Description
The Lily is a Chypre-Oriental fragrance, signature of the most expensive and sophisticated components in the world. A particularly rich and warm accord of raw ingredients, with the lily-of-the-valley dominating, vanilla gives sensuality and juicy exotic fruits reveal the unique veils of glamor.
A treasure inspired by the Minoan civilization of the largest island of Greece, the beautiful Crete. The prince of lilies, the famous Minoan Prince of Knossos, is the inspiration of Theodoros Kalotinis to create a highly addictive fragrance.
Lily by Theo Parfums is a Chypre fragrance for women. Lily was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Theodoros Kalotinis. Top note is exotic fruits; middle notes are lily-of-the-valley and lily; base notes are vanilla and patchouli.
Andersen1313 – :
From the island of Crete…Love this fragrance, it is somewhat floral but not feminine so works well on men. Not an office fragrance but a more casual or a night out type. I get kind of an orangey smell mixed with patchouli and vanilla. So far this and 1989 are my favorites from this small but powerful house and I hope they become more mainstream.
Jeka Liashuk – :
I recently won this perfume here on Fragrantica. A big thank you to the brand owner and perfumer Theodoros Kalotinis for his generousity! 🙂
Lily is a warm, rich and sensual fragrance. It opens with a quite heavy patchouli note, but it is not sharp or overly dirty in any way. It’s a very smooth and pleasantly earthy patchouli, and it is paired with a rich sweetness from tropical fruits. It almost has a vibe of damp jungle filled with tropical fruit trees. But not quite. The sweetness is too thick, almost like a fruit syrup smell, and it keeps the scent from smelling too much like photorealistic nature.
The sensual, slightly soapy – but soapy in a very soft way – lily slowly appears and gives the fragrance a very appealing and attractive vibe. It smells elegant and passionate at the same time.
The fruits are lingering, but still feels a lot softer after a while. That pleasant earthiness from patchouli is also lingering, but it keeps getting smoother as well, and it feels creamy in a way when the soft, shy vanilla kicks in. A lovey pair, patchouli and vanilla. Especially in this composition.
This is not a fragrance that develops in crazy directions. It pretty much smells the same from you spray it on until it’s gone. There are just some soft nuances that change and makes the scent grow rounder and, yes, softer on the skin.
The soapyness from the lilies are not like a bar of soap by the way. It’s more in the direction of shampoo or hair conditioner. And not in a bad way. The scent actually smells very much like an expensive, all natural and organic hair product. It has that same rich, creamy feeling that a deep conditioning hair masque has. So it’s a perfume you might wear if you don’t want to smell like you’ve doused yourself in perfume. It smells more like you’ve just showered and washed yor hair with quality products that smells really awesome.
I’ve been drawn to this a lot since I got it. It’s a very pleasant perfume, and at the same time it feels really sensual and attractive.
For an all natural perfume this lasts a long time on the skin. I get about 8-10 hours out of this. Sillage is really strong to begin with but slowly dries down to a medium. A quality fragrance for sure. 🙂
2742 – :
Lily by Theo Parfums is the little bottle of Greek perfume I had been longing for because they perfectly combined two of my favorite things – lily flowers and Greece! This opens as a very spicy patchouli that is almost deceiving until the dry down when you smell the most divine crystal white lilies peeking through with just a hint of vanilla underneath. If you have ever smelled Le Labo’s Ylang 49 (which smells nothing like ylang-ylang by the way) then I would say that Lily by Theo Parfums smells very similar to it, but so much BETTER – because it does not have the fecal note like Ylang 49 does. To me this Lily is bold and sexy, I would definitely rock this with my little black dress on a night out!