish scent. Quickly it was clear that must move in with me. The strawflower makes the fragrance very special, plus the mermaid bottle. Quasi as if you run across the stubble field ubd later seeks a cooling in the sea, the quality 1A.
Unfortunately, this fragrance was discontinued. There are similar fragrances but none smells as great as L
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bloodflower

13 Reviews
bloodflower
bloodflower
Very helpful Review 4  
Christmas Candy in Greece
This is a review of a perfume I once used to love..
L de Lolita Lempicka has one of the prettiest bottles, the sea blue colour and the pretty charms just make it irresistible, so I was drown like a moth to a flame. The initial spray made me happy and exhilirated, it reminded me a lot of christmas time, I am guessing because of the cinnamon and honey notes, totally representing christmas desserts where do I live..and actually have weakness for.. So a little time later when I found a great deal on a bottle I jumped to it, apparently I had made a snap decision.. Becuase all the other times I tried L it failed to lift me up or either comfort me.. Sadly the drydown has too mucb vanilla and it is over sweet for my liking, sometimes making me nauseous.. If it was heavier on bergamot and orange might have been better.
Leaving my personal expirience behind, I can see this perfume to be very appealing to women, it is warm, it is cozy, it is sweet, it is wearable in every occassion in winter. Good idea, pretty bottle, not for me.
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jtd

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jtd
Helpful Review 5  
l de ravageur
Frédéric Malle Musc Ravageur is the classic ‘whole lotta everything’ perfume. It’s an Aromatic Fougiental with gourmand tendencies. It doesn’t blend categories. It lumps them all together in the same bottle. Keeping the different genres at arms length from each other is a remarkable technical accomplishment. Unfortunately, it also leaves Musc Ravageur open to love/hate criticism. Fougère fans will find too much sweetness. Those hoping for a warm amber will find the aromatic elements jarring. It’s not gourmand enough for others.

I don’t know if perfumer Maurice Roucel had plans to spin off a set of flankers by overdosing particular notes, but Musc Ravaguer is an ideal starting place. Helmut Lang Eau de Parfum glides past the aromatics and amps up the musk. Le Labo Labdanum 18 makes a marshmallow of a perfume by emphasizing vanilla and removing much of Musc Ravageur’s kitchen sink.

L de Lolita doesn’t so much overdose a particular note as accentuate the ties to the gourmand genre. The perfume makes its point with patchouli. The camphorous side of the material replicates the aromatic top of Musc Ravageur, but by skipping the lavender L de Lolita skirts fougère references. Patchouli’s chocolate side combines with a maple syrup note (immortelle) to create a dessert feel. Juxtaposing patchouli’s contrastingly cool and warm sides while adding skosh of cotton candy gives Lolita a passing resemblance to Thierry Mugler Angel. Angel’s trick, though, is its inherent dissonance. It suggests food and poison in the same sniff. Lolita is far less conflicted than Angel and lands squarely in the desert camp, ultimately smelling like a German Chocolate cupcake.

L de Lolita misses the point of Angel. Angel balances food and toxin in a 50-50 mix. It draws you close with cotton candy and then blasts you with camphor just as you get intimate. It’s a classic tease. L de Lolita distorts the ratio. 90% cupcake draws you in but the 10% poison isn’t enough to push you away. It’s classic nausea.

There is something technically fascinating yet conceptually crass about L de Lolita. For all the expertise that that may have gone into manipulating genres and layering notes just so, the experience it asks the wearer to have is trite. L de Lolita creeps too far into the laziness of the gourmand genre. The experience it offers is, “Hey. Wanna smell sort of like a cupcake?”
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CumulnimbusCumulnimbus 1 year ago
5
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
7
Scent
Sweet gourmand delight: citrus, dried flowers, spices, vanilla. L is fun, cozy, edible and still delicate. Charming liquid in an ugly bottle
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Bcars10Bcars10 6 years ago
8
Bottle
5
Sillage
4
Longevity
8.5
Scent
More linear than complex, but it is still wonderful! It is gourmand, but there is more there than just smelling like a dessert.
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ScentedSalonScentedSalon 7 years ago
9
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
9
Scent
Burnt sugar vanilla in a beachy, delightful little bottle. Love it!
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