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wevearodieday – :
Love and Tears is heady stuff. It’s essentially a classic white floral with green undertones. Right from the get go, it’s dominated by an intense accord of jasmine and lily of the valley, in that order of prominence, plus a splash of orange blossom. There’s a transitory lightness to the opening, thanks to an aquatic/ozonic accord, but Love and Tears soon swells into a full-bodied monster of a floral. The dominant white petal accord is underpinned by classic aromatic-green notes – notably oak moss, petitgrain and galbanum. It all sits atop a hazy, indistinct, but quite pleasant woody-powdery base. No surprises that it leans more feminine than unisex. Projection and performance is phenomenal – a little goes a long way.
There’s not much to Love and Tears that hasn’t already been covered by the likes of Chanel No. 19 or Diorissimo. Still, it’s a refreshingly classic fragrance that certainly delivers in terms of quality, composition and performance.
geller – :
For men — I feel this scent accents beautifully with leathery scents like Tom Ford’s Tuscan Leather, Ombre Leather 16 or Acqua Di Parma’s colognia Leather
Very upbeat, seductive and memorable
AmaplyPap – :
To me, this is a lily of the valley fragrance. Very nicely done, fresh, simple and – like most Kilians – with surprising staying power. I have a little sample, which I will give to a friend who misses her Diorissimo.
zoyachengal – :
This is one of my all-time favorites. As a lover of white floral scents, this one is quite satisfying, with a verdant, cool quality reminiscent of walking out of the sun into a shaded courtyard garden on a warm summer day. While not overpowering, the perfume has surprising staying power. In my opinion, it is better for evening wear.
Taniken – :
I thoroughly enjoy this fragrance (as I do many from Kilian Hennessy). It is a very “white floral” and the notes I found most apparent were the Jasmine, Water Jasmine,Lily of the Valley and a bit of Orange Blossom. This fragrance is very heady when first applied but has a elegantly soft finish. I have a little technique that I employ to mix the white florals and that is my adding “Child” perfume to it! It may seem like overkill but Child mixed with Love & Tears just makes you feel like you’re in Grasse,FR. Like a Summer day I couldn’t recommend this scent more!
anton_83 – :
Fantastic!I received my Love and Tears travel set few hours ago.
On this fragrance, I totally agree with StellaDiverFlynn:
Because I am fond of jasmine note(and tuberose/gardenia etc.), I have tested quite a few jasmine-themed fragrances.One of my favorite is Olene from Diptyque, which is also a scent that combines jasmine & narcissus & green notes, but compared to Olene, the jasmin note of Love and Tears is pretty light and mild, while Olene has a very aggressive trait in the beginning.Love and Tears used lily-of-the-valley to express the green and natural atmosphere, while Olene used honeysuckle.
However, after I thought it over, I realized that Olene is not the one that has the highest similarity with Love and Tears——you know what?It is Eau de Givenchy.But the version I got has extremely poor longevity…though I have to admit that the narcissus and lily-of-the-valley notes are super similar to Love and Tears.
In short，although I believe it is overpriced，the scent itself is vernal and affecting(maybe a bit melancholy).
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Foxreorsbease – :
The name: Love and Tears doesn’t refer to the smell-
it refers to THE EFFECT. Hard to wear – best worn in
your room – alone. I get it now – it’s “unisex”. That’s
why it’s sO COLD. To be more wearable it’s gotta be
warmer – that is, HAVE warmth. At least some. It is a
cold perfume but that doesn’t mean that it’d be easy
to wear in the summer. nO not at all. It’s for wearing
when YOU feel hot emotionally or at your core she is
good at cooling things down in that way. It’s a “must
have” but definitely not a must wear. Here’s why she
is true to her name: Opening: WHOO! Bright, happy
(ecstatic even), then as roots take hold of you that is
when she gets darker. & then, melancholy settles as
her final base, which, lasts (excellent silage). Yikes :/.
I think By Kilian confuses ” unisex ” with androgynous.
This is by nO means wearable for a man. It’s flowers!
And nO way is it feminine either, too cold. Unwearable
by either gender. Don’t be disappointed by her effects-
she was upfront with you from the beginning. …Peace…
Symnswosy – :
This is another Kilian that should have “soap” listed as a top note. Love and tears doesn’t fit. I’m renaming it flowers and soap.
nounciacepefddk – :
On my skin it is just as much about lily of the valley as it is jasmine. And I find this to be a tad soapy in comparison to the 5 other jasmine soliflores I have sampled lately.
