Lamia

[ziggystardust13]

Wet, Lamia opens up with the most intoxicating peach/apricot note. How I wish it stayed! But the coconut and orchid quickly come front and center. I don't get many other notes, including the vetiver which is normally one of my death notes but I never get the dreaded hair/bug spray effect. I can tell there are other notes rounding the scent out, perhaps the champaca and amber. But overall this is a very light and tropical perfume on my skin. Not what I typically go for yet I absolutely adore it still. Its just sooo pretty. I'm so happy to have a bottle and I love wearing this one for work days and in summer.

[h_yeti]

In the bottle I agree Lamia does smell quite a lot like Lush Jungle conditioner. On skin though she is predominantly a chamapaca and oude blend on me, slightly sweet, powdery and incensey. I love champaca and the oude is not overpowering at all. I can't pick out the fruits really. There is a tropical aspect to Lamia too- if I was going to pick an aesthetic for her I would choose beach-goth. Very hot summer night kind of perfume!

[Cali]

I've been really interested in giving this one a try! In the decant it's a weirdly greenish, silvery scent with a sharp/hard edge. I’d almost say weirdly ‘concrete-y’.

I’m a little scared of the vetiver, but the rest of the notes seem so lovely, just gotta get through it (lol). On my skin that weird sharp concrete-y note dissapears and whether it’s that, or another note that pops up – it becomes a soft, velvety scent.
The pale orchid is not super up-front, but this does have a main white-floral thing going on, but lots of complexity here. A soft cloud of champaca, myrhh, vetiver and oude to lay down on, a flash of white, cool peach and the warmth of the black currant paired with amber.

I’m not familiar with the story, but i’m getting real ‘wise/well-traveled woman’ vibes from this.

 

The vetiver is juuuust there enough for me to be irked by it, unfortunately, but this is beautiful!!

[RoseThornAndOak]

Dude. Yall. lolololol

 

 I sniffed this fresh on my skin and was like,  'MAN, why did I sleep on this all these years?'

 

A few seconds later while scrolling Halloween movies on Netflix I saw Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. 

 

Thanks for that, Netflix.

 

This starts out fresh and tropical with the coconut and a haze of florals, powdery somewhat, but in a pretty and elegant way. There's something almost warm or animalic behind it, not in a stanky way, possibly the amber, myrrh, currant, oude, and vetiver playing together. It is definitely not the peanutty vetiver in many blends.

 

There's a bit of high end sparkle to it, I kinda see the sharpness mentioned above. Ok, almmost stanky/indolic. It's more about the warmth and softness. 

 

After a few minutes that champaca is really coming out to play with the coconut. I'm really digging this stage. A little powdery still but I still like it.

 

Later on that peach peaks out. Coconut, peach, incense, florals.

 

This is nice, yall, very very nice. If that sounds appealing don't sleep on it lol.

Edited October 28, 2023 by RoseThornAndOak

[SimonsSays]

Lamia (Arabic: لمياء), Lamyae or Lamiya is a feminine given name borne in Libyan-Greek mythology by a Libyan queen that transformed into a mythological creature. In Arabic it has been derived from the word (Arabic: لامعة) which means "shining" or "radiant".

 

 

Lamia is a female or a hermaphroditic demon found in Greek mythology who devoured children and seduced men. She appears in literature as early as the 6th century BCE and is said to be fearsome to look upon with an ugly face, the upper body of a woman, and the lower body of a serpent

 

I haven't read Neverwhere and wanted some idea of what I was dealing with here, and found those...flattering descriptions.

 

I have tried to test this p'fume like three times to try to get a grasp on it, but I've chronically had a cold for like two months since I received my bpal order so it's been tough goin'. 

 

I don't get "golden" from this, I definitely get a dark purple floral type of dealio, with a faint whiff of coconut and some berry incense. All I could pick out in this strange cacophony of smells was orchid, coconut, and black currant. Drydown reminds me of that native american berry incense air freshener found in select dollar generals once upon a time.

 

 It has very little throw, I think. And doesn't last long. I think. Like I said, I have had a perpetual cold that's making things difficult for me. I am not a fan, and willing to pass this onto someone who actually liked it.