Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker for women

This is Narciso Rodriguez EDP but with a sharper lavender note and less longevity.

If you are on a budget and want something similar but low cost, then this is it.

A "lovely" scent but not original at all.

I can only justify its existence as a dupe.

indeed a lovely fragrance! but the scent doesn't last long.

A lot of patchouli, mildly floral with a hint of musk and pepper.

Is this a classy scent? Maybe. It is definitely not the silly gourmands churned out by celebrities these days.

It's not groundbreaking, but would be a nice day scent for someone in a neat little dress.

I admit I purchased this entirely on its reputation for being a good substitute for Narciso Rodriguez--one of my faves and a go-to for everyday wear. I was not disappointed: it certainly is lovely, and very much like NR, but more of a combination of the EDT and EDP, with more white floral character and a little less rose accord. The pepper and amber warm it up and keep it from being too sharply floral, but the drydown is noticeably stronger than NR. Still, an absolute bargain, now that it can be had for a song on eBay and some discounters. It's a shame it didn't make more of an impact in the current big fruity gourmand marketplace.

This is mainly a musk fragrance to me. I do get some very mild lavender, a touch of patchouli and even a slight tang of gin from the martini note, but it's still predominately musk.
I find the opening quite floral, but the dry down is softly soapy and gender neutral. As another reviewer said, it's sort of a white noise fragrance.
It's a perfume for when you don't want to smell like you're wearing perfume.

It's not an amazing perfume, but it doesn't need to be; sometimes you want a break, some kind of perfume "white noise" and that's what Lovely is to me. I find that when I'm recovering from a cold and I can't stand most of my usual perfumes because my nose turns them all harsh and screechy, I can still wear Lovely. In one word: "calm".

lovely is the scent i wear for work as its so clean and delicate. i also wear it on the days when i just don't feel like myself (i usually like big yummy gourmands).
i do really like it, infact its really quite beutiful, it so classy and understated. so, its just not me at all. it is truly lovely..... but thats it. in all honesty, i most often wear it when i am having a bad hair day.

It's a very clean, delicate and little warm frag:))) my dad gifted me this one it reminds me as though I'm in garden of roses and lavender!!!! The jus surrounds everywhere its sooooo lovely!!!! The name says it all:))))

I love this fragrance...love it...

Thanks for the tip Missliberty!:)

At BeautyBase. They also sell it on their website, but at £19.99

Missliberty11 where did you find a 100ml bottle for that price?
Thanks

Bought this today along with CK Eternity, because the 100ml was on sale for £16.95. What a bargain! I was introduced to this fragrance in 2008 in Casablanca, Morocco, and was strangely drawn to the scent for that it was soft, subtle, not overpowering and yet sensual. It was for a wedding celebration, and although I had Miss Dior Cherie, Flowerbomb and D&G The One around to use, it was Lovely I picked. It just feels right for warm summer days. I didn't like it in winter and gave my first bottle later to my niece. Now that spring is here and I have it again after 5 years, I really like it. It is a great for being a celebrity perfume and although much more affordable than other brands, it doesn't smell cheap. I like the musky notes, haven't smelled the lavender at all. Not sure yet about longevity - don't forget after a while it's difficult to smell your own perfume. If you 'detect' it even many hours, then you can be sure you've overdone it IMO. Lovely is a fragrance that is soft, feminine and sensual. The woman who wears this, is exactly like that - sensual, feminine, independent, self-confident, yet romantic at heart, maybe with longer hair. I will use this for summers and look forward to wearing Lovely in a warm climate, as I'm soon moving to a hot country.

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!

On my skin it is extremely aromatic, it should be called "aromatic musk". The lavender never goes away on my skin, but this is a good thing! There are not too much aromatics for women out there, so this is a nice addition.

It is on the safe side, though. As I mentioned in a review before it is very weak, so you need to reapply constantly. It is one of my work fumes (pt), as I find it clean, aromatic, unobstrusive and overall very likeable. I cannot think of somebody feeling repalled by it, although not everybody wants to smell like it, I suppose.

I would disagree with others, who said in their reviews Lovely is perfect for the big evening; for that kind of occasions I have tons of better fumes, more interesting, deeper, stronger, more edgy, darker, more classy, you name it.

This perfume is easily the most luxurious fragrance I've ever owned. The combination of musk and lavender is absolutely divine. Wearing this fragrance doesn't feel like a layer of alcohol and oils sitting on your skin...it feels much more like a warm, silky layer of satin over my skin. It has the scent of a beautiful second-skin, but it has the sillage and lasting power of a Mugler-esque sillage bomb.

It's warm and luxurious, but not overly floral and not at all fruity. It's very fresh and delicious.

The most prominent notes I detect are musk, lavender, patchouli, and rosewood. The lavender isn't gross and sharp like in air fresheners and bad cologne. The patchouli is rich, clean, and fancy (which means it doesn't overpower or smell like a hippie). The rosewood is perfectly exquisite! I have a small battle of rosewood oil that I can't hardly use because it's so strong and tangy...But here, it's simply magnificent, as a means of anchoring the other notes.

The beautiful thing about this perfume is that it contains notes that are usually monstrously strong, but it keeps them tame and dainty.

This perfume lasts a pretty long while on me, usually about four or five hours. On my heated, sweat-glistened body, four to five hours is a magnificent lasting power for a perfume.

This is one of those that I get to brag about, because people always smell it on me and LOVE it. It smells expensive, timeless, and vintage, but still fresh and youthful.

I can tell SJP really injected herself into this perfume, which is something that makes celebrity fragrances so admirable, because it's like you're taking a piece of your favorite idols with you. This is what distinguishes the cheap fruit cocktail celebrity fragrances from the TRUE classy celebrity perfumes. As with White Diamonds (Elizabeth Taylor), Truth or Dare (Madonna), L Lamb (Gwen Stefani), it's not all about what's going to sell well and please everyone...it's more about preserving a celebrities character in a fragrance as a means of pleasing their loving fans.

This is what SJP accomplishes with "Lovely." It's divine, exquisite, and beautiful without being overpowering. It's warm, inviting, and delicious without being gummy, overly fruity, candy-ish, or like baked goods. It feels like pure satin on my skin, and this is easily one of the best celebrity fragrances I've ever encountered.

If you love lavender but you're afraid to wear it for sake of detonating the room, and you love pure, warm, musk, this is the fragrance for you. It has that classic, vintage feeling without feeling dated or stale. Utter perfection.

I loooooooove so much.. Always fresh when im wearing lovely ;)

Well folks I'm in love. Another gentle, creamy, romantic scent. I just received my package in the mail today and I didnt believe that it smelled so similar to my beloved Narciso Rodriguez. I dont mind that they smell similar. I guess you can hit the jackpot twice. Lovely will be my day and NR will be my nights. Now pardon me while I go continue to sniff my wrist.

Update: If I could buy this fragrance by the gallon, I would! I love this so much!!!!!!!!!

Kind of unique and delicate fragrance. Really lovely with soft lavender. I don't like the flower lavender but adore this. Don't get any musk until after about 4 hours I get some vague musk. LIKE

I'm still deciding if I like it or hate it, at first, I loved it cause I love musky smells. But now sometimes it gives me headache, which means it's very long lasting but must pay attention how much to spray.. O.o

Very delicate, soft and feminine. Ideal perfume for daywear.

Has anyone else noticed that Fragrantica has the wrong notes down for Lovely? On SJP's website it lists:

Top Notes-
Bergamot, Lavender, Apple Martini

Mid notes-
Patchouli, Paperwhites, Creamy Orchid

Base notes-
Cedar wood, White amber, Sultry woods and Musk.

You can definitely tell that it's white amber.

This is definitely not like anything I've smelled before. It is fresh and sophisticated. It's a grown up scent with an air of youth.

Edit: Okay it smells exactly like Narciso Rodriguez for her....which is good to know because now I know what to replace it with when I run out!

I feel like this scent is perfectly named, because it is just lovely. Not overwhelming florals buoyed up by well blended (not noticeable) patchouli and musk. Like being handed a surprise bouquet of flowers: "Oh how lovely!" It is not an amazingly unique composition but is great for the office or casual wear. Could also be good for formal occasions as it has a classic feel -- nice for weddings or church, somewhere you are dressing up but don't want to overwhelm with a power floral.

All I get from this is musk, it's nauseating. Disappointed really...

I really do not wear this much anymore. This scent lasts all day long. So long in fact I get sick of smelling it on me and I only spray very little because this scent again, goes a long way so much in fact it gives me a headache.

This is a fruity blend, rich with creamy apricot, and smooth amber. With just a touch of patchouli, and cedar, and a tiny hint of orchid, this blend becomes something special, and extraordinary, instead of the same ol'fruity floral scent. It's nicely different.

This is a little too musky for me. It's also really light so it disappears quickly.

AAAAAH! First off, let me say that I still adore this scent. I can still smell it on my arm even after a 20 minute shower with lots of scrub soap.

But.....you ever have a scent that you seem to "know already?" But you just can't place it? Well, Lovely is just that scent.....only my recognition was NOT so lovely.

I was at work today and someone came up and asked if we had gotten out supply order. I said, "No, not yet." They looked bewildered and said, "But I swear I can smell urinal cakes."

Oh my gosh, YES. I snuck away into the supply closet and picked up one of those clear round cakes that we toss in the men's urinals to disolve. It smells exactly the same. Not saying Lovely smells like a urinal cake. Maybe we just have high end designer smelling urinal cakes. Oh well, as long as someone doesn't now pee on me, I'll get over it.

Definitely a nice masculine/feminine masterpiece . A man can easily wear this. The musk and patchouli really lean more to a unisex vibe. It's a perplexing fragrance. I adore it. I think it's very well conceived . From the imaging to the packaging and actual scent. They did good on this one. And it's cheap too! Marshall's has it all the time $25 great gift for that special lady. But I'll keep this one to myself hehe

It smells similar to Narciso Roderiguez For Her EDT (since I own this as well), but sits closer to the skin. It only lasted a hour or so on my wrists, and 3 hours on my hair. Upon closer sniffing, it does not have the wafting undernote of orange blossom which I suppose lends to the complexity that is NR For Her. Neither does it seem to give off a wonderful scent after a few hours of drydown. Perhaps this is just one of those perfumes that my skin 'eats up'.

I like to do this freakish thing when I wear NR for Her: When reading my mails at work, I like to breathe into my wrists so that my hot breath causes the dry down to come alive deliciously. Tried it with Lovely... I smell nothing... it's like a dead body you can't revive.

If I had to compare, I would prefer NR for the complexity and longevity. Lovely is however less in your face than NR, and therefore it is very work-safe, especially in a hot humid country. I find that Lovely is a good beginner's perfume for those graduating into something muskier and sharper like NR. I started on NR first, so maybe I'm just not used to how weak Lovely is.

I would use this on terribly hot and sweaty days, or days where I feel like I may have a heavy hand with the bottle.

Very poor longevity - after 3 hours it's almost completely gone.
Edit:
When sprayed on clothes, it may last longer, even a couple of hours.

I always plugged up my nose to keep from trying any "celebrity scents." But Ms. Parker is far from being any Snookie or Hilton! She's more of the next door lady who just happens to be on TV kind of gal. She's average looking. She's a mom, a wife, the kind of lady you could imagine being your neighbor, who drops off her kids with you as she runs to the grocery store in her flannel PJs to grab milk and eggs. The kind of lady you can imagine downing coffee after being up all night with a sick kid. You know.......like you or me?

Lovely is just that. It is the feeling you get after stepping out of the shower, hair still damp, wrapping up in a fuzzy robe to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a good book on your day off. The feeling you get when your mother decides to take the kids for the day and your hubby is at work, just to give you a break. ME TIME! The kind of feeling you get falling asleep in a huge bed with cotton sheets at a luxury suite. If lovely had a sound, it would be silence. It would be no talking, no TV, just the sound of the wind blowing through the trees on a spring day.

Pure understated beauty.

I didn't care for this perfume at all a few months ago but because it was in my rotation I wore it. I've fallen in love with it and my husband and sons compliment me on it more then my expensive perfumes. Soft, light, lovely and great for layering with perfumes that need a lift like simple vanillas.

I wonder how many perfumes Jessica Parker has... My boyfriend once gave me a collection of her perfumes and it was OK. Nothing special.

Holy cow, I'm impressed - this has to be by far one of the best celeb fragrances, ever!!! It's a delicious, creamy, dreamy musk fashioned very much after NR for Her EDP (the pink bottle). Dare I say I actually like it better because although It's undeniably floral, it doesn't sock you in the face with rose unlike the top notes of NR for Her EDP. This is positively gorgeous!! I'm swooning..

In the words of Carrie, "We were dressed head to toe in Love, the only label that never goes out of style."
This is LOVELY...A true classic that wont go out of style.

My five year old self opening a white paper bag full of lolly musk sticks and instinctively knowing they taste as they smell. But this is more complex than a paper bag full of blushing pink, shooting star shaped treats, or the smell of the bottom of an old lady's purse....

"Lovely" is Sweet, Dorris Day Sweet, with a Princess Grace classic tone, the shyness of Princess Diana. With the confidence of Marilyn. Its the right shade of blonde and the perfect pink lipgloss on a first date. Its Calamity Jane in her pink gown with dreamy pillowing collar.

Its Classic, Sheer....LOVELY

It's a great perfume. Suitable for office wear

This scent makes me think of an expensive porcelein doll. It's musky and clean but also elegent. It's definitely got a sophistication about it.

For me, the musk, lavender and orchid comes through the most. It's a clean musk with a herbal floral powderiness. Quite classy for a celebrity scent. I like it.

But this should definitely be applied sparingly on clean dry skin. I had a friend who would spritz it on over BO and it was a tragedy. This perfume deserves much more.

So sorry...... I realy did want to like this one.
But my skin don`t work whit Lovely.

Out off the bottle it is so nice.

Utterly gorgeous and very reasonably priced. This to me is rose and magnolia with a lovely patchouli base that stops it being a wishy washy floral.

I first borrowed a squirt from a friend's bottle and within a week I had bought my own full sized 100ml bottle. It's incredibly feminine and pretty and longevity is amazing- 12 hours on me.
I would definitely recommend this and will always have a bottle in my collection.

It smells very similar to Lanvin Rumeur.

I am in love with this scent. I think its going to be my winter fave.
I remember when this first came out almost 10 years ago the lady at the perfume counter saying it smelt disgusting, dirty, like sweat! I stayed clear of it. But through the years I caught a whiff of it a few times and thought it was very nice indeed. I went ahead and bought myself a bottle and now I'm hooked!
First off I get orchid and lavender. The lavender is really taming that orchid from being too prissy. Next I'm getting rose, I'm surprised its not listed in the notes, its not domineering though. And then musk musk musk. On the dry down its really reminding me of Stella by Stella McCartney but slightly more masculine.
I really love this perfume, its quite sophisticated, certainly not sexy, but feminine. It has decent longevity for the price too.

I'm a huge fan of Sarah Jessica Parker, so I thought I'd love this perfume. It seemed logical at the time I blind bought the roller ball size (thank God). When it came I took a big wiff and it was nothing that I expected it to be. It's something I would expect an older woman to like. Sophisticated might be a good word to describe it. A bit powdery and somewhat unimpressive to me. It's something I don't find myself reaching for very often.

Very musky for me, I liked it for a little bit, but than gave a bottel away. Idyle Gerlian reminds me that, but Idyle is more sophisticated and flowere, I am not impressed with SJP perfume brand.

First time I smelled this I was like "huh?" It was an utterly unexpected smell. I expected apple martini (?) and instead a somewhat abstract and manly aroma came out. So I drove home and thought- It seems sophisticated, it is not typical, but is it elegant? Yes. Is it pretty? That took a little longer, but I soon decided that it was indeed pretty and went back to the store and bought a 1 oz. bottle for $45. Obviously this was a long time ago, because now Lovely can be had for $20 anywhere you find it! I grew to love this perfume, and appreciated it's cool muskiness, the smoothness, the relaxed and lovely demeanor. Years later, I read the notes and a light bulb went on in my head- Lavender! I've used lavender essential oils for years for everything from baths to laundry so what a fun revelation. Now I "get" lavender and I must say that I love it in this perfume! Now I can even identify that elusive and oh-so-subtle apple martini that had initially piqued my curiosity- what a charming art perfumery is! And musk- yes please! Although after several years of wear, I am ready to move on from Lovely, I will always have a bottle of this- my "first real perfume"- in my wardrobe.

This perfume is very very Damn Scent Aroma.
I'm a man that fallin love with the girl who have used this SJP (i still don't know what crazy perfume is this).
Than i'm visit to the shop searching the scent is strong in my mind and my nose, gotcha it's SJP Lovely.