This is a very white perfume, but rather than making me think of the exotic jasmine flower, this smells very conservative to me, like a perfume that a sweet and well-dressed English woman would wear to church. It’s the soapy quality that lends to this image.
I recommend at least a sampling if you are looking for a bright white scent.
The longer it wears, the more beautiful it becomes. Feminine and elegant. The sweetness of the galbanum is very apparent on me.
racreative – :
Just a note: The sillage on this fills two rooms. My boyfriend yelled out “I can smell your perfume!” from the bedroom when I was way out in the living room, and there was no way he could possibly have seen me spray it… I sprayed 2x (this is the only perfume I have ever experienced that kind of massive sillage with)
Anyway, lovely jasmine soliflore but not full bottle worthy for me, at least not at this price. Too plain. I prefer Serge Luten’s jasmines I think. However, the performance on this is really not to be reckoned with…
Arhangel2011 – :
Love and Tears is a luminous, radiant jasmine soliflore to me. It opens slightly citrus tinged, adorned by green bright lily of the valley nuance and a tiny bit of indole rendering it natural and vivid. When these shimmering aspects gradually attenuate, Love and Tears becomes silky with a sort of lotion-like nuance of ylang ylang and tuberose. There is a galbanum and moss undertone keeping the jasmine grounded on the branch. Although the evolution of different nuances is detectable, Love and Tears is unmistakably an innocent, fresh jasmine. It’s feminine, envelopping, yet non-demanding, airy and ethereal.
The sillage is moderate and the longevity is at least 9 hours. I find Love and Tears a beautifully executed jasmine soliflore, fresh, clean, but not soapy or overly synthetic. I’d recommend it as a relatively natural interpretation to those who adore jasmine and would like explore different facets of this lovely flower, or to those who find jasmine too demanding as a refreshing change.
Юра997 – :
Aquatic with jasmin is definitively not my combo, I’ll pass this one !
wetStebyzer – :
Top notes scared me for his sharp retro music, but then the perfume suddenly opened as a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Seemed to me that there is dominated by white , lush lily . But what was my surprise when I found not a lily in a pyramid ( ( ( But I was sure that I exactly hear lily … ! Maybe the combination of jasmine , narcissus and lily of the valley gave me that impression . I agree that this scent of jasmine very natural ,same can be said about intensive notes of narcissus . Honestly, in my opinion Love and Tears is slightly simple. This perfume is ideal option for those, who like jasmine. Indeed , I have feeling, that I heard same smell in the ’80s . I think, that “Love and Tears ” by By Kilian is perfume for cheerful , feminine lady. This unisex perfume ? ? On man? ? ? ! – Funny ..Ha-ha -ha))) ) – probably only if the man is a transsexual ! Joke ! )))
19000 – :
I must protest!
Jasmine = feminine is not really a thing; conventional wisdom be damned! Case in point, Love & Tears.
Sure, it’s top heavy on jasmine, though in most other respects this fragrance conforms to a classic men’s cologne formula (and lasts a helluva lot longer, too). Bergamot and pettigrain are accounted for, galbanum delivers a musky undertone and you’ve got cedar come the drydown. The jasmine itself? More green than white, fresh, clean and definitely with an outdoors-y vibe. I also get a sense of water, cool and clear like that of a babbling brook.
I like it, anyway. A lot.
nerofeev – :
I live in the South and this is the very essence of Southern honeysuckle and black lotus blossom. Essence of Southern spring and early summer!
ygb856speagoessenda – :
I get a blast of jasmine that smells natural and neither rotten (like Lush Lust) or sour (Bvlgari Mon Jasmine Noir). This gets a little more aquatic due to the water jasmine, and then the lily of the valley starts peeking through. To me this smells like a spring wedding: all the floral decorations and bouquets, along with the perfume that each and every woman and girl is wearing. Pretty smell, but too much for one person to be wearing. One spray of this left a huge cloud of white floral surrounding me…I am waiting for it to tone down before I leave the house or else I have a feeling people are going to be sneezing and wiping their eyes around me.
