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Kamikadze2 – :
My nose can’t get past the anise and bubblegum on my skin. Very unexpected as the sample smells much different in the vial.
Fonastese – :
The first spray is bubble gummy white/ yellow floral very creamy yummy
Then comes sweet vannila and even more ylang and lily
In dry down you can feel (very close to skin) slight smokyness but only when you put your nose on skin.
It is heavy so definitely not be wearing when headache or hot says
It can be beautiful in spring and early summer!
Very famine and happy elegant modern
If you like lys41 from le labo or Lys Mediterranean from Frederic Malle you will like it
Or Terracotta from Guerlain
Because i have Lys41 and Terracotta I won’t propably buy whole bottle and will enjoy my 5 ml decant
ankorovn – :
Madame Zborowska with clasped hands by Amedeo Modigliani
raime – :
Lys fume is the end stage of a lilies life, in a vase.. On your table giving off super strong and narcotic smelling scent in its final days, when the flowers have an almost “meaty” smelling quality to them.
Just beautiful, strong and bold. Not for people who cant handle huge florals.. It will knock you out and probably give you a migraine. I cant imagine wearing more then 2-3 sprays of this, and I LOVE big scent throw. This stuff is nuclear.
As for me, I adore Lys fume. If I ever become rich ill come back for a bottle. But for now I already have my one beautiful but astronomically priced lily frag.
All the good lilies are always so PRICEY! I should mention. I have owned and used donna karan gold many times, it is not that similar to this in my own opinion. Just a fair warning..
Алекс93 – :
What a beauty. I like Lys Fume much better than TF’s Shanghai Lily. This lily is more pronounced and does not hide behind spices at all.
I think ylang ylang is such a wonderful compliment to lily, adding a velvet touch and richness and carefully measured so as to not overpower the lily.
The rum note is very subtle, more like the spiced aftertaste of rum with hardly a hint of booze, smooth and sultry. The labdanum adds a little sweet musky amber and some good dimension. This is not animalic like Penhaligon’s Lily & Spice, nor is it laden with pollen like Lush Death & Decay, just bushels of big white blooms, pure and full. No ‘fume.’
There’s not too much vanilla here, barely sweet. A dash of barely discernible artemisia keeps Lys Fume fresh. Styrax adds a little smooth body and a soft mineral facet. Overall, this is a great lily perfume that ranks high on my love list.
gipard64 – :
Beautiful perfume, heavy on the white flowers and ylang-ylang waxiness. The rum adds depth and maturity. Definitely not the perfume to wear if you want to go unnoticed. Since lilies aren’t my thing, I had to pass on this.
Bogabum – :
The smell of lilies is truly incredible, they have a heady, narcotic quality that is almost disturbing.
I was hopeful this might be the scent that manages to capture that intensity, but it’s pure bubblegum.
My search for the perfect lily continues.
avias-igl – :
Lovely lovely lovely – I think this is divine. Beautiful glorious white flowers and gentle spices, with wonderful woods and leather and sweetness. Divine and delicious. It lasts beautifully all day, and I get many many compliments. Gorgeous.
dik1408 – :
this comes on VERY white floral, and doesn’t let up much. it evolves slightly, some sort of booziness is picked up, but for the most part it’s white floral goodness.
for mine, this is a little too floral. needed some base in the mix to even it out. i would certainly recommend this for fans of white florals…
Булыжник – :
This starts like a quite green, transparent lily, soon turning more aquatic and sultry like violet reminiscent of anise or licorice, and more waxy. I think the nutmeg note is kind of included in the lily, like a soft cinnamon note, and is the most apparent facet of the flower here. It contributes with a soft gingerbread scent together with the medicinal rum and ylang in the dry down. Quite sensual and heady, and all in all, leaning herbal/spicy gourmand more than a lily-focused scent. Complex with many sides to explore, and not boring in one bit.
NalBarelariny – :
I like this one very much this is another bright Tom Ford. Definitely the White Lily is prominent its very creamy to me and feminine. Another one to try even if your not a Tom Ford fan.
vikif – :
Thanks to a generous fragrantican I got to sample this, well what a rollercoaster! Initial reaction- I was unsure whether I liked it or not. Very different to anything i own or have tried but for the rest of it’s wearing I couldn’t stop sniffing my arm. With my chemistry the florals didn’t really open up, I got the bananary ylang, the spices and as it developed the rum was most potent followed by oak. Overall I got quite a herbal/medicinal vibe but it was so addictive!! I would love to smell this on my other half, he doesn’t do aftershave sadly, so if I was to purchase- it would be something I definitely would indulge in as a guilty pleasure by myself!
Олеська – :
Smells nice. The rum + ylang ylang + lily => Fume, something between gourmand and oriental-flowery.
sanis – :
98% of my fellow reviewers have been tricked into thinking lily is the main note of the perfume. They obviously have never smelled ylang-ylang. The ylang is centerpiece offering a sweet buttery banana bubble gummy like vibe throughout. I don’t want to here anything else about the lily.
Opporkilareep – :
So funny, I tried it many times, trying it again with a sample and I liked it but just liked it, not loved. And trying it today again it reminds me of Anais Anais, just a tad stronger. The price difference is quite dramatic. I already have the Anais Anais so will pass on Lys Fume. And lily… I smell much more lily in Cartier Baise Vole and Van Cleff’s Lys Carmine.
Aviximilex – :
Tom Ford’s Lys Fume is just one of those fragrances that spoke straight to my heart! I would best describe this scent as a “bubblegum lily” because of how sweet this lily smells blended with the other notes. Lys Fume opens with nutmeg and turmeric that gives away to a powdery sweet ylang-ylang and pure white lilies with a vanilla base. I do not think that this is a “traditional” fragrance and it does not cater to mass market appeal, which is great! I love lily and ylang-ylang so I was drawn to this fragrance, but it is the first time I have encountered turmeric and I’m loving it. Lately I have really liked unique scents that smell like different places or different eras that conjure up memories and bring about nostalgia and I think Lys Fume does just that! I absolutely love it!
толстый – :
True white lily scent. Like soliflore.
Love it! The best lily scent ever.
Desatettas – :
Am I the only one smelling jasmine in it?? I’m lucky to own this beauty. Very sophisticated, very floral and feminine, I really can’t see a masculine guy wearing it.
Idondendacura – :
The top of LYS FUME is jarring. The nose tickles with the pink pepper, nutmeg and turmeric powders as the throat tightens with the acidic bergamot. This sensation lingers for awhile until suddenly, almost without transition, it is replaced by a creamy, smooth rum, bitter banana and lily olfaction. The middle notes, like the tops notes, last for awhile before settling into its glorious heart: a woody and balmy vanilla with hints of leather.
Truly unique and utterly beautiful, this perfume lasts an entire day and the sillage is a comforting, close to the skin, scent for me. A glorious perfume that is very wearable and, I consider to be, “anytime” appropriate.
s_cnst – :
Almoust chill beginning, so interesting! Gourmand but not in sweet way, as having spicy meal with curry. Turmeric and peppars, so luscious and inviting, beautiful lily and yang-yang. Drydown in amazing, oriental but in a soft way. Lys Fume isn’t too peppary, not too turmeric, it’s like having pashminaskarf on Your shoulder in the late evening.
So lovely! Feminine fragrance.
brain164 – :
At first, it is oriental lily. Ylang-ylang is noticeable a bit later. Spicy notes always smell very strongly on my skin and this time it hasn’t been any different. It’s warm floral spicy scent, pleasant, but you have to love orient to love it.
ylo753JeomiWogkig – :
Love TF scents, I think I have them all. I get a sting Ylang Ylang note from this one, but love it! Perfect summer floral scent.
bbg884elipseskism – :
Love TF scents, I think I have them all. I get a sting Ylang Ylang note from this one, but love it! Perfect summer floral scent.
qsh419bedyWelty – :
A love/hate that landed at, well, not love. The amazing aspects of this fragrance are: what I’d call ambergris, which might be what the marketers are calling turmeric + bay rum + artemisia; the full-bodied ylang, opening wintergreen and growing animalic; and the on-again off-again black tea, one of my favorite things to smell in any context. The unbearable aspects of this fragrance are: the aggressive, ultrasynthetic lily/industrial cleaner note. It goes in and out of focus, but ruins the whole show.
taustiofs – :
I bought 3 TF recently, and quite honestly, I am in love. They are quite literally haunting and almost take you back in time. I can just say for now that they are most beautiful. TF are not my favorites, they have not knocked over by my beloved Coquin, Asian Brulant and Anglique Noir so far. However, Tom Ford has a lovely lovely line. I’m anxious for his new Velvet Orchid coming this summer! This fragrance reminds of of the complexity and simplicity of the Japanese warrior way. Bushido. The floral evokes the simple pouring the ritual cup of tea, the spice evokes the drawing of the the sword in battle. As you watch the delicate blossoms fall from the tree, Lys Fume would be the “perfect” smell to transition. If you know what that means. There is perfection in the blossom leaving the tree and before hitting the ground. This is how I describe and feel of Lys Fume. It’s not over floral on me, so that delicacy of floral and spice mix the beauty of life with the falling of the blossom together. One word “perfect”. Lys Fume is a powerful spiritual fragrance.
dounknutvek – :
I was so looking forward to trying Lys. I had just tried Tom Ford Neroli Portofino and fell in love. Lys, to me at first, is disarming. A little sweet spicy note to start. Then the White Lily and Labdanum started overtaking me and never let up. Sorry to say this one was way too sweet and heady for me.
Benflower – :
i quickly tested this my daughter picked it out of the bunch at saks to wear but from what i remembered it is lily of the valley and its very sweet but on the brighter side kinda champagne sparkly like..a very nice fragrance
Addison_fromAF – :
You know those Valentine’s Day heart candy you get with phrases like “Be Mine!” ….. that what this smells like. And some white floral but mainly those awful Valentine heart candies. I am sure there is a market for that smell but it certainly isn’t for me.
kadaf – :
First impressions- most beautiful perfume!
bi1971 – :
Lys fume fun and casual in my opinion. My entire family , including myself , thinks this fragarance smells like Hubba Bubba bubblegum. Ok maybe better , yes but it reminds us all of Hubba Bubba all the way 🙂
I have nothing else to say about it , its nice, I own it , its fun , sweet and pretty, but its Bubblegum, juicy and PINK with a dash of nutmeg!
Update, ok so I do have more to say about this one. I have been wearing it for days , and as everyone knows , it takes days to get to know a scent well. So besides the bubble gum note which some people in other reviews on other sites also have called PLASTICY note or PLASTC INK note and popcorn spiced with nutmeg and turmeric ,,, I also have read that someone mentioned bubble gum .
Remember those little sweet spicy heart shaped candies? They basically taste like plastic and bubblegum and some spice , yeah well that’s what Lys Fume smells like to me. Pretty different. Not your usual mainstream scent, not even a common niche scent , if there is such a thing 😉
Grischin1 – :
I get a real frozen minted peas type vibe upon initial spray from Lys Fume.Whilst pleasant,its not groundbreaking and I much prefer the lily composition in Tom Ford Shanghai Lily which has more of a wow factor in my opinion.
jrj088elipseskism – :
OMG I love this. I used to know a French guy at work called Julien. He gave up smoking roll-ups for a pipe (ceci n’est pas une pipe..). He was amazingly eccentric with dark wavy hair, and his pipe smoke was the most gorgeous smell in the world. Rich dark fruity deep, anyway…I digress but stay with me on this one. When, in the fullness of time, which should be a very long while, Julien merges with the infinite.. this is the smell of his wake. All his friends shall toke on his glorious pipe in a room filled with lilies. Here I am and the cup is empty. How will I stop myself buying this .. Not a fan of the Ford until now, you hath redeemed thyself Thomas. This and Shanghai Lily. I can only thank Denoula for her giveaway, without which I would never know the treasure.
trongman – :
I have to concur with the reviewer below me that there is a lot of ylang-ylang going on in Lys Fume. I do get some lily, but at least on my skin ylang-ylang is the star.
Lys Fume is boozy, slightly indolic and quite sweet. Not as sweet as Champaca Absolute though. I think this is because the turmeric is quite prominent and Lys Fume’s earthier, more bitter notes (labdanum, artemisia) along with the indole keep it from smelling completely candied.
Fans of Samsara, Lush’s Cocktail and other ylang bombs will enjoy this. It features all the lush, creamy, banana-like qualities of ylang without completing neutering it by removing any hint of indole.
bk 777 – :
I feel I need to resist the peer pressure that comes from everyone here perceiving this as a lilly and point out that this is mainly about Ylang. A very big Ylang indeed with all the sunscreen related notes not present in the lilly flower in actuality. Not a bad thing per se, just not what the title claims. Perhaps the bravest floral from the four, purple tagged additions in the private line, certainly the most voluptuous and voluminous. Fumee? Not really in my opinion. I can hardly detect any of the top notes listed here, all I get is a huge Ylang that swallows you whole and then deposits you on a balmy bed. Very enjoyable in my opinion but still not worth the asking price (rest assured my piggy bank). I would pick Aqua Allegoria Lys Soleia over this in a heartbeat as a more economical and also rounder ylang-lilly-sunscreen perfume.
RCS – :
The opening is remarkably like DK Gold, without the smoky “Easter ham” smell (common for lilies) of Gold. Cleaner lily. The drydown is very much like Ford’s own Champaca Absolute, combined with the DK gold.
Sergo5555 – :
LYS FUME is a dense and strong lily fragrance, boozy and balmy, but still very close to the natural lilies scent. I would say that it is not a portrait of a lilies bouquet, it is rather its photograph.
LYS FUME, as this royal flower itself, is very intoxicating and may even cause headaches. Imagine a very big bunch of white lilies in their full beauty, their scent is rich to the point of a slight poisonousness. You should really love this special flower to be able to wear LYS FUME.
Overall an amazing fragrance + top quality, gorgeous sillage and good lasting power.
Bercana – :
The only scent I get from this perfume on my skin is the yellow floral, which is translating as pure bubblegum. I had hoped to get more out of it. It is very linear and sweet. Not for me.
drikxxcvzb – :
The name Lys Fume is only half correct. The lily is there, the smoke is not. No complaint, though. This is a handsome and well composed floriental. Lily is the centerpiece but other elements that fly in and out of this perfume include other flowers, fruit, plastic, spices, India ink and resins. A soliflor this ain’t.
It’s been compared to Donna Karen’s Gold, and the comparison is appropriate. Gold is a lily floral amber that alternatingly purrs and growls. The smoky, ambery base notes start to rumble up through the topnotes almost immediately after you spray it on. Lys Fume is less overtly louche than Gold, but is sweeter in both scent and personality. In Gold, Amber is the accompanying score to the flower, but it can feel like a Phantom of the Opera theater organ taking over the room. This is how Gold plays with contrasts (growl) as well as the common threads (purr) between the lily and the amber. Lys Fume has amber, but it doesn’t ride it like a parade float as Gold does. Amber serves the end goal of the composition, it doesn’t take over. It joins the other elements to give a rich, plastic-smelling feel that holds the balance of the sweetness and the spiciness just so. The base is spiced but not spicy.
Lys Fume unfolds at a leisurely pace, and the extended heart notes are similar in character to the plastic floral notes of Vierges et Toreros. The plastic sheen in Vierges suggests shrink-wrapping. Lys Fume’s plastic smells like India ink and seems to be a fortunate side effect of the wonderfully ‘off’ note that form the scent of ylang ylang. The composition is balanced, and notes like plastic and ink don’t stand out anymore than do spices and florals. Is this plastic note a Maisondieu family secret? Antoine employed it to striking effect in Vierges et Toreros. Here, perfumer Shyamala Maisondieu integrates the plastic note in such a way that it could be the base note for a whole new generation of floral Oriental perfumes. Delicate, but not at all sheer. Strong, but effortless.
Often in perfumery, ‘distinctive’ is code for odd and undesirable. Lys Fume is distinctive in that it is striking and memorable. It has just the sort of beauty that I look for in a perfume. It draws you in not merely because it’s pretty, but because it has some thought to it and is equally interesting and beautiful. The inky plastic keeps the Lily note aloft. Sillage is low, endurance is good. But Lys Fume gets its highest marks for integrity and coherence of overall shape from top to bottom.
from scenthurdle
broga – :
Tom Ford – Lys Fume
Here we go with an amazing lily scent!
For those who likes lily, it is a good option.
I know it is pricey, but let’s ride it…
The opening here comes with a pink pepper accord, less spicy but a little bit sweet overall. I get some earthy notes here too.
Then, we can feel immediately the Lily and Ylang combo, bringing some creamy floral charming… With something alcoholic among them. So nice!
During its evolution, a smoky labdanum appears bringing some “masculin” accent to it… This is the best part, where we can get some contrast between “bright” and “dark”
On dry, we can get vanilla and dry woody accord too.
So nice… I do not know which Lily scent is best for me:
Lys Fume x PG Louanges Profanes
Both are “masculine” like scents for those who wants something floral and sensual.
🙂
Thanks!
xxxromarxxx – :
Some niche perfumes are weak, seemingly dilute, with poor longevity and laughable claims to eau de parfum strength. Not so with the house of Tom Ford! There is some real dependability when it comes to the strength of the perfumes of this house. (Do you want a neroli perfume to last forever or until your next bath? Tom Ford is your man: NEROLI PORTOFINO).
Another virtue of this house’s private collection is the truth in naming everywhere on display. LYS FUME offers a veritable bomb of lily up front and center. Incredibly potent with huge sillage and a funereal concentration of the dark billowy flower, this creation is going to distinguish the lily lovers from those who are mere friends. Lily foes need not apply, obviously…
The lily in LYS FUME is anchored in a rich styrax-labdanum base which eventually, in the far drydown, smells really beautiful. By then, the lily bomb has been defused and only the lingering smokiness of the extinguished wick remains behind as a floral tinge.
The opening is a bit hard to take, I do hereby aver. I was literally waiting for a bit of air to break through the hundred thousand lily petals. I won’t say that it’s a scrubber, but this perfume needs to be very sparingly applied to avoid suffocation of self and others.
Lily is a distinctive floral scent and obviously not as popular as rose, iris, violet, narcissus, tuberose, geranium, the list goes on and on. There are not that many big lily perfumes, which probably means that it is an acquired taste, and it is true that other lily perfumes have sometimes seemed overwhelming to me. Donna Karan GOLD is another example which must be very sparingly applied.
The search is over for those looking for a concentrated lily olfactory experience. The search for such a perfume ends here: LYS FUME.
nestoras – :
For having so many notes this is very linear to my nose. It stays relatively the same through drydown. But it’s really nice. I get the “tropical” vibe and definetely get a little rum and sweetness in it.
Anton89 – :
I was expecting something completely different. I was lucky enough to receive a sample (along with some other TFPBs- I can’t wait to own a bottle!).
For whatever reason, this particular fragrance reacts very differently with my skin and body chemistry. Expecting lily and spice and smoke, I instead get nothing but anise. SCREAMS anise, actually. So much so that my boyfriend told me I smelled like licorice.
Oh well, I guess this just makes the process of elimination easier.
Hoireesoubara – :
I’ve been looking for a masculine floral for a long time now and it seems that this new collection might be the answer. It is very hard to find a floral that is not overwhelmingly feminine, from one end to the other.
This one is a very good lily that starts with a realistic rendition of the pleasant aspect of the flower and then hides the rather difficult side in an interesting light smokiness. Lilies, like many white flowers, have a pleasant, clean, crisp first smell, but if you stick your nose in it, the next phase is quite indolic, bitter organic, a bit dirty. That phase is quite unpleasant and ruins the encounter with the flower.
But here that second phase is skillfully covered up with fresh smoke which hides that bitterness and cleanses it. So far so good – clean floral, nice turn with the smoke, all acceptably masculine. The final stage is quite different, some spicy vanilla that comes across as a bit sweet, although with a hint of rum. This stage is quite long lasting and more feminine, less unisex than the rest, but not really that original and altogether doesn’t have much to do with the top and middle notes.
Worth noting that it developed beautifully on my hand, while it really didn’t work on the card. Quite long lasting, unusually so in the top and middle notes, and with good projection, too.
mahmud-r8 – :
My husband, who has very different taste in perfume than I, smelled this after about 4 hours on my wrist and said, “”Wow! That smells amazing- and VERY EXPENSIVE!” it seems we agree on something.
However, I do believe this perfume is a bit of a one-trick pony: it wallops you over the head with lilies, lilies and more lilies… and not much else. Maybe a tiny bit of carnation in there, trying to pick up the spice, with a ghost of vanilla at the end, trying to fight for it’s life. It’s very pretty, it’s very pure in the sense that it’s an honest scent- it is not trying to be anything other than huge, white, stinking lilies- the kind you’d imagine you’d smell outside in somebody’s garden at night during a party while you and your spouse are “getting some air” so nobody hears you in the middle of an argument… and then you notice a big ugly spider on one of the lily petals. There *is* something kind of dark to this fragrance, and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, but it doesn’t smell entirely joyful to me. Angry lilies. With spiders. That’s about all I’ve got.
konstant-tula77 – :
Боже, какая Лилия! Хочу зхочу хочу, горько-сладкая, припудренная специями, лучшая что я слышала! Браво!
KDL71 – :
I am normally not a lily fan, but the smoky basenotes make this a lovely scent, particularly in the drydown. I never get the too green/bitter note that one often gets in lily scents. Very nice.
andrushenka – :
I read the opinions of those who’ve tried this perfume and it doesn’t go well with my body chemistry at all. I instantly went to shower as soon as I rubbed the sample vial onto my neck and chest it immediately sent my head spiraling. The headache effect was instant but short-lived when I went to shower it off. Sorry Tom not this one!
orlov_1968 – :
OK…I have reviewed all the other fumes from this collection. This was my final one to sample. Oh My, it is beautiful!! I get the ylang with spices, lily, labdanum. And I am sooooo happy Mr.Ford knows how to blend pink pepper! I’m not surprised. Until now, I had not smelled a scent with pink pepper that didn’t burn my nose and overwhelm the whole composition. Perfect amount of spiciness..I love it! Thank goodness this is the only one I am fond of out of the collection…my bank account will thank me….
Shker – :
THIS is divine! Already one of my favourite Private Blends, Lys Fume is so lush, so warm and sweet; so intoxicating. It’s just beautiful, I don’t know what else to say! I’m buying a 250ml bottle as soon as I have the money!
Krishna – :
Lys Fume has a long list of notes, but when I spotted the tester bottles of Tom Ford’s new collection Jardin Noir, I had not read anything about it, and had no idea what to expect. What I noted first was that Lys Fume is, well, not noir; it is not dark at all and, instead, it evokes the white, sensual texture of a perfect lily blossom.
I was strolling along the streets of a small European town a few summers ago, when I felt an almost intoxicating and, at the same time, compelling aroma. There was a flower shop nearby, and the sidewalk in front of it was covered with colorful blossoms. The overpowering scent came from a large white flower, and when the salesperson saw me walk tentatively in its direction, she mentioned it was “lilium.” Lys Fume captures the essense of a true lily almost too well.
I bought a single stem of the aromatic flower that summer day, but its scent filled up the whole apartment. This is how I feel about Lys Fume as well. It draws me, but it is also a bit too big as a floral fragrance for me, especially in the beginning. I can imagine that people who truly love lilies and florals will appreciate its masterful design. Tom Ford has done other florals beautifully, and the soft, warm base is not unlike its cousin Champaca Absolute.