I really loved and fallin love her on shade of this fragrance. This perfume really really drive me going crazy. Unfortunately she doesn't love me :(( L.o.L

just like Jessica a lovely scent perfume :) this is one of the best celebrity scents I have so far. I think it's unique scent on its own to wear anytime you feeling lovely!

After buying Idylle EDP and Narciso Rodriguez for her EPD last year, I finally completed my little collection with the 3rd member of this "Attack of the clones". I read at Fragrantica earlier that Lovely was very similar to these and wished to try it and see. It may seem silly to buy 3 similar perfumes but each one is slightly different though they certainly do come across as "sisters". Yesterday I sprayed some of all 3 on my hands and now I try to compare them. Idylle is the most flowery for my nose, it remains dominated by the light white floral notes. On me it disappears quickly (2-3 hours). NR is the sweetest, it even seemed a tad too sweet for me compared to the other two although I adored it on my skin when I bought it and could hardly stop smelling my wrist every minute. Besides that, the musk is also very prominent here making it a versatile scent: girly and seductive at the same time. Lovely starts out by smelling sharper than the other two but the drydown is just well...lovely. I think it's the perfect name for the perfume because this word describes the scent perfectly. There is a little hint of seductiveness in it (usually I aim to choose a perfume that I find sensual) but this one is rather for a person who seduces with her kind nature than that of a femme fatale. It is soft, laid back yet does not go unnoticed. Both my brother and his girlfriend commented on how nice it smellt on me so I guess you can wear it to work if you like, it is not strong or offensive. A really good choice for a date where you want to make the guy absolutely fall in love with you :) I recommend it, all 3 in fact from spring till autumn especially. Pricewise this one was cheaper than the other 2 (and there was a sale as well, lucky me ha-ha) but not much cheaper (at least in the drugstores in Hungary) so if you wish to purchase just one, I recommend to try all 3 because honestly they are all very good scents.

Clean, elegant smell. Perfect for daytime wear. At first, it smells discretely floral, then it becomes quite soapy and unisex, then eventually it warms up a little and blends into my skin. Compared to all those sickly-sweet, fruity, loud perfumes out there, it is tasteful and demure. It hasn't got that desperate "smell me, I'm just so cute/girly/womanly!" thing going on. Lets you speak for yourself.

20. january 2013

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
I see this one as one of THE best celebrity perfumes EVER! And not because it is a very close copy of Narcisco Rodriguez, just softer, but because it is very outstanding! Outstanding from the hundreds of other celebrity fragrances which are always described as sexy, for confident woman, statement and in fact they are most of the time nothing of all that!
This in contrary is not a mainstream celebrity fume. Amazing blend of musk, lavender and patchouli! Orchid and martini accord just makes this perfection even more perfect.
Everything about this fragrance is in absolute harmony: tha name, the bottle, the advertising!!! And the price is a great harmony for our wallet. For this price i can bath in it, but i don´t have to.
It has a good sillage and lasting power, and work amazingly good during the colder period of the year when it keeps my mind clear and also during the warm period of the year when it just calms me down. So this is a total winner for me! All year round perfume! Sounds great? It smells also great!
I don´t see it as a grandma perfume, or something for an older ladies. It fits everyone! Just a matter of attitude. Very confident and simply lovely! I do think i need to buy as much as possible, so i will probably never run out of it. In fact i just realized that it indeed reminds me of a glass ice cold Martini! Mmmmmmm, yummy!

I tried this one twice at perfumania and it was strong and chemical. Loved the bottle, really wanted to like. I will send my mail order back once it arrives.

Couldn't return my bottle so I wore it today and it came on strong for just a moment, but I thought it was ok. Not a beauty but simple... peppery, clean, medicinal. This time the chemical note disappeared quickly. It immediately begins to soften into a very clean scent. Not sure if I love it alone (I like my fragrance to have some zing!) so I layered it with Rose The One and under Shalimar Initial and they smell Lovely together! I will try Lovely for a few weeks but will probably pass it on to one of my nieces to try. Ps. I recently tried Jicky, Mitsouko and a few others by Guerlain and they remind me of Lovely. See my review for Jicky.

I cannot believe that I have never smelled this perfume until now. I love it. It`s very well blended, but the rosewood, lavender, salt and musk are very noticeable. I see a lot of people calling this boring, but I really don`t think it is. It reminds me of Coco Mademoiselle (even though it does not actually smell like it) and something else I had as a child in the 80s , but I can`t figure out what. I think if someone is looking for a good quality , wear anywhere scent , this is a good one.
I came back to add that I think this smells like a perfume that came with a Barbie I had in the 80s, I could be wrong but it is the only thing I can think of.

Ok I don't understand the reviews here. This a very inoffensive fresh scent. Subtle and clean. It balances what could have been strong aromatic masculine notes so well that it is still feminine and gentle. I like this fragrance a lot I think it is unique this actress did a very good job creating something original and classy.

The musk, lavender and salt is what I notice the most. Everything else is in the background. The salt cuts through the lavender, and the musk softens the whole effect, whereas the other notes (patchouli, woody, floral and fruity) round out and make the fragrance feminine. It is really very interesting.
She pulls off some very difficult and unique notes

This has such wonderful reviews! I wish I could like it! I wish it worked with my body chemistry enough to even put it on my skin. One sniff from the bottle right before I was about to spritz made me almost drop the bottle. I think that perhaps amber + patchouli + me = V. I. L. E. Very sad, it seems like it lives up to it's name for everyone except me. :( Rancid, dead old ladies is not the scent for me. I think it must be the white amber... lately my system is becoming acclimated to patchouli and there was a time when I couldn't wear it at all. The only thing it has in common with other scents that don't work for me is the white amber. Damn that fossilized tree resin!

Thank goodness I have good chemistry with this fragrance because it smells LOVELY! I'm also a big fan of Sarah Jessica Parker. The scent is light, sophisticated, refined, expensive, natural and dreamy. I noticed that this and Covet have an unconventional beauty just like SJP. Both scents are perfect for special occasions but also remind me of the outdoors because both are so tranquilizing and natural. Both are fresh, edgy fragrance...some might say masculine because they both share prominent lavender. This one is more appropriate for the day. It lasts quite a while and yes...it does remind me of Narciso Rodriguez for Her. I have better chemistry with this and it saves LOTS of GREENS.

i didnot like this one.it was weak and i had a feeling it was diluted.wore it some times and my mum told me i smelled of dettol.since that time no more lovely.i think to wear it well one should have the appropriate chemistry and the weather is also important.

This scent is a bit strong for me to wear during the day, but I love wearing a spritz or two when going out for the evening. It lasts just the right amount of time. One of my faves to wear when I'm not in the mood for some of my lighter, fruitier fragrances.

I love this smell because it difference sense of fragrance from the other....I feel so good with SJP Lovely!!

I bought this for my Mum without smelling it first. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement... at first.

It took me a while to stop thinking it was something my Grandma would wear, but after smelling my mum (who loves it) after she'd been wearing it all day, I felt completely different about it.

I still will say that this is a mature scent and quite strong when you first spray it. But after having it on for a while it 'settles' and smells subtler and nicely floral.

This is the first fragrance in a LONG time that has "wowed" me. I have been searching for a good, versatile perfume that works for both day and night in any season. As I am most often attracted to warm and woodsy scents I wasn't expecting to love this one, but couldn't resist trying it when I found a 1.7 oz bottle on ebay for a steal. "Lovely" is an instant winner in my book. It smells so much different than anything I own, which is a major plus. At the same time it isn't off the wall.

It opens clean and smooth. The bergamot adds a citusy sparkle, and I can actually smell the apple martini note. The lavender isn't heavy, and in fact I hardly notice it. Thankfully the patchouli is also very subtle, and the fragrance becomes slightly more musky and creamy as time passes. I love the subtle woods in the base!! I love that although it is definitely musky it isn't heavy in the slightest. It wears beautifully on me, and truely fits its name from beginning to end. "Lovely" is so beautiful, feminine, and clean.

I have yet to find anything disagreeable about this fragrance and am suprised at the number of negative or neutral reviews "Lovely" has garnered. As far as a celeb scent goes, this one is definitely out of the norm. I could pick this one out of the crowd. It is classy and can be worn by virtually any age. Of any fragrance I have bought blindly, this has to be one of the most successful!

I have to add -- I am SO grateful that this fragrance isn't heavy on the amber!! In fact, if amber hadn't been listed in the notes I wouldn't have said this fragrance has any amber in it period. As I have noted in other reviews, amber can be extremely disagreeable on me. This is one perfume that doesn't offend my senses with an excess of sweet, syrupy amber musk :)

Agree with the comments when they say that this perfume smells like soap or a washing liquid. I would say that it's not bad scent at all. Would be perfect for a day time wear such as work or shopping :)

Smells like an even more unique version of Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle. Very oriental and floral. This fragrance is so inoffensive and very pleasant- I hate to add to the cliche doused with cheesiness, but LOVELY is a perfect name for this perfume!

I saw this at bargain price at Ross's so I couldn't resist. Mostly I wear gormand sweet scents with some occassional fruity scent thrown in so this was a nice change. This is very clean, musky scent with a definate note of lavender and a woodsy finish. I don't mean that it smells like soap, more of a clean musk. Its subtle scent but it does linger especially on your clothes. To me this is a nice work scent as I find it rather unoffensive and pleasant

Classy fresh musk. The lavender note, however, is too sharp and manly for my taste. I can spray my bf with it, he he, it's unisex for sure.

We will share it to use it up, and I won't repurchase again though I love SJP and the bottle is really pretty.
It has nothing to do with Narciso Rodriguez, BTW. Nothing at all, only the note of musk, but sooo different. NR I think won me over, it's an outstanding musk.

I remember testing this a while ago, this scent changed the most on my skin compared to other scents, it changes so much its unrecognizable from the first sniff. I was very excited to smell it, and all I got from the initial spray was just glue and nothing else. I was very dissapointed, I expected creamy, silky florals, something that actually was LOVELY smelling, I don't think smelling like an unemployed glue boy on the side of the road is lovely at all. Even my friend said it smelled like nappies(dypers in America, I think). So I carried on with my usual day at school, and I couldn't help noticing a pink peppery spray and didn't bother smelling my wrist because I thought it couldn't be SJP at all. But as the scent kept following me, I decided to take a sniff. I was pleasantly suprised, I got a soft, pink pepper and patchouli combo mixed with other notes that's blended so well it smells like one. Sorry for my weird description, but the complexity of this scent just confused me. Even the "glue" stage is likeable now. I see there's white pepper in here, but it smells more like pink pepper to me. Has very good longevity, and moderate sillage, very mature, classy and feminine IMO. I don't see myself wearing this scent anytime soon, but I have to say its very well done. I give 8/10

I'm sorry but this smells like the ladies room. :( the kind of floral that you smell in public toilets because of the cleanser scrubs used on the floor.

As a fan of Nanette Lepore Love Bird and NR For Her, I was excited to find this one for $29 at Marshalls. Well, it's just kind of OK. Love Bird and NR are smooth and sensual whereas Lovely has sharp, clean-crisp florals added which seem a bit at odds with the muskier base. After a couple of hours the drydown is nicer but it still has those incompatible clean notes.

This is lovely. I blind bought it at Ross for a reasonable price (the woman at the register told me that I could return it with the receipt, even if I had opened the box!) and the top notes are intoxicatingly floral. Fresh, clean and very, very charming. Unfortunately for me, there is a note in the middle that reminds me of Lanvin Eclat D' Arpege. I don't know what it is, but on my skin it is strangely thick and stale. Eventually it fades away, leaving a pretty musky floral scent. I will return it, but I see its charm.

I tried Covet and hated it, still left with a full bottle, it put me off trying anything else by SJP but after reading the reviews here i just had to, wow i have been missing out, i absolutely love it, very classy, womanly and romantic.

I have bought my Niece a bottle for Christmas, i hope she loves it, if not i shall nab it back ;)

I have a full 100ml of Covet if anyone wants to do a swap :)

Such a lovely fragrance but unfortunately it turned sour on my skin. I ended up giving it away.

I love this perfume, one of my all time favourites.
Such a romantic date perfume. Makes me feel so womanly :)

i don't understand why's this being sold at such low prices everywhere. it's sophisticated, beautiful, special, and long lasting!

This is a famous celebrity fragrance because it is surprisingly well done. Less explicit, hinted at, a lighter much more budget friendly than the narcisco Rodriguez. The price tag, then as it is now, is still only thirty bucks. Don't know about if the quality has changed though. If hasn't then this is a terrific buy.

I got my 50 ml bottle maybe 4 years ago at a fantastic sale price of fifteen dollars. The box says once opened it last thirty months. Maybe that's why the scent doesnt last long, maybe hour and a half tops. Which is odd, synthetic musks usually last for quite a while and supposedly there is patchouli

I do like that it's not a frilly over the top white floral. Florals exist here but really just a mere decorative thing. Maybe its a little soapy, steam cleaned,, starched and sparse. No patchouli or apples in sight

The openning is very aromatic and has the astringent alcohol smell. Lavender is muddled into the martini, which i assume, has citrus and juniper berries. This lavender does not smell like itself, there is nothing green or floral about it. Also, the cocktail is noticeably very peppery. There is a pleasant white musk. Not exactly sharp laundry musk. Its like a hum in the background with only a little bit sweet white amber powder thrown in.

Overall, soft fresh and spicy musk. Well blended, nothing sharp, a bit hazy. Restrained. A man can safely wear this. And Jessica is right, you can wear this at any age.

this was a gift at first i wasn't sure about this one but it sort of grows on you i have moments i'll wear for a while then i forget about it then i look again at my collection and it seems to beg to be worn again so i have now purchased a bargain priced bottle to keep me topped up i think its one of the better celeb perfumes around i hope it stays.

I don't need to add to everyone else's reviews of Lovely, but I will reiterate a few things--
#1--This really is a more demure version of NR for Her, which in my opinion is really strong and can only be worn if you want a lot of attention.

#2--Lesser known is the similarity to Tocca's Cleopatra, basically replicating the Grapefruit/Sweet Apple/Rich musk note, however Lovely veers then into woody, and Cleo veers into fruity.

#3--This is obvious, but Lovely is a lot cheaper than both these perfumes.

#4--This is still Queen Gem among celeb perfumes. I've pretty much given up on all of them.

For women (and men) who love woody perfumes, it's all here--cedar, vetiver, and a bit of amber. Plus a really good apple-martini-musk note. And it has great longevity, 8+ hours...

Old-fashioned talc comes in a bottle.

This is a lovely fragrance, the patchouli and lavender and musk is what I smell the most and a hint of the pink pepper, it a nice sweet and spicy scent! Great for fall and winter. Just got this in a swap and I am already loving it, and I didn't think I would definitly give it a sniff you might be quite surprized!

This fragrance really surprised me. It stands out among other celebrity perfumes - it is very well composed and well blended. Even though the first whiff appears a little old-fashioned, it develops beautifully on my skin. My favourite accord is that "salted musk" that it shares with Narciso Rodriguez For Her. The longevity could be better (approx. 5.5h on me) but it's inexpensive and I don't mind respraying - it is such an amazing scent. I've just ordered another bottle...

i like it but it doesnt last long, it stays close to the skin and is a pleasant powdery floral......Its been about 5 hours now since I sprayed this on one arm and it costs on special at chemist warehouse here in australia $30. On the other arm i sprayed Ralph Lauren Romance and it was for a minuscule 30ml bottle on special for $109. After a while they are just similar. Same type of longevity and sillage, they start to wain early on maybe 2 hours in, though ralph does last a little longer before waining. Im at 5 hours now and both are barely noticeable with your nose millimetres from your skin. At least you could respray Lovely throughout the day for the price. Considering adding it to my collection when you don't want a heavy perfume to waft around you.
But wait at 6 hours Ralph is gone, kaput and an unexpected Lovely has had a second wind. I can smell her. Lovely as ever!
PS I have a cold so if i make no sense comparing the scents I'll blame this.

Love. :). May have to stock up on this one, something I don't normally do.

As a university professor, I purchased this as a gift to my teaching assistant who was graduating. Upon handing it to her, I explained that she was moving into adulthood and should wear this perfume as a marker for such an occasion. She graciously thanked me, opened the box, commented on how pretty the bottle was (which I agreed is important when dealing with fragrances) and took a sniff. Her eyes widened and said, "um, how truly lovely (as the name suggests)". Then she thanked me and away she went.

A few days later she entered my office to discuss final grades and I had forgotten about the perfume; thinking about papers and averages, etc. I noticed an incredible scent. It was light, barely above conscious yet fresh, clean, beautiful. The best way to describe it; a lovely presence. Apparently, my assistant noticed me sniffing the air trying to discern this change of atmosphere and mentioned she was wearing the perfume. She also mentioned how her husband (a self-proclaimed perfume hater) was wild about this fragrance.

