Iliya… – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

Lys Mediterranee has the most beautiful and realistic lily note that I’ve encountered in perfumery so far. I find that lilies are often covered up by brasher floral notes or their peppery, powdery or sweet qualities are exaggerated to the point that they no longer smell like themselves. The lily note here is like a beautiful woman wearing minimal makeup – just a polished version of herself without covering up her natural beauty. Grace Kelly at the seaside. Lys is almost a soliflore, with the other notes playing a supportive role. I smell a slightly salty breeze, musk, smooth orange blossom and oddly enough, almond. It is not sharp or green on me at all, and smells best in spring or summer – humidity and heat allow it to bloom. That said, I do find the sillage to be on the low to average side. It’s a sheer scent; my only critique would be to have made it just a bit richer and denser. I keep this as a special occasion perfume so that I can afford to apply more. Love.

KatyLodernfreefly – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

This is beautifully GREEN. It’s exactly how I like my lillies, I think this is the lily queen. The angelica is beautifully bitter and bracing on opening before settling into the mineral ocean notes and a super realistic waxy, briny lily.
Make no mistake this is floral in the sense of wilderness. Not a trace of sweetness. It’s like tumbling through grass bushes, only to fall to the granite rocks soaked with sea foam.
Green, bitter, cold, waxy and briny. Wonderful scent.

wum878Diobtetty – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

The white floral scents with ABSOLUTELY NO sweetness. Instead, it’s almost salty due to the ocean note. This green non-sweet white floral accord dominates the entire perfume.
Except that, at the beginning, there is this sour-green vegetable notes, possibly due to orange blossom. Then at some point it starts to have a very specific “boiled leaves” variation: we Chinese have a traditional rice dessert called “zongzi”. It’s made of steamed glutinous rice, wrapped in bamboo, reed, or other large flat leaves. At this stage the perfume smell just like those wrapping leaves, even with the lingering creamy smell of rice. I don’t know if it’s suggestive of angelica, it surely is interesting.

apolon – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

I just have to write a few words on this magical perfume. I got a sample last summer when I was crazy about lilies. Some friends brought us a large bunch of beautiful, big, white lilies and they scented our home for weeks. I wanted to find something that smelled as beautiful, and did some ill-advised blind buys that smelled nothing like the real thing. When I finally got to Lys Mediterranee we were well into autumn and it didn’t hit the spot. I felt it didn’t have enough body, that it was a little weak.
Fast forward to an unseasonably hot May, full blown summer where the weather usually is cool and spring takes its first steps. I sprayed some of my FMP sample on my arm and three days later I had to buy a bottle.
This is one of the few perfumes that I don’t wear solely for my own pleasure. This one really is a gift to the world. It is like inviting someone into a shaded garden, where the lilies grow in the green shade of big, leafy trees, and where the lovely scent of the lilies mingles with grass, wet earth, wood. It is just so wonderful and so perfect for a hot day that I want to share it with everyone. If you love lilies, you must try this one. Frederic Malle has 10 ml bottles that doesn’t ruin you, if you have to make a blind buy 🙂

Nevalner – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

I just got another (yet another) green, herby / floral thing.
Just green, plant stems and grass and maybe a hint of a bruised water-lily. Pretty pathetic in my eyes tbh – this stuff is easily over $200 in most stores that sell it.
Awful! Get Rose 31 all day, any day to suffice your spring / summer aquatic/floral/greeny fix, it’s a wonderful bottle of surprises and an all-time Classic in the frag game
My rating: 2/10

MichaelSB – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Frederic Malle is probably my favorite niche brand and i love many of their creations and this one is no exception but Lys Mediterranee although a quality frag, is no way a unisex scent. Its a quality floral scent but its neither very aquatic and mediterranean nor very salty. Sure there is a slight bit of everything in there but the floral aspect is too dominating to let the other notes shine through decisively. On a woman, it would be nothing less than phenomenal. This easy, classy and floral scent would do magic on a female skin and the performance is superb too.

