Jil Jil Sander 2009

Version from 2009

Bottle Design:
Emmanuelle Royer

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7.5 / 10 354 Ratings

A popular perfume by Jil Sander for women, released in 2009. The scent is powdery-floral. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Powdery

Floral

Sweet

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lavender

Pink pepper

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Heliotrope Iris

Iris

Lily

Base Notes

Musk

Amber

Vanilla

Perfumers

Olivier Polge, Bruno Jovanovic

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Ratings

Scent

7.5354 Ratings

Longevity

7.2275 Ratings

Sillage

6.4254 Ratings

Bottle

7.3269 Ratings

Value for money

7.777 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05/20/2025.

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/26/2015

Karinoula
82 Reviews

Karinoula

2

peppery and sweet

JIL seems very peppery modern and rather sweet perfume of a great quality. Reminds me a lot of Maubousin (femme)edp. I can detect a strong musk along with woods which make this one very feminine. My first Jil Sander perfume bough blindly and I like it a lot. The sillage and longevity both above average.

07/31/2017

Germanblonde
85 Reviews

Germanblonde

1

Like sitting on a cloud of cotton candy - DELICIOUS

There are hardly any Jil Sander fragrances that I don't love (not that I tried them all, but I own and owned quite a few and tried quite a lot of them). They make me feel so feminine and evoke a feeling of comfort and coziness. Jil is no exception to that rule. I wore Jil Sander fragrances a lot when I still lived in Germany, and have forgotten about my deep love affair with them for almost 20 years, since I live in the USA (of course I didn't know this particular beauty back then, as it was created after I came here, but it stands for the same quality like all other Jil Sander frags I love and own). Thanks to Ebay and other websites, I rediscovered my love and have to acknowledge now what I knew all along: Jil Sander fragrances are the best fit for me by far, and I restocked these beauties again.

You need to give all Jil frags time to develop. They don't smack you right in the face, but once they unfold their beauty, they are addicting. Same with this one. I am sitting here, writing my review and watching TV, with one wrist up to my nose every other minute or so. I love the almost smoldering grown up vanilla. The powdery aspect adds to the smoothness. I feel like sitting on a cloud of cotton candy, not a too sweet of a treat, but still yummy and fluffy. Lasting power is, like most Jil Sander frags, not the greatest. Even with shower gel, lotion and the juice applied together, I get barely 3 hours out of it, which I only graciously forgive if the scent is at least an A. Jil is an A+, so I totally forgive her the shortcoming in that sector. I absolutely love her!

10/14/2024

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

1

Powdery Heliotrope and Vanilla

Jil by Jil Sander is such a pleasant surprise. To be honest, I really didn't expect much. I had fobbed this fragrance off as being a typical fresh, 'pink' floral. I'm now happy to admit that my assumptions had been very wrong.

Jil is a sweet, powdery fragrance. Heliotrope is the most dominant note to my nose, followed by warm vanilla, orris root and white musk. In my experience, heliotrope can often smell nutty and delicious when used in perfume. In the past I've mistaken heliotrope for the scent of sugared almonds.

In many ways Jil reminds me of Alexander McQueen's My Queen. Despite the fact that My Queen has a unique violet opening, its drydown is very powdery and foody, not unlike Jil's drydown. I enjoy both of these fragrances equally.

There are rumours going around that Jil may be discontinued very soon. I really hope that is not the case. This is one of the better mainstream fragrances on the market today, and that's saying a lot.

The lavender is almost non-existent in Jil's composition. I smell it only slightly in the drydown, however it's not nearly as aromatic as I thought it would be. What I get from this fragrance is an enveloping sense of warmth and femininity.

The sillage is surprisingly powerful, as is the longevity. I would recommend Jil for the cooler months, however I'd also be game enough to wear it during Spring as well. I highly recommend.

Original review written: January 2013.

12/03/2018

9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Melaniemel
13 Reviews

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Melaniemel

Top Review 20

Totally underestimated...

In my opinion, this wonderful fragrance is completely underestimated. At least I've been feeling that way the last few years... just sprayed "Jil" at the drugstore some time ago. So more likely to pass by and without great expectations... a beautiful sweet, but not twitchy scent comes towards me. At the same time fresh but not too fresh. Adult, but not old. The lavender note... wonderful! In the heart note the lavender has disappeared, but it becomes more powdery...I smell a balance that never annoys me at any time. Nothing pushes itself into the foreground. A beautiful scent for the day for a woman who has class, knows what she wants but has nothing bourgeois about her. Really nice. The base then simply becomes soft and gentle and feminine. This is the fragrance that, by the way, is at the back of "my" Douglas, in the last row and at the bottom. Sorry, he doesn't deserve that place! If you are like me and you have always "overlooked" the "jil" somehow, then test it! My momentary every day always going....

04/27/2021

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
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Rosenherz
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Rosenherz

Top Review 23

Beautiful fragrance with a "twist" - for individualists

I'm not really a person of big words, but I feel compelled to write a review for my favorite, the Jil - especially in light of the production shutdown, which I can't relate to... it didn't deserve that! Nor did it deserve to sit at the bottom of the shelves for years - no wonder production was stopped if it was never seen. I now hope to increase demand for the fragrance with my review and stop the production shutdown :D

The scent is initially very peppery, lavender "laden" and powdery, but at the same time pleasantly sweet. I observe a beautiful development on my skin, of a very special and extraordinary kind. You can see the clear, minimalist line, which is usual for Jil Sander and through the combination of the pepper and lavender notes with the beautiful heliotrope, a lulling powder dream develops - but not powdery like for example Narciso "Pourdrée", but very gentle. But what I find most beautiful is the base, which is also perceptible on my clothes for several days: an incredibly inviting fragrance, in which I feel comfortable and those closest to me feel comfortable - delicate vanilla, amber and musk, all three not too strong and slaying, but quite delicate, soft, flattering... i also detect the heliotrope and some of the lavender here! I think the fragrance is great...! He also comes well with men - I've often been asked what I'm wearing because beautiful (:
I find Jil very individualistic, not boring at all, because I perceive some twist here that I don't know how it comes about.... It smells very different from the other "mainstream" fragrances. Other Jil Sander fragrances I also like very much, but none could convince me as Jil (:

Minimal similarity to "Mon Guerlain" by Guerlain - especially because of the lavender and vanilla, but they always smell different from each manufacturer (:

#vanilla #lavender #powder #heliotrope #delicate #individualistic

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