Sensations

August 2019 This is what I call a "sleeper." You spray it and you might initially react with "meh." But give it a minute to melt into your skin. This is soft and billowy Summer breeze and sundresses. It's one of those scents that's everything about a scenario, and not easily categorized. It's fresh but also soft and warm. It's floral but not flowery. It's sweet but dry. And it's positively brilliant on a breezy summer day like today. When you simply want to smell good. This is a woman. A woman who has nothing to prove, and everything to achieve. A woman who looks forward, not back. No regrets, only opportunities for improvement. This is optimistic. - - - - - - - - - - - August 2016 I think it's confusing to list this as a citrus perfume. There is a bit of orange, and a splash of bergamot. Maybe it's the combination of cedar, raspberry, and sharp white florals that makes this come across to some as citrus. To me, it's a beautiful warm, creamy, tonka-based fruity scent that isn't really sweet. This is, as is the case with every Jil Sander scent I've smelled, a beautiful composition in which all notes hold importance and nothing is left in the shadows. It continues to grow and develop every time I sniff it!

Before I tell you my thoughts on this lovely fragrance, I'll tell you a quick story about the bottle in which this gorgeous amber liquid lives. It’s beautifully rounded and softly white frosted glass with the spray built into the bottle and tilted to the side. The lid is actually the spray part, so you don’t take that off...but my friend when testing it thought it should be pulled off like any old lid, and did so! After that, I could never really get it back on correctly. I should have known better to keep it upright, as one day it completely leaked out into my makeup bag...well, at least my bag smelt amazing! So, be careful with that bottle. Anyway, this is a wonderful fragrance. It's warm and sweet and so comforting and I think, kind of alluring too. I like to wear it in "relaxed mode", but it's also lovely for work. To my nose, it’s fresh and soft at the same time. A gorgeous variation on vanilla with a slight citrusy top note, which melts into that lovely vanilla, with that touch of something extra. Could be the milk and cereal notes, though it's not really like milk and cereal. It’s comforting all the same!

A nice, creamy and soft orange blossom with a sharp bergamot opening that I am not very fond of (but it doesn't last very long, so no biggie). The heart and dry down is lovely, but extremely faint. I applied 8 sprays and it's barely there. You will catch some faint whiffs of it yourself, but others will have to get very close to smell it. I asked someone,and the reply I got was "very faint, but gorgeous, smells very clean". In the drydown it smells very much like a body lotion. A very, very nice body lotion! Seems to last longer on and project more on clothes, but retains more of that sharpness. UPDATE: I gave this to my mom and totally fell in love with it as she wore it. Maybe it is the cooler weather or maybe it is my nose, but sillage is way better than I first experienced. So feminine, uncomplicated and beautiful. I am going to purchase a new bottle 🙈

This is a review for the EDP version. To be honest I wasn't even aware that there's also an EDT! :) My brother gifted me a big bottle of this many years ago and I just recently finished it. I have this weird thing going on to find the perfect scent for me. At times I wonder if it hasn't already been there all along. Or even a couple (J'adore I used many bottles, Tommy Girl - likewise or Acqua di Gio, Montblanc and so on). This is a beautiful fragrance that manages to bee sweet and fresh at the same time. A lovely vanilla/tonka bean mixed with mandarin, raspberry and all the other notes. It's so well blended! It floats around you like a veil and I received many compliments on it. It's perfect for day or night and lasting power and sillage are both great. I wouldn't wear it on a hot summer day, however. One of the best of Jil Sander in my opinion!

