Marc Jacobs' new Oh, Lola! flanker launched fairly recently, and has already ended its brief exclusive-to-Bloomingdales period and is available nearly everywhere. The original Lola fragrance (2009), if you remember, was meant to be Daisy's (2007) older sister. Oh, Lola! is supposed to be "lively and playful", and sweeter than Lola, so I'm assuming it's the middle sister, perhaps? It's fronted by Dakota Fanning (see above), who is around 17, if that helps you place Oh, Lola! on the target market time line.
Oh, Lola! is exactly as advertised. They've toned down the floral notes in the heart and amped up the fruit notes in the opening; the base is a slightly paler version of Lola's woody-musky trail. It may be sweeter than Lola — I can't decide — but it's also lighter and fresher, and therefore easier to wear, especially in the heat. It's very pink and cheerful and young. Personally, I still prefer the cheerful and young (but not so pink) Daisy, but I do like Oh, Lola! better than Lola. That's not to say it's the better scent, or the more original, in fact, with the heavy-on-the-berries top notes, sheer floral heart and pale base, it's virtually indistinguishable from eleventy-dozen other fruity florals on the market already. No matter: if you really wanted the Lola bottle — those vinyl flowers! — but found the Lola fragrance too mature or heavily floral, Oh, Lola! is probably just what the doctor ordered.
The quick poll: name your favorite of the berried fruity florals.
Marc Jacobs Oh, Lola! was developed by perfumers Calice Becker and Yann Vasnier, and is available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum. The notes feature wild strawberry, pear, raspberry, peony, magnolia, cyclamen, sandalwood, tonka bean and vanilla.
Parisienne is my favorite of the berried fruity florals.
I like that one too! Don’t think it’s a fruity floral though…
Darn. I tried!
It is hard! Last time I did a fruity floral poll, 90% of the answers weren’t fruity florals.
I finally tried Parisienne in the duty free a couple weeks ago and I thought it was really pleasant and well done. I didn’t notice that much fruit though.
I think they did a good job too. But wonder if it sold? I don’t hear about it so much — not that I necessarily hear so much about things that are selling like hotcakes.
I went to a bartender competition with hundreds of other people last fall (I was tasting, not bartending) :-), and guess what I kept smelling on women as I wandered around? Parisienne…and believe it or not, ANGEL!?
Karin, good to know, thanks!
I have that Angel experience ALL the time — even in hot, unsuitable places (the boardwalk in August, for instance). And then I wonder if I’m really smelling Angel, or Angel clones.
Parisienne does have those berries on top (cranberries and blackberries are listed)…might be fruity floral?
Pretty sure not…I think the base is too heavy. Betcha it’s a modern chypre.
Ah…got it.
I’m quite a fan of Parisienne as well. I’ve worn it much more frequently than I’d expected to.
Hilarity Robin. ‘…eleventy-dozen..” Yeah, probably about that many. At least.
Eleventy is my favorite of the fake numbers
Le Petite Robe Noire, the first one…
Sad to say I just barely tried that…can’t remember it well.
My favorite fruity floral is Ed Hardy Love & Luck, although it is not very berry although it does say it has notes of black currant, which is close.
I really like that one….I think it is my favorite too, even though it doesn’t fit.
Quel Amour! I like that its berries seem “deep red” to me rather than “pink” and how I get more tangy sourness from it than tooth-aching sweetness.
Good pick!
This one is my fave too.
I think Burberry Classic is my favorite quasi- fruity floral. I love the combo of green apple/peach with jasmine and sandalwood. It’s warm and sweet, but never stale. Does anyone remember HIP by Lean Patou? It was so great- grapefruit, rose, paprika and linden blossom. I also like Juicy Couture, for something girly but still feminine and clean.
I do not remember Hip at all, when was it out? It sounds great.
I think around 2001? I meant Jean Patou, as I’m sure you know. Hahaha…I still have the bottle. I might have to dab some on and see if it’s still wearable. I have an old bottle of Versace Blonde that smells delicious- it’s a buttery tuberose, cool bottle.
LOL…I not only knew that’s what you meant, I read it that way!
I remember liking Parfum de Rosine’s Roseberry- so if Parisienne doesn’t count, then Roseberry?
I also get berry and rose (and a lot of lovely greenness) from Diptyque l’ombre dans l’eau but it seem blasphemous calling this one a fruity floral..lol
I would guess the Diptyque is classified as a floral, although it certainly does have plenty of fruit in the opening. I can’t remember Roseberry well enough to say!
