Laura

"Laura" ranks as one of my all-time favorite perfumes. I'm always stunned when I see negative reviews of this fragrance, as it's one of the most inoffensive and lovable perfumes I have ever come across. I first smelled Laura on a friend about 2 years after it came out in '94 and was so taken by the fragrance, that it didn't take long for me to get my own 100 ml flanker. Laura is one of the few perfumes that will *always* be a repeat purchase for me. I am very comfortable with wearing this fragrance (and respraying it) around people who are sensitive to perfumes. It always receives compliments. Back in the 90s, I was not familiar with the lychee note, just because I never owned fragrances which had this note. I only discovered what it really smells like in a lotion I bought this year. I don't particularly care for it in the lotion, but absolutely love how it's blended with other notes in this fragrance. Lychee and watermelon are the top notes in Laura, with freesia, violet, and iris in the middle notes. I have come to love freesia and iris after smelling them in two other fragrances I purchased this year. Laura is soft, floral, has an aquatic element to it, and is just so clean and beautiful. Unlike others who have commented, I do not have any fragrance in my arsenal that reminds me of this scent. It holds its own, is memorable for me, and will always be the one fragrance I reach for any time of the year. I spray this on my pulse points and a little on my top, and it carries throughout the day or night. I have noticed that with flankers I've purchased in recent years, I have to re-spray the fragrance, which was not the case before. This is a safe blind-buy and as mentioned before, will always be a repeat purchase for me.

I was beyond excited when I spotted this bottle on Fragrantica. Years ago, I worked as a hotel chambermaid, and one of the perks of the job was getting to sample various fragrances that we didn't see in our local shops (for those who travel a lot, take heed - sometimes our spritzes were quite 'generous'. Keep them in your case!). One day I came across this little lady, had a tentative sniff, liked what I smelled and sprayed it's fruity, aquatic deliciousness on my wrists, elbows, hair, uniform - I was a walking cloud of pretty. Imagine my horror when the lady-owner unexpectedly returned to her room to retrieve something. I hastily busied myself making the beds while my cheeks burned in shame. There was no way she couldn't have sussed what I'd been up to, but, lady that she was, she never said a word. The day she left, I went to strip her beds and found a generous tip, this bottle and a note which said 'To the dark-haired room attendant - I think this smells better on you than it does me'. How cool is that?! I was THRILLED. All mortification forgotten! I used the entire bottle up, moved on to something else and forgot about it until I joined this site. I racked my brain to remember what it was called, but all I could remember was that it had a girl's name, and what the bottle looked like. And then, whilst looking at something else entirely, up popped Laura on the left-hand side of the screen! YES! I ordered her immediately, for very little and now she's back with me - a beautiful, fresh feminine everyday fragrance. She's my 'for-now' signature - not quite unique, or loud enough to win the full-time role, but a sweet, friendly little temp who is more than up to the job. I heart Fragrantica!

Laura is what I imagine a freshwater mermaid to smell like! It's aquatic, but without any harsh pseudo-oceanic notes, just full of beautiful watery flowers like cyclamen and freesia. I get a hint of lily of the valley, which I usually dislike, but here it's done in a transparent way and not screechy or soapy like in many other fragrances. The watermelon adds extra aqua-freshness, the other fruits like peach and a berry-ish lychee are lush and sweet. I think the fruity notes show that this is a 90s scent, they are done differently than fruit notes from today. But Laura doesn't smell dated, it's rather timeless to my nose, especially compared to some other aquatics from that era that smell like calone overload and cleaning products. This is a well-constructed perfume with a nice warm base of vanilla and sandalwood. These notes don't dominate the scent, but are a canvas for the fresh fruit and flowers and make them last longer so it's fresh and sweet all through the drydown. This was popular back in its days and if you were around back then, it will likely smell familiar to you. Today it's a little forgotten and available for a song, but it's such a dreamy, romantic perfume. I noticed that sometimes tester bottles of Laura smell stale, likely because they don't get used up quickly nowadays and because light scents like this turn more easily. So be careful while testing and find a new bottle.