I was in a perfume shop in Gran Canaria (go to canary islands if you are perfume-aholic, you might find your fave discontinued somewhere!) and the assistant sprayed some on a card and I just took it out of politeness.But for the rest of the day I couldn't stop smelling it. I went back the next day and bought it. This is my desert island perfume I would choose above all others. It's milky, almondy vanilla, kind of fresh warm skin like and yet more than that. I can't praise this highly enough. Luca Turin disses this in his book and says it's not memorable but thats exactly what I find in it. I remember what this smells like. It distinguishes itself but doesn't shout. It's my perfect one x

There is a word, "synesthesia", that can be used to describe a certain relationship between taste and smell...the stimulation of a sensory or cognitive experience that causes a secondary, involuntary experience in another sensory or cognitive pathway. In other words, it smells like something tastes. This perfume brings back memories of cherry Tootsie Pops for me, and oh...how I loved them! I get the vanilla in this fragrance, but it's more of a fruity floral to me. The raspberry is prominent and gives it that "Tootsie Pop" synesthesia. I really like this fragrance. Longevity is about 2.5 hours and the overall sillage is around 2 feet. I'll just keep spraying. What a wonderful fragrance!

I never tested this perfume, because I disliked the bottle, but well I read so good reviews about it and in the end it made me curious to try. My review is for the EDT of Sensations. I read that it has a more appealing scent than the EDP version. I tested it on my wrist, and the beginning is a mix of citrus+vanilla, very creamy and soft. But then it transforms into one of the most beautiful sweet, cuddly vanilla scents I've ever smelled. Very comforting and alluring too. A must-try for all vanilla-lovers! The lasting power is amazing, lasts on me about 15 hrs.

I'm not a fan of Jil Sander's fragrances, I confess I've only bought it because some ppl say it's similar to Kenzo Jungle Le Tigre (which is discontinued and I miss it so much). Well, when I first sprayed I could smell Le Tigre but after a few seconds it was a completely different perfume and I was not sure if I liked it. Ten minutes later it became a very feminine and pleasant fragrance and the more I smell it now the more I can find some similarities to Le Tigre, but in a very delicate version of it.

I'll never understand why Jil Sander decided to discontinue the EDP version of this. Absolutely feminine, understated elegance while being cozy also. Very much in the same category like Allure and so many fragrances of that time. Recently longed for this but the current EDT formulation is just not it. If anyone wants to get rid of their EDP bottle - let me know :)

I sense no citrus or berries at all, not even the florals. To me, Sensations starts with a green herbal note, then it is all milk, honey, vanilla, and musk. Makes me wonder if I have a different version of the fragrance. Very soft, somewhat sweet, but never gets cloying, a safe blind buy, IMO.

At first spray a bit strong but mellows to a nice, cozy scent. To my nose it smells a bit like warm oatmeal with milk and a dash of nutmeg and vanilla. Will enjoy this in the colder months.

a very classy pefume wrongly ignored by many.i find it comforting and very elegant.sensual and as sexy as it should be.it has always a place next to my other favourites

Kai užuodžiau jį, kai šis kvapas ką tik buvo sukurtas, niekada negalėjau jo pamiršti. Intymus, bet sulaukiau komplimentų. Šiek tiek tinka dėvėti ofise...

Milky, creamy and sensual. If it was a little stronger it would be the perfect amber tonka bomb.

I received a mini as a part of my birthday gift from a friend of mine so it's been in my collection for more than four months but I was always too lazy to try it as I prefer spraying to dabbing(one of my biggest dreams would come true if they made mini perfumes with sprays).sensation is so good that I want to drink it.I have to check all the other perfumes of this brand(which is very underrated in my country)and if I can find a larger bottle of sensation I'll buy it for sure Sensation smells very lovely,easy to like for people with different tastes,maybe I can call it safe but it's far from being generic or boring.on the contrary,I think it's one of rare perfumes that even if I wear it repeatedly for a while,it won't bore me When first applied I can pickup a dominant orange note.not sour or zesty even a bit.this sweet orange is blended with a hint of other fruity note which doesn't look like strawberry /raspberry on my skin to create a sparkly fruity accord which keeps the blend fresh all through it's life.soft powdery vanilla/tonka,and a creamy touch of white florals are also detectable.this floralfruity vanilla combo becomes warmer and more powdery as it dries down and amber,musk and cedar come to stage.I can see traces of all the listed notes but actually they're so well blended that I'm sure I wasn't able to name them without seeing it's pyramid.what I can easily see is that sensation is fresh and warm at the same time.It's soft and sunny and comforting and has a soft and sweet milky deliciousness which seems very familiar and unique at the same time.it can put me in a good mood and can make a nice casual perfume but has also a sexy twist.I agree there's something here reminding me armani lei(probably powdery tonka,vanilla) but they don't smell similar.sensation is warmer and has a lovely fruity edge while armani lei is cold and soapy.I like armani lei a lot but I like sensation even more.I can't judge Longevity and sillage just by dabbing drops of it but they seemed to be moderate.it seems to be discontinued and I'm sad to see this as I believe it could be a popular perfume if was widely available."pleasant"is the first word coming to my mind while smelling it,indeed very pleasant

