Lilas Exquis by Jacques Fath

Hi Posse, You know how sometimes you smell a fragrance and it hits the exact, perfect, photo realistic memory you’ve been looking for? Recently I was talking about the scent of wisteria. I was looking for a scent that smelled like the flowers on the vine in the evening. Then I had a bottle of Lilas Exquis by Jacques Fath arrive and it’s astounding.

If you need a pedigree, perfumer Luca Maffei has done a few things in my collection and many that are not. I own bottles of  Histoires de Parfums Not A Blue Bottle 1.2 & 1.5, Olibere Savannah’s Heart, and Pineider Cuoio Nobile. He’s also done work for Jul et Mad, Perris Monte Carlo, Mendittorosa, Isabey and Carthusia. 156 fragrances in the Fragrantica list. So Lilas Exquis is part of an extremely varied oeuvre.

Lilas Exquis by Jacques Fath 2017

Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Hyacinth, Bergamot, Blueberry
Heart: Lilac, Lime (Linden) Blossom, Lily, Angelica, Violet, Magnolia
Base: Musk, Ambroxan, Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Woody Notes, Amber

Lilas Exquis is not the pretty, soft, friendly thing that perfumers have been offering up as lilac for decades. None of that airy fairy shit. Nope. This is the feral, animalic, growly version we’ve all been waiting for. Lilacs do have a strong, intense scent when you stick your head right into the inflorescence. Thing is, this perfume goes even further than that up close, real life sniff.

I think it smells like wisteria. In full bloom. Wafting out its siren song to night insects. It is both high pitched white floral and dark recesses of wild dogs. The exact fragrance is so hard to describe other than that.

You know how narcissus can be a dark and brooding presence? Lilas Exquis is all that but in a quite different direction.

Here’s the exciting thing though. Just like the wisteria flowers. If you are standing away by anything more than 50cm then it smells like a lovely floral. It’s still fully fragrant but the space and air takes away most of the darkness and leaves light. So you can be an under the radar skank wearer. Just open up your top or bring your wrist in for some deep, soulful skank.

Anyone can wear Lilas Exquis. It’s longevity and projection are moderate. It’s also hit the discounters recently so you can get it very reasonably.

Jacques Fath has an excellent Sample Set and if you spend 65 Euro it’s FREE World Shipping! Check the 4 x 15ml Travel Set for only 90 Euro too

Do you dream of wisteria perfumes?
Portia xx