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The Benefit Crescent Row Fragrances: Laugh With Me, Lee Lee

July 26th, 2009 by Karen 6 Comments

benefit laugh with me lee lee review

The more time I spend with the girls of Benefit Crescent Row ($36 each), the more I want to hang with them.

Each of the scents in this trio of fragrances represents a different personality.

Laugh With Me Lee Lee is the fun, flirty member of the group — the girl who loves long bubble baths and frilly lingerie.

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Light and delicate

Benefit categorizes her as a woody floral, but she’s the lightest of the three scents, both agreeable and easy to wear.

Crisp notes of melon and orange hit me as Lee Lee enters the room.

“Hello,” she says with an innocent smile, drawing me into her world of unselfconscious beauty.

After a few hours with her, I learn that she’s older than I thought. She reveals a gentle white floral mix of lily and jasmine, slowly evolving into a soft blend of amber and sandalwood.

Official Fragrance Profile…

  • Top notes: cassis, melon, citrus
  • Middle notes: black violet, lily, jasmine
  • Bottom notes: blonde wood, amber, santol (a tropical Asian fruit tree with a scent often used in incense)

A lady of means

I think Lee Lee, like My Place or Yours Gina, smells more expensive than a $36 fragrance, and the scent lasts all day long.

I’m reminded of something Estee Lauder might create — like a hipper, younger version of Beautiful.

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Sweet, but not too sweet

I gotta give Benefit props for creating a complex scent that doesn’t fall into the candy store trap of fragrances with overly sweet, fruity notes.

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Carb-y goodness

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Howling Moon Pinot Noir

Last night I was craving a plate of linguine and clams something fierce!

I looked up local Italian food places on Yelp and found a highly-rated joint in San Rafael called Napoli Pizza & Pasta.

So. Frickin’. good.

El Hub and I almost didn’t go in when we peered through the glass at the front door. The place looked tiny and wasn’t exactly what we’d had in mind.

But Donato, the owner, saw us thinking out on the sidewalk and opened the door to invite us inside.

I haven’t felt so comfortable and welcome at a restaurant in a very long time. Highly recommended if you’re ever in the area and craving home-cooked, affordable Italian food. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

The Benefit Crescent Row Fragrances: Laugh With Me, Lee Lee / Originally published July 26th, 2009

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  1. Alison says

    July 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    I’ll have to check out these fragrances when they hit the UK, I used to love Benefit Maybe Baby and wore it all the time it’s such a delicate, feminine and pretty scent I’d forgotten all about it!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 26th, 2009 at 11:58 am

      Hi Alison,

      If you love Maybe Baby you might like Lee Lee, too. It’s very feminine and just plain pretty!

      Hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far.

      Reply
  2. Marisol says

    July 26th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    I am in love with this scent. I find myself reaching for more than my other perfumes.

    Never been to that place in SR. Will have to check it out. Have you been to Sol Food? OH MY GOD! So good!
    .-= Marisol’s last blog post… Kindle me this… =-.

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    • Karen says

      July 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

      Hi Marisol,

      LOL, we almost went there last night. The line was out the door as usual so we passed.

      Reply
  3. Chelle Chioa says

    March 9th, 2010 at 9:14 am

    My cousin included an Ulta leaflet filled with Benefit deets, it has Crescent Row perfume sniff samples and I fell in love with Laugh with me Lee Lee!

    I’m just curious though, is this an atomizer or a pressurized container? Sadly, we don’t have Benefit here but I’m going to Taiwan soon and there are Benefit counters there, I might grab one if it’s just an atomizer ^.^
    .-= Chelle Chioa’s last blog post… Where I’ve Been to These Past Few Days =-.

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