Does L’Ombre dans l’Eau count?
I get a lot of black currant from it.
There’s also Badgley Mischka which I only tried briefly but which would definitely consider buying if I were looking to buy/wear that kind of thing (but I’m not).
Fig is about as fruity as I go these days, though.
great minds etc- I just picked L’Ombre too..:)
LOL at “but I’m not”.
Haven’t sampled Lola yet and it’s not high on the list. I can’t keep up with anything.
I really don’t even know if I’m familiar with any berried fruity florals… honestly, despite all the stuff I have smelled. However, my favorite scent with berries is PdN Balkis (I know that doesn’t really count). I’m certainly not opposed to berries, theoretically.
And I did love that Balkiss Light. I think they got axed? But not sure.
I am never sure what is or isn’t a fruity floral, so here are a few I really like that may fit: Calyx, Herba Fresca, Datura Noir, and Par Amour Toujours. I
I missed “berried” in the description. Par Amour Toujours is the only one that fits.
Calyx is a fruity floral, and one of my all time favorites even if it isn’t really berried
I like Hanae Mori Butterfly and Bond No 9 Bryant Park. Does those count?
I’d love to know what Micheal Edwards called the HM. I’d call it a gourmand, or a floriental. Bond called Bryant Park a chypre, which means I’d call it a floriental as well. In both cases, the base is darker/heavier than you’d usually expect with a fruity floral.
…and looked up HM in Classification Des Parfums — they call it a floral fruity amber. So!
(And by So! I meant I should think that counts!)
Yay!!! Whew, this is harder than one would think
What about premier figuier & philosykos as fruity florals? Not so floral i guess… I always found it funny that fig was saved as the chic fruit! And Petite Cherie is my fav fruity floral.
Ooooh, Petite Cherie was my fav go to frag a few summers ago. I loved it! Made me happy when I wore it.
PC is a great scent.
I *think* Chamade would count. I have some of the EDT but cant make up my mind about it. And I guess Dior Miss Cherie, which I haven’t smelled forever, but which I remember liking.
I know they reformulated MDC, but haven’t gone to smell it to see what they’ve done to it. It used to have tons of strawberry, don’t know if it still does.
(What, nobody is saying Pulp??)
I do really like Moschino Funny!, but I think that’s currants rather than berries. And Ines de la Fressange, the first one in the octagonal bottle, but that’s peach and citrus, not berries. And Rose d’Ete, but that’s apple, not berries. And Petite Cherie, but… yet again… pear and apple, not berries. I’m sensing a pattern here…
I did rather like the top of Parisienne, but after about 15 minutes it just bored the pants off me. And I do like Daisy quite a lot, but I’m not sure it’s a fruity floral; it’s heavier on woody-musk than it is on fruit, iffen you ask me (I never smell strawberries in it). Totally dig Hanae Mori, but that’s an oriental, not a fruity floral.
I despised Lola when I smelled it soon after it came out, and I doubt I’d do any better with Oh, Lola.
Oh sure, I’ll say Pulp. Pulp!
I think of that as fruity-fruity though. Is there floral in there?
I’ll second that Pulp (just got a decant last month), but I’m with Joe…… there’s something BESIDES fruit in it?
Put me down as another fan of Par Amour Toujours – just wore it this week and got compliments. It’s a fun little thing in the heat.
I think what Joe meant to say is “FRUITY- FRUITY” yeah: big fruit.
I’ll say Pulp too!
And Viva La Juicy. Can’t believe nobody has mentioned Viva La Juicy.
Me three for Pulp! I would love a bottle (but I would also call it just fruity rather than floral!)- I will also say Juicy Couture (the first one)- or is that just floral???
Juicy Couture was a fruity floral. I don’t think there is any fragrance family just called “fruity” — you’re either a fruity floral or a fruity oriental or some such.
How could you TELL if there was floral in there under all the melting fruit bar?
I keed. But not much.
I am throwing in my vote for pulp as well. I was surprised at how much i liked it
Tauer’s Une Rose Vermeille??
I don’t know, but it smells like a raspberry-rose sweet-tart on me
I don’t know either!
I would say fruity oriental. Lotsa vanilla in there. I like it a lot, and there is a lot of rose, but it’s pretty heavy.
You’re probably right.