First of all, the notes on this site are questionable. They're used by many perfume online shops too, but according to the packiging of Sensations, the fragrance has 4 accords: Nettle flower for happiness, milk and cereal for comfort, balsamic amber and musk notes for sensuality and woods for serenity. To my nose this makes more sense than the notes list on fragrantica. I have never sniffed a nettle (because who would do that?), but the opening of Sensations is very green and fresh, it smells like something you would find on a walk through nature next to a field. Not like raspberry or citruses. Underneath that lies a sweet, powdery, softly woody and spicy base. I'm sure anyone who has tried several Jil Sander fragrances will find it familiar. There are lots and lots of fluffy warm musk and a plasticy milk note that reminds me of dolls skin. No realistic cereal note though, only a light, warm sweetness that could also come from a very vanillic amber. I absolutely get the comparison to Armani Lei, which has a very similar creamy doll note mixed with cozy subtle woods. Lei is more aromatic though, so they're not dupes to each other. Sensations really is a relaxing wellness scent like the marketing promises, it can be worn year round for daytime or calm evenings and won't disturb anyone. Due to the green opening and the milkiness it's not too boring either, and the price is great, too. This whole review is only about the EDT, as the EDP is not available anymore and I never tried it.

Jil Sander apparently made a huge number of fragrances but very few I could smell since they cannot be found where I live. Among the ones I could sniff along years there is Sensations, now not available here, but I still have samples. I remember going around in shops once and suddenly I smelled a wonderful cosy warm but lively smell! I identify the weare and luckily it was a lady with a sociable attitude so I asked her what it was! She said: "Jil Sander Sensations!" I ran to a perfume shop and it was still available at that time. I bought a very small bottle and worn it for a while. It is a very confortable scent with a pleasant oriental base. The card of my sample says: nettle flower, milk/cereal, amber/balms, warm wood. Now, the listed notes here are different. Anyway Sensations smells like a cosy, warm, sheer oriental, highly wearable, vaguely similar to old Cacharel Gloria but less invadent. I enjoyed smelling it on my skin and it wasn't so projecting. It probably changes according to the wearer. Staying power is not so bad, but it's a scent the stays quite close to my skin. I would recommend this one for daywear, casual but warm in a chilly fall day. Very feminine and sensual too. Edit: It can be found at international duty-free in Germany, but it smelled reformulated and a little harsher than my bottle bought many years ago.

An oddly weird yet oh so wearable scent. The smell of milky cereal and hot skin, bergamot and raspberries. musky yet just there. The closest scent that resembles the smell of someone's natural skin that I have ever smelled. I wish this one was brought back.

This is very pleasant. Its cozy, not really overly sweet, kind of spicy but nothing really disturbs, very well balanced. I dont smell citrus and its not a summer perfume. But I can imagine to wear this in winter. I love the flacon as well.

On me it's identical to Tempore Donna. I can't tell the difference. It's sweet and vanilla ice cream-like but does not last longer than an hour. I hate to reapply perfume during the day so I rarely spray this.