Not my favorite fragrance, still growing on me. Not a bad fragrance, but not my style. I think I'm the right setting it can be pulled off, but I have yet to come across that situation.
5 star top 5 Lattafa! Cooler weather,, masculine leaning tea and vanilla with fig. Very unique scent profile.
5 star fragrance, easily top 3 Lattafa right here. Very close to Paragon, sweet and woody with great performance.
Top 5 Lattafa right here! You can wear this anywhere, anytime, nice fresh and aromatic scent. Can't go wrong with this one.
This one is still growing on me. The rose/oud combo is unique, definitely not for everyone and definitely not an Atomic Rose style fragrance. Insane longevity and sillage - you WILL get noticed.
Wonderful, excellent underrated fragrance! Not a clone of anything; one of the few times Lattafa came with an original hit.
Great woody, masculine fragrance that's close to the Tom Ford at a great price. Get it if you can.
Very close to Tuscan Leather. Not really my style, but a great scent, very heavy, dark leather. Do NOT wear in the summer, do NOT wear to the office!
Decent dupe for the price. You have to like rose for this one, guys can pull this off but it does lean feminine.
Decent BR540 dupe, especially for what it costs. I use BR540 's scent profile for layering, and this one does it very well. Female coworkers love it.
Not a very good Aventus clone at all. For as good as Maison Alhambra fragrances can be, this is not one of them. Slightly citrusy, but for some reason I pick up up the smell of bacon grease.
Pretty close for the price! Smells great; definitely unique. You will not smell like anyone else, for sure. Been complimented several times with this one.
Not a 1-to-1 clone, but pretty good on it's own. Pretty obvious where the "inspiration" comes from, but if you don't know what that one is like, this has a powdery minty freshness that's very pleasant and gets noticed. Great fragrance for under 30 USD.
Excellent re-creation of a great fragrance. Smells good out the box, but smells and performs even better after about a month. Excellent buy for the price, a great way to get to know Side Effect.
This fragrance appears to be very popular for awhile now and I never understood the hype, as the notes did not sound like something I would usually try. But a few weeks ago I randomly tried some of the Byredo perfumes at the airport and the only one I liked, besides Gypsy Water, was Bal d'Afrique. The notes blend so well, so it creates this beautiful citrus/woody/floral scent. Very enchanting and I kept sniffing my arm. I see that this can be a safe blind buy but it might also smell different depending on how the notes work with the own chemistry.
Edit: After purchasing a travelsize and trying it again, I feel it is best testing a few times, as it smells different to me now as it used to upon first try. The aromatic and citrus notes are more prominent and I get hints of tea. Overall a scent that is pretty, but might not be for me and my preferance in the long run.
Very good and highly underrated fragrance. Smells elegant and of good quality, great presentation - you get a whole lot for passing very little. Got mine for around 20 USD and it feels like at least 5 times that, if not more. If you're thinking about picking this one up, do yourself a favor and get it.
Fresh spicy fragrance that's pretty spot on top the original. Easy to wear, smells fresh, it will get noticed.
Pleasant, sweet fresh fragrance. Fresh mint-citrus combo in the beginning with some vanilla underneath. Pairs/layers real well with a Baccarat-style fragrance like Baroque Rouge or Untold.
Salty aquatic fragrance good for the hotter months of the year, no complaints. Great scent profile at a great price, smells a lot like its designer counterpart.
Excellent fragrance reminiscent of of Atomic Rose, minus the subtle nuances. Smells just like my sample of Atomic Rose; very pleasant, pretty rose with citrus that lasts and projects.
This slapppppppps, it gives me a honey flavoured coco cola smell/vibe. I defo feel this would be too cloying in ANY sort of heat so cold weather ONLY!
Soft, irresistible and classy Apricot in traditional Rose Patchouli When I was trying Dolce Bacio for the first time my first thought was "basic Rose Patchouli" and I was thinking Apricot didn't play a big enough role in the scent. It felt like it was hiding too long the first few times I used it. However, I sprayed it one day when I went to the gym and my husband immediately asked what scent I was wearing and you could see from his face that he liked the smell. Since that I have been totally in love with it and I definitely need a full bottle of it. Dolce Bacio opens up with a beautiful, powerful yet fresh and airy rose and green, bright, earthy Patchouli, and right at the beginning there is no hint of Apricot. That's why it feels so familiar because I love roses and I love Rose Patchouli scents, I have plenty of them. There has to be something special about the scent for me to need another one for my collection. However, it only takes half an hour and Apricot is clearly noticeable. There's nothing groundbreaking about this scent, but like La baguette (Fendi), it works in all its simplicity, this one is also sweetly charming and seductive. Apricot brings just the right amount of something extra to the scent to make it work and be interesting. It's not really sweet, nor is it overtly juicy, but it makes the scent velvety and slightly powdery with a subtle Apricot aroma. After my initial disappointment, my opinion has changed and I like that the scent is not so strongly fruity nor sweet. For this reason, the scent remains elegant and does not become playful or too youthful. As the scent develops, the rose and patchouli become gentler and the apricot becomes clearer, but each role remains until the end. This has nothing to do with Trésor which is very sweet, clearly fruity perfume. The longevity and sillage are both great and the scent stays in the clothes many days. Thank you for reading, I hope you liked my review. I would appreciate if you follow my IG: @ninamariah_perfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗
What a beautiful creation, natural Ambergris can hardly get any better than this, unless you start wading through the jungle of artisanal and indie fragrances. If you want a fragrance that is also easy to use somewhere else but home and is wearable in every kind of way, then Ambre Suprême is definitely worth a try. There is 10% Ambre gris in this juice which is very rare to find from the market. Almost all "Amber gris" in perfumes is synthetic. In Ambre Suprême there is a silky smooth, tame animalic natural Ambergris - it feels salty, sensual, like the skin after swimming in the sea. It's addictive, I can't stop smelling my wrist when wearing this one. There are delicate, subtle florals in the heart but the scent is so well blended that honestly, my attention is drawn to Ambergris because that aroma is so special here. There are not spices on my skin. Aquatic or fresh, which I have seen in accords, must be due to the maritime atmosphere that comes from the scent since this is not that kind of watery aquatic nor fresh in the way it is usually understood. Even if I didn't like the simplicity in Oriental Velours and Cuir de Chine, here it absolutely works. I'm totally in love with this scent. Thank you for reading, I hope you liked my review. I would appreciate if you follow my IG: @ninamariah_perfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗
Besides Oriental Velours, Cuir de Chine is one of the simplest scents from Les Indemodables. There is a leather note which is typical from Osmanthus and there is a fruity kind of aroma which is a little bit dirty and not so attractive. An utterly light tobacco is lurking in the background but it's not smoky. For those who are not so familiar with Osmanthus, main accords look really misleading - this is definitely not traditionally fruity nor even traditionally leathery (like Osmanthus never is). The scent is made of good quality ingredients like all from LI but I'm still disappointed with this and it's a way too simple and boring. I realize that I'm not the right target group, because either I miss a little power and complexity in fragrances made from such natural ingredients, or the scent has to be a solifore of one of my favorite notes. I think this is more masculine and it's really great for work where you can't smell much, because the scent is completely intimate. Longevity is moderate. Osmanthus alcoolat Chine Grand Cru 10%, Jasmin absolue Égypte fin de récolte Grand Cru 1%, Osmanthus absolue Chine 1%, Tabac blond absolue Turquie 0.2% Contient de l’essence de Sauge sclarée des Alpes* Thank you for reading, I hope you liked my review. I would appreciate if you follow my IG: @ninamariah_perfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗
