La Belle Le Parfum (2024)

My new winter girl. Starts out smelling like freshly baked pear pie with vanilla, progresses to a non-gourmand sultry sweet scent when the leather starts to peak through. Finally dries down to this boozy yet aquatic vanilla pear pie, yum! Sprayed it on my sweater since exactly 7 days ago and my room is still full of the scent. She’s STRONG. I also believe you can own both the EDP and this one as that one is a lot brighter and a nice spring summer vanilla, while this is ambery warm and sultry. I do lol. Now unto those coming on here to complain about the reformulation... Can you just describe the scent? That’s what we’re here for; to learn about people’s experiences with a fragrance we’re considering. Secondly, do you ever think that maybe it’s for the better that perfumers reformulate scents? It’s not always about profit, a scent this good would cost a lot more by them “niche houses”. You all claim that this is watered down and I’m wondering with its current strength in said “watered down” state, I can only imagine how harsh the previous formulation has got to be, given the warmer winters we’re experiencing and I’m in the UK where the cold bites. And it’s called climate change; keep up and appreciate the innovative approach these companies take to keep up with the times. A good example will be the new Si EDP. Maybe it’s the climate, but I 1000x prefer the new one as the old one suddenly feels too much. Anyhoo...

This La Belle Le Parfum has been repackaged. I own 1 bottle of the old formula with the old design (black on top, red on bottom) and a bottle of the new formula that has a new design (red on top and black on bottom) and there IS a difference. I got my new bottle back in January, earlier this year. I decided to allow it to sit in my dresser for almost 5 months before pulling it out and it's verrrry strong & sweet, just like the original. However when I first got it & sprayed it, the scent faded within minutes. This is why, I would highly recommend to let your reformulated bottle sit someplace dark for at least 3 months before spraying it. Again if you're not a patient person, I recommend to try to get an original bottle someplace, like maybe Ebay or in certain stores that have them. SCENT DIFFERENCE: I feel the scent is the same, however the only difference is, the original took a bit longer to dry down to the true deep pear/vanilla scent (40 minutes), whereas in the new formula, the syrupy pear/vanilla scent comes through almost immediately. UPDATE 6/20/23: I sprayed the new one (that I let sit for some months) all over last night & it's still strong & projecting 12 hrs later, this morning.

Ohhh my goodness, ladies when i tell you this is the most SEDUCTIVE and GORGEUS fragrance ever i mean it. I smells like if you mixed ball sweat with the slighest hint of Camel hair. IT IS TO DIE FORRRR. Me personally I am a 17 year olf transgender pansexual male and I LOVE this so much. I always feel like when I go out I get compliments, they range from "OH MY GOD GORL YOU SMELL DIVINEEE" to "WOAH WHAT FRAGRANCE IS THAT". I feel like this has a mixture of all of my favriote fragrances ever, stuff like other JPG's and some YSL's. One complaint is that the top notes dont really fit that well. I get hints of ben's ball juice and mango mango mango. The still water is also coming through to me. The longevity is also quite bad like it doesnt last long. It is a super sexy sexy smell and perdect for getting in the mood 😉. If you want a fragrance that is gonna get the mann EXCITED this will OMGEEEE.

This was my number one dream frag. Boyfriend just bought it for me off of fragrancenet for a Christmas gift. First thoughts were: dramatic eyeroll and an "OMFG" LOL! This stuff is sooooooo sweet and sexy. I only smelled the old packaging LBLP like a year ago and was a little worried when I saw people say that the new packaging one smelled different. Maybe it's less tonka forward? Maybe? It's definitely still there, but that syrupy pear with vanilla is absolutely all in my face. Not that I'm complaining. Anyway, I visited him late so I received it at night. I only sprayed one tiny spray on the top of my hand and it stayed on until morning when I showered! :D I can understand why people say this isn't versatile but listen, if you're crazy like me, you wear whatever perfume you want whenever you want becauseeeee ummm live your bliss xx <3

i wore this today & wow what a beautiful perfume !!! its sultry , sexy , an out on the town fabulous delight :) the vanilla is a def strong player.........u can smell the vanilla from beginning to end - its amazing.........and along with tonka it creates a beautiful warm powdery feel.........im not sure what part the pear plays but i can never tell pear in a scent anyway - but its def not a bad role lol.............. i wasnt a fan of the OG le belle but this one is really good & yummy !!! and longevity was good too - i wore it - went on a long walk with my dog - did a few things here & there & 3 hours later still going strong :) and projection for the type of perfume it is i'd say moderate - its not smack in ur face over bearing but not a skin scent - its just right for the notes it has :) a winner for me & love the bottle too :)