Perfume Review & Musings & Sample Giveaway: Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez
The latest fragrance by Jennifer Lopez, Live Luxe, was created by Claudette Belnavis of Takasago. The fragrance is dedicated to J-Lo's love of dancing. Notes are among others, pear, peach, amethyst freesia, muguet petals, diamond musk, and soft amber.
Live Luxe starts with a sharp outburst of slightly tart fruits. It smells of mandarine, perhaps green apple, and overall of the concentrated and juicy smell of a Del Monte fruit salad. Underneath the frutiness, a creamy undertone already indicates the direction in which the perfume will evolve later. As the perfume unfolds a slightly clean ozonic smell envelops the fruits balancing out the creaminess to prevent it from becoming too cloying. (Now that I have read that there is an electric citrus note, that might be it; there is something in the air). Little by little, the fruit medley becomes less indistinct and a juicy pear appears on a peachy background...
I like the fact that the pear note is realistic rather than candified and I can almost see a half-eaten yellow pear dripping with juice materialize before my eyes. The creaminess gets accentuated suggesting more and more a milky caramel. The drydown with diamond musk and amber is sheer, fruity, and caramel-y in a first stage. In a later stage it becomes lighter, both more floral and ozonic with the lily note being quite prominent on my skin while the creaminess remains underneath. I prefer that last part the best. Live Luxe evolves into a rather sexy sweet and comforting skin scent. Staying power is reasonably good but not exceptional. I can see how some people might find it addictive as I am starting to fall a little under its spell.
The upcoming J-Lo perfume ostensibly belongs to a lineage of fragrances centered on a butterscotch accord mixed with fruits destined to young women between 15 to 24 years old. To variable degrees we have detected that accord in several releases this year: Britney spears Curious in Control, the new Nina by Nina Ricci, Princess by Vera Wang, and now in three upcoming ones, J-Lo Live luxe, Hilary Duff With Love, and Hilfiger Tommy Girl 10 (the latter one is the best one so far, in my opinion, in that series of feminine milky fragrances because the butterscotch note in it is light and is more interestingly paired up with other less predictable notes. I have not smelled With Love yet).
Fans of J-Lo won't have much difficulty wearing the perfume and preferring it over the others in the same category. It is better than the new Nina by Ricci and Curious in Control as it is slightly richer and rounder. I think that I like it less than Love at First Glow about which my husband incidentally remarked "It's surprisingly good for a celebrity scent". Lopez's scents in general are good commercial scents, better than many others on the market.
According to Escentual who offers a more detailed list of notes, "Top Notes [are] Juicy Pear, Exotic Melon, Apple Twist and Electric Citrus. Heart Notes [are] Sun Sweetened Honeysuckle, Amethyst Freesia, and Muguet Petals. Drydown [includes] Skin Musk, Creamy Vanilla, Soft Amber and Sandalwood."
You can buy Live Luxe at Macy's and Escentual.
Please leave a note in the comments if you would like to be entered in the drawing for a sample of Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez.
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What a great website find! Enter me in the new J-Lo scent give away live Luxe.
Posted by: Marcia | August 29, 2006
What a great website find! Enter me in the new J-Lo scent give away live Luxe.
Posted by: Marcia | August 29, 2006
I can skip the giveaway, but I did want to say here that I think her scents ARE pretty good (although they're rather mixed up in my mind ... how many are there now? Four? Live, Glo, Miami Glo and this one? Or is it Glow?) sigh ... where was I? Okay, I've smelled this new one, and I'm not buying a bottle. But if someone gave it to me, I'd probably wear it. I vaguely recall that even Luca T had some nice words to say about one of them!
Posted by: March | August 29, 2006
please include me in the drawing. Merci
Posted by: Alica | August 30, 2006
Please enter me in for the drawing. Thank you.
Posted by: Jenn | August 30, 2006
Please enter me in for the drawing. Thank you.
Posted by: Ansley | August 31, 2006
You're all entered. I will do the drawing on Tuesday:)
Posted by: Mimi | September 3, 2006
You don't have to enter me into the drawing, but I wanted to say that was the best description of a perfume---EVER. You were so descriptive I could seriously smell what you were talking about!
xo
Shannon
Posted by: LotionBarBunny | September 5, 2006
I am so addicted to Jennifer Lopez's perfume I have every single one with the exception of this one. Please enter me in the drawing. :)
Posted by: Stephanie Morin | September 5, 2006
Awesome website, please enter me in the drawing!
Posted by: Samantha Richardson | September 13, 2006
Please enter me in the drawing. Thank you.
Posted by: Rebecca Lucanski | September 14, 2006
It makes me feel sexy :-)
Posted by: Susie | September 16, 2006
It sounds yummy. Is it too late to enter me in the drawing? I love good quality parfum, EDPs and EDTs! I won't and CAN'T go a day without wearing one of my favorite fragrances! I just found your website last night and want to say "Thank you!"
Posted by: perfumejunkie | October 11, 2006
Hi Perfumejunkie,
Thank you for your kind words. Send me your address and I'll send you my one remaining sample.
Posted by: Mimi | October 13, 2006
perfect parfume , the best
Posted by: mary | December 12, 2007
Please entre me in the draw for the perfume
Posted by: Amber | February 17, 2008