Wow. This is a great scent. It does not knock you out with overt perfumery but yet the silage and projection are there. It travels under people's radar and all they notice is something beautiful. I agree with earlier comments, this is genuinely Lovely.

The first spray of Lovely smelled very old fashioned to me but quickly turned into a pleasant floral.
It seems like all ages could wear this one.
Its not an "in your face" Floral like Pleasures but its a very subtle Floral that indeed smells lovely.
Very fresh as well.
I don't think this one could be a headache inducer like many other floral's are that I've tried.
This one doesn't really have long lasting power but its sold at a pretty reasonable price so it won't matter if you have to reapply.
Lovely Bottle too. The name of this perfume suits it well in my opinion :)

Very, very flowery, so much that make me sick, no thank you!

When I sampled this at Wal Mart tonight, I had my debit card out faster than I could utter the word "Lovely". It was love at first sniff. It's grown up, but not old smelling. It's bold, but won't give someone a headache. It's unique, but wearable.

powdery and very floral but I indeed like this, its innocent and elegant and I can see this as something to wear to church or formal occasions, I picture a young cheerful lady dressed in a lacy pink dress happy walking around a flower garden

This smells just like its name- lovely.

For me, this is the only celeb perfume that doesn't cause a headache. When sprayed, I get a top note of orchids and then it dries down to star anise and hint of powdery orchid in the background.

This used to be my staple couple of years back. I no longer wear this perfume anymore because I wore it every day and night till I outgrew the scent.

Although,it's a nice spring time scent, It did not last that long in the humid summer weather, and I had to reapply the scent many times during the day.

Oh yea one more thing, I love the bottle design- lovely in its own way. Looked so pretty sitting on my dressing table.


My verdict:
Price- Reasonable.
Migraine factor- None.
Smells- up scale/ classy.
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Age range: Anyone beyond 25+
season: spring.
Sillage: moderate
Longevity: Depends on the weather

I would never normally buy a 'celeb' fragrance but this is different. I have gone through 2 bottles of this and although some may think of it as s spring or summery scent, it works well in the autumn and winter on me too. I bought this for my 80 year old mum recently and it is totally appropriate for her too. A staple in my top fragrance drawer.

Really love this one. It is my signature scent and I get a lot of compliments when wearing it. Well done, Sarah Jessica!

Ick did not like this one at all. The fact that it was a gift set from an ex (who had no idea of what I liked scent-wise) surely did it no favors. I'll probably like it in a few decades but the scent is too strong and mature for my twenty something self. I re-gifted it to an aunt without it's nice brown bow ribbon; that I recycled into a headband.

Lovely... The name really suits this fragrance. It's creamy, musky, sensual and conforting. The drydown on my skin is identical to Narcisoo Rodriguez EDT (which I have) and it has a good sillage. Lovely!

The first time I tried this fragrance. I had no clue of the name of it but the first words out of my mouth were 'Lovely' so to me the name sums it up perfectly
When it's a sunny, spring day and I have one of my long flowing dresses on, Lovely always seem to be the right choice when I want to look and feel feminine.

This perfume smells like summer to me. Distinctive and sophisticated but not snobbish. Delicate and feminine, just lovey!

Almost a redundance!
What a chance of a perfume has the right name for the right fragrance? And the right bottle too. So delicate, so classy... timeless!

This is really lovely (duh, nobody realized this), with this light, sheer and romantic mix of woody, musk and floral notes. But Lovely is so such full of personality...

Maybe could be the perfume of Peggy Olson from TV's Drama Mad Men.
It's pure, lovely like the name, but is a strong perfume, if you know what I mean.
This is for a woman in command, not for who just obeys.
A woman who knows that she doesn't need to masculinize to do what a man does.

For leadership's women!

P.S. Sarah Jessica Parker, you did it. Lovely it's really similar to Narciso Rodriguez For Her. Maybe a dupe!
Another star for you, dear Carrie! ^^

This is similar to Narciso Rodriguez For Her, which I love. It's a great fragrance for everyday wear. I wish it lasted longer, though. It's good value nonetheless.

I had high hopes for this perfume. I read SJP created this based on her favorite perfumes, Skin Musk and Egyptian Musk. Skin Musk has been my favorite for many years. I have mixed the two scents together myself and in no way do they smell like Lovely.
Lovely on me is very strong. It smells intensely like Bergamont with whispers of men's cologne. The smell of Bergamont is headache inducing.
I cannot stand smelling like Earl Grey tea and men's cologne. This is a no go for me.

I have dragged this out I have to because I have run out of Red Door Velvet which I love. When I am craving the smell similar to Kate Moss or Gucci(brown bottle) or any type of musky rose I pick these ones. For some reason I am scared of Lovely. I find I am concerned I am going to be nauseated by it. When I sniff the bottle I feel sick and it stops me wanting to spray it and the first spray of it turns me off the same with Armani City Glam and NR for her.

Once they settle on my skin I love them but I always fiddle around for too long hesitating and I don't do that with any other pefume.

It is quite strange so I read the reviews on here and decided I will just spray it and see how I go.

I have been patient as I do not like the initial spray but it is a very nice perfume. It is a shower fresh smell without smelling like shower products or baby wipes if that makes sense. It is smooth and sensuelle at the same time. I think NR is much more thick and dense but once dried it is different from this one. I do think men can wear it. It is not as others have said a girly smell but it is lady like on female and musky on a male.

Quite clearly I have been missing out on a very good bargain I just have to learn how to use this one properly and not hesitate so much just spray it and be done with it because it is worth it.:)

It's soft. I like it, but bored of it and went back to my fave Estee Lauder Beautiful!

My first celebrity scent blind buy. It has all the great notes that I love; musk, flowery and woody. Very pretty! The only problem is the lasting power and sillage stink. No where near the longevity of Narciso Rodriguez or the sillage (people had to put their nose on my skin). I guess with the cheap price you can afford to spray more but why would you when you can spend a bit more on Rodriguez and use less?

I so desperately wanted this to be my new signature fragrance. I love the notes, I adore SJP and when I heard it could potentially be worn by a man, I knew I must have it. Unfortunately, my body does not hold this scent. I can spray it six times and when I ask people to smell it, they have to basically ram their nose into my wrist or neck in order to get even the slightest whiff of a scent. Although I do like scents that wear closer to my body and can be more intimate, this is almost non-existent on me. I have been layering it with a white amber lotion I have and have gotten a little more out of it that way. It really is an amazing scent and it's just my bad luck that I don't project it the way I should.

It isn't my fault! Chandler Burr and Katie Puckrik made me do it. HONIST! You see since I have fallen into the pit of perfume I must have hit my head on a protruding rock on the way down and when I came too I found I was a bit of a perfume snob. Not mind you in the school of thought that goes: “It has to be expensive to be any good.” No the other kind of snob. If I noticed a gaggle of paparazzo following a bottle of perfume I could be seen rubbing the tip of my nose on the ceiling. You can loose a lot of skin doing that and trip over your Italian loafers and end up looking rather foolish not to mention narrow minded. So I turned a blind eye to Celebuscents by everyone from Alain Delon to Zazu Pitts.

I came to discover “Lovely” by Sarah Jessica Parker when I read Chandler Burr’s mesmerizing book, “The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris & New York.” I am sure you have all read it but if you are new to this like me then grab a copy or download it to your electronic reading device. It is an education in the creation of two perfumes, “Un Jardin Sur Le Nil” by Jean Claude Ellena for Hermes and “Lovely” by Miss Parker for the house of Coty. No recapping synopses here …go read the book and find out why I had to try “Lovely”. I wouldn’t want to ruin any part of that reading experience for you. (Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is on my must buy list).

Now how does Katie fit into this? Well, anyone who reads her blog, or watches her very entertaining and extremely informed video reviews over at YouTube will tell you that the lady in question smells. She smells real good. “Lovely” is in her top ten best female perfumes that men can wear. So that spoke to me. After all this His smells Her smells approach to perfume only began in the early part of the 20th century when the middle class was on the rise. The perfume houses wanted to grab the attention of men who might not want to smell “pretty” or like a Dandy. Before this segregation of scent was imposed on the world everyone who could afford perfume wore the same scent. Eau de Cologne Impériale and Jicky were unisex! As far as I am concerned if you love it, wear it! There is a certain thrill to being a daring pioneer of perfume. If Joel Cairo in “The Maltese Falcon” had the balls to wear Gardenia ….so can you.

“Lovely” opens like rain on predawn cobblestoned side streets in Soho. Not a clean rain but a bit dirty and risqué. The kind of rain you would love to walk in after an sweaty sexy all nighter in a dance club. The top notes of mandarin, bergamot shimmer lightly on the skin and are fleeting as they soak into the lavender and Brazilian rosewood which add a cosmopolitan sophistication. A dirty patchouli downs an Apple Martini grabs the hand of the bashful orchid and runs through the burst of rain down the street to hail a cab to midtown dry down. This is the woodsy central park of the fragrance with musk scampering in the early wet morning of Lovely though woodsy notes and cedar. As the sun dries the earth there is an echo of white amber balmy and richly warms the skin to a new day.

Yes “Lovely” is confident. Self-assured and shows in its progression from opening to closing that it was indeed a labor of love in its creation. Thoughtful and not rushed it is more than lovely, it is superb.

It is all about what is in the bottle. Sure there are going to be lots of Celebuscents that are not good. Cheap thoughtless creations with a name tacked on who had nothing to do at all with the creation of the perfume. But somewhere in there in the midst of the rushing crush on the red carpet there may be a fragrance worth trying even in the glare of paparazzi flash bulbs exploding in a night filled with promise and possibilities.

FIVE GOLD STARS *****

Simply beautiful!
At first I didn't like it but after a while I gave it another try and I'm so in love with this scent now!

It's very powdery, strong and sensual! It stays on my skin for DAYS and the price is sooooo right!
This is one of those "greater" celebrity-frags out there!

This is how a classy woman should smell.

Good Job Sarah J!

The only way I can describe this perfume is to imagine a large bouquet of plump pink roses, heavy with dew and perfume, sitting in a filthy automobile workshop on a frosty winter's night.

I made a blind purchase with this, after seeing it online for a very low price. My current favourite is Covet by SJP, so was very excited to try this one. I was extremely dissapointed when it arrived and my first spritz smelled of nothing more than sharp alcohol.
However, being a student with very little money, I persisted with it as I had run out of my others and couldn't afford anything new. I find that given time on my skin, it dries down to something much more pleasant, and a week in it smells to me completely different.. not sure how it has changed? But it reminds me of a modern version of my late grandma's perfume. For this reason I love it. Possibly not completely 'me', but it brings back happy memories for me.
I feel like I should be wrapped up in a cashmere jumper when I wear this. Still has a slight alcohol pang in the first few seconds though.

This is wonderful on the right chemistry both my mother and mother-in-law wear this (bought it for her because my mum has it and loves it) however my skin just eats it and I and others around me cannot smell it after seconds of spraying. My skin has been known to do this, I can pull off some of the most intese powerhouse perfumes and turn them into wearable weaklings. On the right person this is a seductive creamy magnolia/peppery fragrance up there with Givenchy Hot Couture but with plenty of white pepper and class. Shame I can't do this one justice. SJP is one of the only Celebrities I will wear.

After bathing I spritzed this on one night and then went to bed. Hours later I kept tossing and turning before finally waking up in the middle of the night to a most horrific odor...like that of putrefaction. I smelled very much like something had died inside my chest...the exact area of my body where I'd sprayed this perfume.

Needless to say I had to take yet another shower and to put on a different nightgown before going back to sleep. The next day I tossed my bottle of Lovely in the trash.

I would say that before buying this, it might be a good idea to sample and test it, if possible, for a full day before purchasing it.

SJP has said that she is attracted to the aroma of mild body odor and included that in Lovely. Something in my chemistry must have amplified that B.O. accord 10 fold.

i have also heard from some that they think this can be a Unisex smell and a man can easily pass wearing it. I will get a sample soon and let you know!

Osmanthus - I can feel you. I can't find you in the notes, where are you?

I love this perfume, carefully bought an used bottle from eBay, and now I'm looking online to purchase the biggest new bottle.
There are similarities with Narciso Rodriguez, but opening notes are different - while Lovely develops to its final beautiful blend and sets down after 4-5 hours, Narciso Rodriguez is loud and bold, and it doesn't change much.
I love this scent, but used too often or in wrong days, I can imagine it could give me headache.

A delicate, sophisticated and feminine perfume, Lovely is the image of springtime for me. The scent evokes the softest of blush coloured buds just opening to blossom. It has a texture of flower petals without seeming waxy. It has a warm and lite cleanliness, but manages to stay mature, not girly.
Even the bottle is understatedy delightful in its shape, topper, and the soft pink cast which appears from certain angles.
I wear this perfume when I'm feeling feminine, accomplished and calm. It always finds its way to me when I wear pastel colours.

It seems like an unlikely duo, however I paired this with L de Lolita Lempicka and I really like them together...

If you try it please let me know what you think :)

seriously thinking I might fill up a travalo half & half...

There's nothing wrong with this perfume per se, it's just really, really boring and generic. It smells like a million other "nice" perfumes. I wouldn't describe it as womanly at all, it's definitely girly. It lacks the bite to be considered all grown-up.

Also, has a weird undercurrent of clean baby.

If anyone in the EU wants to try this, I have 50ml bottle that's got about a quarter gone. Try me with whatever you got ;)

This one manages to do something that very few celeb scents have done so far. Smell inovative, new and expensive. It has an exclusive touch. It could be Ellie Saab or Rodriquez for her. It actually smells pink...not sugary girly pink. But elegante womanly champaigne pink. Had it come clad in a Dolce bottle (or whatever house is your wet dream) people would have coughed up the cash. Good thing is you dont have to cought so hard. Cos this is SJP.

I so agree with the following quote from prLinchoccy's review:

"For some reason, it annoys me that this perfume is now so cheap! It should cost WAY more! Its almost insulting to find a perfume of this quality in the bargain section of perfume stores - and to add insult to injury, we have to pay 'through the teeth' for poor quality, fruity, sweet, garbage-of -the- moment , latest release fumes!"

Well said. I tried this perfume for the first time today and I too was amazed at how cheap the price was on perfumanina but the quality is first rate. This not is not just another floral. It is warm and comforting but it is not just another floral, the rosewood and the touch of lavender and daffodil along with amber and musk give it a perceptible difference from other perfumes currently on the market and it is a difference I love.

Some have described this as a pearl and I get that. To me it is an expensive jewel box- an expensive rosewood box with a hint of resin still there and the lovely scent of the woman who owns the jewels captured inside and released every time the box is opened.

I am normally a niche perfume person but I really love this and will be wearing it often.

Powdery, soft, intimate, warm, comforting, very pleasant. I think this could easily become the kind of scent which I can always count on. High quality perfume,classic, although very inexpensive at the moment.

Lovely is a unisex fragrance. More people would come to realize this if it wasn't packaged in a dainty egg-shaped bottle with grosgrain trim. It is very important that we all learn to look past the bottle (unless it's awesome) and alanyze fragrances for what they actually are; gender neutral olfactory sensations that society has neatly divided between the sexes.

This crappy phenomenon is a crying shame because Lovely IS lovely! It is soft, smooth, rounded and uniquely pure: the fragrance equivalent of a pearl.

If you can afford to add one more scent to your wardrobe then definitely order a bottle of Lovely. You WILL find appropriate times for it and you will always be pleasantly surprised by it.

For some reason, it annoys me that this perfume is now so cheap! It should cost WAY more! Its almost insulting to find a perfume of this quality in the bargain section of perfume stores - and to add insult to injury, we have to pay 'through the teeth' for poor quality, fruity, sweet, garbage-of -the- moment , latest release fumes!

This, in my opinion, has to be one of THE best of ANY celebrity perfume out there! So well blended, and, as somebody mentioned, this could be described as a 'day time' version of Agent Provocateur - Ultra Sexy, but soft at the same time.
I have lots of perfume - some expensive, some cheap, but this perfume never fails to get me compliments.
I would definitely rate this one. Lovely.

Edit: some month have passed since I have bought Lovely. It became one of my favourite. It has a "je ne sais quoi", and "I don't know what", but it smells very nice. Powdery but not overwhelming and the lasting power is very strong. I perfumed myself on a very early morning (4am) and I could still smell it on my cloth next day when doing the laundry !
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This is a very particular fragrance. I honestly cannot say what do I feel the most or if I like or not. I cannot feel anything particular but when I wear it, everyone tells me that I have an amazing perfume.

