Lamu

I really love this fragrance! I’m not usually a tropical coconut type perfume lover but this is a much more sophisticated beachy scent. It is sweet and warm but also fresh and floral. I love the combo of the sweet lemon to balance the coconut. I would not say this smells like sunscreen at all. I wear this a lot in the summer. Longevity isn’t amazing but I’m ok with having to reapply occasionally. This is a perfect scent for a vacation, I took it to Hawaii with me and it was great to wear day and night. I also paired it with a rollerball of “alien goddess inspired” perfume oil and it was a lovely combo for added longevity.

Smelled this at Nordstrom. It is a beautiful scent It starts out like a beach vacation in Hawaii. If I can paint you a picture- you decide to head straight to the beach protecting yourself with expensive sunscreen. You lay out and the sun is warm and there is a fresh breeze so you taste a little salt water. When you get thirsty someone brings you a pina colada and then you get ready to go inside and change for dinner someone in the hotel lobby places the most beautiful flowers on your head and neck. This perfume changes over time, not linear at all. My son and husband love it, and they never like anything!

Lamu is the hidden gem in the collection in my opinion. Brands try to do the beach vacation scent and it smells like sunscreen, but this captures the essence of that coconut and lemon perfectly while also being on of a kind. I also love the transparency around the ingredients and sustainability.

This is my first from Brown Girl Jane and it definitely did not disappoint! I’m slowly starting to become a citrus fragrance lover. Many years ago, I avoided most scents with citrus notes because they make me nauseous and also reminded me too much of cleaning products. Now I’m finding myself being drawn to them and excited to stumble upon another one that surprises me. This is a very bright, solar floral fragrance. Reminiscent of sunscreen, but not in a way that makes me annoyed or sick. It’s slightly sweet from the coconut, a little woody, and a little musky. The sage doesn’t overpower the fragrance at all, and I feel like I’m getting a orchestra of all the notes in equal doses. It’s very lovely and I think it’s going to be absolutely beautiful for the summertime. It has okay projection and I can’t comment on longevity yet. So far so good though! I’m extremely happy with this blind buy and even more so knowing that this is a Black-owned brand. I’m definitely going to have to check out their other scents now!

There is a fantasy element to this, Lamu smells like a mermaid sunning herself on a secluded beach surrounded by white florals and lemon trees. Its a breezy, citrus, summer scent that is nothing like sunscreen. But I went through my entire travel size in one day because it would last less than an hour on my skin. I was lucky if I got 30 minutes of wear. Lamu is one of the most beautiful citrus/solar perfumes I have ever smelled. But is also one of the worst performing perfumes that I have ever tried. I would try again if it’s reformulated to improve the performance. But I would not purchase a full size at this time. 5/10