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.

The only fragrance that’s made me audibly moan on first sniff. They laced this with something holy. Insane staying power, great projection. Dark, smokey, resinous, animalic, sexy, irresistible. 9.5/10 only because it might come across as a funky body odour smell... should go without saying: don’t use fragrance as a substitute for a shower or deodorant.

@sables19 already has done the best review below, almost nothing to add. I just can say it's all-at-once revealing and intense, such a beautiful and incomparable drama in a bottle... Lightning in the dark blue sky and tears of joy, then almost immediate peace of mind and tender intimate meditation... with projection to die for!

I grabbed this at a good deal as a promo during a fragrance website sale and I am so glad I did. I love incense fragrances and consider myself pretty well versed, the addition of the castoreum in this adds a richness and deepness that keeps me smelling my arm. It has a very churchy vibe but it’s dark and alluring. Soo soo good

It's delightful, balanced, the perfect sacred incense that evokes catholic funerals, sadly, the projection is quasi absent. If it wasn't so close to the skin, this would be my forever fragrance, sadly I'll have to find something similar with some more projection to it.

A very bitter and smoky perfume, very fragrant, very balanced and beautiful. This fragrance is completely professional, well-made and without flaws If you are a fan of bitter and special perfumes, lacrima is the best choice

Most churchy and mysterious fragrance ever! It beats even Montale - Full Incense on this matter. It is linear with moderate projection and longevity but what a great scent! I think biblical angels smell very close to it.

A sister-fragrance to Sancti from the same house: warm, sweet and gentle incense-based waves of loveliness! My partner scented it approvingly on the air from the neighbouring room, so its sillage is fine too!

Fantastic smoky and resinous scent, soft and balmy, with a nice woody chypre base and good lasting power. And dont't worry: no beaver in sight! I can't even smell the slightest whiff of castoreum, nada..

Absolutely stunning ❤️ Smells like a church after a mystic ritual took place. Very aromatic, mesmerizing

I'm desperately looking for a decant / bottle, hmu !

Lacrima, Latin for Tears... An interesting name for a very interesting fragrance. I traded for Lacrima blindly after having read the notes and being a fan of Sancti, initially I was severely disappointed but after a few wears on skin and spending some time sitting with Lacrima I feel a bit differently. I should start by saying that "church incense" fragrances are my most loved and most worn. With that being said it takes quite a bit to suprise me with that very specific scent profile. Initially upon smelling Lacrima I was almost sickened, there's an almost skanky body odor-ish funk that immediately hits my nose on first whif. The liturgical high church incense that I know and love is there as well but that stank was something new for sure. While pepper would make sense as the culprit I think it may be the castoreum but I am a bit unsure. I am pleased and surprised to say that after about 20 minutes the fragrance begins to dry down and change into something that is much more recognizable. Lacrima settles in a very heavy church incense, this is much heavier than Avignon, Full Incense, Cardinal, and the usual suspects. Lacrima does have some lasting power which is rare in its genre. I believe that skanky note during the opening settles down and creates a sort of base for the incense to sit on allowing this fragrance to perform quite a bit better than it's competition. Lacrima isn't a fragrance I'd feel comfortable wearing anywhere I would have to considers others noses. Although after drying down it does become much more tolerable at no point is it mass appealing. Fall and Winter, Nights. Unfortunately this is a very time and place specific fragrance. I own a lot of fragrances that are very similar to Lacrima so I have to ask myself what separates it? When will I choose Lacrima over similar fragrances? The answer is simple. When it's cold and I want to wear something that provides that traditional church incense scent BUT need something with some staying power AND I have 30 mins to allow for dry down... - Overall: 6.5/10 - Fall, Winter. Night. -Location/Situation: Montreal, Canada, February, 11PM... You step outside to smoke a cigarette, you're not a smoker you just know how to drink properly. - Song: Blood and Tears - Danzig

I definitely get a leathery castoreum, to me it's the second most prominent accord after the frankincense & elemi. This is an interesting take on church incense because it takes it into sultry dirty territory while also maintaining a strict liturgical feel. Also isn't dusty or stuffy like church incense accords can get, I like that there's no florals and focuses on deep wood & incense. Feels equally modern and old world catholic. Xerjoff zefiro is similar in that they're both church incense focused, but zefiro is dawn, crisp incense and gentle florals, and lacrima is dusk, concentrated woody incense leaning into darkness

Really really interesting one from LLI. It has this gothic feel to it and actually reminds me of the smell of an old classroom. Like the pages of a very old notebook. Not in a bad way though. Its a dark and brooding perfume. Not really a crowd-pleaser per se unless that crowd of people is into deep and dark aromatic incense fragrances. It’s very very aromatic and aldehydic. The opening is very pungent and singes the hairs of your nose like a cleaner of some sort but it dries down so beautifully and really shines about 2 hours in. I really like it!! I’ll give this one an 8/10 Exceptional creativity and originality.

An under-reviewed scent. Perhaps the Dario Argento-esque name Lacrima is deterring some adventurers. It's pretty simple: sticky elemi bottomed out with a little benzoin. Beautiful, resinous, chewy, some smokiness but inhaling this in deep huffs feels both calming and healing. It does have that slightly soapy, tea-like quality that some other Liquides Imaginaires such as Sancti have. I like the addition of castoreum giving it a very mild animalic tweak but so gentle it's barely there.

Funny you can read it La Crima or Lacrima both reminiscent of sin and sorrow. The perfume starts out with powerful frankincense. 5 minutes in and it became pungent and put offish but then magic happens it becomes smoky with notes of star anise. It winds down into a creamy oud mixed with soap (must be the elemi). Decent fragrance, as we are used by now from Les Liquides Imaginaires.