La Belle

Sweet, warm, fruity, juicy, bright, aquatic, fresh, powdery, aromatic, woody, floral, feminine, sensual, seductive, sexy, flirty, classy, elegant, chic, charming, whimsical, enchanting, alluring, inviting, cozy, comforting On me this opens fruity and fresh with juicy and syrupy sweet pear and bright bergamot. As it starts drying down the fruity notes are joined by soft florals and aromatic leather on a bed of powdery vanilla, earthy and woody vetiver, the golden warmth of amber, and soft, powdery musk. The notes that are the most prominent on me are the pear, vanilla, amber, and vetiver. This has always strongly reminded me of Kayali Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar (one of my top favorites), and even somewhat of The 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods (another favorite of mine), and SDJ 40. I really enjoy JPG fragrances as well, and have several in my collection... La Belle, La Belle Flower Edition, Classique (OG lace corset bottle), Classique X, and Classique Pin Up. To me this feels feminine, and like it would suit women of any age. It would make a lovely signature scent. I think it’s most fitting for the fall and winter, or maybe as a nighttime scent during warmer weather. It also feels suitable for any occasion, from casual to fancy. I get great performance with La Belle. The longevity is very good, it lasts throughout the entire day on me. The projection is really nice, it radiates out at least a few feet from me. For reference, I’m a big vanilla fan, so some of my favorites include Kayali Yum Boujee Marshmallow, Kayali The Wedding Silk Santal, Kayali Vanilla 28, Kayali Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar, Kayali Yum Pistachio Gelato, PDM Oriana, Kilian LDBS, Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid, Burberry Goddess, The 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods, JPG Classique Pin Up, Ellis Brooklyn Marshmallows, Phlur Heavy Cream, SDJ Summer é Amor, SDJ 39, SDJ 62, VS Vanilla Lace, BBW Beach Nights, BBW Boardwalk Marshmallow Clouds

OG La Belle (2022) had a beautiful musk base note that lasted all day & night. It also came in a gorgeous glass bottle with lovely gold roses around the neck. The scent was DIVINE. This new reformulation (2024-2025) retains a tiny bit of the lovely top notes of pear, vanilla & amber, but completely lacks any hint of musk - which is what truly carries a fragrance (quality musk). The pretty top notes last at best an hour. The musk has been replaced with the same generic boring play doughy base note that all used-to-be-quality-before-murdered-by-“reformulation” fragrances have these days. 😒 That offensive chemical smelling play dough scent is what stands out the majority of the few hours this frag lingers. The bottle is an insult. My three year old nephew could design prettier gold flowers in his pre-k class. Looks like tinker bell barfed up gold flowers & they dried all sloppy around the neck of the bottle. This 2024-2025 reformulated version - in the first 20 or 30 minutes, if you take tiny shallow sniffs (like you’re trying to hyperventilate), you can almost smell something similar to the OG. So I put this on before bed & basically hyperventilate at my wrist as I remember the good ole days when the OG La Belle used to rock my world. (If you take a long inhale/sniff the frag is completely overrun by that sh*tty cheap play dough garbage scent). I’m mad at you JPG. How dare you get old (like me)😡 BRING BACK THE OG FRAGRANCES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SEXY & ALIVE!!! My nose cries each time another one bites the dust 🫥 And no, I’m not just going to “get over this.” This really hurt & it’s gonna take me a long time to forget.

I blind bought this yesterday because I got such a good deal on it. I have no regrets honestly. It’s a very warm vanilla scent. Actually one of the best ones I’ve tried because I’m not a huge vanilla person. The opening you definitely get the pear and carnal notes with almost a tinge of burnt smell, but not quite burnt.. Kinda like you are making Carmel at home and let it go right to the edge before it’s a disaster. (Home cooks will understand this.) Or possibly when you are burning the top of a cream brûlée with a torch. This dissipates rather quickly and rolls right into the heart where there is a very small floral note. The leather is a little more prominent here, but not in a bad way. It rounds out the floral so it’s not overwhelming. Keeps it in check, if you will. This also doesn’t last all that long on my skin (longer on clothes) before the dry down kicks in. The dry down smells very much like I rubbed a raw vanilla bean on my skin and that smells lasts for hours. I sprayed it in my after taking a warm bath. Put in my PJ’s and went to bed. I woke up 12 hours later (yes I slept that long 🤣) and I still smell the faint vanilla smell all over me. I didn’t get much Ambroxan out of it, or if I did it didn’t last and didn’t cover up the vanilla smell. I also never got the bergamot in the opening. I didn’t find that overly sweet smell others found. I found it was just enough of a sweet smell to make it gourmand without obliterating the other independent scents. A total win for me and was happy to add it to my collection.

Caramelized syrupy pear over a base of warm vanilla, with floral notes in the background acting as supporting players. I was surprised to see this has leather, I hate leather, but I do not smell it in this perfume. Maybe that’s what is adding the sexy feral characteristic to La Belle. The longevity and projection is excellent; this lasts all day with resilient silage. When I wear this at home, my whole home smells like La Belle. This is a winter time only perfume for me, not just because of the performance but because it is magical in the cold. I love wearing this when I can see my breath outside, it warms my soul. A classic 10/10 for me. I find this too sexy for work or day to day wear, this is something that I pull out for a night out. I see reviews calling it a “stripper” perfume. But I find her classier than that. I think this is what a bond girl or a burlesque dancer would wear. I love the bottle, it represents the scent perfectly and the woman who would wear this. This layers amazingly well, try the following: Bath and Body Works Covered in Roses. Very feminine. The roses make it less voluptuous, and it is undeniably sexy. Sol De Janerio Cherosa 59. This was beautiful. The powdery violet softens Le Belle. It’s still feminine but gentler and rounder. Like 1940’s pinup girl instead of a burlesque dancer. Unfortunately you will have to reapply Cheirosa 59. Kayali Vanilla 28. Really amped up the vanilla and made it more of a focal point. You can not go wrong with this combination.

@NatureMman1, this is already out in many countries so BenBnBe does not know “too much”, he/she is just posting a review of a perfume he/she has already smelled. And I must say I agree with it all, this is indeed delicious. I appreciate the original classique and many of its flankers, but I have to say that this is probably my favourite of them all. The opening is my favourite part. The juicy pear note is to die for. Come to think of it this could have been released as the female counterpart to Ultra Male, with the pear in the forefront. This becomes sweeter as it develops and the mid is still good but not necessarily great.. Then when it dries down it again becomes fantastic, but in a completely different way from the opening. At dry down this has turned into a pure vanilla scent, but truly one of the most beautiful vanillas I have smelled in a while. A true vanilla pod. The development of this perfume is really interesting. It changes so much from the opening to the drydown, it’s like three scents in one. Many hours after I sprayed it on in store I kept getting whiffs of this really stunning vanilla scent and was wondering where on earth it could be coming from, not realizing straight away that it was me still smelling La Belle that had now morphed into a completely different scent. All in all I really really like La Belle and think it is full bottle worthy for sure.