Fleurs Narcotiques

Love Don't Be Shy 2007 Perfume

Love Don't Be Shy (Perfume) by Kilian
Bottle Design Carré Basset
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Ranked 25 in Women's Perfume
7.8 / 10 1054 Ratings
Love Don't Be Shy (Perfume) is a popular perfume by Kilian for women and was released in 2007. The scent is sweet-gourmand. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Sweet
Gourmand
Floral
Powdery
Fruity

Fragrance Notes

MarshmallowMarshmallow Orange blossom absoluteOrange blossom absolute NeroliNeroli AmberAmber HoneysuckleHoneysuckle RoseRose

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Scent
7.81054 Ratings
Longevity
8.0907 Ratings
Sillage
7.6899 Ratings
Bottle
8.4867 Ratings
Value for money
6.2563 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 15.04.2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Fleurs Narcotiques" collection.

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Top Review 60  
What Love by Kilian and my dog have in common...
Actually, I wanted to dedicate my first review to another fragrance, but with Kilian Love I had my most "extreme" experience so far.

First of all, I love this fragrance. Marshmallow orange blossom powder dream. Very very sweet but, when dosed well, very light, like a fluffy cape. Sexy. It doesn't have a stark progression, gets vll a little more vanilla and softer in the drydown. It has something fresh about it, but only in the top note and only subtly. Despite the sweetness it has something "clean" about it. Bathed in orange blossom rose milk and sugared with marshmallow powder. Yes, that's what it smells like to me!

Now for my experience:
In the current times of home office, I can test fragrances without restraint. Every now and then I'm in the office and am happy when I can run my favorite fragrances also times. It was that time again and I decided to wear Kilian's Love. Of course, only very discreetly, you do not want to get on anyone's nerves.
My two sprays in the morning had not lasted until closing time, of course, but I had my sample with me and said to myself: oh come before the train ride spray yourself again properly, through the masks no one smells that anyway. Until then I thought, the good Kilian is delicious, but a bit weak on the chest. I should soon be taught otherwise.

So I on the way to the train and already thought: Hui, so strong I have never perceived you myself, my love! Also my dog made 2-3 sneezing noises, but I paid little attention to that, he makes after all, when he is outraged about something (the last piece of cheese, for example, that does not go into his mouth).

Anyway. I'm on the still empty train, which is getting more and more crowded. Usually there are either the people who sit near me because they think the dog is so cute, or those who are afraid of him and find a seat in another compartment (quick info: my dog weighs 4kilos and has certain similarities to Chubaka).
Back to said train ride: soon I realized, even through my mask, that I had definitely sprayed too much. I hoped no one else noticed (haha) but the spectacle was already starting: there was a lot of space near me. you noticed people stopped for a second but something seemed to bother them, 2 people said something like : Ui Ui Ui, puhh and kept walking. I kept hoping people couldn't make out the source of the scent (haha).
After a few people passed me, I seriously considered getting off for a bit and "venting" a bit before catching the next train. Well, that was done because the train didn't stop anymore. Ok, you have to go through it now I thought. It's not the worst thing with increasing corona numbers when no one is sitting around you. Look on the bright side.

The moment of exit was getting closer and closer, and I knew I just had to manage to get down the aisle as inconspicuously as possible. Worked out great: laptop bag constantly bumping into someone, the dog sniffing and staring at everything, and me with my orange blossom rose marshmallow scented wall.

Finally, my stopping point was already in sight, a few moments and I could put all these people out of this
Misery. Then a woman spoke to me from behind and I thought: she will stick you now nicely, that you pest the complete air in the train.
But she had only two questions:
What breed the dog was, that would be so cute. And what perfume I would wear, she had never smelled anything so fine.
I would have actually cried and laughed out loud with relief and joy.

Love don't be shy by Kilian- an insane scent that is just like my dog: flashy, playful, and when he's over it, pretty annoying. I love them both!

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Würmchen

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Top Review 21  
Newly in love
Admittedly, Kilian fragrances have not really interested me until now, I knew that they exist, logically, we are finally here at Parfumo, I have the one or the other of the spherical things with the unpronounceable names at the Douglas also already tested, but they are not particularly remembered me.
Then I stumbled by chance in the forum on a thread that had this fragrance on the subject and have then looked at the reviews and statements.
As luck would have it, there was also a sharing of the fragrance, in which I immediately participated, although the fragrance does not correspond to my powdery Beuteschema.
When I held the bottling in hands and sprayed for the first time, it was done around me, I had fallen in love bang on!
This combination of bubble gum, orange blossom and marshmallows is just addictive. More than that I actually also do not smell, with a lot of good will maybe the honeysuckle, but that's it. And the rose fortunately doesn't show up on me at all. A course I can also not really make out, what you spray is what you get ;-), so to speak!
Where perhaps still worth mentioning would be, if then namely a few hours have passed, a beautiful vanilla comes to the fore, slightly powdery, where we would be then but again with my Beuteschema.
After I have almost used up the filling in record time, I have me, after careful consideration, a bottle as a belated birthday gift treated!
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Lilitu

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Like a spider in a web....
Why should I spend more than 100 EUR for a fragrance? A legitimate question. And somehow I can not think of anything reasonable. Except because I just like the fragrance sooo much and I absolutely have to have it. I know that sounds stupid. But that's the way it is.

Only recently I give in to my love of expensive fragrances. Previously, with a few exceptions, the cheap to medium-priced fragrances were enough for me. With it I was fully content. But in the Corona-zeiten has just this one special virus grabbed me. It has no name. Or does it? However, one symptom is particularly pronounced. This mysterious symptom is putting a serious strain on my wallet
Nonetheless, buying one of these expensive perfumes blindly is something I think twice about, though. With "Athalia" I had well researched and additionally lucky.

