Don't Tell Jasmine

THIS is Jasmine. Straight up, right out of the gate, full strength, full skank, perfection. Not muddled by a lot of notes and alterations as the day wears on (so does this scent, on me, it lasts!!!!) You start with Jasmine and you stay with jasmine all day long. This is not a stand alone scent for me, it's a topper for another more complex scent. I've mixed it with Very Good Girl, with Mango Skin, with Liz Taylor's Gardenia and with Flower Bomb. It can take a sweeter scent and make it indolent. I'm a huge fan and will always want this in my arsenal.

First spray and I was wowed. This to me smells pretty, decent, delicate, very fresh. Like a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers just picked in the garden, to give you an idea (but just jasmine). It's not the carnal, sexy jasmine, like in Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge to make an example. It's super realistic, and a bit in your face too, I don't find it "round" at all. But in the best way. Not so sweet, turns a bit bitter on the drydown, like when you leave your green jasmine tea in the mug for too long. Very very nice.

I love this Jasmine perfume! This one really captures the whole bush, not just the flower so it adds some depth without distracting from the Jasmine experience

This is my first perfume from this house. I was shopping for something new and different, well I definitely found it! After testing so many perfumes that day, I decided that Don't Tell Jasmine was the winner so I bought it. The next day after a shower I put this perfume on and I wasn't blown away by it. I thought to myself 'damn it you did it again, thought you loved it but didn't test it properly'. Here's the thing, it's a very indolic jasmine..there is absolutely no sweetness here at all..not even a little bit. It's a straight up, hard composition but after wearing it a few more times I have started to appreciate it more. It's more of a serious perfume,like a straight up shot of whiskey. I'm a little obsessed with the 70's era and this perfume is what I imagine a rich socialite might have worn. Or maybe Andy Warhol's muse may have worn something like This! Either way because of its indolic feel it transports me into that era because of how strong it is. So while I don't love it, I do like it.

The lemon in here is very prominent to me, giving the sweet, round smell of the jasmine a sharpness and a tartness I found personally to be rather unpleasant. I'm yet to find out if this becomes refreshing in hot weather or, alternatively, if the jasmine opens up more. Either way, if you want straight up jasmine, this is not it, but you love citrussy florals, this may be up your ally. Longevity and sillage are, as usually with Vilhelm, fantastic. 16/24: trying my sample again on an impulse proved to be quite interesting: it's still winter, but I don't get any citrus at all - now it's quite an indolic, if synthetic jasmine that is reminiscent of Lush's Lust. Still not a great love, but much better.