Oscar de la Renta Bella Essence Eau de Parfum 100ml Spray

Oscar de la Renta Bella Essence Eau de Parfum 100ml is a fruity, gourmand-leaning floral for women, launched in 2020 as the latest chapter in the brand's Bella collection. Composed by perfumer Clement Gavarry, it opens on a juicy burst of raspberry, red currant and grapefruit, deepens into a heart of vanilla, rose and jasmine, and settles on a warm, modern base of musk, ambroxan and patchouli. Often described as "raspberry cheesecake meets white florals," it is sweet without being childish.

About Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta was a Dominican-American couturier who built one of the most celebrated American luxury fashion houses, dressing First Ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Laura Bush. The brand's perfumery began with the iconic Oscar in 1977 and has continued through Esprit d'Oscar, Bella Blanca and the broader Bella collection. Bella Essence represents the more contemporary, fruity-modern direction of the women's line.

Fragrance notes

• Top: Raspberry, Red Currant, Grapefruit
• Heart: Vanilla, Rose, Jasmine
• Base: Musk, Ambroxan, Patchouli

Olfactory family: Fruity Floral (with sweet ambery drydown)  |  Launched: 2020  |  Perfumer: Clement Gavarry

Who it's for

Bella Essence suits women drawn to bright, sweet, easy-to-wear fragrances over heavy oriental or austere woody styles. It is wearable year-round but reads especially well in spring and autumn, and works comfortably for office, daytime and casual evening wear. If you wear Lancôme La Vie est Belle, Chloé Roses de Chloé or YSL Mon Paris, Bella Essence sits alongside them with a juicier raspberry-and-currant signature.

How to use

1. Spray onto clean, moisturised skin from around 15 cm away.
2. Apply to pulse points — wrists, neck and behind the ears.
3. Don't rub the wrists; pressure crushes the bright raspberry-grapefruit top notes.
4. Two sprays of an EDP is plenty; build with one extra to the inner elbow or chest for evening wear.

Size: 100ml — the everyday format, presented in the brand's recognisable rose-tinted flacon with a chrome cap.