Love and Tears By Kilian for women and men

Though not elegant or complex, this is a jasmine scent journey with a twist of unexpected, and certainly an interesting adventure worthy of a tester.

On first application I closed my eyes and smelled the scent of rain on white flowers, on a sunny morning in the tropics (where we get rain with sun at the same time). After a few minutes this scent took me along a path lined with jasmine vines in full bloom - clean, clear and STRONG jasmine. Nearby I caught glimpses of small orange trees in flower. These were subtle and not over-riding the jasmine. Now and then a broken stem of bitter orange tree gave the scent journey a bit of contrast. And there .. what is this now? ...crushed sweet-tarts on the ground!

As the dry down progressed, the pungent oil of lime skin wafted through. And ylang ylang came in with a mild custardy smoothness. For about 5 minutes I could all most taste custard with green lime peel grated on top! But this was fleeting. 15 minutes into this interesting scent adventure a sharpness of Winter began to assert.

Perhaps this is the juxtaposition in the fragrance contrasting the "Love" of tender white tropical flowers competing now with the brace of cold mountain air bringing in crushed cedar leaves, and a dab of the aromatic lotion one rubs into sore muscles. If there are hidden unmentioned notes, I would guess Kilian sprinkled a dash of capsaicin to bring out the "tears". A friend sniffed my arm closely and commented "ummm, smells nice, but it kind of bothers my nose up close".

A note on the supposed unisex nature of this scent: I rather like jasmine on a man (my son smells wonderful in BVG Jasmie Noir), but this one is too sweet in the whites (even with the Winter note contrasting). I think better on a young woman.

This smells like sex, ... sweat and flowers ... a pungent musk and soft wafing florals and what some might refer to as stinky jasmin.... I happen to love the jasmin in love and tears.... simple enough to detect all notes, but bleneds so lovely. So yes, I disagree, that this is all about jasmine, While I do believe the Jasmine stands out a bit more than the other notes (with the exception of the musk) I think it's a supporting role for the musk... along with all other notes, which are all easily identifiable. Sillage, longevity Excellent
10/10

While this has different notes, I do feel that this is very reminiscent of the vintage Donna Karen 'Chaos'

Yes, this is first and foremost floral, but there is also a lot of green here so we get the flowers and the freshness of the foliage.

The floral notes blend so prettily with each other and are quite rich. Whilst this isn't something I would wear, I DO think it's beautiful. Warm yet fresh, indolic and so superbly feminine.

With it's fresh floral feel it reminds me of Frederic Malle's Lys Mediterranee.

If you love Jasmine, this one is for you.

"The inconditional surrender of a jasmine loved in tender musk". I cannot see love in this fragrance, only tears, unfortunately...

Love and Tears starts totally floral with a kind of semi-sweet tone. I sincerely do not have a lot of contact with floral notes, so, I have difficult to differentiated between them, but this wasn't a problem with this particular fragrance since it is dominated by only one note: jasmine!

This is all about jasmine on my skin. Pure, dominant, overwhelming and of course, long lasting. A fragrance devoted specially for those who love this note, otherwise do not bother yourself smelling it.

This is a lovely white flower scent in which orange blossom and jasmine do the tango! Cypress and petit-grain bring fresh green undertones, keeping the animalic and indolic tendencies of the big white flower divas in check-

I am in love and that perfume is all Ive been looking for, It is a very strong floral scent but what makes the magic happen is all of the bouquet I feel many flowers not just Jasmin and also feel a green scent under the flowers. Oh yes that is too expensive pls let me know if you know a similar scent from another brand...

I have just dubbed it on my wrist when my two 8 year old twin nieces came in.
What do think of it I asked?
And one of them said" Look, I don't want to offend, but do you know those old ladies sitting on the benches? It smells like them, they spray this staff all over themselves" And we all burst out laughing.

I laughed because the term "old lady" is even spoken by babies.
And that they said it on such an expansive perfume.

What else can I say...?

I think after the description in a catalogue I was thinking about a blind buy. So poetic, so dramatic, you know, something honestly awakening my imagination. Luckily I decided to order a sample before what would turn out to be the most expensive (I'll add a bit of drama to it too) fragrant mistake in my life.

Love and tears is a nice jasmine scent. Nice. That's it. It certainly does not smell so incredibly tempting to make me wanna throw my debit card at the sales assistant in Harvey and Nichols and beg him with tears in my eyes to sell me this wonderful good. There is a few jasmine fragrances, for example AG Songes, that cost 1/3 or 1/2 of the price and do the same thing better. I do understand that the quality of ingredients plays an important role, but lets not overdo it.

