Lilylang

Lilylang immediately transports me to 1975 string bikini suntan oil warm sun, glistening sweat beads. It is very sexy smelling according to my partner. It is warm and physical - not huggable in the mommy way but approachable in the "let's make out" way. Very classic French sensual. The fuzzy warm yellow buttery ylang ylang and the slightly skanky somewhat oily musk here makes real magic on my skin. I think that part of the problem w/the interpretation of this entire line is that the press materials and packaging and information all bring to mind a refined somewhat prim/pure experience. Granted these musks are subtle but by no means just skin scents - they really blossom on the skin and the longevity on skin is a solid 12 hours in the musk base - top notes a good 8 hours. I think if she had hyped this one up a bit with some sex appeal it would trigger those images and more than likely influence the sampler (I mean isn't that the whole point of a perfume storyboard?) I have all of Sylvaine Delacourt's sample sets and it is the musks that I keep returning to. Everyone of them is gorgeous (the Helicriss I think is too masculine for me & have passed it on to my partner). For those of you who love talc/musks in the French/Italian tradition - then these are the musks for you. If you are looking for loud dark musks you will be sorely disappointed. At first I thought these were all just simply lovely but nothing special. Then somewhere in my brain I suppose a seed was planted that had me on a quest for long lasting powdery musks with different facets (bursts of violet or somber iris) and this quest keeps leading me back to this sample set. With each comparison to another house or perfume - I return to these impressed with the longevity and the quality and the delicious nuances. I now have 4 of the musks in the 7.5ml size and will be moving on to a full size bottle in this.

Update: I ended up buying this one and Vahina in a custom set. Lilylang is a rich scent with a slight salty, almost "furry" note that I love. Creamy fresh musk. I used to love Kenzo Flower and get the comparison. Oh the big bottle calls to me. With their discount, it is around $100 US. === I ordered both the musk and vanilla discovery sets. So reasonably priced for a decent sprayer, so why not? Now I have 10 samples to work my way through, whee! This one is my favorite so far of the 4 musks I have tried. Florentina is my least favorite since it has some note that smells like Gray Flannel. These scents are outside the department store mainstream, close skin scents. It would be nice if some perfume oil was available to increase the projection. I'd need to respray, and these scents are not inexpensive, but the world of niche scents is very addictive and intoxicating, isn't it? This one is the creamiest and thus my favorite so far: slightly nutty, milky, and sweet behind the fresh skin musk. Tuberose is quietly blended in so as not to be overwhelming. Let me check the price of this again >>> oh my gosh, $160, don't think I can justify it even though it is a nice big 3.3oz portion and not tested on sweet innocent little animals. You can get the proper pronunciation if you watch the video. Lill-ee-ANG, right? Also, I love the clever juxtaposition of the words lily and ylang. <3

When I first started this hobby I had no idea which notes smell like what and bought in the ylang fantasy from reading forum reviews. I then purchased Guerlain Ylang Vanille which triggered my first sale on eBay and my distrust in ylang ever since. Fast-forward 6 years, turns out Lilylang is the exact perfume I was looking for. Despite the notes not showing the vanilla I identify this as a beautiful, creamy vanilla yellow floral with a hint of powder. It's very French and has a very similar vibe to Guerlain, but more so in "style" than in scent profile. There is the milky creaminess from vanilla and ylang, a bit of fresh white floral accord from tuberose and citrus, and warm, soothing musk base. The chic powder note is most likely from the perfume base this house uses, and reminds me so much of powder milk - you know that first whiff when you open a tub of it? The sweet, creamy goodness. Longevity and silage is moderate - 7 hours and arm-length, which is perfect for me. I'm very tempted to use the 20% discount code from the discovery set to buy a bottle!

This frag is a masterpiece. Like all of Delacourte's creations, it opens very softly, with no aggressive alcohol evap, on the citrus and tuberose top notes already mixed with white muscs and jasmine. The tuberose is lovely and less dominant than the one of Vuitton's Turbulences or Malle/Ropion's Carnal Flowers, somewhat covered by the jasmine, the soft muscs and the upcoming and fantastic Ylang Ylang which stays and stays and stays, moving progressively to a skin scent. As a man, I specially like the sensual game between the slowly vanishing soft (male) muscs and the rising (female) floral scents of this outstanding Ylang Ylang, recalling the scenario of a long loving St Valentin's night. All in all, this is a very ambitious fragrance only very few houses can address, and here Sylvaine Delacourte clearly demonstrates her virtuosity !

A very lovely creation. The musk and ylang very evident on the opening. Ylang can be a very sharp and overbearing note but its used with a very light hand. The musk is light creamy musk. The jasmine and tuberose now come more to the fore but again they are used with a light hand. I like the way orange has been used to sweeten the pot. I cant say it develops that much but it does seem to get a little sweeter and the pepper becomes more evident. It is very feminine, soft and yes, you can smell Guerlain. It smells expensive. I wish it had decent sillage and lasted much longer than a couple of hours max.