Lily Essence (for women)

mizsadako

I need to disagree of all. Lily Essence eau de parfum have an excellent lasting power, even if compared with other fragrances from O Boticario or compared with international brands. the clerk sprayed on me Lily Essence in the 12AM, Exactly.
It´s midnight and my forearm is exhaling the great aroma.Lily Essence is creamy, galactic, warm, sensual and luxurious. The buquet is well conceipted.
The lilies are narcotizing, with the roses and irises... The violets are very elegant, too.
oh well, I am not a great fan of brasilian fragrances at all, but I have to admit O Boticario made de best brasilian perfum for now.
Ah, Lily Essence was made with the Essence of lily Stargazer, pionering in extrating such essential oil from this flower. And they used the enfleurage technique to do it. Just a curiosity.

susieqrj

I´ll have to agree with annehke when she says that Lily Essence is a "pretty perfume with weak fixation".

My Impressions: I bought it at christmas but just tried it today. The box is perfect, you have a gorgeous flask with a cap and two atomizers to use (a pump regular and the fancy squeeze ball). There´s also a minibook explaining the ancient enfleurage process (Lilly Essence was made with this technique).

As I sprayed the perfume, all I smelled was wonderful lillies (no alcohol at all). The perfume is floral fruity, it has a very delicate sweetness.
This perfume is not intense or a "trail leaver". After one hour I can smell it on my skin if I sniff it close.

It is sold as an EDP (the first from O Boticario, known in Brazil for EDC and EDT). But this EDP is not concentrated enough, easily could be called EDT.

It costs around US$50 - 42 Euro - Brazilian price is R$127 - for 100ml.
It´s almost the same price charged here for a 30ml imported perfume (here they cost from 42 to 60 euro - 30ml and 93 to 136 euro for 100ml). So, charging this price for a national product... all I have to say is that I`ll go for the importeds.

Its a pity that they had the chance to do a beautiful EDP and it resulted on a
weak EDT (about lasting on skin).

annehke

I suppose the following comments are more of a product review, than a scent/fragrance review...I tried layering also, with the scent's cream. That did not help the fixation!!
In fact, the fixation became weaker
on the arm with the cream!! In general,
overall, the perfume is weak for fixation. There are oaps too. THe soaps have that great'pure lily ' smell of classic soaps.The perfume costs 127 Reais. I was hoping (and anticipating) for a high end perfume,and it is about the same quality,maybe a bit weaker quality, than the other cheapies here in Brazil.
The retailer Oboticario just released
another- Lily Essence Sensuelle. The liquid is purple, in the same bottle.
I just sniffed the cap, I did not test it on my skin.

annehke

The perfume starts with a jet blast !
The atomoizer gives you a forceful shower! Whoah! There is a whif of alcohol and then the notes begin to appear.At first, you can smell the lily, mainly.Then, after some time a sweetness stays on your skin, and next you can distinguish the peach and pear together as a "cute", fruity combination note. The Iris, lily, and gardenia are nice but not tantalizing or exciting, there is a sensation of slightly warm Jasmine to keep the combination of the flower notes together.The drydown continues with the same fusion of the flower notes; and the bases are not easily separately noticeable. The sandalwood and musk are light; the amber adds a sheer dusting of powder to the whole fragrance.The patchouli and vetiver basenotes are nonexistent. The base does perform well in the drydown, a nice combination remains in the drydrown. I tested the perfume from a bottle on the retailerś shelf, and the fixation was weak- the top notes ran away quickly, the lily scent that I encountered during the first 10 minutes faded; and the base notes stayed..only lightly. At the very very end there is a sweet vanilla scent remaining. Overall, it is a "pretty" perfume with weak fixation.