Jil Sander Eve

"Eve" Eau de Toilette by good old Jil Sander: Because this fragrance unfortunately flies under the perfume radar, so to speak it is "underrated", so here is my comment. --- First: Who is Jil Sander? If, contrary to expectations, you don't know her that well, here's a little about her: Heidemarie Jiline "Jil" Sander, born in November 1943 (so she turns 80 this year!), is a German fashion designer and founder of the company named after her (after studying textile engineering and spending years working in the USA. She grew up in Hamburg (Germany) and has been known for her timeless and elegant fashion for women since the 1980s and for men as well as for her cosmetics line (and of course perfumes) since 1997. Along with Karl Lagerfeld and Wolfgang Joop, Sander is one of the few internationally renowned fashion designers in Germany. She herself sees her aesthetics as rooted in the Bauhaus tradition, refers to her purist fashion as "clever cuts that give the wearer room to move and dynamism" and spoke of "fashion as a protective cloak of emancipation" in relation to her designs. End of the 90s -years ago she sold her company to the Prada Group.It is also known that she lived for years in posh Hamburg-Rotherbaum and then with her long-time partner on an estate in Schleswig-Holstein. --- Jil Sander's fragrances are known worldwide, but especially in Europe and in German-speaking countries. The first fragrances were "Woman Pure" in 1979 and "Bath & Beauty" and "Man Pure" in 1981. Her most well-known scent is probably "Sun", a sweet-floral, powdery, summer-sun scent. Now to "Eve": The perfumer of this fragrance is none other than Olivier Polge, who has already created many well-known Chanel fragrances and also e.g. "Flowerbomb" and "Armani Code". I notice about this fragrance that it was created by a very experienced fragrance creator, it is really very harmonious and it seems somehow "chanelig", if I may put it that way. However, I don't think he resembles Coco Mademoiselle very much. At the beginning, a tart fruitiness in the top note surprises, which neither really smells like grapefruit (blossom) nor currant, but like a fresh-fruity-fantasy fragrance note. The heart note is cautiously flowery, i.e. there is no "in your face" floweriness, but rather reserved flowery, neither rose, jasmine nor violet is clearly recognizable, but rather it is a beautiful mixture. The scent isn't sweet at this stage either, or maybe just a little - which feels very pleasant. Patchouli and a noble, woody note run through the entire course of the fragrance. Overall, I find the fragrance to be very "fine" and classic. It's just not a fashion fragrance with oud, pompous or loud! At Fragrantica.com I read the following sentence in a comment and had to smile: "It smells like traditional German femininity: proper and clean". What I like so much is that "Eve" is subtle, elegant and yet always present. For an Eau de Toilette, the fragrance lasts really well - for me it lasts all day. Unfortunately, the scent is probably not "expensive" (and therefore exclusive in their eyes) enough for some people. It also doesn't come in glamorous packaging and a golden bottle with flourishes on it, but rather very simply, as is Jil Sander's fashion. So don't be fooled, try "Eve" next time and be objective, you might soon have a new favorite scent!

After trying on a sample of Eve on my skin, I figured that this might be an alternative to buying Chanel Chance Eau Tendre that I also liked a lot, but was kind of weak. Eve gives that tender and intimate feeling, too. It gives this sense of fragile and delicate, intimate feeling of feminity, kind of like sweet loving and caring emotions. The cashmere in Eve is sweet, a bit resembling the quince in Eau Tendre, I think, but it's stronger and stays well. Yet, not too strong cashmere. I tend to get very tired of too strong cashmere, and Eve doesn't have too much in my opinion. The quince in Chance Eau Tendre, on the other hand, is fresher, but so fine and almost too weak. Both have jasmine, which I love. Eve has graperuitblossom instead of grapefruit in Chance Eau Tendre. And then there is patchouli in Eve, too, which is sensual and quite special, in my opinion, if not too strong. In Eve it seems to work really well. Overall, Eve is a soft, smooth, nice, delicate fragrance that celebrates womanhood. So contrary to those unisex scents. Eve is furthermore a lot less shy than Chanel Chance Eau Tendre. And warmer. Warm and loving. A super scent for Eve enjoying time together with her Adam in the garden of Eden ;-) I imagine Eve works well all year, but perhaps best during fall and winter when scents with warmth and cashmere are even more welcome. Patchouli is also better in the cooler temperatures on me. Eve has enough flower goodness in it, too, which I really love to enjoy all year round and I wouldn't want to miss out on flowers during fall and winter neither. I'm not so fond of any too overwhelming, sharp or heavy scents, but I do have an appetite for nice lighter scents in many variations. Eve would certainly be a great scent to wear whenever wanting to feel extra feminine and fragile in a warm loving way, saying: "Adam, you're so strong, take care of me! And I have the love that you so want and need, too!" I will not go so far as to call it sexy, but it is beautifully intimate. The name suits it well.

I got this perfume last christmas and after a few month of testing I still have to say that I love this! Actually, at first sniff I thought that fragrance is not for me, too fruity in the opening which I don't like. But the base notes are the most beautiful thing I smelled in a long time, they work like a charm with my body chemistry and I have to smell myself all the time when I wear this. It's not a sillage monster, but it's almost all day noticable for myself. I got a lot of compliments whenever I had to hug someone :) I think this is probably my signature scent. You can wear it everywhere & anytime. Maybe not in the hottest summer weather, but it's an all year around scent. And I say it again: don't let the top notes fool you! Eve is a lovely & sophisticated perfume even though the fruity opening promises otherwise!

I have smellt this one yesterday and I love it. Its start very fresh with grapefruit and the cassis leaves.Then it turns a bit woody I think the patchouli and cashmere sets in.The flowers are very soft but noticable. A wift of rose and violet but they stay in the background on my skin. The drydown is lovely. Patchouli, woody and soft flowery. The dry down reminds me a bit of Liberte or Coco Mademoiselle

Jil Sander has done it again - love at first smell. This would be a very fresh scent, if it wasn't for the cashmere wood being ever-present. I really think the wood gives this perfume a warm quality.