Flora Bella (2005)
by Lalique

Lalique Flora Bella

Notes: vanilla, almond, amber and musk notes (from fragrancenet.com)

To my nose, Flora Bella smells like a cross between Dior's Poison and Lancome Hypnose. The light tuberose note in the top and mid notes reminds me of Poison, while a vanilla powder and clean vetiver combination is evocative of Hypnose. It is pleasant, although FB certainly does not have much to distinguish itself from the huge field of soft and sweet modern feminine floral-orientals. Since both Poison and Hypnose entered my consciousness long before Flora Bella, I must give them the proper due. Having said that, FB is a very well constructed fragrance--it is balanced, subdued and modern, and is certainly not the worst offering of its kind. Flora Bella is probably one of those fragrances that will appeal to individual tastes rather than have broad acceptance or widespread buzz. It is definitely worth a try for lovers of the milky vanilla over amber, clean floral-oriental genre, or anybody who wants a toned-down tuberose fragrance.

Very pleasant scent for the Summer, it smells natural, fresh....not many mainstream releases that smell like cleaning products...a must try for summer, it has a unisex vibe to me

This scent is by Bertrand Duchaufour and bears his weird stamp. It's a delightful, unusually cold white floral with his trademark pepper and musk. Comes across as more of a tropical night fragrance than a sunny beach fragrance. It's not sweet on me at all, the vanilla is light and the overall effect is Tropical Island by Tim Burton. A must try for fans of Duchaufour's work.

This is a floral-oriental that's a bit too sweet. I believe it's the tropical island , more party going sister to Eau de Lalique. It' very sunny and very fruity. The lasting power is great as many of the laliques i have tested, men's and women's. The bootle is very heavy and very elegant, similar to eau de lalique's, great to look at. The scent is just not for me. It's still much better than the Escada limited editions -wich i think are tropical-sweet floral orientals too- so this one is the Better much more elegant version of those.