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perfume "Lovely"
Here is a review for "Lovely", Sarah Jessica Parker's signature perfume, a "floral, woody musk" :
Lovely opens with soft citruses (nectarine and bergamot) and woody (rosewood) notes, with a touch of lavender, which is very discrete and not at all sharp. The fragrance develops further with notes of apple martini, white daffodil and orchid. The base unites white amber, cedar, woody notes and white musk.I don't really get the apple martini - can't smell it, and don't even know how it should smell. This is how SJP gets her reputation as a little flakey.
There are just too many celebrity perfumes around. I suppose one way to solve the dilemma of which to buy is just to go for your favorite star's concoction. But how can anyone buy Jennifer Lopez's sticky and clingy "Glow" and any of its off shoots? The reason why Lopez has to keep re-introducing newer versions of "Glow" is because none of them are any good.
SJP, on the other hand, has had "Lovely" on the market since 2005. She has upgraded it (probably to keep up with the competition) only once to "Lovely Liquid Satin" which is quite a different perfume, described as a "chypre floral":
Lovely Liquid Satin was launched in 2006...Top notes are rosemary, lavender, mandarin orange and apple; middle notes are patchouli and orchid; base notes are musk, cedar and white amber.I think SJP is a good actress. She just got stuck in that role with those other three women. She's a lot better than the over-driven Kim Cartrall, and the other two don't even merit mentioning. Still, Parker has to enjoy, or agree with, the image she's portraying, otherwise she wouldn't have franchised into two Sex and the City movies.
Creating a perfume is not simply an olfactory exercise. It requires an ability to anticipate different smells, and how they would blend with each other. In a really good perfume, the whole should be greater than the sum of its parts. And not only that, the parts should be indiscernible, and only their occasional whiffs are to be detected amidst the full bouquet. It is work for an imaginative and smart mind. SJP certainly has that. I suppose, like all liberals, she loses this mind as she views the world through the opaque glasses of her ideology. Perhaps the "apple martini" is a give away.
Nonetheless, this slightly heavy perfume is perfect for winter, and for the Christmas smells and scents of spiced hot punches, rich Christmas cakes, and warmth all around.