Love Don't Be Shy Extreme

I swear one of the big indie houses I shop at created a dupe of this. Or a slightly edited version of it, because it has everything but pomegranate (unfortunately!). It has since been discontinued. I would need like a 1mL-2mL decant of the real thing to be sure. Located in US, anyone wanna sell or swap? At first it’s all yummy lemon (not cleaner-like at all), marshmallow, orange blossom, and powderyness. Not in a scented cosmetic way, more like the feeling of flower petals. With this scent I especially cannot rub my skin together, otherwise that lovely introduction gets rubbed away and goes straight to nothing but powdery florals. The rose takes its time emerging. While it is sexy it is also motherly. And I mean the new definition of Mother, not the old vision of a lady cooking food in a polyester dress and an apron. Think Rosamund Pike from Gone Girl, or Alex from Law & Order SVU for my L&O fans. 😉 It’s as if LDBS is for your cute years, and Extreme is for when you want a hunk of a man to respect your power, but you can see flashes of lust and curiosity in his eyes. But he won’t make the first move. You scare him.. in the hottest way. He knows you would get him addicted to your entire being, and destroy him if he wronged you in any way. So all the notes seem bright, except for the rose, it comes off like blood red petals, the edges darkening and curling, almost to black. And for an oil-based fragrance in a rollerball, this stuff is a room filler. I don’t think I’ve had an indie surpass this one’s strength yet. It also lasts freaking forever. 24 hours is no exaggeration. When I use this, I gotta be dedicated to smelling it all day. But this is just the “dupe” ... I’m dying to try the real Extreme. Like I said, located in US, willing to buy or swap for a 1mL or 2mL! Spray mechanism preferred!

Kilian's Love Extreme is a fragrance that boldly explores the sensual and romantic side of perfumery. Launched as part of the "Kilian Loves" collection, this fragrance evokes passion, indulgence, and an unapologetic embrace of love, designed to envelop the wearer in a rich, intoxicating aura. The opening notes are immediately captivating with a luscious burst of rose and tuberose, creating an opulent, heady floral experience. These elements blend seamlessly with the smooth, creamy note of vanilla, which softens the florals and adds a warm, comforting undertone. The heart of the fragrance reveals an intoxicating mix of orchid and ylang-ylang, further enhancing the floral nature, while maintaining a sense of mystery and allure. As the fragrance settles, a deep, sweet, and warm base of amber and musk emerges. These notes provide a rich foundation that elevates the scent into something more sensual and enduring, ensuring that Love Extreme leaves a lasting impression. The sandalwood adds a creamy, woody touch, giving the composition an elegant balance between floral sweetness and warm depth. Love Extreme is a fragrance that exudes confidence and allure. Its complexity and long-lasting sillage make it perfect for evening wear, especially for those special occasions where you want to feel absolutely captivating. Its bold yet refined character appeals to those who enjoy rich, floral perfumes that also convey a sense of depth and sophistication. With a strong longevity and projection, Love Extreme will linger on the skin for hours, ensuring its presence is felt. It’s a fragrance that perfectly balances the essence of romance and sensuality, leaving an unforgettable trail wherever it goes.

Buy it! Being in covid lockdown meant I had to decide whether to blind buy this based on reviews or risk it being sold out before I had the chance to sample it in person. I watched a lot of YouTube reviews and read all the ones on here before I bought a full bottle. I’m so glad I did. I was worried because this is so pricey but it smells heavenly. Yes, it’s sweet, so if you don’t like sweet fragrances you may not like this, though that said, I don’t usually go for scents as sweet as this. It isn’t sickly or cloying and it smells divine, a bit like rose flavoured Turkish Delight as others have said, mixed with marshmallow, orange blossom and musk sticks. If you’ve tried the original Love, it smells like that but with the added powdery (yet also juicy?) rose. The rose doesn’t smell green to my nose and I’m glad about that. This is soft and rounded but has good strength to it. I have a spray of the original on my wrist which smells wonderful but is so faint compared to the Extreme (which I understand is thanks to a possible reformulation). You get your money’s worth with this and not the original, in terms of strength and staying power. It’s also more interesting than the original. I think if you’re on the fence and you can afford it, get it! To assist, some of my favourite fragrances are Dior Addict, Rouge Malachite, Tom Ford Noir, Lalibela, Marfa, Ylang in Gold, Pure Poison, Good Girl, Dear Polly, YSL Libre Intense, Eau Duelle and Coco Mademoiselle Intense. This is definitely a new favourite.