Jasmine is what it's all about. And, I love jasmine. But...there is ylang ylang, bergamot and African Orange flower that makes it all happen!

More femme then hemme (lol) but the right man can pull it off. Are you man enough to be a chick? lol

This is great for the Spring/ Summer months. Very seductive. Nicely balanced.

Always a struggle with the price tag Kilian's carry (like Bond). So, you buy for love or sample it for a quick fling.

Sillage and longevity are nice and right.

I just splurged and bought a full bottle of Love and Tears "surrender"...jasmine, yes, but the complex notes underneath are what made me buy it in the first place. Well done, elegant, feminine floral!

aint bad. nothing unique though.

and if i take into consideratation the drama by the name.. and the price.

I think one can buy lots of bottles of floral perfumes which have more character at a more affordable price.

Sorry to say but Kilian to me is one of the niche brands that make people think there is nothing extra/more out there on the niche market than on mainstream, just for triple price.

Love and Tears is a beautifully refined, almost haunting fragrance. It smells clean, soft, and dreamlike with jasmine definitely taking the lead on the list of ingredients. Love and Tears would be perfect to wear for a relaxing and special evening with your significant other. I personally love jasmine, and while this is a strong jasmine, it's the soft blossom of jasmine without much interference from any other scent, the heart of it. I don't really see how it could be unisex though. It's too floral for a man to wear. I like this fragrance!

From the first spray it smells like a jasmine air freshner which is not an appealing scent to me. Then as it drys down, it becomes obvious that this scent is more refined, yet not refined enough for its price tag.

As for sillage, it stands inbetween the two other Kilian fragrances I have tested. Its sillage is weaker than Back to Black's and stronger than love and tear's.

A melodramatic name (catchy! Good marketing strategy!)for a very conventional flowery, light bouquet dominated by jasmine. I totally agree with reviewer Kterhark - there are no deep roots to this fragrance, although I would not compare it to a Caron at all (neither to new or vintage offerings of the Caron line) - too different in style. Love and tears reminds me of Jasmine by Keiko Mecheri or Jasmin 17 by Le Labo. All these are expensive niche creations which are - in my humble opinion - not worth their money, since they are boring takes on a very old, hackneyed theme done so many times before.

By Kilian likes to choose dramatic names for its perfumes, and “Love and Tears” is another attention-getter offered by this house. Having tried this fragrance, though, I cannot associate it with either tears or much love, unless, of course, you happen to love jasmine. I mean really, really love it! Love and Tears is all about jasmine. In fact, it strongly reminds me of unadulterated, very high quality and expensive jasmine oil. It is difficult to identify other notes there, with few exceptions. I think that seekers of a true jasmine scent will be pleased. I, however, don’t like my jasmine served straight-up. I usually prefer it more mysterious and smooth when it appears only as a facet in a fragrance, as in the TDC Jasmin de Nuit, for example, so take my review with a grain of salt.

This past spring, I was lucky to pass by some blooming jasmine bushes. In fact, they had spread and taken over the entire fence of a house. I noticed the beautiful and delicate smell before I reached or even saw the gentle white blossoms perfuming the air. It was unmistakably flowery, but it was soft as well, and slightly sweet.

By Kilian Love and Tears starts more sharply than the actual flowers I sensed on that spring walk. It stays bright, freshened up by the cypress notes in its base that give it an almost greenish quality. It doesn’t become sweet on my skin.

(I noticed that it is listed as unisex, but that’s a stretch. The fragrance is fairly feminine.)

"And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,
And yet not out by any brook or river,
But up by roots to bring dark foliage on."

Thank you Robert Frost for that nice introduction to Love and Tears. (Titled Spring Pools)

I'm going to like this because it doesn't include one note that offends me. You'll get a wet, citrus-y petit grain opening, which is light and dewy. Kisses for that.

The middle phase is **sweet**, but it is a tart sweet, not a 'who dumped the pie down my shirt' sweet. More kisses.

But here is my comment, and I do hope Mr. Killian is listening. Go choose a Caron parfum, preferably vintage, and compare. The poem above was written for Caron, with the 'dark foliage uprooted by the roots'. Caron always adds a mysterious thread that twists and turns throughout the wearing, causing the 'shiver' that you see in line one.

Killian's river runs shallow and fast. once you pull up that flower you'll see there are no roots at all.

So- yes, Love and Tears is a pretty, tastefully done floral. But it is not going to tempt me to dip my foot into other waters; my Carons hold their place.