Can't Stop Loving You

The opening is what made me interested in this perfume—it reminds me of honeysuckle, the way the paradisone, orange blossom, and honey notes mix. Somehow the opening has a bright greenness that lends to the honeysuckle impression. I LOVE the opening, truly magical. But it's fleeting, of course, lasting maybe 15 minutes. The dry down has an extremely different character to me. In contrast to the fresh, bright, nectary opening, the dry down is more overwhelmingly sweet, thick, and dry. I still enjoy it, but it's different. An analogy I'd give for this comparison is that if the opening is white floral in a honeysuckle way, the dry down is white floral in a gardenia way. It doesn't literally smell like gardenia, but it has that sort of dry, maybe even waxy vibe that reminds me of when the gardenias in my backyard are in bloom. I think if not for the oakmoss, I wouldn't tolerate how sweet and honeyed the dry down is. The oakmoss might add some heaviness to it, but it makes it more interesting and complex instead of just *sweet*, adding a sort of... damp, dank smell? It takes it from smelling like "super sweet flowers" to "a bush of super sweet flowers, a few of which have started to wilt". At this point, I also start noticing the vanilla. I personally think I might enjoy this fragrance more without it? But it's not strong enough as to overpower the other notes, so I'm okay with it. I don't yet have the distinction of what labdanum, olibanum, and styrax smell like, so probably a decent amount of the complexity and earthiness I'm attributing to the oakmoss is actually from those notes! After the perfume is mostly worn off, I really enjoy the base notes on their own. I would describe it as sort of warm, earthy, soothing, and maybe a bit old lady. I actually only figured out what oakmoss smells like when I rewore the same sweater I'd had on the day I tested this perfume, and was getting hints of it on the wrists. It's really unique, I enjoy it. But I'm not so sure if everyone would like it, I think to some it might smell kind of off-putting since it's sort of... well, dank? This fragrance really takes me on a journey, smelling quite different, and very interesting, at all three stages. I'm so tempted to buy a travel size, but it's sooo expensive, and I'm trying to wait and explore other scents before committing to it. Edit: I am still obsessed with this fragrance, like head over heels in love. Whenever I find myself in a Sephora, if I'm not there to try something else on, I will spray this one on myself. If I haven't fallen more in love with something else by then, I will definitely be asking loved ones for this for Christmas.

Stunning on another level. If you’re a fan of Kilian white florals, especially Sweet Redemption, Love Dont Be Shy, Beyond Love, and Do It For Love, you’ll absolutely love this. Starts off beautiful with a super bright white floral, very jasmine-y from the Paradisone. Just very bright and happy. Literally seconds later, the fragrance starts to blossom and go crazy off your skin. It does feel very strong sillage wise (haven’t worn long enough for longevity yet) but I can definitely smell it from the small amount I sprayed. After that you get this very nice warmth, like this fuzzy feeling is taking over you. It’s slightly sweet, still floral, but also has this very interesting menthol-like scent from the orange blossom that feels very much like Dentelle Au Coeur from Henry Jacques (and if you’ve smelled that, you know how unique that one is). The orange blossom here is front and center and such a nice addition. It’s so amazing and will def be in my top OB scents. As soon as the Orange Blossom comes out, it starts getting a bit warmer without becoming a “warm” scent if that makes any sense. The honey isn’t super strong to me and isn’t animalic which I enjoy but gives this perfect gooey base for everything to lay on. The resin, man the RESIN. Thats all I get in the best way possible. It makes this such a nice scent to wear as it sticks to your skin and envelopes every little bit of the scent itself. The vanilla adds a bit of creaminess and sweetness and the oak moss gives it a nice bit of oomph to the base to keep it from being an only sweet scent. This, to me, is very much a return to form for Kilian as they’ve been experimenting with different styles and such, yet this is what I think they are very known for. I’m very happy with this and man, I need a full bottle as soon as I can afford it lol. This will be a year round use for me, I couldn’t imagine putting this to only a certain weather or time. This is yes recount, 365, 24/7. Absolutely stunning. Another absolute WIN for Kilian and Morillas.

