Lilac City is a floral fragrance that launched in 2020 and was created by David Seth Moltz. This is a Bergdorf Goodman's exclusive scent. From their website: Put on your best and spring up 5th Avenue where lilac winds of Central Park blow upon Bergdorfs. Lilac perfumes are rare - not easy to copy, even less easy to make it more wearable. We took a classic purple lilac accord and brought it into the present age with bergamot, fancy orris butter and concrete. A modern clean fresh lilac, at-home uptown in the city. Bergdorf continues to innovate; making what was classic, updated for modern tastes. Just like a fancy lilac perfume made new again for you. Lilac City features top notes of petals, lime and bergamot; middle notes of purple lilac, jasmine sambac and orris; and base notes of fancy musk, concrete and white moss. Lilac City is an eau de parfum, edp.
D.S. & DURGA LILAC CITY REVIEWS
Fragrantica: Candied lilac pastilles crushed into powdered lines and snorted like scarface. Only in the drydown does a brief facsimile of watery orris emerge, and this departs from smelling of purple flower smarties. Hyper-luxury as pretty caricature of itself. Resplendently bourgeois.
Fragrantica: Ravishing, sublimely deconstructed lilac. Pure wet soil after rain. Lilac absolute. Crispness of freshly cut stems. Why go to therapy when you can go to Bergdorfs?
Fragrantica: The 2023 Bergdorf re-release is divine, deep, delicious without being gourmand. It is a warm lilac which I love, airily musky and earth heavy. Lilac scents so often feel cold—this conjuring a warm, sensual spring day laden with lilac is refreshing. It’s heavy in how it sits as well: remnant notes lasted through a long, warm shower the other night and I find the sillage a satisfying veil (never imposing, but sheltering). As spring is beautiful in both its lightness and bursting violence, so is this fragrance. A Clarice Lispector quote from her short story “O Delírio” felt apt for this: “From the torn and black Earth, one by one emerges, light as the breath of a sleeping child, small beings of pure light, barely resting their transparent feet on the ground... Lilac colors float in space like butterflies. Slender flutes rise to the sky and fragile melodies burst in the air like bubbles. The pink forms continue to emerge from the wounded earth.”
Fragrantica: A simple and beautifully done floral woody musk. The main star here is a central natural lilac which is used in a nice absolute form. As the perfume dries off one can detect slight hints of amber, a concrete accord, sandalwood and synthetic musk. The perfume is akin to drowning in a sea of lilacs. The feminine leaning scent has moderate projection and good longevity. A must try for lovers of natural florals. Enjoy!
Reddit: I've tried it! Almost done with my sample and crying I'm poor that I can’t buy it. It’s absolutely breath taking. Lasts all day and then some too. It is a perfect marriage of lilac and that freshly rained on concrete that DS & Durga does so well. Makes it an edgier floral and perfect for anyone who wants to feel feminine and gritty at the same time.
