If you’ve been around my black and white Instagram and its counterpart, the current colored insta pages for a while, you will know that mandarins and pomelos alongside with yuzu are my most favorite citruses to wear…
And when JIJIDE have surprised me with massive box of goodies earlier this year, I was instantly drawn to the shade of the bottle of Lian Yen. It screamed “juicy goodness inside” at me with that sunset effect ombre glass. And after testing it thoroughly in top heat in Italy, I’m finally ready to speak of it.
What a sunny and joyful fragrance! The sweetness of mandarin juice is the leading note upon the opening and it is elevated in sweetness by most adorable honeysuckle in the pyramid. Imagine talking tasty posh summer popsickles with fresh lemonade spiced up by orange blossom syrup on the side. I want to scream how good and fizzy this fragrance is. And the best part it is not juvenile at all.
You won’t get olfactory diabetes from it, even tough some may call it gourmand. I would classify JIJIDE Lian Yen as fresh aromatic with white floral nuances. And yes, on every step of the way, there is that stunning happy mandarine note. Not bitter like the rind, no. Sweet core of the fruit, when it is very ripe and mushy. I simply can’t get enough of it and by my calculations my bottle will last me till the end of the summer season and by that time I am seriously hoping the refill options will be available.
What was your experience with JIJIDE Lian Yen so far?
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