Lamar

Just when I thought I had my wishlist for the Christmas season finalized, I made the horrible, wonderful decision of sampling this perfume. I had it in my jar for over a year now, it was one of those random ones you get from God knows where and it never crossed your mind to try it so you forget about it. Well, I'm trying to clear my sample dish out and really wear the ones I've kept around before I decide if they're full bottle worthy, and I finally got around to cracking this one open. A few swipes on the skin and I was almost reluctant to even smell it. I assumed it was gonna be a middle eastern, rose, oud, amber scent based on the packaging. I don't even think I'd bothered to scroll down far enough on fragrantica to check the notes list. Today that all changed. I got the most delicious creamy fruit note I'd ever smelled in perfumery. I kept smelling my skin again just to make sure that this was really happening. It might have been a dream for all I knew. This scent was just too damn delicious. A look on fragrantica to see what it was finally all about and I'd say that yes, I get the pinapple note at first. It's uber realistic but still candy-glazed, like a pineapple upside down cake made with freshly cut pineapple, not the jar stuff. As it wears on, the naturalness does fade and in comes the red berry smell. As it wears on, it becomes more of a skin scent, and now it's become a delicious fruity bubble gum smell. This smells like hubba bubba on steroids. While avoiding smelling overly synthetic somehow. I've had my nose, quite literally almost glued to my nose for the past several hours. Wanting to know if it's going to change or morph into something that I could be less impressed with, that I could justify living without this scent for a little bit longer. But no, this scent has some development and does go through changes, but none of them were less than a total love for me. I do fear I might be totally obsessed with this fragrance. I'm gonna have to figure out a way to procure a bottle as soon as possible. If it weren't the gifting holidays where I'm obligated to spend hundreds of dollars on other people (I have a big family) I'd already have a bottle on its way to me. I may just wait and see if I get any Christmas $ of my own as a gift to put towards a full bottle, but one things for sure: I won't be able to settle down until I own this. I could already see this shooting to the top of my favorites shelf, and quite possible becoming my next signature. It's that good, and I could see it being worn year round, in every possible occasion.

Pineapple—but not a fresh, airy pineapple. This is a lush, ripe, juicy, lightly spiced grilled pineapple, the kind you get in a rodizio restaurant. The apple and berries makes this heady and sweet. The floral notes don't bloom as much on my skin; rather this stays tropical and fruity. Woods and coriander emerge on the drydown, and amber, vanilla and musk bring depth. I find myself vacillating on whether it's more feminine or unisex but actually it's probably pretty unisex; it smells equally as nice on my husband as it does on me. I personally do not get the comparisons to BR540; they might have a similar thesis but the execution is different, at least to my nose. This stuff is potent; dense, weighty, richly textured. The longevity is quite good and projection is moderate to strong, even on my dry skin and chemistry that drinks perfumes quickly. I... do overspray, a bit, but it's more of a personal problem rather than any issues with the performance. The bottle is also quite pretty in an ostentatious rococo kind of way. (And heavy; you could probably use it as an impromptu weapon if needed.) Everything about this fragrance, from the scent to the receptacle, is loud, attention-grabbing, flashy. I wouldn't recommend Lamar if you want to give clean, effortless vibes; this is a fragrance for hedonistic maximalists. And definitely not blind-buy safe. That said, Lamar is definitely one of my more complimented perfumes. I pulled the trigger on a full bottle in June after coddling a precious 5 mL sample for months. On almost every occasion I've worn Lamar out since then I've gotten a compliment; it would probably be even more frequent if I weren't an inveterate hermit.

I bought this 2yrs ago and honestly forgot that I even had it. There wasn't even a dent in the bottle lol. I think I sprayed it once and I was kind of "meh..' about it and drew for another pineapple fragrance (Madawi) instead. Yesterday, I happened to stumble onto this while cleaning my closet. I sprayed it and that previous "meh..." turned into an "ooooohhh...". I think what initially didn't impress me about this fragrance was my expectation towards the pineapple note. I was initially expecting a "bright and fresh pineapple". This pineapple reminds me of the pineapple slices that are found on a Honey Baked Ham. Now, I am in no way saying that Lamar smells like a Honey Baked Ham lol. I am saying that the pineapple is "baked & caramelized". The sweetness takes on a "syrupy & dense quality" and those qualities trail down to the middle notes to create "jammy florals". The base notes only continue to amplify the dense syrupy aspect of this fragrance, as vanilla/amber add their finishing touches. It's worth mentioning that I bought this around summer and I think the dense syrupiness threw me off. I know plenty people say that this fragrance shines during hot weather, in my opinion, this pineapple is way too heavy for hot weather. I guess that would explain why I instead opted for Madawi during hot weather. As far as performance, sillage, and projection; they're all exceptional. I know a lot of fragrances have "high-end prices", but this fragrance really feels and smells high-end. The bottle design is also beautiful btw. I'm glad that I gave Lamar another chance.

My expectations were a nice smelling synthetic sweet, fruity florall fragrance, that projected OK and sat in the higher end designer-like frags. I was dead wrong, it's a very pleasant surprise of a unique (to me) realistic pineapple and rose fragrance settling down to a bed of amber and vanilla. So well blended that you can barely smell the individual notes, but only because you know the fragrance pyramid. This is not a feminine fragrance, it's very unisex, it just has a touch of stereotypical feminine notes like the Rose and white florals that may seem to put it in the feminine ballpark, but it's not. What it is, is a gorgeous, fresh, yet very versatile fragrance, and to me is all day, everyday, any occasion, gender or event scent. The price is also great for what it is. I loved this so much that I went and bought Aican, which is another gorgeous fragrance, and although I stated that this is not feminine, however if it was to be perceived that way, then Aican is the brother to Lamar. I am eyeing up Yasmine next :). This has decent sillage and longevity, as is the same with Aican. This one really needs to be smelled rather than reading a review like this, I highly think that it's extremely unlikely for you to dislike the fragrance, down to all what I've mentioned. It's 100% FB worthy, as is Aican, so God bless, enjoy and look after one another :)

I’m so happy I ignored a lot of these reviews and bit the bullet. The “masculine” descriptions terrified me, but I’m happy to report they are FALSE. This is completely unisex, and the only time I would consider this at all masculine, is put in the same room with love don’t be shy or any of the Burberry hers. To give even more perspective, my Bois Imperial is more “masculine” than this. To peg it down even further, my extremely masculine husband wouldn’t touch this with a 10 foot pole⭐️ All that being said and claims out of the way, it’s delicious. Pineapple baccarat all the way. It’s pineapple and rose, with that addicting air spun sugar, cotton candy facet that’s so addictive in baccarat DNA. It’s in here with added rose and pineapple, which imo takes this over the top. This smells like money, nothing cheap at all about it💛 The woman that wears this has her hair up in a sexy but demure bun, draped in nothing but pearls, Kim k style, walking around the house in matching open toe heels with a glass of champagne in hand because she CAN. She could also be an Arab princess that wanted to smell like sweet pineapples and rose that day. She’s wearing all gold, so this is fitting for a day of shopping at the Chanel store in Dubai. She’s definitely the boujee women who only wears designer handbags and would not be caught alive in sweats💛