Bella Notte

I found an open package of this during a Burlington rummaging session. This is really pretty!! It's very light wearing though and going by price per ounce, it wasn't worth it as I'd blow through it so fast. Had it been on Clearance though, I would've scooped it up. It's a rosy fruitchouli.

Does not reminds any of the listed perfumes. The most it reminds Moschino style or Juicy couture's style with its fruitiness. Somewhat peppery in upper notes (like in Moschino "Funny"). Then it goes combo of berries with pink rose, like in Oscar de la Renta "Eau so charming". Odour is crispy, airy, fresh, not overly sweet. Not YSL, not Lancome 300%. Maybe lightly reminds Miss Dior "Blooming Boquete" but lighter version of that. Also reminds Ferre "Rose" (that is reminds more) with its rose in the heart of scent and sandal in the base. Base is very light anyways, keeps close to the skin but for many hours. It stays pleasant sweet odour of caramel and a little bit of sandal. Happily not much patchouli, otherwise it would destroy this light and crispy scent. I dont know what it is supposed to be scent for the night. For me it is for sure daily scent, because there is nothing heavy or intense here. Sillage is not big..but cant say it is too light. So it is an okay scent. Will not overbeat some "top toppers", but still I like it.

I would agree with the reviewer below that this is similar to La Vie Est Belle. I can also see the comparison to Black Opium because this is one of those sort of cloyingly sweet fruity gourmands, which I do like, but many people do not. To me this one is similar enough to the others that I don't feel like I would need to add this one to my collection. It's too similar to many others. But, if you LOVE LVEB or Black Opium and want to own any scent that's similar, then pick this one up. I'm sure you will love it.

Sweet and warm, I can see why they call this bella notte. It's definitely more of a nitetime wear scent with the sweet, flirty vibe of the original Bella. It has a familiarity to it (other than the Bella essence) so I will have to scour my collection to figure out where I've smelled this before. Decent projection, probably too heavy for warm weather daytime wear.

A very "Mature" scent. I think it's the kind of Patchouli and florals mixed that give he older vibe and it's done nicely and it has it's place. I like it, my husband doesn't - "smells like grandma's"... whatever. Not what he likes on me so I'll layer it with something or just look at the pretty bottle and wear it sparingly.