Rolling in Love
Kilian (2019)

Powdery and pleasant vanilla floral. Inoffensive to the point of near obscurity. She’s pretty, but forgettable; a face you’ve seen many times but can’t quite recall. The general smell of a ladies fragrance counter at any department store.

A bright and slightly sweet opening that is laden with iris, an iris that is only minimally powdery on me.

In the drydown an impression of almond mild is notable, with moderate sweetness; whiffs of fizz are also present. In the background hovers a tuberose, that is quite bright too and expresses only a minimum of waxy or indolic characteristics on me. A lipstick-like undertone is attached to the tuberose too.

Towards the end an influx of white musks - with some tonka in the backgound - is evident.

I get moderate sillage, very good projection, and eight hours of longevity on my skin.

A positive scent for warmer spring days, which is proudly chemically-synthetic, with an attempt to be original but is a very linear manner, hence lacking development that would entice. 2.75/5.

Smells great, but I prefer this on my wife. Leans more fem to me. Similar to Burberry Brit for her but this is a bit darker and more smoldering. They both share sweet almond and musk notes.

It's sweet, floral and clean all at the same time. The deep dry down is more just the clean notes, comes off like a nice dryer sheet with a tiny bit of florals leftover.

I get 8-9 hours longevity with good projection on low sprays, so be cautious.

The relatively new By Kilian Rolling in Love is delightful, a sort of sweet, creamy, semi-powdery floral. The “key notes” listed on the Kilian website seem reasonable and speak to the descriptors: almond milk, iris, and musk. Beyond those, there's freesia, vanilla, and tonka, which mostly support the floral/powdery/creamy/sweet breakdown.

Rolling in Love strikes me as being marketed toward women but surely men who enjoy sweet and floral scents–though this isn't overwhelmingly either–it's a neat option, as it is for me. It doesn't evolve much, as it frankly doesn't open up all that sharply: it has a good balance among the various elements–especially the main three–from opening to dry down.

Interestingly enough, its retail pricing (at Saks, Nordstrom, etc.) is $240 for its standard 50ml refillable bottle, and this is cheaper than the retail for pretty much any other fragrance in the Kilian catalogue. It's quite unusual for a new release to be priced below the rest of the pack.

This might be due to the main drawback of Rolling in Love, which is that it's not strikingly daring or unique, but rather, agreeable and familiar, but many are looking for the latter, for them, it'll work well, especially for women of all ages, I'd say. Personally, I'd like a decant of this, but as it's a “like” not a “love” overall for me, I don't need a bottle. Surely worthy of sampling by all, though, as it holds the balance well among the florals and gourmand notes.

7 out of 10