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Love Don't Be Shy Extreme 2021

8.1 / 10 192 Ratings
A popular perfume by Kilian for women, released in 2021. The scent is sweet-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Sweet
Floral
Gourmand
Creamy
Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Bulgarian roseBulgarian rose MarshmallowMarshmallow Orange blossomOrange blossom

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Ratings
Scent
8.1192 Ratings
Longevity
8.3173 Ratings
Sillage
8.0171 Ratings
Bottle
8.6166 Ratings
Value for money
6.3117 Ratings
Submitted by Aleyz · last update on 12/06/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the The Narcotics collection.

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GirlofNow

126 Reviews
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GirlofNow
GirlofNow
Top Review 20  
I can hardly decide anymore... The marshmallow paradise of all time! :)
To be honest, I can't get enough of Love don't be shy!
It's just addictive and above all, I find Love is pure sensuality in a bottle!*.*
Of course, I also knew that there is an Extreme version of this beautiful fragrance:)))
Since the original has captivated me and also seduced me, I thought that I probably wouldn't be able to get enough of the Extreme either, meaning I would (probably) wear it day and night:D
So, I got a decant of Love Extreme to compare it with the original Love.
I have also repeatedly heard that the Extreme should actually smell 1:1 like the original Love... And I disagree!
Sure, it has the same fragrance DNA as the original, but I will now describe and compare it as best as I can with the original.
The scent...
- Love Extreme: Starts with a citrusy bitter note that unfortunately lingers on my skin for far too long for my taste...
It's not bad, but bitter citrus notes that are also very cold don't really appeal to me.

- Love: Immediately starts with this heavenly marshmallow note blended with the finest and most exquisite orange blossom note.
And that's exactly what I love about Love; it's so beautiful from the first spray to the end of the scent development and above all, so perfectly rounded!
- Love Extreme: I can still clearly smell this bitter citrus note, but after 15 minutes, a cold yet very powdery rose note joins in with a very delicate marshmallow note that unfolds very slowly minute by minute and merges with the scent development. I'm slowly warming up to the scent development.

- Love: The marshmallow note still sets the tone but merges so well with a very noble, almost velvety, and warm rose note.
The rose note in the original Love is velvety and very noble! Sweet, of course, but not synthetic, rather seductive and extremely feminine, in my opinion.
But I must say, now that I'm smelling it again on my wrist, the marshmallow note is sooo fine, creamy, and sooo warm at the same time*.*
- Love Extreme: Now the hoped-for orange blossom note is slowly coming through with a delicious overdose of marshmallow cream... The bitter note is very slowly bidding farewell from my skin, which honestly pleases me!
What comes next is a very powdery and fresh rose note that brings a playful touch:)) Definitely very nice for the warm season and something different:))
- Love: For some time now, I can occasionally smell a tuberose note that, in my opinion, gives the scent development a very sensual and mature note, making it seem even more noble and feminine! :)
The marshmallow note and the velvety rose note still make me dream, and I simply enjoy every time I spray it, the entire scent development!:))
It just makes me happy and lets me shine anew every time.
Because what could be more beautiful than a fragrance that makes us happy and also gives us a good feeling?!:)) For me, such a thing is always a very valuable gift :)

- Love Extreme: Becomes warmer and more pleasant as well as more sensual through the orange blossom and marshmallow note.
The H+S is only more intense for an hour than the original.
In my opinion, both are WONDERFUL, but I prefer the original much more.
The Extreme can also be perfectly worn on warmer days due to the citrus notes that like to set the tone here;))
For me, both last all day on clothing but only 6-7 hours on the skin.

What do YOU think?:))
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Franzibm

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Franzibm
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My Great Love
My great love

I had no idea about Kilian fragrances. My best friend and I were out shopping and she sprayed it on a tester. I was immediately positively surprised by this heavenly sweet fragrance cloud, which I could even strongly perceive through my mask. I smelled it and thought the whole time “HOW DELICIOUS.” I had truly never smelled anything like it before. Sprayed on the skin, it was initially a bit citrusy. I didn’t really like that at all! But after a few minutes, that sweetness was back in full force. It accompanied me all day without becoming overpowering. Of course, this is a “Hello, here I am fragrance,” but it still comes across as so sexy, playful, and seductive. My nose was glued to my wrist the whole time. I couldn’t get enough of this sugary sweet, floral scent! It completely captivated me 100%. I never would have thought that I could fall so much in love with a fragrance! The price is, of course, quite steep. Nevertheless, this fragrance is worth every penny. Just a few days ago, I said, “I would never spend so much money on a fragrance.” Well, you can guess how this story ends.
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Connie

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Connie
Connie
Helpful Review 16  
When Angels Sing...
Finally, I have luck with a test. I’m sitting here and feeling so happy, just like one can only feel when one is an absolute fragrance freak and has just found the holy grail... For 99%, I’ve had bad luck with my samples lately, because I admit I am very, very critical when it comes to scents. If a note bothers me, the fragrance has failed for me... So I feared it would be the same with this scent... There was always something. Too penetrating, one note dominated too much, too masculine, too piercing, and so on...