Xeroxxjpcn – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Lys Mediterranee is very floral and crisp. This fragrance makes me think of Summer and lush vegetation. The aquatic aspect is certainly present, however it is not entirely oceanic, meaning I’m not picking up on any salt water accords, or anything beach related. It’s more so the scent of dewy white florals after a heavy downpour of rain.
The scent itself reminds me of a florist’s shop. The lily of the valley is very strong, followed by notes of orange blossom and jasmine. The overall blend is very green and pristine. Lys Mediterranee is quite a cold and somewhat icy fragrance. It’s very clean but also very natural, like something you’d easily picture yourself smelling in garden-like surroundings. I am really enjoying smelling this fragrance as I find it quite intriguing.
It’s a relatively light and airy scent, also quite linear, but that is in no way a negative aspect, as the blend itself is one I can honestly describe as very moving and beautiful. On the skin, it tends to become quite subtle, almost transforming itself into a very soothing skin scent. The longevity is rather persistent though, holding on my skin for nearly the whole day.

WEST1575 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

I need dis.

zehoffa6 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Instant love for this lys, that doesn’t scream and simply is, salty and sweet, and it stays and stays, minimalist and effortless. I’m trying to forget Luca Turin’s “gourmand” association for this perfume: I appreciate his ironic style and he surely does know what’s good and worthy but sometimes he’s just not that into elegance, let’s put it like this. I really want at least a decant of this beauty.

timmolodov – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

I enjoy the scent of lilies in nature, but I don’t find lily perfumes that wearable. They have a throwback, formal quality—a rarefied air. This one opens up as a potent lily soliflore. I don’t picture a single perfect lily, but heaps of them, piling up around me, multiplying like rabbits. Their silky, silty pollen is well-rendered with a green gingery note.
In the middle, the fragrance relaxes enough to suit a casual day. It isn’t gourmand, but it becomes sweet and airy as whipped cream. Finally, there is an aquatic note of subtle pool water that accords very well with the innate green spiciness of the lily.
I could see this as a slow burn fragrance that grows on me, but for now I’m putting it on the backburner. It feels too gentle for the hottest days—I seem to reach for my sample in mild, overcast weather.
ETA: I did buy a travel size. This is a perfume you can really live with. It has a distinct identity, but it’s not overpowering. Wore it on vacation to Japan. Good in the humidity.

tatira26 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

It is been a month, that I own decant of this beauty, thanks to lovely Ioli19, and attempted to write reviews few times, but it is not easy.
There is so much oceanic tranquillity, it is like sailing on a beautiful white yacht to forgotten islands in a dusk.
Lys is a persistent scent, yet with certain stillness and serenity. I have to agree with the previous reviewer – Tigerlillian, who gets a lot of lotus character out of it. Intoxicating starter of blue lotus absolu to me. Spicy-creamy drydown is more lily-based though and for some reason I get ancient Asia vibe, wearing this charming fragrance, rather than Mediterranean countries one.

svetlana194 – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

Here is some bright, uplifting serenity. Quietly energetic and understated, just as the lotus flower. I find Lys Mediterranee to be more about the lotus’ character — soft but strong. Peppery, aquatic and green rather than salty marine, accented with the bitterness of lily.
The angelica and ginger somehow take me back to a sampling of DSH Padme Lotus and the violet leaf and marigold accord I experienced there. Also in the realm of aromatics in Parfums 01630 Lys.
Lys Mediterranee dries down to quieter serenity as the aromatics dissipate. Soft, fresh aquatic flowers, cool, clean coastal air with little salt. Like a shallow freshwater pond full of lotus in a perfectly manicured backyard of a coastal mansion enclosed by a tall concrete wall — flowers barely tinged with marine air and cold stone — the scent of peaceful solitude.

zhenya1711 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Un giglio verde,agro,intenso e carnoso con apertura maschile con ginger crudo.
Sempre naturale vira in un mughetto da comunione appena raccolto..in riva a un laghetto.
Non il mio genere mi manca di dolcezza e cremosita’,ma se apprezzi profumi alla De Profundis e’ da provare.
Un lys e’ piu’versatile e molto meno riflessivo.
Buona fattura , unisex,pulito ed estivo.
Supernatural!