My dream fragrance. Everytime I get a whiff of this fragrance on a tester, on my clothes, on my skin, I want to dive deeper into the scent. It's bewitching. intoxicating. and I'm glad its not the icon of killian because I wish I could gatekeep this for myself and plunge the price point down to make it my every day scent. It intertwines with my skin emerging as a musky floral in the milkiest (texture not scent), sexiest, flirtatious way. its passion and longing in a bottle to me. not sure if its the paradisone or the honey, but it's just so warm and inviting in the most elegant and sophisticated way. It's not stuffy though, rather creamy in a rich way, not in a geriatric kind of way (then again I did grow up with elder women surrounding me so maybe that influences my taste a bit!) I'm not too fond of overly thick powdery scents, and despite other reviews, while I do agree the dry down is rather thick (but in a fresh buttery croissant way rather than a grandmother-type of way), this perfume was built to be everything I love, an ode to jasmine rounded out with a, genuinely, narcotic orange blossom. Honey-ed paradise, this perfume is everything it announces itself to be. Maybe I'm not in nature enough, I'm not sure I entirely know what moss smells like, but after a lot of studying this perfume and Prada Paradoxe intense, I think the moss dry-down in both may be what I like so much about these concoctions. It's that animalic your-skin-but-better fragrance base if your DNA included the composition of honeysuckle flowers. The absurdity of the price tag is my only critique, but this fragrance is truly inspiring for those of us who are devotees of the unforgivingly feminine. Sillage: announces itself in a room Longevity: eternal (well near 24 hours on my clothing and overnight on my skin in a way only the original formulation of Alien by Mugler can compete with) and if you got a bottle you don't want or PR dm and send it over to @NeptuneMuse on all socials I'm so serious

I never get to sniff in person, but I found myself in two Sephoras around Appleton/Green Bay and while I own the ones I knew interested me, it was nice to sniff. Nothing impressed me but this, and I really questioned whether I used Can't Stop or LDBS. Very similar, but CSLY is not as syrupy. The orange blossom is more defined as a flower. But similar, and certainly NOT something I'd drop Seph price on. Nope. But I came back a 2nd time to wear it, and sprayed my hand twice. I was almost going to do it. (You only live once) Good sillage and it lasted thru TWO separate hot tub/swimming pool trips. Many hand washes. AND what I much later smelled was like Shalimar and Baccarat Rouge- mixed with faint LDBS. Holy shit. I want this. NEED IT. But $300+ for 50ml is a scam. I CAN'T. Bought from an authentic seller on ebay for like 50% off. LMAO. I can't wait. This is SO GOOD. I like better than LDBS- but that one is sweeter/gooey which in itself is awesome. I agree with all of ginandrice's review below- except that would be MY GLOWING review. Hahaha. I love oakmoss and dust/funk/rot/earth in my perfumes. Got my authentic bottle and I CAN'T EVEN! My fave Kilian between Prin, AS, Love and this. It's the sweet orange blossom (honey, not marshmallow) but a vanilla mossy base that is NARCOTIC! It does kinda smell like Bacc Rouge a bit later- but the mossy base reminds me more of Montale Sensual Instinct. All I know is it's got that BR narcotic effect where I can't get enough. It's so good. Love mixed with Sensual Instinct- but wearable! I did three sprays down my shirt in the late morning and it lasted ALL day. No more needed. Love this. It's not linear, but it holds onto the good stuff all the way thru. (After I've worn this all day, I am craving Armani Code for bed.)

I received my bottle yesterday 😍 been testing this perfume since it’s out !!! It doesn’t develop on paper it smells very basic like those normal sweet / honeyed orange blossom... but on skin wow it blooms I even would have thought this should be named as Fleur de peau (skin flower)!! It has different layers on skin, as some of the review said below it definitely smell “dirtier” on skin!! I do detect a strong ambergris vibe on the base!!! I do get the BR 540 vibe as some of you have mentioned below, it starts of a not-too-sweet orange blossom, don’t know how paradisone smells but sure a huge doss of orange blossoms but not sweet. They honey didn’t come as sweet as I’ve imagined brings out the animalic feeling together with the kinda dirty orange blossom smells like skin to me on this stage, luckily it didn’t turn into a sweet white floral~ the vanilla brings a sweeter aspect to this perfume together with oak moss. Overall this is a gorgeous and masterfully crafted fragrance Kilian did it again! Since orange blossom is the star in 2023 CSLY stands out from all of them, not your typical sweet white floral perfume!!! Do try this on your skin let it develop you’ll definitely love it! Performance is quite good, longevity is about 8hrs+ silage is moderate, people around you will smell it, my co-worker complimented on this frag hahha but she described it as a musky white floral! So I definitely do detect a musky base(but it’s not listed here) does anyone else detect the musky base too???