Leila Lou

11/29/19 - The description above starts out, “Leila Lou is a gentle, fresh and feminine scent.” Succinct and accurate, it’s crowd safe and a definite crowd pleaser! At first application, I got banana-pudding: I’m guessing that’s the pear blossom and vanilla notes. But as it settles, the jasmine enters the dance and keeps it from being sickingly sweet. Fresh cut grass is hiding; maybe it’s just enough to even out the sweetness so it does a great job if it’s in there. I hate it when all I smell is that hay/grass note. Not with this one. I’ve had it on now for 3 hours and it still smells wonderful. I’ll be honest - it does definitely remind me of shampoo. When I invested in this, working in the healthcare field, I was looking for something that wouldn’t offend the clientele I am around as they are not feeling their best, and the last thing they want to smell is something heavy and gourmand-y. This is clean, fresh, and super feminine. Smells just like what I want to smell like after a cleansing, refreshing shower. I absolutely love it! Daytime, springy-summery frag. Sexy and sensual? Well... IDK... do you consider yourself sexy and sensual? Then this perfume definitely is. YOU define the scent - don’t let it define you. Top notes: nectarine, fresh cut grass Heart: pear blossom, jasmine Base: vanilla, white musk 12/02/19 - I wore this to work - on a critical care unit - and my fellow staff and patients alike complimented me, and the pt’s don’t want to smell much of anything due to their compromised health state. Longevity is amazing - after 12+ hrs, they could still smell it on me. This is **THE** most perfect crowd-friendly, clean-smelling frag. I paid full price and I ain’t even sorry 🥰

WOW! I LOVE this! I did not know what to expect based on reviews. I keep changing up my signature. This is the one. This is my favorite Rosie Jane. I’m testing the roller ball mini. I may need to immediately buy the travel size until I can afford the full size. I have like close to 50 perfumes & this is my favorite. On me, it’s not too grassy or too sweet. It’s just right. My search is over finally! ... I’m relieved. It’s more floral & musky on me. Smells clean, pretty, bright, feminine like sparkling champagne. Goes with anything, day or night. Doesn’t smell exactly like shampoo, but has that beautiful hair / just showered vibe I wanted. It’s very well blended & refined. Smells like the perfect French girl coming from the salon. To die for. I do not even like to eat pears. I was worried because people said ‘canned pears’ or green jolly ranchers & I’m so glad, not on me ... absolutely sounded nasty to me. I don’t like sweets or fruity candy scents or like pure grass & usually don’t like green notes ... So glad tested & gave a shot. The pear sweetness is balanced perfectly with the jasmine & the musk to me. I want everything to smell like this. This smells like ME. I will need a spray to put some in my hair next. Reminds me a little of my Davines conditioner which is divine. I’m just obsessed with this! I’ll wear for a long time as my signature. I did not expect that whatsoever. Made my day. Thanks, Rosie! I have tons of expensive Chanel & fancy brands. Thousands of dollars of perfume. Didn’t expect this to smell expensive. It is just so chic! Day or Night. Perfect for Date Night. Every Season. I’ll be taking on my upcoming trip. It’s a classic for sure.

I'm trying to switch to more clean, sustainable and non-toxic beauty products lately. With perfume it's not that easy and it will, most likely, remain a weak spot in that regard. I think that Leila Lou is the first fragrance in my collection that ticks a lot of boxes - with regard to ingredients and packaging materials. I stumbled upon by Rosie Jane by accident: Petite Cherie is one of my favorite fragrances of AG and Leila Lou is listed in the "reminds me of" section. So I took the risk and ordered it blindly via niche-beauty (hooray). Leila Lou is indeed very very similar to Petite Cherie - so if you're not able to test Leila Lou in a store near you, try to find PC and see if you like that. If you do, you'll most likely like Leila Lou too :) The pear (blossom) is intense and straightforward in the beginning. There is an underlying juiciness of the nectarine and throughout a green accord of grass. The jasmine comes out a tad later and is more green-soapy, not indolic or very fleshy. All dries down rather soapy and musky, vanilla probably adds a bit of sweetness but honestly, I don't detect much. Leila Lou is all about the pear, grass, jasmine and musk. So if you don't like soapiness, pear and/or jasmine, steer clear of this one :) Longevity is moderate while sillage is enormous in the first half-/hour. After that it's more intimate, which adds to the appeal of the perfume and brand's concept, I suppose. My only qualm is the spray nozzle which "shoots", rather than mists. So I'll probably refill a little in another bottle to achieve more even distribution on my body. All-in very happy and loving Leila Lou!

when i first sampled this i was underwhelmed. but then i was going through my samples to find a fragrance for the day and i grabbed this one by chance. later that day i was laying in bed and wondering what smelled so fresh, like laying down in freshly cut grass in the spring, and realized it was me!! this is just BEAUTIFUL. simple, safe, wearable, yet still somehow unique. it reminds me of how the front yard of my childhood home smelled in the morning in spring. the breeze would carry the dew from the grass, the magnolias blossoming, and, my favorite, the scent of blooming texas mountain laurels. this is that smell. i’m addicted. it’s very grassy for me but the jasmine and pear undercut that and make it less earthy (sometimes grass notes come across to earthy for my taste). in my parents new home they have a trellis on the patio with jasmine and in spring they eat dinner outside right by the trellis and this perfume also recalls that scent to mind. but something about this is so lovely and comforting to me. it just makes me think of childhood springs so strongly. my birthday is in spring so it’s always been my favorite season and the nicest season in the south by far. this also lasts FOREVER. it’s one of those scents you’ll smell on your clothes when you’re pulling them out to wash them. i have literally no complaints or notes just perfect.

I’ve loved Leila Lou for years, first as the oil version, now as the edp. This is so close to Goutal’s Petite Cherie but much more affordable and longer lasting, I find! The pear, grass and jasmine are blended so beautifully together to create a friendly, casual, grassy, fruity floral that while youthful can definitely be worn by any age (who cares about those rules anyways!). On my skin this is actually not jasmine-prominent, as others have described, but more grassy and pear-forward. Leila Lou is one in my collection I reach for a lot (and it’s a sizable collection), as it’s so easy and enjoyable to wear. I didn’t realize for the longest time the perfumer behind this is Sarah Horowitz. When I finally discovered that, I understood why this resonated so much with me — she’s one of my favorite American perfumers and has created some of my most loved scents! Leila Lou is a gem!