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Lulah Peony & Tamarind Ginger ~ scented body product reviews

Posted by Jessica on 14 June 2013 7 Comments

Lulah Peony

Lulah is a new "fashion-fragrance brand" from Thymes. It's aimed at a younger female shopper than the original Thymes line, and it offers "a fresh, flirty, fun assortment of strikingly luxe aromatics and skin-enhancing ingredients." The Lulah line includes body wash, body lotion, body mist and hand cream, all available in four scents: Peony, Magnolia Fig, Vanilla Orchid, Citron, and Tamarind Ginger.

I've sniffed all five scents and I've sampled Peony and Tamarind Ginger in the Body Lotion and Body Mist, and I can see how Thymes has tweaked its approach to fragranced body products for young women in their teens and early twenties. Overall, these scents seem brighter and often sweeter than some of my "regular" Thymes favorites (like Filigree or Moonflower or Azur), but they're nicely done, and their various "personalities" are presented in a lively way on the Lulah website.

Peony (shown at top) is the "pretty" one of the group: "She's smart, sensual, sensational." She, or it, has notes of hyacinth, white magnolia, angelica seed, iris, woods and musk. In the Body Spray, Peony has plenty of fresh pink floral notes and sheer musk, like a little cousin to Estée Lauder Pleasures. It's just a little too laundry-clean for my present tastes, but my sixteen-year-old self would have loved it. In the Body Lotion, Lulah's Peony seems more like a spring bouquet, and I can detect the other floral notes. I'm assuming that these products are designed for layering, since the individual formulas aren't very strongly scented on their own.

Lulah Tamarind Ginger

Tamarind Ginger (shown just above), the hippie of the Lulah sisterhood, is described as "meditative." This blend is "a refreshing wake-up call" with notes of ginger, lime, tamarind, cucumber and ambrette seed. I like Tamarind Ginger a lot, and I can imagine myself using this product family regularly in summer and fall. Its composition is transparent but warm, with some tart citrus complementing the fizzy ginger. There really is a sour-green tamarind note and something like sheer sandalwood in the base. (I don't notice any cucumber, which is a relief, quite honestly; cucumber is one of my least favorite notes in perfumery.)

Tamarind Ginger is an easygoing, almost natural-smelling scent, and despite Lulah's "girly" emphasis, the Tamarind Ginger Body Mist really could be worn by young men as well as young women. Once again, neither Tamarind Ginger product that I tried had a particularly strong or long-lasting fragrance, but this lightness makes sense for younger customers and for layering. This collection offers a more upscale, stylish alternative to Bath & Body Works; I can imagine giving Lulah sets as gifts to nieces and younger sisters-in-law, and I can imagine them enjoying the products. (I can also imagine buying some Tamarind Ginger Body Wash and Body Lotion for myself.)

Lulah Body Lotion ($13.25) and Body Mist ($11) in Peony, Tamarind Ginger, and other scents are available through the Lulah website and other locations listed on the website. 

Filed Under: scented body products
Tagged With: cream or lotion, lulah, the thymes

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  1. kindcrow says:
    14 June 2013 at 6:29 pm

    The Tamarind Ginger sounds good. Cucumber would clash with most of the other notes, IMHO, so it’s nice that you didn’t notice it.

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    • Jessica says:
      14 June 2013 at 9:02 pm

      I agree — it doesn’t seem to fit with the spice-citrus notes!

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  2. L says:
    15 June 2013 at 1:58 am

    I am using three Thymes shower gels at present: Green Tea, Sleep Well, and Temple Tree Jasmine. I am enjoying all three, but the Green Tea is especially refreshing for summer.

    Haven’t tried the Lulah line. Thanks for the reviews.

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    • Jessica says:
      15 June 2013 at 11:45 am

      L, green tea scents are so refreshing in the summer! I think Thymes has really nice fragrances, overall. Their Lavender and Eucalyptus lines were some of the first “special” body products I owned, back in the 90s.

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  3. Omega says:
    15 June 2013 at 7:22 pm

    i love Azur, it’s one of my faves:).
    I haven’t tried anything else from the Thymes line but want to!

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    • L says:
      16 June 2013 at 2:07 am

      I received a sample of the lotion and really liked it. Now I’m thinking I want Azur in the shower gel.

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  4. Squirrely says:
    17 June 2013 at 9:35 am

    None of these sound like my cup of tea, but I’m game to try since I love Thymes. I have Moonflower in lotion form and perfume form, but I use the latter more as a room spray these days. Their home fragrances are wonderful. We use Frasier Fir throughout the winter to remind us of “home” (WA transplants to VA) and we have a reed diffuser in another scent (cedar maybe?) that’s fantastic.

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