Ah, I had hoped for a little rougher woodiness, though that was just my silly thinking. Why else would they have named it "Lovely"? This is so soft and, yes, rounded! Like a pearl in a shell, that's what this got me thinking. The notes don't come out separately, but as one, like a soft cloud of velvet, flowers and powder in a beautifully crafted wooden case.

Very comforting and romantic.

I absolutely LOVE this scent -- BUT I tried it on by accident. I thought it smelled horrible in the bottle, and the initial spritz was strong and I didn't like it AT ALL. An hour later I was sitting at home making dinner and could not stop smelling my wrist! I loved it so much I drove straight back to the store and bought it. Since then, I've had numerous people ask me what it is and lots of compliments. It lasts all day on me so I'm suprised so many stay it doesn't.

I don't like the scent on my skin. It's important to test a fragrance and wear it for a while.

So I'm currently reading about the creation of this scent in "The Perfect Scent" (Chandler Burr). Entertaining read. And I really want to like it. But I just can't stand the smell in the bottle. It's like the popular girl at school. Sometimes you just don't have anything in common and nothing to talk about. Some people's taste buds make cilantro taste like soap--maybe my nose just can't make small talk with this Phi Beta Kappa girl.

A comforting and relaxed scent. I have to disagree with what someone said. This smells nothing like Poison. It's basically a softer skin scent musk. It mixes with your skin and creates a veil of warmth. I've never bought it, but I've kept a sample and recently I've wanted to wear it. It stays very close to you and is not a perfume that enters a room before you do.

One of my favourite celebrity scents. Its a must have scent. Oriental.

I really do NOT like this fragrance. It has a really strong base of amber. It really reminds me of the bad (yet iconic) 80s fragrances aka Dior 'Poison' and Cacharel 'Lou Lou'
If you are prone to perfume headaches then please be careful with this, it is VERY strong.

This perfume reminds me of a very special lady in my life. She was thin, waify, neurotic, as comfortable in her Gap jeans and braless in a white tee as she was in Kate Spade kitten heels. She came from a good pedigree, spent weekends in her airy Hamptons home, her couch strewn with Shabby Chic pillows, her medicine cabinet full of pills, standing in her sunny kitchen in an apron, fixing a cocktail while watching Breakfast at Tiffany's. She always wore this perfume or Amazing Grace and she smelled like air and sunshine. It's the kind of perfume that is clean, warm, inviting, prim but not pretentious, that makes you want to stay and chat into the late afternoon, nuzzle your head into her neck, bury under a down blanket and read a book, her signature scent was truly "lovely" - like she was.

I actually prefer this to Narciso Rodriguez for Her, this perfume is what I wished NR was - the soft, comforting Egyptian Musk drydown of NR without the sharp, sour peach note that did not mesh well with my body chemistry. This perfume is one of the only elegant "adults" on the shelf of fruity floral celebrity scents.

This fragrance simply disapears on me! I put it on pretty heavily (back, knees, chest, wrist; like 6 spritzes in all) and could barely smell it. And I know it was barely there, as if I had put it on too heavily my husband would have complained! I have to press my nose up to my wrist to get any fragrance, and after an hour it's just the tiniest hint of fragrance left. It seems to be a mild floral fragrance that is pleasant. It starts with a rush of rubbing alcohol, then dies down to floral notes, then is gone. The first night I wore it, I went to an outdoor concert and it was over 100 F outside--I was sweating rivers and thought it washed off of me. I wore it to church this morning though, and it disapeared just as quickly. So sad. It's a pretty bottle. Not sure what to do with this, though--if I can't smell it, what good is it?

EDIT: my daughter asked me "what was that perfume you wore when you went out? It was so strong--you touched me and made my whole room smell; I had to go take a shower." This, about the perfume I could barely smell! She and I do not share tastes in perfume (she loves the candy sweet stuff), and it seems ironically unfair that she can smell what I want to smell, and she dislikes it!

I don't seem to get this fragrance at all. All I get is a metallic smell and taste from it.

luv it ^^ usually i'm not big fans of faminime parfum.. but i must say.. it a very LUVLY parfum.. great job!

This beauty has just be added to my collection yesterday and I a not yet certain exactly what to think about it. Indeed it much resembles N.R. without the creamy base and longevity: this one is woodsier and sharper to my nose. The lavender is rather dry but not at all unpleasant.... When first applied, I get a mental whiff of Coco , Coco Mademoiselle, Story by Beckham and my favorite Indian patch+musk oil. Lovely starts out like a fresh apple- patchouli blend that blast up my nose , threatening my braincells but quickly morphs into a woddsy -floriental I end up craving for hour after hour since she is so sublte once it has settled down. I prefer N.R. but the packaging and overall blend of Lovely sure captures my senses It is not a clean and barbie-girl scent, yet, neither is it a Tabu-like 'dirty -sexy ' fume. Whereas this lovely has little sillage and longevity power when worn on my skin, I can smell it for hours when spritzed in my long hair and on my chothes. I must say that I love the bottle's design, its elegant intemporal chic and the delicate pink shade of the juice. A winner so far!

very fresh feminine perfume, love the apple martini note. lasts ages.

The scent is beautiful, but it lasts only few minutes on my skin. Disappointing. I still prefer Narciso Rodriguez although being much more expensive.

This is a beautiful perfume with some amazing scents. It's good for perfume lovers who like mild, floral scents. I love scents like this loveable scent. Great for firsttime perfume lovers.

The name "Lovely" absolutely suits this fragrance. It is not "hot" "sexy" nor "alluring". It's beautiful in a mature and refined way, with woods peaking out of a floral-musk base in a subtle and gentle way. Something about this perfume is undeniably womanly without being fruity or floral. A must-have for a woman with class.

I was expecting a soft, intimate fragrance, but the first spritz was so strong I thought that the description was all wrong !!!!

But now, on the dry down it is soft and intimate.
And it's not "lovely"; it's sultry and sexy !!!
Lasts really long too.

I adore this perfume, to me it's like a light daytime version of Agent Provocateur. It doesn't last much longer than 3-4 hours on my skin, but that's fine, as I like to respray in the afternoon so I can revisit those lovely top notes.

To me personally,sjp lovely smells quite overpowering..maybe due to bergamot n orchid or maybe apple..apple martini?the lavender is there n also,I can smell balmy-like scent.i am not sure of that balmy-like thingy..maybe because of the green plant that sjp used, actually brings out the balmy scent..later on,around 10-15 minutes like that,it becomes soft,feminine n sort of "after shower" like scent..it gives u comfort kinda feeling n fresh.forgive me if I've commented wrongly but,that was how my brain interpreted the scents.

perfect frag best of all the celebritys fragrances!!!its unique soft woody elegant smell like jessica parker

I recently re-tested Lovely and I'm so glad I did! I spritzed it, walked around the store and then bought a bottle immediately.
I remember when it first came out it was around a lot, I would smell someone wearing it from a distance and think "Ooh! What IS that delicious, incense-y fragrance?" but when I followed it to its source, inevitably, I'd find that someone had been too heavy-handed with Lovely and it just smelled repugnant to me.
I'm glad I tried it again because this is a gorgeous scent when used sparingly (one spray, back of the neck!)! Fresh, herbal lavender, beautiful woodsy notes, light musk and a bergamot that reminds me a little of Earl Grey tea! It actually reminds me a lot of a great incense and essential oil combo I used to have, called "Rain". So lovely!
P.S. I've noticed that it takes about 3 hours for the fruity note to become noticeable to me, it's interesting the way Lovely progresses over time.

So I got the 1.7 oz gift set of this for the low low price of.... .02 cents on clearance for a 1.7 oz! For that price, I certainly snatched it up as a blind buy. This isn't really what I was expecting, judging from the pink color of the juice and pretty bottle. After the initial spray it's overwhelmingly masculine on me, I can see how some think this is unisex. The lavender and wood notes are very pronounced. But after 20 minutes or so it turns much more musky and pretty and stays that way for a loooong time. Overall I do like it, and it does have impressive lasting power even though it stays close to the skin. For the price, I can't complain too much.

Edit: I find myself reaching for it more and more, I've gotten a few compliments, one guy liked it so much he asked for the name so he could buy some for his wife.

On me, she smells like a sister of Gucci by Gucci EDT !
However, the longevity of Lovely is better !
And, way cheaper ! Save lots of money !

Smells initially like bug spray for a couple minutes but that goes away. This fragrance is really reminiscent of NR, its so beautiful and sexy at the same time. The drydown also smells like that of gucci guilty, just fresher and a bit brighter. I've had it on for the last 10 hours and counting. Sillage and longevity are amazing and well balanced so its never overpowering but THERE. On me its a floral, citrus, amber, soft patchouli combination, yummy! Well done sjp.

Most of all I feel the lavender and the musk notes in this fragrance. The citrus and the apple notes are also noticeable. I'm not a fan of the lavender note, besides this fragrance seems too musky to me. The only thing I like in Lovely is the orchid note. I like when this note stays in the end of the opening on the musky background, because it smells soapy, clean and very tender.
So I don't like this fragrance in general, but the orchid note is very nice.

This scent is strange. I almost wrote it off the second I put it on because it smells like bug spray for about 5 minutes until it has settled in. Then it goes to a generic, albeit lovely floral scent. It isn't sickeningly floral, but rather delicate, sophisticated, and light. I don't love it, but I like it. If you're like me and you're not too into florals but you want a bit of range, this is a good investment. A floral that won't overwhelm. Unfortunately I can only smell it for 2 or 3 hours then it is completely gone. Luckily it is cheap enough to allow for multiple spritzes throughout the day.

This perfume could have been lovely but disappear in minutes.Everyone is right anyway,it does smell like NR

I do like this perfume very much. It is not exactly the same as Narciso Rodriguez, but it does spark the same feeling and even emotion. The main difference to me is the aromatic character of Lovely, which NR does not have. Also the texture is different, Lovely being more aereal and Narciso Rodriguez more sort of touchable or actually tastable. I am even not sure that I like Narcizo Rodriguez better, although I like it very much. Although not strong lovely has better sillage and satying power than NR EDT and even EDP, which is quite poor from my viewpoint and my only complaint about NR. Lovely has got better sillage and staying power than I initially thought, I actually do not find it bad now. Probably the best celebrity perfume.

I decided to try this fragrance after reading many reviews that it was one of "the better" celebrity fragrances. Not that I have anything against celebrity fragrances (Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears have some of my absolute favorites), but I was curious to see why so many who tend to brush off the scents of the stars were able to overlook that Lovely was one as well.

It opens with a very dry, woody blast. It has an herbal quality to it from the lavender - but it's a fresh lavender as opposed to medicinal. After a few moments, soft, gentle florals and a bit of sweetness peeks through. I find that the most interesting part of the perfume. While most fragrances would use the florals and sweet fruits as top notes, this one has them in the middle, kind of as a buffer between the woody, herbal top notes and earthy, spicy bottom ones. This makes the fragrance interesting and unique while also keeping it feminine and elegant, preventing the musks and patchouli from being overdone and pungent.

And it wears pretty close to the skin. It's not in-your-face. A rather light, lingering scent that someone would need to lean in to inhale.

Overall I am quite impressed by Lovely. It's smooth, woody, a bit sweet, a bit powdery and definitely warm and spicy with an air of sophistication and hints of seduction.

I loved this one from the first time that I smelled it but had no idea what it was, and my sister in law, in another country, was not saying. For a long time I wondered what that fragrance could have been. Then one day I picked this one up at a steep discount after reading about the notes here, and finally the mystery was solved.
For me Lovely is a very balanced woody/floral with a touch of spice. Not too sweet or too woody. Just right on me(and my sister in law). Lasting power is good for a modern fragrance, 6 to 8 hrs and even longer on fabric. For me a great departure from all the fruits. Smells a lot more expensive than it is and the price won't break the bank.

The beginning is just horrible, lavender and musk. Nothing special.

How on earth does this smell lovely?
Musky and soapy as anything. Can't pick up anything feminine or fresh. Not for me! :(

Gorgeous perfume.
It smells almost exactly the same as Bvlgari Rose. Its pretty much like I own two bottles of the same fragrance.
Gorgeous fresh smell, and very womanly. An 'everyday wear' perfume.
Lovely really does live up to its name. Once again, I am impressed with one of Sarah Jessica Parker's perfumes (previously becoming a huge fan of Covet Pure Bloom).

Happy smelling ladies =)

I couldn't imagine this smelling like Narciso Rodriguez EDP as the most predominant note is supposed to be lavender , but it honestly does smell so much like it. A soft but distinct floral fragrance, feminine, classy, understated. Worth buying instead of NR. Very nice, but not what I expected it to be.
EDIT: However, for NR lovers, you will surely miss the lovely rosy quality of NR EDP.

ok this does smell a little like Narcisco Rodriquez but doesn't have the last power of that, but even so this is a lovely scent

Soft, clean, feminine and powdery. When I first spray this on it has a rather loud smell that I really do not care for but after it sits on my skin for about an hour it becomes so wonderful. I really love it. It reminds me of that just showered clean type of scent. Perfect for spring and summer. The best part is the sale price of $13 marked down from $52 that I was able to get it for!!!

This is a scent for the modern pretty pretty princess. When I smell this I think of pink sweaters, yuppity preppy girls, and kitten heels. I smell the lavender, mandarin, and lots of powder the most strong. The wood and patchouli are there a smidge.

Big thanks to RkrChk for hooking me up with this one :o)!

super long lasting, always get compliments, i spray on my pillows, LOVELY

a light simple flowery scent, very feminine and elegant. it's really good for daily use.

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Quando uso aqui no verão brasileiro, só recebo elogios.



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When I use here in the Brazilian summer, I only get compliments.

This is cool. I like it! it's nice and warmly scented.

I recieved this as a gift over 2 years ago and never wear it but always felt too guilty to give it away because it was a gift. I have used it sparingly, once every few months, and the bottle is still surprisingly almost full. I opened my hat box full of perfumes that are only rarely sprayed, or very highly concentrated and must be completely in darkness. I took a look at the pretty bottle just sitting there and had to revisit it. The result was pretty good.
It is a very comforting fragrances, best in warmer weather. I am in love with essential lavender oil, and use it almost always. I have yet to try many frags that blend the lavender note, and could never really detect the lavender in SJP's Loveley because it was buried behind ashes of what smells like burning incense or musk and woody notes combined. But, now that I can confidently say that my nose has indeed matured from the past, I am beginning to "see" more clearly.
The lavender is blended so well in this. It actually cools off the hot burning musky incense smell.
This is a very yin and yang frag. A feminine musk is actually masculine in this, and a masculine lavender becomes feminine. A crip note is also lingering behind the musk and lavender; a slight citrus that screams "warm". It is a very hot & cold smell that is actually very lovely and comforting for spring and summer weather. I really like this now and will continue to enjoy it in the warmer months.
Oh, and SJP really knew what she was doing with this one because men really love the smell of lavender. It was my first time wearing this around my fiance because I was never fond of the strong musk and thought he wouldnt be too fond of it either, but he absolutely loves it. He had a cheezed up smile on his face right after he sniffed my neck and said "I like this one". :-) Big plus.

This is a very clean soft scent. After the initial soapy opening, (which lasts about 2 minutes and smells exactly like a slightly quieter cousin of Avon's Timeless.) The rose makes it's appearance about 5 minutes later, beginning the transitioning into drydown mode of which it adds it's own input of muskiness from the flower to the musk already in the base. The lavender is a ever-present companion throughout and then towards the end, quietly fades into the background. An unassuming femminine scent perfect for any woman at any age.

I love this elegant, womanly, feminine scent. I have always been told to wear the fragrance you get the most compliments on and this is the one for me!

I dont understand...


I am a massive fan of Narciso Rodiguez - it's one of signature favourites, but despite the comparisons I can never warm up to Lovely by SJP.
It just never grew on me and I seem to be the only one who cannot find the similarities.

lovely and light

WOW. This is GORGEOUS!! So lovely, it's all in the name really!!!! Well I only got a little tester on a peice of card, but when I had smelt it, it was FABULOUS!!!

This is a perfume with an interesting mix of fragrences. A pure blend of florals, and a tiny pinch of herbs. if I could get it on a card again, I would totally SCREAM!!!!!

One of my all-time faves, but getting harder and harder to find.

Lovely smells so good! Musky, sweet and sexy. I got a rollerball of this and it definitely smells just like NR for her but a little bit lighter. The lasting power is still just as good as NR at least on my skin it's about the same. With that said this is a much cheaper alternative and a quality one at that! I want to get a full bottle now :)

Loved this perfume on my two friends, soI bought it. Luckily I got it on sale because it doesn't smell at all the same when its on me?

