Frédéric Malle
Lys Méditerranée
With Lys Méditerranée, Frédéric Malle composes a luminous and delicate floral fragrance. It opens on orange blossom and ginger, reveals lily and lily of the valley at its heart and rests on a base of white musk and amber.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.
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Opening First minutes
Orange blossom · Ginger
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Lily · Lily of the valley
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Base Several hours
White musk · Amber
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 2 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Lily: its rarest material, which only 28 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 71.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, musky, spicy and amber: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Moderate
noticeable at arm’s length
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Versatile, from mid-season to sunny days (15–25 °C / 59–77 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Office & everyday Measured enough not to overwhelm a closed space or a meeting.
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