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mari19930804maria – :
One spritz on my wrist almost 30 hours ago from a brand new bottle and it’s still there, although silage went from moderate to soft.
filxxx – :
Always loved Sun on other people, but on me it’s just too sweet. Jil Sander Sensations from 2000 is similar but less sweet, both evoke a warm (sun)kissed skin smell. Sun is the midday-sun, Sensations is the sunset-sun!
88Toxa88 – :
This was wildly popular some 20 years ago through Europe. Thank God, sillage is not massive so a little whifs here and there of its sunny and powdery vanilla was lovely. I bought it for the first time few years ago, it was just too cheap to pass, and became addicted myself.
The opening is the least gracious part, reminds me of the caugh syrup I hated when I was a child; sweet, sticky, chemical, nasty stuf. Then it settles…powdery, woody and one of the most addictive vanilla on the world. So sensual, it really is what is supose to be; reminder of the rays of sunshine after a day on the beach with the traces of the suntan lotion and a bit of sweat. It’s geniously done.
I avoid it in the summer, I do not need it and there is costus. The chalky, pasty several days sweating unwashed body odour, waaaaay too present on high temperature.
But in the middle of the winter, when all is grey, dull and depressing, it’s perfect. Lazy day in the sun, yes please!
More, please!
vaselevskii – :
To me this is ultimately a warm, very sweet oriental. I don’t get anything really beachy from it, but it IS warm and the sun is warm so perhaps it’s aptly named. I’ve been running the gamut of warm tropical beach scents lately, and this was a good buy at 20£ at duty free. I got the Made in France version, FWIW.
The opening gives me a strong whiff of Tom-cat spray, animalic and skanky. I was intrigued, I wanted to see what happened beyond that. And what I get is Teaberry gum, anyone remember that? Teaberry gum including the white chalky powder in the wrapper. Wintergreen. I get a major essence of a rootbeer float with vanilla ice cream, which lasts almost throughout wearing. It finally dries down to a gentlemanly spiced vanilla, reminiscent of Old Spice. My grandfather wore Old Spice every day when I was a kid, and it’s etched into my nose memories.
Adjectives I’d use: Heavy. Soapy. Powdery. Ambery (benzoin and vanilla). Sweet. Woody. Dense. Cloying. Mature, but not ‘old lady’ as some would say. It’s a late 80s meant to have incredible density and presence, and Sun definitely has that.
It’s too sweet and heavy. I literally can’t give it away, I’ve tried several times.
abricos96 – :
I wore this years ago. Canadian summers are short, but the days are long. This beauty and I spent many lovely warm summer evenings together.
Jil Sander has come back into my life, one fragrance at a time. I’ve yet to find a full size bottle, but have two minis to keep me happy until I do. I have a few months until winter. In the meantime, I can wear this and dream of summer. Suntan lotion, warm skin, ripe summer fruits, and a lovely powdery dusting in the drydown.
This is smooth and creamy and oh so wearable. Jil creates classics – no big surprises – just beautiful sun warmed florals with just the right amount of sweet. I don’t get the citrus notes – but perhaps they help to balance the scent and keep it from being too sugary.
On me, Sun lasts around 5-6 hours and is fairly close. From a distance, it just smells like warm clean skin. But come closer…and there it is. A sexy pleasant surprise that used to earn me a lot of compliments. Happy to have this back in my wardrobe.
oleg929 – :
beautiful unique sweet floral with ylang, benzoin, tonka, heliotrope; almost like frangipane with coconut; orris, musk; dries down to an almost sweet incense amber
Belov369 – :
It’s kinda masculine, it has a prominent note that reminds me of Ciara by Revlon which is my most hated perfume…I wonder which one is the guilty note… They have orris root in common but I doubt is that because it’s like an animalic note that bothers me…
The perfume itself reminds me of soap, that old unscented marseille soap in combination with something animalic which is not my favorite thing, and yeah it smells kinda cheap to me.
