La Belle Paradise Garden

At first I was kind of disappointed, and I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned here yet but it opened with a menthol note ! Or maybe a “cooling?” Note? I don’t hate it at all actually I think it’s it’s really interesting. Along with that some non descriptive florals I don’t even know I’d suggest as tropical or close to the ones listed in the notes. I don’t get the banana thing others keep taking about. The magic happens in hot weather when this warms up on the skin. It starts off with that “menthol / cooling” opening but then blossoms into a gorgeous warm toasted and tropical edition of La Belle. It smells like water nymph's or sirens playing in a tropical waterfall surrounded by beautiful tropical florals - if you’ve ever seen the Sheryl Barber books that’s exactly the visual - ethereal, glittery, warm pastels. There’s a spread on a white linen cloth for when the nymph’s are hungry from playing in the glittery blue water fall - the spread contains freshly cut papayas, guava, figs, vanilla coconut milk and toasted sugared almonds. Somehow even while being so different it still holds the original La Belle spiced pear vanilla in the base - it can transition between this beautiful toasted tropical almond vanilla with guava and papaya to the dry down of La Belle. It scratches the same itch for me villain did - they have similar vibes but by no means smell the same. This is beautiful layered with La Belle OG, Le Parfum, Almond, Vanilla it’s gorgeous layered and on its own. Lasts all day with beautiful projection and silliage. Definite staple in my collection.

i have a lot to say about this fragrance, though i have smelled it 5 times at best. made me get my own bottle. let me start off with a visual description of what this smells like: picture yourself in the middle of a tropical forest, near a waterfall with flowers blooming all around you and ripe, juicy, fresh fruits on the trees. it has just stopped raining and the hot sun is out again. truly a paradise, hence the name. this leads me to another point - i can smell some notes that aren't included in the official description. those would be fresh fruity notes, such as pear (like in og la belle, less syrupy ofc), coconut, mango, pineapple and maybe other tropical ones. the fruits are generally the background, as the spotlight is stolen by floral notes, with blue lotus being the most prominent one. so to sum up: this is a floral, fresh, aquatic, juicy, slightly sweet and a little fruity fragrance. a summer nectar in a bottle. smelling it makes me feel thirsty sometimes. when it comes to longevity, a few sprays on my wrist after testing paradise garden in a store lasted for 12+ hours, shower included. now, as i have my own bottle, the longevity and intensity are not yet so developed and the fragrance settles very close to the skin. this and the scent definitely get better with a little maceration. honestly, i didn't even like it too much from the first smell. look where we are now :) i recommend!

Just letting everyone know..this is not limited edition. I confirmed it with jpg who said it’s a permanent part of the La belle collection. It doesn’t say in the description limited edition either. They said their limited edition at the moment is the flower edition 😊 I’ve been wearing this for a while since it came out last year and it is a beautiful fragrance. It’s unique, uplifting, fresh, sweet but not too sweet, sensual and heavenly. Very pretty and feminine. I did previously have divine which part of it I fell in love with but there were notes that I didn’t like and I just couldn’t get past them...so I had been looking for another jpg to take its place and this one ticked all the boxes for me. It’s a completely floral scent and I’m so surprised that I loved it so much but it is definitely floral in a modern way not grandma style. There are more notes to this perfume which I wish were listed here. Apparently such as ginger, ylang ylang, almonds and heliotrope although it doesn’t give this away on the jpg website either 🤷🏻♀️Anyway whatever the full notes are love it 🌷 Also the bottle is just stunning, spraying this on makes you feel like a goddess by a lagoon with beautiful flowers and wildlife all around as the bottle suggests. I get lots of compliments with this one and I’ve never smelled this on anyone else and that’s the kind of fragrance I like. 😍

How do I even describe La Belle Paradise Garden? It’s floral but not overly so, vanilla-y, but not overly so, powdery but not overly so, aquatic but also not overly so... you get the gist. It’s stunning. Somehow, La belle paradise is both present and elusive. It announces itself while staying soft around the edges: it's young and playful yet undeniably also sophisticated and a little mysterious. I had multiple people stop me in the street and tell me I smelled good while walking around the east village yesterday evening. Somehow the image I want to settle on is this: a young tomato garden surrounded by flowers and lightly coated in morning dew—not a syrupy sweet floral but a fresh and slightly green flower garden with the subtlest gourmand afterthought to add the perfect amount of grounding depth. I get the powdery iris when the fragrance settles, but it's not overpowering. To me, the woman who wears this scent is effortless and airy: flowing dresses, perfect hair that catches the wind. There’s an ephemeral quality to her presence—and to this fragrance—that just feels so perfect for the summer. So happy I stumbled upon this at Sephora (I bought the full 3.4oz bottle after testing just once, and have no regrets).

This fragrance is not like Gaultier Divine but the opening is, here's my take: The opening has that salty marine note in divine that hits you in the face at first. However, this fragrance quickly settles down on my skin into a nice slightly salty but aquatic floral with vanilla. Now there is more vanilla in this but I sometimes sense the vanilla and sometimes don't. On my clothes, I smell more vanilla. And on my skin, I sense the salty marine note. Overall, beautiful fragrance. When I tested Gaultier Divine, I didn't like how potent the salty note was and it didn't settle down at all like this fragrance. It just got stronger and stronger for me. However, I will say this, in terms of performance and longevity - I think Gaultier Divine was way stronger in both aspects. She was POTENT. I'm still trying to experiment with Paradise Garden. I've been trying to find more reviews but feel like Le Belle Paradise Garden isn't as popular as the men's since this is a relaunch. Also, can we just appreciate the bottle, How stunning is she? Update: I'm really bummed on the sillage, she projects on me for 2 hours max then becomes a skin scent