With LDBS, I was able to approach the original via a fragrance twin. The fragrance twin has me so absolutely flashed that I wanted in addition absolutely the original. Not just a small bottling. No, that wasn't enough for me. I wanted more than a few mililiters. First, I started looking at the usual online stores. Via the internet I informed myself about online shops that were unknown to me until then. I sorted out the dubious shops. Learned which shops came into question. But in vain. Everything was too expensive. So I lay in wait and armed myself with patience, with a lot of patience.

And since that was too boring for me, I tried out other fragrances in the meantime - bought some of them or not. In the back of my mind, however, this desire fragrance continued to haunt.

I began like a spider to weave an elaborate web of the various possibilities to try and test fragrances. Individual threads led me to other perfumes and newly discovered shopping opportunities. I discovered Parfumo, Fragrantica, and more. Followed other perfume maniacs on YouTube and waited.

I waited like a spider in a web. I waited for my opportunity - my chance to strike. And a few days ago, I discovered Kilian's Refills on sale. A quick search on YouTube and I knew I could handle the refill.

Sorry. I'm not a bottle lover. I'm only interested in the contents. Of course, a pretty bottle is something for the eye. But the bottle for LDBS is not really extraordinary now. And the refill was on sale. That's it. I bought it. Lightning fast and now I finally hold LDBS in my hands.

A little bit of this drizzled on my wrist and off I go. Wow. First, a cloud of orange blossom knocks me out first. Overkill Orange Blossom. The start is much more intense than the fragrance twin. Now, this is what you mean by orange blossom absolute - a true floral. Fierce - just barely scraped the edge of a headache. Wow, yet wonderful. I sniff carefully further.

How honeysuckle smells, I do not know. Erschnuppern I can after a few minutes a dark rose blossom and a strong sweetness - probably the marshmallow note. It's not until quite late that the amber comes through. Carefully it encloses the still present orange blossom, the rose and the warm sweetness. Now it's like a tender embrace. From overkill to a tender embrace.

After that, I don't notice much development. But that does not matter. Because the fragrance melange that remains is simply heavenly. Although heavenly is the wrong word. Because LDBS is darker for me - not deep dark, there are other candidates. But mysterious on the finish, like a full moon night with lots of twinkling stars in the firmament, giving enough light to bathe the surroundings in a mysterious play of shadows. The outline of the orange tree casts a long shadow. The blossoms open once more in the full moonlight, exuding that lovely heavy sweetness. I stop and close my eyes, reveling in that sweetness. Once again, I can't stop sniffing my wrist. Hmm, so delicious.

Conclusion:
A flash purchase that I do not regret. Price cheaper than the normal bottle. Through my research bzgl. LDBS I have only become aware of how much I love orange blossoms. LDBS is not the only orange blossom scent in my collection. There are more on my watch list/wish list. However, LDBS is definitely one of my favorites!
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Betsi94

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Very helpful Review 27  
The other day in the supermarket
Had a craving for donuts, so took a shower and, probably due to my craving for sweets, quickly applied Kilians LDBS from a bottling, ready to go. Cold day, wearing an Ugly Christmas sweater and mind you, the calendar already shows mid-March. Donuts are in the cart, a middle-aged gentleman approaches me. "You smell delicious." - Thanks, Creepo. There's a couple one aisle over, and I stroll past them. "Whoa! Hey, what smells so good?" the young man asks his girlfriend, sniffing down the aisle, in the wrong direction. Arriving at the checkout, the two stand behind me, the guy excessively throwing pack after pack of gum onto the conveyor belt. "Hey I'm telling you, somebody's eating gum here, now I feel like it too!". He's not that wrong, I smell bubblegum myself rather than marshmallow.

Arriving home, in a food coma after four pastries, I order the bottle and know that this was the right decision
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Janessa

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Sweet happy marshmallow
A nice "Pffft" on the wrist is quickly sprayed. But what is it? I mean, it... it says the top note is mostly orange blossom absolute. But what orange blossom absolute in the world smells SO sweet?! Well, I think this is where "the marshmallow" does the trick. I notice it from the beginning, even if only in the background. After a few minutes, it smells less floral to me, more marshmallowy. I know, there is no such word. So what.

As the scent completely unfolds, I smell: strawberry marshmallows! Namely, the ones you could get in Florida (and I'm sure some other states) in the 2000s at any Wallmart in the red and white 1-KG bag.
Possibly why I associate this perfume with "happy vibes".

And yes, I said the perfume was very sweet. It is. Nevertheless, not to compare with sweet perfumes such as "candy", "Scandal" and how they are all called. Because with those, the sweetness gums up my nose. In an unpleasant way. With this Kilian, that doesn't happen. Because the sweetness is rather subtle, although present.

Good mood pleasing? Then "pfft" "pfft", don`t be shy and love it!
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ItchynoseItchynose 4 years ago
Orange blossom, honeysuckle and marshmallow combining to create a very sweet, overpowering neroli accord.
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ManaMana 4 years ago
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true love! feminine, pretty, youthful, gourmand, intoxicating, sexy.. my forever favorite perfume.
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StaciaStacia 10 months ago
Smells like Lucky Charms cereal. Candied orange blossom and caramel sauce.
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Guccy2021Guccy2021 2 years ago
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Grape candy, my favorite kind (grape big league chew)
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ScentgorlieScentgorlie 8 months ago
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Not love at first sniff, but it’s such a pretty fluffy sweet scent once it settles onto the skin. I wear it after a shower on nights in
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