Jimmy Choo L'Eau

Edit 2024: I go on to say this isn’t cheap, so over-spraying to make up for longevity is difficult. That’s not the case anymore, this has popped up online regularly for SO cheap, just grab it haha. /end edit I really REALLY love this scent. I sniff the bottle throughout the day to make me happy. This just smells objectively *good.* Completely inoffensive, a beautiful and light fresh fruity floral. Maybe it's my skin chemistry, but I get compliments every time I wear it. My male friend told me: "hopefully this isn't weird, but you smell so pretty." It's very sparkly, and juicy without being sweet in any way (edit to say, watery is probably what I'm looking for here.) I personally think the nectarine is a bit pear-like in this, or maybe apple? The musk and cedar base notes keep it from being to sour. It's very linear, there's not really a developing scent with this which brings me to my next point. (Edit to add: I should say it's linear beyond the initial citrus, it dries down to a musky hibiscus skin-scent) This had absolutely no lasting power as others have said, and it's so disappointing. It lasts significantly longer on clothes, so at least that's a positive. For the price however I would expect far better longevity, it's not a cheap EDT. Also, I NEED it to last longer because I'm so in love! Other commenters have said it's uninspired, that it's been done before a million different ways and better. I would implore them to tell me where, because I've ran around sniffing every fruity-floral that could be compared to this and none of them are filling the void. I was attempting to find something similar enough with better sillage and longevity but it's just not happening. To me, it's nothing like any of the perfumes that are listed here as similar. So overall, I will continue to buy this and respray it as many times as I need to per day, because it's such an uplifting scent and I just can't let it go.

Since I tried it in 2018 on vacation in Playa del Carmen, Mexico... I fell in love... I bought it without hesitation and I am quite difficult when it comes to perfumes... It is delicious, fresh, floral, fruity and light with a sweetness that is perceived as the nectarine and the flowers, the bergamot goes unnoticed for me but it gives it some freshness without being a visible citrus note. As some describe it, it is a youthful aroma, although I am not so young anymore I feel renewed...so I would say that anyone can use it, especially if you do not like heavy and overloaded perfumes or those that smell like an old lady. (no offense). I would like it to be more intense, but it is an Eau de toilette, it has little hold and after an hour you can hardly feel it, but it is still one of my favorites in recent years. I have tried others from Jimmy Choo but this is one of my favorites along with Rose Passion. Scent of summer and spring, sunny and fresh. Little sexy too in the most light and pleasant way...I always take it with me wherever I go for a trip.

Jimmy Choo L’Eau is, as the name suggests, light and watery, so don’t expect depth and longevity. It is only an Eau de Toilette after all. It is perfect though as a refreshing spritzer to make you feel clean and cool. JC L’eau is extremely pretty but so light, that I found by layering it over the matching body lotion or after using Versace Bright Crystal (pink) shower gel, it does actually perform quite well. JC L’eau doesn’t smell as cheap or artificial as the Bright Crystal fragrance. Don’t get me wrong, I’m fond of Bright Crystal, but I find many Versace fragrances are of pretty poor quality, even though I enjoy many of them. JC L’eau suits a cool autumn day as well as a summer scorcher. You won’t find a prettier, more romantic bottle either. The pink glittery facets do indeed resemble a floral cordial in a gorgeous Murano glass.

The weekly flyer for shoppers drug Mart (shout out to my fellow Canadians, eh!) came out he other day and this was in there and I really thought nothing of it, every Jimmy Choo fragrance I have smelled I thoroughly hated so I paid no attention to it. Until today that is! While perfume window shopping/smelling today at SDM I went to reach for those little cards you spray perfume on and rather than the cheap plain white rectangular ones they normally have out there was one for this perfume in the shape of a flower and pale pink in color. It was enough to peak my interest so I wandered over to the display for it, and much to my surprise I fell madly in smelly love. While it's not anything ground breaking it is absolutely lovely. If you are into light aquatic florals this would be love at first sniff!!!

Yes, it is fleeting and soft, but by layering the EDT over the matching body lotion I find that sillage is about arm’s length, and I get about 4 hours of actual scent before fading. Which is about where the fragrance should have been. Oh well, the body lotion has a nice consistency and is pretty reasonable in price. JC L’eau is great for hot days right through to Autumn. A pretty, versatile, office friendly and inoffensive fragrance in an adorable sparkly pale pink bottle. This would be a lovely gift for a child’s first fragrance, and at least set them on the path to appreciating something better than sugary chemical cartoon kiddy fragrances.