Btw, I love suntan lotions smell but I don’t think this resembles it. Maybe if the animalic note wasn’t in it it would a bit…
paugly – :
I spend many years reading enthousiastic review about this one and when I finally bought it…..I discover it was my female boss perfum ! As I hated her, it take me about 4 years to appreciate this scent !
ildar199310 – :
This and Jil Sander No. 4 have been on my wish list forever. I’m so glad to finally have Sun! I’m surprised that “powdery” isn’t one of the main accords listed because I find this to be quite the powder bomb in the middle to late phases of the fragrance. I definitely pick up sweet ylang ylang in the opening and heliotrope and Tonka provide a nice almondy-vanilla spiciness. The benzoin is to die for and makes this fragrance rich and velvety. I think this will be perfect for summer evenings. Fantastic!
siniy_8181 – :
LOVE!! How have so many years (decades?) passed and this awesome fragrance has not been mine? I just recently got a bottle, and I am in love. Soft, powdery, slightly sweet, slightly suntan oil, warm skin, hint of flowers and just yummy!! Longevity is very good, sillage soft but not weak. I have so, so, so many bottles of fragrance and I can see myself reaching for this one very often now. I am almost tempted to buy another to keep in my gym bag, so I can reapply after showering. Highly recommended!!
rbojowolok – :
Hello 80s can I come back?
Exactly what you need for nostalgia of sunny days of the past.
very strong, so one sprizz goes a long way & time.
zvolka – :
I probably wouldn’t know what to think about Sun, if I hadn’t read the reviews before ordering it blind. This is such an abstract fragrance, and every single good/bad definition about it just becomes right when you smell it:
Plasticy – check
Baby powder – check
Suntan lotion, Joop Homme,
Summer in a bottle, sun kissed dry salty skin, rotten fruit – check.
I am now adding another element: The very clean interiors of a not so new car, with its sunlight infused and nicely polished console & slightly worn leather seats. The smell oozing from a scented cardboard is permeating the air. This is definitely one of those scents you can’t have enough of but without a logical explanation…
gamlet – :
Is it just my nose, or the initial spray smells exactly like Jägermeister?
PrutkoFF – :
This perfume is very popular in Germany and has been on shelves for decades now.But it doesn’t match my chemistry in so many ways.
To start off, I guess I have a problem with “sunny” perfumes. Dior dune, Estee Lauder bronze goddess series and so on are all examples that my body chemistry doesn’t go along with this concept in perfumes.
Back to the sun, it starts with an intense impact of warm notes. All I can say is that there are so many notes over there. I detect powdery flowers and vanilla with a masculine touch. I can easily claim that it’s a classic fragrance, as it has a very 80s vibe to me. This start baffles me about the meaning of “sun” in this context. Does it mean that it’s suitable to wear in a sunny day? or is it attempting to provoke a sunny day for you? considering the warm, intense presentation, I guess the later is more probable.
As the time passes,it gets even more powdery. I smell something like cherry, like cherry flavor in medicines. There is also something bitter, which might be ylang-ylang (not my favorite note). It smells quite heady and dry which I can relate to the concept of sunny day.
I guess sun was pioneer when it was launched, which justifies the reason why it stayed on shelves for years. Also Jil Sander has always made great perfumes, my favorite nowadays being “simply” series. But honestly I’d rather pass by the fragrance “sun”.
shulliems – :
This is one of my absolute favorite perfumes, I love it!
Fedot107 – :
This was a blind buy for me. First off, I have to say that I love the bottle in all its minimalistic genius.
I was a bit worried when I initially sprayed this on paper, as it came on really strong and quite old fashioned. Then I tried it on my skin and waited. 5 or 10 minutes later, I get spicy playdoh from this, which reminded me quite a bit of Pi, which I adore.
This is very solar and warming but as many reviewers pointed out, by no means “beachy”. For me it is in the same vein as Gaultier 2 or Ambre Gris by Balmain. Super sexy but quite heady, worn best in Autumn or Winter. Wear this in the Summer and you will suffocate. If you were hoping for a light summery tropical scent, you’ve been warned.
irvitus – :
There is so much styrax and benzoin and amber here. So much. And it takes a long while to calm down, at least on me.
There wasn’t really a “mid” period for me—just a blast of very heavy, warm yet aggressive “perfume-y” perfume, and then the drydown (which I really like).
There is something in the base of this—something that lingers on your skin and on your clothes—that very much reminds me of baby oil. I have only smelled this in ONE other perfume: D&G Feminine. These 2 scents are almost polar opposites, but both manage to leave a baby oil+ trail—Feminine on the clean and soapy (plus pear and light vanilla) side, and Sun on the benzoin side.
I like this one, but it’s not only not beachy to me, it’s not sunny either. I said the same thing about Armani’s Sun, but this one is even less so. It might be my chemistry, but the styrax-benzoin combo—while neato—kind of fights with me for a long while, and bites my skin…and even my nose.
Unbiased: this perfume is well done, and certainly unique. I haven’t smelled anything remotely like it, anywhere, any decade (I’m 43).
romero – :
Too creamy for hot summer days but suitable for holiday dreams and nostalgia…
schokk45 – :
Thought i would like this one because of the benzoin
but actually this is too sweet and overwhelming for me
the ylang is the devil here
not quite a dislike here
but i just cannot think about any occasion to wear this
des1roer – :
Lovely but strange. I don’t much like the opening because I perceive a queasy clash between citrus notes and creamy notes. As the citrus recedes I can relax and I do find Sun a very relaxing fragrance. At the moment I’m spritzing it when I get home from work as a way of winding down.
I think the ‘sun’ of the title is found in this mood of warmth and relaxation. There is nothing tropical or coconut-y about Sun. It doesn’t remind me of sunscreen. If you want something like Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess, this isn’t it.
It’s winter for me as I’m testing Sun and I’m not convinced that it will work in hot weather. It may be too heavy on the vanilla and tonka for that. Sun may actually be a great fragrance to wear during the winter to evoke summer – much better than some kind of thin, short-lived summer cologne.That’s not gonna work when it’s below zero outside.
So I don’t expect to be wearing Sun to combat the heat on hot days. I’ll wear it on cold days to remind myself that those perfect summer days of freedom and relaxation WILL come back.
srv685Diobtetty – :
After all of the varied reviews, I wasn’t sure WHAT to expect with Sun, but when I found it for a cheap price I knew I had to blind-buy it to try it for myself.
On first spray it’s a mishmash of notes and I smell something reminiscent of Band-Aids. Fortunately that phase passes very quickly and then it becomes powdery heliotrope but with an undertone of something I can’t quite define. Eventually, after 6 hours or so, it becomes a soft vanilla/tonka scent. As other have said, it somehow smells familiar, but I can’t quite place it….the closest I can come is that it reminds me of some sort of lotion or soap or even a perfume that somebody wore in my childhood.
My overall impression is of a powdery perfume than anything summery or beachy, but that doesn’t detract from its loveliness. I very much enjoy this perfume and am looking forward to exploring it in other seasons.
welelveRokFen – :
In the opening, this is Jil Sander Simply sprayed on hair and clothes while putting sunscreen on your skin. I do feel a hint the violet- nutmeg mix from Simply. After a while, the drydown reminds me a lot of Estee Lauder Sensuous, not that they are necessarily similar, but I have the same feeling of a pretty spicy and potent body cream. And yes, the creaminess feels like putting a 90’s heavily perfumed thick layer. Too bad I missed a good discount of this. Definitely interesting.
reg518Diobtetty – :
I don’t understand all this “summer” hype about this perfume.A Fragrantican friend sent me a bottle with some in it and I was expecting to smell a coconutty-exotic-sunscreen perfume as almost all the reviewers are saying.
Instead, it is a warm “vintagy” perfume and NOT for summer!
Even the perfume notes are not exotic.
I gave it to a Fragrantican friend also.
Cheerioz…
V
laslo11111 – :
A lovely beachy sun screen like scent which blends smoothly with my skin and is quality. Unfortunately it resembles joop for men in the dry down (sob…sob…). Gutted as the notes listed are my type.
mr.vladislav – :
A very unique type of summer fragrance. This joined my collection after a lovely member accidentally ordered two bottles of this, and decided to generously give away the extra bottle. Thank you so much for the opportunity to wear this perfume! I brought this perfume with me to my temporary summer home, and have been wearing almost exclusively this one scent for the past three weeks.