One of my all-time favorite perfumes. Just when I think I’m done with it, I fall in love all over again. Laura is always ensconced in my wardrobe in some format or other. This used to cost an arm and a leg, but am grateful for the occasional summer sale nowadays, now that the perfume’s novelty has dimmed somewhat. This was groundbreaking when it came out. This is, in a phrase, a fruity floral, but very difficult to describe. It has the lightness of an aquatic without evoking beach, lotus or sport; it has the gentle aroma of the outside of a peach without exploding into fructose, jam or fruit mix. I suppose that freesia and lily of the valley must be present, because the fragrance gives me that feeling of clear-eyed well-being I get from each of these accords, but the florals and fruit are so well-blended you can’t single out a note. A complex mix of woods gives Laura depth, though to me they are already perceptible from the first spray, and come to the fore as the notes of calone (watermelon) and the other fruits fade. This is a youthful, but by no means juvenile, perfume. Older women can wear it too – and enhance that romantic, endearing playfulness that only comes with age. There was nothing like Laura before its release in 1994, but plenty of emulators (or homages) popped up subsequently, including at least one Hugo Boss, an Ellen Tracy and a slew of drugstore dupes. Just beautiful.

I never expected to fall in love with this perfume as it is everything that I don't like in a fragrance, but that's the beauty of Fragrantica, where we get gifted wonderful perfumes which dispel our predjudices and open our minds to trying new things.(Thank you Yohji) The opening of this scent is very bland on me, I am almost anosmic to the notes but it develops into a magnificent floral composition which wraps itself around me like a cloak and envelops me in this wonderful, addictive floral mist, all softened by the basenotes. This is truly a beautiful and elegant scent. It is quiet but responsive, floral without being typical and boring, woody without smelling like a forest and sweet but not candy. The aquatic vibe that runs through this is truly stunning and makes this a delightful olfactory experience. It develops gradually, wafting up from time to time as a gentle reminder of it's beauty. The longevity is very good, this review is for the EDP, silage must be good as this fragrance has been commented on when I have worn it and I have been noticed in a good way. This is a classy and elegant lady, well recommended!

Dewy WATERMELON & PEACH. This was love at first sniff for me. Opens with a burst of juicy fruits including watermelon, peach & litchi with watery, sweet, tropical, green & fresh tones. Already here the woody tones are coming through from Brazilian rosewood, while it deepens into the floral heart with powdery, dewy & white-floral tones. This all rests on a musky vanilla-woods base. This is beautifully blended and overall I get a dewy, tropical fruity-floral with watermelon and musky vanilla-wood floral support base, that has a cooling, sweet & refreshing vibe. Has average performance for a light spring-summer wearing experience. Contrast to So de la Renta Oscar de la Renta: These are different, but you will catch a glimpse of Laura in So de la Renta's dewy tropical tones. So de la Renta has clean/soapy & creamy facets not found in Laura. Roughly equivalent performance. Overall: beautiful dewy watermelon & peach scent, with average performance. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

Close experience with previous review by Schattenburg 😄 I was so in love with that fragrance in my teens and early 20s, but so broke back then. I regularly visited the perfume store in my town (in eastern Europe) to ask the lady to spray Laura on a blotter. The lady already knew that I won't buy and always gave me some bad looks. Then I inhaled the beautiful aroma and left the store. 2020 I heard rumors that they'll discontinue the perfume (I guess it was false, because it's still available 😄) but that was the push to buy a whole 100ml bottle. It's so strange - it drives me directly to the 90s, so nostalgic. Regarding to the scent itself - I always thought that as pure aquatic as it is, this is a summer frag. However, I can't wear it in the heat, it gives me extra warmth. I have to test it again in cooler weather.

I have never smelled any of the *Other* perfumes up above that this is supposed to smell like, so I cannot atest to any of those. You would think by now, this would be just another perfume to me, because it's so light & pretty. OH NO! I am getting MANDARIN & I don't care how soft spoken it is, It's aquatic & fresh & I just ordered it! I was sent a sample sprayer in a PERFUME order I received today. Yep, I am a total junkie! I never expected to spray this & fall head over heels, but THAT just happened. At first it reminded me of Rasasi's Emotion, which smells a lot like one of the Tiffany Perfumes. BUT Rasasi isn't Mandarin, so the dry down is different between the 2. I cannot wait to get this bottle. I could only find 2.5 oz, someone mentioned 100 mls & that is what I searched for to no avail. It's a beauty!