Mehps650Bessinepome – :
As soon as I sprayed this on my skin, I immediately thought it smelled like something I wore back in the 80s. I had an immediate visual of shoulder pads. A number of Kilian fragrances I have tried smells nearly exactly like something from previous decades. Since there are 5 votes for Anais Anais, that must be the one it smells like because I did wear that during the 80s. It kind of smells dated and if I smelled it on someone I might think they were still kind stuck in the 80s. But I still like some of that stuff so I really can’t say much. Heck, I like stuff from the 20’s. This smells very synthetic and “department store” to me though. 🙁 I absolutely can not imagine paying $235 for this, sorry. This is no Rose Oud or Back to Black. Not even in the same ball park. This is a total pass.
sahy – :
This one is certainly well named: romantic and melancholy. Sweet white flowers evoke love, green woody notes supply the tears. “Love and “Tears” is a wistful scent. Perhaps it is best worn when you are alone and want to express your own emotions, not share them with someone else.
luska – :
عطری با بوی خوش گلهای یاس و مناسب برای خانمها نه آقایان.
Moncler Outlet – :
I like jasmine and in my quest to try many of the top of the line jasmines, I discovered this gem of a fragrance.
For jasmine lovers this is sure to please. Of course, body chemistry is always a factor as jasmine tends to react differently from person to person. To me it smells beautiful and exotic. It reminds me of a moonlit tropical night with the scent of flowers in the breeze.
Alekc1976 – :
Like Anais Anais.
galant306 – :
love and tears es una explosión de jazmin, me gusta el jazmin en especial el de la india
así que me agrada para una ocacion especial.
joker83 – :
The lily of valley is very strong at first, after about the first hour it hits its stride and becomes warmer and the woodiness takes over as it begins to fade. Good scent but not my favorite from Killian.
Aerohopleneritko – :
I get a lot of lilly of the valley and then coming right up behind is the jasmine. It doesn’t smell synthetic (big plus), but it’s not an outstanding fragrance against all the white florals out there.
akra2000 – :
I don’t like the way it smells on me. Kilian is a wonderful perfume but this one doesn’t fit my body chemistry. It reminds me of a known buy spray repellent by the name of Off with aloe vera.
That is what it smells like on my arm which I don’t like.
LaZeR – :
Upon first sniff, there was a unique familiarity (which I realize is an oxy moron, so please indulge me) I caught a tinge of a fragrance reformulation of Aveda’s Love in this scent. Perhaps it was the petitgrain dancing with the ylang ylang, but with a heavy smattering of gardenia. Fast forward a few days to today and I revisited my sample so kindly received on my recent shopping excursion.
This time it was a different familiar scent…. More of the blend of flowers rather than the stand out notes of gardenia and petitgrain. Still lovely, the sillage is closer than I expected. Despite the fact that it kind of does remind me of Anais Anais, it is still a lovely, soft floral with good, steady longevity (about 9 hours) It is quite linear so you know what you’re getting right from the start, but I had hoped for something with more depth at that price tag. I will continue to enjoy my samples but it won’t be a FB but enjoyable just the same.
Deaths_head – :
So many things to say: We got a dabber! A little dab will do ya! It’s loud and proud! I can see this causing tears if applied too liberally to the wearer or by those in the vicinity. Lord knows the potential for a migraine sized headache is here. All that being said; in moderation I find this beautiful and charming.
The jasmine is fresh and dewy and at the peak of their bloom. Orange blossom and lily of the valley faithfully support their leading lady and are detectable once you become used to the jasmine. It turns a touch green from the narcissus, galbunum and petitgrain about 45 minutes in. Then I get a stong licorice note that sticks around thanks to the lavender. And that’s about where it stays on me. I’m not a huge licorice fan, but it balances out the jasmine quite nicely and gives it a clean quality. Not soapy, just kind of after a shower clean, a touch medicinal clean. Make no mistake; this is jasmine through and through, but I do not find it to be linear by any means. And I don’t get any of the cedar or oak moss.
Will I buy a bottle, no. Do I think it is a well done perfume, absolutely. It is well-blended, well-rounded, well-balanced. It’s a big floral! And by big I mean HUGE!
Алим-бей – :
Jasmine soliflores sometimes really speak to me. Molinard JASMIN and Montale JASMIN FULL are two examples which fill me with joy upon application and make me forget all about my obsession with roses. Other jasmine soliflores leave me, if not cold, at least capable of walking away. They are too dry or too austere or simply too simple to draw me in. By Kilian LOVE AND TEARS falls into this category.