If you can not wear ambers, then DO NOT try this. Body chemistry seems to be very important when considerng this scent. If you can not wear ambers and you try this one, you may have to bathe immediately. Good luck with this one. On me, Arden Beauty smells like putting your nose right into an American Beauty rose. No greens, just roses. Pleasures is a totally different and unrecognizable scent. HOWEVER, you must keep in mind that your body chemistry changes over time, especially if you get pregnant, and along with all of the other weird things that happen, when your body chemistry changes, so do the scents you are drawn to or can wear. This one didn't like me before I was pregnant, and likes me even less now.

Longlast!
Just normal scent, nothing impressed & cheap scent, I think so!

Lovely lasts very well on me, several hours. Could the people who complain about the lack of longevity be among the 50% of humans that are anosmic to the musk??

I think this fragrance is beautiful, but the sillage and longevity are pathetic. So many fragrances today just don't last more than 15 minutes, some evn less than that. I am disgusted that SJP would allow her name to be added to such a waste of money and time. I am also so tired of the whole marketing ploy of "layering'. If you have to "layer" a fragrance with body wash, body lotion, etc, to get anything out of it, it is a crime. It is again, a marketing ploy to sell as much product as possible. With money so tight for so many these days, i find it offensive that SJP would put her name to something like this. They know if we love the fragrance so much, we will be ok with constantly "reapplying" and "layering". And I don't fall for the whole, your nose gets used to it, because I ask people and they too smell nothing. Why would anyone in their right mind spend 40-15- for something that lasts no more than 5 minutes. And even if it does make it past the 5 minute mark, you have to be on top of me to smell it. I mean, what is the point??? Not only do I want others to enjoy my scent, but I want to enjoy it, ALL DAMN DAY!!! Without having to reapply. Noone IMO should pick another bottle of SJP's Lovely or any other fragrance that just DOES NOT LAST. I have yet to find one person that this fragrance lasts on. I think alot of us kid ourselves. Maybe fragrances do last longer on one person to the next, but as a whole, 90% of people out there complain this fragrance, and many others these days are crap!!! I think we all need to start heading straight back to where we bought these fragrances after trying them out, and if they don't last or project, return it for a full refund. I am tired of being duped. We need to get the message out that the game of ripping us off is up. Unless you are rolling in the dough and can afford to "layer" all the time, which usually never works anyways, or "reapply" 5-10 times a day, then you should feel equally annoyed. You are not getting what you payed for, simple as that!!! They know what they are doing, it's called selling more product. Please let's help eachother out and start commenting on longevity and sillage with each review and if a fragrance doesn't last, RETURN IT AND DEMAND A REFUND. I bet your bottom dollar these houses will start cleaning up their act and giving us what we pay for, and more importantly, what we DESERVE!!! R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!

I have been dissing this perfume while wearing it all week, saying budget NR, till last night. A girlfriend and I sitting around after dinner at home talking perfume and because I've been so dismissive of the scent we sprayed it into the cap.

All of a sudden, I GET IT!

This is so subtle on me that wearing it during the day meant I missed it. Sorry SJP, I didn't give you a chance. This is, in fact, LOVELY!

Sillage, close to the skin after 1 hour
Longevity, respray every couple of hours (It's cheap now so no worries)
Scent, took a while to warm to but now I like it a lot

This is lovely. I find this to be a very tasteful fragrance, suitable for most occasions, but not boring. Its a cool fresh floral, very feminine. The mix of orchid and lavender is heavenly, with the lavender contributing just enough sharpness to keep the fragrance from being too light. The musk and woods are soft, so to me this is mainly a lovely floral.

Yes, Lovely! Ordered 100ml bottle for a bargain of £20 yesterday, can't wait to wear it! On me, this is almost exactly like NR For Her EdT (black bottle), but softer and not so strong. Which suite me, as NR gets a bit too strong on me. Lovely has an OK longevity on me, sprayed my arm at around 14 and could still smell it when I went to bed.

I thought I didn´t like it when I first tried it. But I just changed my thoughts. I am testin the sample right now, again, (thanks to Mel for gifting me that sample!) and I am pleasantly surprised.

It´s smells exactly like the name says, LOVELY, it really is. Not too girly and fun. It´s more womanly, sophisticated, almost mature. Very soft, almost powdery. I am in love with that lavender musky smell. It´s very intimate and stays close to the skin for a very long time. Lasting power is incredible, it surely can be compared to Narciso Rodriguez for her EDP perfume, not just because of the smell, but also because of the quality and lasting power.

As you can tell, the price you pay for that is much more reasonable than in NR for her case. I love it. Desperately need a bottle of this stuff!

This was fine, but too soft for me. Nothing unique or stand out. Would be a nice weekend fragrance. Doubt I will buy it, but would be satisfied to get as a gift.

my mum has this and it smells amazing on her. sadly it doesnt smell too great on me (im very jelous). Its delicious on the right person.

The best celebrity fragrance so far. Similar to NR For Her. But I like the drydown of the last one better.

This scent smells amazing on a man..one of my winter staples..so clean and musky ....entirely unisex

A LOVELY fragrance to feel sensual instantly!

I finally purchased this perfume and I am in love <3
Everytime I wear it my boyfriend compliments me and inches closer to me. It is truly Lovely!!

I had Narciso for Her EDP first... Then I know from here that it's similar with LOVELY. Yes it iss.. But Lovely is softer, Narciso is musky. Usually I like the soft one, but now I think like Narciso one you can spray twice equal with Lovely 5 spray. I like LOVELY, nicer for hot summer..

Love this scent. not very adventurous but very well done. Next time I would buy the liquid satin version instead of the edp though.

defiantly a "older Womans" Perfume,
i do like the smell tho, but as im only 19, it is not the smell i would like to wear :) lol

soft and feminine scent. at the first spray it comes on too strong, but wait 1,2,3 and it gets like the perfume's name says 'lovely'. delicate, creamy with touch of rosewood, soft musk and hint of lavender which gives off that medicine scent but in small amounts which add crispness to the scent. there's something about this perfume that brings a smile to my face, it's so huggable:)
got it on sale for $20 and what an excellent buy. the only downside, it doesn't last long enough; I get 3 hours max.

I really like this, but it disappears in just minutes.

I love this scent!!!

For someone who purports to be a fragrance fanatic or connoisseur, SJP should have cringed at putting her name to this soapy harsh mess. I tried it recently at a chemist shop and although the first 5 minutes were acceptable but boring, it changed into a sharp soapiness which made a joke out of the name "Lovely". I'm sorry to those lovers of this stuff, but for me it was just a waste of time.

I find this one is very love/hate. You have to love lavender to like this perfume, otherwise the almost masculine scent will drive you nuts, especially as the musk comes in quick and strong behind the opening florals. But if you like lavender this is a good one to choose as that is the dominant note to me.

Beautiful bottle. I must say I fell for the bottle - smell is like cheap, harsh deodorant. When I wear this, my friend tells me I smell like a man.

Stunning first outing by the Sex & the City starlet.
Musk is the star in this scent (at least on my skin), with supporting roles by lavender and woods.
I love the softness and powdery aspect to the musk in Lovely.
While it may not be a completely original scent, Lovely has a place in my fragrance wardrobe...and I'm sure it'll stay there for a while to come.

I used to have it ... The damn bottle wouldn't even finish so after 75% was done, i had to garbage it. Smells gross. It is for people who love SOAPY smells. It used to give me headaches. Please proceed with caution .

[OCT/26/2011]

There is something about this that starts off smelling like bug spray to me. And yet when it dries down it smells great. I also find that it combines really well with rosemary-- I have a rosemary bush in my backyard, and when I have trimmed branches from or messed with it while wearing Lovely I smell (even more) incredible afterwards.

This is very fresh. But I do find a note that was very sharp to my nose. Was it the patchouli? I think it was ._.

I chose that for work today and it worked out good. BUT: This is so weak! I had to use 4 sprays, which I never do and even than it quickly faded. I even sprayed my hair and clothes, but that made no difference. No sillage either.

It's really expansive that way. I'm not sure, if it's worth it. Maybe a nice body lotion after the shower does the same?

I first bought Lovely from Sarah Jessica Parker. I had to get used to it, I thought it was a quite overwhelming scent at first. Then I grew to love it, and now for me it is a quite distinct(ive), not mainstraim, perfume. Apparently I like musky flavours. Then I smelled Narciso Rodriquez and to me it was almost the same as Lovely (but a lot more expensive at the moment in Holland). A pity that Lovely will not be produced in the future. Missed opportunity I think.

Cute, clean and soapy. Good for work :)

I read Chandler Burr’s story of the ridiculousness of the making of this scent and an Hermès Jardin fragrance, and then, of course, was dying to try it. What’s funny, though, is that for all the attention centered on Lovely and the Hermès scent, I found them both to be first and foremost dull. I thought that I would at least find Un Jardin sur le Nil intriguing or memorable. 5 minutes after testing it, though, I could only vaguely even remember it, and never went back to try it again.

As ho-hum as Lovely is, I like that it’s a musk fragrance. Little wood, little flower, BIG MUSK. Enough musk that this could be a musk-in-the-title perfume if it chose to be. Soft, when used to describe musk usually means rounded and comfortable. This is soft like soggy. The cloying musk burdened with flowers and patchouli is all weight and no buoyancy. Also a bit like chewing a taffy ‘til your jaw aches—it takes effort and seems to go on forever. Still, if you like sweet, this is better than most candy-perfumes.

Smells just like burnt sugar when you first put it on - yummy!

And I mean that as a compliment! It has a burnt sugar, candyfloss smell - without being too sweet.

My ex used to say that it just smelled like 'me' and that it was 'lovely'.

Didn't LOVE LOVE LOVE it though, don't know if I'll buy it again.

This perfume smells so cheap. I got a vapid sort of indistinct floral mix for a few minutes, then several hours of chemical overly-soapy musk that would not come off my clothes. Headache inducing. Proceed with caution.

I just bought it few months ago and I loved the way lavender smells. Though my boyfriend said I smelled like an old lady with the fragrance. So I put it in wardrobe untouched. And just this morning, I smelled a "Lovely" lady on the bus. It's totally another different thing when you detect your own perfume on others. That lady smells really greatly. I love lavender and I love "Lovely".

I think this is a perfume that really varies in scent according to body chemistry. My mother bought this for me, but it smelled SO bad when I put it on! It was like having a layer of synthetic body odour- not 'lovely' by any means! My sister took one whiff off the bottle and said "What a nice, subtle scent" and lo and behold- it smells great on her (i.e. clean florals, not disgusting B.O.!). It was a sad experience overall, because I really wanted to like it and unfortunately, could not! Recommendation: test before buying.

Ive had a bottle of this sitting on my desk for 3 years now. I never wear it because it smells horrible. I dont really know what turns me off about it...its almost like cleaning liquid

The dry down smells exactly like RL Lauren Style. I already have Lauren Style and I enjoy the top and middle notes in Lauren Style more than I do in Lovely. Both perfumes are peppery on me, but Lauren Style wins out.

Lovely is accurate name. A lot of elegance for cheap. I love the bottle too, very pretty and cute. I also found these almost identical to Lovely: Red Door velvet, Rumeur and NR for her.

I want to like this fragrance. I really, really do. Unfortunately, this is one scent where it's appeal to Mr. Turin will forever go over my head, as I simply can't smell it. I get white flowers and then nothing. Light, airy, instant vanishment.

I've been wanting to purchase Narciso Rodriguez's perfume for the longest time but I found it to be a bit pricey in my local shops. But then I read the reviews that SJP's Lovely smells quite similar. So I tried it on my skin today and the reviews were very accurate!!! So similar to NR's perfume. Gorgeous!!!

I absolutely love this scent and I think I might even like it better than the NR perfume! So much cheaper too!

This will be my next purchase :)

This is exactly what the name says - lovely. A beautiful soft floral that's office-friendly. A bit boring perhaps, but truly lovely.

Other reviewers mention a similarity to Narciso Rodriguez For Her and it's got that same clean musk vibe. I get soft floral notes with a hint of lavender and rosewood. Gardenia isn't listed as a note but it's there - this is almost a gardenia bomb on my skin.

Soft, feminine and classic without overpowering anamalic notes. Lovely!

I think this scent truley is 'lovely'! I wear it often, but have yet to receive a compliment on it. Maybe it doesn't smell very interesting on me. People have commented on other fragrances I have worn, but never this one.

Its an ok perfume I put it on once in a while when I am out with friends... but not really my favourite...

Extremely sharp and kind of sour scent. Smells a bit like chemicals you use to clean with.
Not soft and fluffy at all - not my cup of tea.

This is a thumbs down.. smell is so STRONG on me one spray and I was overwhelmed and very masculine not sweet maybe a hint of floral...I immediately returned this back to the store.Washed it off my skin and still was there 8 hours later..So if you want long lasting this is for you. I wanted to Love it!!!! So disappointed.

What a wonderful surprise...this is gorgeous! I agree this is very similar to Narciso Rodgriguez For Her. For someone who enjoys the scent of NR (but finds the staying power terrible as I do), Lovely is a great alternative. I find this exceptional for a celebrity fragrance. It's a nice change from the synthetic fruit-and-sugar bombs that celebs usually seem to put on the market.

This is a beautiful, soft, woodsy floral musk. Lovely brings together light, soft florals, a pinch of fresh citrus, and the perfect dose of dusty musk and clean woods. The lavender also brings a nice herbal, aromatic quality. This is so serene, calm, and delicate. It feels classic, feminine and intimately sensual.

Surprisingly, this lasts extraordinarily well (Narciso Rodgriguez lasts about 5 mins on me) and the sillage is very nice. Staying power aside, I also prefer the scent of Lovely over NR as well. The florals are a little more unique (lavendar, daffodil and orchid). The strong florals in NR makes it feel a little more dated by comparison, with a tiny bit of that bathroom-deodorizer vibe to it. Lovely feels more modern in my opinion....a great find!

This is Narciso Rodriguez on a serious budget.Thinner, less depth, less complicated, but still good musk. Gentle with a little aromachemical spike that reminds you that you didn't pay top dollar for this juice.

Lovely it is! I first bought this perfume while on holiday in Singapore and I fell in love with it instantly. Unfortunately, the connection that we had was too short and sweet. I didn't fancy it after quite some time and pass it to my lovely sister. It has floral and powdery scent which is LOVELY but perhaps,maybe it's for younger girls out there. It's fairly true that it's pleasant for office wear.

Oh - and another new simiar perfume to both NR and Lovely is Eli Saab's new one. This is heavier than both so apply sparingly, and more honey apparent in the top notes, but has a lovely subtle floral drydown - not musk like NR.

I agree that this smells very much like Narciso Rodriguez For Her. Both are beautiful but NR is a more complex perfume with more depth and dries down to a musk - whereas Lovely keeps a similar scent in the dry down. I'm not so keen on the musk dry down in NR so will stick with Lovely!

my dad got me it smells gorgeous not to overpowering

I really smell a nice floral to this. It isn't a sweet floral but more like you are walking through a garden of flowers, very soft. Mostly I smell the floral notes but every once in a while I smell the wood notes. I have worn this on other days where I can smell the wood more then the floral. It must be my chemistry. This is another favorite of mine. I am sad they discontinued it. It is exactly like it's name Lovely.

i love lovely...it is so lovely. Flowery, musky, powdery, I get loads of compliments. It is very similar to Narciso Rodriguez but much cheaper. xxx

Aaaah! The swaying fields of lavender in Provence. Lovely is a soft spicy lavender woody musk. I don`t experience all the notes on my skin. The prominent note is no doubt lavender. It`s perfect for warmer months when fragrances that are too sweet gets cloying very quickly. It feels clean and fresh but not citrussy.It`s hard to tell from the bottle,but i find it`s a tad masculine too. It can be unisex even though I cant imagine a guy buying something called lovely which is pink and comes in a bottle with a lavender ribbon around it :) The bottle is beautiful. Elegant and vintage in style. Interestingly, the drydown of lovely is exactly like Narcisso Rodriguez For Her ( the pink bottle). So, if u like `for her' but find it too expensive this is very very similar.

Lovely was actually a gift for my sister but when it came it slightly reminded me of Red Door Velvet by Elizabeth Arden. So, I decided to keep it for myself and gave her another one which she likes. However, after few days only it got boring. I did get some compliments here and there but people had to come really close ..meaning poor silage.. And.. after even 5 or 6 sprays it would vanish right away from my body... I can't even smell it on myself... I still crave for Red Door Velvet... And for Lovely I finished the bottle...and why not.. after all I had invested my money into it.... I'll get a decent one next time.

I'm kind of wanting to thumb this down because I CAN BARELY SMELL ANYTHING! I really can't believe it. I've doused myself with this (10 sprays) and all I smell is very faint roses and champagne. Maybe my nose is broken.

This is a perfume I wear time and time again to work. It is not too sweet and girly, nor too sexy and is perfect for daytime.

