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Alexil77 – :
This unisex scent opens with a big blast of lime, this lasts about 15-30 minutes. Then the artemisia and pandanus come out, the combination of the tartness of the lime and the bitterness of the artemisia and grassy smell of the pandanus create a lemongrass-like aroma.
The florals are barely there, maybe they don’t project as much because of the cold weather. I’m wondering whether these floral notes perform better in warm weather.
Sillage is moderate, longevity is excellent 6+ hours. It’s a nice, refreshing scent, but I’m not impressed enough to buy it.
marminegree – :
Lime, florals, herbs and wood. This scent has a sharp, piercing quality that I think is due to the artemisia and passion fruit. I can understand how some say it smells metallic. Opens with an almost citronella/lemongrass and dries down more fruity/floral. LIL is green while DEV #1-4 are red, brown and black.
Sillage and projection are good. Lasted about eight hours before becoming soft. Still steadily lingering at the twelve hour mark. Definitely more “feminine” but a guy could wear this. True to the rest of the DEV scents this isn’t the best for work or a date. A little cloying to me; I’d wear it in any season except the hottest summer or coldest winter days. A drastic departure from the others in the DEV series but I like the concept. This is nice and the quality is apparent but it’s not for me.
strateg2010 – :
Two words: mosquito repellant!
1995ILYA – :
One of the things I love about perfume is that the olfactory experience is totally open to individual interpretation. Having said that my review of LIL is very unlike the others.
Fortunately nothing metallic as described below. But nothing so exotic as described below either. Opens with a kick of rose and geranium on quite strong woods. Something green, artimesia, keeps it slightly cool and clean, and later some very light citrus that’s highly complimentary to the floral components. The woody notes endure throughout the duration of wear time in harmony and balance to the deeper florals, the green citrus keeps it fresh. Overall what I get is a reasonably tame, but rather eloquent woody floral that is very worthy of a full purchase.
Reasonable sillage and longevity, it settles nicely to skin within around 4hrs on me. Definitely worth sampling if you like woody florals.
davo707005 – :
LIL does not have a metallic note on me, as many other reviewers have noted. All the Dev perfumes have a metallic note on my skin, which is similar in smell and tactile experience to a certain perfume ingredient coming into contact with my chemistry. Back to LIL. On me, the top notes are beautiful cucumber, lily of the valley, aldehydes. I could see if these notes were denser or more shrieking on my skin, it may form the smelL of metal. It does not though. All of these are in the opening in a very subtle, clean, balanced, smooth way. I usually dislike aldehydes and cucumber but love this opening. Somehow it is light and deep simultaneously. It is certainly airy, ethereal. There is a crackle of electricity towards the heart. I am aware of an herbal note from opening to the heart, it is not harsh or pushy, unique enough to not have to call out for attention. As the heart progresses a salty musk and lime emerge. Then, stepping back, it is an aquatic floral. Here, it is feminine, playful. Then lemon-lime, salt, maybe a freesia note. I love this. It is feminine in a unique way. The base on me hints at cumin (hints!) grounding it for me, while the lemon and lime include the rind. The base now sits as salty, textured, sexy watermelon rind. What a lovely trip. I keep getting the image of being delighted I am a woman, of not having to do anything more than be what I am. Wearing this perfume I want to radiate and embody genuine, grounded self-confidence.
505spiker – :
Metallic lemongrass is what it smells like to me. Kind of a post apocalyptic perfume, like Citrus Verbena Intense, for androids. It surprises, because just when you are comfortable with the lemon, the metallic zing zaps you with an interesting array of complexity. The notes don’t really do this fragrance justice. Reviewer Lipglosandbackpack nailed it when she said “LIL was like sitting on a metal guard rail beside the highway drinking an ice-cold margarita on the rocks”- fun, summer scent for those days when you want something different!
NeakFooro – :
Do you remember the other day when you were walking through the mall and you were tryna figure out where that aroma was coming from? It was probably me and I was wearing the lemon-lime bomb of a fragrance otherwise known as Lil. Extreme Compliment Getter to say the least. There’s other stuff going on besides citrusy notes…For instance: The opening has a barely herbal yet puply ylang ylang nuance transitioning to some sort of sharp metallic/industrial freshness as described by the reviewers. Not long after the lemon lime detergent accord comes barreling through, what I thought to be neroli was probably a combination of Lily of the Valley and Angel’s Trumpet. I could go on and on to describe the different notes I detect but the fact of the matter is this is a lemon-lime floral fragrance. If you like this one, you should check out Macaque from Zoologist. They are very similar. I had zero intentions of putting a feminine fragrance on my want list. Another surprise from this house.
Blind Buy Worthy
Sergei. – :
Agree with the previous reviewers who describe the initial scent as metallic and industrial. LIL was like sitting on a metal guard rail beside the highway drinking an ice-cold margarita on the rocks. While it is described as a unisex scent (and the name strikes me as feminine!) I found it quite masculine and don’t expect to use up the rest of my sample vial, though I wouldn’t object to smelling this on a man in an elevator.
tatyhfh – :
Lil is beauty! A must have for each perfumista. It’s sharp, almost disturbing – a pungent lemongrass with a crisp floral accord underneath that paired with the heavy and abstract citrus fruits creates a fragrance like no other citrusy-floral . There’s a pinch of rose, and green lily of the valley, hyacinth, and the stench of tropical florals without the “weight” of them… it smells like the narcotics have been extracted. It is an industrial-like, crisp abstract, citrus fragrance with a bitterness underneath. The fragrance feels both sour and fresh, and stuffy and earthy… it’s a whiplash that makes you mad because you discover pleasures in something you have always found deviant before.
Lil is another amazing piece of The Devil Scents Collection, seductive and gorgeous.
zoob_k – :
i had a sample of this before full-buying a bottle.
on application, this is a blast of icy cold lime; bitter, sour, dark green, leaves and all, that somehow on my skin manages to come off as metallic, like a clothes iron that’s just cooled. it’s an odd juxtaposition in my mind, but i absolutely love it. sillage is powerful. any more than three sprays and for an hour all i can smell all around me is that canopy of cold, dark and sour metal leaves. i realise this will sound repugnant to some, and perhaps this is not even how it’s ‘meant’ to smell, but i adore it.
As time passes, the sillage does drop considerably, and the more floral / fruity facets begin to reveal themselves, predominantly the passion fruit and geranium, adding a depth of peppery spice and the faintest touch of fruity sweetness to the proceedings, but never leaving the leafy, sinister, bitter canopy. glorious. longevity will see you through a day easily if this is to be played on another’s skin as on mine.