Moon Lily Fragrance

Lilies are my absolute favorite flower and this has not even a hint of lily. It’s nauseatingly sweet smelling, like cotton candy at first and then on closer inspection it smells like a rubber duckie toy. It smells synthetic - not natural, like something super cheap that would come in a child’s play makeup bag. So disappointing. Bare’s new formulation is ruined, gardenia and lily is gone. This was my last attempt to find a new scent. I’m so bummed.

Both my husband and picky son asked what smelled so good. Normally, my son complains if I wear anything.

The Moon lily name suits the smell of this fragrance. Very feminine floral abit of powdery notes and a “twilight” vanilla kind of smell?

This fragrance is not the dewy, moonlit, warm with a floral undertone as advertised but very cherry/raspberry with warm notes - I am not a fan of cherry and if the description would of described what it actually smells like I would not have purchased this.

Please, dear team, bring back old fragrances like Hortensia&Lily, Bare (old), La Mer. I’m sure a lot of customers are waiting for them.

For context, I strictly wear floral scents for everyday wear. My favorite ESAS scents include A La Mer, Bare (original), Gardenia and Lily, and Coquette, all of which have since been discontinued. I’ve been searching for replacements ever since.

When I saw that Moon Lily was being released, I reached out to the team to ask whether it would suit my preferences. Based on their feedback, I decided to purchase a full bottle.

Although Moon Lily is objectively a beautiful scent that I think many people would enjoy, it unfortunately leans much too warm and sweet for my personal taste. There is definitely a floral element, but the warmth and sweetness are much more prominent than what I typically look for in a fragrance.

If you’re like me and prefer fresh florals with minimal to no sweetness, I would keep this in mind before purchasing. This is my first ever product review at 28 years old (LOL), but I really wanted to share my honest opinion to help my fellow floral girlies!

I’m only taking off one star because I appreciate ESAS so much, and I do think Moon Lily is a beautiful scent, even if it isn’t for me. I also want to acknowledge that I’m not very experienced with fragrance terminology, so it’s possible the website description hinted at a warmer scent than I anticipated.

Ultimately, I know I would have appreciated a review like this myself, because it can be so hard to find fresh floral scents these days! :)

This pains me to write but I feel it needs to be said.

This is my honest opinion so please take with a grain of salt - but I do not feel the description accurately articulates the product. Much like what other reviewers are noticing and its a bit disappointing.

I have loved all but this one of my fragrance purchases from Esas - I have a pretty good idea of what I like and don't like in my perfumes, when I saw the promotional and description I was very excited to hear of a dewy lily with nectar notes - however that was not what I noted when I tried this product.

This perfume has a very strong base of cherry/raspberry with warm undertones and the fruit gets stronger as it sits on your skin and I cannot detect any lily or anything resembling lush waters for the life of me.

If you like cherry/raspberry this may be for you but if you are purchasing based on the description for moon lily It might be quite disappointing.

When I think of moon lily I think of exactly what was described in the promotional - essentially a hybrid of lily, minerale and some gravity mixed in and not this final product of warm and heavy cherry/raspberry.

This is also the first perfume ever from Esas that I have developed a headache from in the short time I was wearing it before I had to scrub it off - that could just be a coincidence but wanted to mention it in case others are experiencing this.

I'm hoping with everyone's feedback this formula is refined and if not the description of this product specifically is changed to better articulate the product.

I love this company so much and while I'm disappointed for feeling the description is misleading I feel this product would be fine with a name and description that articulates it better.

I have tried literally almost all of there perfumes and this is the first and only one I have come across that does not match the description so please don't let that scare you off from trying another one of there amazing fragrances.

I believe this company works hard and it just needs to read the rating feedbacks, tweak somethings with the description and create a scent that measures up to the original description of moon lily.

Moon Lily is a lovely feminine fragrance, I’m very glad I went ahead and blindly ordered the full size as well as the travel to test.

However, it is completely different than I was expecting. From the scent description to the marketing visuals and even an IG video ESAS posted discussing Moon Lily, I was anticipating a floral scent in the family of the “original” Bare, Gardenia & Lily, and À La Mer but with a cool aquatic twist. To me this feels more like Bare REFINED’S raspberry and cream sister. It’s definitely sweet, but that was expected with the silky nectar description. The Raspberry is the most prominent note on me, it is quite nice, just not at all I thought it’d be.

I’d definitely use this one as a year round daytime fragrance and it would be office friendly for certain. As with most of EASA’s fragrances, this needs reapplying after about 4 hours on me, even with an unscented lotion or oil as a base.

I’d be happy to see it eventually offered in a Hamam, as I love to coordinate them with my perfume, but for now the Bare refined Hamam works well with Moon Lily.

I don’t believe I’m alone in hoping that the florals mentioned above will eventually be restocked!

