Lovely Lights

Beautiful unique bold. Cashmere and jasmine with a soft sexy woody top note. Very different than all the other Lovely editions. This is a node to SJP and her stint on Broadway. The “LIGHTS” word in Broadway style light lettering, the little “black bow” around the top is like that of a ladies tie while in the big show. It’s very tongue and cheek. The bottle seems almost like a plastic matte Easter egg. With a shiny gold topper. Not clear like all the other SJP Lovely. The scent is pure soft musky jasmine. With a beautiful cashmere and wood tone. A hint of citrus here and there. Not heavily citrus at all. However the dry down is a bit more clean and crispy. This would wear longer and better in the day than the evening but I’d say wear this at night in the cold temps. Day in the hot heat and get lots of compliments in closer intimate settings. For a bit of a kitschy rushed release this is actually a real winner. Another perfect stunner by SJP!

for me this is pretty, clean, and milky-sweet, like a citrusy cousin to milk musk edt from molton brown. I get a creaminess and a honey-orange spongecake effect (seriously, very like the aroma of the orange zest and wildflower honey cake i make in september) spiced with a light touch of sandalwood, followed by cozy, powdery musk. some ambrox and cashmeran musks do bother me and feel choke-y/oppressive, but molton brown's and now lovely's just feel fluffy, soft and enveloping. I do see the similarity to Allure, but this is much more soft, sort of like a whipped mousse homage lol, but it's also its own thing. lovely lights' cashmere-sandalwood feels more modern and muted than the 90s take on sandalwood. Longevity could be better though -- unless i'm going nose blind to the cashmeran idk.

Gorgeous fluffy feminine scent! Lasts pretty long for a skin scent. I think it's best suited for spring, but it's almost 40 degrees Celsius and it's great for summer too. This is a hug in a bottle (hate the bottle though).

Pretty bottle and very alluring scent. Absolutely love this, radiates beautifully. Prefer this more than the original lovely perfume, best fragrance in the collection ❤😍👍

it turns out to be very milky on my skin. Love it.

I lucked up and scored a bottle of this for $25 on Mercari. Now, when I first saw the notes, I immediately thought this was going to be an unimpressive white floral/citrus fragrance, which shyed me away from buying for $50 price tag it was available for on Ebay. In the opening, i get a very pleasant Honeysuckle & Musk blend. There's a Cashmeran like accord that drapes this composition, as I can detect a hint of Gardenia. The Citrus was completely silent in this fragrance, but I'm not disappointed. The white florals & musk held their own. Lovely Lights is an easily likeable scent. It's not wowing, but it's very simple, unique, and pleasant. In the dry down, I'm left with a soft, Musky-Cashmeran blend. The longevity didn't really impress me. I got 3 hours on my skin with a intimate sillage. It doesn't radiate far from the skin, but people can smell it if they're close to you. Overall, I think this is a decent flanker to the Lovely line, but it's not worth the $80+ price tag some people are charging for it, which makes me glad I found it for $25. It's a pleasant fragrance for white floral fragrance lovers, but it doesn't have any wow factor. If you're interested in this fragrance, unless you're a SJP fan/collector, you may want to wait until this fragrance is more available and affordable. Scent: 6.5/10 Packaging: 7/10 Performance: 4.5/10

Thick white fog is my mental image for this fragrance. Tried it - found desirable - bought it. I’m not sure I would have liked this kind of scent in my earlier life, but I do now (and it’s also kind of novel for me, too). What I love about SJP is that buying smaller quantities does not mean paying a higher price per ml as with most other brands. I just paid AUD10 for 30ml! I do detect an animalic nuance in it if I’m paying attention. However, this smells like a facet found in honey, so I don’t have to think about anything gross. It lasts all day for me and sticks to clothes forever: I went away for five days, came back and could distinctly smell it on my winter loungewear top. It’s a safe option if you like white flowers and other components in the pyramid, such as musk and neroli.

Listen to me: I don't care for anyone's opinion nor comparison. This stands on its own and doesn't need anyone's justification for its livelyhood!!! Sharp "vintage" (powdery) opening fades and then you're dancing on clouds made up of Starbuck's whip cream and some exotic barely sweet liquor. Must be glorious at night as this softness will get me ready for sleep. I love it and compare her concoctions to be on the SAME LEVEL IF NOT BETTER THAN GUCCI!! Muah! Oh, I love it!

I like this scent. it's between fresh and seductive, which is a scent I'm looking for fall. Also, it reminds me about Narciso perfume. I notice that someone rate that this is similar to J'adore but it is not similar to J'adore at all because I also own J'adore. However, the sillage and longevity really disappointed me. It's disappeared in 2-3 hours. With their low price so I shouldn't hope it will last all day.

I agree with most other reviews. I like it, but it’s not a love. It’s powdery and I’m just not a powdery gal. There must be some orris or iris in there though it’s not listed. It’s ok, but a departure from the original dna. I agree, spring is the best season for this. It’s ok for a super casual errand running day but it doesn’t sing to me, so I’ll probably end up giving it away.

This is nice. It's much fresher and " younger" smelling than the original Lovely but it still has that musky, sophisticated base that keeps it inline with the original. You can get 30ml bottle for $10 in Australia which is not bad at all, especially for a scent that it's gourmand and sickly sweet. This is a solid 7/10. Easy to wear and feel put together.

In this I get more of a rounded clean milky type of perhaps coconut (without the sunscreen), a tinybtouch of sweet but this leans clean, rounded, floral but not flowery. There a couple in this line which aren't much on me but I'd give a thumbs up jn general to SJP for their efforts

To be honest, I was afraid to try it (I'm not a fan of gardenia) but I actually like it, it gives off a sweet, ripe, floral, fresh, light, sexy gardenia scent that is not heavy or strong. 8/10 (I'm not crazy about the bottle and it's not too strong, I mean it's an EDP).

Lovely Lights was a pleasant surprise. Not Quite Love but close enough. :) On my skin Lovely Lights dried down soft with just a hint of powder and musk but not in-your-face about it. Full bottle worthy for me for sure.

I enjoy this, especially as a bedtime scent. It’s more of a skin scent on me. A white floral powdery musky fragrance. Reminds me of Jovan White Musk with similar slightly retro feel. It is comforting and cozy.

Completely different from the original. I give it second place after born lovely which is really nice. That one is just ok, definitely flowery but also fresh. Has more in common with nyc than lovely.

Starts off fresh and orangey. Settles into a baby powdery hotel lobby sort of smell. A fancy hotel.

This is a perfume with a palpable texture. It's creamy florals but not in a gourmand way. The Neroli smells GREEN and retains that bitter edge I always get with Neroli (and occasionally orange blossom!) but the Honeysuckle lends a sweetness and along with the musk, comes up to meet the Neroli and turn this into an unusual and rather pretty scent. The closest I've smelt that shares a similar texture is Dolce Garden. The whole Dolce range has a piercing quality to me so I couldn't wear that one, but it smelt like white flowers and coconut yoghurt to me, plus a big dose of icing sugar. Lovely Lights doesn't have the same sharpness, nor the intense sweetness of Garden, but it does have a similar texture. Like sweetened crème fraiche coated white flowers and powdery woods. Possibly an odd thing to say but it's what this makes me think of! Same with Dolce Garden but that one was more like over sweetened yoghurt - both sickly and sour simultaneously! I like this one in cold weather despite not really enjoying Neroli!. I can get a hint of Allure (Benetton Hot is WAY more similar to Allure though!) and I think you could argue that they are in the same family, but this has a lot of bitter neroli in it and way less jasmine than Allure so it changes the feel of that profile a bit. Lovely Lights also has a dominant Cashmere wood that feels texturally different to the sandalwood in Allure, but I think you could argue that Lovely Lights is a slightly more modern, lighter and less perfumy version of Allure. It's a fab little cheapy!

It can smell a little overwhelming at first - it can be quite strong & headache inducing as others have commented, but it then eases off within the first hour of wearing. I can smell the gardenia & musk & cashmere initially - there's a big hit. To me, it smells like a beautiful, soft powdery smell up front, which I adore, but there is something that gives me an inital headache too. The initial strength does settle down to a more subdued & settled smell over an hour or so. I find that SJP Lovely Lights is an occasional wear for me, a nice addition to my other powdery perfumes (I love a good powdery-smelling fragrance) but certainly not an everyday go-to.

Powerful opening, but in a poisonous plant kind of way. All the notes are ones I should like but it’s a tad bitter for me. Fades to / generic moisturiser/sunscreen scent. Fun blind buy because of the price but not something I will wear.