Dilys Laura Ashley for women

Many years ago when I still hadn´t become addicted ;) I had a sample of Dilys. November 2010 I suddenly thought of Dilys again and tried to find it but I it was discontinued. After much searching I found a bottle on E-bay. The smell was nothing like I remember it, but almost repulsive. A large bouquet of flowers with an extreme intensity. I couldn´t wear it. It was just too strong. When I read Paleface´s lovely review here, I thought 'What have I missed"? so I took out the bottle again and sprayed a moderate shower on my wrist. Later on I sat on the balcony in the sun. When I wiped the hair from my face, I felt a soft and beautiful floral-fruity scent. I can´t stop sniffing. This must mean that Dilys is best for my skin when it is heated.

Dilys is one of those distinctive and absolutely heavenly perfumes which would deserve much more attention than they get. But that is very understandable: Laura Ashley has never been big in marketing and the clientele is anyway limited - Ashley is not Givency or certainly not Chanel or Dior which everybody knows from granny to grandchild. But that fact doesn't make Dilys any worse; it could proudly stand along with any other famous perfume from 80's and 90's.

Yes, this scent is from those loud years when everybody was competing who's perfume has the looooongest and bigggggest sillage. When popping in a restroom one had to spray more all over, and in the evening again a lot more...

But Dilys is not overbearing. It is not like some suffocating and all available space stealing monsters, no. It is big, yes, it is long lasting, yes, and it DOES have a sillage, yes. If I had to compare it anything, I would say original Kenzo for women, also from those years (but if remembering correctly, from 1988). They are not similar, but they share the same aura, same woman-like strong but soft (what a paradox!) fruit-flower -composition with a tangy edge. The ingredients differ; I am only talking about the feeling they have on me.

To my nose Dilys is composed mainly of peach with some plum and a touch of white flowers - and, much later, musky woods. Now, that sounds simple, and if you look notes, those also seem simple. But the outcome is not. The composition is beautiful, and whoever did the job, should have a good, fat merit of this beauty. It is somehow solid and at the same time ethereal (again a paradox).

Nowadays this masterpiece is very difficult to get. If you find a real one, grab it - supposing you enjoy fruity-floral compositions. To me this is one of the bests. Exquisite.

Loveliest scent I have ever used. Unforgettable. Every time I wear it I draw much compliments. Retired from market ...I suspect...due to poor publicity campaign as I never never saw it advertised.
I sitll buy it when I find it from discontinued supplies and at exhorbitant prices. Wish it was brought back again ..by Laura Ashley or other.

this perfume struck a note with me that I have carried for more than 20 years! Amazing how you can love a scent so much!

Mellyhelly,I agree with the personal pleasure thing,and me too,shocked to remember how differnt I was when I really loved it,but I blame the market for that,I was kinda drift to other streams during my life in perfume world.In general,the peach note who was attracted me to this perfume,anyways,I can use one bottle during a year now if I finde it.It was my typical perfume type during the year it was launched

Simply the most beautiful perfume I have ever smelt - I wish to god it was not discontinue because it is the most perfect perfume ever made

I can't believe it still exists!
I found Dylis back in time in the only Laura Ashley's shop in Milan, but since then no LP's fragrance is sold anymore here.
Reflection of Love? I don't know. Maybe only a certain type of love, very romantic and garden-y if it makes sense.
Think of an intense floral with lots of lily-of-the-valley and narcissus, warmed up by woods and little spice.
Very beautiful but somehow not wearable for me nowadays. I think it's much in the line of present Gucci Flora, but with a less aggressive attitude and more complicated.
It didn't draw compliments at that time. Young men called it boring.
It was more of a personal pleasure for me, very dreamlike and romantic but strong too. For me it's a memory scent that immediately bring me back to an exact period of my life and it shocks to see how different I was!
It would be nice to own a few samples.
Perfect in small amounts for springtime.