love don’t be shy extreme is what happens when your favorite marshmallow perfume grows up, puts on a silk dress, and starts flirting with the idea of being a rose. it’s still sweet, still addictive, but there’s this new floral glow that makes it feel more elegant and romantic than the original. the opening is bright and citrusy, with neroli and bergamot sparkling like tiny lights on a champagne glass. it’s playful, but the moment the orange blossom and bulgarian rose step in, everything turns soft-focus and dreamy. the rose here isn’t loud; it’s like a pink veil drifting over the marshmallow cloud underneath, making space for something tender and feminine to bloom. and that base... the marshmallow-vanilla-musky trio is still the star, but the pomegranate adds this subtle tartness. it keeps the fragrance from becoming pure candy, so it’s sweet, creamy and comforting, but more polished than the original. this scent feels like a girl wrapped in a fluffy cashmere scarf, cheeks flushed from the cold, whispering secrets into the neck of someone who can’t stop smiling at her. it’s warm, romantic, and ridiculously addictive. the longevity and projection are also incredible. she walks into a room before you do and stays long after you’ve left. love don’t be shy extreme is for the girl who wants her sweetness with depth, her florals with glow, and her romance with a bit of magic. if you love the original but wish it felt a little more sophisticated, a little more grown, this version is a dream.

Got it for myself for an early birthday present. I have the original that has a deep red/orange colour. Comparing it to that, I can say this one is a more versatile, sophisticated version of the original. This adds a level of sophistication to the already playful nature of the original. You can tell that the rose is high quality and definitely compliments the original DNA to a degree that it exudes an air of sophistication. I am a guy and I enjoy wearing the original. I think it's not too feminine at all, even though it is sweet. Adding rose to this, you can think that it could smell a bit more "middle aged woman". However, that is not the case. Yes, middle-aged women can pull this off perfectly, but I personally think it makes it more versatile. I'd say it has moved more in the unisex spectrum, compared to the original and on top of that, I think you can wear this one in all seasons, dressed up and down. Is this an "extreme" version of the original, not in the conventional sense. However, it is a flanker to the original that keeps the DNA while adding one more layer to it, which is rose in this case. Longevity is above average and sillage is moderate to high. Overall, I don't regret buying this blind and would highly recommend to both men and women, if you are not a stranger to sweeter, gourmand scents. If this was a dessert, it would be a rose flavoured Turkish delight!

I have tried extremely hard to like the original LDBS, and it went from being a scrubber to being ok. All I could smell was orange flavoured medicine, but thankfully the projection and longevity were at best just average and went away quickly. However, the Extreme version is absolutely delightful and smells like heaven! I adore Jo Malone's Rose Water & Vanilla, but the longevity was underwhelming. This is 90-95% Jo Malone's RW&V but just a tad more citrusy and marshamllow-y in the opening. LDBS Extreme is very fluffy and creamy, but also powdery. It makes me think of a rose flavoured powdered marshmallow, or a Turkish delight. This is, however, not just a sweet fragrance that smells like dessert. It has depth to it, it is elegant yet pretty, a bright and happy scent whilst being sexy and alluring. It is definitely a unique scent and a crowd pleaser. The addition of rose elevated the fragrance, making it more well-rounded and it thankfully took the medicinal smell away. Longevity and projection are better than the original, but I need to test it more to be able to tell how long it actually lasts. I really love this DNA and I feel like they've done it justice with the Extreme flanker. UPDATE Sprayed it on my t-shirt yesterday at around 6pm, it now 11am the next day and the scent still lingers and I am constantly catching whiffs of it. I adore it!

This was one of my first blindbuys and one of my most successful ones. I'm completely in love with this. I had tried the original LDBS before buying this flanker online but I had no idea how really different these two fragrances could be. If you think Love Extreme is a sweeter, deeper version of LDBS... well, it's not. I'd say Love Extreme is intense in a way--- good projection, good longevity (it lingers on clothes for days!) but most importantly, I think the "Extreme" refers to the amped up floral facets of the perfume. I personally can't recognize rose, but I do get way stronger floral notes in comparison w/ the original. I unfortunately never get the supposedly jammy pomegranate note in the drydown but the fragrance is still extremely pretty. The overall result is a potent yet brighter LDBS. It definitely gives spring vibes, and it really shines in warmer temperatures. I've yet to try it in the colder months though but I feel like I'll crave the original more orange-blossom & almost gooey marshmallow-heavy scent. If you thought LDBS smelled too edible for you, I agree with the other reviewers who said this flanker smells more perfumey (in a good way) while retaining its charactetistic marshmallow accord. To me, it's pure happiness, an eye-rolling scent, what blooming love smells like... Pure magic 💖

Kilian Love extreme is similar to the opening of Memo Paris Sintra without the lactonic and temporary sharp green notes. Fruity pebbles vibes like original Kilian Love Don’t be Shy, but brighter, powdery with better performance imo. When compared, the extreme differentiates further in the dry down because it doesn’t get as syrupy dense, due to the lack of caramel and heavier base notes. Still sweet, fruity somewhat and way more floral. Tends to be a bit powdery but the balmy sweet orange blossom helps counteract that at times. This really wasn’t a necessary addition to my collection. I love the more potent and complex Sintra and just wanted something that would be better for warmer weather, more versatile and easy with good longevity. Love extreme has more projection but less longevity. Being that this has been unavailable for a while, I blind bought as soon as Sephora had it online. If you have the original or Sintra (even more so because of the marshmallow), you really don’t need this unless you want to wear the dna in spring, maybe some parts of summer outside of peak heat. I personally wouldn’t do summer, but it works for earlier fall, later spring and it's still very sweet/heavy enough to work best in winer cold.

