Lacrima Eau de Parfum

Might be scary after first or second application, but once you give it a bit to settle down on the skin it really is a beautiful fizzy resinous incense with lasting power of a parfum and moderate projection (respectable scent bubble size that stays for a good 3 - 4 hours). Try it in cooler weather and give it some time before you consider scrubbing it off. It's a serious scent that i'm in love with. I would love to try more from this house. Layers well with the spiced and sweet vanilla-woods of Lattafas Al noble Ameer I think grapefruit would compliment this fragrance greatly in the dry down. Might have to try layering it with a scented lotion, D&G light blue forever, or similar. Hard to find a grapefruit scent that lasts as long as this fragrance performs.. Performance has been consistent at over 7 hours

This beauty artfully merges two scents that I have never fully appreciated, and significantly improves upon both in my opinion. Initially, it starts off as your typical incense-centered fragrance, then it slowly evolves and evokes memories of La Liturgie des Heures. After some time, the scent gradually transforms, resembling Autoportrait but with a smokier and creamier finish. The rosewood is both creamy and delicious, and I'd like to believe there's a bit of myrrh in this one too. Afterwhile a slight pencil shavings accord emerges, along with dry incense, and that’s where it remains for the majority of its life. Castoreum shows up in the late dry down, but it’s inoffensive, acting more as a leathery smoky nuance. Overall, a delight to wear.

Lacrima is calm, quite linear, and melancholic. To my nose, this perfume is a close relative of Contre Bombarde 32 by Filippo Sorcinelli, a fragrance I love deeply. Lacrima starts fresh and spicy but quickly turns into a beautiful, not overly complicated balsamic, dusty, and a bit sweet fragrance with a moderate depth. I am not a fan of how Lacrima starts which reminds me a bit of LAVS which for me bursts with the chlorine water smell at the beginning. I consider buying Lacrima for days when I don't want prominent sweetness in my fragrance - just a soft, melancholic, and balsamic bubble around me.

This is what I wished Squid by Zoologist Perfumes smelled like. My summary of that perfume was "salt and pepper calamari; church; a brothel: and very distinctly in that order." The opening of Squid seared my nose and then felt like it transitioned in very distinct phases through its middle and base notes; with Lacrima the pink pepper, elemi, benzoin and castoreum all feel well-dosed and harmonious, sweet, cold, and smokey at the same time. Where Squid in its angularity felt too masculine for me, Lacrima with its blurred focus feels unisex. It's also got good longevity without being overwhelming.

I love this, like others have said, it smells like an old catholic church. The balance between warmth and cold dead materia is sublime, reminiding me of how it smells when the sun has heated up cobbler stone. On me, the opening is strong and deep, filled with smoke, incense and notes of gun powder. Sadly it fades quite fast on my skin, but before it goes away some sweeter more suddle notes opens up an addictive and memory evoking scent- profile.