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She’s pure, she’s sexy…

Posted by Robin on 13 May 2009 15 Comments

Model Julia Restoin-Roitfeld in a "making of" for an upcoming Jil Sander fragrance called Jil (and yes, they've already done at least one scent with that name). The music is Pumpkin Soup by Kate Nash.

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Tagged With: jil sander, video

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  1. Karin says:
    13 May 2009 at 10:38 am

    Doubt those almost naked shots will be shown in the U.S…such puritans we are.

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    • Daisy says:
      13 May 2009 at 10:52 am

      yeah, apparently WE are pure and SHE is sexy.

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      • Karin says:
        13 May 2009 at 10:54 am

        Ha ha! Good one!

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      • Daisy says:
        13 May 2009 at 10:55 am

        I know they like to put varying degrees of naked women in perfume ads….I’m afraid it doesn’t influence me at all….I see boobies everyday (my own) so I’m just not impressed.

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        • capillary says:
          13 May 2009 at 6:47 pm

          LOL!

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    • Robin says:
      13 May 2009 at 11:50 am

      Did not look like any of those were in the shots they were showing at the end, right? Maybe I need to watch again.

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    • krokodilgena says:
      13 May 2009 at 5:00 pm

      The Opium ad with Sophie Dahl was in American magazines

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      • Bine says:
        14 May 2009 at 2:30 am

        But Sophie was photoshopped till she looked artficial like porcelain. No thinking of naked skin at all.

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        • krokodilgena says:
          14 May 2009 at 3:46 am

          and this model is wearing jeans and a sheer thinggy

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  2. annunziata says:
    13 May 2009 at 11:37 am

    Must perfume companies recycle names this way? When I was in college, I had a roommate whose very eccentric (and wealthy) great-aunt kept a succession of pet alligators in her townhouse, all of them named Fido. That made a certain kind of bizarre sense to me. But I have only just heard of the original Jil, and am awaiting a sample from TPC. Has it been discontinued? From the notes, it sounded as if it was right up my olfactory street.

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    • Robin says:
      13 May 2009 at 11:50 am

      Yes, they do — I find it very annoying and confusing. But I can’t tell you anything else about Jil…the video was the first I heard of the new fragrance.

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    • enidan says:
      13 May 2009 at 5:09 pm

      Hi! Yes, the original JIL is loooovely, twas my perfume trademark, copyright, signature for some of my teens and early twenties and I only really stopped wearing it ’cause it went out of business.
      Such a warm, comforting, private fragrance, though not particularly complex. Can be worn all year long, day and night, without offending anyone and pleasing some.
      I have 1 last big bottle full which I managed to get my grubby hands on a year or two ago, but I believe it wasn’t stored v. well – it’s also a tester, sans cap – as it smells a wee bit different from what I remember: more rasberry and/or pear, less woods.

      Please do report back and let us know what you think of JIL the 1st; I’ve never come across anyone who wore or even knows this perfume and would love to hear your take.

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      • annunziata says:
        13 May 2009 at 11:43 pm

        I will definitely report back on Jil the First. I appreciated your comment — my interest is now really piqued, so I can’t wait to try it.

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      • annunziata says:
        16 May 2009 at 10:47 am

        HI, Enidan, I’ve been wearing Jil 1 for a couple of days, and I was surprised by how fruity it seemed to me — I was expecting something different. My favorite thing about it was that nice wallop of bergamot, which came back for a couple of return engagements, but the freesia didn’t really agree with me. I hope you can find more, though, since you love it!

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        • enidan says:
          16 May 2009 at 1:36 pm

          Hurrah, thanks for your impressions!

          I also smell a lot of fruit (raspberry, I think) in the Jil I have, but it was definitely less fruity and more woodsy when it was still being sold in shops. I remember the scent quite distinctly, and everyone who knew me around the time when I wore that fragrance agrees that’s it’s changed a bit. Sometimes I can even smell chocolate when I wear it now.

          It’s probably a good thing that you don’t love this perfume — it would be horrible to find true love in a fragrance that’s been discontinued. Still, I hope you’ll enjoy wearing it while it last 🙂

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