Reviews

Loulou

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated October 20, 2026

Cacharel's second perfume, Loulou was born in 1987 under the hand of Jean Guichard, nine years after Anaïs Anaïs, whose opposite it takes. Vanilla serves as its foundation, surrounded by sun-kissed, powdery flowers contradicted by a bitter greenness of blackcurrant and tagetes. The juice has divided opinion since its release. Its blue and red bottle, signed by Annegret Beier, borrows its colors from a Matisse odalisque wearing scarlet trousers.

For Victoria Frolova (Bois de Jasmin), a white flower candied in vanilla and a forerunner of gourmands; Gaia Fishler finds it opulent and feminine, and Portia, on Perfume Posse, brazen and flirtatious.

What critics say

Signed criticism treats Loulou as a classic with character, whose current version has softened without losing its identity.

Bois de Jasmin: a flower candied in vanilla

Victoria Frolova, in October 2013, sees in it a candied white blossom dipped in vanilla liqueur, and recalls that Michael Edwards regards Loulou as a forerunner of gourmand fragrances. She gives it four stars out of five.

She finds the 2013 formula closer to comfort than to glamour: a gardenia lathered in almond milk, a pale touch of incense, toasted almonds and vanilla. She compares it to Guerlain’s Cruel Gardénia, only more cheerful.