Those who seek will find, as they say :-). This fragrance catapulted me straight to heaven... Wow, what a dream scent... I am smitten.. Finally, a feminine floral fragrance without piercing annoying notes that somehow come across as deliberately different.. A perfect blend of orange blossom and Bulgarian rose and an extraordinarily gentle and soft neroli. Gentle, soft, and super feminine is this fragrance.. It doesn’t get more feminine than this.. Not a single note is piercing or pushes past the other notes, nothing is annoying and no note is penetrating. Everything is in 100% perfect harmony.. The note of marshmallows is simply so perfectly blended with the other notes that the fragrance doesn’t become a gourmand, but rather the most beautiful floral scent with a little sweet marshmallow on top, which I have tested for years..

I can truly recommend this dream fragrance to anyone looking for something very special, soft, and floral, and who isn’t afraid of a little sweetness for the sweet tooth...

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Panacea

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Panacea
Very helpful Review 14  
Sugar Rose Dust
Love, don't be shy...be EXTREME...simply extremely delicious and perfect. This scent is so damn amazing, this powdery, sugar-dusted rose. I wouldn't say this fragrance is typically floral. It's more of a sugary candied rose, with minimal freshness, almost slightly citrusy, faintly resonating. For me, the comparison to a rose sculpted from sugar is the most fitting. Delicate and overwhelming at the same time. And like any delicious sugary treat, this fragrance is extremely addictive. The longevity is great, the sillage in the freshly sprayed phase is very strong, then the scent becomes almost skin-close, yet always slightly perceptible. I never thought I would love a rose scent this much, but Kilian has done it.
Compared to the OG "Love Don't Be Shy (Perfume) | Kilian," I find the Extreme version significantly denser and rounder, more powerful and not as sticky. In my opinion, you can wear this fragrance all year round, but for me, it is just perfect right now in spring.
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Shelby74

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Shelby74
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Bitter sweet symphony
Kilian....a house that is repeatedly associated here in the forum with words like "noble, expensive, Rihanna's signature, etc." Thanks to a dear perfume friend, a sample has landed with me. Recently, I thought "Marshmallow, that's just your thing, you can almost order it blindly." I generally like sweet gourmand fragrances, but with Love don’t be shy, I was catapulted into another level of marshmallow.
The scent starts off a bit bitter, almost so bitter that I doubted whether it was going in a direction I desired. I unfortunately don’t know what Neroli smells like...maybe it’s this note that doesn’t sit well with me at first. This bitterness, yes almost bitterness, lingers for a while and is only slightly softened by the orange blossom. After an hour, I was almost at the point of saying "No, this isn’t going to work between us....please delight others who are more inclined" and then suddenly it’s there....marshmallow. Sweet and delicious, yet with a depth and wickedness. Not candy store sweet but "Hey, come here, let yourself be seduced. I’ll turn your head and you’ll think of me forever." Only the rose can somewhat tame the smoky marshmallow note, and it does this very well. It reminds me of that powder that envelops marshmallows. H/S I would describe as above average.
Unfortunately, I can’t say anything about the bottle and packaging, as it is a sample. The scent is truly beautiful, exciting, and multifaceted, and certainly rightly positioned in the upper price segment.
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Compared to OG: More roses, less Orange Blossom, less sugarpowdery Marshmallow but sweeter, lasts much longer. Addictive, pretty, angelic.
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That neroli in the top REALLY gives this perfume a backbone cause it'd been a syrupy mess. Better than the OG. More similar to Sintra.
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Always this back and forth here -
smells to me like
"Love Don't Be Shy Eau Fraîche@Kilian"
plus rose
on Kilian's marshmallow cloud :)
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With a foam rubber board in front of my head & a sugar net around my foggy brain, I'm now shyly sitting in your narcissist trap... LOVE is extremely blind
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A dream of sweet, profound orange cream fluff that still floats thanks to neroli.
Way too expensive, but reason won't win.
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I spontaneously think of honey waffles, very pastry-like, yet elegant; delightfully sticky, chewy, sweet torture; signature-worthy; he said "awesome"
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Wow, I really like this one! The marshmallow note that comes out more from time to time is just amazing. Great scent, really!
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Delicate, dark roses float over a marshmallow-orange blossom bed. Riper and more elegant than LTBS. Despite the sweetness, it’s not a heavy scent. Sexy!
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Relaxing bath in orange blossoms
Creamy soft
Sweet & delicate
Wraps the tired soul
In gentle sensuality
& lovely promises
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Basically very similar to the original Love, especially in the base. Still, the O-flower is tamed a bit by the rose, which I really like.
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