Illicit Flower

Anyone calling this ordinary or generic is just plain wrong. It might not knock you unconscious like Aura or Opium, but I've been obsessed with fragrance for 30 years, and this is a very distinct scent that I simply can't get enough of. A citrusy floral, light and airy that makes me imagine sipping freshly squeezed lemonade by a waterfall surrounded by butterflies alighting on tropical flowers. The overall blend is sweet and pretty, but I think it might be the pear note that makes this fragrance sing. Somehow this is playful, elegant, and sexy all at once. It has the spirit of Gucci eau de parfum II. This could be worn to a formal dinner, a nightclub, the office, or the beach. Longevity is great at 6-8 hours. It's magic in a very beautiful bottle with a very beautiful name.

It's a wonderful combination of zest and fruity freshness with beautiful flowers and some woody undertones. I've worn this for most of the past year and it never dissapoints. It's just about the right strength for these tones too, not overbearing, not too quiet either. Lasts long enough on my skin and doesn't carry a mile away. It is not a typical standout perfum and doesn't have any adventerous notes I would say, but it can really be worn anytime anywhere, it is my favourite go to.

I am sorry to see so many people saying this is generic or boring. For me this is amazing! Especially for an EDT it has good staying power. It also has a lot more depth than other reviewers are giving it credit for. Something about it was giving me flashbacks to my Grandmother's signature scent (white shoulders) Although it is very different. I have Chanel Chance Eau Vive & I can see similarities to this one as well. For under $40 for a large bottle I'd say it is well well worth it.

I just loved is very very feminine my husband liked so much is feel strong at the beginning very clean smelling never disappointed with Choo perfumes.

Reninds me of bright crystal and burberry brit but mostly jo malone and freesia without the patchouli. I enjoy it.

I just got this one. I love it! It smells very floral and beautiful. It does wear close to the skin.

It smells like when you just had a shower with a really nice shampoo UGH I love it!

At first I found this to be just a bit zingy with a thin and alcoholic feel, like a citrussy vodka tonic. I tried it in the height of summer and it underwhelmed me, both in scent and longevity. I put it aside and thought I would never wear it. However, I pulled it out again many months later in the colder weather and was surprised to find that as my nose acclimatised to it, it bloomed. I started to get the sweeter, more floral notes, and eventually I even detected the rose coming through. It's a very pretty, cheerful scent, certainly floral but by no means illicit, but the more I wear it, the more I find its hidden depths - there is much more to this scent than I first thought. The lesson here for me was, don't dismiss a fragrance right off the bat. I still find it to work better in the cooler months, and although it does need help from layering with the matching shower gel and body lotion to boost its lasting power, it's a gorgeous, fizzy, uplifting gem of a perfume. If you've dismissed this in the past, I would urge you to give it another try!

Do not think that this is immeadiately going to be the floral version if Illicit. It's nothing like it until about 2 hours later. Much much softer and I could barely smell it when it was first sprayed. I needed to put my nose right into the paper. I can't even say for sure that I detected the top notes well. By the mid notes I can tell more of what's going on, though its still so soft. I'd say each of the mid notes come out well when you're right up close to it. Especially the rose, pear and grapefruit blossom. Maybe the musk is the only base note I detect until 2 hours in when it begins to smell more like Illicit- sweeter and a bit more oriental. But still. Sooo light and soft. Overall: a clean, soft, floral which would be good for someone who wants to smell very gentle. Certainly office safe. It reminds me more of a soapy floral air freshener than a fragrance to wear, but some people really do want to smell more clean than anything!

I really like this scent. It hits a sweet spot for me in regard to the balance between the flowers, fruits and the woods. Problem is that I can barely detect it on my skin no matter how much I apply. Same frustration that I had with JC Floral. What's with Jimmy Choo's lighter florals? I find that his heavier scents (the only one of which I like is Fever) are eternal silage bombs, but his fresher ones are like a tease with no presence or lasting power. Such a shame. This one I would get a full sized bottle of in a heartbeat if were stronger. Edit - just passed my mini to DD who has now has all the Jimmy Choo minis that I have rejected: Floral, Illicit Flower and L'Eau. I reached the conclusion that they all smell the same. There is a shared undercurrent that marks them as belonging to the same house. They are all perfectly pleasant but basically nondescript and overly faint floral/fruity/woody scents.

