LIL

How difficult to rate this fragrance. And it is that two completely opposite opinions come to mind. On the one hand, the important thing, what I think of the perfume itself... I LOVE IT! Like most of the works of Olympic orchids, it is a very special and very intense perfume with a great quality of ingredients and a performance well above average. Lil brings us a citric and very spicy aroma with a slight tropical touch provided by passion fruit. The drydown is woody and musky and the perfume as a whole provides a very pleasant sensation of freshness. Now, when I consider the possibility of buying it, I realize one thing... And that is that I have a perfume that is 90% identical to this one! And look, it's usually hard for me to find things that are similar to the proposals of this brand, since they are usually very original. And while the prices for Olympic orchids are very fair, the perfume in question is second to none. This is Sunday by Al Haramain, a low-cost Arab perfume that I bought about 4 years ago in an oil version and which, until now. I had not found any perfume that resembled it. Therefore, although for me acquiring Lil does not have everything, if you are looking for something similar I recommend it without a doubt. But if you are looking for something more economical to use without guilt or to see how a perfume like Lil can work on your skin... Sunday will give you the key. Scent: 9 Longevity: 10 Sillage: 7 Versatility: 9 Originality: 7 Overall: 9

This one is very personal for me. Before I tried Lil I've read reviews about the bitter, herbal and cold nature of this scent, it was alluring to me so I tried them. After few minutes on my skin the sweetness of rose mixed with musk became apparent. The scent was familiar, reminding me of perfumes that my mother used to wear when I was a child. At first it threw me off, hitting to close to home and giving me impression that the perfumes made me appear older than I am. After a week of giving Lil a try I was persuaded and bought a small bottle. I love how the smell is classic, but at the same time off-putting. Pleasantries of roses are earned after going through densely overgrown poison garden. Bitterness is the one of mosquito spray that you put on before entering a forest on a cloudy day. Artemisia hits like herbs that were drying in an attic for a whole summer. This smell makes me feel like I'm my mother's daughter while giving hints of radical Otherness. I absolutely love it.

Lil is a lovely citrus floral explosion. Loved the opening, dry down is much more subdued. I don’t think of bug spray or citronella, instead this leans lush and on the verge of tropical. The reviewer directly below mentions Byredo as a brand that can pull off tricky notes like passion fruit. I own Pulp, and even though that frag uses fig pulp, I agree that they do a good job in that genre. And like Pulp, Lil seems to be polarizing so you gotta chalk that up to chemistry. This is not a safe blind buy (I don’t recommend buying blind in general unless it’s cheapie cheap). Anyway, back to the matter at hand: in my perfume play book, Lil is a winner—between a like and a love. I think Olympic Orchid has a 20% off sale in July, and this is one that I’m considering adding to the cart. Lil is for fans of unusual citrus, floral and fruity scents.

Lil is beauty! A must have for each perfumista. It’s sharp, almost disturbing – a pungent lemongrass with a crisp floral accord underneath that paired with the heavy and abstract citrus fruits creates a fragrance like no other citrusy-floral . There’s a pinch of rose, and green lily of the valley, hyacinth, and the stench of tropical florals without the “weight” of them... it smells like the narcotics have been extracted. It is an industrial-like, crisp abstract, citrus fragrance with a bitterness underneath. The fragrance feels both sour and fresh, and stuffy and earthy... it's a whiplash that makes you mad because you discover pleasures in something you have always found deviant before. Lil is another amazing piece of The Devil Scents Collection, seductive and gorgeous.

Lil takes no prisoners, nor does she apologize. Green, sharp, difficult, about to verge on bitter but pulls up sharply at the precipice. You can only wear this one if you’ve got a bitch inside and you don’t give a shit. Lil ain’t pretty. She’s the original woman, she is next to Godhead.