Rue des Lilas Phaedon 2011

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A perfume by Phaedon for women and men, released in 2011. The scent is floral-fresh. It is still in production.
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Floral

Fresh

Green

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Sweet

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Lilac

Lily of the valley Musk

Musk

Brazilian rosewood

Perfumer

Pierre Guillaume

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7.471 Ratings

Longevity

6.860 Ratings

Sillage

6.658 Ratings

Bottle

7.158 Ratings

Value for money

6.213 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 03/16/2024.

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In 2016, the scent was re-released as a limited edition.

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/13/2022

BrianBuchanan
351 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

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Unsafe DuoFlore

Here, Pierre Guillaume found a muscular way to link muguet and lilac through a note they have in common.
Usually associated with orange blossom and jasmine sambac, indole gives this duoflore a strange kind of beauty, like a Star Trek alien who is attractive - but not something you’d want to cosy up to.

Rue des Lilas was a Bloom bestseller when re-issued in 2016 and it’s hard to see why it was deleted in the first place.
But like Flora Nerolia, and Fleur du Mâle, it suffered the fate of indolics that refuse to lie down and play safe.

01/09/2012

5
Longevity 9
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Rebella
16 Reviews

Rebella

Helpful Review 2

Piercing and powdery

Growing up in the northern outskirts of Europe granted me a childhood with not to many spring blossoms, especially not spring blossoms with prominent scent. Lilacs was one of few. Maybe that´s why I haven´t found a single perfume with obvious lilac note that I really like and care for. This far, nothing have come close to the real thing, the lilacs blossoming in my grand mothers garden close to the northern polar circle.

Until I tried Rue de Lilacs that is. Rue de Lilac is the first lilac heacy fragrance that reaches and acyually also manage to touch my heart. The opening is a masterpeice in fragile beauty. Piercingly high tuned lilacs underscored with some aldehydes and also a dash of tart citrus. The opening is somehow creating the feeling of lilacs blossoming in the last snow fall for the season. (Which is absolutly possible where i come from)

After a short while softer notes of lily-of-the-vallet chimes in, deepens the experiences, making it soft and caressing, but still with that piercing emotion in the background. Piercing and powdery at the same time, that´s not bad, I have for sure not encountered that in many perfumes. This way of handling lilac note makes Rue de Lilacs a modern lilac scent, suitable for a wide (but somewhat romantic) audience. Rue de Lilas is a must try if you still haven´t found a lilac scent that you like (or love), and for lovers of lilac it could very well become a wlecome addition to other lilac scents.

I feel totally comfortable when I wear this, and I can see myself buying a FB of it or at least a split (anyone interested???). Lasting powers isn´t that amazing, but decent enough, after all it´s only an eau de toilette.

03/10/2024

9
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

Pollita
252 Reviews

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Top Review 27

It could have been so beautiful....

The first approach. I get lilies of the valley and a dreamy musky scent that joins the lilac bushes in bloom. The lily of the valley smells like my wonderful Coralie and the musk almost exactly like Soliani's Il Vs Iris, which I wore again just yesterday. A fine, cloudy white, slightly creamy musk note that makes me think of white sheets in the spring sunshine.

Of course, my eyes went wide. A fragrance like my Il Vs Iris, only with lily of the valley and lilac? That has to be one for me. Absolutely. Before I dared to wear it properly and risk losing my heart completely, I first looked to see if Rue des Lilas was still available. At first I couldn't find any options on my cell phone. Limited edition. It was so obvious. But I didn't give up and kept researching. On the PC. And I actually found several online stores that were still offering it and even shipping it to Germany.

So I applied Rue des Lilas and just wanted to enjoy the magic of this fragrance. And then it happened. There. A disruptive note. Between all the lily-of-the-valley smeared
White-flowered beauty, the blooming, green lilacs and the pure, white musk, a nasty little aromachemical nipped in. A Mü at most. Because the fragrance is delicate. I sprayed it a few times and after 2-3 hours there's not much of it left. But it still has that Mü evil. And I think it could be Ambrocenide or a relative that wants to spoil this almost perfect beauty a little. Unfortunately, I've noticed several times with Guillaume's fragrances that reissues and reformulations no longer quite correspond to the original formulation and sometimes have additions that are no longer entirely on my wavelength. Unfortunately, this is also the case here.

It could have been so beautiful: A fragrance that still exists. For under a hundred euros even. But it just wasn't meant to be. Such a shame.

I still think it's great, no question. Nevertheless, it won't become mine. With many thanks to Gandix for the testing opportunity.

Rue des Lilas Phaedon 2011

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