realole – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

It starts with a nice oriental lily and then it morphs into lily of the valley. Lotus comes in and keeps it very floral and angelica stays in the background giving a earthy brown-ness that keeps it from being just another pretty floral. It could have the potential to become one of my favorite florals if it lasted for more that a few hours on me.

jarik6 – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

I’ve just added Lys Mediterrannee to my relatively small fragrance collection. I am not a collector, I only buy fragrances that I actually wear, and each new purchase has to be significantly different from what I already have. I chose Lys Mediterranee because it’s exceptionally beautiful and original. The perfumer Edouard Flechier (the man who created Poison!) has wondefully captured the scent of the Mediterranean. The marine note is to die for – so fresh and salty; the flowers are ever so slightly damp, yet delicate and pretty, and the drydown is quite musky. Wonderful projection and longevity, as one would expect from the Frederic Malle line. I don’t think of this as a summer scent – in fact I’m more than happy to wear it now, during the winter, and to revive the memories of the salty waves and the long sandy beaches.

FOTEASLOPE – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son – Claude Monet – 1875

Acaggenda – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Lys Mediterranee evokes the heat of a summer afternoon, where the Mediterranean sea breeze mixed with the soft and spicy scent of lilies.
Daylilies have always been some flowers prized by ancient Mediterranean civilizations and its history dates back to ancient Egypt.
Elegant and majestic aroma of white flowers conveys a feature of purity, generosity and innocence.
Flechier has given us this tribute to the aroma of this beautiful, opulent floral quite realistically and with an almost surround start to aquatic freshness, just a sweet spot and light vanilla with a vaporous cloud of soft musk, almost imperceptible, to extend a little longer lasting fragrance.
If portrait of a Lady is the sumptuous Baroque Malle Lys Mediterranee is its counterpoint, is pure impressionism minimal.
Both spectacular.
Rating: 9

chabaci – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

I like almost everything I’ve tried by Frederic Malle, but this I love. The authenticity of the lily note is sublime, green and light. The aquatic note, unlike many other which are too watery is fresh and clean but with body and blended perfectly to raise the lily, soften the ginger and allow the angelica to breathe. What marks FM fragrances apart from (some) others at the mid-range price is the skill of the composers. Lys Mediteranee is an elegant symphony, noticeable for its quality, subtle in its execution and sophisticated in its completion.

alexa6680 – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

DELIGHTED to own this breath taking MASTERPIECE!! Soft green lilies by the Mediterranean Sea, the marine note is perfect. I could not adore it any more than I already do. Lys Mediterranee there’s no other like you!

pbg924InsuffBooni – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

I have tested a lot of lily scents and this one is a like/don’t like lily. Each time I test a lily fragance it comes to my mind a cosy name as sweet lily, romantic lily, green lily, bitch lily, elegant lily but this one is almost the austere lily. Yep it is as the lily came out from a man’s world. It is green, musc and sometimes bitter/sour as in neroli (the same note as in Puro Neroli). Worth of its price? For the lily lovers as me well but Le labo lily feels more Sunny and brighter and I dare to say easier to wear in the spring. Anyway my austere lily will be a few more times tested before going to the wish list.

Shyra11 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

This opens with a beautiful fresh lily on me. I love this part, because I love lilies but I am terribly allergic to them. Quickly the marine notes come in, and I am less enthused. After the opening, it turns into the scent of a beach-themed candle on me, and I do not like beach themed candles. It’s the first fragrance in a while that I’ve had to go scrub off in the bathroom sink. It’s a beautiful idea, lilies and aquatics, but it definitely does not live up to the hype for me. Am I the only person who really doesn’t like this scent? I’m envious of those who can enjoy it, because the lily opening is wonderful.

uby907Bessinepome – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

I got a sample of this perfume and I think this is really a perfume for women, not men. It is very sweet, reminds me of the color light pink, and for me it smells very generic actually, and not unique. It opens super sweet and becomes better with time, but still, I am not impressed (or maybe I just don’t get it)

