Beyoncé spent all of 2024 putting stress on our pockets. This earlier 12 months, the singer launched a hair-care line, whiskey, and one different fragrance at what felt like lightning velocity. Cécred, the hair-care assortment she unveiled ultimate February alongside together with her mother, Tina Knowles, has been well-received. It’s scooped up a few awards, along with an Entice Higher of Magnificence prize. Sir Davis, Bey’s whiskey made beneath Moët Hennessy, nabbed 4 fairly prestigious awards sooner than it even touched cupboards in August. And she or he didn’t get them as a consequence of her determine, each—she submitted anonymously, presumably to stay away from any bias over being a celebrity-backed endeavor. Most simply these days, she launched one different fragrance, Cé Lumière, the sister to her 2023 Cé Noir scent.
Queen Bey isn’t the type of famous person to drop a ton of merchandise on us, so these launches felt a little bit of out of character for the singer. In case you ponder your self a member of the Beyhive, your checking account has in all probability felt overwhelmed with all of the novelty she’s been putting out. The 12 months 2023, alone, was a very expensive 12 months to be a Beyoncé fan with the (successfully value it!) value of the Renaissance tour. In case you thought 2024 would provide a 12-month breather, you had been sorely mistaken. The good news is that no person is forcing you to spend money on one thing, and that options Cé Lumière. Nevertheless for individuals who had been to fork out the cash, in my humble opinion, it is perhaps money successfully spent.
Cé Lumière is tied to the world Bey’s created for Cowboy Carter, act two of three inside the multi-album work she’s nonetheless inside the strategy of rolling out. For over a decade, Beyoncé has launched music in a fashion the place it is to be expert—savored, even. From seen albums to excursions, she breathes longevity into her duties by making them multi-sensory events.
Her new fragrance, Cé Lumière, is the scent of Cowboy Carter, nevertheless this launch obtained right here with a lot much less fanfare than Cé Noir. We didn’t get a cute video of her talking regarding the scent. Merely two Instagram stills alerting us to its arrival. Nevertheless that was larger than enough to spark my curiosity.
The Packaging
Cé Lumière is out there within the equivalent packaging as Cé Noir, this time in a metallic gold colorway. Much like the first scent, it’s nestled in a little bit of holder, which I could do with out, nevertheless I understand the imaginative and prescient. I’m a gold girlie by way of and through, so I’m additional eager on the look of this new mannequin. It enhances the seen story we’ve gotten (so far) from Cowboy Carter. And no, there nonetheless aren’t official visuals — merely YouTube visualizer, nevertheless the golden tone does remind me of the photo voltaic on a parched desert panorama, depicted in numerous the flicks we do have for the album.
The Experience
Every Noir and Lumière embrace notes of jasmine sambac on the coronary coronary heart and citrus on the excessive, nevertheless Cé Lumière is actually not a flanker for the first drop. This fragrance is completely utterly completely different—hotter, additional delicate, and alluring. It has the depth and thriller Cé Noir lacks.