Sun

SOLAR Powderbomb!... Signed by Pierre Bourdon (Iris Poudree Frederic Malle), this powdery vintage iris-vanilla scent with maple-walnut nuances opens with a burst of soft, sweet woody orange blossom that deepens into a buttery orris root & floral heart. There's a lot going on here, with heliotrope, ylang, carnation, lily of the valley and rose all suspended in orris butter. The blend of florals in buttery orris is all supported by a amber-vanilla base with maple walnut nuances from styrax & palisander rosewood. This needs a few weeks/months in dark storage after first sprays to develop the true scent and performance. While this didn't initially read 'beachy' to my nose, wearing it there will be no need for sun. Contrast to Sun 30th Anniversary Edition Jil Sander: These have been compared, and there is a similar DNA but side by side they're different, especially in the openings. Sun 30th Ann. Ed. is sunnier and more citrus forward, leaning to scents like Pure Poison Dior. There is a similarity in the bases, however, and the longer they dry down the more similar they become with Sun 30th leaning woody and Sun leaning amber. Both have well above average performance, although Sun 30th Ann. Ed has a louder brighter projecting opening. Contrast to Sun Summer 2020: These are different, but there is a similar DNA. Sun Summer 2020 leans more to carbonated coconut water with a little added fizz. Watery coconut and creamy tiare, supported in the background by a soft fizzy combo of aldehydes, grapefruit and patchouli settles out onto a musky ambrette base with clean touches from orange blossom. As it dries down it becomes similar to Sun 30th Anniv. Edition & Sun. Contrast to Esprit d'Oscar Oscar de la Renta: These are different but Sun has some similarities to Esprit d'Oscar, both being iris-vanilla forward scents. Esprit d'Oscar has a sharper opening that's more ylang-iris forward, but as it dries down becomes more similar to Sun. Esprit d'Oscar has a "perfume-y" quality while Sun leans to nutty-maple nuances. Overall: This beautiful, unique Pierre Bourdon gem has great performance with a small scent bubble that adds versitility. This is the perfect scent to wear for making your own sunshine. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

Jil Sander Sun does smell like sunscreen, it‘s basically the mother of all beachy scents. BUT this is old school European sunscreen that‘s perfumed with orange blossom, so no coconut and nothing specifically tropical. I think how you perceive Sun might really depend on your location or where you grew up. To me this smells like a distant memory of a summer day in my childhood, so, in the 90s in Germany. We don‘t have too many really hot days here most years, but we do have them, and Sun smells like sitting on a beach on a very hot day, wearing sunscreen and eating a Curamaja Split (passion fruit flavored creamsicle) after spending many hours in the sun. It has that smell of sand and sunkissed skin to it, a warm salty ambery fizz. It‘s not a photorealistic caption of the scene I described, but it conjures that image to me, like a blurry picture. Objectively I‘d say Sun is a warm oriental benzoin and vanilla scent with orange blossom, heliotrope and some short-lived fruity notes. It smells good on warm or cold skin and could be worn year round. Here in Germany it‘s the olfactory equivalent of the Macarena, really overplayed in the 90s and I‘m not sure I want to smell like it. But if you‘re from a place where Jil Sander was never really popular and the description sounds good to you, I urge you to try it, this is a lovely scent, especially for the cheap price it‘s going for nowadays.

This is more than just sunscreen, this is more than just a drug store perfume, this is a masterpiece that is honestly underpriced Sure, a dated scent. Very VERY 70s even tho its an 80s perfume. Powdery animalic incense with fruity inflections, slight sweetness and solar florals. This scent had to grow on me, but i keep loving it more and more. I wouldnt consider this a mere vanilla perfume, i find the vanilla in this more textural. Its not a separate scent, its like a vanilla powder on top of all these other smells. The scent is sunny and powdery, yet crisp and warming. Its not cooling or refreshing, unlike most other ‘summer’ perfumes. This is like warm sunkissed skin, but its also mystical and calm. As if one was meditating in the sun. Idk if its my nose because most people dont find it as beautiful as i do, but i genuinely think this is one of the best things released. I mentioned earlier that this is similar to Loulou and Poison, which still holds true. While loulou is a mysterious profound girl you’d have a ki with, and poison a seductive ostentatious girl, this is a calm and wise girl that know how to have fun with everyone and even kick it with a squirrel. More similar to loulou than poison, this is like a loulou for hot days. Yet also very beautiful on sunny winter days. Loulou is the moon, sun is.. the sun. Poison is an eclipse

So, I have a confession to make... this. right. here. is phenomenal! I won't wear it to go out (casual or formal events) or to work. I wear it for ME and only ME. It is everything I have ever searched for in a fragrance. I must be honest, it is SO SWEET that it is obnoxious- hence why I don't wear it out and about town. SUN by Jil Sander has every single note I have searched for all over Fragrantica for years and years!! Vanilla, BENZOIN, heliotrope, amber, sandalwood, orris root, tonka bean, styrax, ylang-ylang- PURE HEAVEN! So thank you to all my fellow Fragranticians who have recommended this fragrance based on the notes listed above that I was in search of. I have used fragrantica.com for so many years, that I even lost my original username and had to start from scratch all over again. I wish someone told me years ago, if you are looking for that sweet sweet base found in that old Revlon Ciara, without that weird top raspberry note, this may be what you are looking for. I am still in search of THE similar sweet perfume my dear sweet Aunt used to wear when I was a child. But as my hubby has already told me, I may just have to accept that fact that I may never know what it was she wore :( Until that day, I will continue to secretly enjoy my SUN.

It’s the summer of 1989, and I’m eleven years old. I’m blonde, freckled, and have a sunscreen that I love the scent of. My glamorous Aunt sent it to me. I don’t have boobs. I don’t wear makeup, but I’m obsessed. It smells bougie. Grown. SUN eau de toilette has transported me to that summer, and delivers the nostalgic, *sunny* feeling of whatever fancy Bain de Soleil I obsessed over. SUN’s yellow florals, soft amber, and creamy lactonic feel match the aesthetic of the bottle. The no-fuss design makes it ideal for tossing in a purse, or better, a beach bag. SUN is not strictly a summer perfume. The soft vanilla, african orange flower, and benzoin are enveloping and comforting in all seasons. This is an easy fragrance to wear. I find myself reaching for it after a bath, before bed, or I spray in the morning for a happy, creamy burst. The vibe is different from anything else I have, but it’s also *me*, that naive freckled kid. I love it. For reference this is a review of a recent formulation by Cody, it’s both strong and long lasting. SUN deserves the place it’s taken as a favorite in my (I’m realizing now, too large) collection.