In perfumery, finding ways to accentuate but not overpower lilac’s grey fragility has sometimes proved difficult. But Brooklyn-based Vilhelm Parfumerie has a bolder, more modern take, framing the flower with bright dabs of galbanum and propping her up with some full-bodied rose. Vilhelm Parfumerie A Lilac a Day is no water nymph, but a frisky sprite up for some rollicking frolicking. Vilhelm Parfumerie A Lilac a Day is a modern watercolour; softened splashes of rose and jasmine are used with restraint to bolster the flower’s fragile sweetness, while that vibrant green galbanum lends an assertiveness that feels modern rather than nostalgic. Each spray is like a fresh waft of chilly-warm mid-Spring air, when a diffuse sun lazes in the sky while serious clouds hurry by. Notes: Blue lilac, Spring freesia, Egyptian jasmine absolue, galbanum, black amber, Turkish rose absolue.

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