Love and Light

Love & Light! One of my favorite fragrances ever, without a doubt! I can't even begin to explain how much I LOVE this fragrance, but I'm gonna try. I really wanted this fragrance as soon as it came out. I already had Love & Glamour, and still do. I wasn't really blown away by it so I didn't really know what to expect from LL. But I knew just by the notes that I would love it a lot more. It took for ages to get this one! I live in Amsterdam and while its relatively easy to find JLo fragrances, mainly online, and for excellent prices may I add. It always takes a while for the new ones to arrive. Lucky for me, I have the best brother in law who goes a lot on business trips and America is one of the places he travels to at least 3 times a year, so he's always kind enough to buy me lots of Jennifer Lopez fragrances and products, and the newest one from Kohls each time he's there. So after all that struggle, patience and anticipating. I finally owned Love & Light. Even if it was a 30ml. I loved this scent! My eyes went like WOW when I smelled it, you know what I mean? I just loved it! I read a lot of the reviews and they all say they can't smell the fruits. Which surprised me because the main reasons I love this fragrance is because of its beautiful apricot note. It's smooth and creamy. The apricot is really like your best friend through this experience. While your parents (pomegranate & red current) are backing you up, with your little brother (mandarin) near. The weather is musky but warm, and you're eating praline chocolates while surrounded by wet patchouli bushes, rain dropped roses and dewy Jasmine flowers. That is Love and Light. It's not a simple fragrance and I love that about it. I already got a couple of big 75ml bottles as back up, just in case. I wouldn't ever wanna run out of this beautiful scent. We can't seem to find the body lotion which makes me really sad. But I can say if YOU can find this fragrance and the body lotion PICK IT UP! You'll love it. On me it last literally the whole day with amazing silage. You really can't go wrong with this fragrance. At least I couldn't! Jennifer Lopez, you go girl! LOVE!

At first I didn't get why people kept comparing L&L to Deseo. That's because I sprayed this very sparingly (1 small spritz, dabbed on both the insides and the outsides of my wrists). Now that I've sprayed my 'normal amount before leaving the house' (a spray on each wrist, 1 on either side of my neck, and 1 on the back of my neck), I see what they mean. It does kind of remind me of a less harsh Deseo. But it also reminds me of Versace Woman. Like, a lot. Am I the only one? Anyway, the opening notes are okay, but not something I'd reach for often. What I LOVE about this frag is the drydown. It's such a beautiful, soft, warm, musky sweet skin scent that smells so much better than what I'd expected from a perfume that cost me 11 bucks. This is the type of patchouli that isn't scary; it doesn't smell very earthy, or dirty; it's more of a powdery, processed, 'cosmetic' type patchouli, if that makes any sense. I personally love that more than the 'scary' natural smelling patch, although I guess that might make me a plebeian in the eyes of Luca Turin worshippers. Weirdly this drydown seems much more noticeable when I only wear a small amount of this, which makes it a perfect scent for staying in and relaxing around the house. I love this (and I've had my issues with some of JLo's other scents)! I will definitely stock up on a larger bottle once I'm halfway done with my current one. 4.1/5

I agree with others that have said they didn't care for the Love and Glamour. It isn't awful, it isn't offensive...it's just not really worth a tiddly poop. I read the reviews before purchasing blind. I saw mention of this being close to Deseo. Also it was mentioned this is similar to an Avon one by Reese Witherspoon...Love to the Fullest. Both statements are true. Comparisons and descriptions lead me to a wonderful blind buy. I think of the three, Deseo and Love to the Fullest would be more easily worn by a man than Love and Light. Love and Light is the sweeter of the three, but yet not REAL sweet. It's got a touch of the smoky note that Glow after Dark has. It's not nearly as strong, but it's there...at least to my nose. This is a scent you can blind buy if you read the reviews here, and make a good judgement call. I'm very happy. The only thing that might have not agreed with my nose was the pomegranate. I like pomegranate, but was afraid of something so tangy with such sweetness. It doesn't show it's zippy punch to my nose. Everything is blended and likeable. This is pretty modern to my nose. I get nothing mature from this. Anyone can wear it, but's not old school at all. If you end up not liking this, you won't be out much. I'm sure you'll find someone that will take this off your hands! Love this scent! It's a true "sexy sweet" scent!

I tried this today at Kohls and was pleasantly surprised; I liked it so much that I bought the gift set. I was leery of this one because I wasn't a fan of Love & Glamour, but Love & Light is much better. First of all, it does not smell like M by Mariah Carey nor does it smell like Euphoria. I own both and this smells nothing like either one. It's definitely, as a another reviewer noted, a sparkling floral-woody fragrance. It's very elegant and not too "perfumey" smelling. I can see where it could have a unisex appeal, as the dry down is warm and woodsy. It doesn't smell like anything I own, and I have a ton of frags. I have been a huge fan of J.Lo's frags for a long time, but it seemed that in the past few years, some of her scents just didn't do anything for me. It seemed the vibrant appeal was gone. Not with this one! Thanks for another amazing frag! Way to go, J.Lo!

Love and Light is an underrated beauty. It's unusual. I have a hard time expressing just why I love it so much- ! It is musky, sweet, dense, and almost greenly sour with a tangy pomegranate bite. Then the patchouli! This is by far the most charming patchouli I've ever met in a perfume. The way it mixes with the fuzzy musk, sweet toffee, and sour fruit makes Love and Light mouthwatering. At the same exact time, the noses that created this used a clean musk and citrus that gives it an almost clean/fresh vibe so to me, it never feels cloying or too heavy. This is so glam and feels like luxury. Sounds confusing, like too much going on, but it is blended so well it just really works! The curvy shimmery opalescent light green bottle is the perfect visual representation of the juice inside. Lasts over 10 hours- another big plus. Patchouli lovers should try this one.