I really wanted to like Lovely. I personally love SJP, and this scent is supposed to represent Carrie from SITC. I also admire SJP for going the nontraditional route, and steering away from the generic fruity florals most celebrities produce.

However, I must say I hate the smell on me. It smells like some sort of strange chemical. The description says it is not a "sharp" fragrance, but on me it is!

I do love the idea behind Lovley: The nostalgic freshness from the lavender, the sweetness from the fruits and flowers and the hint of patchouli that adds sensuality to this mixture.

I have been on the fence of buying it many times, but unfortunately, for me it is too weak and safe and a bit boring in the endnotes. Still I think it is a very nice - or shall I say - "Lovely" fragrance for the right person.

I love this but sadly this is too calm for me, and not long lasting also hiks :(

The scent begins with crisp notes of mandarin orange, bergamot, and just the faintest hint of lavender, all of which are softened by rosewood. Middle notes are orchid and patchouli, which, in my opinion, is a bold move, and one that works. Patchouli is quite a heavy element in terms of fragrance, and is really only appropriate (in my opinion) as a base note, but the blending is so perfect that it mixes seamlessly. The base is made up of a blend of woodsy notes, cedar, and white musk.

It does smell different on different people. On an acquaintance of mine, it is a dark sort of elegance; light glinting off of polished wood, with only the merest hint of a floral. On me, the orchid is slightly stronger, and it sweetens the cedar, rosewood and patchouli, making it warm and creamy. It has a sweet, feminine quality; just enough floral to stay light, and is overall very, very classy. I try to limit myself to patchouli only for night, but this is definitely a patchouli you can wear during the day. It’s silky and creamy, delicate and incredibly feminine. I feel like such a lady wearing this.

Not a huge fan of this scent. It's pleasant but nothing special. The lasting power on my skin was a total disappointment. No matter how much I put on I could never smell it on myself. The bottle was pretty though.

It opens up with a strong floral/medicinal smell but after a while it develops into a very creamy, sensitive, inoffensive floral scent. I'll use this for formal occasions.
I'm just disappointed with its lasting power coz there's none! Better spray on your clothes but will really take time before the "real" scent develop.

i bought sjp after smelling it at our local dept. store. I thought it was nice there but started wearing it and it faded right away,i have seen other sjp perfumes but im not intrested.

when i first smelled this on a paper strip at a perfume counter, i felt that it smelled so nice and i thought it suited me.
unfortunately when i bought a bottle, it turned out to be i had headache every time i wore it. i just can't stand the smell.
i guess it depends on how your body react with it. it might be great on other, but unfortunately not on me.
so there is still a 50ml of this perfume on my rack..
maybe i should sell it back.

I usually avoid any fragrance with a celebrity name attached to it but I tried this one and was pleasantly surprised.

To me it's very floral - I don't get any of the hints of Martini or citrus notes - with a slightly musky base. It's a clean, crisp, pretty scent but it doesn't make its presence known too strongly so would be good for office wear.

Not one I want to add to my own collection, and nothing to make it truly unique among perfumes but a nice easy-going daytime fragrance.

I wasn't interested in this at all when it first came out. I assumed it would be boring and didn't bother trying it. I then tried it and it was exactly as I assumed it would be, boring. Then I found it on a big clearance and decided to get it for a safe gift for someone (didn't know who yet). After reading the reviews I opened it and tried it again. It is NOTHING like I remembered it to be, and I love it! On me it is not floral at all; it is spicy and musky. I smell the daffodil. and the only reason I know this is because I loved a Bath and Body Works scent that was out a long time ago called Daffodil Fields. This reminds me of it, with a very warm and spicy feel. I don't know how I missed this the first time, and I absolutely love it now. Wear it all the time.

My mum bought this for me back in 05 when it first came out...wasnt super excited about it back then.
Picked the bottle up a year later and couldnt understand why I hadnt liked it before!? go figure.
I like it alot. Good for daytime work-wear but still sexy sophisticated enough for nightime as well.
Chic Classic scent - good all-round perfume!

I found this on my shelf in the cupboard, ready to try it again after some years...How could I drop this unique and wonderful scent, Very flowery ,yes but lavender patchouli and musk is my favs so what can I say.
Really love how it develops on my skin during the day. the musky finish comes late but stays. I think that the lavender makes the perfume a little masculine and therefor,a little more interesting ,than others.
Some say its similar to Rodriguez For Her,
good for me -I love this more !

It's smell a little bit like NR, but the drydown is different, like NR more.

It's the most beautiful celebrity perfume. And is very inexpensive for a good smell. Get compliments!

The lavender in this fragrance is way too overpowering for my taste. Lovely bottle, though.

Too bad this didn't work well on me. Luckily I just tested it. I'm sure those who love it, smell lovely on them.

LOVELY reminds me of a forest after the rain. The sun is peaking through the clouds and reflects on the gentle raindrops left on the foliage. The birds are singing in delight that the thunderstorm is over. The air smells like a fresh and damp grass mixed with the light herbal and woody notes. The feeling is relaxing, comforting and reflective.

LOVELY starts with the lavender layered with the citrus and wood notes. The scent definitely has herbal and a bit mossy vibe. The scent transitions into woody green heart notes. I LOVE the way the orchids are mixed with the patchouli. It is like they are peaking through the green and woody patchouli foliage, a bit shy and quiet, but very pretty. There is no oakmoss but to me it seems like it is there towards the dry down mixing with the woody musk.

I learnt to appreciate this fragrance only in spring. I have tried it first on a cold day in December and dismissed it as bland and not interesting. But it really blossomed on a warm spring day. The composition is quite beautiful when it interacts in a right way with the skin. The sillage is medium. The longevity is good – at least 8 hours.
(This review is for Eau de Perfume)

Gorgeous bottle, gorgeous scent. I have to agree on the similarities to NR for Her, they are alike but Lovely is softer in the drydown I think. I love them both, have them both, and wear them both.
On a SJP topic, I prefer Covet Pure Bloom of all her frags. I'm not taken at all with the Lovely Collection however, I have sniffed 2 of the 3 and I have to say.....Eurgh!!

Lovely is Lovely :-)

bought it mainly for the reason that it's by SJP.. The scent is nothing special to me, smells soft & powdery and there's something about the scent that reminds me of a rexona deo, well maybe it's just me.

This actually is far from lovely, quite the opposite in fact! On me, it is plain bad.

Very calming with lavender note, like a baby pink chiffon on me.

One first application, I get a burst of springtime flowers: lilac, lilly-of-the-valley, orange blossom. Then in a few minutes it's a rolling ambery-musk that fades down into a dry, powdery, cedar-sweetness in a few hours. Very pleasant, very wearable for everyday. For some reason, the final chords of this perfume remind me of Aura-Cacia oils, specifically "Egyptian Goddess". Must be the amber! Either way, this is a nice scent - not groundbreaking, but a nice 'fume.

This smells exactly like Narciso Rodriguez to me. Just a whole lot cheaper to buy

Just like the name, its just LOVELY! always get compliments! people will say whos that it smells so good! and i just smile :)

I tested this today and am currently wearing it.

It really isnt' for me. It is giving me a slight headache and I find it quite strong.

Its very floral and I'm not picking up any woody notes. It smells very clean and soapy. Which is why i dislike it, it smells to much to me like a bar of soap.

Good points, its subtle and very unoffensive. If you wanted to smell clean and like something this is the fragrance for you.

However there is nothing special about it.

Wearing it I feel confortable and sexy, I'm so glad I'm practically wearing Narciso Rodriguez without paying for that! They're basically the same fragrance although the notes are playing hide and seek to fool us. Lovely is a bit sharper in the beginning while I find NR smoother but both are enjoyable and very nice, especially for spring. I love Lovely drydown and the cosy, self-confident feeling it leaves on my skin.

The drydown of Lovely is exactly the same as the Narciso Rodriguez for her edp, so if you love that scent but it's too expensive you know what to do! I do find Lovely's opening sharp but it quickly settles down into a quiet, feminine musk..the patchouli and lavender seem nonexistent in the drydown, which is great for me. Very ladylike, quite wearable for any occasion. Soft with good staying power on my skin..very impressive for a celebrity fragrance!

I had the strangest thought when I smelled this for the first time – “Jane Bennet (from P & P) would smell like this” – powdery, soft and feminine.

Lovely is slightly sharp on test strip and on clothes but on my skin it stays a light woody, a soft powdery, and a clean skin scent.

I feel one or two sprays is enough - the musk can be a little overwhelming, especially in hot weather. I have also been successful in layering this with my florals.

Lovely is indeed very lovable.

I absolutely adore "Lovely" by Sarah Jessica Parker. I have finally found a perfume that lasts very well on my skin, and the fragrance itself is gorgeous. Its warm and sensual musk envelopes my body in a soft cloud of sensuality and stays with me throughout the day. Every now and then I catch a whiff and it gives me a feeling of pleasure and comfort. My mood seems to lift when I'm wearing Lovely. It fits like a glove on me and I feel sooo feminine wearing it. It's my go-to daytime scent. Definitely a staple in my collection. I think this will become a modern classic and be around for a long time to come.

Now that I finished off my bottle of Narcisso Rodriguez For Her I went for Lovely. As many of you indicated it is quite similiar to For Her, though I find it a bit softer and rather more feminine than sexy. In fact, it also reminds me of Idylle - Guerlain.
The scent is very long lasting and wears very well.

Now that I finished off my bottle of Narcisso Rodriguez For Her I went for Lovely. As many of you indicated it is quite similiar to For Her, though I find it a bit softer and rather more feminine than sexy. In fact, it also reminds me of Idylle - Guerlain.
The scent is very long lasting and wears very well.

@namat: Thumb down for plagiarising perfumegirl's review that was posted earlier (scroll down).
Not cool!

This is for a young woman who looks tame on the outside but has hidden passions. Lots of musk here for musk lovers!

This is the one perfume I can never get enough offor daytime wear. It is elegant and feminine, with mystique aplenty that is certainly not overpowering or too distinct. It reminds me of the quiet intelligence and romance of Chloe EDP.

Not to mention the bottle is perhaps one of the best bottles I've held in my hand, and to have to say that of a classic perfume bottle shape -- the whole creation is ingenious. The ribbon around the top and the perfume cap is gorgeous. It's such a wondrous gift to give.

Well done, SJP!

I love Lovely. Hands down. This scent so works on my skin chemistry. The patchouli note really comes through in my nose and I love chouli when it's done up nicely and this perfume is done up nicely and -lovely-. Smells clean, womanly, -lovely-, fresh, musky, good. Lovely bottle and good color. I have a backup bottle but I certainly hope this lovely perfume is never discontinued because it would be a terrible shame. This is the only SJP scent that I really like anyway. Her first one IS her best one. The body lotion and the Lovely Liquid Satin spray are also fantastic, I meant to say lovely. :-)

This Lovely cologne is a CLASSIC - please do not ever discontinue...This would be ever so heartbreaking. Sad that it is so hard to find in retail stores now, but so worth the hunt! If this does not smell wonderful on you, then I must say it has to be your body chemistry, b/c this perfume is perfection - Thanks SJP - And PLSE don't EVER take it away.... :)

I can be a perfume snob and my general rule of thump is to stay clear of mass produced celebrity 'perfumes'.
However upon trying lovely on recommendation by a colleague I was instantly mesmerised by this sensual yet romantic scent.
The scent is very classic yet modern, delicate yet strong and all these juxapositions allows for a very enduring and lovely fragrance.
Like the name suggest this perfume is simply LOVELY!!!

This is my mother's signature perfume, so I tried to push aside the "mature lady perfume" stereotype out of my mind when trying this.
I didn't like it. The top notes are prety and soft but afer 20 minutes, all I smelled was musk, musk, and more musk with no other notes to balance it out. Maybe musk just doesn't agree with my body chemistry but my wrist smelled horrible.

How can you not like this? It's pleasant, soft, clean and great for work meaning it's safe. The only celebrity scent worth having. I like it.

I hated the beginning of this perfume, it was very suffocating and sharp. After a while, I enjoyed sniffing my wrist. It is a very musky floral perfume. It is similar with Narciso Rodriguez for her. Musk, musk & musk.

I bought my sister this perfume, she very liked it! The note of apple martini makes this perfume uniqe and rather different than other floral perfumes. It took 2 bottles of this perfume before she went to another perfume (Hermes Kelly Caleche) :)

Update : after years of collecting perfume, I do realize that few of my perfume smell almost identical and almost similar to each other, including this. This is the perfume that I mean :
Bvlgari Rose Essentielle
Lanvin Rumeur
Annick Goutal Musc Nomade
Narcisso Rodrigues For Her EDP
Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely

Don't you think they share the almost same smell??? Gosh, I have each of them!!!

Wow nowadays this scent quite populer in my neighbourhood. Every now and then I inhale a soft wind that brings this "Lovely" frag. The name really suits this perfume that has femininity, softness and freshness in one package. In the top notes I've recognised the balsamic-like scents, then the lavender dominates from the middle until the end. The drydown is woodsy and musky than amberish.

I read "The perfect scent" by Chandler Burr, which is all about this perfume and about Un jardin sur le Nil from Hermes. The way this perfume was constructed, made me curious. Normally, I wouldn't buy a celebrity perfume, but I liked how SJP always used three products to smell one scent. She used an Egyptian oil, a cheap musk and a men's scent. All at the same time, just to get a perfect smell which she loves. It could be me, always searching for that special perfume.
I found it at first in Narcisso Rodrigues, but wanted to try this one also because of the book and your positive comments. And guess what? My two favorite men both said within 24 hours that I smell gorgeous! Wauw, normally they don't smell anything..:-)
It is a skin scent, people around you won't notice it, but those who come near you, will. I think I get the bodyspray to go along with it, hoping for more sillage...
I can see the simmilarity to NR, but only in the opening! This one is fruitier and less musky. Like it also!

this is a great perfume for a typical girly girl nice girl this is what id classify as an office worker type fragrance , picture the person pin stripe suit at the office desk , a rather unassuming scent a little bit tame considering this is an sjp fragrance cute is the word im looking for and reminds me quite a lot of some of the more classic lavendar based fragrances that have been out for years !

This one is like a warm blanket, spicey, sweet and soft. None of my friends liked it (none of my friends like my taste in perfumes when they smell it from the bottle, but always comment on how good I smell and ask if I´m wearing something new) but I bought it anyway and do not regret ot :)

hmm, i have for test it..
smell soo flowery, soft, powdery..
in the top note smell so fresh lil bit like balsam..
but its not match with my ages..
its perfect for mama or my aunt and elder sister..
:)

My Diane wears this and I think it's really gorgeous - reminds me of Paloma Picasso. Quite strong with a good dash of patchoulli, good sillage and longevity. Lovely smell....lovely bottle.

Un profumo molto pulito ed elegante,
ma poco persistente

LOVE LOVE LOVE. ITS A REALLY PRETTY SOFT FLORAL PERFUME AND I LOVE IT FOR DAY TIME WEAR. ITS SUBTLE WHICH I LIKE, I HATE WHEN U WALK INTO A ROOM AND IT SMELLS LIKE A HOS HANGBAG AND CHOKES YOU

A very clean and elegant scent, not sweet at all. at first i didn't like it because it reminded me "Cabaret" by Gres which i can't stand.. but as i sprayed it ones or twise i found out that it much more soft, clean and feminine then the Cabaret, so now i'm using it ones in a while, but this one will never be my favorite..

I am impressed by this. I always tend to be a little skeptical of fragrances put out by the rich and famous, but I should really get over that because sometimes they take me by surprise.
I immediately did a double take/sniff after smelling this for the first time because I must say that I personally have never smelled any perfume similar to it, which for me is an attention grabber whether I think it smells good or not. I find that so many fragrances remind me of one another, and it really is rare for me to smell something that feels new. This smelt new to me, and enjoyable. I think this would be a great everyday scent, to me it seemed light and non offensive, but still made a statement that you have unique tastes and can bend the mold.

Initially, I had mixed feelings about this one. When I first smelled it, the opening was so strong that I deliberately strayed away from it. However, once I gave this floral concoction another chance, my admiration for it became instantaneous. I don't know if it's the lavender or brazilian rosewood that attracts me to this fragrance, but its aroma certainly has my attention. "Lovely" is a very mature floral scent, and while I'm hardly ever attracted to these type, I can't help but swoon for "Lovely." Nothing makes me feel more feminine or coquettish than when I'm wearing SJP's Lovely. I agree it's a very sheer and indicative fragrance as well as a bit strong upon the initial spray, but once it settles into your skin, this perfume works wonders. Feminine, Fanciful, Floral and Flirty. Romantic, Intimate and ideal for the Spring.

