Beautiful — Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder

Beautiful

  • For women
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 1985

Beautiful is a tender and refined floral fragrance signed Estée Lauder. It opens on rose, tuberose and orange blossom, reveals marigold, ylang-ylang and lily at its heart and rests on a base of sandalwood, vetiver and amber.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Rose · Tuberose · Orange blossom

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Marigold · Ylang-ylang · Lily

  3. Base Several hours

    Sandalwood · Vetiver · Amber

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Marigold: a niche material, declared by only 6 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • Amber: conversely, a material of the common core — 32% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Floral, woody and amber: 3 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 6 of 9.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

The success of Beautiful by Estée Lauder comes down to its versatility: an easy-going signature that finds its place from morning to night without ever clashing.

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