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05/20/2020
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Elegant condescension
This perfume is a surprise for me. I'm not usually fond of aquatic scents or lilies. I only tried Lys Méditerranée because a perfumery had discontinued the entire Edition de Parfums and offered the remaining stocks at a greatly reduced price. And so I experienced this green, fresh note of lily-of-the-valley, with a bit of spiciness from ginger, and immediately afterwards a very natural-looking lily, with all its density, but still fresh - salicylates are certainly involved here. The whole thing is underlaid with a gentle earthiness and pond shore water, which is pleasantly different from the usual calone bombs. The marketing speaks quite clichédly of a salty sea breeze, but fortunately I don't feel the scent at all as clichéd or sea-orientated. Something salty, only perceptible from afar, instead reminds me of the scent of washed skin with a hint of fresh sweat. Very clean, but still physical. By the way, the composition does not make a Mediterranean impression on me at all.
The fascination of the fragrance arises from the union of opposites - airy lightness, white-flowered heaviness and cool green freshness. That's why I believe that it can probably be worn at any time of year - I've only known it for a short time, so I can only make a guess: You will always find a connection to the season and a refreshing or warming contrast to it. The whole thing is elegant enough for official occasions, even in the evening, especially on summer evenings, and unobtrusive enough for the office. The sillage is moderate, the projection a bit stronger and the life span long (over 8 hours, on clothes even days). After the appearance of the lily, the scent remains fairly linear, slowly withdrawing further and further onto the skin. One smells very beautiful, at a short distance very distinct, at a longer distance somewhat indeterminate. Overall, Lys Méditerranée appears melancholic, cool and distant. As far as it's possible to be patronized by a perfume, this is what happens here.
Lys Méditerranée is easily wearable by men, the energy of the green notes and the seriousness of the lily scent give it a universal appeal. Besides, this fragrance is not sweet. There are neither the warm and sweet spices nor the vanilla hammers that make some other lily scents so much more feminine (and for me so unbearable). But what you have to say is that Lys Méditerranée is recognizably rooted in its time. Historically, it seems like a bridge from the aquatic scents of the 1990s to the wave of fresh, clean scents that emerged at the turn of the millennium. Both were trends that I never liked. So I am all the more surprised now.
The fascination of the fragrance arises from the union of opposites - airy lightness, white-flowered heaviness and cool green freshness. That's why I believe that it can probably be worn at any time of year - I've only known it for a short time, so I can only make a guess: You will always find a connection to the season and a refreshing or warming contrast to it. The whole thing is elegant enough for official occasions, even in the evening, especially on summer evenings, and unobtrusive enough for the office. The sillage is moderate, the projection a bit stronger and the life span long (over 8 hours, on clothes even days). After the appearance of the lily, the scent remains fairly linear, slowly withdrawing further and further onto the skin. One smells very beautiful, at a short distance very distinct, at a longer distance somewhat indeterminate. Overall, Lys Méditerranée appears melancholic, cool and distant. As far as it's possible to be patronized by a perfume, this is what happens here.
Lys Méditerranée is easily wearable by men, the energy of the green notes and the seriousness of the lily scent give it a universal appeal. Besides, this fragrance is not sweet. There are neither the warm and sweet spices nor the vanilla hammers that make some other lily scents so much more feminine (and for me so unbearable). But what you have to say is that Lys Méditerranée is recognizably rooted in its time. Historically, it seems like a bridge from the aquatic scents of the 1990s to the wave of fresh, clean scents that emerged at the turn of the millennium. Both were trends that I never liked. So I am all the more surprised now.
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