I have a miniature of this in my collectors tray. Had it for so long but never bothered testing it until today. Well I was pleasantly surprised by how well it goes with my skin. Again the citrusy notes always gets my attention & then its like an orchid explosion which I just love! The combination here is excellent....I will be purchasing a big bottle of this Lovely very soon.

Edit: I now have my larger bottle but will have to stock up on much more at the rate i'm using my stash ; )

Uhm, looks like I will, yet again, be in the minority of people for whom this scent did not work.
Swayed by the hype of the ads just after its release, I have gone (obviously mad) and bought a full size, a whooping 3.4 oz. of this on eBay.

What a big mistake that turned out to be. "Lovely" was not lovely at all, at least not on me. I was getting a lot of lavender, and what seemed like two tons of patchouli, and some nutmeg (?!?)... and not much else, and it all smelled kind of faked, plasticky.

Lovely was the bottle, however, simple and elegant, with a fully functional sprayer (a pet peeve in oh so many bottles and samplers). Other than that, sadly, not so much. And, to make things worse, I kept washing and washing but just could not, for the life of me, get this off me. Isn't it alwasy the case though? Again, body chemistry at its un-finest...

This one smells very much like Narcisso Rodriguez for her edt, and I really like that one, especially in the fall when leaves are falling of the trees.It stays fairly long on my skin and when I enter my bathroom the smell lingers on in the air. A very clean smell.Well done!

there's nothing else I can say about lovely except "I Love It very Much"

Love this one! Its like getting a hug from the softest, prettiest flower you've ever smelled. A very upbeat and endearing fragrance.

My relationship with Lovely is a quite strange.
When I sniffed at first when it was launched, I really found it awful and I hated it. I was younger with other preferences.
But now I decided I'll give it another try. The result is amazing:
I was surprised because I LOVE this Lovely scent.
The fragrance is still the same, but my taste was changed during the years. I'm happy with this perfume now.
The only problem is the lasting power: it is weak on me. :(

This is a great scent it is very long lasting and not overpowering. It has a fresh musky quality and I do find it similar to NR EDT but not as deep and heavy. It is lighter fresher. Me likey, and honestly I am not a fan of celebrity perfumes but sarah got it right! I think Sarah, Kate moss and JLO have the best celebrity fragrances!

I haven't tried Narciso Rodriguez and can't agree or disagree on the comparison. IMHO this smells like Bijan Wicked (which was also compared to NR), even though the notes are different. Not bad, just blah.

I ordered a mini of this unsniffed hoping it to be a Narciso Rodriguez for her EdT dupe, and now will buy a whole bottle of this knowing it's different.
.. However, if it wasn't as much of a bargain, and this and NR would share the similar steep pricetag, I'd honestly opt for the latter as it has much more.. oomph.
Luckily it's so low priced I can afford and justify to myself to own both.
Lovely lasts a little longer on me actually, probably as it's an EdP, the lasting power in general and sillage are quite ok in both.

They're in the same group, but NR EdT is more fruity in the opening (meh), and overall much more sharp, more provocative(which I love).

Lovely on the other hand is much much softer and well, lovely *duh*, more cuddly.
Mainly because of the strong musk notes I find this very sexy.. but in a light and innocent way!
I can imagine this to be one of those scents that, while being inoffensive, would draw people closer to you because you smell so inviting - At least I always feel very comfy wearing this scent. NR for her EdT smells more edgy and a little more aloof, which would make it more appropriate for the office and similar occasions to me than the more soft, tender and approachable Lovely.

To my nose, this is the exact same synthetic pink musk smell as in Narciso Rodriguez EDP. Except it is sitting on a woodier base as opposed to NR's creamier one.

After an intial battle, I have grown to love NR. And so it is with its slightly less refined sister, Lovely who reaps the benefits of my ardour.

My only decision now, is whether to buy NR or Lovely?

One the one hand, NR has much better sillage & longevity but it makes me sneeze & seems to be something of a one-trick (musk) wonder. On the other hand Lovely, has a very nice woodiness to add interest but it stays quite close to the skin & requires reapplication which negates the price equation somewhat.

What to do??????

'Lovely' is feminine, mysterious, floral. I must say that I really love this fragrance but the lasting power isn't the best.

I quite like Lovely!

Although the bottle looks feminine and powdery floral, the perfume inside has what could be described as a masculine/unisex edge to it. I'm serious. If you look at the notes Fragrantica provides, you'll see why: (with the exception of perhaps orchid) the top, middle and base ingredients are all commonly found in men's fragrances too.

On me? Predominant notes are probably lavender, and cedar. It's more of a woodsy-musk than floral. I am absolutely not a lover of patchouli, but on my skin it doesn't stand out. Sillage and lasting power both decent.

To my nose, this is quite different from the usual scents out there -- and in a good way.

Continuing my stroll through celebrity frag land, I've decided to take up a couple of neglected Sarah Jessica Parker edps once again.

Last winter when I was first trying out SJP LOVELY (an inexplicable blind buy...), it seemed so evanescent that it could have been a feminine deodorant or body spray. Or "shower in a bottle," as my little sister and I would say back in the days when we were both runners.

Today, deep in the heart of a very hot July, I am actually finding LOVELY to be rather assertive. Unfortunately, what it's saying I'm not liking all that much. I smell a lot of plastic patchouli and musk, along with flowers vaguely redolent of magnolia for some reason. I detect neither lavender nor orchid, and I am not sure that I know what daffodils smell like. (Perhaps like magnolia?)

I am now even more convinced that this would make a better deodorizer than a perfume. Still, given the choice, I'd rather smell like this than Betty Crocker canned white frosting or a bad cocktail made with brown pineapple juice and artificially flavored maraschino cherries. Happily, those choices are not exhaustive.

I will say that the bottle is very lovely indeed! I'll try again in the fall...

Its a nice perfume to put on when you go somewhere nice and fancy

I didn't know what to think of this perfume at first when I smelled it.. But then it started haunting me and I just had to go and buy it! I've been wearing it for a pretty long time now and I'm still not completely bored with it (I get bored with perfumes pretty easily).

It's light, airy, flowery, romantic, soft, sensual, young, original and not too sweet. A perfect daytime fragrance for me!

My previous review was in cold weather and this scent was virtually transparent, verging on non-existent.
Now that it's summer, I tried it again.
Ginger.
That's all I get.
I'm still not a fan.

very soft floral.dont smell appelmartini though

I was very suprised with Lovely, unfortunately, in a negative way. I like fresh/light scents and many people reccomended this to me. Finally, today i could smell it on my wrist... The attendent sprayed it very near, and it was very strong (even 2 hours later - obs: long lasting)! Flowery/musky, more like classic and it was anything but fresh! The drydown stilled very flowery, a bit sweet and sth appears, maybe patchouli, i don´t know.

Sorry girls, but combined with the chemistry of my skin, in someway it showed synthetic and cheap, like dolls perfume (maybe coz of this some say it´s romantic...). Wasnt a good experience.

I cant see how some people find it girlish and seductive. Maybe on others skin it can be a lot different, so dont buy it before testing. I´d say this is for middle aged women. In the very end it starts to be a little soapy. Just not my type. Later I´ll try Covet, it seemed interesting on card.

Oh Gosh!!! This was a terrible terrible olfactory experience... I did not like it at all. My husband walked by a couple minutes later and I asked him to smell my wrist. He was like uuuugh!!!What's that? ( Face looking like he just walked into a messy public toilet lol)
I love you SJP and this was your first fragrance I sniffed out, I really don't like it though. It says nothing bad about her perfume though folks. It just means that it's not my personal choice... Still willing to try your other fragrances though.

soft pretty feminine lacey comforting clean precious i love this one dont get the old lady thing as a matter of fact i take offense to that and im under 30 but we will all be older one day and we have all been 18 it also bothers me to see some write to sweet its for tweens i like a good sticky sweet scent when done beautifuly and i love a spicy woody oriental when done beautifuly any how . . . .my only complaint is that this one is ''almost' to soft it could use a lil more lavendar and white amber but still she a keeper

Lovely is a very classy perfume. The patchouli is quite strong in the middle but even I as a true patchouli hater don't find it that disturbing.

The drydown is the very best part of this perfume. When first spraying it on I find it a bit too strong for me. When dried down Lovely remains subtle, ultrafeminine and sexy really close to your skin for several hours. At least on me the staying power is really good.

I'd wear Lovely for an intimate date of for the first date. It makes a perfect and a safe choice. The bottle is as lovely as it's name presumes.

I must admit to being torn by Lovely, some days I wear this and am in love with the soft romantic notes, other days I wear this and think to myself wth was I thinking when I bought it?

There is little to no lavender in this for me and thats disappointing, I really adore a good traditional lavender scent. The apple is there, it really sparkles in the top and I rather enjoy that! The bergamot is typically sharp which conflicts with the overtures of this perfume and I was hugely disappointed to see it in this perfume, I can smell it (I despise this note in just about all perfumes) and even in the lovely Lovely its there - sharp and citric in an otherwise beautiful fragrance and I just cant stand it. It does fade after a bit and you are left with the sparkling apples instead which is lovely, but it could have done without the Bergamot altogether.
I do think that the patchouli in the heart was a horrible addition to such a pretty perfume, this is another note that in most cases assaults my senses. Would have prefered to see a luxurious floral (osmanthus perhaps) in the heart as opposed to that, though the orchid softens up the bitter patchouli note.
All the woody notes are detectable and thats fine by me, love most woods. Cedar in the base gives this a lovely lift, without it this might have been dull and flat.

It does smell a lot like NR For Her on opening, it changes distinctly through the development phases and while Lovely is musky it totally lacks the incredible and far more beautiful musk that For Her offers. The white amber in this is really comforting without being warm though - very nice!

Overall this is a perfume that I will keep in my collection, but will probably be mood dependent as to how much use it will actually get. Some days I float in this perfume, other days I simply cant stand it.

I really miss my Lovely. I gave my bottle to my aunt cuz she really really LOVED it! But I really really LOVE it!! What was I thinkin?! I need to get me another bottle real soon!! I cant decide between this and Covet!! I LOVE them both!! I think Lovely will be around forever. I only have one bottle of Covet so I really should stock up on that one before getting another bottle of Lovely. Im still so sad Covet is discontinued!! Its such a BEAUTIFUL fragrance!! LOVELY & COVET are classics!! They're MUSTS everyone!! : )

i really like this perfume the first spray is very different but after 10 mins or so its so LOVELY its fresh warm a little mumsy coforting smell, i have 3 children and sometimes i worry that my perfume may be strong or headacy for them especially my youngest is 7 months old but when wearing this its no worry at all (that must sound so funny) but anyway my kids sit with me and also have to smell me lol

I love this perfume. It is a little magic! Delicate and feminine, with it I always get compliments.

Felt like this had no real "personality". Rather sheer, and kind of boring. Did not last at all on my arm and was hard to detect after only one hour.

I understand the goal was "elegant, classy, and understated", but I think it errs TOO much on the understated side. I want my perfumes to have more character. Not saying I want my scent signature to be loud or overbearing, just compelling. I don't want the fragrance equivalent of elevator music.

Not horrible, but also not memorable.

For me, this was another "no".

I loved it...a nice sensual one..

nice fragrance, definitely sweet and fresh. it's **almost** too sweet. doesn't last long on my skin.

Thanks for the sample, Jillzilla!

I had been curious about fragrances by Sarah Jessica Parker, for a while, since I am interested in trying celebrity fragrances that actually turn out to be decent-otherwise I avoid them in favor of fragrances that just might be created with something other than pure profit in mind.

When I first applied Lovely, I was very pleased-the muskiness of Narciso Rodriguez for her EDT without the annoying sweetness, and a touch of green for good measure-this is a good clean modern musk. But the patchouli kicked in more and I couldn't enjoy it anymore. Still recommended for those who want a clean slightly green feminine musk, who can tolerate moderate-high doses of patchouli.

It is lovely and a modern classic, though the celeb connotation may prevent this being acknowledged. A real pick-me-up feminine scent which is distinctive and not cloying or sweet. My husband thinks it's beautiful.

Lovely is a fresh scent in a bottle, like a woman just out of a sweet field in the clear spring rain. There is a definite powdery overtone and a vibrant youthful class. The bottle is unique too, this fat body with a tiny top, like a period piece ball gown with a frilly collar.

My sister owned Lovely and my mother has Covet - the first is a good scent for the office and the latter should be worn in the nightime, at dinner with a sexy man.

I've worn Lovely since it's release in 2005, when I received my first bottle as a gift. It's a beautiful fragrance for both day and night. The soft florals make Lovely pretty and feminine, and the patchouli and musk add the perfect amount of interest and sexiness. Lovely is one of my favorite perfumes.

a mysteriously smoky lavender fragrance with good bone structure and great staying-power- very professinally done, not a typical "celebrity" fragrance- nice job, Sarah!

This scent never drops from the best selling celeb fragrances. Very popular for some reason... it is similar to narciso rodriguez but not alike. very sheer (watery) and doesnt seem that luxurious, I agree with the reviwer that it doesn't feel like eau de parfum at all. feels very light but does last for a long time. more suitable for office wear. I personally find it nothing special... doesn't help that Im not a huge musk fan either.

I was curious to see if Lovely really smells like Narcisso Rodriguez - it does! Now as I know that, I regret spending so much money on NR, while I could buy Lovely for half as much.

I completley agree with the Narciso Rodruigez References. This is extremely similar. I have both. I think this is a really good perfume. To me it smells classy and feminine. It's flowery but not overpowering. There's just something sophisticated about it. And it's the sort of perfume you would want to dress up to wear. Like a nice outfit..

I have the Winter Sparkle edition of this so it has shimmer in it. I think that just adds to the loveliness of this scent.
If you find Narciso Rodruigez too much...or too expensive, this is a brilliant alternative that's not gonna break the bank.

Lovely is how Narciso Rodriguez for her "should" be on my skin... Soft, ambery and flowery. Very feminine. Not in a "femme fattale way", neither in a "fragile angel" way. For me it is more like the "clever and cute girl next door". It's sheer but there is also an underlying dynamism in it. That's why I think it's very suitable for university or work!

The notes I can feel are :

Top: patchouli, lavender
Middle: Lavender, apple, amber, patchouli
Base: Patchouli,Amber, woods

If it only had some more staying power, it would be a staple in my wardrobe. But on the other hand its smell tingles my nose in the most pleasant way. It has become my go-to fragrance because it's so pleasant and easy to wear. I'm glad it is not very expensive :-))

This is indeed a 'lovely' scent but not for me. It was given to me as a gift and I wore it as a daytime/work fragrance but it was too floral for my tastes - I like something with spice or more unusual. This would be a great gift fragrance for someone whose tastes you were unsure of as it's very inoffensive and light. I would suggest it's a good 'mum' fragrance but good for any age really.

This is my true love, smell so "Lovely".
The staying power is great. First perfume that i bought for myself and never a second i regret.
Love! Love! Love!

Very lovely and glamorous scent. Love the apple martini note. So sophisticated scent. Lovely is an elegant scent but not boastful about it.

I got a sample of this, when I use it all, I won't be repurchasing. BUT I'm not saying it's not a lovely frag, just not my type. This is a soft floral, that is warm, on my skin, it almost turns a little sweet. I like it but just not enough to purchase, to me I think it lacks personality. Lasting power is so-so.

There is something in this perfume what I don't like. It is just not a lovely smell to me.

I had a sample of this perfume,and later got it as a B-day gift.I liked a sample a lot,but when I got a full bottle I could not wear it.It's doesn't match with me at all.Reminds me my grandma's fragrance,which was sitting on her night stand as long as I can remember.

i dont use fragrance but last month my boyfriend bought ne one called lovely sarah jessica parker and i love it,nice scent not too powerful...........

i really like this one when it first came out i thought it would be like all the other celeb fragrances cheap and not anything special but this one seems to have had alot of time and efort put into it and it shows it smells really like and fresh without being boring

It's soapy in a positive way. Clean, musky, warm, gentle and a nice always wearable fragrance.

Lovely is refined, genteel, reassuringlyy feminine, ALWAYS a lady. She's the sweet, perfectly-put-together debutante you meet at the society ball, the girl your parents want you to meet, whom you dutifully court to win her as your bride, who in turn is the model wife and dedicated mother of your children.

She's almost faultless and will unfailingly stay by your side, some part of her will always linger. Still, I honestly don't know if I can stay faithful to her. Lovely is almost too perfect. It's spooky!

This is not an eau de parfum. (What would the eau de toilette be? Water?!) This is a body spray. Pleasant enough, but it evaporates in a flash, leaving nothing behind.

Soyons serieux: Ceci n'est pas un parfum!

This is overwhelming or maybe I sprayed too much on? I don't think I like it as much as covet and covet pure bloom.It is a bit oldladyish and reminds me of Lilly Pulitzer Wink.It lasts because it is burning my lips as I type very strong and I sprayed it a while ago.