At first it smells almost like a fruity leather to me, kind of smoky and sweet and the same feeling that Shalimar gives me (but fruitier.) It has a skanky aspect, especially midday when I touch my neck and smell my fingers I smell something very ripe and animalic. It’s not off-putting, but not what you expect, especially from a summer perfume. I’ve been wearing it for about 10 hours now, and I smell the last stage on my wrist. Sweet, maybe something fresh on top? What interesting to me is how this fragrance gives me the feeling of sunscreen – it doesn’t smell coconutty, not at all. It’s not your typical “sunscreen” fragrance. But it has the chalky backdrop that sunscreen has, sweetened with benzoin – a little spicy, a little resinous, and very much like stones and minerals that have been heated in the warm summer SUN 🙂
mila0883 – :
One of the very few fragrances that gives me a headache.
chubaka – :
This is what I pick up from this fragrance – fruit, oud, much amber, heliotrope. It does not strike me as a scent I could wear in summer. This is too challenging for me to get on with.
prof57 – :
I have just tested this fragrance, and to my surprise my first reaction was that I knew this scent. From one small spritz on the back of my palm I shoul say the fragrance has a projection power.
Having owned Prada Infusion d’Iris I find Sun as a concentrated and a bit sweeter version of Infusion d’Iris. They share notes, as it is listed, and even share projection power, in their respective ways. I also use a current version of Dove anti-perspiring deodorant and the two with Sun make a perfect pair.
I have to try this fragrance few more times in different weather. Today the weather was cloudy, windy and with a low humidity, a before-the-rain-starts afternoon, and I found the fragrance a bit push-y, but I do like it overall. It has a good amount of sweetness on a creamy-tart base, which is something I like a lot and have very few such fragrances to use.
Definitely something to at least try.
fabiosit – :
Jil Sander SUN is a little bipolar for me.
The first spray i find very ineresting, some flowery-vanilla- benzoin scent that does evoke a sunscreen- like scent but sweeter.
I really enjoy this stage.
BUT
…then it turns into a talcum-powder.
Hmmm….I still like it but It is not really a sunshine-in-a- bottle- type of scent for me
Борис54 – :
This, to my nose, is extremely powdery. It reminds me too much of baby powder which, though not unpleasant, is not a perfumey smell for me.
Витекs – :
This a very clever perfume
Smells just like being on holiday!!
I layer it with Jil Sander Sun Rise and it works great.
A waiter once told me that I was making him want to book a holiday ha ha!
It evokes wonderful feelings of being holiday without a care in the world.
navuhodonosor90 – :
This is one of those scents that is so well blended it is hard to pick out any individual notes, to me this just smells creamy, warm and slightly sweet Like an expensive lotion. Incredible longevity but very close to the skin. This is a great every day summer scent. While it smells beautiful, this one might be just too inoffensive for me. 2.5 oz bottle up for swap if anyone is interested 🙂
ale-ups – :
Sprayed this today for the sake of nostalgia and what a surprise it is! I think they must have changed the formular a little. It’s not that full and warm anymore. For most this might be a good thing, because boy this was powerful stuff! Everyone and their mother were happily spraying away 😀 The dry down is even a little masculine with a fresh undertone to it! Could definitely be something for guys as well 🙂
As others have mentioned due to the name we conjure up something that’s most likely not there – sunscreen. Sun is powdery, musky vanilla with a dash of fresh citrus and plenty of wood. Still relevant, I’d say.
gnomikus – :
Really getting to know and better understand Benzoin now, because of how obvious it is in this one.
hmmmm… I dont know man. If I smelled this without knowing the name of the perfume, I can pretty much say with total certainty I wouldnt think of summer (per say).
Like, I smell bronze goddess and I think of summer, and would think that whether I knew it was for summer or not.
Same with CSP Tiare. They really do bring summer to mind right away no matter what.
This smells like baby powder to me. Its like what a baby would smell like. Not bad, but… Yeah… just not really what I was hoping for. Nothing tart whatsoever. I dont get any citrus.
Just baby powder. Seriously.
I mean, baby powder isnt a bad smell. Its nice. But I dont wear perfumes so that I can smell like baby powder.
