Stroll Down Crescent Row with Benefit
The latest from whimsical beauty brand Benefit Cosmetics is a fragrance collection inspired by a trip to Bath, England.
When co-founder Jean’s daughters, Maggie and Annie Ford Danielson, stumbled upon Royal Crescent they got inspired to create a series of three fragrances to commemorate their experience – rightly called Crescent Row.
A few days ago I received a sample of the Crescent Row trio to sniff before they officially hit counters later this summer in July.
Laugh with Me Lee Lee was the freshest of the bunch for me. Its clean scent with notes of melon, citrus, black violet, lily, jasmine and amber was by far the Boyfriend’s favorite fragrance. It’s not overpowering and is a nice, everyday kind of scent.
Something About Sofia made me wonder, “What is that something that I’m totally diggin’?” She has notes of mango, freesia, peony petal, sheer lily, musk and vanilla bean that would normally render a fragrance that would be too sweet for my taste. But there was just that something about her that made me just fall more and more in love as the day wore on.
My Place or Yours Gina is a scent if you like woody, muskier perfumes. With notes of pink pepper, bergamont, tangerine, peony, wild raspberry, patchouli and vanilla, I could appreciate her but Gina just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Benefit’s Crescent Row fragrances will be available on counters and online beginning July 2009 at $36 US each.
What do you think of Benefit’s stroll down the Royal Crescent with their latest fragrances? Have you been there before? Just looking at this photo I found on Wikipedia, it looks amazing, a truly one-of-a-kind neighborhood!
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On May 22nd, 2009 Crystal said:
Something About Sofia sounds absolutely yummy!!
I’ll have to take a sniff when it comes out!!
On May 22nd, 2009 Rae said:
Ooh! Thanks for the mini-reviews
Laugh With Me Lee Lee sounds like it’s right up my alley – I suddenly can’t wait for July!
On May 23rd, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Crystal,
Something About Sofia is really yummy! I’m going to wear it tonight to the boyfriend’s dad’s birthday extravaganza!
On May 23rd, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Rae,
I think you’ll like Laugh with Me Lee Lee.. although when July rolls around I’ll be sad since that’ll mean that summer will be half over
Hope you’re having a fun Saturday! Are you doing anything fun today?
On May 23rd, 2009 Leane said:
Sounds like a nice variety all in one package.
On May 23rd, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Leanne,
I agree this is a nice sample package; I wonder if they’ll sell it together when it comes out or if it’ll be individual bottles only. Which one do you think will be your favorite?
On May 23rd, 2009 Marisol said:
What a neat picture. I had never heard of this place. I like the two Benefit scents but Maybe Baby doesn’t smell good on me and the newer one I have not been able to get a sample of to see how it will wear on me.
I am tempted to check these out when they come out. The packaging is adorable.
On May 25th, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Marisol,
I’ve never smelled Maybe Baby either and it’s been a while since I’ve sniffed B Spot in a few months and actually forgot what it smells like, LOL.
What’s your current favorite perfume? Right now I’ve been wearing David Yurman a lot.. like everyday this week!
Happy Memorial Day!