Oh my goodness! ! ! ! Why did I wait this long to get a sample of this?? And now that I have the sample, I must simply get a full bottle of this sweet potion!! This is intoxicating and delicious and I cannot get it out of my head!! It’s a citrus/floral/rose/powdery/sweet combo of yummy goodness and I love it!! Does it remind me of the Original? Yes, but it’s better and much better blended too!!! And the staying power has increased too!! That’s it, I am ordering a full bottle, I cannot be without it!! Mind you, this is not necessarily for everyone. Why? Because this has a fair amount of powdery-ness and then add the citrusy rose and the sweetness, it might smell cloying or headache inducing to some. Personally, I could bathe in this, no problem! 😍 Longevity: 8-9 hours and on clothes? Days!! Sillage: nuclear (on my skin) but the compliments I got from just wearing the sample tell me that this projects quite well. Price: yeah, I know...💸💸💸 oh well... Season: I guess it depends. Personally, this would be an all year thing with a slight preference for Spring/Summer but each one of us is different, right? This is da BOMB!!!🌹🍋🍬🍬🍋🌹 Sample it before you buy it!!

Smells like powdered rosewater. Terrible blind buy and should have done the 2mL decant. I was magically hoping the marshmallow/vanilla/pomegranate would burst through aggressively. After awhile I get the faintest creamy scent but it's like a soggy marshmallow which lost most of the scent after being soaked in powdery rosewater. Will need to sit on if I keep this, unsure if I'll be able to get past the gross powdery bathroom phase. Update: still kind of don't like it bc of how strong the powder rose is, yet I keep trying. It doesn't make me nauseous which is great. Still gives "old lady" vibes on my skin but I'm slowly starting to sense the creaminess once the initial bomb calms down. Definitely NOT a safe blind buy, get a decant first. Kind of similar to Oriana. Update 2: I keep messing around with it. Fine. I like it now. Takes a long time for the marshmallow/vanilla to kick in. Have been layering with A whiff of waffle cone. Still don't think it's a safe blind buy and I don't think this is a universally appealing scent. I like it better than the original LDBS

the reviews had me so hesitant on this but this is AMAZING. love at first sniff. I own the original and didn’t think there was any topping it. this just might have passed the OG in my book. this smells so sugary. I know it’s basically the original with an added rose note. This rose is not quite a jammy rose or a green rose. like a soft rose petal or rose water. the opening here I am utterly obsessed. This is a womanly scent. The added rose really upgrades the scent in a way I didn’t think it would. This is the perfect spring summer scent I’ve been hunting for. I smell literally sugar cubes, rose water and the beautiful orange fruity pebbles note. I love this. I hate that it’s $300 for 50ml because I want a collection of back ups. I’m going to ask Kilian tomorrow if this is permanent because it needs to be. A lot of people said if the original is too sweet for you you might like the extreme but I would disagree actually. The extreme is still sweet. Instead of a caramel sweet this one is sugar cube sweet. Anyways, love love love.

I managed to get a bottle from 24S online as the LDBS Extreme version is not easily available. It was a blind buy as I love rose and lactonic scents and could not resist. The comparison by some to middle eastern desserts sounded too enticing. The perfume opens up with a burst of Bergamot, orange flower and what I can describe as a oily whiff but soon afterwards a creamy rose and a marshmallow scent starts to appear. On my skin it develops quickly into what I can describe as a soft, Persian nougat, rose water and perhaps best described as a marshmallowy more like a good quality Turkish delight scent. I may get another bottle as I think this won't last much- I have been sparing it on my pillow, pjs and wrists quite a bit since it arrived yesterday. I layered it today with Lailbela from Memo and they smell quite similar in someways and hence beautifully complement each other. Moderate sillage and longevity but worth every penny. Loving it.

