Description
“In 1967 an innovative marketer and former horticultural student, Dan Morgan, had an idea for a Lilac fragrance. He designed, developed and manufactured a high quality scent, which has been described as “an amazingly true essence of the Lilacs at their peak.”
The selection and testing of rare oils took many months, skilled perfumers and research chemists at the world-renowned International Flavors and Fragrances were commissioned to create this essence. Their project was to develop a not too heavy, not too sweet artistic success.
Highland Lilac is one of America’s finest perfumes. Proclaimed the Lilac Capital of the World’s official Fragrance, it has won national awards and international gold medals. It has been presented to five first ladies of the USA.
In Spring, the rare double flowering and other special varieties of lilac buds and blossoms are harvested, collected and tested each year to determine and to make sure the perfumers and chemists have the exact match with the original formula. The juice must have a fresh lilac scent with a sensual dry down! Each year only a limited quantity is produced. The essence has been cherished by many generations of Americans as the True Essence of Lilac. Its classic sophistication continues into the 21st Century.” – a note from the brand.
Highland Lilac by Highland Lilac of Rochester is a Floral fragrance for women. Highland Lilac was launched in 1967. The nose behind this fragrance is Dan Morgan. The fragrance features lilac.
fillosov – :
I am originally from the Rochester area and grew up going to the Lilac Festival each year as a kid. This scent is exact. I am taken back to sitting under the huge lilac bushes, lounging in the grass, having a snack.
It’s like a collection of memories in a bottle for me.
On me, it is a skin scent, I do not use much and it lasts about 4-5 hours. There is a slight almost vanilla-like ending (trail?) to it but it isn’t a true vanilla, more of a sweetness that rounds out.
At Highland Park, where the lilacs are, there are many kinds of lilacs all throughout and it is more the scent of the air around you as you walk through the park. It smells like the lilacs in bloom, in the heat of the day when their scent is most vibrant.
Evgen-Pozdn – :
a strong, sweet, rich, heavy, projecting, lasting lilac; one of my fave soliflores
kostya_zir – :
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Real lilacs do not smell like this.
This is a sickeningly sweet stench with a weird smell to it in the first hour or so. It smells like soap in grandma’s bathroom. Body products a la 1980s.
MaTriX87 – :
A perfect realistic lilac scent, smooth edges and excellent performance in terms of both longevity and sillage. Romantic without being suggestive. Like the real flowers, the sprayed area smells better from a few inches away than right up close.
Not sure about online availability, but you can get it at Parkleigh if you’re in town. There are a few products like soap, lotion, and a rollerball. The spray perfume is $50 for what looks like 1oz. What I purchased is a clear liquid in a gold cardboard box with no barcode, ingredients, concentration, or volume measure.
trackerplusa – :
Oh what a special little perfume…a pure straight up old fashioned lilac. The ones that bloom so heartily in our mid-western harsh climate. Here lilacs are a true paradise on the stark plains wind-blown climate. Today on this Easter day, a lovely rare non windy day the flowering crab trees and other fruit trees and tulips I anticipate the coming of the beautiful lilac blooms just in time for my birthday in May. This little fragrance bottle duplicates those lovely purple blooms exactly and hangs on with it’s dear little heart in longer duration than most other more pricey lilac fragrances.
It’s like pressing your nose directly into one of those velvety fresh blooms on a crisp but comfortable twilight evenings,I can imagine in Rochester New York riding next to my favorite person in the whole world in a horse drawn carriage down a lane of lilacs arm in arm on my Birthday…a day reserved just for me…clouds of scent surrounding us and wistfully enjoying lilac colored scented macaroons…a lovely lilac cocktail.
bbabah – :
I feel like I’m back in Illinois, at the beginning of Spring. I have all my living room and dining room windows open, and the smell of the neighbor’s lilac bush is wafting in on the breeze! Scent goes on, and dries down, as a lovely, powdery lilac. I haven’t found anything else that comes close to the pure, unbridled beauty of lilacs.
SALAGA – :
How would you compare it to En Passant? Lilac is my favourite flower and I’m really curious about it, although this perfume is hard to find in Europe, I guess.
utesov – :
So glad to see this in the database now! Have had this for a couple of years and it is my go-to Spring Time favorite. Smells exactly like lilacs. Lilacs were my mother’s favorite flower and we had a couple of bushes in the yard. Rochester is the world capital for lilacs, so they know their scent. If you love lilacs, get this one. Can’t say enough about it!!
Meres1k – :
Whenever I wear this fragrance I get compliments. It truly is a delight, the freshest, prettiest, purplest, most potent lilac in a little bottle. A fresh smell of spring optimism. If you are looking for a solo note lilac BUY THIS it’s the one!
Edit: I received my bottle in either 2014 or 2015…I can’t remember for sure. It’s 08/16/2017 today and I am sad to say my bottle has turned. I stored this in my normal way and it was not abused. Just letting buyers know that the shelf life isn’t great and to use it up!
anutka121281 – :
Sweet dreams! When I was a little girl, I was in love with flowers, especially ones that had a great scent. Every spring I would wait anxiously until the lilacs bloomed, and then would gather huge bouquets of the flowers to be put in vases on the nightstand by my bed. I would lay in the dark and smell their sweet fragrance until I drifted off to sleep. (I confess. I still do this!)
Highland Lilac is this scent. It is the most realistic, fresh, “spring like” lilac I have ever found. It is truly like fresh pressed flowers. No chemical overtone. No additional notes to dilute its’ loveliness. Perfect sillage and longevity. This is lilac – pure and simple.
newsome030 – :
Lilac is my all-time favorite floral, and this is my all-time favorite lilac perfume. It has great sillage and staying power, and is just a lilac lover’s dream. I wear it alone and layer it with other scents, especially when I want to make some of my more masculine unisex scents more feminine. People just smile when they smell it.