Flora Bella Lalique for women

Ah...the curse of the blind buy...

This is a very strange perfume. Bear with me, but it struck me that it's like a woman in a painting by Delvaux. Beautiful, sensual even, yet mysterious and somewhat distant and expressionless. You want to get to know her, but she's too aloof, looking through you towards some inanimate object. There's something off putting here.

I like Delvaux, but I wouldn't want one of his paintings in my house. I'm not sure I'm going to wear this one too often either, but I've given it a 'like' for its clever execution. Sans arty-fartiness, it's a lush, tropical floral with a jarring note.

I find it ridiculous when a reviewer says the husband dont like it, who cares what your husband thinks, its not like your trying to seduce the guy all over again,the battle is won, and if the guy is into macho men scents he obviously aint gonna like a feminine one, keep it in mind people

I had it on yesterday and it kept smelling ALL DAY!
Wonderful tropical perfume! A LOT of fragipane and Tiare in this one, also a combining banana perfume! It is like a sister to sira des indes.
Wonderful tropical perfume with gorgeous staying power and sillage!!

Giant ..thick white flowers...bleeding tuberose...with some smaller flowers around..trying to get the bleeding tuberose quiet...

I got 50ml of it from my husband. It´s nice, I smell blackurrant and frangipani but it´s also strong. Not my favourite but I use it sometimes. When I was pregnant it made me nausea pretty much.

I bought the 3.3 oz eau de perfume blindly based on reviews here. I have learned, at a very expensive cost, not to do that any longer. I do NOT like this perfume AT ALL. It comes out so strong and I agree with the reviews saying pepper is predominant. After it settles into the middle notes, it's so powdery-floral that I have a headache. The base notes are nothing impressive - "old lady clean musk" is the best way I can describe it. My husband says it smells too much like baby powder, "Not what I wanting you to smell like!" is his reaction. I'm selling it on eBay and am so disappointed it didn't work for me. From here on out, it's all done by samples! [21 Oct. '11]

Pepper. Pepper. Pepper. Starts out cold, harsh and peppery. Continues a little less peppery, but still very much pepper. Finally I get a little whiff of tiare mixed with the pepper. I get no sense of vanilla or musk or any softness at all. If you like cold, harsh scents - go for it.

My neutral rating of Flora Bella is not a true neutral. I both like it and can't stand it. The drydown of a light dose of FB is a metallic, Forbidden Planet flower---from the tropics of Altair. Enticingly alien in a 1950s, sci-fi modernist sort of way. More metal and form than flower.

On the downside, every moment until the drydown is tinged with cheap pina colada mix and an air-freshener style caricature of a pan-tropical floral note. Smother that in fabric softener and you have an overview of Flora Bella.

Wanted to add that Flora Bella falls into the same category as Echo by Davidoff and L'eau de ST. Dupont pour femme. Very long lasting and natural smelling...loving it!

nice fragrance but nothing special.If you like Pleasures by Estee L and you think that this is like it so I must say it isnt! When I spray Pleasures I feel like I dive in the bouquet of flowers.When I spray Flora Bella I feel a bit "sicky" from a sweetness. I can not say I feel fresh or flowery:( Strange fragrance to me and quite complex like for floral one.I will give it a go and see how I will feel in the month or so.

This is indeed Bella! My newfound love...what a beautiful floral!Sweet and fresh at the same time...and very deep and complex. The sillage and longevity are really admirable...lasts for hours and hours. The more I discover Lalique the more I love this house. Didn't get disappointed once with their fragrances.

This is quite the floral! And it is quite rare that I 'd say anything like this. Happily, Flora Bella is not from the sharp floral type screaming 'beware i am classy b.tch' or one of those boring florals ' I just as simple and innocent as these flowers'

Quite strong indeed - I mostly get mimosa and lilacs.
A very clean yet creamy fragrance. If you like FM Une fleur de cassie or Donna Karan Gold, I think you will like this too.

Longevity is great, I can confirm that too.

Flora Bella (EDP, 2010 formulation):
This perfume has been created with care and is for me a tribute to the orchid and tiare flower, which are accompanied by a bouquet worthy of the masterpieces of ancient perfumery, without losing its urban, modern and flattering way; in the opening, we find carnation and freesia, a hint of citrus chords; the core, slowly collecting frangipani note with spices, classic magic of the house Lalique, even from head to intercede between the top notes and the richness of the core and base: amber, musk, vanilla, sweetness without excess, complex structure reveals friendly and inviting. No meeting in its serene elegance nor tropical notes or shrill, but a strong personality, even romantic.
Has extraordinary longevity in skin and the sillage is high, intoxicating.


