A re-issue of the original from 1925 and part of the Collection Privée:
La Belle Saison is a sumptuous floral bouquet, gold and white, luminous and silky, in the image of spring femininity: that which one discovers on the wonderful paintings of Botticelli. Grace, elegance and voluptuousness: a sensuality that is revealed with each gesture. A captivating sillage, an unparalleled signature...
La Belle Saison (2020) fragrance notes
Head
- apricot flower, pink pepper
Heart
- mimosa, orange blossom, lily of the valley
Base
- sandalwood, musk, cistus labdanum
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Latest Reviews of La Belle Saison (2020)
Houbigant is a brand with a long history I am blissfully unaware of it. I have no idea what the 1925 version of La Belle Saison smelled like and perhaps that is a good thing. For a perfume about the arrival of spring, the utter plainness of this floral is shocking. One can be generous by calling it abstract', but in reality it is an undistinguished muddle rather than recalling any of the glories of that particular style where a dynamic, intriguing whole was aimed for rather than note distinction. Here we have a pale yet irritatingly persistent floral wash (mainly a lily of the valley synthetic paired with mimosa) with a thudding musk bringing up the rear. It smells like it was made for pennies; it smells like a much-used rag doll being shampooed; it irritates me no end.