There is nothing wrong with LOVE AND TEARS. It is a jasmine soliflore on the dry side (closer to Keiko Mecheri’s than to the lush varieties mentioned above), and perhaps that is why I cannot get that excited about it. This is not a green jasmine, nor is it sticky and sweet, and it even smells quite natural, but it is on the dry side, and I prefer my jasmine soliflores to be lush and, well, overwhelming, so this one is not for me.
I would probably wear LOVE AND TEARS now and then, if I happened to have a bottle lying around, but honestly I believe that I would still reach first for the Molinard JASMIN in my collection to satisfy my thirst for this flower, and among the many haute niche jasmine perfumes on offer, Montale JASMIN FULL (also better than this) is already on my wish list.
mepGantetheni – :
I have my favourite jasmin, and my favourite LotV. It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered a scrubber, but I had to wash this off. It’s not the flowers, although they are cold and austere here, it’s the Bas de Soie/Secretions Magnifique note that does, as another reviewer says, smell like sex. It’s not good sex either. There is no warmth or love, just tears, and maybe £10 thrown in your face for the cab fare home. On me it’s very wrong indeed.
aleksa.dynenkova – :
This is a very nice jasmine fragrance. Almost a soliflore, I would say, but a little green, and followed by a good dollop of lily of the valley. Nicely indolic – almost wish I’d bought this instead of A la Nuit. Doesn’t really go anywhere but a very good jasmine for jasmine lovers.
xXxKing – :
I can only refer to this as death by lily and jasmine. It was enough to make me cry. I got the “Tears” part but not the “Love.” I tried this a few times on my skin and it didn’t get any better for me. Decaying, rotting overwhelming opening of far too much jasmine and lily and not much relief by the too timid base notes in the drydown. Mr. Hennessey has some sort of jasmine fetish and I wish he would get over it. There are other florals out there….
ochir87 – :
I simply just fell in love. I didn’t think I’d love any jasmine other than beloved No.5, but this one is tempered by the ylang ylang. Just gorgeous. It’s just so feminine and surprisingly more Love than Tears. Besides, Kilian himself sold it to me during a visit–even wrote me a little card saying something very sweet. No one says no to Kilian.
DOWMEN57 – :
I put this on and got this hit of something I smelled from my childhood. Maybe it’s the really really really strong, headache-inducing jasmine. I don’t mind a soft white floral – but this one is powerful and smells like other stuff. Not at all original.
Also, this is for Women AND Men? What man would possibly want to smell like his grandma?
Romka.555 – :
I am a little shocked to discover that some find Love and Tears simple and forgettable. I do not agree. In fact, I’ve enjoyed this fragrance so much that I’ve worn it three days in a row. Love and Tears has renewed my adoration for jasmine.
Jasmine can sometimes be hard to love, especially if it smells synthetic or soapy. The jasmine accord in Love and Tears is creamy and lush, made slightly crisp with citrusy, green bergamot. It wears beautifully on warm days, however it could also be appropriate for night-time, or even mild Winter weather.
Love and Tears seems like the perfect name for this white floral beauty. It is both romantic and melancholy. I’d be really interested to see how this wears on a man, seeing that it is marketed as unisex. It smells very feminine and floral to my nose.
I feel very comfortable wearing Love and Tears, and that may be due to the rather intimate sillage. It’s quite a tender and elegant scent, that really brings out the softer side in everyone. It reminds me of the character of Anne Catherick from the novel, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. It has that very classic, ‘damsel in distress’ feel to it.
In some ways Love and Tears is a soliflore, a jasmine one at that. I would encourage everyone and anyone to try it, even if jasmine scents aren’t really your thing. I consider it one of the best jasmine fragrances around. It’s refreshing to say the least. I can’t say that I find it particularly indolic though.
The longevity was excellent on my skin, lasting a good eight hours, or sometimes longer. The sillage, like I mentioned previously, is soft but not weak. Love and Tears is not particularly innovative, but it definitely is pretty. Signature worthy too.
Johnny-1973 – :
Maybe duo to my skin chemistry Love and Tears smells nothing like love. More like endless tears and loud complaints. It’s hysterical and attention seeking and far too overwhelming. Although I do like strong jasmine scents, this particular composition is very unbalanced.
zhevka – :
Though not elegant or complex, this is a jasmine scent journey with a twist of unexpected, and certainly an interesting adventure worthy of a tester.
On first application I closed my eyes and smelled the scent of rain on white flowers, on a sunny morning in the tropics (where we get rain with sun at the same time). After a few minutes this scent took me along a path lined with jasmine vines in full bloom – clean, clear and STRONG jasmine. Nearby I caught glimpses of small orange trees in flower. These were subtle and not over-riding the jasmine. Now and then a broken stem of bitter orange tree gave the scent journey a bit of contrast. And there .. what is this now? …crushed sweet-tarts on the ground!
As the dry down progressed, the pungent oil of lime skin wafted through. And ylang ylang came in with a mild custardy smoothness. For about 5 minutes I could all most taste custard with green lime peel grated on top! But this was fleeting. 15 minutes into this interesting scent adventure a sharpness of Winter began to assert.
Perhaps this is the juxtaposition in the fragrance contrasting the “Love” of tender white tropical flowers competing now with the brace of cold mountain air bringing in crushed cedar leaves, and a dab of the aromatic lotion one rubs into sore muscles. If there are hidden unmentioned notes, I would guess Kilian sprinkled a dash of capsaicin to bring out the “tears”. A friend sniffed my arm closely and commented “ummm, smells nice, but it kind of bothers my nose up close”.
A note on the supposed unisex nature of this scent: I rather like jasmine on a man (my son smells wonderful in BVG Jasmie Noir), but this one is too sweet in the whites (even with the Winter note contrasting). I think better on a young woman.
Aerohoplenerijui – :
Yes, this is first and foremost floral, but there is also a lot of green here so we get the flowers and the freshness of the foliage.
The floral notes blend so prettily with each other and are quite rich. Whilst this isn’t something I would wear, I DO think it’s beautiful. Warm yet fresh, indolic and so superbly feminine.
With it’s fresh floral feel it reminds me of Frederic Malle’s Lys Mediterranee.
Unlovevow – :
If you love Jasmine, this one is for you.
shark913 – :
“The inconditional surrender of a jasmine loved in tender musk”. I cannot see love in this fragrance, only tears, unfortunately…
Love and Tears starts totally floral with a kind of semi-sweet tone. I sincerely do not have a lot of contact with floral notes, so, I have difficult to differentiated between them, but this wasn’t a problem with this particular fragrance since it is dominated by only one note: jasmine!
This is all about jasmine on my skin. Pure, dominant, overwhelming and of course, long lasting. A fragrance devoted specially for those who love this note, otherwise do not bother yourself smelling it.
skai – :
This is a lovely white flower scent in which orange blossom and jasmine do the tango! Cypress and petit-grain bring fresh green undertones, keeping the animalic and indolic tendencies of the big white flower divas in check-
alyonasemenovamsk – :
I am in love and that perfume is all Ive been looking for, It is a very strong floral scent but what makes the magic happen is all of the bouquet I feel many flowers not just Jasmin and also feel a green scent under the flowers. Oh yes that is too expensive pls let me know if you know a similar scent from another brand…
vnv062speagoessenda – :
I have just dubbed it on my wrist when my two 8 year old twin nieces came in.
What do think of it I asked?
And one of them said” Look, I don’t want to offend, but do you know those old ladies sitting on the benches? It smells like them, they spray this staff all over themselves” And we all burst out laughing.
I laughed because the term “old lady” is even spoken by babies.
And that they said it on such an expansive perfume.
What else can I say…?
UPDATE Afew month later I understand to use just a tiny bit
and also that Jasmin dosnt work well on my skin.
Using just a tiny bit is lovely thogh and I can enjoy it.
pit1987 – :
I think after the description in a catalogue I was thinking about a blind buy. So poetic, so dramatic, you know, something honestly awakening my imagination. Luckily I decided to order a sample before what would turn out to be the most expensive (I’ll add a bit of drama to it too) fragrant mistake in my life.