Thank you, ESAS, for making natural fragrances that we all can feel good about wearing.

Beautiful Fruity Floral, but Not the Watery Floral Advertised

I seriously considered docking a star because I think the marketing for Moon Lily misses the mark. Ultimately, I'm giving it five stars because I think this is a beautifully composed fragrance for what it actually is. However, I would strongly recommend reading the reviews rather than relying on the marketing to understand what you're purchasing.

Described as "lush lily, moonlit waters, silky nectar," Moon Lily conjured expectations of a cool, green, watery floral with a touch of delicate sweetness. I imagined something ethereal, refreshing, and almost meditative—a lotus floating along a clear spring brook, surrounded by lush green foliage, wet rocks, and driftwood. Something that evokes the renewal of rain, the tranquility of a forest stream, or perhaps what Pandora from Avatar might smell like.

Unfortunately, that's not the fragrance I experienced.

Moon Lily is much more of an airy, sweet fruity floral with an almost gourmand drydown than a watery or aquatic floral.

The opening is quite lovely. There's a delicate, airy, slightly powdery floral quality with a hint of green freshness, presumably from the violet leaf. However, that greenness disappears fairly quickly, and the fragrance becomes increasingly fruity and sweet. I don't detect any meaningful aquatic, mineral, dewy, or watery quality, despite the prominent water imagery and the inclusion of ingredients like melonal.

Instead, the drydown is dominated by what I can only describe as sugar-coated raspberries. The "silky nectar" seems dialed up to 100, overtaking the cooler, airier qualities of the opening. It's a warm, candy-like sweetness that leans slightly gourmand and becomes the dominant impression on my skin.

If this is your preference, I can absolutely see why you'd love it! It's a pretty fragrance, and the composition itself is well done. But if you're looking for a refreshing, watery floral, you may be disappointed.

Perhaps the best way I can describe the difference is that the marketing suggests an ethereal water fairy dancing among lilies in the cool moonlight. What I actually smell is a fairy dancing among lilies while carrying around a basket of sugar-coated raspberry candies. There's certainly something whimsical and airy about it, but the sugary sweetness changes the entire atmosphere.

I also want to address comparisons to Gravity and Bare that I've seen in other reviews. Gravity is one of my all-time favorite fragrances, and I don't think loving Gravity necessarily means you'll love Moon Lily. Gravity has a distinctly watery quality to my nose, beautifully balanced with a warm, subtly sweet, musky drydown that never becomes sugary or gourmand. Moon Lily, despite sharing some ingredients, doesn't achieve that same watery balance. I'm also not particularly fond of Bare because of its sweetness, but Moon Lily has an even more pronounced edible, candied-fruit quality to me.

I've sampled nearly every fragrance from this company, and Gravity remains an absolute favorite. I was especially excited about Moon Lily because I've been searching for a natural fragrance that captures that elusive, cool, green, watery floral atmosphere. Sadly, this wasn't it.

My conclusion: Five stars for the fragrance itself, but considerably fewer for how accurately the marketing communicates the experience. If you love airy, powdery fruity florals that develop into warm, sugary raspberry sweetness, Moon Lily may be wonderful for you. If you're drawn to the promises of moonlit water, dew, green foliage, and aquatic freshness, I'd temper those expectations.

It's a lovely fragrance, just not the watery, ethereal experience its story led me to anticipate.

I would change the name to Harvest Moon instead of Moon Lily as it leans warm and cozy to me which reminds me of an orange moon. The title Moon Lily and fragrance description made me expect something cool, ethereal and floral leaning. I smell something floral at first followed by powder, clean soap, and then sweet raspberry which stays on the skin until the end. It’s sweet and comforting like a hug but for me personally didn’t match the description or what I expected. If you liked Gravity, the new Bare version, and Summer ‘95 you will like this one. If you were hoping for a true white floral then maybe it won’t be such a good fit. It does have raspberry ketones in it and that’s mostly what I smell lingering on the skin. I was hoping for something more mineral and cool combined with flowers. Would be nice if you could make a perfume that stays floral till the end and doesn’t turn sweet. It is comforting and pleasant but wasn’t what I expected based on the description.

This smells SO GOOD! It's so sweet and lovely smelling! Exactly what I was hoping for :)

I try not to get too excited over new fragrances before they arrive because I’m hard to please and often disappointed, but wow! Immediately sprayed this on my skin. So lovely, warm, cozy, powdery without smelling diapery. To me it smells like a winter version of bare. Like going to sit on the beach in a cozy sweater wrapped in a blanket in October. Sunshine but with a chill in the air. I love it. Could be worn year round but the coziness is undeniable. Leans more sweet than dewy in my opinion. Will see if that changes throughout the day. I was hoping for a little less sweet and a little more dewy/mineral but still very pleased with moon lily!