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I just have a sample of this and won’t buy it so based on a couple of wears. There is a very strong lavender straight away in the opening. It’s beautiful but I’m just not so big fan of Lavender. Tropical Pineapple is very realistic and is noticeable straight away after the opening but it lasts as well. It’s really juicy. I couldn’t tell that there is Vanilla in the base notes, this is not that kind of “Vanilla sweet”. It softens a scent. I smell light earthy patchouli with Labdanum making the blend deeper. Technically really well made and blended, it’s not too sweet nor cloying but it's very rich scent and totally unisex. If you love Pineapple this is a must have but you really have to be a fan of herbal Lavender as well. That note is difficult for me so it forced me to make a short review instead of longer analysis. Notes are wrong here, there is not Anis, Geranium, Caramel or sugar. The only sweet note here comes from Ananas imo. Thank you for reading and if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Boy oh boy I loved this perfume. Now anyone who says 'just get some lavender essential oil' clearly doesn't get this perfume. It's Lavender dominant sure enough (at least at first) but comparing it to the raw material lavender (which depending on origin/extraction etc...can be very changeable) is just not fair. Neither is it fair to say it's remotely like a Caron Homme or Dior Eau Noire or any other lavender based fragrance. Now how can something with such lavender bias be so different...well for the reasons I mentioned above but more pertinently a great perfumer at the helm and complimentary surrounding notes. The opening is fresh, sweet and strange but anchored by a growing herbal lavender note which blooms quickly and does give a musician like feel (whatever that means?) I suppose a kind of creative, calmness. The main thing Music for a while does is transport me back to youth reminding me very vividly of some kind of gummy, jelly sweets, tropical fruits and the listed pineapple here makes absolute sense although I didn't immediately get that myself. I can understand why some folks would hate this, cloyingly sweet and pungent lavender and even I will admit it became a touch that way with the candied, fruit juice sweetness and generally artiness, but it accessed something within me and lovingly tickled it. Carlos Benaim is an interesting perfumer but this was a touch unexpected but then in hindsight, absolutely his style. I want it, but not at FM retail price.
Not a full bottle for me. Will use up the decant. I love lavender but the softer, rounder kind. This is a herbal lavender blast which I don’t mind at all. But what turns me off is the sweet fruity notes and the caramel combining with the lavender in the opening. Even if caramel is listed as the base, I smell it peaking through in the opening and it is just not for me. I do enjoy the mid pineapple and the patch, vanilla combo. It is strange combination like Houdini mentions in his review. Its interesting and different. If you like sweet slightly acidic fruit ,caramel and have an affinity to lavender this might be for you. Reminded me of the way Twilight from lush is similar. So try that if you can’t get a hold of this.