Lilac

Beautiful, beautiful fragrance, and my favourite lilac soliflore. It is a 90% photorealistic interpretation of the flower precisely because Demeter did not add any extra sweetness to the scent (the pitfall of many other lilac soliflores). The last 10% though is a powderiness that makes this a dead ringer for one of the first makeup products I had ever purchased: a small tub of loose powder from a Japanese brand that has been sadly long discontinued. I'd always loved that scent and was thrilled to find it again in this gem. Ah the nostalgia!

The nicest of the Demeter range in my opinion. A stronger scent that most of their other fragrances, in the sense of silage and longevity. A real lilac scent, nothing artificial here, charming, romantic, delightful, has a sweet vintage air, and a timeless beauty.

This smells just like the lilac bush that is flowering in my backyard right now. I was looking for a replacement for Pacifica French Lilac, which is also very realistic, but unavailable where I live. The Demeter version smells the same!

Probably my favorite from Demeter. Spot on! I have the perfume and the room spray. I'd say it's a soliflore ...there's just a teeeeeny, small, miniscule hint of green in there somewhere, and it makes it all the more real and fresh.

So far the more realistic lilac scent I came across! Lilac is my favorite flower scent of all the flowers in the world and this one is spot on!! I feel like spring is all around me when I wear this one! Love it!!

I got the rollerball perfume oil of this one. It does smell pretty, though not the most realistic lilac I've ever smelled. It actually reminds me of Pacific, B&B, and other like brands. Maybe they all use the same aroma chemical company as their supplier. IDK, but they all smell pretty much the same to me. I considered getting the edp spray, but since this was so cheap on fragnet I thought I'd give it a shot. If I liked it, I would have purchased the edp. I do like it, but since it smells almost the same as the Pacifica I already have, I'll take a pass.

Lilac is gentle, delicate yet strong and Demeter have nailed the single scent. It opens well and authentically itself and that is all. When you pick a wild flower it fades quickly. So does the scent. If you need a pick me up and cannot find fresh bunch of lilac for the country pottery vessel fear not Lilac by Demeter is here. This scent has the delicacy of all things wild that cannot sustain or be complex.Lilac mimics lilac perfectly. Sometimes that is all you want. Simple and beautiful.

this is a nice, powdery, dry lilac! not unlike a scent you might find in a makeup powder. lasts literally ages, considering it's a demeter. unfortunately i'm looking for a wetter, greener lilac that I found in a Japanese bath tablet, like a lilac in the rain, and this is not it. update: selling this. something in the drydown is bitter and synthetic and makes my stomach turn. i get these with quite a few demeters

Though this frag is darling on its own--truly an impeccable lilac scent, I agree with the reviewer who said this was good for mixing. I mixed it with Bliss, which is also a fairly linear scent, and the result was heavenly. I plan on layering it with LOTV and grass essential oils to see where it goes. I would imagine most of the Demeter scents are good for experimenting this way.

I grew up with lilac trees around my house. Demeter nailed this scent perfectly, it is unmistakably lilac. I won't be wearing this, because it's an extremely strong smell, and too floral/perfumey for my tastes. However, it makes an excellent air freshener anytime I want to make my house smell wonderful or be reminded of summers back home.

Very interesting. Smells very lovely & fresh & accurate. I wanted to find something in hyacinth, but that's a difficult fragrance to find. Lilac is close to hyacinth is freshness & floral brightness. Great scent, glad Demeter made it. I don't otherwise care for most of the other scents Demeter has.

This smells like spring! This is a true lilac which smells sweet, fresh, and slightly spicy. I purchased several single note floral samples from Demeter including Lilac. This is wonderful to wear on its own but it might be fun to blend with lily-of-the-valley too.

I have the rollerball, and I love it. Whenever I want to smell lilacs, there it is. I think the oil might have macerated a bit; it is quite potent, I find, and I sometimes layer it with the French Lilac hair mist by Pacifica or another lilac-forward scent.

STRONG lilac, a mix of green AND powdery to my nose. too overpowering to be a bedtime scent for sure but will keep you smelling fresh and pretty through the day. lasted forever on my skin.

Just picked this up as part of a set (along with Bulgarian Rose and Lavender) and it is very nice. A bit light as it does not last long but perfect for a warm spring or summer day.

It's a nice, pretty realistic lilac. It lasts for a couple of hours on skin and even longer on clothes, so the performance is good for a Demeter. I like it.

Wow! This scent is so realistic and lasts very long! I definitly recommend it to anyone who loves lilac just as I do :)

Absolutely beautiful. Smells like springtime in a bottle.

I was looking forward to trying this, because I love lilac flowers - they remind me of my childhood, as my backyard had a huge white lilac bush and every spring the smell of them was glorious on a warm spring breeze. Unfortunately this Demeter was a miss for me. I got the rollerball. It does smell of lilacs, and it's pretty and gentle, but it's not the intoxicating, eyes-roll-back-in-your-head, Homer Simpson-drooling scent that I was hoping for. It does have greenness and it's attempting to be a realistic lilac, not a perfumey one. But it's quite weak. I was it would be a lot stronger and more... lilac-y? It does smell a little off, not like the lilac bush in my backyard. I really have to put my nose directly on my skin and inhale to the point of nearly passing out in order to even get a good whiff of it. So meh, it's like a 5/10 for me. I would definitely take A Drop D'Issey and Jessica McClintock Number 3 over this, even though they are more perfumey lilacs.

Lilacs are my favorite flowers. When you grow up on a farm w/ lilac bushes you become attached to the scent. I have lilacs at my home now and look forward to spring every year just to smell them. I have always wanted a lilac perfume. I have searched in vain and still haven't found one. This one is ok but it smells like so many others I have smelled before. It just isn't realistic enough and something about them just goes sour on me.. The only perfume that gives me that lilac "feeling" while not actually smelling like lilacs is Providence Perfume Co Love in a Mist. I love the price point of this company but the things I have sampled just haven't worked for me.