Berry On Top

I love this very much but at first I did think it's a bit too sweet for my liking.. I said to myself: the notes are sugar plus white flowers plus strawberry jam... well the white flowers are very sweet on their own, and so is the strawberry jam, so why add even more sweetness by adding that "sugar" note? I guess u could say to make it cozy and wintery and to quell my sweet cravings once and for all, and since it develops into this richly grounded powdery vanilla and jam feel that someone on YouTube described as "leathery" (yes he said he smells a leather note in the combo) I absolutely love that it is very sweet now and I have come to appreciate particularly the dry down. I think this dude on YouTube was describing how the strawberry jam full of iron and the animalic aspect of white flowers and musk have come together with the depth and woodyness of vanilla, if the vanilla here is real vanilla and not just vanillin. I think that's what smelled "leathery" to him. So at the end of the day, I don't mind that it is extra sweet and I'm glad it was done that way. I just have to not wear it on the day I intend to drink my jasmin and cacao tea, if I wanna taste the jasmin in it. Because it does affect your sense of taste and sweet things may smell bland after smelling this for hours. I love a creamy strawberry gourmand and I knew I could never hate it for that reason.. because in desserts the strawberry balances out the sweeteness for me and since in this perfume it is VERY present from beginning till end، it does balance the scent and makes the sweetness enjoyable and more grounded But the strawberry here has that iron taste u find in a real strawberry.. it gets stronger with time but the scent never becomes bitter like iron. It just becomes more dense and grounded yet very sweet still. Iron is bitter and I am aware of the different facets of how strawberry tastes and it's not just sweet it is tangy and green and bitter too. In this perfume u can smell all of those facets of the strawberry at first but it is less green more iron jammy the closer u go towards the dry down at the final dry down all i am left with is a bit of strawberriy jam with lots of vanilla and sugar and white flowers, and to my nose this combo smells like chocolate with strawberry jam in it. I love the final dry down. What this youtube person described as leathery, to me smells like chocolate and strawberry.. and get this: Yesterday I intended to cook up some strawberries into jam but I only half-cooked them in brown sugar, and today I added them on top of my home made chocolate spread on bread and it tasted EXACTLY like the dry down of this perfume.. I will tell u that to make my chocolate healthy nutella style spread I use tahini instead of hazelnuts (but sometimes toasted hazelnut flour too), and lots of date syrup concentrate (or honey in lesser quantity) and cacao powder and vanillin and finally olive oil.. but this time I also added water to make it creamier and less dense since I was not making a big batch to store for later anyway.. Back to the perfume: I'm not surprised it smells like chocolate spread to me because cacao butter, if u smell it on its own, smells like a mix of white flowers and vanilla and lactonic accords .. or maybe it's the white flowers that smell creamy and animalic like the cacao butter. either way.. it smells amazing. and well, on a cold winter day, this might not be as sweet .. right now where i live in the Levant it is almost spring time.. and usually our winter is a moderately cold one.. but I would love to wear this somewhere colder .. Either way it is a unique, kind of a simple gourman (kind of but not really, to me it is unique)).. not many perfumes keep the notes that simple or make the strawberry that strong or that jammy. and when it is kept simple, it is usually marketed for kids so its refreshing to see it done by a serious perfume brand like lattafa, using high quality strawberry extract, and in such a cute packaging on top of that.. The packaging always makes me giggle like a child when I glance at it from the corner of my eye as I am in my room. Edit: now that I smelled yum boujee marshmallow, I can't believe I thought this one was too sweet.. I can barely detect the fruits in yum boujee marshmallow.. it is cloyingly sweet. But this one is not. Because it's more powdery and more strawberry forward. It is still VERY sweet though. But I appreciate it even more now after I smelled yum boujee. . It is basically strawberry and cream on top of a creamy foral vanilla strawberry cake. will macerate this post oxygen introduction though to see if it becomes stronger.

