Fraternal, not identical sisters, but surprisingly similar all the same. A fine scent from Frederic Malle slumming into cheap body splash territory? Not quite. Lys Méditerranée
is supposedly iris, according to its name, but other than a slight
rootiness is almost the same sweet-flowery scent as Wild Honeysuckle.
Both have a lemony top note, but predictably enough Lys Méditerranée
ages more gracefully than Wild Honeysuckle, having things like
“development” and a “base note” involved. Wild Honeysuckle just cracks
her bubblegum and smells exactly the same for four hours until she
disappears into the shopping mall. Not to say Lys is a paragon of
sophistication, either, she’s in the garden getting her summer frock
dirty rooting around near the stream bed, even though company’s due any
minute.Wild Honeysuckle used to be compared favorably to her older cousin, Beyond Paradise, but Beyond isn’t what she used to be and really hasn’t aged well: from being an early-summer honeysuckle goddess to now an almost leathery crone of nothing but base notes and a large floppy sun hat. Wild Honeysuckle sometimes goes along with Beyond, just so a bit of familial resemblance can been perceived.
Lys Méditerranée sample bought from The Perfumed Court (when it still existed), Wild Honeysuckle bought from usual mall outlet.
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