Good Karma! (Lush: Karma, Eau de Toilette)

Member Name: LittleEwok

Product:	Lush: Karma, Eau de Toilette
Date:	14/04/05 (1246 review reads)
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Advantages: Distinctive, grownup smell, Not too pricey, Good for day or evening

Disadvantages: none!

Continuing in my series of “Ode to Lush” reviews comes this review of Lush’s delightful perfume, Karma.

One of the sucky things about being vegetarian is that most fragrances are off limits, either because of ingredients tested on animals, or possibly even containing bits of animal, although many of these ingredients have artificial versions available these days, a lot of more expensive perfumes still do contain this stuff.

This is where good ol’ Lush comes in. Karma is their original and best fragrance.


The ingredients

DRF alcohol, perfume, patchouli oil, orange oil, lavendin oil, pine oil, lemongrass oil, Elemi oil, Cassie absolute.

The fab thing about this perfume is its totally suitable for vegans like me, and as is usual for Lush most of the ingredients are fairly natural, its mostly made up of essential oils instead of chemical perfumes.


The packaging

Karma comes in a cute little glass bottle, the shape of a half circle, with a gold coloured lid. The bottle brings to mind a rising sun, of half an orange, both of which are pretty evocative of what the perfume smells like. The logo itself is a vibrant and sunny red and yellow, and the perfume itself a clear yellowy colour.

4/5


What it smells like

Absolutely gorgeous. Karma has a fairly delicate scent, not an overpowering one, but at the same time it is memorable and instantly recognisable. It has a strange, warm and almost smoky scent to it, a sort of incensey smell, which is overlaid with a nice sharp bite of citrus. The lemongrass and pine smell give it a fresh, summery sort of scent, while the more subtle lavender oil lends a softer, more floral scent to the perfume. It is a very hippy sort of scent, it does bring to mind incense and yoga classes, but the same time its also quite feminine, but not in a sweet sickly way, more a strong but graceful womanly. Its definitely a grown up perfume, not an overly sweet, girly one. I cant stand overly sweet smelling perfumes, or ones that are overpowering even if you only apply a tiny amount, so this is totally perfect for me. Also great for attracting men, I’ve been complimented on my smell many a time while wearing this little number, which proves that being distinctive in your look (or smell) can work wonders!

5/5


Wearability

Another great thing about this perfume is its very versatile. Its subtle enough to be used as an everyday perfume, but memorable enough for an evening out. It has a distinctive and unusual scent, and its bound to make you stand out from all the Clinique Happy’s and Elizabeth Arden’s. So all in all, it manages to pull off being striking and memorable without being overpowering and sickly.

5/5


The damage

All of us Lush addicts are constantly worrying about how much our habit costs us, but here Lush comes out on top. At £16.50 for 30 grams, this stuff isn’t bad price-wise. When you consider what all those posh YSL perfumes cost, its actually pretty small in comparison. Plus, a dab or Karma is more than enough to last you a good while. So not massively cheap, but its proper perfume so you cant really expect it to be!

4/5


The Karma range

Lush, ever able to pull off a weird mixture of capitalism and apparent leftie trendiness, have released an entire range of items to go with the Karma perfume, so you can smell all Karma-like without having to use up your precious scent. There is Karma soap, which is self explanatory, Karma ballistic which is wonderful but stinks out the bathroom for hours, and Karma Kream, which is a body moisturiser, unfortunately it’s a little heavy on the scent. There’s even a Karma hair bar, which is wonderful because EVERYONE should have hair that smells like Karma! All this stuff is great for layering the scent slightly, but lets no go overboard, we don’t want you smelling like a giant orange!

5/5


All in all, if the bland samey-ness of the high street and designer perfumes bore you, and you cant tell the difference between any of them, this is a great fragrance to get hold of, even if you don’t normally wear perfume. Its just unusual enough to catch peoples attention, and once you wear it it’s a smell you will remember forever! it’s the perfume of choice for the fragrant hippy!

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