Ilio Diptyque for women and men

Rubbery...

Uncooked banana cake batter: the scent :) Once my wife said this I couldn't unsmell it.

Please, i can't find this on official website. Did they discontinue this? I AM CRYING RIGHT NOW

This is a summer in Greece in a bottle. It makes me feel joyful & happy, like taking in a cool breeze on your balcony in the early evening.

You're resting on a plastic lawn chair in your desert backyard on the first day of summer, wearing a crisp white linen shirt and sunglasses, sipping sparkling prickly pear lemonade from a yellow striped straw and flipping through the pages of Architectural Digest. The iris bushes out front are perfectly manicured. Over the wooden picket fence, your neighbors' jasmine is blooming, and a cool breeze carries the scent over to you. You smile.

Alternatively, you're sitting on a lawn chair in your desert backyard, and while scrolling through Fragrantica reviews and smelling your wrist, a bag of watermelon Jolly Ranchers gets hurled in your face.

Wow, this is the best summer scent from diptyque (possibly). I really love it's sunscreen powdery floral clean smell. It's so perfect and really really smells like a summery beach day. I can't wait to purchase.

Ilio is springtime in a bottle. But it is iris-dominant, and I do not enjoy the powdery iris in this.

Did not disappoint. I expected a powdery, fresh summer fragrance on the safer, more crowd-pleasing side with very soft floral notes and got exactly that. Very happy with the sample I bought and I will be buying the full 100ml soon.

This gave me a vibe like Beach Walk by Maison Martin Margiela but smoother and kinda linear. Very bright, natural, summery, uplifting, a bit sweet and powdery. Performance is great on me, I could get 7-8 hours easily 👍

I got this because I am looking for a super fruity prickly pear scent like Dae’s prickly pear fragrance. I didn’t take the “powdery” vibe seriously, but it truly is very powdery. I still like the smell, but there’s an undeniable powdery vibe that gives me old lady energy. It has low throw, low longevity. I bought it used for a significant discount and am glad I have it, but I would not pay full price. Still on the hunt for my fruity prickly pear juice bomb.

So pretty! I was not expecting much from this scent but I was surprised by its beauty! a very fresh, youthful fruity iris scent. It is sweet and juicy! must be the combination of prickly pears and jasmine! definitely full bottle worthy if I can find a discount! it is too light for full retailer price...

I tested this today and it made me smile. So summery and youthful. Will be my next purchase.

Was hoping for an iris scent, but Illio smells like those free bottles of hotel shampoo.

Such a fruity fresh summer scent! I loved it after my first sniff and bought a bottle pretty soon after. I do get the watermelon jolly rancher reference, maybe that’s why I love it so much. The only thing is that it doesn’t last long, maybe an hour or so. I feel like it is similar feeling to Fico di Amalfi even though the notes are different. Maybe because prickly pear and fig are quite close?

Pears! Actual fresh pear scent, the first time I've gotten such a clear non-citrus fruit note from a perfume. This is natural-feeling and not heady at all too, very airy. Perfect for summer.

Licking the prickly pear juice from your stained fingers. Crunching on the white part of a watermelon almost to the rind. Green slightly tart gummy bears that you eat at the end because you like the other colors more, but they are still good. The way your skin smells when you’re out in the sun in a west Texas dessert ranch. Listening to “Hasta La Raíz” from Natalia Lafourcade on your airpods as you’re swinging on a tire swing instead of doing the yard work you were supposed to do.


It’s not mega multifaceted but who cares, sometimes you just feel like enjoying the sweet nothings of life and that includes a bright clean glowing scent like this every now and then. Loved it.

last time i sampled this i experienced it as being very starchy and doughy iris. this time around it was very fresh, clean, ideal really for a day in the sun or on a beach. unisex leaning femme. id buy a bottle if the longevity wasnt so bad

I absolutely love this. Want to get my hands on a full bottle. This is a gentle, beautiful, lovely fragrance. The longevity isn't great though. Wish it had better projection and longevity.

