LILY OF THE VALLEY | Limited Return Eau de Parfum

I bought this when I realized I'd waited too long for the lilac perfume from LVNEA. Mind you, I am a LVNEA lover- forete dormante is one of my favorite perfumes of all time, ghost pine is a masterpiece, and their one fall limited run 'besom' was an absolute soul-awakening experience, for me.
And this one honestly might be the best of them- or.... well. top three. I can't displace forete dormante, not really. or besom, because truly, that was *soul awakening*
It's funny- I don't get the vanilla in this at all. i get dewy green and sweet white floral, and i absolutely get 'lily of the valley' - my mother grows them all around the house, and so it's a scent i'm incredibly familiar with. this perfume captures it absolutely incredibly. the lemon meringue scared me, admittedly- i am a gourmand HATER, truly I am, but I somehow only really get a soft acidic brightness just beneath the sweet floral essence, that kind of... boosts it. i want to bathe in this perfume, but also want to hoard it until it's released again... or pray that the next time i get paid there happens to be one single bottle left for me to grab.

Lily of the valley is one of my very favourite smells, so I was really hoping that this would capture its essence (not literally - I did read the ingredients!).

Sadly, the fresh, green floral I was hoping for is very weighed down by the vanilla and amberette, which I find extremely cloying and honestly nauseating.

At first spray I could smell a fresher, greener top note that did mimic LOTV, but after only a couple of minutes I am left with a wrist that smells part powdery part gourmand, and neither are carrying the LOTV which is sadly completely lost in the heavier sweetness.

Hugely disappointed as I wasn’t able to order a sample and paid for a whole bottle only to find that there is actually no lily of the valley on offer here.

I’m assuming that last year’s batch incorporated real LOTV because I remember a warning about the natural toxins. Very sad that this year’s batch is all vanilly no lily!

It's hard to capture the delicate scent of Lily of the Valley, but this perfume does an excellent job of recreating it closely.
Obviously a very floral scent if that's not your thing.

I love how this smells on the skin! Once it reacts with your skin PH it definitely smells of lily of the valley, though in the bottle it smells almost like roses so I was a bit nervous. 100% in love

I wish it was available all year round it smells so beautiful I’m completely obsessed!