XERJOFF Lira Eau de Parfum

This is an amazing gourmand scent. Just so delicious. It actually makes my mouth water. It smells like chocolate covered cinnamon buns. When smelling it, you can tell it's made by high quality ingredients. It has already received a lot of compliments from my husband. Amazing sillage and lasting power.

I was not going to weigh in until I saw some of the angry reviews where people are outraged that someone has a different experience from theirs.

My father was a perfumer. Perfume preferences are highly individual and personal. I love Lira, just like I love Mitsouko and Jicky and Le Labo Poivre. I don't know if anyone else does and I don't care.

It is a sweet citrus perfume and that is why I got it. I have other chypres and ouds and wanted something exactly like this as a choice when I am feeling like smelling sweet. I also love Balenciaga's Paris. And YSL Cinema. I have a range of scents that smell good to me and on me. I don't care to listen to influencers because their body chemistry and mine are different. Q.E.D.!

Oh... My... Word!!!
I know I have used the word 'amazing' many times before when describing a perfume... I just wanted to use it again for this ridiculously delicious Lira, but to be honest... amazing simply would not suffice to describe this masterpiece!
There's just no word to describe this heavenly deliciousness!
Lira just made me about to delete any fragrance off of my want list, just to put on only Lira itself...
This is soooooo expensive,... but I soooooo want a bottle of it now, I mean... DANG!!! This smells awesome!
The absolutely most perfect blend of Caramel, Orange, Cinnamon and Vanilla I have ever encountered!
I can't stop sniffing my wrist, it's so addictive... I'm in love!! Yes! With a perfume! Am I ashamed? No freakin' way!!!
It's official now,... the niche market has got my motor running, a few more tastes of fragrances like this and I'll be running out of fuel fast!
Oke,... I seriously got to clean out my want list... if y'all will excuse me, I'll be back later to update on performance, thanks! :)

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Edit: oke, this baby performs! I only sprayed my sample once and the sillage lingers really nice for 2 hours, then of course it settles down, becomes softer, but it lasts for many hours more!
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I blind bought this due to the hype, and oh boy this was better than I thought! Now the reason I automatically fell in love is because I associated this right away with Starbucks Lemon Loaf. I use to save up from cleaning houses as a teen to be able to buy Starbucks and that was my favourite thing I would get. So for me this is a personal very happy memory scent for me.

An absolutely lovely and incredibly smooth gourmand that deserves the attention it gets.

The opening is like a fairytale Christmas with the sweetest blood orange intrigue, lasting for a couple of hours. It is not a sharp sitrus as we are used to, it is a creamy caramel sort of yammy. So good, I would have loved it to stay at that point forever.

Splash decants do not do this magic justice, not even close, one needs a spray or a small bottle even to be able to get the whole story. Cute little 30ml bottles do the trick.

The dry down is the most gorgeous caramel vanilla, forming a scent bubble for a good 6 hours, then remaining a skin scent for another 6. I apply a lot, 6-7 sprays.

I'd say Lira is moderate on sweetness and it rather makes it more wearable and classy, as opposed to smelling like a cinnamon vanilla bun while wearing some other gourmand with the same notes.