Lazulio

I purchased a Diptyque perfume, and Lazulio was included as a discovery sample gift. I was very surprised! I already own Bois Impérial by Quentin Bisch, which I absolutely love, and I’ve also smelled Experimentum Crucis from him and both are beautifully made. Lazulio is no exception. As soon as I sprayed the sample and let it dry down on my skin, I fell in love. It’s addicting, alluring, powdery, and mysterious. It’s also incredibly strong, just three sprays, and eight hours later I can still smell it clearly on both my skin and clothes. I immediately purchased a 10 ml bottle. Since it’s quite powerful, I don’t see myself wearing it daily. It’s such a unique scent that I imagine saving it for special and specific occasions, like going out to a bar and dinner with friends, NYC museum, a speakeasy, or even an outdoors wedding. It feels eccentric, creative, earthy, bold, and experimental, I feel at times on a Broadway Play or in a circus somehow. definitely not your everyday fragrance. If I had to describe it, I’d say it smells like walking into a refined, luxurious antique shop where everything is velvet-draped, expensive, and timeless. It has a powdery, earthy, and slightly mineral vibe. It actually reminds me a bit of Cockatiel by Zoologist, but while Cockatiel becomes too sour and off-putting on my skin (kind of like birds in a dirty cage, possibly due to the rhubarb and champagne), Lazulio is beautifully blended and doesn’t have that issue at all.

I’ve received an official sample of this and I need more 🤤... This is a very tart rhubarb with vetiver, and even though I’m not a vetiver fan, I do really love this combination. It is uniseks, slightly leaning towards feminine, it smells very clean but not in the cliche soapy floral way but more a herbal & woody clean. Whiffs of a bath in a country house, if that makes sense? Washing line drying, sun light pouring in, windows open.... I do recognise the familiarity with Tilia, but where I find that one to be a bit too floral, Lazulio is blended perfection. Just the right amount of sour & wood, with just a little floral note to make it interesting. I’ve sprayed some on before bed and it is still present 8+ hours later.

People want reviews (especially the actual rating) about the actual perfume, not your opinion about the perfumer if you haven’t even tried it. The 3.4 does not reflect the actual scent. You would think it was one of DT’s perfumes or something. I blind bought this, because I love Lilyphea, the notes looked right up my alley, and because I trust QB to blend the notes beautifully. I was not wrong. The tartness isn’t screechy and is balanced by the floral, vetiver and benzoin. After about 30 minutes on my skin, it smells like a lovely tart rose, warmed up by the vetiver and benzoin. To me, this seems more like a cooler weather perfume, especially if you’re not a big gourmand or beast mode fan.

Diptique perfumes are always interesting and generally have a transparent texture. Lazulio is among their heaviest, and while I can see it being polarizing, it smells divine to me. The rhubarb is an acquired taste, but here it is well balanced, and after a while it blends in with the vetiver and other sweet notes, lingering and bouncing off your skin for hours. It's expensive, and definitely not a blind buy. But if you like rhubarb scents, this is as good as it gets. (Hermes' version is lighter, with nowhere near the staying power).

It smells like my grandmother brought rhubarb in from her garden, stewed it down, poured it into a casserole dish, then topped it with a crumble of oats, flour, butter, sugar, and vanilla before baking it until the whole house smelled warm and golden. Then she made Bird’s custard, poured it over everything, and now I’m sitting in front of a bowl with the rhubarb, crumble, and custard all mixed together. It doesn’t just smell like rhubarb to me. It smells like a memory. Warm, tart, creamy, nostalgic, and completely comforting.