Will work with this for a few more days to see if it blooms into something I will love, but I am already thinking I will give it to my older sister …I think it would suit her better than it does me.
This is not age specific. Anyone could wear this, I suppose.
STRONG stuff and I can see how it probably lasts for a long time. Thats a plus. I think the projection is only medium, too, which is fine because its a summer scent.
I will update after a longer run with this, and see if my opinion changes. I sincerely hope it does, cause I so dearly wanted at least two go-to perfume options this summer.
I will say that this is ever so slightly similar to Bronze Goddess Capri (the one BG that hardly anyone seems to like but me). BG Capri was similar in that it brought to mind BABY OIL (it didnt have any powdery thing going on, but the two scents are still related)… So MAYBE this similarity will save it for me.
We shall see.
To be continued…
Update: Still underwhelmed by this, but I will say that the soft cashmere powder of this reminded me of one of the best phases of Kenzo L’Elephant , so i layered them to experiment. They were GREAT together. Not necessarily for summer, but just in general. That plush soft thing in L’Elephant was greatly enhanced by Sun. Both also have heliotrope, so they just really work together.
Update: Decided to keep this one, but not to wear on its own. I am finding it brings L’Elephant to a whole other place of lovely, which I really love. I have also successfully layered this with J Lo Live … a truly fantastic pair to wear together for spring. I’ve worn Sun with cinnamon essential oil, too, and thats a really wonderful combo. I like how Sun brings to other perfumes an incredible softness and over time Ive come to discern the Heliotrope very well in this one. For me, Sun on its own is too uninteresting, but as a base for other more unusual frags its really becoming essential in my arsenal.
NurkaScuchka – :
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Sun. It truly is summer in a bottle and draws a lot of compliments. But I am partial. Jil Sander and Guerlain are my favorite fragrance houses, and Sun is my favorite Jil Sander frag and my signature fragrance. When wearing her a beautiful sunny day on a beach comes to mind, a woman wearing a long, white, laced bohemian dress, walking barefoot in the sand, the wind playing with her long, blonde hair – that is Sun to the T. Perfect for a beautiful bride at a beach wedding. Not a perfume for hot summer days, but days that are warm, beautiful with lots of warm wind, the sun spreading rays glowing with an orange tint rather than a bright yellow. A great fragrance for the month of August and early September days. Not a crisp or fresh summer fragrance, but one with a romantic, nostalgic feel to it. When I wear Sun, my man can’t keep from burying his head in my hair when we snuggle up. You will receive a lot of kisses wearing this beauty. Sun gets us in a romantic mood way faster than any other fragrance I own (and I own over a 100 frags).
I have enough back up bottles of Sun to last me for a long, long time, because if I should ever be out of this beauty with no way to re-purchase, I will pull out my hair in misery.
If I were stranded on an island and allowed to have only one fragrance with me, it would be her. She is so me, so feminine, and so comforting. I could go on and on raving about this beauty. She is my absolute favorite. Me and Sun will be a love affair with no end in sight.
PS: I am sure it is as lovely on brunettes, redheads or short haired gals. To me it just has a feel that it fits to the T on a longhaired blonde. And my hair is not that long, either. It is just a visual perception that comes to mind when I smell this lovely summer scent.
On another note: What in the world is an old lady’s perfume? I loved this fragrance when I was 24, the year it was created, and I surely was not an old lady then, and I still love it now, and I do not consider myself an old lady at age 52. How about calling it a mature fragrance, or a fragrance for a mature women, if you feel that way. I think it’s timeless and fits to any age.
Boogor84 – :
Unique!
Fruity HUBBA BUBBA!
(Not trying to sexualize it with the HUBBAS – I’m referring to HUBBA BUBBA bubblegum!! No particular flavor in mind, however, definitely fruity, possibly those with a gooey middle?)
I want to chew on my wrist.
Starts fruity and bubblegum like, takes a creamy and uniquely bizarre floral twist as it dries down, has a strange smokey (the tobacco leaf?!) muskiness, with a medicinal (ointment like, possibly germolene) character.
HUBBA BUBBA, GERMOLENE, ALIEN (not Mugler) FLOWERS, SEASIDE (MIXED FLAVORS OF) FUDGE, MARZIPAN AND MUSK.