@ Jazzku and Hollyms, i had that same experience recently with CK's Euphoria. Wonder what note turns to puke smell sometimes :D. Laura was my signature scent for years, i wasn't even trying out other fragrances, wasn't that interested, after finding a good one. Then i got more into perfumes, and Laura was left in the drawer for a couple of years. The other day i tried it again. It still is pretty, it is fresh, and for an EdT it has great longevity on me. I do find it a bit boring now though, after sampling, and using a lot of different fragrances. It's a pretty and safe choice, if you wanna smell good, not offend anyone, and blend in to the crowd. Not that i even now like my perfume to scream "i'm here!", or fill a room, i just guess i want something a bit more complex and different now.

I was probably in my early teens and too poor in Eastern Europe, to realistically have the prospect of owning it when I first sprayed it at my local Empik store. I loved it back then, it felt so romantic. Now I have bought it on a whim, when I saw it in the mastery perfume section at TK MAXX. I thought I would be probably embarrassed to wear something so 90s, but bought it anyway for nostalgia's sake. And I am not disappointed! I am actually wearing it. It's so lovely, and the best thing about it is that it stays on skin/ clothes for a very, very long time. You know it is not a fully natural scent, but at the same time it is not sickly artificial, or vulgar. It sits in the perfect spot of "delicately noticeable" which I can say is not the case for many contemporary fragrances.

At some point, I have probably already reviewed this beauty, either way, I am here to beg it is never discontinued. A RARE beauty that has hung in there for over 30 years! Kudos that it is so beautiful & not a watered down body spray as some have dwindled down to. I have several backup bottles, but every single time I use this, I want to get online & buy 2 more bottles out of fear of losing it! Way ahead of it's time, b/c this fragrance in no way smells dated. It's just perfect. Very similar to Jovan Island Musk that you can't find anymore. It's just a beautiful scent that wraps around you & says "Hey, it's Summer,..get outside & have fun". Triple Love! NatalieN on Youtube

The original Laura, that was still around in 2006 was to me the Best floral aquatic ever created, one of the best perfumes, period. So special, unique, unforgettable, unmistakable, with great persistence and sillage too. There was nothing like it. At some point I couldn't find it anymore in stores, so I was thrilled when I found it again many years later in a duty-free. It had NOTHING to do with Laura; I could't believe it. That wonderful scent is gone due to reformulation. Beautiful bottle design and advertising, but again one more great creation ruined. It should also be illegal to sell a totally different product under the exact same label- it is misleading.

To me, this is the Fragrance with a big F. My mom used to wear this when I was little, so it reminds me alot of her comfort and safety. Beside nostalgia, it is a very light but interesting scent to my nose, not overpowering, but has that kind of «sparkle» to it that makes it noticable. I find the drydown somewhat similar to Aqua Di Gioia. Its that kind of aquatic, fresh floral scent that is impossible to get tired of. Honestly, I compare every fragrance I smell to Laura. It is the standard perfume, and even though it is generic in some aspects, any other scent does not quite compare to it.

I have been wearing this since I was around 19 years old back in 1997. It has been in my collection ever since. I have around 130 bottles of perfumes, but I still reach for this one after all those years. My ex-boyfriends have always said, that this smells of me and has my name on it. It is fresh and sweet at the same time. I don't think anyone can get offended by this smell. I sprayed this on at a festival at 10 am, and people could still smell it on me at 4 the next morning even though I never overspray. I will never get tired of this.

The opening fruity blend is so beautiful, it's like touching real fruits with your nose when you close your eyes and want to absorb as much of the incredible deliciousness as you can. I wanted this ravishing, delicate sweetness to last forever, but shortly it transformed into my favorite flowery scent, freesias and flawless orchids. As the two flowers are gentle and sophisticated, so is Laura drydown, no effort, no shouting, beauty speaks for itself. Absolutely feminine, gentle fragrance alluring with its refinement.

