Lolita Lempicka will launch Si Lolita in August (the US in 2010). The new spicy floral perfume for women was "inspired by a four-leaved clover" and hopes to reach "a more mature" audience than the original Lolita Lempicka.
Si Lolita was developed by perfumers Christine Nagel and Benoist Lapouza, and the notes include mandarin, bergamot, pink peppercorns, sweet pea note, elemi, amber, patchouli and tonka bean.
Lolita Lempicka Si Lolita will be available in 30, 50 and 80 ml, concentration unknown. (via cosmeticnews, image via beaute-addict)
Update: Si Lolita is an Eau de Parfum, and is "meant to have an air of Parisian bohemian chic along with little girl whimsy". Additional notes include wallflower, heliotrope. (via wwd)
Another update: see a review of Si Lolita.
Isn’t that just the most adorable bottle? I wonder if it’s as cute in person….
…And the notes sound nice enough (if not earth-shatteringly innovative) I have no idea what “elemi” is (gotta google that one) but at least there’s no raspberry or apple.
Anyway, I’m still lemming heavily over the Byredo Pulp we were talking about yesterday.
From the glossary here (yeah, I had to go look it up too):
Elemi: a gum resin which introduces a light, fresh, balsamic-spicy, citrus-like scent.
And I agree, the bottle is beyond adorable. Wonder if I can wear this one? L and the original were far too sweet, and far too much patchouli for me. Not that I NEED another oriental…
The Byredo that continues to intrigue me is Green. But honestly, I just don’t see myself buying a bottle. Wayyyyy out of my price range. I think I’m even snippy about decants of Byredo. (For green stuff, I think I may go over to dshperfumes.com and get a sample of her Gap Grass recreation.)
(Personal note: Daisy, I finally got time to go through my box yesterday afternoon! It’s just been crazy… expect email from me later.)
lol—thank goodness for that glossary! (I rush to it often as well)
the other Lempicka’s were very very sweet on me as well.
I don’t know how I missed Byredo Green and now I’m curious about Fantastic Man as well…(my sample pile is already DANGEROUSLY huge) ….but this Pulp I’m still sniffing on my wrist is calling my name! We’ll see if we can get enough people to do a split.
Hi Daisy…Yes do try Fantastic Man! It is a quiet scent though, so if you’re looking for the impact of Pulp, you might not like it.
oops, hit the post button too fast! —Goody! the box! I was wondering if you had made it to the bottom yet….I’ve only started on your samples…so much to sniff , so little available skin… 🙂
I cannot decide if I like that bottle or not. Missed the Byredo discussion!
My first thought about the bottle, which has not been changed by looking at the thing again a couple of times, is that it is the ugliest I have ever seen. If a jellyfish and a squid had a baby, and that baby was flattened by a steamroller, you’d have this bottle.
And I like all the previous Lempicka bottles, too.
LOL — a jellyfish and a squid!
well, ewww
and what is a steamroller doing anywhere near that jelly-squid baby? Maybe it’s Jacques Cousteau’s steamroller?
LOL! And I must agree, the bottle is hideous. I doubt its appearance will be any better in person either. I’ll give it a sniff when it does publicly materialize, but somehow I think this is just going to be one more flanker on the dept. store counters that collect dust. *sighs*
Robin– In Kevin’s wonderful review of Byredo Bal d’Afrique yesterday we suddenly had a sub-discussion of Byredo Pulp which I will host a split of if we can get a couple more people to sign up. That’s about it.
Ah! Tempted.
I’m weakening!
I keep sniffing my wrist and “ahhhhh-ing” ….even though this is a fragrance of unbridled enthusiasm–the in-your-face lush fruitiness says “wahooo, summer fun” to me….I’m going to have to have some.
Are you like me?
I often can’t tell if I’ll like a bottle or not until I hold it in my hand …
It’s like Kelly Caleche – I though the bottle was “eh” until I had it in my hands … and I realized it was awesome and perfect.
Ditto…need to see this one in person. Loved the bottles for the original and for L (and flankers). This one…not so sure. None of the juice has worked for me anyway, so probably just as well.
Wow! I was reading alot of the comments so far and I have to say they are mostly very lame! If you haven’t seen the bottle or tested the fragrance personally on your skin, how can you say anything. I have ,and the scent is awesome and the bottle is beautiful! The rest of you don’t quit your day jobs or get a life.
The scent will start off and finish in unexpected ways. It was surprising how it worked. Try it and you will know what I mean.
Wow! Thanks, I’ll go get a life now.