I am love with this! I smelt a realistic cucumber note, very watery, very grassy, almost mossy. And something very sweet but not straight sugar, like Baccarat Rouge. Unfortunately I do not know what prickly pear smells like. Unique, summery, fresh! There is an underlying mossy/ vetiver note but it is not masculine. It gives the perfume grounding and a touch of elegance rather than being too sweet. Good projection and longevity. One of those perfumes you don't become anosmic to.

Zero soap or Lipstick or play dough on my skin. No idea what others are talking about.

Similar to Armani Prive Figiuer Eden in the drydown. Creamy cardamom-like
Sandalwood, iris and amber.

This incidentally has a strong watermelon feel to it and would be something I'd recommend -- despite its lack of watermelon in the pyramid -- for anyone looking for a good (water)melon-y ozonic scent. Shampoo-y and melon-y. If you like Lancome Idole, L'Imperatrice or Daisy (or on the niche side, Solstice, Wonder of You, or Guiding Water, etc...), this feels like a similar scent profile. Pleasant, not groundbreaking. Easy, fun, fresh dewy floral.

Summery and fresh. Long lasting, I catch it wafting around me throughout the day. Clean and a little fruity, reminds me of a sea breeze

definitely a summer/beach scent. Super fresh and chill. I spent a whole week wearing this one during my vacation and was happy with it. The only thing is the longevity, 3 hours max and I was in the car, outdoor it lasted like 2 hours and I'm being generous on it.

I really hope they come out with an eau de parfum version of this because it is just stunning. And short lived. This is the perfect spritz for a hot day as the iris is crisp and vibrant. But the spritz lasts about 20 minutes on me.

Lipstick iris with a bergamot background. It’s not a fruity nor citrusy kind of summer fragrance. The lipstick note is very prominent. It’s closer to a vintage iris scent rather than what the bottle suggest. More suitable for the evening, and an older lady.

I know a lot of people love this one, so maybe it's a skin chemistry issue. But this is the oddest rubber/playdough/body musk scent on my skin. Scent did seem light, and had pleasant moments, but it developed so poorly for me I scrubbed it off my hand.

It's a nice iris-summery-watery scent. Nothing more than that. Longevity is quite poor. Does not worth Dyptique price point in my opinion.

I’m sorry to say that this is far too soapy and artificial for me and I don’t like it. Yes, it smells like a watermelon Jolly-rancher detergent. I expected a jammier and fresher fruit. The prickly pear in Mugler Alien Goddess Supra Florale is preferable even though it is blended with the amber. I ordered a bunch of Diptyque samples from Perfumista and accidentally made a duplicate order on the Ilio that I spent £8.49 on 🙄 Now I will be selling them on Vinted and Ebay.

crisp and sweet, but also refreshing. wore four sprays to work and i could still smell it on me until about 4pm. the bottle is a huge plus (limited edition). not musky, floral, or overly sweet (which i love)

I’ve only fallen in love with a handful of fragrances on the first sniff but this is one of them. It smells like you just lathered on a luxurious lotion and let your skin warm up in the sun. I want to douse myself in this!!!

I don’t get the jolly rancher smell others are detecting. If anything it leans more sunscreen-like on me (but I’m not complaining). I adore this and I think I just found my scent of the summer!

9.5/10

Uplifting and enjoyable! Definitely has some sweetness but doesn't seem synthetic or cloying. I don’t find anything too complex about this but I think that’s what makes it so pleasant. I get whiffs of this even after 6 hours of wear, despite being an
EDT.

Barbie feet.

I am a gummy bear

This is a mass pleasing scent that's perfect for hot sunny weather. I can smell the deliciousness of prickly pear upon the first note and then it will turn into beautiful jasmine & a bit of freshy citrus. It lasts 4-6 hours on a humid day.
It's probably not as unique as other Diptyque juice, but me and everyone around me LOVES it.

Smells like scented paper, edible paper, milky paper HAHA if that makes sense.

Smells like sun warmed skin and lotion in the most mesmerizing way.

I grabbed a sample of this after hearing a rave review on TikTok and now I am having a very hard time not buying the full bottle. It's such a lovely summer scent without being too obvious, the prickly pear is perfect and there's just something about this that suggests salt and sun while still smelling fresh and creamy and not overwhelming. I was also surprised at the wear time--it lasted a good 8 hours on me, and while it's not a huge projector, it stayed solid and noticeable on me throughout its wear. An absolute dream of a summer scent.

