Description
Estee Lauder present Beautiful Belle, a floral-oriental fragrance for ladies in late July 2018. The fragrance belongs to Beautiful Collection and it’s a new flanker of famous Beautiful edition from 1985.
“Love breaks all rules. Fall head over heels for this irreverent blend of lychee, mimosa, rose petals, orange flower, gardenia and marzipan musk. Romantic, carefree and irreverent. Modern love is a journey: the first shy moments of attraction, the full-blown romance, the promise to commit forever.
First, the thrill. Happiness that is effervescent and contagious sparkles with notes of lychee, rose petals and mimosa. Filling the air with the beginning of love.
Second, the romance. Deep in the heart, the magic begins. Head-over-heels passion. The full-blown romance. A floral bouquet of orange flower, gardenia and tuberose. Luminous. Rich. Feminine.
Third, the promise. A love so strong you can’t live without it. Captured in vibrant oriental notes of orris root, a blush suede accord, marzipan musk and ambrox. Sensual with a hint of irreverence. Deep. Forever. Beautiful.”
Top Notes: Lychee, Rose Petals, Mimosa
Middle Notes: Orange Flower, Gardenia, Tuberose
Bottom Notes: Orris Root, Blush Suede Accord, Marzipan Musk, Ambrox
The fragrance Beautiful Belle is available as a 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum, Rollerbal 6ml Eau de Parfum and a matching perfumed body products.
TucheReutRifepyyya – :
I was very eager to test Beautiful Belle and I had high hopes for this latest release from Estee Lauder. I’ll start by saying that this fragrance is definitely not for me. I can’t quite pin-point what it is that I don’t like, but I know it doesn’t bode well with my chemistry.
I love the original Beautiful by Estee Lauder, including many of her subsequent flankers. The original Beautiful was created with the intention of becoming a bridal scent in the 1980’s, and for many women it was just that. As a soon-to-be bride myself, I was hoping that Beautiful Belle would be a more modern interpretation of the original.
I suspect that the perfumer wanted Beautiful Belle to smell comforting like a cashmere sweater or a soft, woolly blanket. If it smelt anything like Cashmere Mist by Donna Karan I would be all over it, but sadly it falls short. Perhaps it is the ambroxan that gives this fragrance a sharp, synthetic undertone.
Despite the odd, chemical opening, Beautiful Belle dries down to a pleasant blend of jasmine, tuberose, mimosa and white musk. This white floral aroma is more sweet than creamy or dense. It’s not particularly ground-breaking either.
The original Beautiful is a powerhouse on my skin. A typical 80’s scent which lasts for days. Sadly, Beautiful Belle does not share the same lasting strength as its predecessor. They don’t make scents like they used to.
cheese666 – :
I tested this on my skin, a few months ago, and I gotta say, I really like it. My nose gravitates to sweet florals and works well with my skin. Like the old adage, if it ain’t broken don’t fix it. I will always have a fondness for white floral scents, it’s just me. I’ve tried, many times, to step out of my comfort zone and wear avant garde type scents (dark orientals or woody masculine fragrances) and it just makes me feel uncomfortable and uneasy. Fragrance is all about enjoying the moment and being present and confident.
Beautiful Belle is just as its name states. It can easily be worn and become one’s signature, in my opinion. Kudos to Estee Lauder for putting out a perfume that works for people like me.
shtim – :
Another attempt to cash in on the sweet craze that ends up generic. Not impressive to me and neither is Modern Muse .
meliya – :
Generic and underwhelming. I doubt many would passionately adore this, although equally it wouldn’t offend anyone.
Its rather bland but pleasant enough.
Please test before blind buying as the note profile does look enticing and well thought out but the reality falls short. Only note I can slightly detect is maybe musk. Its a light scent.
none of the individual notes are recognisable.
sandrs – :
I haven’t smelled this yet but I plan to. I love marzipan and white florals. I was just reading the copy above: the word “irreverent” was used three times. Are they desperate to let us know this isn’t matronly or what?
October 2018. Adding: I was able to sample it today. The white florals are pretty but there is nothing particularly special about this fragrance. I’m very attached to my granny/old lady fragrances but I like to try newer scents, too, just to see what’s happening. I wouldn’t favor this one out of a fragrance counter cluster. It smells too much like everything or anything else. I’ll stick with EL classics.
maha – :
I imagined much lighter scent. It’s quite heavy and strong. Someone said it’s the bride’s perfume, something to wear on the wedding day. I don’t know. This smell makes feel old. This is old-lady’s scent. Very old-fashioned.
I live in south Florida, May be the heat make it worse.
org866InsuffBooni – :
Sadly, I am underwhelmed. Like some other posters, I find this lacks coherence. It’s better than the travesty that is the contemporary reformulated Beautiful but it also has little in common with the iconic vintage formula. I don’t find any of the notes disagreeable and actually quite like the litchi top note – it’s just that taken together the final product is unremarkable.
Shket21kom – :
I got a sample of this and immediately it came off as kind of “generic”. I decided to give it a chance to settle, and later asked my husband what he thought. “You kind of smell like a perfume counter.” He’s exactly right. It smells like the perfume section at Macy’s. A jumble of notes, non of which are particularly unique.
er555 – :
I think the review that says this is similar to Gucci Bloom is fascinating. On me the marzipan really stands out. I have a problem wearing Gucci Bloom because there is an animalic note in it that my skin amplifies. It’s not attractive. I agree with the review about Belle probably being really sweet on some people. I think it’s like that for me and I love it. I believe the tuberose saves it from being like the cotton candy of pink sugar for me. I think it is a great point that this probably isn’t a safe blind buy.
Also on my skin I don’t get any suede whatsoever so yes this is a try before you buy because other people seem to get the suede and that’s not for everyone.
oskolok09 – :
I don’t have any experience with the original Belle, so I don’t have any attachments or bias in that regard. All I know is that I love heady tuberose and sweet white florals; and I am drawn to scents that combine them with a musky or woody base, which usually increases the lasting power on me. So in that regard, I really do enjoy this fragrance.
The first tuberose-heavy scent I acquired this year is the Gucci Bloom EDP and Beautiful Belle by Estee Lauder reminds me of that scent, at least in regards to how it reacts to my body chemistry. On my skin (particularly my neck and chest), Beautiful Belle and Gucci Bloom are near duplicates. I can really pick up that woodsy-tuberose combo that vacillates between sweet floral and deep floral. They both have an intense sillage that can really engulf a small area and leave a trail.
But when I smell Beautiful Belle on a note card or the skin on back of my hand (which reacts differently than the skin on my neck, for some reason)…Estee Lauder reminds me more of Woman by Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren Woman is a bit more feminine, a bit more girlish and the same can be true of Beautiful Belle, depending on how your skin reacts to it and how it emphasizes certain notes. If that marzipan is emphasized for you and highlights the creamy sweetness of tuberose and gardenia in the middle notes, it is going to be candied and perform as if a perfumer added some citrus-floral notes to Pink Sugar by Aquolina.
So it all comes down to how this reacts to your skin, which is true of all perfumes. Based on my experience, it will either perform as a girlishly sweet floral with a slight depth, or a deep and heady floral that skates the fine line between classic and overly mature. The latter is what I get and I actually love that. So this perfume is a win for me.
Punk_13 – :
Marzipan, gardenia and mimosa joined by a dusty suede at dry down. It’s floral with a sweet creaminess – reminds me of Givenchy’s Dahlia Divin Le Nectar EDP (both have mimosa). It’s really quite pretty, and I’d happily own a full bottle.
Snow21124 – :
The world doesn’t need another gardenia perfume. It needs the original 80s Beautiful (not the remake).
an1750 – :
Sophisticated, office-friendly white floral. Has gourmand notes that are pleasantly sweet without being overpowering or cloying. Staying power is weak, I’m only able to get two or three hours of wear before it’s undetectable on my skin. Received as a tester, probably wouldn’t purchase, but I do plan on using the entire test vial.
SD.serg78 – :
did anyone else get the scent of Estee’s Dazzling Gold with this?
Shinkorush. – :
well i gave this perfume a 2nd chance but the verdict was the same – didnt work well for me………..im bummed cuz i love beautiful & beautiful sheer but this had a strange strong sweet like scent to it that kept lingering & wouldnt go away lol………im not sure if it was the lychee or mimosa ( not quite familiar with what those smell like on their own ) or was it just a bad synthetic tuberose they used – i normally love tuberose & if its a good quality it smells amazing but IDK something just didnt work for me………….:(
lorouptiort – :
I like this..I don’t like this..and yet, I keep debating a bottle of this. Oy.
This is a rather unique offering from a major brand in recent years that is not a fruitcholi nor candy bomb, so kudos for that. Also, for me, this is not cloying nor synthetic like many Estee frag’s tend to be for me, so kudos for that. I suppose I dig this, it is kinda different, and I enjoy smelling it, but somehow, I’m not sure this is something I want to smell like.
