юля758 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Eek. I see the word sophisticated in relation to thjs scent and I cannot agree. I just placed some on the back of my hand for the first time, so who knows it could change or grow on me. However, at this moment, it smells like the cheapest child’s cherry perfume I’ve ever smelled. But.. I can’t say I’m repulsed. Cherry Dr. Pepper. Thats a thing, right? This is that.
Okay, when this dries down, it’s much more of the scent described (powdery, spicy, strawberry/cherry). However it takes a long time for that dry down to get here, like between 1-2 hours.

genceli_qaqa – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Many of the reviews on here are BLOWING this out of proportion. As Archie Bunker once said “These are the kind of people that keep fruit in the house even when nobody’s sick”.
A-hem, this cheap-o dime-store “attar” smells like shower gel from the Calcutta Hilton Express. Do I smell fake plastic strawberry ? Yeah, but who the f**k cares.
Not even worth the $9.00 I spent on this. Blind Buy failure.Probably toxic as well.

SHAH666MYRKA – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Finally I found something with that strong Nag Champa note I’ve been craving!
The strawberry note is very different from anything I’ve found in perfume before, somehow it has different facets of thick, dark strawberry jam, strawberry bubblegum and strawberry flavoured tobacco!
It’s playful (not girly, imo), but robust and has depth at the same time.
This is turning to be quite the compliment magnet and both my mum and my sister have requested that I order them a bottle each as well 🙂

Виталик-616 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

It’s a fairly sweet scent that reminds me of the last days of summer and that one warm day in the middle of November. Definitely a comforting, even nostalgic scent that still has some sophistication to it. Af first, resins can be a bit overpowering, but it tones down nicely. One of very few scents where I don’t mind the strawberry.

2Юра – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Very good

alex023 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

I bought this two years ago. Did not love it. I put it away, pulled it out of the closet today, smelled it, and love it.
Soft, fruity, ambery/musky. Very pleasant. It skews to the feminine side of the unisex scale, but I find it appropriate for a summer scent.
It has some complexity, but not too much. It does not smell like a cup of fruit. It is more nuanced than that. Richer like a luxury dessert dish. Upscale and tasteful.
It won’t drop anyone’s underwear, but your someone special will come just a little bit closer to breathe just a little bit deeper. If that sounds good and you enjoy a sweet aura around you, this is the scent.

Aqwess11 – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

The best fragrance this summer, sweet and oriental. 10/10 long lasting everyday.

denis-gnap – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

I order a bottle after having trouble to find El Nabil “Musc Makkah” because they are similar but the basenotes of Al Haramain put me off. I don’t reach for it anymore. El Nabil has better quality. smell lovely in the base, maybe because is made in France. If you guys have a chance compare them.

smoliackow – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

This is essential for anyone who loves Nag Champa! Makkah is straight up Nag Champa incense with strawberry jam. It does start out smelling like a urinal cake though.. you have to really be patient with this fragrance. It develops so beautifully though. This is indeed a wearable Nag Champa thanks to the strawberry note.. it’s as if someone was wearing a candy strawberry perfume like Katy Perry Mad Love or Rihanna Rebelle and hung around in a headshop for awhile and then came out smelling like this. Lovely. It is strong stuff so only use a little bit, otherwise it can be cloying.

cheapuggbootswtss – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Diamond! fantastic sweet strawberry incense! I love every time of the day and year! I bought another packet for 3 euros at a special discount! Yes! it’s the type of beast on my sweater, 2 weeks it smelled! Maple MONTALE Mukhallat, strawberry with oud, thick and sweet with very high longevity! I love mega for the rest of my life. I would recommend! 5 stars!
Brylant! fantastyczne słodkie truskawkowe kadzidło! uwielbiam o każdej porze dnia i roku! Kupiłem kolejne opakowanie za 3 euro w specjalnej zniżce! tak! to typ bestii na moim sweterku 2 tygodnie pachniało! Klon MONTALE Mukhallat, truskawka z oud, gęsty i słodki z bardzo wysoką długowiecznością! Kocham do końca życia mega. Polecam! 5 gwiazdek!

vavili – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

would recommend for a 10 year old who is just discovering scents, would not want to be stuck sitting next to anyone who was wearing this ! washed it off after 2 hours, could not stand it anymore.

Menerva – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Gosh, what an oddity! Bought this on a whim and immediate impression is strawberry bubblegum in a hot hotel lobby! It has that waft of food ( vanilla), and a cigar/pipe smoke smell. Aaah Condor!
Not sure I would go out on the town in this but it makes me giggle a bit sniffing it, as is so weird.
It has six distinct accords, musk, amber and strawberry with leather and tobacco, the strawberry is top note. None of them really ever dry down and meld. Mind you was only £4! Lovely bottle and hilarious cigarette package wrapping.

Outlawz – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Lol I can smell the plastic doll but I don’t mind it. It reminds me of my toys as a child in a good way. HOWEVER. It has this synthetic smell. I can only detect this in perfumes that do not use quality ingredients. It’s not a bad scent for layering as I think the synthetic element will quickly be masked.
I had originally purchased this as an alternative for Montale Mukhallat and I can smell the resemblance. The top note of Makkah has that synthetic smell. The heart is when it begins to resemble Montale. That’s about it. Where Makkah’s heart and base remain similar, almost indistinguishable, Mukhallat transforms into this nostalgic childhood memory that is not cloying or overpowering. It is almost allegorical of the process of growing up itself. It’s the sense that is evoked when you open an old chest with baby clothing from years ago. Happiness, reminiscence, sadness, contentment is what comes to mind. Makkah on the other hand, is more of a strawberry flavouring smell mixed with flowers, powder, and musk. A Peter Pan metaphor or a Tardis that keeps you in that world of memory.
It won’t be a favorite but will definitley stay in my collection for experiments. I will repurchase Mukhallat though. It has proved unique enough to stay in my collection.