Impressive longevity, with stable (but subtle) projection.
miha_1 – :
An all time classic I believe, and classy too☝️
It will always and forever be the scent of a good friend! I sniffed the yet unknown Sun at the drugstore, and there it was: A holo of my mate. On her it is a mature cherry(?) perfume with hot spice. Really sensual but not “sunny” or anything, more like for wearing after dawn.
I was churned be the miles between the concept of the scent and the scent itself, you have to quite step back in order to get both in front of the camera: Huge as stand alones but also Sun and Moon.
insoriher – :
Peaches and cream, straight up sun tan lotion. I love that the bottle also looks like a bottle of sun block, very fitting. Its long lasting and absolutely charming. It was a lot nicer than my expectations. You cannot go wrong with the price on this one. You could layer this with actual sun block on a nice hot day. Lovely!!!
Fralleamn – :
A weird smell of synthetic vanilla,clashed with indifferent heliotrope and sultry benzoin-ylang ylang and sandalwood mixture.Such a throbbing headache!
Unfotrunately, many people think that Sun is the epitome of the real summer mood!Nothing sunny,nothing boozy in this juice,even the -so called-solar notes tend to be obscure.
Sorry for Sun lovers.
Paradelph – :
Between the notes and the positive reviews I figured this one would be a good blind buy for me. I was really wrong. It smells nothing like I expected. If you are attracted to the descriptions of “beach” , “summer” or “suntan lotion” I would be sure to try before you buy.
I personally dislike Sun but it doesn’t exactly smell bad. To me it smells something like a candle or a room spray. I’ve been testing it for over a week, willing myself to like it. I will hold on to it and see if it’s more enjoyable in the winter. It’s very hot this week so it’s possible that weather is a factor.
Smile4thecamera has the best review on this one IMO. I agree with her 100%.
I’d also caution the allergy sensitive to be careful with this one. I’m not often allergic to fragrances but this one is a screechy choker on me.
I agree with the “chemical soup” reference. It makes me think of a public restroom air freshener or a cleaning product. I suspect I could enjoy this on someone else but it’s very strong and sneezy on my own skin.
Some may say it it’s well blended- I’d agree in that I cannot discern what I’m smelling. My nose reads it as a “perfume-y” and strong. It doesn’t smell dirty or indolic. Every once in a while I can smell suntan lotion in the drydown but I have to suffer to get to that point. This one is a “buyer beware”.
Just an update- this is a really heavy hitter. Quite long lasting and I think it smells a bit like incense. I had to shower it off because it was triggering a migraine.
It does not smell like Arden’s “sunflowers” but I could see someone liking both. I dislike both. If I keep testing this one I fear I may hate it or develop a migraine.
I haven’t written a review in a very long time but this one is such a harsh dissapointment I wanted to let others know it’s not a very safe blind buy.
француз – :
dolcemente luminoso, speziato e, infine, legnoso, questo accordo per me è la scia olfattiva della vacanza in croazia che ho concluso da qualche giorno. nel giardinetto del b&b in cui ho soggiornato a dubrovnik c’era un cespuglio di elicriso. non è passato giorno senza che io, uscendo di casa, sfregassi le dita sulle sue inflorescenze. poi, al duty free di spalato, ho spruzzato sul polso questo profumino economico ed ecco, lì, in tutta la sua magnifica opulenza, l’elicriso, sorretto da benzoino, ylang ylang, vaniglia e mille altri sentori. per me l’impressione olfattiva di dubrovnik.
Zub – :
Today I’m wearing Jil Sander Sun.
Immediately after spraying, I am surrounded by a creamy essence that is richer than just “perfume.” It’s soft and light and delicate and decadent. The top 3 voted notes are benzoin, vanilla, and ylang ylang, and this is exactly what carries this perfume from beginning to end. It’s a soft resin-based cream that doesn’t definitively highlight any of the notes.
I sprayed 4 sprays of this today, because personally I find it incredibly beautiful, understated, and unoffensive. I don’t regret it. Even in the small music room where I was teaching, I did not have a problem with overwhelming silage. This one stays moderate in silage, but the longevity is fantastic.