This smells like the air on a dewy, hazy summer morning around 4am. An airy, gentle fragrance, like a breath of wind. Aquatic and white floral. The scent of watermelon and peach come through as well, and bring sweetness to it, but not much, just enough. Very light, like a summer breeze. When you walk by people they can smell it ever so slightly. it's there, but only intimately. It comes and goes. It's not overpowering, it only enhances you the same way a very natural makeup does.

This is a summertime go-to fragrance for me, one of a few I own. A close friend of mine was given a bottle and I tried it and loved the peachy / watermelon top notes with the creamy notes underneath. It's very lady-like and doesn't overwhelm the wearer but you can still smell wafts of it as you turn your head. Also, I don't know if this is just me, but does anyone else think 'Laura' smells like Olay Total Effects moisturiser, the one in the pump? I love her for that.

This was one of my first perfumes as a pre-teen. I always thought it smelled like mandarin so I am surprised by the actual notes. Once I used it all up I bought the orange-colored Date perfume named Alexandra since it was a cheap knock-off. Sadly they discontinued that one ages ago. EDIT: I recently bought my first bottle in 20 years and it is more aquatic and fresh now than I remember. It still got that mandarin smell.

It's such a beautiful scent. It's light, but not watery, dewy light. It's like air filled with floral aroma in the summery afternoon. It makes you feel so happy, feminine, and very attractive. Whenever I wear it, it draws constant attention of men and women alike. Men want to know what I wear and buy it for their wives and girlfriends. Has good staying power. Wish they will never stop making this fragrance.

I adore this scent its a classic perfume for me. My mother had this and I also used it many times. It is a fresh, fruity and juicy fragrance, because of the watermelon and litchi, but the combination with the pure flowers and a hint of vanilla makes it very special. I could wear this every time, its so enjoyable, but anyway I would recommend it for spring and summer.

Bought this for my mom 6 years ago on a blind buy, i never smelled it on her, now 6 years later i found the bottle and smelled it and boy oh boy how feminine is this scent i found myself dipping my nose in it, i can't define the fruity aspect but the other 4 main accords that follow i clearly can find them

First time looking at the notes. And I'm quiet surprised. Thought of only 3 notes. This is probably the softest perfume I have ever had. So delicate and soft. A real softie. Something a freshly new mother could use with her bundle of joy at home or even the hospital. A real softy. Personally I loved it!

Laura is the first scent what I've ever smelled...I remember how I wanted this beauty when I was teenager...and I have to say, this perfum is my favorit until this day. It's a very gentle, soft, feminin scent. When I'm wearing this I feel like a goddess and it's just lasts forever on my skin.:)

If the femininity had a favorite scent it would be Laura. Delicate and ephemeral - when we think about this particular moment when a woman sends a glance to a man and after a second he is not sure any more if it has happened or it was his dream.

Yes!! I've bought Laura today again, after so many years. By lucky chance, for an unbelievably great price. Oooh, i guess i love this fragrance now even more... It's amazing. So very gentle, tender, soft, cuddly, smiley, heavenly beautiful.

This is my go-to fragrance for everyday wear! It's light and floral without being overpowering. The peach and watermelon notes are so fresh and sweet, and the florals are beautifully balanced. I get compliments on it all the time!

How i love this fragrance! I had it a long time ago, always wore it with a great pleasure. It is truely a very gentle, soft, romantic, feminine scent with a Mona Lisa smile. A great perfume!

Very nice peachy floral scent. Despite its softness it doesn't only stay close to the skin but you can smell its presence in a very gentle way whenever you make a move. Lovely.

As an 11 years old girl in 1996 this was my first perfume, gift from my mom. It brings back memories I miss those times. The freshness and powderyness is lovely

Blind bought miracle! It’s like perfume perfume-you know what I mean. Womanly, heavenly, long lasting on my skin.

I think it's one the worlds best perfumes, it's my favourite, and I love it very much.

beautiful mellow delicate. ihad it in high-school, i want it again.

Nice, very light and delicate.