Love and tears is a nice jasmine scent. Nice. That’s it. It certainly does not smell so incredibly tempting to make me wanna throw my debit card at the sales assistant in Harvey and Nichols and beg him with tears in my eyes to sell me this wonderful good. There is a few jasmine fragrances, for example AG Songes, that cost 1/3 or 1/2 of the price and do the same thing better. I do understand that the quality of ingredients plays an important role, but lets not overdo it.
batiushka – :
Jasmine is what it’s all about. And, I love jasmine. But…there is ylang ylang, bergamot and African Orange flower that makes it all happen!
More femme then hemme (lol) but the right man can pull it off. Are you man enough to be a chick? lol
This is great for the Spring/ Summer months. Very seductive. Nicely balanced.
Always a struggle with the price tag Kilian’s carry (like Bond). So, you buy for love or sample it for a quick fling.
Sillage and longevity are nice and right.
VasiliHam – :
I just splurged and bought a full bottle of Love and Tears “surrender”…jasmine, yes, but the complex notes underneath are what made me buy it in the first place. Well done, elegant, feminine floral!
Cyrax – :
aint bad. nothing unique though.
and if i take into consideratation the drama by the name.. and the price.
I think one can buy lots of bottles of floral perfumes which have more character at a more affordable price.
Sorry to say but Kilian to me is one of the niche brands that make people think there is nothing extra/more out there on the niche market than on mainstream, just for triple price.
chateeris – :
Love and Tears is a beautifully refined, almost haunting fragrance. It smells clean, soft, and dreamlike with jasmine definitely taking the lead on the list of ingredients. Love and Tears would be perfect to wear for a relaxing and special evening with your significant other. I personally love jasmine, and while this is a strong jasmine, it’s the soft blossom of jasmine without much interference from any other scent, the heart of it. I don’t really see how it could be unisex though. It’s too floral for a man to wear. I like this fragrance!
sipatiy – :
From the first spray it smells like a jasmine air freshner which is not an appealing scent to me. Then as it drys down, it becomes obvious that this scent is more refined, yet not refined enough for its price tag.
As for sillage, it stands inbetween the two other Kilian fragrances I have tested. Its sillage is weaker than Back to Black’s and stronger than love and tear’s.
Juras85 – :
By Kilian likes to choose dramatic names for its perfumes, and “Love and Tears” is another attention-getter offered by this house. Having tried this fragrance, though, I cannot associate it with either tears or much love, unless, of course, you happen to love jasmine. I mean really, really love it! Love and Tears is all about jasmine. In fact, it strongly reminds me of unadulterated, very high quality and expensive jasmine oil. It is difficult to identify other notes there, with few exceptions. I think that seekers of a true jasmine scent will be pleased. I, however, don’t like my jasmine served straight-up. I usually prefer it more mysterious and smooth when it appears only as a facet in a fragrance, as in the TDC Jasmin de Nuit, for example, so take my review with a grain of salt.
This past spring, I was lucky to pass by some blooming jasmine bushes. In fact, they had spread and taken over the entire fence of a house. I noticed the beautiful and delicate smell before I reached or even saw the gentle white blossoms perfuming the air. It was unmistakably flowery, but it was soft as well, and slightly sweet.
By Kilian Love and Tears starts more sharply than the actual flowers I sensed on that spring walk. It stays bright, freshened up by the cypress notes in its base that give it an almost greenish quality. It doesn’t become sweet on my skin.
(I noticed that it is listed as unisex, but that’s a stretch. The fragrance is fairly feminine.)
igor6333 – :
“And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,
And yet not out by any brook or river,
But up by roots to bring dark foliage on.”
Thank you Robert Frost for that nice introduction to Love and Tears. (Titled Spring Pools)
I’m going to like this because it doesn’t include one note that offends me. You’ll get a wet, citrus-y petit grain opening, which is light and dewy. Kisses for that.
The middle phase is **sweet**, but it is a tart sweet, not a ‘who dumped the pie down my shirt’ sweet. More kisses.
But here is my comment, and I do hope Mr. Killian is listening. Go choose a Caron parfum, preferably vintage, and compare. The poem above was written for Caron, with the ‘dark foliage uprooted by the roots’. Caron always adds a mysterious thread that twists and turns throughout the wearing, causing the ‘shiver’ that you see in line one.
Killian’s river runs shallow and fast. once you pull up that flower you’ll see there are no roots at all.
So- yes, Love and Tears is a pretty, tastefully done floral. But it is not going to tempt me to dip my foot into other waters; my Carons hold their place.