Lil Fleur

Oh Lil Fleur... this was my first real big-girl perfume purchase. It's so beautiful - this perfume really does do a dance on your skin. The notes tango together, telling a unique story that unfolds in three parts. The opening of saffron and tangerine is immediately bright, sparkling, and almost sizzling, like heat waves on a hot summer day. The opening truly does have an electric feel to it. Next, it settles into the GORGEOUS rose note that is perfectly balanced with a leather note that gives this perfume a very unique edge. Finally, Lil Fleur settles into a nice musk that carries for hours. The vanilla is not prominent at all, I would have never guessed it was even in there, to be honest. The sileage and projection are ENMOROUS. I have to be careful wearing it to work. In my opinion, Lil Fleur is a work of art. It's the perfect spring time frag for the edgy it-girl or guy. The best way I can describe Lil Fleur is; it feels like your boyfriend is in a band - drenched in leather, hairspray, and clangy silver chains - and he just got back from tour. He greets you with a bouquet of roses but you can tell the roses were definitely in the back of the tour bus for a day or two. But you're so in love, you're just happy to get some beautiful flowers from the one you love. You spend the night together, he leaves in the morning to get back on the road, and you're left with the smell of him, your night together, and of course... your roses. Rating: 9.5/10

Like Capfi, I’m surprises by the bad reviews here. I love this perfume! I was looking and trying very different perfumes yesterday by Skins and this was the one that I fell in love with right away. My daughter also finds it to be very pleasant. At first I don’t know exactly what I am smelling but it is a mix of something sweet and Fresh at the same time. Then comes the rose and what a rose it is. A few years ago I was in a rose garden in South Africa and there was a pink rose called ‘Victoria’ and I loved Its scent. The rose in this perfume reminds me off that particular rose, so no wonder I fell in love with it right away, since perfumes are all about memories. Great sillage and longivity, I can still smel it on my clothes from yesterday! Don’t let the bad reviews hold you back from this perfume but try it yourself if you love rose perfumes. Maybe you will love it just as much as I do. If I have to compare this with another perfume, I would choose ‘Jacinthe et Rose’ from E’Coudray but it is not the same. I love both perfumes!

I got a sample today. I was very impressed by Byredo. They have a flawless customer service. They had sent me two samples with my order, and one of these samples was Lil Fleur. I really wonder what is the meaning of perfume's name? Lil from little? Lil from lily? But there are no lilies there. Anyway, I put the perfume on skin and I was stroke by a huge rose, dark, Draculian rose. It is like a vampiric rose, deep and complex, hidden behind of strong dose of gasoline. From time to time I think of oud mixed with the best quality rose jam. There is a bit of vanilla combined with a soiled biker leather jacket. Shy and dirty on the same time. Majestic rose in cloud of exhaust gas. This a Portrait of Lady made with an obvious amount of bossiness, like a somehow Portrait of a Man. The price is right, the delivery is perfect, the description matches the feeling of the perfume. A very good perfume for the today's world. You know what? I kind of love it. Is like a Stockholm Syndrome. The Swedes from Byredo got me!

Interesting scent with a crisp, fizzy opening with cassis, citrus & rose before it transforms into a delicate leather with dominant rose. The cassis is very beautiful in here. I have to say I am surprised by all the negative reviews as I usually go for more mainstream scents myself, but I really appreciate this. I don’t find this difficult or offensive and have received several compliments when wearing this. Leather is usually a challenging note for me but it works in here, it is not too dominant and adds a nice contrast to the fruits and florals and rounds off the scent to something more unusual than your typical fruity-floral. Lil Fleur is more of an edgy scent, it is light, minimalistic, just smells like something a cool girl would wear. Dries down to a pleasant, ambery rose-vanilla. Longevity about 4 hours with mild projection.

What a pleasant surprise! Honestly I've been ignoring this one for a while. No special reason, I just thought it's gonna be some soft-watercolor-washed out floral along the lines of La Tulipe (which actually I love, it is pure embodiment of watercolor tulip scent for me). Anyhow, I went on to try Lil Fleur and really, really liked it, ha! At first it gave me this cute tangerine-rose blast, very frivolous and innocent almost. But soon after the saffron and woody notes make an appearance and all of a sudden she is not so innocent anymore. She is serious, a bit provocative and she means to seduce you. There is something that slightly reminds me of Gucci Guilty Absolute, probably the rose-cassis combo. Definitely considering a full bottle of this. Must try if you love rose fragrances.