Lilas Mauve

* full 100 ml with box available for swap * I was at Yves Rocher with my best friend the other day, she gave me her points card since I don't live in Russia anymore, and I purchases my Monoi de Tahiti oil and got a free full size cream with it, was very happy. She had 20$ worth of purchases on her card, but claimed she didn't need anything, and offered me to pick something. I was so happy! I immediately snatched this fragrance. Lilac is my favorite flower, my grandma had a huge lilac tree close to the gate in the courtyard. I loved drowning my face in the pretty purple flowers, they smelled heavenly. This scent is the closest thing to real lilacs to me. It is so realistic it's mindblowing. I saw other fragrances on this website that claim to smell like lilacs and I just can't even pick up a glimpse of it. It literally smells like fresh lilacs hanging from a tree. It has a hint of greenness that comes out after a while, very subtle, as if the big lilac tree was still wet after a spring rainfall. In a way, it reminds me of Pleasures by Estee Lauder for it's floral greenness. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Longevity is poor, which is sad, but it just leaves you longing for more. As for similarities, the drydown might make you think of Omnia Amethyste, but the flowers are completely different, albeit both purple. Pur Desir was its big sister when I was growing up, and I would lie if I said I remember perfectly how it smelled. Overall, I am in love with this.

After a long time of not having this, it came in the mail yesterday and I *love* it! Much has been already said about the beauty of the scent of a blooming lilac tree and how it blooms for such a short time only. I enjoyed two of those trees so much this year... This is such a calm, quiet perfume, yet it is powerful in it's own way. In a way it's a scent that is modest, yet at the same time has some sexiness to it. When you spray it on, all those green notes appear, it is so fresh, yet shortly after there is this magical, wonderful heart of a blooming lilac tree... and there is something else! It has this sort of aquatic note, as if you smell fresh water. It's like the lilac tree is blooming next to a river, so beautiful! On me it does last a few hours with a very soft and so enjoyable sillage. Edit: Yves Rocher discontinued it as they so often do. Let's hope they bring it back in a new packging, as they also so often do ;-)

My second lilac from YR (after my first love, Pur Desir de Lilas). At first I was a bit dissappointed, because this scent is a bit more shy to my nose than the first one, but after the second testing I absolutely fell in love with it. It's more powdery with a bit musky drydown (I don't detect any resins here), very lovely, clean (not in a detergent way) and feminine. Yes, it's very similar to Bvlgari's Omnia Amethyst, and lasts more long than that one, especially when you layer with the body milk. Ideal choice for spring or summer for the soliflore lovers. Another plus: gives no headache. The bottle is simply but pretty, too.

I grew up in a Ukrainian village, and this fragrance instantly transports me back home. It smells like the weather right after the rain: wet, fragrant lilacs, warm sunshine, and a fresh breeze. It’s pure nostalgia in a bottle. The lilac note is incredibly realistic. Sadly, the longevity is quite poor, it only lasts about 3 hours on my skin and just a bit longer on clothes. I think the price is a bit high considering the performance, but it’s still my favorite. No matter what, it’s truly special to me.

This is probably my only non-fruity perfume. I bought a handy 20 ml edt and a body lotion. Such a soft, powdery lilac scent! It is my comfort scent, reminds me of my childhood summers. There is something very sentimental about the smell of lilac. The smell of early June.. after a long and cold winter. I was very happy to find this, with very reasonable price, too.