Let’s see…my most favorite – the original Juicy Couture. I also have a bottle of Par Amour Toujours, which is really nice. Oh, and what about Nicolai Eau Turquoise? A self-described “fruity floral” that doesn’t fit the fruity floral category at all, IMO! Others I have in that category – Missoni (chocolate + fruit), Nanette Lepore (in the pink bottle), and the killer of all fruity florals – Guerlain’s Insolence EDP.
(BTW – Missoni also has magnolia, peony, and rose for the floral notes.)
I’m still complaining about the mango PdN that preceded Turquoise and that I liked a million times better, but that nobody liked but me. Eau Exotique. And of course it got axed.
(sorry, I know that horse is long dead)
I really like that Missoni, at least initially when the bitter chocolate and melon contrast is really apparent. One of the very few melon scents that I like, actually.
It’s quite a strange scent, isn’t it? I think that’s why I like it.
Sublime Balkiss is a classy berry floral.
And nicely done, too.
Sublime Balkiss is a great scent!
That is my favorite, too. It doesn’t seem to be really a contender, but it’s the only fruity floral I love.
I agree with the TDC Sublime Balkis and Pulp.
Berries aren’t usually one of my favored notes….they don’t usually work well or play well with me…..the only berried floral I can think of that I really like is Cartier So Pretty Sirop des Bois….. but I must admit to some really blurry lines when it comes to fruity floral, berry floral, berry fruity floral, berry woody fruity, berry musky fruity floral, berry musky fruity floral oriental with woody notes…. I think I need to lie down….
No Daisy!!! Don’t think about them so hard that you faint, they’re only fruity florals!! The online perfume community needs you!
That was a close one! I spritzed myself with a bracing Chypre and it snapped me out of it.
LOL!
I don’t care for Oh Lola at all! I wanted to because I WANT that bottle! It’s very heartbreaking actually. Haha. Berries, berries, berries, right? Does cranberry count? I really like
Ange ou Demon Le Secret! Mmmmm! But I can’t see myself paying that much for a fruity floral. I do also like Hanae More No. 1! And I’m admitting this, unfortunately, but I DO want a bottle of Ed Hardy! Ahhhhhhhhh I’m terrible! Sorry to all of you that have taste! Haha! : )
So sorry you don’t like Oh, Lola. I do adore that Ed Hardy Love & Luck, but wish they’d put it in the original Ed Hardy bottle…so we agree on the bottle, I just like the sake better than the strawberry
Jonr951–you took my answer! I think Le Secret is the only fruity floral I own. Actually, it was one of the two fragrances I bought last year that sent me into this little perfumista rabbit-hole! It’s not a complicated scent, but when it’s what I want, it’s perfect!
Yes! It doesn’t have the most personality, but it is perfect when you want a fruity floral! : )
Tauer Une Rose Vermeille,(raspberry rose), Montale Elixir de Roses (strawberry), Miss Dior Cherie EDP before reformulation (wild strawberry) ..
I second the Miss Dior Cherie pre-reformulation! I am warming up to the Tauer Rose Vermeille (definitely heavy on the berry-vanilla) but it smells better on my mother than me
I understand you completely in case of AT URV. I love it, but there is sth that bothers me when I wear it… I am still undecided if I should get rid of my bottle.. It is probably not for me, but like it on others.
I still have not gone to smell poor Miss Dior Cherie, which I did not like to begin with. Have they de-strawberried it?
Yes, they said they did.. But it did not do the frag any good. Completely lost its character and is more like Chance (which I really hate.)
I started to hate Chance after sitting next to the gal on the plane who sprayed it on herself every hour. I just want to mention that the flight was over 10 hours long and I had a migraine.. Ugh brr..
One Chance was plenty.
..Oh yeah
Can’t play: dislike them all.
Sorry!
*passing the vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer to Bela for a restorative spritz*
I’ll stick with regular Lola, which was much more interesting than Daisy and, judging by this review, MUCH more adult. If I want a fruity floral extravaganza, I’ll douse myself with Ed Hardy Women.
That works!
I haven’t tried the new Lola flanker, but I thought Old Lola *snicker* was actually pretty nice… soft musky iris to me….and I much preferred Lola to Daisy (which I find kind of “grating” after a while)
AG – Quel Amour! followed by Petite Cherie. For something sweet and silly, Betsey Johnson, but not too often and in small quantities.
That Betsey Johnson disappeared, didn’t it? The one with the cool bottle?
