LUMIRA
DESERT NIGHTS

2020

Spicy notes
Saffron
Honey

cedarwood
Leather
Jasmine

Labdanum
Patchouli
Sandalwood
Peru Balsam
Moss
Animalic Notes

This is merely a first impression. Desert Nights is the only one from the brand that I didn’t like on first impression.

From the opening I’m mostly hit with an overpowering saffron and patchouli combination. It’s very spicy and it has a slightly burnt quality to it. As it dries I get more and more of a pungent greener woody and mossy vibe. I picture a mixture of almost-smoldering wood after sawing it mechanically and maybe coriander(?).

It is the heaviest one from the line with a leather tinge, and that was never going to be my favorite, but I ended up not enjoying it.