Lily of the Valley

Oh! How I love this waterfall-clear fragrance....but oh, how it can make me sneeze! So fresh, so clean, citrussy & pure - it's all top notes to me....but boy does it last. I spritzed a bit on my dressing gown (sneezed) & then was lightly kissed by bouquets of lily of the valley. They are growing in my garden as I type & the Floris scent is so close to the real thing, except it is possibly more zesty with a light touch of rose – maybe lily of the valley just after the rain, being warmed by the sun, then. A week on & the fragrance is still there clutching my gown, making me smile as I recognise the same true scent, possibly more zesty now & without the sneeze-factor! People may say that this is for the more elderly wearer, but I disagree. It is light & clean & fresh – a tonic for city life & a waft of youthful, pig-tailed spring. It is so simple, in fact, that I love to wear it in between my love affairs with other more complex perfumes to clear the slate & the mind, as it were. I know a frightfully posh & eccentric friend who uses it as the most expensive WC air freshener....she claims it has the property of rendering even the most grotty, dirty places sparklingly fresh as a daisy!

A good lily of the valley soliflore. After a few minutes of intense lemony green freshness, it segues into some dense soapy notes and a body odor sour musk; but luckily before too long everything blends together and smoothes out and the result is a good approximation of irl lily of the valley. Not the best I’ve smelled, it has a bit of shrillness, but it’s a solid choice. Where some lov scents come across as cool and composed this one feels more high pitched and energetic and there isn’t much that feels natural in it. Despite that and despite the slight shrillness I enjoyed wearing this; it has good sillage and longevity for a green fragrance, lasting 7 hours on the skin.

When I wore this yesterday I seemed to have a smile on my face most of the time, it certainly made me feel good. It is light but does last a long while on me. At some moments I too thought it had vanished into thin air but a turn of the head...ping, it was back again. I wore all day and into the evening and only topped up once. Its clean, flowery, head-clearing aroma is not for all but it certainly agrees with me.

I like this scent (what I can smell of it). It goes on and is very light and pleasant, then it DISAPPEARS within less than 10 MINUTES. I don't know if there's something wrong with my body chemistry or the sample vial that I bought. I'd really like to try it again because I do like what I smell initially.

I received a free sample of this and decided to try it. It's a light, lemon-scented and simplistic fragrance. I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it if I was ever looking to purchase a female fragrance for someone.