Note-wise, this for me is a soft musk with a hint of white floral, yet seems nice for early Fall (despite being white floral), so kudos also for that from me, as I am a white floral lover and I have a hard time with heavy Fall scents, so this one might be nice for me. I pick up a little powdery-ness, and really no sweetness. I pick up the suede note. I don’t pick up the marzipan nor the litchi here at all. I think this actually would be good for Spring and Fall in particular, but wear what you want, when you want..Sometimes some of us still like ‘seasonal’ scents. 🙂 To each their own. 🙂
As I am sniffing this and this drying down further, this sort of reminds me a little bit of Donna Karan Liquid Cashmere White.
This is a softer sillage than I am used to from the house of Estee Lauder. About 4 to 6 hours longevity for me, so not the beast mode like many Estee frag’s are for me. The bottle to me is not as pretty as I had hoped from online pic’s, but meh!!
taisa – :
Received a sample in the mail, so I can’t comment to the style of the actual bottle.
This is a SAFE introduction for anyone interested in trying out white florals – mainly Gardenia. I don’t recommend this as a blind-buy. I’m not getting the creaminess of Tuberose. I get NO Lychee or Marzipan at ALL, which is a shame b/c I would’ve LOOOOOVED Lychee or some sweetness. I noticed upon first spray – any sweetness or mimosa or rose IMMEDIATELY disappears (for a brief second, I thought, “Is that you, Light Blue?”) – like count to 10 and it’s 100% gone. I would NOT recommend this for HOT weather wear as I can imagine this can be cloying if oversprayed. It would be nice warmed on the skin during cold weather though. One spray on my wrist is enough. Moderate Lasting. Moderate Silage.
For me, I would consider this to be somewhat of a power scent. Certainly not as commanding as Michael Kors or Fracas, but definitely a strong grounding scent good for when you need to keep yourself composed and formal. That being said, I would still be pleased if I got a small bottle of this as a gift, but for the price, I wouldn’t go out on my own and buy it ($120 for the 1.7 oz? In this economy? – OK, Estee Lauder *eye roll*)
3552744 – :
I love this. I love it so much that it may become my signature scent and I have not had one of those in a long time… not since the older formulation of Coco Chanel. When oakmoss was outlawed it ruined coco for me. Anyway why do I love this? It’s a light sweet gardenia tuberose scent, with a unique marzipan twist. I am a white floral lover so I think that’s also why I’m partial to this. It has like a tangy zippy sweetness. It doesn’t last terribly long – especially not for the money – I would say 4-6 hrs. But I love the scent so much I bought a full bottle anyway.
This doesn’t really remind me of the original beautiful at all. I worked for Lauder when the original Beautiful was launched and I never really liked it. I just felt overwhelmed by the rose in it. And then there was a weird sour base. It just wasn’t for me.
This fragrance, this is for me.
EDIT: By the way, I’m NOT OLD. I’m really tired of people labeling perfumes as old people scents. And even if I were old, I wouldn’t care. When I smell this I get a sense of happiness and euphoria.
foxpro – :
Finally got to try this. I think it reminds me of Beautiful Love. ??
PROaction – :
I received my sample of Beautiful Belle about a week or two ago, and have worn it a few times since. It’s very pretty. A fruity white floral. Simple and sweet. To me, it smells mostly of gardenia… or maybe it’s tuberose? Honestly, I have a hard time differentiating between the two.
As stated in an earlier review, this is not a powerhouse scent – which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It has moderate sillage and longevity. It is inoffensive and a great choice for everyday or office wear. I’d consider it a pretty safe blind buy or gift option if you’re one who gifts fragrances. I’m sure I’ll use up my sample, but won’t be buying a full bottle.
zubikkkkki – :
This is a a basic, sweet, tuberose fragrance. On first spray you can smell the ghost of the original Beautiful, but that quickly gives way to tuberose, marzipan and not much else. All is all, it’s average and pleasant. Not worth the money.
I also have to comment on the bottle. It looks great in the advert but is incredibly crap in real life. So cheap looking. I remember back in the 70s and 80s when a Lauder fragrance launch was an event, and this fragrance makes me see why Lauder has gone from leader to afterthought (if that) in the mind of the modern consumer.
gocha – :
I had rather high hopes for this one, but it’s one of those fragrances that I’m just not feeling. It’s a modern take on the iconic Beautiful that I remember from back in the day, but it’s turning really ‘perfumey’ on my skin and the Marzipan smells…weird with the almost piercing white floral tone. It’s not bad, but it’s just not my cup of tea.