Very realistic prickly pear in the opening, really fresh and watery, so so good. Iris kicks in later and it’s quite prominent so the scent doesn’t stay super fresh and watery but turns more smooth and creamy after about 30min. It’s definitely a great holiday scent although on a creamy side. For some reason reminds me of a fancy cucumber/mint/lime icy water, it’s weird I know cause I said it’s creamy...can’t explain it really. It also reminds me of being on vacation by the ocean on Yucatan peninsula. Ilio isn’t overwhelming but has presence. Great summer vibe, relaxing, really pleasant.
(If I was blind testing this I would have said it was a fig scent, crazy realistic fresh fig scent lol)
Update: I got a hair mist, being a bit cheap and thinking it’s the same as small EDT bottle, it’s not… :( I’m going through it so fast, the concoction is very diluted, I recommend the full EDT bottle if you really like the scent. Will lasts you longer.

Lmao straight up prickly pear juice, so realistic in the opening it’s almost absurd.

This is one of those scents that truly make me happy. As a Mexican, I used to eat cooled prickly pears every time it was very hot weather. This smells just like the first bite of the refreshing fruit.
It lasted a good 6 hours on my skin and it’s quite a treat for the summer.

I have tried the 2023 version, and comparing with my 2022 version, I do not find any different, but the design only.

This is surely the most realistic pear note I’ve smelled so far in all fine fragrances to date. It is very well done, and the hardest part which is equalizing the evaporation rate of each ingredient in order to keep the “pear” accord intact is also very well done... Just like in fig accord, pear accord is very tricky in the sense of evaporation as the fruity-pineapple-pear-green ingredients usually evaporate much faster than the violet-iris ones (important in pear note).

The drydown is a nice ambrette musk with slight litchi-rose something.

Ilio is literally “summer in a bottle”. It was a blind buy and wasn’t a love at first sniff but a few days after, it grew on me. The scent was so relaxing and kinda addictive. Fresh, watery and has a little bit of sweetness in it which turns into a creamy vibe when dry-down is reached.

I had the older version (which is kinda sad) and I’ve read somewhere here that the 2022 packaging has more well rounded formulation and projects better. Sad that I had to reapply this to achieve the scent cloud/bubble that I want.

I love this one but I’m not going to repeat a purchase. Maybe on Fleur de Peau or Leau Papier. 🫶♥️

Ilio is liquid summer. It’s a cool, sweetened breeze running through your hair as you stand in an Iris meadow. Very, very gentle and free-flowing to the point that it feels rather aquatic. It’s almost salty, somehow, but it’s perfectly balanced into a refreshing blend of floral citrus. Reminds me of Sweet Pea from B&BW.

Green, powdery, fruity, floral, dull. When I first bought this, I only tested it on the blotter and soon regretted my purchase. On my skin, it opened green and fruity like a fig but turned overly powdery and was the furthest thing from a greek summer. Better for the nights in early summer (like in June or early July) and sits close to the skin. There are just so many better EdT frags from Diptyque, and if it wasn't for the cute drawing on the label, I would've sold it.

I grew up in Israel so I know the smell of prickly pear and it is very nostalgic for me. It is more fruity than anything, but also quite airy and fresh. It does remind me a bit more of figs, but real figs, not like the Philosykos. It is by far one of my favorites because they were able to capture something very natural and real with this one.

I really like this one. Gentle scent, slightly powdery, I do indeed get mostly iris (I've never come across prickly pear before so I can't tell how strong it is or whether it is there at all, but knowing Diptyque, they probably nailed its natural scent). I don't think I will buy a bottle as it's not the best thing I've ever smelled, but it's really pleasant. I associate this perfume with CMBYN, the scent profile itself brings Italian summer to mind.

This is nice, young and light hearted. I get fresh white florals and some watery fruits (almost pear like).

Diptyque has a lot of white florals, but all too single faceted (namely olene, sens, moheli). Besides do son, this is the best white floral from the house. The pear and iris really toned down the indole in white flowers.

However, if you’re used to heavy, complex, niche frags, this may not be for you.