Dimas55555 – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

This is an extremely well-balanced perfume – it is flowery, warm, a bit heady, but also strangely fresh. You can feel the sun in summer when you smell this – not a Scandinavian or Tropical sun, but indeed a Mediterranean sun. It reminds me of a little road going uphill in Castilla-La Mancha in Southern Spain, with flowers and bushes growing by the side and the sun baking from above. Fortunately, it is not only heat and flowers, but also that little bit of fresh, cool water. Unfortunately, I don’t like lilies. Sillage and longevity seem quite decent to very good.

jlc820JeomiWogkig – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

First sniff of Lys Mediterranee is filled with fresh coumarins and aquatic notes. These notes are joined quickly by lily notes, mixed with green notes of angelica and a hint of white florals. The white florals seem to give the lily notes an edge, the coumarin topping it off and the ozonic aquatic notes giving it a fresh feel at this point. The scent still has a green undertone. I also smell some metallic notes at this point. The drydown is somewhere in between green/aquatic and lily-floral and fades out gently as time progresses.
Sillage and longevity are moderate.
I enjoy this scent very much, the combination of the aquatics and the floral notes gives the impression of a sea breeze carrying floral notes. I sniffed it and was instantly reminded of my childhood holidays at the mediterranean sea. The effect of the florals and the greens remind me of Frederic Malle’s Carnal Flower, but here the iris is much more toned down and there is this strange sea breeze effect that makes the scent suddenly reappear just as you forgot you were wearing it. For me, this is a great spring and summer scent and full bottle worthy!

plombir – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

This marine note is magnificent. A real tang. I live next to the sea and this scent is ozonic like Beyond Paradise, only much, much better, and the lily in this is also magnificent. This had me at Hello. It’s strong, but not headachy, and it lasts well, which it should for the ££££ – but I have to agree with Luca, that this is a wonderful achievement by Flechier. I have samples, but nothing else will do now, that I buy a full bottle. The lily is so good, that it has that nearly-meaty quality. The drydown is different again: musky orange blossom, sweet and pretty. A bit on the female side of unisex. The ginger is the lightest touch thankfully. This is in my top 10 of all time. *adores*
Update: I now have my big bottle of this salty wonder. Delighted with it x

karavan – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

I am really enjoying this perfume. I debated over buying it for a long time as it’s so expensive. Whilst I loved it’s initial fresh, natural, botanical impression, I was concerned that once I owned it and used it regularly I may find it becomes boring, synthetic (as a couple of reviews have mentioned)or too cold and metallic.
But this is not the case. It is effortlessly elegant and appropriate for any occasion (though it’s best during the Summer I imagine. It reminds me of the smell of a florists shop or a vase of freshly cut white flowers and leaves, as others have mentioned.
On initial wearing, I did question its longevity and sillage. However, 6 hours after application when I could not really detect it that much, my mother asked me what fragrance I was wearing as I stepped into the car beside her. My mum is a keen gardener who has cultivated many lilies and exotic white flowers from many parts of the world. She said she loved the smell and that it was relaxing and made her want to keep inhaling.
The smell is floral but the leafy greenness stops it becoming too girly. Over time it works really well with my skin into becoming a soft, clean scent.
It’s a masterpiece.

arsin – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

I had a small sample of this a while back, tried it on and thought ‘nice lily, a bit clean, elegant’ and wasn’t particularly wowed.
But, the second time I tried it I sprayed more on and wore it out for the evening with what I call my ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s dress'(black, with ivory cotton lace-trim) which changed my perception completely!
I’d already felt this was an Audrey Hepburn-esque sort of floral, but I hadn’t noticed the dry down before as I’d not worn a generous enough spray. After a proper wearing I’m now convinced this is my absolute favourite from the FM perfumes.
I really ‘get’ the Medittareanean feel of it now. It’s not just the subtle hint of salt, it actually smells like Mediterannean skin – there’s a hint of olive oil and muskiness, overlayed with this slightly clean yet creamy lily which almost reminds me of lily of the valley but nowhere near as ‘guesthouse soap as that tends to be.
It also reminds me for some reason of my childhood friend’s mum, who was from Rome, stunningly good looking – almost Loren-like (she always smelled of olive oil and soap)she had a kind of beehive hairdo well into the 80s! A bit naff, but nice. Anyway, this sort of Dolce Vita feel is in Lys M I feel.
I think ginger gives this perfume the peppery edge that lily perfumes need, without it becoming too carnation-like.
As usual I’m havering on about notes and places, but to cut a long story short, this is a sexy, pretty yet elegant and timeless perfume, I feel.
I was complimented on it twice the evening I wore a more generous spray, first by a female friend, then by a handsome Japanese cellist who kept sniffing my neck. We had a kiss while dancing, but he was too young for me. (Not that I’m complaining!)
Maybe it was that last fact which swayed me to buy a bottle! But really it’s the beautiful drydown, and the fact I find it difficult to find good perfumes for evening. My other favourite for evenings is Lumiere Noire, but for spring/summer Lys Mediterranee is perfection. Gorgeous.
Sillage and longevity moderate to strong depending on application

1000dolarov – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

This perfume is as interesting as it is pleasant – it is an olifactory game in a bottle.
This take on the lily opens with a curious blend of herbal and marine notes (presumably the “Mediterranee”aspect), mixed with sweet sharp florals (almost orange-blossom like). Strong and a little disconcerting to the nose, but quite amusing intellectually.
The mid-notes settle to a pleasant, pure, lily. At this point you would swear it was a soliflore.
Then it fades to a more blended white floral backed by a little musk, with little to no trace of lily remaining.
Although the opening notes are reasonably unisex, I would not call this fragrance ‘unisex’, as it develops quite feminine, floral characteristics as it progresses.
It does not have great stamina with respect to either silage or longevity.

gameover1 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

I tried this as a sample late summer and loved it. Fresh, bright, great for work. It seemed like a shoo-in.
As a winter fragrance, it’s airy and crisp with a definite unisex feel. On me it’s like a more sophisticated CK One.
I suspect this is much more appealing as a summer fragrance and will test it again in a few months.

Lomslusylon – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Very White flowery and Greeny, its remind me a garden with full of grass and white flower with breeze of oceans.

Nazar_Igor – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Lilies are not my favourites, but I love this one. It has character, it is not sweet or powdery. I love Edouard Fléchier’s perfumes Poison and Une Rose as well.

av30694661 – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

This, to me, is one of the only true florals a plain ordinary guy like me can wear without blushing.
The first beautiful intense minutes are followed by beautiful hours during which the spices and musk do a great job of subduing the lily. And to me this is a true-to-life lily, with its slight fennel (some say salami) scent, which hits me whenever I enter a flower shop.
I recommend trying this and waiting a solid hour before judging it. It’s far more comfortable to wear than one might think.

urbaclela – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

The specific elements that I notice are greenness and orange blossom with the rest very well blended. I definitely don’t smell ginger or “sea water” (whatever that would mean in a perfume context). LM is in similar vein as L’Artisan La Chasse Aux Papillons and By Killian Love & Tears, but I like La Chasse better because it doesn’t have the greenness and LM is much less indolic than Love & Tears (though the orange blossom stands out in both L&T and LM). The top notes, esp. the green ones – would turn harsh on me below ~60f and given where I live that pretty much takes this off the table.
Pretty good longevity. Sillage when applied from a sample vial is mild. Suspect it would be stronger in spray just because you’d get more perfume.
It’s very beautiful and certainly worth a sniff if you like florals.

puzik – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Utterly beautiful – sea water and ginger mingling delicately with lily must be one of the most unexpected and divine concoctions ever – not harmed by the superbly balanced layering and mixing of the scents to create such heaven to the nose…something in the saltiness raises up feelings of longing and tenderness in me, almost as if distant memories of a faraway trip come back, not strongly enough to throw me off track but tenderly, hinting, as if to say, remember me? Remember this time and place? Can you hear the seagulls, can you hear the waves gently lapping against the boat as we lie on our backs, wishing we could stay under this blue sky forever?