Laura Biagiotti Laura is an universally pleasing women’s fragrance. It’s the very definition of a mainstream scent for the masses—basically: “Don’t stand out, don’t bother anyone, be wearable anytime and anywhere, don’t experiment, and stick to what’s tried and tested.” The fragrance is sweet, lightly citrusy, fresh, not too strong, pleasantly tasty, and overall very crowd-friendly. The opening is fruity-fresh and immediately reminds me of a sweet sparkling wine or a very sweet white wine. It simply smells like a fruity-sweet Prosecco you’d drink on a terrace in summer or outside at your favorite Italian restaurant around the corner. Overall, it feels more like a sweet, slightly alcoholic soft drink than a classic perfume. It’s an incredibly subtle, fruity, lightly citrusy scent that doesn’t bother anyone at all—even in the tightest spaces, shoulder to shoulder. You can wear it in the office without any issues, even under the strictest and most conservative etiquette. A woman who prefers very subtle, highly likeable scents—or who works in an environment with extremely strict rules (e.g., a women’s prison)—can reach for this one without hesitation. But anyone who wants a fragrance that others will actually notice for their money should definitely not go for this. The sillage is very restrained, especially because of this “well-behaved” scent profile. Longevity is short to moderate. Overall, it’s a pleasant fresh-fruity everyday scent for the office, the subway, the elevator—anywhere you’re sitting or standing close to strangers, you can wear it without any problems. The very definition of a fresh, crowd-pleasing daily fragrance.

This is lovely. I bought a bottle, nearly full, for $10 at my local thrift store. I love freesia and was curious about this. It definitely smells like a 90s fragrance to me. It is fresh and floral and fruity. There’s a fruitiness that has a hint of 90s peach, but us more complex than that. I get a fresh, somehow fleshy-aquatic note - maybe the watermelon - with green, herbal notes. There is certainly a floral vibe, mostly the freesia and lily to my nose; I also sensed an almost cumin-like note, shading into a tad of body odor...but don’t see cumin listed, so not sure if this was vetiver? That was odd...yet also gave an interesting, earthy contrast to the earlier notes. The floral notes were the most prominent and lasted the longest on my skin, more than 6 hours. I enjoyed this and found it fresh but not shrieky or squeaky (not too clean); I was multifaceted and interesting yet somehow simple and not overbearing. Would work as an office scent - I wore it to church on a cool spring morning. Edit: after several warm June days, I have an even greater appreciation for this fragrance. I still get a cumin-like note, but it seems to be what keeps this balanced - even though I’m warm and sweaty, this fragrance smells (and keeps me smelling) fresh, clean and pretty. I adore the freesia note which to me smells like fancy French milled soap, very clean, feminine and elegant. For a light fragrance, longevity is 6+ hours (longer on clothes). This is becoming a summer favorite!

I bought a bottle of Laura at my local thrift store. Can’t speak to the age of the perfume, but it is lovely and smells fresh and floral without being cloying or overpowering. I don’t sense a lot of notes, not the huge number listed. It opens with what I gather are here called “green notes”, but to me it is a celeriac/celery root note, earthy and almost sweaty. This dissipates in about 5 minutes and I get primarily freesia, which is a ‘Johnson’s baby shampoo’ clean, fresh and brisk floral without being sharp. There’s a sweetness that might be the fruit notes, but unlike some 90’s frags this is not uber-peachy. The sweet, fresh freesia lasts 5+ hours, I’m still getting wafts of it at the end of the work day. This is office appropriate and mild but not boring. I did try it outdoors on hot summer days but it just wilted, fading to nothing after an hour or so. I recommend this for spring, or indoor summer wear; I am curious to try it in cooler weather, but think the character is more springlike. A perfect feminine, casual, pretty and clean fragrance with decent longevity and low to moderate sillage. I totally get the appeal!

This was a gift from my aunt. Fresh fruity floral, not necessarily a strong scent. But I do love skin scents that are comforting and makes you feel good. So I decided a congress would be the perfect place to try it out for the first time. Throughout the event the official photographer, whom I was already acquainted with once prior to this event, kept chasing me around taking photos constantly. When I forgot my jacket somewhere he brought it over to me and announced it smelled too "perfumey" which was odd as I never spray my clothes and chances of still having traces of lightly applied fragrance from past there was rather slim. He did not say anything else when I asked him if this was a good thing or a bad one. On the last day he said my scent had a presence... not necessarily an annoying or overwhelming one but rather one that grabbed attention and declared it was there. He said it was sweet and charming. To me it was hardly detectable after a few hours even though wearing it made me feel good. I'll absolutely continue wearing it but will not repurchase after I'm out as I have other favourites for similar wear.