Very crisp Linen scent. I just love this scent although it does not stay on the skin for very long. But a beautiful scent!

"Lovely" is an abstract: it doesn't smell like flowers, or fruit, or incense. Instead, this is a product of magnificent scent wizardry.

To know what "Lovely" smells like, picture this: a young woman in a strapless summer dress steps out of her house, fresh from the shower. It is 11 a.m. in July. She's late, so she walks fast along a hot sidewalk to get to the subway. "Lovely" is the scent she exudes when she just...starts....to sweat. ("glow"-- sorry-- men sweat, women "glow.")

Clean, fresh glow. Sexiest scent imaginable.

One of my favorites. Very woody.

"Affordable" price.
Beautiful scent.
Matches my skin.
Bought it.

PS: How far can I go? Oh, my Goodness...

It smells beautiful because it is a chep version of Narciso Rodrigues, it smells exactly like it. I would buy it for my mom, but I wouldn't buy it for my self.

i like this perfume because it reminds me of my mom. the scent is very simple and feminine yet classy and elegant, just like the bottle. the only downfall is that the scent is very light and does not last long. overall i think it is a very timeless perfume

All you Lovely fans may want to skip this review... sorry:(. Sadly, I didn't have the same experience as you. For me, this is cloying and synthetic. Very heady, strong & cloying... "soft, powdery and intimate" it is NOT... makes me wonder if we've smelled the same perfume. I admit the first time I smelled this was in a magazine, so it must have had some appeal, or I wouldn't have pursued a sample. It seemed harmless enough in the magazine, and I looked up the notes, which seemed like something I should like... though I wasn't sure about the apple martini thing. I figured I'd give it a shot though, and got my hands on a vial. I barely dabbed a tiny dot on my wrist, and was instantly overwhelmed by synthetic floral (plasticky orchid), synthetic musk & synthetic amber... all of which I have to assume were turned this way by the addition of the apple martini note?? Whatever the culprit, it wasn't a pleasant experience, and I couldn't get it off fast enough. I can't comment on drydown or longevity, because I couldn't stand it long enough to reach either point, but I don't remember disliking a fragrance this much since my kryptonite, Eternity.

By far the best celebrity fragrance,and the only one I would be replacing once empty, I love to wear this when I want a break from the usual, not too floral...or too much of anything , just a nice balanced blend, very sophisticated .

I picture this scent with a lady wearing an elegant girly dress. Just like SJP! The color, packaging and commercial truly reflects the scent of these one. It's light, modest and poised. Its not compatible with me. But it has the best drydown ever! and it last for long! I love how it lingers on me. Very lovely indeed.

I used to have this one and I can't believe that I have not written a review yet.Anyways I think this scent has a much better quality to it than most celebrity perfumes. It feels like SJP actually put some thought into her perfumes. I think that lovely is very feminime and floral. Allthough I am usually attracted to sweet scents. I think this one is very beautiful. Beacuse it's so innocent,classy and elegant. Like Audrey Hepburn!

I just recieved it today and it was a little disappointment for me. I guess I expected too much when I first read the reviews. I can say that it is a nice floral scent but it takes a little time to get use to it so I haven't made up my mind yet.

Its an amazing fragrance. I sprayed it in the morning and whole day I could smell it around me. Very fresh and sensual. Its really a classic by SJP.

That's no sexy, no glamorous, only lovely; yes I didn't have any perfume that suits its name more than Lovely by SJP!...
Edit: I changed my mind after using it this night! This is real feminine with its creamy innocency...
From a woody- musky perfume i didn't expected so a creaminess and freshness in hot nights here in İzmir! thumb up!...

One of my girlfriends presented a gift set to me on my birthday in September and I confess I only just experienced Lovely a week ago! Lovely is a sparkling, sharp (slightly bitter) fragrance, just like how some champagnes like Veuve Clicquot are sharp on the tongue at first.

Later, the fragrance calms down and just releases its notes over a long time. Could this be considered a modern chypre? Because of the purple / lavender theme for the wedding next month, I have decided to make Lovely my wedding day scent. I will also be building my entourage's bouquets at a lavender herb farm!

This scent is so lovely, just like it`s name! Very soft an feminine. I like it better whet it dries down.
I smell a little bit of sour apple in it. Perfect for everyday use.

I enjoyed sampling this fragrance. I really liked the lavendar note. Along with the bergamot, it gives the perfume a crisp, cool feel. With the other florals, it reminds me of a wildflower garden - an everyday romantic. I didn't detect the light patchouli right away, but it lingered for many (at least eight) hours later. I've tried the beautiful NR for Her too, and although there is a similarity, Lovely is more brisk and woody. Overall, a pretty classy scent for a reasonable price.

A co-worker of mine wears this and perhaps she just overdoes it, but I find it way too strong. The patchouli is just too much and it makes my nose tickle & head hurt. I tested it once on myself and found the patchouli came out too strongly on me too, I couldn't wait to wash it off. However, another friend wore this and smelled "lovely", so maybe it's just body chemistry and dosage!

I will admit that what initially drew me to this scent was in fact, the bottle itself. Lovely’s bottle is, well, quite lovely; it has a very vintage appeal with subtle details that accentuate its simplicity. My love affair with this scent did not begin upon first sniff. Having been a fan of Sex & The City for many years and admiring Sarah Jessica Parker’s sense of flair and flamboyantly stylish attitude, I was prepared to be blown away by a ground-breaking and daring composition and so I was quite disappointed when I initially smelled what seemed to be no more than soapy musk. That was several years ago and in the middle of one of my “I have no perfumes to wear!” phases (what? you thought it only applied to clothes?!) I reached beyond the bounds of my mostly gourmand and oriental fragrance collection and found myself holding a tester of Lovely. It was several weeks before I had a full bottle in my hand – I really did need to invest time into getting to know this fragrance before I could really appreciate it, but now, it’s one of my favorite “clean” scents and I have the shower gel to go along with the perfume.

It’s reminiscent of The Body Shop’s White Musk but slightly more feminine and complex. I won’t lie; this is not the most original scent and probably my least favorite out of my collection, but it does have its moments. I agree that it is very similar to Narcisso Rodriguez for Her, and I think that every woman should own one of these two fragrances for use on those days when you just want to smell pretty, but not “perfume-y” (i.e. an office meeting). Since Narcisso Rodriguez was designed by my favorite perfumer, Christine Nagel, I feel bad for having unknowingly purchased something that was so obviously copied instead of the original, but ah, such is life; next time I’ll know better. I will add that the staying power is not fantastic – expect about three hours of wear, at most.

I definitely smell the lavender and the apple martini accord but there’s not much else here (to my nose) except white musk. I can’t imagine any woman wouldn’t find this scent to be, at the very least, pleasant. Groundbreaking it is not, but lovely it is. If you’re interested in reading about how SJP was involved in the perfume-creation-process for Lovely, check out Chandler Burr’s, “The Perfect Scent.” I highly recommend it.

It's a sweetly romantic fragrance with an off-note in it that keeps it from playing it safe. At first I found the scent unsettling but after having received it as a birthday present I am in love with this fragrance. I'm almost out of it and I'm ready for a replenishment!

It is flirty, understated, innocent yet sexy. I often wear this when I'm in the mood to wear flirty dresses, soft cardigans and jeans, or vintage romantic tops with a kitten heel. It's one of the few fragrances I have that I feel I have to dress according to it.

My only complaint about the fragrance is it's lack of staying power. Luckily I was given a fragrance set which included a lotion and a rollerball. I definitely have to wear the lotion and carry the rollerball in my purse if I want the scent to stay with me all day.

I disagree that it's boring. It's uniqueness lies in that one discordant note. I love this one so much!

It is nothing like the NR " For Her"....it is totally different! It is fresh and cool because of the lavender , more flowery and sophisticated.
While NR is rather heavy and for darker women, "Lovely" is lithe and light.

Lovely smells just like Narciso Rodriguez for her. As so, an excelent perfume and a cheaper alternative for NR.

To me, Lovely by SJP is both masculine and feminine. When I first sprayed this perfume on, I thought it was sort of orangey. I prefer 100% floral feminine scents. Lovely doesn't disappoint me at all because I can still wear it, though. It is a simple and light fragrance, definitely suitable to wear to work. And I do like the bottle, it is lovely. Thanks SJP :)

this is like the best perfume by her you can tell that she puts her own taste to her perfumes not like other celebrities that just pay for them to get done and slap there name to the fragrance

I liked this one from a tester in the department store. I think I would buy it even though it has amber and lavendar. I don't like amber usually, but this is not overpowering as some are. I don't know if I've ever heard of lavendar in a fragrance I've tried. I do like lavendar in my yard, but, hmmm, I couldn't really smell that.

Absolutely incredible. I am a huge fan of Patchouli. But not the kind they have in Tabu, dark and musky and wet. The patchouli in this one is clean, fresh, dry and clear. Just a fantastic fragrance. Similar to Jereviens, this one is pretty spicy too but not in the gourmand way. More in the powdery clean line. Very long lasting. I don't know about the people who commented this fragrance doesn't last!!! I can tell you the staying power is amazing and it doesn't end up being something else at the dry down. It will stay true to the last minute.

I’m on the fence with LOVELY. It’s feminine, light & easy to wear; it can be worn to work, on the weekends with jeans & for evenings out.


I can separate the lavender from the floral notes & there’s a sharp, sour note that I guess to be the martini accord. The base is a clean woody, musk.


The bottle is nice & classic, plus the staying power is very good. Also, the price is very reasonable.


But, good points aside, there is nothing unique about LOVELY that would make me want to re-buy it.

It would be a good choice for a gift, as it’s not disagreeable & it is good for all ages.

I can't seem to like this one, the composition is very weird on me, all the florals seem to come out at once instead of stages and they are overwhelming and it smells awful on me. On other people I have noticed that it isn't so bad and I am surprised so maybe I am just weird!? Try before you buy!

If you are a fan of SJP and her fragrances, you might want to read "The Perfect Scent" by Chandler Burr. One of the 2 main story lines is the whole development process of this fragrance--and it is very interesting and educational--especially if you love perfume.

I really wanted to like this, but I totally agree with MissK--It isn't an offensive fragrance, but it is too predictable and average for my liking. There just isn't anything that memorable to me to qualify for a purchase.

I love SJP's Covet Pure Bloom, and I like Covet.

This scent is so Lovely! It's soft, discrete. I's hard to describe it, but the bottle and the name says it all! "Lovely" It's feminine and so soft, it smells so yummy.

I loved the bottle, but not the scent. It wasn't an offensive fragrance, but it was too predictable and common for my liking. It was also one of those fragrances where you have to push your nose onto your wrist in order to smell the scent. I think I expected a little more from SJP's first perfume, hence the reason why I was so disappointed.

I am generally a musk lover, so I was a bit surprised by my reaction to this. I love white musk, soft musk, some more animalic musks, but this... I'm thinking it might just be the blend. The lavendar might be the actual problem, it reminds me of a shampoo my parents always used on the dog. It reminded me of a drugstore perfume.

This one is nice and sofisticated,it make me feel so clean,fresh,innocent & veryyy lovely,but in my skin has no staying power.;)

Very disappointing.. a scent one cant distinguish from many others in a drugstore. It doesnt even smell Lovely to me. Its more like a copy of something else.

Very pretty on, and not the usual. Soft, but not too flowery, fading down to white florals, all very nice and feminine.(I'm not a fan of white florals at all.) Not a statement maker, but different enough from the main 'for her' scents that it makes a nice change without having a lot of controversial impact.

hhhmm. powdery and soft. subtle. i sprayed some on a card but it's almost gone now... so i guess it doesn't last very long. smells sophisticated. maybe when i get older i'll go for this one. as for now if you want it, you should hit up the walgreens, i saw a box set there today for only $25! it had the lovely 1oz perfume, and a bottle of lotion, also a stick of sparkly lovely something else. :)

It was lovely on the blotter. I cook a lot, and it was clearly reminding me of ground coriander seeds, and I love this scent.However - tried it on my skin and got something totally different and uninspiring.There is a fresh note that drove me nuts until I washed it off.I can`t even guess what it was! could be lavender with citrus.Anyway - smelled like fresh, just bought gauze...Made me upset, because the blotter was great.Try it on your skin before you buy it!!!!!!

Not a memorable fragrance. The bottle is lovely, the scent is.... blank. Also, the scent is a bit too mossy and alcoholic for my taste.

I was so excited to receive and finally try my sample of Lovely a few months ago. I love all of the fragrance notes, and am a huge fan of SJP... Very dissapointing! I was ready to be transported by it's Loveliness, but instead I couldn't scrub it off quickly enough!! I could smell a plasticky baby powder smell wafting from my wrist while running down my hallway, chasing me with its offensiveness.. Sort of like a half melted baby doll must smell. It wouldn't scrub off easily, this one does have staying power whether you like it or not... I couldn't detect any notes at all in this except the powder. This could just be due to the chemistry of my skin, I liked it alot when smelled on others or on a card. I am becoming more dissillusioned with the celebrity scents... too bad. :(

I smell spicy ginger in this, very peculiar!

This fragrance certainly grows on me. It gets more exciting when the nutmeg emerges an hour later.

Does anyone notice this on them or is it just me perceiving it badly?

For me its interesting, i test this fragance and it smell discrete and very charming.

For me it is to sweet and flowery on my skin.
My Friend had it and it smelled lovely on her.If you like fresh but yet flower then this scent is for you.

It is very masculine on my skin. Not sweet, but maybe floral. Patchouli produces smells like a man. Not as good as I expected.

For me its just come out as a vey sweet perfume. Could smell only floral notes and very litle wood notes. As other people said, very safe to appeal to main stream. Lovely yes, but nor special or unique. Lacks staying power on me

This is one that I keep trying but I have not yet been convinced enough to buy a bottle. Being a big SATC fan I had to try it. I love the 'layers' of the fragrance and it does not smell powdery at the end. I think this could well become a classic even if it is seen as a 'celeb' scent.

I gave it a few wears but not lovely enough for me. A common scent with a powdery end note.

The smell is "Lovely" but not so unique. However, most of my family love the sweet smell of Lovely. It's not too blunt or strong...

This fragrance is a sleeper. I, like many others, had dismissed it as a "celeb frag". How wrong I was. This perfume has excellent structure. It wears well, and while not outstanding in any one way, it is perfectly balanced. Although I am not a fan of "white musk", the base is long-lasting and pleasant. I get more peonies than anything else in the top, and was surprised to find this scent rather dry; not fruity or syrupy in the least.

It's safe, right, but not everyone likes it. I am fond of the refreshing, a bit sharp, really waking flower notes - I smell a China rose, how come it's not in the pyramid...?
The fragrance changes dramatically in time for me - it leaves my skin smelling musky and creamy! This is calming and incredibly comforting!

I was disappointed in this one. I tried it from a magazine sample, but at the department store counter, it was so similar to so many other scents out there, I decided against it.

this is a very soft and romantic perfume to me. The name SAYS IT ALL!

very soft, very clean, feminine in a decent way, nothing seductive scearming for attention, smelling my wrist I feel very comfortable and warm, definitely going to buy it

Clean and nice. Not too "feminine", so to speak. A little strong, though. A drop too much and I begin to sneeze like crazy.

I have passed this scent over many times, on account of the fact that I never found it very interesting on first spray. Recently, however, I paid more attention to its development, and was rather pleasantly surprised. First, I was astonished that it lasted so long on my skin, given that it was a very hot and humid day. Second, it dried down to an unashamedly pretty, light, floral scent. I rather liked it in the end. It is true that this is not a perfume that screams 'look at me'; nor is it especially innovative or daring. However, I like its elegance and restraint -- a refreshing change in these often self-consciously boundary-pushing times. With patience and care, this perfume can reward -- the antidote to time-pressed instant-gratification scents.

the name says it all..it is lovely parfume, But it's kinda boring me. So i use it infrequently

it smells like brand new barbie dolls in the 90's...

I like it a lot, too. The mote of lavender gives a very unusual freshness, a slighly unisex note among the femininity and sensuality of the whole composition. This unique ambivalence makes this perfume special for me. One negative point that it doesn't last very long on my skin.

For me its more like sophisticated and serious than "lovely". its not very outstanding because there are a few perfumes that smell very similar, for me narciso rodriguez for example

Lovely girl is the a gentle sweet girl. She is young, feminime, and attract guys without saying, "Hey! Look at me!"

It's boring. It's safe. It's nothing that breaks the mold, unfortunately. I am not a big fan of her fragrances, but Covet wins my vote.

Very sheer, very lovely fragrance. The name is very indicative of the scent. I get a lot of questions about what am I wearing. Very good for office wear but still sensual enough for evening wear. Classic.