masgam – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

A lovely, elegant floral acquatic. This makes me think of Merchant Ivory films where a young, well-to-do couple go boating on a serene lake, staring lovingly into each other’s eyes (I think it’s a law that all Merchant Ivory films have that scene in them somewhere, so it doesn’t matter which one).
I don’t really get the spice here which is a little disappointing as I love ginger. The strongest accords on my skin are lily and lotus.
It’s unashamedly feminine and floral, which I actually find quite refreshing given the current trend for perfumes to be super realistic. This one isn’t trying to be a field/pond/jacket at all, it’s a perfume, romantic and dreamy and it makes no apologies for that.
The fact it’s not trying to be trendy makes it very clean and simple, which I very much appreciate.
Opening notes offer a slightly synthetic smell that I don’t care for, but it’s gone in about 10-15 minutes.
Moderate sillage and longevity is around 5-6 hours on me, which could be better.

tzarizm – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

When first applied, this seems very “green” to me, but as it matures, I’m getting nothing so much as a blend of lily and oud (?) though agarwood is not listed among the ingredients. In drydown, this really reminds me of Lush/Gorilla Perfumes’ Smell of Freedom. This one has nice longevity. Still perceptible 7 hours after I put it on this morning.

demonlis – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

I can’t say enough about this fragrance!
Modern…chic…crisp…clean…INTERESTING!
At the start, I’m always swept away in a dewy whirlwind of crashing salt water, ginger, citrus, musk, and lily of the valley all at once. I think it’s a really versatile summer/spring scent and can be appreciated by just about anyone.
But most of all…
It inspires thoughts of what I think the single and modern city girl wears when she and a few girlfriends have packed their designer luggage and rented a weekend house in the Hamptons or other fancy beach destination. While sitting on the ocean front porch listening to the latest music, sipping on some nouveau alcohol-infused lemonade cocktail; they shift easily between dancing and conversation about work, boyfriends, and pop culture.
The silage is moderate but longevity on my skin INCREDIBLE at upwards 6+ hours.

Umar95 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Simply a superb fragrance. Recognizable, intense, I think it’s one of the best floral scents available. 10/10

Milqep – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

strange someone could smell lily of the valley here (maybe a confusion of flowers, “muguet” in french means “lily of the valley”, but here it is “lys” which simply means “lily” or “fleur-de-lis”). I smell full fleshy lily extended on the salty/bitter ends, a saltiness which lily has- in my opinion- in it’s natural smell too, but not as strong as here.
it’s a bit like a hotelroom in an old villa in venice would smell, if you forget big white lillies there in the vase and come back from a short holiday at the lido a day after they started to fade (with your hair still uncombed and the salt in it)….not at all a bad connotation..

Приколистка – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Amazing! Perfect adventure scent:) This is what it reminds me of:
Warm Summer day at Portofino, enjoying the day at the mesmerizing sea and adoring beautiful views with your significant other. Romantic scent I agree 110%. After enjoyable day near the water you slip into your favorite summer evening dress and go for a nice promenade soaking in the air, flowers, earth and the sky. All of your senses are pleasantly enhanced and you just want to embrace this moment forever:)
Well, that’s my little getting carried away with this fragrance story.
Gorgeous lily scent, amplified to pure perfection,then lotus flower with pleasant green notes accompanied by warm sea breeze and clean evening air. In a nutshell those are the magic ingredients here.
Worth a try this fragrance of beauty 🙂

Uriseclalse – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

This will probably the only lily perfume I am going to own as I’ve never liked lily in my perfumes.
On the other hand I love LYS MEDITERRANEE and let me tell you why – it is no so much about lily, flowers in general, but about spicy herbal scent I get from ginger and angelica (and also of course lily it elf). The salty sea note makes it even better.
For me this is an evening at the beach – salty, aromatic, breezy, herbal. I can almost smell how sand beneath my feet would feel.
It is not overly feminine, nor masculine, it is also not aquatic. I could go on for pages saying what LYS MEDITERRANEE is not, because it is so hard to understand what it is. I only know that –
– this is a masterpiece. Really unique and I love it.