I read the fragrance description, but I was not expecting the fragrance to be what it is. I was expecting a more powerful version of the existing Love, Don't Be Shy, but it is not. This is more like a merging of Love, Don't Be Shy with a strong floral perfume. Normally, I don't like florals, but mixed with the sweetness of Love, Don't Be Shy, it makes a nice combination. Don't let the first spray throw you. The florals that are so prevalent at the beginning settle down to mix well with the original scent. The result is a soft, sweet, but not overpowering floral with hints of marshmallows. I don't understand the higher price. It does smell different, but it's not any longer lasting than the original. **UPDATE** After wearing this for a solid week, I'm in love. I still don't really like the first blast of floral, but the end result is just heavenly. I loved the scent left at the end of the day and it lasts "forever" on clothes.

So happy I got my hands on this! 275 is a lot but very worth it for a limited edition. This Extreme edition of the classic Love Dont Be Shy is unmistakably the same DNA, but more matured and more classy. While the original is very sugary sweet and gorgeous on it’s own, this one adds a very strong and fresh Bulgarian rose to the mix. Slightly jammy, slightly airy, but very gorgeous. The rose adds a bit of floral sweetness to the juice but tones down the sugary sweetness to balance out what some may call “cloyingly sweet” The performance is stellar, somehow even better than the original, and the marshmallow goodness is still there for those wondering. Sadly, this is a very limited version just like STH extreme and won’t be added to the permanent line like GGGB Extreme was. I’m going to have to savor this beauty for months and months to come. If you enjoy rose, this is a MUST have.

At first I wasn’t a fan of the original “love don’t be shy” because it was really sweet, but then it grew on me, especially with the dry-down. With this extreme version there is still a sweet “fruity pebbles” scent but it is balanced more with white florals. As this one dries down the florals start to come in more. It adds to a more sophisticated and it’s such a beautiful combination. Definitely one that I would want to purchase a full size bottle of! I can’t stop smelling my wrist and this is a top favorite Kilian fragrance for sure! My biggest complaint is that there isn’t a travel sized version of this that I have found yet! But if you love white florals and gourmands please check this one out! It is quite pricey (as are most Kilian scents) so sample first is my advice. ☺️💕

I find that people either like the OG or the Extreme but not both, they differ that much from each other. My search for a tolerable Kilian finally ended when I smelled the Extreme. I never thought I’d like marshmallows in a perfume as it’s precisely the type of perfume I don’t like, (I didn’t like the OG) but ladies and gents I have finally found my signature scent! Compared to the OG, this is less sweet with more florals. The rose tones down the sweetness but doesn’t stand out. Longevity and project are both fantastic! Much better than the OG. Never thought I’d spend this much on a perfume. It’s no longer on Kilian’s website but I was able to call a Kilian store and they shipped to me for free with samples of my choice.

Lets just say... Whenever I visit the ocean and catch a whiff of the salty breeze, I want this scent to be woven into the air. When I escape to the mountains and take a deep breath of crisp, fresh air, I want it to drift through the trees. And when I leave this earth, I can only hope the next universe’s air carries this fragrance forever. To say I’m utterly obsessed would be an understatement. This scent has always been a limited edition, but it is now officially no longer available through Kilian, so I believe it is discontinued. I was lucky to finally grab a bottle for my collection. If you’re not a gourmand lover, this might be too sweet and intense. But for this gourmand girl, it is absolute perfection.

This was a blind buy for me and luckily I'm thrilled! It is similar to the original but much more rose. It is also lighter and definitely more of a summer perfume whereas the og love would definitely be more fitting for colder months. I much prefer this one as the og tends to give me a headache. (Too bad as I love the scent of the original) The original is much sweeter, heavier and gives off an almost grape soda and marshmallow scent. The extreme lasts much longer on skin and gives off a more floral, slightly powdery marshmallow scent. In the air I do see the similarities to the original but this one is perfect for spring/summer. This scent evokes happiness for me and is my current favorite.

Love Don’t Be Shy Extreme is unmistakably related to the original Love Don’t Be Shy. The brand’s description is very accurate: there is certainly a prominent note of creamy, sugary rose which lasts for a couple of hours. The dry down is very much the same as the original to my nose, so I assume the base is not much different even with the added note of pomegrenate, rest assured it is still the same Love DNA. If you find the original creation too sweet, you might enjoy this composition with an increased and powerful note of bulgarian rose more, as it changes the experience of the fragrance to something more mature and mysterious. Very strong performance on skin.

I am a woman obsessed. When i first smelled it, it smelled SO familiar. Then it hit me — Turkish delight. This is much sweeter than the OG, but the rose keeps it from becoming cloying or veering into sticky juvenile mess territory. The OG wasn’t my favorite... it was sweet and cute, but it was lacking something. Depth. Oomph. SOMETHING. This is the answer to that. I absolutely love this fragrance and while i feel like it may be too much during this time of year (it’s summer where I am), it will definitely shine in fall and winter. Between this and Sunkissed Goddess, I now have my year round Kilian picks. Love it.