I just bought Laura as a gift to my mother. It is very pleasant, gentle, and calm. Very feminine. No harsh, striking notes, even from the very beginning. They are all perfectly blended into one alluring scent. I sprayed just a little bit on my arm and it subtly reminded me about itself with every move of my hand. It is still there after 7 hours. I can imagine it would caress me like a veil if I used some more. It combined with my skin so well I feel it's me who smells so good not the perfume. Although it has a noticeable silage, it stays close to the skin so I would not be afraid of making innocent people breathe my perfume instead of the air. This is what I've been taught to be very bad manners. Perfume is an intimate thing and only people who get really close should be able to detect it. Laura is grown up and cheerful in the same time. It is also European-style, not too sweet or "foody" which feels right to me probably just because I grew up with those kinds of scents around me. I feel pleasure every time I bow my head to my arm. This is what I would like my man to smell when he rubs his face against my body.

Must be something about the hot summer in 2010 that is drawing me to these fruity and flowery scents. I'm not usually a big fan of this category, but I find myself wearing these a lot this year. Laura is a really nice fruity floral (emphasis on floral) for grown-ups. It opens with warm almonds and maple syrup aroma, with a hint of chopped fresh fruit. It dries down over time to a floral woody amber, with fresh, clean musk notes in the last hour or two. Very pleasant and not at all a typical "fruit punch" fruity floral perfume. I feel totally comfortable wearing this one for daytime or office wear. It's not too sweet, not too girly. Somehow, it also suits these sultry summer nights. Very nice and fresh, with a hint of sexiness! Laura has decent longevity for an EDT, with better than average sillage. (I briefly owned a bottle of Hugo Boss Woman and I found Laura and Boss Woman to be almost identical scents. Just wanted to make note of it in case this info is helpful in some way.)

I like that everything about Laura is so nineties, from the design of the bottle and the box to the smell itself. That makes it somehow familiar and a bit nostalgic; it reminds me of the era of my childhood, even though I don't know whether anyone around me actually wore it during that period. The fragrance has an awful lot going on. It's fruity AND floral AND aquatic AND a bit woody AND there's a strong vanilla note, all at the same time. On paper that sounds like an absolute mess, but somehow it works. It's sweet and happy, girly, romantic, inoffensive - but way too unique to be boring. It's just utterly NICE, if there's one perfume that fits that word it must be this one. All that, combined with the nostalgic factor, makes me like Laura very much. I have to say I don't reach for it very often, but I'm sure I want to keep at least some of it around, just for those rare days when "nice" is exactly what I want.

11/3/19 Top: peach, lychee and watermelon middle: freesia, violet and iris. Base: sandalwood, vanilla, vetiver, amber and musk This has been out since ‘94?! How have I missed this?! Ok so I’ve been coming here to build up my stash with frags that are office safe and won’t turn my healthcare clientele’s stomach. I want clean, feminine, “happy” and safe scents. Laura beautifully fits this expectation. The balance between all top, mid, and base notes makes this a truly inoffensive and pleasurable journey. I feel so... hate to sound so girly saying this but it’s true!... I feel so PRETTY wearing this. And pretty brings me to beautiful. And when a perfume can do that for me, it makes me start to wonder if it’s a miracle worker! If I can smile at work during stressful times, that’s a real accomplishment too. Definitely a fave - even though it took me 25 years to discover it! 🌸 ☀️ 💝

It's hard to believe I haven't done any review on this one yet.. I never owned it, I tried, years ago, and now I have a 10 ml vintage sample which I spray on every morning to see what I think of it.. First thing that came in mind was So de la Renta, which I have, and I tested it against Laura already on each arm, and I must say the similarity is there somewhere, but Laura is more green and its opening is kinda stale compared to So. Another scent that came to mind was Giorgio Wings, which is also from the same era, less sweet though. Maybe it's a combination of So de la Renta and Wings? Somehow I get that impression.. It's the kind of scent that would be an easy reach for spring and summer, refreshing, it's not too bad, just smelled it before..

