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Liftorieninty – :
A bar of sweet dark chocolate. Sinfully delicious and extremely addictive. Plus great longevity and huge sillage. This is a straight forward gourmand scent with no traces of wood or spices usually associated with middle easter scent.
халя – :
Outstanding dupe of Black Sugar.
Worn at a slight distance, I have no ability to tell them apart! Yes, there’s a little similarity to Soft and Pink Sugar, but this is 98% like Black Sugar, right down to the warmer, balsamic notes of burnt marshmallows. So I guess it just boils down to buying the one most affordable/available in your part of the world.
Unless of course you love the packaging of one in particular… 😉
strelec788 – :
I tested this earlier today at my local Arab perfume shop in Minneapolis. I’ve gotta thank a fellow Fragrantica member for putting me onto both this shop and this scent! It’s a humid, rainy day in May so I shrugged this one off when I sprayed it on because it will be better for winter.
As I was driving, I kept getting whiffs of this wonderful chocolate, powdery smell. I can see why people compare this to Valentino Uomo. It has that same chocolate note, but no iris. The notes listed for this fragrance are deceiving. I pick up a hint of incense and oud, but I mostly smell chocolate and a powdery note. The comparison to marshmellows from other reviewers is accurate.
I consider this fragrance unisex. A man or woman could easily pull this off. I would recommend anyone that likes gourmands to check this out. I really like this stuff and I am going to return to purchase it this weekend! Great fragrance!
elias – :
This is a direct copy of Al Rehab Soft or vice versa depending on which one came out first. Straight up caramel,lemon and vanilla. The notes listed here are very misleading.
cox2011 – :
Very very sweet, all vanilla and sugar. It’s ok-ish after all, but from a perfume that is supposed to have wood notes I’d expect it to have more… wood notes. And smoke too. Where did the smoke go?
For me it is a sweet, rather simple fragrance, the type I usually do not like.
hyssa – :
Beautiful sweet gourmand. Lovely and very delicious. I love it. It’s one of my favourite perfumes ever. I wear it very often and am always receiving wonderful compliments. It’s gorgeous. And so long lasting! It’s a dream.
Alex39 – :
This is a good gourmand smelling, sweet, choco type of masculine scent that leans towards unisex. this projects well for about 3 or 4 hours then starts to moderately come closer to the skin which is about the 6 to 8 hr mark but it left a nice powdery choco scent cloud around me. The Oud is present and works well with the choco, sugar notes. The incense is present but not in your face more of a supporting character, which I prefer. I did get compliments. This smells nothing like Angel or Valentino Uomo. I see the similarities between this and Black Sugar which is nice as well but I think lasts longer than this one. I rate this slightly above average, as far as smell and performance. I give it 7 out of 10 . Not breaking barriers or setting trends but pleasant to wear and have in a collection. Sweet fragrance enthusiast will like this one, I do more each time I wear it. Happy Sniffing
sourlTootoVob – :
Just tested this today, and it’s definitely a super sweet oriental gourmand. I have not tested black sugar so I can’t make that connection. This opens up with a vanilla/amber blast. It’s strong, and feels unisex. As it dries within that first hour, I can smell the oud lingering in the background. The composition is still sweet, but the oud tempers all this sugar. Continuing on, there is a faint smokey vibe that joins the oud. The statements liking this to the smell of marshmallows is about accurate. If you can imagine that with amber and faint oud then this is what this is. It’s not like Valentino Uomo or A*men. This is more akin to pure Tonka, not as sweet as blue sugar, but more oriental than say Rochas Man. Vanilla lovers should check this out!
cherniy.vova – :
I have no idea what Back sugar smells like, but I have had Pink Sugar and this does somewhat resemble that.
This has more of a smoother well rounded feel to it. I don’t feel the Oud to be honest, but it feels very warm, comforting, sweet, yet not cloying. I personally like to mix this with Sheik Shuyukh Luxe Edition.
The sweet mixed with the spice, make a really nice combo. Very soothing to my nose.
sergiorudaS – :
khurafi…what a yummy scent, now to me this is nothing like muglers amen to my nose.
This scent opens with a blast of citrus with mandarin being a dominant note but citrus in this is of a candied type and very full bodied and edible.
once this dries down which is only around 10 minutes the scent changes to something more akin to what you would expect from mugler but it’s not amen it’s angel for women, with that excellent chocolate note with patchouli and creamy woods. Khurafi is edibly beautiful from start to finish. There are a lot more notes in this fragrance than are listed here and I get somewhere lurking in the background and aquatic note.
longevity and sillage are both excellent.
overall I rate this one 8/10
KurtKentin – :
100% minus the tar note. And just three sprays will last for 8-10 hours in winter with a almost beast mode projection for 4-5 hours.
ak47 – :
@satyajeet73: Does this smell like the ones u mentioned?
starfon – :
I sold my Angel Men and dropped my plans to buy Valentino Uomo and Uomo intense. This smells better, performs better, has quality ingredients and the best part I got it for ₹17. All my cravings for a perfect gourmand fragrances have been satisfied with this….and oh yes I’m selling my Givenchy play intense now….
BorZ42 – :
This does smell like Black sugar in the top notes, instead of leather there is woods. The top notes (the first 1-2 hours) have intense marshmallows with some woods and smoke, after which the chocolate and coffee start to come out with the oud, still very sweet but not as the opening. Once the marshmallow starts to die, so does the projection, but the dry down does last very long. I am a gourmand lover and i get my fav notes here with some oud, so I love this fragrance, but I would love it more if it was a little less sweet and the projection after the dry down was better. When you first spray it, because of the projection and sweetness, you’ll think its strictly for winter, but you can wear this in summer, if you go out after 2 hours of application. I wear this an hour before I leave for work, so by the time i’m in the office, it has mellowed down just right for that setting, and its stays with me till I get home, or beyond that.
rgs603JeomiWogkig – :
When this arrived today i could smell
the cacao vanilla flavor through the
paper, nice unisex perfume with great
longevity and price.
EseFbreak – :
Are you kidding me? This is perfection in a bottle! Gourmand lovers must have! Sweet vanilla/milk chocolate/marshmallow bomb!!!! Go easy on the trigger!
10/10
qwertysa – :
A very short review for this perfume:
My perfect woody kind of fragrance. A little touch of Oud, some sweet floral note and the rest is heaven scent at least to me. Definitely a good perfume. I really can’t get over of it. I swear!
fedia2010 – :
10/10 Honey, vanilla, chocolate, coffee and yes marshomellows. This reminds me of Angel AMen so much it would be a perfect mate for the new pure wood by that designer. It also reminds me of a stronger more focused Uomo by Valentino. Love this so much. Hard to find but worth the search. Smells very expensive and the bottle is awesome. The label is made of leather and the top has real wood.
I have bought a few of these middle eastern fragrances now and I must say the quality is just as good or better than Creed or Tom Ford. These people are masters. Truly amazing gourmand fragrance.
ramus – :
To me this is smokey liquid roasted marshmallows in a bottle. To me this is very gourmand. I think there is no doubt vanilla in this, it’s rather dominant in it. Or there would at least be a heavy dose of Tonka beans in it. Together with some Patchouli and Sandalwood. I somehow get this imagery of a going out in the woods, cutting woods and hunting for food all day. And at the end of the day at night you sit next to a campfire and roasting A LOT of marshmallows, and that scent sticks into your clothes. And the next day when you smell your clothes you get this bit of smokey marshmallow scent from your clothes.