wing and a prayer Bella review

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Georges de Feure (French, 1868-1943), "Elegante pres d'une Source" by sofi01.

Bella indeed! I have received a bunch of samples from A Wing and a Prayer natural perfumes, and I was stuck by the simple beauty of this lovely herbal/citrus/floral.

Verbena dominates—I get that sharp twinge of freshness you get when you brush or rub the leaves of the lemon verbena plant, married to a bright citrus topnote. Later on, Bella becomes less herbaceous and more floral, rounding out and opening up to a delicate rose-verbena fragrance that smells very fresh and true to life. I actually feel as if I were in a garden when I wear this.

I also have to say, I have NEVER seen packaging as beautiful as this. I took pics and I want you all to see how much care and love these perfumers put into their work.

Every element of the multi-part package was carefully, lovingly, and beautifully wrapped, and it came complete with ribbon and lovely, expensive note, hand-written, of course, because this niche company does things in style……

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The main event, Tallulah B, was wrapped in an adorable little gauze bag, blue tissue paper, and ornamented with a little silver hummingbird….

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Adorable!

CREDITS: Georges de Feure, "Elegante pres d'une Source," originally uploaded by sofi01.

Comments

  1. Beautiful Things - CathyAugust 12, 2010 at 7:02 AM

    Sounds absolutely gorgeous!! I'll definitely have to try this one!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 7:23 AM

    What lovely packaging!! Sounds like a gorgeous fragrance too

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  3. Tamara*JAugust 12, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    I'm a sucker when it comes to beautiful presentation, that is definately the icing on the cake. When you receive perfume it should alwyas be like opening a present from a loved one.

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  4. JoanElaineAugust 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    They really go all out, don't they? I loved the packaging, especially the polka-dot drawstring bag.

    I really like Tallulah B2...such a pretty scent!

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  5. VanessaAugust 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    I agree with JoanElaine - no perfume could possibly surpass the exquisiteness of that polka-dot drawstring bag!

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  6. olenskaAugust 14, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    Ooh, sounds lovely... if it's even HALF as lovely as that de Feure illustration, there may be a danger of a swooning epidemic. :)

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