Ever since moving to the Milwaukee area, I’ve had a serious obsession with the L’Occitane store. It’s kind of bad news for me! I’ve only ever shopped with them online and have never had the opportunity to sniff anything in person before buying. Even shopping in that capacity, I was already obsessed with the brand. Now that I live near the store, I’m just in trouble!
When L’Occitane came out with their Au Brésil line, I wanted one of everything. I stopped in the store and tried their Vitória Régia perfumes out- the Day Flower and the Night Flower and became pretty much obsessed. I didn’t want to shell out $55 a piece for these fragrances, and I certainly didn’t need 10.1 fl. oz. of each since I never finish a fragrance! But I really wanted both, so I started shopping online for a deal. Pretty soon every ad I would see when I went online was for these fragrances and I NEEDED them. When I got an email coupon for my birthday that I could get a free birthday gift with a purchase, I decided to investigate their website again, and saw that they were offered in a duo on sale for $75. So I jumped on it!
bought them myself, affiliate links
I’m a total picky pants when it comes to fragrances, especially since being pregnant, and these are truly a delight to smell. Both fragrances contain the vitória-régia extract from the Amazonia region of Brazil. This flower perfumes with the Amazonian waters with its fragrance. Its petals transform from white during the day to pink at night, intensifying the floral aquatic scent, and this was the inspiration for the Day and Night eau de toilette fragrances and body care products. I feel like I’m on a tropical rainforest adventure in Brazil whenever I use these! They are truly intoxicating to me but not in an overwhelming or musky way. They are florals that are bright and delicious and they linger on my skin without being too sweet.
The Day Flower captures the scent of the white, newly blossomed petals. The scent is fresh with high notes of orange, lemon and apple as well as a heart of vitória-régia from the extract. The Night Flower captures the scent of the pink, fully blossomed petals. It’s more of a voluptuous floral with initial powdery notes that open up to the sensual vitória-régia notes at the heart. I don’t have a favorite, I love them both SO much. I’m wearing the Day Flower right now and I keep sniffing myself!
Just so you can get a good idea what the size is like, I’m holding it above. 3.4 fl. oz is how these come when you buy the duo, which is pretty standard for perfume. The scent lasts several hours on me, but if I wanted to intensify it I would probably wear the Fragrance Beautifying Cream that I mentioned here.
I am a total nerd and I was looking up more about these flowers online and stumbled upon some info that said the Vitória Régia is the largest aquatic plant and the largest water lily in the world! It was named after Queen Victoria of England, can grow at the speed of one square inch per minute, and can sustain the weight of a small child. Whoa!
Since I mentioned it above, this was the birthday present I got from them! It is worth $11 and contains two almond products from their line- a shower oil and a hand cream. I’m excited to try them both!
Totally in love with L’Occitane lately, and have more to share from them later this week as well! If you have any questions about the products click the links below or ask me a question in the comments! I’ve linked to all the products I talked about in this post as well as other Vitória Régia items from the line below.
They sound heavenly, and I love the almond scented hand cream too! Good score 🙂
These sounds so good!
Never heard of them but that bag is adorable!
I can’t look at them – SO COVETED all of it!!! And I love L’Occitane fragrances.
I have to stay clear of my mall’s L’Occitane store or else I would be in TROUBLE!
I should never have gone in!!
These sound amazing!!!
I’m not into floral fragrances but I love the brand.
I really want to try these!
Oooooohhh that Almond line is amazing. I need to try some of the L’Occitane fragrances for sure.
I have never tried L’Occitane
I’ve been a Loccitane customer for over 10 years, love their products!
This sounds wonderful! I may just have to try this!
I have these two beauties on my to try list! I have been loving some of the other new items from L’Occitane this summer. Oh, and if you haven’t tried shaving your legs with the shower oil, try it! Super luxe!! 🙂
I did last night and it was divine! I may have to go back for the full size!
The day flower scent sounds perfect for me. PICKY PANTS. I die.
I think Day Flower is my favorite if I absolutely had to choose! And I am SUCH A picky pants! lol
Sadly I think this will be a little too floral for me but the bottles are beautiful!
These sound great!
I love that adorable bag!
These sound perfect for me! And I love the bottles!
That bag is so cute!
I like L’Occitane too! I’ll be checking these fragrances you’ve mentioned because I crave for new scents these days.
I need to check out my L’occitane store because these fragrances smell nice!
I love LO’cittane, such good products!
I love the packaging on these two scents. The boxes they come in are pretty as are the glass bottles. I keep saying I need to check out more from this line. I just have to get into a boutique.
I recently visited their store at a nearby mall and loved everything
I wish they would ship to Hawaii, I can never find teh “Hawaii” when I try to order so I order off of Sephora.
I love the Amande range