Easter Lily

The Easter Lily fragrance was created in 1928 and returned to Lili Bermuda’s portfolio thanks to the talented hands (and nose) of Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone, the exclusive perfumer since 2004. Easter Lily is considered the "raison d'être" of the company because it represents the white lilies, emblem of the island. The fragrance has top notes of cassis and green accord, making room for a body of lilac and lilies, over a base made of vanilla and white musk. On my skin, Easter Lily surprised me by showing a fragrance that I would say was the inspiration for a great worldwide success of 1992: L'Eau d'Issey pour Femme. I see much similarity between them, especially when the lily is exhaling in all its potency. The difference is that Easter Lily is more floral than the other, which was composed of countless green notes such as calone, lily of the valley and tuberose. In terms of evolution, Easter Lily brings a sweet astringent nuance to the exit, thanks to the cassis, which fuses with the floral aspect of lily and lilac (with nuances that may remind a wax extracted from jasmine) and ends in a silky and slightly powdery base of musk. Currently, it may not be considered an innovative fragrance, but looking at its release date, it is clear the representativeness it has bestowed on the perfume industry with regard to aquatic-green florals. It is fresh and invigorating without needing too many citric notes. Beautiful work!

I have the vintage of this. There is no Easter lily in the fragrance. I collect Easter lily fragrances. This is a sweet floral that smells like a combo of honeysuckle, magnolia and gardenia with a touch of musk underlying. It's nice but not unique or different from hundreds of other florals out there. I love Lili Bermuda's vintage frags. I was surprised by this one.

I'm no botanist but I have smelled my way through many a lily scent, and I have some thoughts about Easter Lily that might be helpful to someone. Easter Lily is a big, bold, nectar-like sweet white floral scent that evokes a honeyed solar quality almost like tuberose, but decidedly lily- not jasmine or anything else. I don't sense anything bitter, green, aquatic or astringent like Vera Wang's green melancholy bridal scent, or Anais Anais, nor is it high-pitched, soapy, and fairy-like, like so many lily of the valley type scents. This lily is not dowdy and funerial, nor something for a forest nymph. It is instead, voluptuous, unapologetic, rounded and dazzling. These flowers grow all over Bermuda and this fragrance is true to their scent. Not as eerily otherworldly as Un Lys from Serge Lutens, but the earthly counterpart. A triumphant soliflore for lovers of big, honeyed white florals. If you love Un Lys, Carnal Flower, and that sort of thing, Easter Lily will not disappoint. For fans of the "other" type of lily commonly represented in perfumery, Lili Bermuda also has a fragrance that is just called "Lily" and that one has the greener, more austere, watery, 90's style lily scent.