While I like this I mainly loved it for the bottle. The bottle is so sexy and classy looking. The scent. Is musky rose floral and so sexy. But. Already been done. It’s an exact 100% copy of Karl Largerfeld For Her. I mean. Exact. Even the liquid itself looks the same in the bottles. That light tan orange amber liquid. The scents are exactly the same. They smell 100% the same on me. I have had Karl for a while and adore it. Loved this bottle of Jimmy and bought on a whim when I found it cheap. Sad it’s not a u inquest scent. It does start off a bit different than Karl as it starts with more of the floral rush in the front top notes as Karl is essentially just a full time one note musky rose floral and heavy on the musk and very masculine. This also is a extremely masculine scent and again a 100% match/copy of Karl Largerfeld for Her

I didn't think much to this when I first bought it. It was a light floral, not loud, not in your face but just creamy and clean. The nice thing about this one is that the citrussy floral leads straight on from the mandarin, so it feels like the citrus stays throughout. There apricot is here too and it is fresh. The other main florals for me are freesia and a fresh pink rose. The bases notes are not prominent, but this feels creamy and mildly sweet. I wore this to work a lot and ended up really enjoying it. It lasts all day and, with 6 or 7 sprays, projects nicely but not beastly, for 3 hours. I wouldn't repurchase because I have Versace Vanitas EDT and I find them similar, not the same, but close enough. No one talks much about illicit flower but it is just simply a very pretty creamy floral, perfect for spring.

Yes, it is generic and boring and so commonplace, but I bought a bottle anyway. Why, because I like it, it's cheap, and it's not difficult! I won't tire of it during the day, it will be gone most likely anyway and it's inexpensive enough to spray with abandon and glee and who cares what anyone else thinks. It smells good to me. I want a bottle of E and J Nirvana white too, and it's about the same. I also want a bottle of Isabey Fleur Nocturne which I would spray happily all day long, but it's kinda pricey, so I wouldn't grab and spray as much as I wanted. Sometimes, price dictates, but that's ok. Commonplace is fine too, not everything all the time has to be special.

This is a great fresh floral for daytime wear in spring and summer! It’s fairly light which isn’t a preference for me. However, in the summer heat, heavier scents can be a bit suffocating. It’s pretty but the freesia is a note that my chemistry isn’t jiving with lately and it’s apparent in this fragrance but it is subtle enough that I can get away with this one. Personally, I’d only wear this in the daytime for lunch or backyard bbqs or something casual. It’s pretty but I don’t see it being a favorite of mine. The dry down gets prettier and is the best part in my opinion, and I’d say longevity is moderate (~3-4 hours) and then sits close to the skin.

This was one of the “ love at the first smell” for me. I sprayed her on for fun in a Jimmy Choo store. But then after awhile the scent settles beautifully on my skin that I had to return to that store to buy another one then I bought a full size bottle because I really like her and find her easy to use in all situations, going out or work, day or night. I have received compliments from my boyfriend's mother when I wore it. It lasts a long time and became one of my signature perfume. It’s feminine because of all the pink floral notes, fresh and bubbly kind of smell. She lasts a pretty long time.

i just used up my last drops of this this morning. it was my second scent from jimmy choo (i owned flash once, maybe four years ago). i dont know what it is, but i dont get along well with his scents! i mean, i dont hate this, but i dont love it either. and i REALLY love white florals, which both illicit flower and flash are! i cant put my finger on it, but there is something about them that doesnt make me want to wear them. i am never LONGING for when i can wear this, like i am with for example my chloe and my dior.

It's nice, it's a pretty floral perfume but I find it to be a little generic - it smells soapy and clean after a little while, but in the way a Ted Baker body wash does as opposed to a Dove body wash kind of clean smell. I ended up receiving a few samples of this unintentionally so trialled it throughout the day. I don't think I'd buy a full bottle but it's nice enough, a very pretty, pleasant sweet floral smell that doesn't get overwhelming and lasts for about 5h on my skin.

I enjoy this fragrance on me in the cooler months which might be an unpopular opinion however that’s my personal preference. It’s light and crisp in the cooler months with a lovely muskiness and definitely puts off more layers vs the hotter humid months when I feel like it’s just average. I also like to layer this with a jasmine lotion to really help boost it’s playing power. Truly a pretty scent that isn’t offensive at all.

Is the juice color supposed to be pink? I got one from a local perfume shop and it's a light amber color like the "illicit". The owner said it has been in the shop for almost 3 years now though so idk if it changed. It also smells Soo good and super strong. 2 sprays lasts for the whole day and even longer in my clothes.

This is such an ordinary scent. Very basic rose, jasmine and citrus mix. Rose is the most dominant of notes. I don't think it's outstanding or easy to remember. Seems to be one of those scents you just forget about. Not a bad scent, it's fresh and floral, but I am not amazed by it.