Shortly after spraying (maybe 15 minutes or so), I get the citrus and orris root. This is a bit of an edge to what would otherwise simply be a nice high-end lotion scent. Overall, this is just a splendidly blended scent where all notes work together.
Unlike other JS scents, this one really camouflages a lot of the notes so that I cannot so easily distinguish every individual note. Instead, I get a “sense” of each note listed. I can go down the list and say, “yeah, I can see where that might be present.” But it would not be so distinguishable to my nose alone. Sandalwood is the exception. It dries down into that lovely sandalwood note that really carries this to a sophisticated level.
I wish that more people would give Jil Sander scents a chance. These are not bold, overly stimulating scents. These are carefully crafted and subtle scents that develop elegantly and gracefully. They do not shout out. They won’t be noticed a lot, but those near you will just tell you that you smell “good.” These are fragrances for those who don’t need a fragrance to identify them or give them confidence, but use that fragrance as an extension of their own personality and as an olfactory journey they can take for the day.
The more I investigate these, the more I truly see the genius in the house.
Makkles – :
Oh, what warm, sweet (slightly bubblegummy)summery delight! I haven’t smelled Sun in decades and just opened my sample I got gifted by a lovely Fragrantican and am walking on memory lane…smells exactly the way I remember it. It caresses you with its sweet warmth and puts a spring in your step. Holiday in a bottle.
kaktus – :
I agree with originaldeftom when he says Jil Sander’s Sun is summer in a bottle, and that it’s impossible to imagine a better summer scent. nettoyant is also spot on: “This perfume smells like dried salty ocean water, suntanned skin and suntanning cream”. This one is for all the sun goddesses out there, you know who you are, the Brigitte Bardot’s of the world who have a love affair with the Sun, and need him nearby to stay in harmony. The suns plays a major part in my life and makes me happy (since I live to have fun, not to worry about wrinkles or fear skin cancer). Le soleil est mon petit copain <3 If this perfume was music it would be breezy sixties bossa nova.
otdrrяemontkv – :
This is so unique, creamy, powdery, slightly musky and rich. I’m not going to go into the notes except to say it’s resinous but fresh. Much like Prada L’eau Ambree (another unique and amazing scent) but it doesn’t smell like the Prada, it just has the same sort of feel.
This smells like a high end sun cream that has mostly been sweated and worn off after all day sun tanning and swimming. I baked in the sun through my 20s and anyone else who did knows that your skin has a very specific scent afterward. This perfume smells like dried salty ocean water, suntanned skin and sun tanning cream. And, it’s spectacular!
alexxx___1995 – :
I’m loving this perfume but there’s nothing summery or beachy about this fragrance. It’s soft warm, powdery and slightly spicy. It’s smells like a high end face cream. If I could rename it, I’d steal the name Cashmere Glow from bath and body works. Come to think of it, it’s in the same scent family as Cashmere Glow.
a-r-t-e-m – :
Well this is really nice. I really and truly smells like warm sun on skin. Simple as that. Not the sun tan lotion, just the warm sweetness of your skin on a day when you’ve been out in the sun. I quite like it. It’s creamy and smooth and not overwhelming. Testing it on a pretty cool day and it’s a lovely reminder of what summer can be like. This might be a great winter pick me up for me.
wkn129JeomiWogkig – :
LOVE LOVE LOVE. I cannot believe I missed it for so long. It’s happiness in a bottle. Defo will be good good friends. Haven’t been so excited about a fragrance since Joop. 🙂
lex197508 – :
it is interesting scent.. opening some fake plastic notes but it turns good sun cream smell in 10 min. in good way.. i like it best for summer.
DAVELV – :
Smells like a wooden cupboard where I grew up. It houses nail polish, napkins, (unscented) candles, suntan lotion, old jars of vaseline, perfume minis, a bit of jewelry and other random things belonging to my mom. I don’t think it has been cleaned out since the early 90’s. Nice and homely.
vadim.granadskiy – :
I really love this fragrance. My friend had it in the 90s and I loved it on her but never got it myself. Now I finally bought it for myself, 20 years later 🙂
It’s so lovely, it reminds me of a day on the beach.
Or when it dries down, it smells like expensive body