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3.7

98 reviews

56%
would repurchase
3.9/5
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5.0
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19 years ago

In love. Forbidden love, I think. This smells like forbidden love ~ sexy and innocent at the same time. I can't get enough. Black licorice, cinammon, mint, clove and vanilla are what I smell. This...

About reviewer (40 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinVery Dry

HairBrunette

EyesBlack



5.0
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19 years ago

Yumbo! I love this! It smells mostly the same in the bottle and on drydown on me - a teeny bit of a green/medicinal herb note (from the absinthium), with anise and vanilla sweetening it up and...

About reviewer (12 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


5.0
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19 years ago

I have revisited this perfume and have decided I actually really love it. In fact, I bought a full-sized bottle. As a few others have mentioned it does have a chai tea thing going on. It also...

About reviewer (199 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesGreen


5.0
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19 years ago

This is a feel good scent in my opinion..it's soft and inviting. I do so love it! This is a comfort scent for me. Love the floral notes in it..jasmine, marigold, lily among a few others. The...

About reviewer (30 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


4.0
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19 years ago

I was not predisposed to liking (or even seeking out) this fragrance, simply because of the torrential anise waterfall of Lolita Lempicka and its horizontally developed licorice stickiness, which...

About reviewer (15 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinNormal

HairBlond

EyesGreen


4.0
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19 years ago

Douce Amere opens with an almost edible anise note that is laced with mint. Black licorice and absinthe follow, creating the vapors of an herbaceous, bittersweet tar. There is a minty quality to...

About reviewer (175 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal, Fair

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


2.0
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19 years ago

Disappointing: a short-lived splash of pine-y freshness and licorice, which was lovely with the super-heavy cream base. Then... only the heavy, cloying, sickly-sweet cream for a loooong time. I'm...

About reviewer (14 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinDry

HairBlack

EyesBrown


4.0
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20 years ago

Smells a lot like my favorite drink -hot steamed milk with di saronno amaretto, sugar, and cinnamon. mmmmm!

About reviewer (7 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairRed

EyesBlue


3.0
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20 years ago

Initially slightly pharmaceutical smell that soon becomes sweet and somewhat dusty?! I'm not good at picking up notes and the other gals have provided very good descriptions, but overall, although...

About reviewer (215 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBrown, Curly, Fine

EyesBrown


5.0
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20 years ago

This fragrance embodies what I love about Lutens--you just can't pin his creations down to one specific category of fragrance. The absinthe is attention-getting, but gentle. The musk comes out in...

About reviewer (1158 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Other

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
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20 years ago

I decided to re-test Douce Amere after trying it over a year ago. Well, I was surprised to find that it reminded me of Hypnotic Poison. Actually, a kinder, gentler Hypnotic Poison. A little...

About reviewer (48 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown


5.0
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20 years ago

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About reviewer (168 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOther

HairBrown

EyesGreen


5.0
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20 years ago

Another Serge Lutens hit. Another fragrance that evolves through exotic complexities. It's hard - especially at first - to place the notes. The absinthe gives it an edge which matures into a...

About reviewer (57 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinVery Oily

HairRed

EyesGreen


5.0
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20 years ago

Something warm, sweet, smokey, spicey, a splash of sharpness tempered by a hint of honeyed roundness... It's gorgeous. Douce Amere opens with a honey, milk, cinnamon and almost a chai flavor. Then...

About reviewer (49 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairBlack

EyesBrown


5.0
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20 years ago

I don't wear this often, but every time I do I'm blown away by the heartrending beauty of this fragrance. It starts out with a strong licorice note, its bitterness tempered by sweet milkiness and...

About reviewer (129 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinVery Dry, Fair

HairRed

EyesGreen


2.0
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20 years ago

I didn't think there was anything at all special about this SL fragrance it's floral-spicey with a woody dry-down that's a tad bit annoying. not sweet really, this I fear just did not work well...

About reviewer (411 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown


2.0
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20 years ago

Wormwood and milk. I don't know. I often think that literary types like myself are attracted to perfume because the found poetry of the lists of notes satisfies some primal human need for beauty,...

About reviewer (28 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairBlond

EyesBlue


5.0
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20 years ago

This is a strange, strange fragrance. It starts off like candy I can remember eating, but can't quite think of. It really is bittersweet. Or maybe it's a drink I've had... ...

About reviewer (273 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


5.0
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20 years ago

Wow, this fragrance is amazing. First of all, this is not my kind of fragrance, but I have to admit, the notes are quite ingenious. It *does* smell bitter and sweet at the same time, in fact, I...

About reviewer (147 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinDry, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBlack


5.0
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20 years ago

It saddens me to see so many people disliking Douce Amere. I was lucky enough to be in a store with a row of SL's to sample. The minute I sniffed this, I fell in love and bought it on the spot. ...

About reviewer (542 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown