Jil Jil Sander for women

I don´t know what happened but lately i have changed my opinion on some fragrances i hated or disliked before. "Jil" is now one of them.
Right below is my previous review for "Jil" and i explained why i disliked it. Today i am wearing it for a second time and i think this is a "one sniff from hate to love" type of fragrance for me. I liked it yesterday and love it today! It smells complelty different when sprayed on my skin during warmer season, than when i tried it during colder season. The chocolate notes with tonka bean are driving me crazy! This is an instant head-turner at the moment! Long lasting dark chocolate and light vanilla, nothing else really, those are just 2 notes i fully appreciate and enjoy here. Guess this will be one of my favorite summer time evening fragrances, but only during summer time!
Now i have learned my lesson that never say never and always give a second try :)

I have purchased it based on a good reviews here and i absolutly do not like it!
For me it is like a men´s perfume, but not the best one. Very very sharp at the beginning it instantly scared me off so i puted it away for a while, thinking i will try it somedoay later. Then once again and again i wanted to test it but was still disgusted by it´s opening. Today i finally tried it on my skin. The very opening is like very citrus to me with some bitter notes dominanting (i guess that are red berries and cacao). Then after 10-15 min all i can smell is bitter cacao with vetiver mixed with some pine notes. It is not fresh citrus anymore. For me that kind of smell is really annoying in someway and since it has tobacco note in it, it just simply turns me off cause since i quitted smoking i cannot stand a scent of tobacco.
So what do we get? A sharply citrus at the beginning and bitter cacao with pine notes later. I do not smell any raspberries in it absolutly!
Staying power is average.
So for me it is very one-sided fragrance, that would better suit a manly man than a woman. But since Jil Sander was always very minimalistic in fashion it is no surprise then that the same is with the fragrances.

UPDATE: After 30 min all i can smell is dark choclate with a lightes hint of vanilla mix to it.
Still it smells like quite masculine to me and i do not like to wait that long for perfume to develope, by that time i will want to scrub it simply off.


Please do not remove this comment, since others might find it useful. Not every rewiev should be positive, so people like me wanted to make a blind buy might find it very informative. Thanks.

A little bit on the weird side but I love this one!

First impression: somebody hit me in the head with a giant perfume bottle. Thankfully that lasts only for a few seconds.

Then I get berries with a hint of christmas tree.
It developes into deepest forest AND a rich floral-fruity bouquet. It's hard to imagine those two side by side but it smells truly amazing. Very fresh but sweet and playful at the same time.
An hour later the woods step up and I get the vanilla.
Slowly the remains of the top notes fade away to be replaced by vetiver and tonka bean with hints of something woody-smoky, amber and vanilla.

It's a shame that it doesn't last longer, after only 4 hours it's pretty much gone. I can't remember if it had more staying power when the bottle was new. I really wish they would bring it back!

 

Hi...can somebody help me to find this perfume please please pleaSE..................................THANKS

This was the first perfume I ever bought, and I still love it today. It's discontinued unfortunately (can't understand why), so I was very happy when I got the chance to buy two big tester bottles on ebay, now I can have it with me a little longer...

Loaded with vanilla! Too much vanilla for me but very pretty but not for me to ware so I used it as a fabric refresher on my bed. If I like something but don't like it on my skin then I use it as a fabric scent on my bed. One of my bizaar ways of using my scent to its fullest advantage-its better than sitting on a shelf!

i agree with you tra! i wish also! i have a empty bottle and time after time i smell her. good memories, good sweet scent, with this perfume i had unforgetable period in my life!!!!!!!

i agree with you tra! i wish also! i have a empty bottle and time after time i smell her. good memories, good sweet scent, with this perfume i had unforgetable period in my life!!!!!!!

Wish I could smell it once again. Just for the memories.Can't find it anymore

My alltime favorite ... which I really hated, when I first smelled it. But I just couldn't forget the unique scent and got back to it more and more often until I started loving it. I think they discontinued JIL and I was at least able to get a bottle through ebay. Not sure if it still exists .... :-(

THIS PERFUME IS DULL, VERY LIGHT SCENT

I always wanted to have that perfume.unforgettable scent.

my favorite perfume ...
nothing else to say
perfect!