40 days and 40 Nights of Beauty Brand Reviews
Day 19, L'Occitane
Cavewoman: Seven Flowers And Four Queens
A stop at the L'Occitane store is always part of a day of shopping for The Cleveland Gang. We ooh and ahh over all the lovely bottles, pretty soaps and tins, luxurious bath and body products, and gorgeous packaging. We nod our heads in agreement over tubs and tubes of Shea Butter products, and we call each other to displays to take whiffs of the latest offerings in the store. And we want everything!
Recently I caved and purchased two of the scents I've been wanting to buy for a very long time. These two Eaux De Parfums are "Eau des 7 Fleurs" and "4 Reines." Seven flowers and four queens!
Eau des 7 Fleurs is a fresh, happy, and balanced blend of rose, jasmine, neroli, iris, tuberose, mimosa and narcissus from the fields surrounding the area of Grasse, France. There is no annoyance of a citrus blast to hide the emergence of the flowers. And no musk or uninvited base notes either, just a feminine and pretty floral blend that smells like Springtime. The sometimes edgy note of jasmine is softened and sweetened by the lush narcissus, and the iris adds a little bit of fruitiness. The labels are as cute as can be, and the cube bottle of fluted glass is elegant and delightfully old-fashioned.
4 Reines are the four queens of the world of roses, Moroccan, Bulgarian, Turkish, and Grasse roses blend seamlessly in this not-quite-soliflore fragrance. There is a soapy quality to this scent that I love, to me it makes 4 Reines seem more Italian than French. Rose lovers will be delighted with the Four Queens, and non-rose lovers may find this one surprisingly appealing. There is nothing heavy about either of these L'Occitane fragrances. Lasting power is excellent, and because of the nature of the notes and the flowers, there is little change from start to finish.
L'Occitane scents come in EDP and EDT strengths, plus irresistible ancillaries, too. Gather your gang and head to L'Occitane for all things delightful.
This product is a necessary indulgence. It is addictive and a "Holy Grail" product. Available at Sephora and all L'Occitane stores for $22 .
What is your favorite L'Occitane product?
Photo: Cavewoman
Disclosure: The products were purchased by the reviewers.
Labels: 40 Days and 40 Nights of Beauty Brands, Beauty Addict, Cavewoman Reviews, L'Occitane, Product Purchase
posted by Annieytown @ 5:37 PM
11 Inspired Comments
11 Inspired Comments:
My personal fav is Shea Butter Hand Cream :)
I loved the original (but now sadly discontinued)Ambre fragrance. Other faves are their shea butter hand cream, hair mask, and body lotion. Their after-Christmas sales are always terrific! cheers, sara
SO glad you did a L'Occitane review. I, like you ladies, am obsessed with everything L'Occitane. The Lavender Velvet Body Scrub is amazing, as well as the Amande shower oil. I also love the shea butter hand cream. You can't go wrong...!
The shea butter hand cream is my holy grail product for cold Midwestern winters.
Beauty Addict's review also made me go buy the Amande Shower Gel and I love it. It's even good for shaving your legs - it's moisturizing and leaves them really soft. Other than that, I love the shea butter hand cream - I keep the tiny tubes all over the place!
oh definitely their shea butter hand cream. in my opinion, it is the best hand cream ever.
My absolute favorite used to be the Velours de Rose Body Cream, part of the 4 Queens line, which has been discontinued... alas.
I still love the Honey Foaming Jelly shower gel, Honey incense cones, Shea Butter for my winter-worn cuticles, and Green Tea with Mint Leaf-Light Body Gel in hot weather!
oh, the almond shower oil is a must. there are so many gorgeous things sold at l'occitane (the verbena sugar body scrub, green tea mint body gel, which has an incredible lasting power, although it's a leaf-light body gel, the shea butter stuff, ruban d'orange, orange shower gela nd body oil, alas discontinued, etc..) i'm planning to try the neroli fragrance (gotta be good :) and the almond body cream, from the same line as the shower oil, oh and the almond 'frangrance' is gorgeous
I got hooked on L'Occitane after visiting their outlet in Vegas, and now that they've opened their store here in Honolulu I can't seem to stop myself from walking in! Right now I'm using the Verbena soap and the Lavender Shea Butter, which actually goes along well together.
I agree on the 4 Reines - I only got a sample of this from the Vegas store (along with Eau des Vanilliers, which is the only vanilla fragrance I know that doesn't smell like pastry or fruit) and it is such a clean, unorthodox take on the rose scent. Someday I will cave in and get my own bottle...
one of theee best ( well more than one) is whichever products are the featured toiletries at USA four seasons hotels; they have this sweet but woody scent and i'm generally wary of high priced shampoo and conditioner (im not cheap, i wear chanel makeup, but cmon its for the shower!. anyways, yeah, the in shower experience= great, and my hair afterward was heavenly. lets keep in mind i'm referring to wearing air dried waves/curls in very cold weather, and STILL looking smooth. i think theyre $18 or so each ( s + c) but actually for that quality its a deal.
problem is i've had trouble figuring out which products these were! i didnt care for the body wash, but how does l'occ work? do you buy by scent? and if so does anyone know which is the one used at the four seasons? LET ME KNOW!!
Hey!! All you L'Occitane fans...they have a new offer starting tomorrow, when you spend $45 or more on ANY of their prodeucts you get a Free 1-year subscription to either Allure or Conde Nast Traveler Magazines! Fun special i just wanted to pass on to you guys :)
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