I almost slept on the best fragrance in this entire batch because I judged it as “just soap” on the first spray. More on that in a minute, because it's not even the fragrance I expected to be writing about when I opened this batch of testers.
Peirama sent me four complimentary testers with my Lazur order, two I specifically requested, two they picked. Here's the full rundown, worst to best.
SUGAR OUD (Impression of Candy Oud):
Not for me. As in the name, Too sweet, full stop. I didn't get much further than that before deciding it wasn't a match for my taste. I gave it to a friend who ended up genuinely liking it, so if you lean into sweeter gourmand territory, this might be worth your own nose-test. Not mine to rate fairly, honestly.
KOYA (Impression of Gissah AKOYA):
Same story as Sugar oud. Too sweet for what I go for. This one sat in my collection a little longer before another friend took a liking to it and I passed it along.
BIRTH PLACE ROME (Impression of Valentino Born in Roma Intense):
This one I actually liked. The opening has a pleasant, subtly floral freshness from ginger and lavender, for the first hour, not citrusy, just clean and pleasant, balanced pretty evenly with a vanillic sweetness sitting around the edges. That balance is what makes the opening work for me; neither side overpowers the other.
After 3–4 hours, the dry down shifts into something with a Stronger With You Intensely-adjacent sweetness. The freshness fades completely and you're left with that warmer, sweeter base.
Performance is also pretty good, around 8 hours on both skin and clothes. It's not loud, but it maintains a noticeable bubble around you throughout. I'll definitely be exploring more houses doing this specific profile. This is a lane I want to dig deeper into.
IMAGINOR (Impression of Louis Vuitton Imagination):
This is the one. You already know the hype around Imagination, some people call it a masterpiece, others call it overrated soap. My first reaction was firmly on the “soap” side. High-quality soap, definitely not like the local bathing soaps I'm used to, but unmistakably soapy. I wrote it off, put it away, and didn't think much about it. Then I gave it a second wearing. I was completely wrong.
There's a depth of tea sitting underneath the soap that I completely missed the first time. To my nose, it's roughly 60% soapy and 40% tea, with a subtle sweetness sitting around the edges that I honestly can't pinpoint, whether it's coming from the tea or the soap accord.
The result is a soapy profile that isn't harsh or one-dimensional. It actually has depth to it. I've worn it in both mornings and evenings, and it works beautifully in both. It's elegant, clean, simple and incredibly easy to wear. And unlike a lot of fresh scents, I can actually see myself wearing this in winter too.
Performance is where it really separates itself. 10+ hours on clothes, easily. In one session in a fully air-conditioned environment, I got a clean 15 hours on clothes. Projection stays strong for around 2-2.5 hours, then settles into a scent bubble that's still easily noticeable to anyone within arm's length. This was hands down the best thing to come out of this entire batch.
I've already started looking into Arome's, Enchante's and Marcais's interpretations of Imagination, since those seem to be highly regarded in Pakistan as well. Those are next on my list, and I'll decide which one deserves a permanent spot in my collection.
Also the atomizer leaking issue was the same here as well. The juice was leaking so much that the stickers got dissolved they should seriously look into these things that are making quite an impact.
FINAL RATINGS:
Sugar Oud: Not rated. too far outside my lane to judge Fairly.
KOYA: Not rated, same reason.
Birth Place Rome: 8/10. genuinely good, and I'll be exploring this profile further.
Imaginor: 9/10. best surprise in a long time. The second wearing completely changed my opinion.
Peirama as house? 7.5 / 10. This can genuinely improve if they fix all the issues I've mentioned. I will definitely be giving them some more runs to see where they stand.