LOL these notes don’t sound especially “mature,” but at any rate, I think I’ll pass. What is the fascination with “pink pepper” anyway?
Well, bear in mind they’re going for “more mature” than the original, which according to the brand is mostly geared towards teens.
Wow, for some reason I thought the original LLs would appeal more to women in their late 20s, but what do I know?
Hm… bottle is pretty, but scents sounds like it’s going to dissappoint. The funniest thing is that they hope to reach mature audience with such cute bottle , I think it’s more youthful than previous ones.
Well, wait and see what’s it’s like and while it reaches me I want to finally get Lolita and L for myself, those two are adorable.
I have a feeling that by “mature” they mean 20+.
I was just thinking that! I’m not sure their ‘mature’ targeted audience is home from the high school graduation ceremony yet….
What’s with the bottle? I couldn’t help but LOL at it :o) Looks like they’re trying to hard to be creative.
Which is better than most brands, I’ll say that!
Elemi is a resin but very light and refreshing – not heavy like other resins http://ayalamoriel.com/index.cfm?PageName=Scents&View=IngredientsDetails&IngredientID=68
Thanks!
Si…me gusta Lolita! This I think looks promising, I can’t do L but love Lolita Lempicka, so something spicier might be great. Gotta wait to see what the heck that bottle looks like in person though…
I need to see a closeup of that cap, for one thing!
Or at least a pic that isn’t obscured by all that…fabric? ribbon? Whatever all the pink and polka-dotted stuff is cluttering up the shot.
I think it has a ribbon, and is sitting on fabric (or a scarf?) matching the ribbon.
I laughed when I saw “more mature” and the image of the bottle… but then I thought maybe it’s not so bad. Kind of an interesting piece of glasswork if you’re into glasswork. The ribbon is too much. That’s all I got.
I really still can’t decide. Will have to see it for myself. Ribbon: has to go.
Yeah, I think the ribbon is throwing it for me, just looks like a scarf you could pick up at the dollar store. Otherwise might be cute, if I even remember to look at it next year.
I still haven’t sniffed L, and I need to, because I definitely love that bottle.
Spicy pepper, amber and patchouli? This could be very interesting…. And the bottle is cute!
Might be!
So I bought the first two Lolita’s and gave them away because they weren’t me. I’m sure I’ll do the same with this one. Floral orientals aren’t my thing, but I keep trying… What is wrong with me??
You are an Optimist.
A very broke, very much in debt optimist…. 🙂
Don’t buy unsniffed!
I never do, but I do have a tendency to buy things without trying a sample first. Smelling it on a strip in the store, or after only smelling the top notes in the store isn’t a good idea. I’m working on my issues, though. 🙂
Not crazy about the bottle, though I love the other LL bottles. I’ll be interested to try it though, since I’ve loved the original LL for many years now and also really like L. I had no idea they were targeted toward such a young demographic though — I was about 30 when I discovered LL through a scent strip in Vogue and assumed I was the target demographic at that time!
Yeah, this young demographic thing is new to me, too. I guess maybe we were all thrown by the fact that they weren’t marketed with the name of some teen queen. 🙂
I don’t think of the original as so very young as all that either.
The only Lempika fragrance I like is the Eau de Minuit.
Love that one too. It smells quite similar to the original LL to me, though, just darker.
i have to wait till 2010 for this one! hopefully ill find it on ebay b4 then! i love anything lolita! the original was the start of my love for perfumes so im really excited about si lolita! im really liking the bottle! lolitas bottles are always so nice and fun! and the more mature the better! they should come out w/ a new mens scent! that would b great!
Yes, it’s been a long time since they’ve done a men’s!
I agree, they ought to make a new men’s fragance! the first one is the only thing by lolita lempicka thas smells great on me!
I have two Lempicka bottles (L and the green Lolitta bottle) and never wear them. While I like L, it is too sweet. And I have to admit that I bought the Forbidden Flower bottle because it was pretty, and a little one and on sale for about 50 percent off. This new one sounds more wearable to me. And, I am sure I will love the bottle in person. Her bottles are always impossible to resist.
Then it sounds like you will own it 🙂
not really a fan of this new lolita bottle~~
but the notes are interesting.
In general I think LL has done a good job on fragrance — hopefully this will be worth smelling!
1) I like the bottle very much for it`s whimsey/pretty look 2) the analagy to the lovechild of aquatic creatures is LOL!!!! 3) I filed and then enlarged the photo, and found the neck ribbon is the duplicate fabric of what appears to be a hankie/scarf – maybe a GWP? The atomizer head is showing through the cap, but lack of focus at Microsoft prevents me from finding out what the cap represents!