I missed the 2021 version and only have hair mist. I fell in love with the smell, it is so warm lovely and it made me feels like I am a lovely girl wearing a dress, picnic under sunny cool day I really love it. So I really happy that they launched his year version

I’ve of them most lovely, fruity mouth watering fragrances I have. It is light but has good longevity. I’d recommend to anyone who likes a delicious smelling fruity floral, realistic smelling perfume.

I live in a country where we grow a lot of prickly pears and this perfume perfectly captures the scent. It's one of my favourite fruits to eat and Ilio by Diptyque is the first perfume I've come across with prickly pear. It truly smells of this cactus fruit, especially in the opening. It's delicately sweet, fresh and light. Love wearing it in the mediterranean summer. Confession: I blind-bought this because I loved the bottle and was delighted when it arrived.

Such a delicate, watery beauty. The lightly fruity nature of this lasts on my skin approx 4-6 hrs, but beast mode performance isn't what I was looking for with this sweet thing. A splash of cool cactus with thin iris on the tail is just what I needed to pull me through this hot Texas summer.

Sweet surprise for me. Iris is a note I avoid however I really enjoyed it into Ilio. Well composed fragrance, with esprit. Powdery but with juiciness. Bergamot adds pleasant spicy-warm tone (not exactly strong but welcome: without it, the fragrance would be too sweet, too straight and shallow - to my opinion.)
I will not use it however Ilio is the perfume which I perceive with a pleasure.

You can sense all the notes and none of it overcharge the others too much.
Longevity is very good (6-7hrs), sillage moderate.

A quintessential floral-fruity summer fragrance. Strong opening that quickly dries down to a skin scent.

my gripes:
- longevity was nowhere to be seen, i had to reapply about every hour throughout the day
- sat veryyyy close to the skin with minimal projection, maybe it's going for more of a skin scent, but i was expecting more nonetheless
- i was missing any hint of prickly pear whatsoever:(

my loves:
- it's sweet and powdery without being boring, the iris rounds out the fragrance super well, making it extremely wearable and refreshing
- it does have a cozy, skin-scent quality that's pretty irresistible, it's simple yet a total crowd-pleaser and i feel like would be great for layering over something that's a little brighter and bolder!

got a lot of generic bergamot & jasmine. this was a lot more muted, i didn't get the prickly pear or candy smell.

Couldn’t agree more about the jolly rancher smell. Not a bad smell, just not a high end perfume I’d want to smell like.

Delightful burst of watery, green and fresh, yet velvety and fuzzy lipsticky (carroty) iris fruity opening.

Ever so slightly lurid, indolic and sharp at first, but turned more luxuriously powdery and smooth as it dried down.

An equanimous and cheerful scent that melds perfectly with the blue and white painted dwellings, breezy sunny landscapes, balmy weather and festive romantic vibes of Fira and Oia towns on the Greek island of Santorini!

Within aircon environment, and with 2 sprays to my elbow, it had moderate sillage and 13 hours longevity before becoming a skin scent!!!

PS. The 2022 batch seems better put together, more balanced and performs distinctively better than its 2021 counterpart with a different colored drawing on its sticker label.

This smells a bit like a watermelon jolly rancher for about 10 minutes, then a combination of prickly pear and soft white floral for about 10 minutes, then gone. It might be a nice room spray. Maybe the hair scent lasts longer?

A clashing of stuffy iris and watery aloe. I didn't find it to be anything special.

An odd scent. It opens a little fresh and a little fruity, vaguely reminiscent of an actual prickly pear fruit. Then I get an unceremonious nose full of skunky indole until it disappears. Very haphazardly constructed, in my opinion.

Just couldn't help myself from buying the full bottle for this beautiful design. But on the contrary, the fragrance itself is kinda mediocre. It is definitely an inoffensive refreshing spring/summer vibe EDT and leans more feminine and powdery. Longetivity and sillage are just normal, even worse than other regular Diptyque's EDT, but looking at such a beautiful bottle, what more can I complain about?

This smells like the sky on a warm spring day, super clean and fresh with a hint of greenery

I have no idea what to compare this scent to but i cant stop smelling it!!! Ill be buying more!!

