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SotD: Lolita Lempicka Si Lolita

So I’m not sure what happened. It must have been late and it must have been cheap… And I do love the whole au masculin series, I was curious… Anyway my ebay-purchased sample of Si Lolita arrived yesterday… A quick spray on my pillow before bed impressed me enough that I knew I was going to have to try it on my skin… which I did today, but now my sample is empty. Now maybe the sample had been sprayed before or maybe it really only had one wear worth of juice and trying to stretch it was never going to work, but it came into my life quickly and unexpectedly, was amazing, then was gone and I miss it (well except for the back of my wrist where it lingers and which I might never wash again…) Actually, that might be a nearly perfect representation of the marketing copy for some Lolita Lempicka fragrance…

In this video, she talks about having used traditionally male spice notes, which goes some way to explaining why it seems to work on me. But I think that the real magic might be that pink peppercorn & patchouli which are nicely bridged by the florals. I wish there was a bit more of this kind of structure in F Black.

The card that the sample came with really highlighted the sweet pea, so I was alert for that and I think it probably helped to keep the florals from feeling too pretty. The dry down steers well clear of being too sweet or cloying though does go slightly generic, but right now that’s just reminding me of how much I’ve enjoyed the last few hours.

Notes: Pink peppercorn, Bergamot, Mandarin / Wallflower, Sweet pea, Heliotrope / Elemi gum, Amber, Patchouli, Tonka bean

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