This was one of my first perfumes, and I still wear it from time to time as it is a fresh, sweet and easy dumb reach. It is not too much, nor too little even though the initial spray does tend to get kinda heavy and strong. It is aquatic which is a relief in this dry climate where I live. Even though it is a pretty straight forward fragrance, and doesn’t evolve a lot on the skin, it do have some complexity. I ecpecially like when the lily-of-the-valley burst through and blends with the watermelon and peach. The musk blends it nicely onto my skin and I can still smell this after a whole day of wear. A loyal companion that deserves more love than it gets, at least from me. Old or not, it is still being produced for a reason, right?

I have the same experience with this perfume that Flowers-in-the-springtime described. The opening is so bland on me that I also thought I was anosmic to it the first time I tested it. The beauty of this fragrance comes out as it develops which for me is about 30 minutes into it. I'm not usually drawn to aquatics but I love this one. Very delicate, very floral, very feminine. I wear this perfume very rarely since I tend to prefer stronger bolder scents but when I do, I fall in love with it all over again. It feels like walking through a garden on early summer mornings before the dew has had a chance to evaporate.

Laura!!!!!!!!!!!! What a day it was, some time in 2001, Riga, Latvia...My neighbor, sweet lady gave me this present. It was my firs prefume by designer. I felt like a fancy lady at age of 21. This perfume brings me wonderful memmories,about Latvia (I leave in NY, USA)about wonderful friends, and being young and ready to conquer the world. 32 now, I'm still conquering and it feels like I have along way ahead of me, but with this perfulme, I will feel better, smell better. This perfume today is underappreciated, which is not Fair, but it has a cheep price, best time to buy it ladies. I will recomend!

I have seen it around a lot, so I finally decided to give it a try. It smells very basic at the beginning, something like some detergent would smell like. The base is rather interesting though, so weirdly watery, light fruity and almost airy somehow. There's is something unique about it, that's probably why it has been around so long. So it is quite interesting, but the scent is weird enough, that I wouldn't want to actually wear it. At least not many times. It's an interesting mix of watermelon, peach, freesia, lily of the valley and green notes. I would recommend to give it a try.

I loved this scent since I was a child, a classic perfume for me. My mother used to wear this when I was a kid, and occasionally I used to wear it too. "Laura" is a very uplifting fresh, fruity and juicy fragrance. Watermelon and litchi really create this watery feeling in this fragrance, but the combination of flowers and a hint of vanilla turns it into a more unique and soothing scent. It is not a surprise that this fragrance is still available all these years and has not been discontinued yet. People that don't like too sweet or heavy scents will like this one, I'm sure :)

Upon the first spray I thought of Escape by CK. Laura is frutier and watermelon is definitely the main player here. I get strong cyclamen and freesia. It's very aquatic, perfect for spring and summer. I am craving a big bottle, however I am not satisfied with silage and longevity. I have to reapply it every two hours and within an hour it turns into a skin scent and hour later it's completely gone. Why Laura, why?!:( I wanted you to be my new summer signature. I agree it's a very shampoo-like scent, but I don't find it artificial or cheap. It makes me feel clean and carefree.

Really lovely, Laura! :) This perfume is pretty in a very simple way, a great summer vacation scent, reminiscent of going to dinner freshly showered after a long day at the pool. Kind of child-like, possibly juvenile, like a virgin Sex on the Beach cocktail at the sleazy bar of the most affordable all inclusive hotel your dad could find but, still, lovely. Not really all that exciting or appropriate for my day to day life but it does hit the spot if I‘m feelin‘ like a mocktail and buffet french fries for dinner. (Not that Laura smells like either of those things!)

I love freesia and peach in perfumery and Laura is one of the best manifestations of them. I have owned the bottle of this juicy delicacy since it was released. At times I get enough of it, for several years I could'nt wear it but after that big pause I was in love again with it and now I feel happy to wear it weekly. This is a sort of innocent and girlish scent but that doesn't mean that only girls and young women could wear it only - this is for all ages, very tender and soft scent. I truly hope this would stay in production forever!