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It is like extracting the basic essence of the perfume notes (although it is missing the minty-fresh note that I smell in NRFH...and has replaced that note with more of a powdery type note). Lovely is a soft, powdery, discreet, and very intimate fragrance, announced as a "silky white amber fragrance." It possesses an elegance characteristic of classic fragrances, and yet the fragrance is quite modern and very charming.
It also has a minty fresh note that morphs into the musk with almost a lavender type musky smell. This starts much more tolerable than a lot of the aldehyde bomb type perfumes where you have to power through the first hour before you finally get to the dry down where the perfume is more beautiful. This starts well from the beginning. Subtle and inoffensive to the point of being a tad bland. The notes that come close to setting it apart from many other similar fragrances do so diplomatically, not much is being said here. Even the sparkling alcoholic note isn’t that bold, a couple of glasses of bubbly aren’t out of the ordinary at even the most uptight functions. 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. Upon first spray - Lovely and Narcisso Rodriques For Her are the exact chord, however - Narcisso Rodriques FH has more apparent notes that are more distinct. There is a minty fresh note which is singing out rather loudly upon the first spray of NRFH. This minty note seems to be merging into a note that smells like Lavender. There are more evident woodsy notes in NRFH.Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely is more like the dry down effect of Narcisso Rodriques For Her (without the stronger minty fresh note in For Her's first chord). At first spray, you get a soft focus Monet painting/watercolor type - (no harsh edges) impressionistic floral composition. This is pretty from the git to, you are not having to wait an hour through an aldehyde bomb start - where it finally fades into something that is wearable. This wears well from the beginning. This is a well blended chord without any seams or noticeable notes calling attention to themselves. The composition is lady-like, non-obtrusive, soft - doesn't call attention to itself -- but is highly PUT TOGETHER. I think that, what I initially thought was horrible, was the acrid permeation of the bergamot. But the drydown, especially after about an hour, is - wow - sublime. And, I mean, SUBLIME.
My only complaint (and the reason I've rated it as a like instead of love) is that the staying power isn't as good as I remember. It feels like this might have been reformulated over the years and the performance is weaker than I would like. There's not a lot of sillage (if you want it for a work fragrance, this isn't a bad thing necessarily) and it does require topping up through the day. The dress is famous, this may have been the dress she wore in the original marketing for Sex and the City. Actually, after googling this - she has several different variations of this dress which have become somewhat a "signature" for her. This is more of a linear perfume, it doesn't transition or morph into different fragrance notes during the transitions from first spray to final dry down. The benefit of linear, this is a great fragrance for layering other perfumes that need just a little bit of oomph - or the added note of musk.The lotions, the body mists, the perfumes all smell so beautifully done and Sarah needs a bit more respect in my eyes as I don’t see this as a dupe for NR that was far too sharp and screechy for me where as lovely is inviting and lovely lol. Think of it as a nice hug from a loved one or the feeling of laying down in silk sheets… It’s a clean warm salty skin scent that I love and it wafts around me for hours and is so comforting, I even wear this to bed some times as it’s lavender musky combination is so relaxing and cosy. Parker later released a flanker to the Lovely pillar fragrance, entitled Lovely Sheer. Created by the same perfumers who worked on the original fragrance (Gavarry and le Guernec), Lovely Sheer has notes of mandarin, bergamot, orange flower absolute, gardenia water, pink pepper, blonde woods, vetiver, musk and amber. [10]
a b Burr, Chandler (October 16, 2005). "One Nosy Dame". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018 . Retrieved April 14, 2018. Lovely is well-blended and feels like a gauzy layer over the skin. Lavender can be a risky note for me, but here it avoids the sharp medicinal quality it sometimes has and instead is slightly powdery and aromatic. Woods and musk give a groundedness to the fragrance, and help it melt into a lovely skin scent over time. a b Naughton, Julie (September 10, 2005). "A Lovely Success". WWD. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018 . Retrieved April 15, 2018. As an expansion of her brand and an entrance into the fragrance market this was a smart, strategic and dependable move for SJP. the fragrance on its own is good, but nothing too special. It has many applications due to its safety, office friendly, not juvenile or overly mature, not too sweet or heavy, subtle and inexpensive. something to sell well far and wide.
Novak, Lexi (2015). "Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely". Allure. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018 . Retrieved April 15, 2018. I really Admire Sarah and I have to put it to her the way she creates her fragrances she works closely with the perfumers and know what she likes. I know the oils and perfumes she used to mix before making Lovely smelled more like her 2016 release Stash (one of the best perfumes PERIOD) and that she wanted a unisex type of smell and Lovely is a bit more polite than what she usually would dose herself in, but this to me is completely unisex. As I said it smells like clean warm salty skin with that cosy musk vibe that I think anyone can pull off if they wish to.
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