I really fell for the design first. The fragrance gives me a headache but smelling it on someone else is better for me. One puff in the air and walk through it is all I can handle but I want to love it. It needed to be more green and less sickly florally and cloying.

I like this fragrance, but I prefer the dry down on skin as it becomes more powdery, more creamy, and less floral. It smells like expensive sun screen to me, but in a good way! In fact, someone else said I smelled like sun screen when I wore it (again, not in a bad way!). I’m not even sure that it smells like sunscreen, but it simply smells like summer.

I wish it was formulated to be less floral as floral gives me headaches. This one is on the line between floral and powder. On skin, it has decent longevity. It can be built up, but then it risks becoming very floral/headachy. Less is more with this one imo (one spray per wrist max). Hope it comes back with some tweaks as I like the uniqueness of a scent capturing summer. All in all, I do enjoy it. Probably would be a safe blind-buy.

Started off with a beautiful iris scent on my skin. The it morphed, too soon, into something hard to explain which I guess must be the prickly pear scent. The jasmine followed not too far behind with a tinge of bergamot. The blend of the scents rounded to something rather “weird” I would say. I actually grow a patch of prickly pears myself but have never seen, much less smelled the flowers before. There has to be flowers since there are the fruits to be seen. Lol. Jasmin made the whole dry down powdery, by the weirdness remained. The perfume on clothing reacted with the same result, surprisingly.
Kinda regret buying a full bottle. Couldn’t help since with the Covid-19, one can’t be too careful and just go ‘round smelling all the samples one wish to, right? So blind purchase is the way I buy these days, unfortunately.

Edit: the dry down smell, once used to, is rather nice. I guess one must take time to fully appreciate something.

Edit: The scent very surprisingly cling on to my wrist despite having showered and it’s been almost 18 hrs. Wow.

Light, fresh, slightly fruity Iris. If you love iris and you like scents like Balade Sauvage from Dior - you may love this one. That's where I fall. It seems like this is a seasonal scent, discontinued at the moment. Diptyque salesperson told me it will come back around next summer.

I have no idea how cactus smell like but it is a subtle green powdery scent with a hint of citrusy. The soft powderiness probably comes from iris and the greenery from prickly pear and jasmine. It is a unique scent and the infamiliarity is probably due to the seldom-used cactus in perfumery (or at least not in perfumes that I smelled before). I tried both the edt and hair mist in a Diptyque boutique and they smell literally the same to me. Considering it is a limited edition, I may pick up a full bottle although I already purchased the hair mist.

Makeup / makeup bag, but not powdery.

Pears ~ fresh and juicy and a little sweet.

Earl Grey tea.

Musk.

Wonderful.

Scent wise, it's an absolute winner. This is some good juice. Longevity is my only issue. I can't wait for them to drop an edp version. If so, i'm all over it.

NOTE: A simple web search revealed prickly pear to ultimately be cactus once you get pass all the nicknames.

I love all the tones individually but here together I don’t think they work. Also the longevity is abysmal

I've got a juicy, watery peachy kind of vibe right from the opening. Not too sweet, delicate fruity flowery scent. Not too light, not loo loud, hence calming, and delightful perfume. It's definitely good for spring, and summer, but it'll be also great to use in winter, adding some juiciness to dry atmosphere.

Nice, with no longevity whatsoever. Gone from my skin and clothes within 15 minutes.

Thanks for your suggestions on the notes. The prickly pear note has been corrected. Prickly pear is opuntia fig, nothing to do with pear, rather what we call in Greek φραγκόσυκο (and indeed the Greek reference is there since Ilio means "sun" in Greek) So hope that's all right with our readers and nicked in time.

Got to try this at my local Neiman Marcus yesterday! Ilio is a summery, fresh, bright floral that smells more mainstream / designer than some of the other Diptyques I've tried like Philosykos, L'ombre Dans L'eau, and Eau des Sens. Maybe it's the lack of the photorealistic greenness that many Diptyques tend to have in the opening? Anyways Ilio kind of reminds me of Byredo's Mojave Ghost with a lot more jasmine (maybe even a little Marc Jacobs Daisy). The fruitiness in the opening feel similar but the dry down of Ilio is a prominent dry jasmine. I enjoyed it but I could see it being a little headache inducing for some.