I don’t know if it’s still being made or not but I’ve seen it at several of the discount sites. I got mine in person at Ross for a whopping $19.99. :->
I don’t enjoy berried fruity florals, as a rule. Cartier So Pretty is one that works fairly well for me. It contains something called “exotic dewberry.” Also, I recently tried Neil Morris Woodland Strawberries and found it pleasant.
A dewberry is like a blackberry, no? Not all that exotic, but hey
these dewberry are exotic….they wear flowers in their hair, smoky eye make up and speak heavily accented english…..not like regular dewberry that just hang around in Nikes and cut-off shorts.
LOL — yeah.
Does Creed Spring Flower qualify?
Yep!
Ooh, does Dark Kiss from Bath and Body Works qualify?? I feel a little awkward even mentioning it, but I really do love the stuff….
I think I’d call that one a fruity oriental (berries, plum, vanilla). I like it, too.
Chamade – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Fine by me!
*cough*floriental*cough
Okay, my second entry (after a night’s sleep) is Voleur de Roses – plum and rose. But seriously, how do they classify something so heavily patchouli?
Woody oriental! Virtually anything with that much patch is going to be an oriental. Or a “modern chypre”, which is the same thing.
*cough, we still lurve it, cough, cough*
Ha – too funny!!!!
You all better take care of those coughs! Probably from inhaling too many fruity florals.
LOL…it’s true, I drank too much Eau Exotique last night and now I’m paying for it.
By the way, my hipster pastry chef daughter, who wears Lola, finally got interested in my small-ish perfume collection. “Can I wear some of your perfume?” she said. I opened the cabinet door (the perfume is just on part of one shelf) and we both stared at the bottles and decants speechlessly. Then I thought, “Young? Lively? A little bit fruity-floral?” And I grabbed Ormonde Jayne Champaca. She loved it! And the proof: she came by later on to respray.
Nice!
The only berry floral I can think of that I like is PdN Violette in Love, which is raspberry violet. And I do love L’Ombre dans L’Eau, if that counts. The fruity (but not berry) floral that I adore is Kilian’s plum rose Liaisons Dangereuses. The plum is tart rather than sweet, so it balances the deep rose perfectly.
ahh, I forgot about ViL. I think I’ve only worn it once since I got it in April
I never like I can live up to its rosy-pinched-cheeks cheerfulness. Oh, and the last time I did wear it, I sprayed liberally, forgettomg how diffusive its initally sillage really is, and then got in a car with my roommate who couldn’t stop sneezing…jeez.
I really like Eau de Charlotte, but that may be more of a gourmand scent?
It’s a fruity floral to me…not heavy enough to be a gourmand. Wonder what AG calls it?
Looks like AG agrees with you — it’s classified as “fruity, floral, sweet” on the AG site.
Thanks! Glad to know they have ff classifications on their website, & wish more companies did the same.
Hm. My favorite fruity floral is JM’s Nectarine Blossom and honey, but there are no berries in it. If I *had* to pick one, it’d be MJ’s Daisy Eau So Fresh. I have a sample which I’ve tested but haven’t actually ever worn it… it’s pretty and light and not as annoyingly perfect and boring to me as Daisy. I’m just not a berried floral kind of girl though, apparently – all my fruity florals are peaches, apples, pears, mangos and figs.
I am embarassingly behind on fruity florals, I can’t tell the things apart and they all seem to have that fabric softener accord – galaxolide or whatever it is – that makes me just want to drop everything it’s in. Some day I should do an organised, comprehensive sniffing round, wioth notes, proper research done beforehand, just to train my nose on them.
I really like Keiko Mecheri Peau de Pêche, although that’s possibly more of a gourmand.
Don’t worry — most of the things people are listing today aren’t fruity florals anyway!
I don’t care for berry fragrances at all. That being said, one that I don’t mind too much is Kelly Caleche.
I love KC.
Not my favorite berried fruity floral, but my favorite *take* on the berried fruity floral theme: Tom Ford Black Violet.
Fruity florals I can stand…oy. Givenchy Hot Couture, perhaps? I can bear to be around Hot Couture, it has a sort of neon juiciness I get a kick out of. And does Gucci Rush count? It smells like vinyl fruits and air-freshener florals, granted, but there they are. And yet it dries down to a milky-woody chypre…yeah, I can’t play this game. Fruity florals bore me to tears, and I just don’t see the point. (Then again, I’m not a teenager. Or female.)
Smelt this today and “pink fruit” is how I’d describe it.