I really like it. Its nothing like strawberry poundcake or YBM/ Marshmallow Blush, its more dark almost cherry berry and jammy while still having a playful vibe. The strawberries of the three are completely different. The initial spray really comes out with alot of musk and is terrible so I can understand the bad reviews but as it dries down it becomes amazing to me. I also get a lot of thick cream which is what I was looking for, lactonic goodness. And what I appreciate is the strawberry note and the whipped cream note do not overly overlap if that makes sense, like they feel distinct in the sense that there is a fully captured strawberry and a fully captured whipped cream so its literally berries and cream, rather than a strawberry flavoured cheesecake. It's lactonic but not to the extent of feeling like a cheesecake, I love it I think I have finally found my berries and cream perfume. BBW Strawberry poundcake is more of that strawberry flavoured cheesecake and although very creamy it has a very nauseating and cheap smell where the creaminess does not feel actually edible. Marshmallow Blush/YBM has a very candy strawberry with more of marshmallow fluff rather than creamy lactonicness. I prefer this style so much more than strawberry poundcake and YBM/ Marshmallow Blush! Also I dont get the florals at all which was what I was worried about. It does have an element of smelling like lip balm but I think thats the jam, sugar and musk mixing to come across that way. Update: After a week the strawberry is becoming even more realistic and juicy. This is gorgeous 😍

Wow. Just simply wow. What an excellent piece of work this is. It completely restores my faith in the sometimes basic Lattafa perfume house. If you don't like sweet stuff, you'll fucking hate it, but if you're looking for a decent gourmand, and an honest representation of a strawberry milkshake, then you'll be head over heels in love with this stonker. The most fantastical thing about it is that the strawberry notes are present throughout the entire profile, and they don't disappear on the dry down. It is acceptable for both tails and no-tails to wear it, but if you are a butch cunt, it won't suit you. It'll spin you away to a fairyland, where there's loads of pink stuff and whipped cream everywhere. Sort of like a fruity gangbang in deepest, darkest Thailand, with both real no-tails and pretend ones. It is most refreshing to see strawberry take center stage, as it is so often used as a supporting note. It is VERY PRESENT in this profile, with both a strawberry jelly type scent, and a more sugary strawberry jam type scent. Spray it all over you, lube up that bumhole, and allow yourself to be whisked away on a pink fluffy cloud, to that blistering sex party in Thailand. It costs fuck all, so you can take a chance on it. If you don't like it, I'll buy it off you. Even the bottle is fucking beautiful. 9/10. My only dislike is that it's longevity is not the best. But, when you consider the scent notes, that is understandable.

A strawberry lover gourmand dream ⊹ ࣪ ˖ 🍓 I had sworn that I was doing a break (a no perfume buys lol) (didn't work) until this incredible strawberry cupcake came to light. Now this is an incredible find for who is craving a strawberry cupcake on a daily basis. (me) At first I was sceptical on the first sprays, smelled horrible (flowery and sour strawberry plastic) and was so disappointed. The dry down was incredible tho, reminded me of a better strawberry poundcake, instead of an overly sickening butter cream scent, it is replaced with a more delicate sugary twist without removing the cake aspect. (NO similarities with YBM by kayali) Came back the next day, I think it just needed few sprays before showing true colors. Now, it first smells like a sugary strawberry jam, and fades into a better strawberry poundcake, with a caramel/ cream twist. It's not over yet ; Berry on Top has the best longevity/sillage ever !! this is what I dreamed of strawberry poundcake having. It lasts the entire day, and the scent is so delightful ! The perfect mix with the eos strawberry dream lotion. Smelled my shirt the next day and so shocked about how well the scent stick to clothes, this is soo worth it. Strawberry lovers, (and especially the poundcake ones) don't be shy, you'll find your dream perfume here. Plus, the bottle is so cute, LOVE it.

I may be a serious fraghead with over 600 bottles in my collection, but I'm thrilled to report that I haven't lost my sense of fun. While some of my fragrances could probably be classified as "serious and sophisticated," this one is cute! It's not a hyper-realistic, freshly picked strawberry but a whimsical, strawberry shortcake fantasy. It's the kind of scent that whispers sweet nothings to you as a pajama scent or plays well with others as a layering scent. Now, let's talk about the "serious" strawberry note competition. I tried Nest's Santa Barbara Strawberry, and let's just say it was a little too "let's go pick organic berries" for my liking. But once I layered it with this, a beautiful friendship was born. I loved it so much that I immediately bought a backup bottle, because in this economy, you don't find true love under $50 a bottle and let it slip away. And for those of you claiming the bottles are House of Sillage dupes—nope! These bottles aren't just dupes; they're intentionally over-the-top, and I am here for it. I was genuinely shocked by their weight. The caps might not be glass, but don't let that fool you. These bottles are so heavy they could moonlight as doorstops when you're finished with them. They're a statement piece, a weapon, and an adorable work of art all in one.