Georgannokm – :
Light watery fruity floral. Reminded me a lot of the new Norell. Its pretty, kind of generic but a nice work scent
panferov.ar – :
This fragrance has a strong presence for such a delicate garden like scent, I believe it is dominated by musk and tuberose. It will undoubtedly fill up a room with a white flower derived note. In my opinion, it is for the older crowd who miss classic-esque scents. It’s elegant but not up-beat or modern in the sense and might not be a safe blind buy. I am torn on it.
AVTUNICH – :
I love the updated fragrance very much! It’s very floral and fresh. Just the right amount of lychee, can’t stand too much lychee, it kills my nose. Not really detecting any marzipan but lots of Tuberose and other white florals orange blossom? It is Devine! Think I’ll have to spring for a small bottle. So cheerful and sweet and actually has pretty good longevity!
artem71 – :
To me, this smells like an elegant, powdery fruity floral. It’s modern and very “now,” as it reminds me of multiple fragrances out on the market right now, although I can’t name one off the top of my head. It’s very nice, and quite sure to please anyone who likes department store / designer fragrances.
HalmquiemeBiB – :
This is a masterpiece from Esteé Lauder. I used to wear the original Beautiful, but I find that more iconic, vintage perfume.
However Beautiful Belle is a light, sophisticated, modern floral scent. I find it very classy as well. I bought it a couple days ago but captured my heart already. After I bought, I went in to my favorite restaurant’s bar, and in a couple minutes later a couple came to me and asked what I’m wearing…. 10 minutes later a girl sat next to me and asked me….
In an hour a guy…. Wooooow…. COMPLIMENT MAGNET!!!! I guess I found a new signature.
muzillaq – :
I was really hoping this would be a big hit. It reminds me of Aerin Jasmine. It drys down to a loud jasmine on my skin. I’ll pass on this one.
guttibignee – :
This is actually really pretty. I agree with everyone that it has this Sparkly quality about it. The bottle, the smell and ad all go very well together. Good job!
cofsfoejess – :
Lesecretforme is probably anosmic to Beautiful Belle.Happens to most of us one time or another but the first time is traumatic.Try to understand which note causes the anosmia, to avoid blind buy disasters.
Aerohoplenerijlp – :
Beautiful Belle isn’t a powerhouse scent, but longevity is correct, there are a lot of fragrances out there more garbage worthy than this one !?
Affilicle – :
This is the perfect name for a pretty perfume ! Nice floral, easy to like, easy to wear…it has of the original Beautiful for sure, modernized also, the tuberose is shy, I hardly detect it, I will say the notes are well blended in, so I don’t detect one above another., although the orange flower pops up more., and the magnolia too
Now I wish it would develop into a warm base, with the orris, the blush suede, the marzipan, I honestly don’t detect much of those..it remains a creamy floral from top notes to the dry down..
It does have a bit of Woman by RL, I much prefer the Belle, it is overall more interesting
I must say I like it, and I am happily wearing it…even in warm weather , it isn’t too much..in a way, it makes me think of Burberry London.
might71 – :
I tried this fragrance at Belk and fell head over heels for this deliciously white floral, light powdery fragrance. Definitely a beautiful romantic scent…perfect for your wedding day! I can not wait to get my hands on these babies!
Deroxmkqnw – :
If you are a fan of gardenia, you will like this. It’s a sparkling white floral. I like this much more than the classic beautiful since that one makes me sick. It has a hint of Madonna truth or dare in there and fracas
kkf400bedyWelty – :
I got to sniff this tonight. The opening is sparkling white florals. The mimosa note made me a little nervous because it can be tricky on me. Luckily, the white florals overpower it, so I don’t even smell it. As it’s drying, I get some sweetness peaking though, probably from the marzipan. It’s not candy floss sweet, just slightly so. The orris warms it up a bit, keeping it from being too bright. I get a slight muskiness as it’s settled.
This is a nice white floral, but not anything groundbreaking. It kinda reminds me of Ralph Lauren Woman that came out last year, but Beautiful Belle isn’t as sweet. If RL Woman was too sweet for you, then try this one. Longevity and sillage are moderate. I think it suits spring, fall and winter; I think he white floral mixed with marzipan might be too much for summer. Overall, it’s a luminous white floral with mild sweetness and effervescence.
dbi539intitytek – :
Do you mean ‘suede”, Militza? I agree.
arefjew.sergey – :
Best news in a long time. So glad to see this. Already planning a trip to Macy’s because this is a must try.
vanya_100 – :
I really hope this is what I’ve been waiting for!!!
pugac_2008 – :
Beautiful Belle, is now available at Macys! Just a heads up. For us lovers of beautiful.