A few times a fragrance arouses so much puzzlement: it is "cool" (I'm told), is "creamy" (I was told once) ... Glorious and unique for some, a floral incomprehensible to others.

I must say, I expected different things from this fragrance. I get no creaminess at all, which I was hoping for, but a cool note related to the green banana in Sira Des Indes, alongside the lily from Donna Karan Gold. So odd that I blind buy a relatively unknown perfume which ends up smelling like a blend of two of my other scents. I'm not in love, and my husband won't notice that it's new because it really smells remarkably like the othet two aforementioned - try them and see what I mean!!

Oh and I forgot to mentoin, it belongs to the fragrance family of Kenzo Summer, as already mentoined by Maki, the yellow bottle. Only is this perfume stronger. Quite great, because I always used to think that I loved Summer but I always found it a bit to weak. So this is the upgrade on that concept! WONDERFUL!

Icekat, your review nails it! This perfume is really special. Lalique was one of the houses I was never really fond of, but I am loving them more and more!!
For example my favorites so far:

- Nilang
- Lalique Le Parfum
- Flora Bella

And I also learned to love the original Lalique, and I am CRAZY about the vintage formulation pure perfume! So all in all, well worth your time and money!

Flora Bella opens with a beautiful and strong bouquet of flowers. I definitely get lilacs, freesia, orchids and mimosa. Then the perfum transforms into more subtle earthy sweet tones. The florals also remain but not as strong as in the opening. I did not get much spice in the base notes but there is definitely strong vanilla and amber. This perfume reminds me of a bright sunny summer morning that slowly progresses into warm summer evening.
The staying power is great. It is perfect for spring and summer anytime of the day.

to my nose it is minty,sugary, n floral. like it, but not a fan of its dry down.

feminine, strong, not overwhelming, and not too light, but light enough for the summer.

Mmmm...this didn't exite me...
I didn't get the Tiare and Frangipagni that I was hoping for, nor did I get the Mimosa that I love so much in Kenzo Summer...and it was gone within one hour...
I got the orchid and the more earthy notes...
End of story...probably due to my chemistry, so no offend....

My first thought is I've smelled this before...tea and flowers, ho hum.
But then it begins to unfold into a slightly tropical bouquet with a touch of clove (carnation?) which I enjoy very much. Even though tea is not a note, I still pick it up, coming through so the scent is not overly sweet and cloying.
It is definately not ground breaking by any means, but it's pleasant enough for an afternoon tea party or a friends wedding. A slightly formal fresh floral.

Lovely perfume, I got it today blindly (based on Sherapop's review) on huge discount in Frasers and I'm even considering now to get a bigger bottle!!!

There is nothing aggressive in this lovely juice, just a well balanced dance of flowers.
I must say I prefer it to Lalique de Lalique.

Lalique Flora Bella reminds me quite a lot of the late 80s pre-reformulated Senso from Ungaro which is not exactly a coincidence as they both have mandarin and bergamot in the top notes, tuberose, carnation and orchid in the middle ones and musk and vanilla for the base.

If you loved the old Senso, you will definitely love Flora Bella, too, which is also more wearable than Senso.

I'm very happy to have discovered this jewel.

Lalique FLORA BELLA opens as a lush and creamy floral fragrance, rather reminiscent of FRACAS, in fact, given the hefty dose of tuberose. The subsequent development of this high quality edp might be summed up in a phrase: FRACAS goes to Tahiti.

Frangipani and tiare definitely dominate in the mid-stage, taking over the tuberose and giving FLORA BELLA a decidedly monoi-oid edge--although there's no coconut here. Because of the vanilla, the drydown is, however, slightly sweet, albeit still floral.

FLORA BELLA is a sumptuous oriental floral which I'd like to add to my collection. Great staying power and somewhat less all-enveloping sillage than FRACAS, which could be an advantage in some contexts...

Super staying power.A very intensive floral bouquet, and it can be overpowering.Somehow reminded me of Eclat Arpege, only multiplied, say, 3 times and without any citrus notes.Could not wear it - it gave me a headache.Blamed it on the orchid.

I do agree with people who say that Flora Bella smells like Vera Wang Princess but a little less complex. It's more on the mature side, Classy, maybe with just a little bit of youth. Bottom line: it smells expensive. Staying power is pretty good.