While Ilio is summery, fruity-fresh, and easy to like, it does lack that unique mysteriousness quality that other fragrances from this house tend to have. It's a nice scent that I enjoyed, but it's nothing new. That being said, the illustration on the bottle is so beautiful, the scent is very pleasant and easy to wear, and the fact that it's limited edition... ahh I may be tempted enough to pick up a full bottle

Lovely high summer scent from Diptyque, Ilio. Love, love, love, the illustration, works very well with the summer vibe and story from Diptyque.

Smell wise, the most important part. The jasmin is very noticeble and love how it is combined. With the first spray it was a welcome floral scent. Later it sets in and it has a more intemate floral/fresh blossom scent on my skin. Very pleasent and soft.

I just received it and love it. Looking foward to wear this scent this summer!
(New here, so figuring things out & also saying hi! And love reading your comments)

Beautiful soft summer skin-scent. I mostly get jasmine on my skin with very subtle green and citrus touches. To me it is all about the jasmine note really, but I like that. Compared to other Diptyque EDTs this one has descent longevity, but don't expect anything major. Nice one to overspray during the summer months.

Very green, fruity opening. A slight milkiness bloomed on my skin; had I not known I would have guessed I was smelling a light fig note and not prickly pear (which I'm not familiar with). The white florals take over much quicker than anticipated, and frangipani/jasmine dominates. I didn't catch the bergamote but there's a facet to the scent that is familiar to me, and here I am going to hazard a guess - violet, (based on the long period when I religiously applied Goutal's soliflore) which lent its subtle sweetness and linked everything from the start, all the way to the earthy, iris finish.

Ilio delivers what's on the tin and is a nice, elegant summer fragrance that lasts quite well on me. If you can't try before you buy, I'll say that you really need to like white florals; and unless you are specifically looking for a 'fruity' floral with iris, I doubt you will regret not having this.

Edit: My surprisingly frequent use for this scent pushed me to make an update 3 months since my review. This has been an easy reach for me throughout summer, when you want that summer scent that gives that sun, sea, island, holiday vibe, but one that is also elegant, not too casual. Longevity is excellent, which is almost always the reason I pick this over my usual summer Azuree soleil; and while Paula's Ibiza is also super long-lasting, Ilio is a little fresher and refined. I don't even notice the iris nowadays though ......

Dear Fragrantica, the official note is PRICKLY PEAR (a genus of flowering plants in the CACTUS family)....

★★★½

It's late August, early morning, you're on the hills of Patmos, where the sun is warming up the stone terrain and the prickly pear fields. This very moment is the overall impression of Diptique's Ilio, the composition manages to freeze the time and let you have an olfactory experience of the Greek landscape. Not the sea, just the offshore island beauty that has its own character.

The idea is beautiful, and the scent smells nice. But for me, there is a lack of mystery. This mystery can be found in Philosykos, and that very fact popped a question in my head: do I really need this?

Ilio has good longevity on my skin and minimal sillage, it's more of a personal refreshment. It has all the beauty Diptyque provides: it smells natural, honest and elegant, but unfortunately I just see it competing with Philosykos which provides the same feeling, only utilising fig instead of prickly pear, wood notes instead of florals.

Is it the emotional connection one can have with a scent that exists since '96 that affects my preference? Maybe. All I can say is that when I wear Philosykos I feel like I'm wearing Greek summer air, whereas with Ilio, I feel like I'm wearing just a scent with a nice fruity opening that turns to a vague white floral too soon.

Try it, without smelling Philosykos, it is limited edition and it might be for you!

PS: Dear anyone at Fragrantica, the note in this is not pear, but prickly pear, a completely dfifferent fruit that bares no resemblance to pears. It is a cactus fruit closer to fig.

On me, it becomes a jasmine bomb pretty quick. Meh 🤷🏻♀️

Amazing new perfume by Diptyque. They are so good at capturing the essence of the Mediterranean lifestyle.

It stays for quite some time on my skin and smells like pears and clean linen for me.

The sillage is ok if you overspray a little.

Totally deserves a full bottle.