Amir Laura Tonatto for women and men

Lovely rich resinous scent, dark and oriental without smelling like an 80s scent. Reminds me of winter festivals; beeswax, incense, warm skin, wood and firelight. Evocative.

Another seductive amber perfume oil from Laura Tonatto, AMIR features labdanum rather than the opoponax of DAMA, but the two compositions have much more in common with one another than either has with anything else I've ever sniffed. In fact, it was because of the similarities of these two perfume oils (I do not have the edts) that I began to think that the carrier oil, almond, was masking all of the lighter top notes, including the flowers. However, since then I tried a couple more of these perfume oils and discovered that they are very distinct, which leads me to reject the hypothesis that the perfume oil may not accurately represent the perfume in edt form. I still don't know for sure, though, since I have yet to sniff any of these creations as edts.

Both AMIR and DAMA bear resemblance to Rochas TOCADE in their golden shimmery sensuousness. The sizzling image that these perfume oils elicit in my mind is that of the ultra-sultry Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep. AMIR is voluptuous and inviting, so much so that it might actually be too much to wear in public... But I love it at home!

Sultry fragrance talking about opulence an decadence. It just evokes fantasies of an attitude of the Western Civilization, called "orientalism", pointed out in Edward Said's works, which encompasses Middle East and Islam as the homelands of all the pleasures.
Great sillage with blissful and a bit oily neroli in the top notes; French labdanum emerges only after three or four hours, giving to the fragrance a powdery and enchanting ending.
Staying power is simply magnificent: 16+ hrs!