Yes, it’s hard to tell if that cap is a little crown or something else.
The cap is the anme si lolita and you can turn it away so you can push the spray (sorry, this is too much for my english!)
it is funny, never seen that before. there is also a piece of fabric around it. the paper packaging with poppies is just nice. really cute.
would love the print on a dress.
No — I get it! And that’s why all the Lolita Lempicka testers are always broken in the stores 🙂
well, it reminds me of angel innocent sort of, the fruits blew up pretty fast. then ist smelled like men. honestly! and sweet. hmmm not my cup of tea.
the packaging is adorable. for me it looks way over the top/treid too hard, and cheap also through the gold-plated stuff, but I guess someone with a girlier taste will love it.
it is a good scent and it would fit well someone who is young lovely and romantic at an age where you are not supposed to be girly anymore (over 25 I suppose;-)
Concentration is a EdP with okay lasting.
Does not sound like something I’ll love.
Surely not – not me either, so I put it away to give to my sister in law who might be the targeted audience. she likes “sweet”.
yes, the testers of LL were all broken *lol* could not try them. couldn’t figure out where to press, had the same with the Galliano bottle
I sampled this one in Paris a few weeks ago and found it disappointed. I like Lolita Lempicka’s other perfumes, even if they’re often too sweet for me most days. But this one was a pale fruity floral.
Too bad 🙁
I just picked up a bottle from my trip to Paris, after that “accident sniff”. Honestly, this perfume wasn’t in my “checking” list. I transit in Amsterdam and saw this bottle, didn’t have desire to even try to sniff it. Then I saw it again in Paris when I was only focus on Guerlain perfume. I wanted to pick something not so common in the US. I already picked Guerlain Shalima and stood in line to check out. Then I spot Si Lotita and decided to have a sniff. The instant I smell it, I change my mind. I fall in love with that smell. My first instinct was it’s spicy, sensial and mystery. I put Shalima back and pick up Si Lotita instead. For sure, there’ll not be many people smell this scent back in the US.
Sounds like a winner, thanks! And congrats on your new bottle.
Si is very elegant ,fruti and sweety. …Nice…
Thanks! Hope I’ll get to try it soon.
I can only agree. It is a very nice scent, also a little “spicy”. I also bought a little bottle.
The only LL scent I’ve like so far is “L”, but I really liked that one, so I’m going to give this one a chance for sure 🙂
I will eventually…haven’t seen it yet.
I just smelled this…. The opening is very nice, then it turns a little bit like CdG 888 and ends up in balsamic notes (the elemi I presume) and tonka bean.
The patchouli is there but only as a hint.
Nice, but not me (nor giftable, as I cannot think it would suit any of my female friends or family) just a matter of personal taste.
That does sound nicer than I’d expect…still haven’t seen it in the US.
I just re-read my review and want to clarify something.. 😉
For me, “very nice” in this case means: a little camphorated opening.
Just FYI, some people do not like that at all… my partner on the other hand loved it. But none of us buy it, as it does turn a little bit more fememinine later on.
I like camphorated — but no idea when this is coming to the US. Or if…
Finally tried this today and am seriously considering it…I rather like L – it’s a rather offbeat fragrance. If they were aiming for the “mature” market for Si, then they got me. I am searching for an addition to the fragrance wardrobe as I have tired of “Angel” – I think the bottle is pretty and the scent unique, pretty and not cloying – of course it’s all about body chemistry. I have become a big fan of the online business The Perfumed Court – you can try a variety of sample sizes of scents and not be committted to them – but I must say I love Guerlain’s “Cuir Beluga” and “Double Vanille” – which are an investment at the normal $200 a bottle….great blog!
Someone from the blogs was kind enough to send me a sample of Si Lolita. And I LOVE it! Much much more than L. The original Lolta and Si are very neck and neck for me at the moment. They went in a totally different direction w/ Si Lolita. I cant describe it very well at all though. Its like pepper & woods. I swear, and call me crazy, but it smells just like a campfire to me! And I really like it!!! Im gonna have to get me a bottle if it ever ends up anywhere else but Neiman Marcus! And I really hope it does really soon!!! I really want it!!! LOL! : )
I got to try this again at Nordies and it’s Bang’s sister. Haha. A more feminine pepper. Very nice and I want a bottle. I LOVE the bottle. : )