Sergej9021 – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

Lys Mediterranee is a seductive, mesmerizing, bite of the night full of romance and a hint of danger. This perfume by Editions de Parfums Fredric Malle was created in the year 2000 by the nose Edoaurd Flechier who also created such perfumes as C’est La Vie by Christian Lacroix and Poison for Dior. Here with Fredric Malle as in all cases with this perfume house the nose gets his or her name in lights along with the perfume. Usually the Parfumeur is never mentioned. It is the house or the celebrity who gets the name in up front and center. So Bravo to Fredric Malle for giving the Nose its due.
The perfume is a sensual and subtle uni-sex fragrance that really is perfect on both men and women. There is a fleshy sexiness in the mix that I find most enticing. It opens with a salty wave of an oceanic note that is spiced up with a strong dose of ginger. This opening is as bright as a spring sunrise in Saint Tropez. It sparkles and jumps off the skin for a moment and then it sinks down very fast into the wet earthy heart of the perfume. Like a vampire at dawn, it goes to ground.
Here in the heart notes is the star, the lily full of fleshy ripe indolic sensuality. The note is ripe and rich bordering on the verge of a delicious sumptuous rot. Not to worry, it never tips into compost but stays airborne above the skin curvy and lush and ready for almost anything. It smells a little dirty too and naughty as well. This might be aided by the pungent dirtiness of the Angelica but never tips into nasty boy or slutty girl territory due to the buoyant beauty that comes from the water lily note and a sweet spray of orange blossom.
The lily note hangs in there throughout and into the dry down with finds its support from a curling and creamy vanilla that elongates the sultry aspect of the perfume. There is a musk note but it plays way in the back more as a longevity aid than anything else.
The projection on this perfume is not too strong. It is a romantic scent that demands closeness not a boisterous hey come up and see me sometime fragrance. More of a lets get cozy and intimate perfume. The longevity is very good at about eight to nine hours.
Lys Mediterranee is of the three S’s in my view, Sultry, Sensuous and Sexy. I find it to be full of life and utterly inviting. I must thank the charming and very beautiful Chase at Barney’s NY in San Francisco for leading me to this wonderful perfume and for sharing her expertise and time with me on the house of Editions de Parfums Fredric Malle.
LYS MEDITERRANEE By Editions Parfums Frederic Malle
FIVE GOLD STARS *****
(FOR THE VAMPIRE’S POINT OF VIEW ON THIS PERFUME CHECK OUT MY BLOG ~ SCENTS MEMORY)

NERV23 – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Pretty, but I find it a bit too sweet. But that’s just my preference. I think I’m just not one for completely floral perfumes. I tend toward floral/woody/musk scents. But regardless, it’s extremely well done, and would smell wonderful on the right person!

ybr363Bessinepome – 2022-06-09:

3 out of 5

Hello, it’s me again….
According to Editions de Parfums note list it is :
– Orange blossom, Lilium Speciosum (headspace)
– Sea shore effect (Benzyl salycilate, Calone)
– Tuberose, Musk

tapcho – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Unbelievable! Unbelievably priced too. I fell in love with this in Zurich, and well…

BUHARIK – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

This scent takes me away from my city life to a quiet beachside cottage with planters of lilies all around the windows which allow a steady current of refreshing, salty sea breeze in 24 hours. Beyond the lilies is a little herb garden shaded by orange trees. Life-like, vast lilies, their heady sweetness tempered by ginger and citrus notes on a background of seawater, in a bottle. While this and Cartier’s Baiser Vole are two of my favourite lily scents, Lys Mediterranee takes the cake for being more interesting. Sillage and longevity are both very good but have had no issues with either when it comes to FM’s library of scents. I want the life this scent promises but I shall content myself for now, with the dreams it brings me. I would call this a quietly expensive scent. Nothing earth-shattering but born of good quality and unobtrusive.

kum294elipseskism – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

This must be the smell of lord of the rings ‘galadriel’ !!

KDI7989 – 2022-06-09:

4 out of 5

Opens as brash, green, crisp and loud lily of the valley. Settles down a bit, but it is a fairly linear green floral. Longevity is excellent, sillage is fairly strong. I find this off-putting as it is a very strong floral green fragrance, but I can see it’s interest for others.

vova888 – 2022-06-09:

5 out of 5

Simply beautiful. The opening smells so perfectly of a vase of lilies, with the creamy white petals and lush green stems. A few minutes after spraying, the scent warms on my skin and becomes richer and warmer, but still strikes me as a very “true” lily scent. I often