Nekv1st – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

I’m not that impressed by this scent. It smells like a cheap eau de cologne. It’s a bit weird. The resins are so loud, they are much over the strawberry, make me sick. After an hour or so, I feel a little bit of powder, thank God for that. Moderate longevity and soft sillage. Today was the first day I wore it. We’ll see how it goes…
Update: I kinda like it. It’s a sweet strawberry comfort. A bit magical, like being in a fairytale. Happy scent :).

skachayigrunatel – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

How do I buy this oyar?

saw289speagoessenda – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Honestly, no perfum should smell like this: incence shop, bubble gum, plastic doll? It is frightening even to read about. And also i think we would agree that it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a sophisticated perfume with Nag Champa- man, that is only for incence!
This perfume breaks all the rules. And the result is superb! Soooo funny and enjoyable! Is it like Mukhallat? I don’t think so, though i’m a big fan of Montale, Mukhallat is much too sweet and syrupy for me. But this one is much better, much more complex and soft on me, much more wearable.
The scent is changing rapidly in the beginning like all Al Haramain oil do on my skin, but really exciting and entertaining all the time. Yes, i really mean entertaining- this is not just a perfum but also a lot of fun, it is really funny to feel how it changes from tone to tone. Luckily i don’t get any “urinal cake” tone, but i went through the nag champa, the incence shop, the bubble gum, the strawberry phases, all of them made me smile. And now, in about 10 minutes after i put it on, it is creamy and soft and wonderful, sweet but not cloying, unique but not irritating. i really love it! I have been for Montale for quite some time, having quite of a collection of his scents, but i think i will change for Al Haramain. These scents are more complex for me.

Onentulge – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Exactly like Montale’s Mukhallat except Makkah doesn’t project as well as Mukhallat

jdmitry3 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Nag champa and then strawberry. I absolutely love Arabian fragrances. Especially houses such Al haramain, Al rehab, rasasi and Ard Al Zaafran. These little cpo’s last and last and are very different to what you buy generally in the UK. The little glass roller ball bottles are very neat and the box reminds me of a cigarette packet. I will rebuy this one. Smelling like incense is great, but the fact this also then turns into a Gormound is even better!

Diextaltabara – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

@Mohammad: thank you so much! ASA-

sanych10 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

@Labaloo;
Dhahab in arabic means Gold..:)

fenix2365 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Public Service Announcement: Al Haramain recently released a long-awaited, 15th member to their 15ml line (to which ‘Makkah’ belongs), called ‘Dhahab’. (I have no clue what the word means; hopefully an Arabic speaker chimes in). It is a vanilla-tobacco-wood-amber-musk creation- on the simple side, but I like it! I wore Makkah alone the other day, and thought of layering it with Dhahab next time… the result is VERY close to the scent of Hemani’s musk jamids (solid musk perfume stones), but amped up! Lovely. Do try it!

vs_1802 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

This is an interesting, inexpensive fragrance.
The opening is off-putting with nag champa and a urinal cake accord. After a couple minutes, the urinal cake accord gives way to heart of the fragrance – a super sweet strawberry scented incense. After an hour, the basenotes arrive and Makkah becomes more sweet, powdery, musky, and incense-y.
It’s a very unique scent – in the USA, I expect Wiccans and hipsters to enjoy this type of scent. It’s not initially likeable or appealing. It requires patience to get through the urinal cake top notes.
It’s really a low-risk blind buy – if you hate it, give it to a hipster friend or someone who enjoys incense.

yzik21 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

This is my first oriental perfume oil and I am really not sure that I like it. To be fair, I put it over other perfumes I was layering so may not have a true idea of the scent. However, having said that, this smells strange to me/on me and I don’t quite know what it is. There is a sweetness with spiciness and bitterness all at once when I first put it on. After a while it smells sweet and incense like but a little syrupy for me. I think I might try adding more amber oil to layer with this one. I expected this to be much warmer and maybe with more depth. Not what I expected and not a smell I am used to nor have I come across before. I remain on the fence with this one for now.
Edit: I put this on after my shower on clean skin (not with other scents) and I quite like it! It is still unusual but smells way better unmixed. Beginning to think this is a good buy 🙂
Edit: Further to the above, I have purchased a dupe of Chanel no. 5 and it smells just like it but wayyyy powerful. I have mixed it with Makkah and it is a heavenly combo 😛 to die for…
Edit: My husband smells vanilla with this on my skin. Me too.
Much later edit: I smell caramel in this; not the usual kind but the kind you make from scratch by gently warming sugar in a pan, that sort of caramel, sugary/caramel scent. Spices I smell also, am surprised these are not listed in the notes!
Much, much later….. (a la Spongebob) – This is one of my favourite Al Harmain perfumes. My first Arabian perfume oil and I love it to death!

daztgenfacxfar – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

I was hoping for nag champa, as many reviewers suggested.
Sadly, I am getting a synthetic strawberry, that smells like a bathroom air freshener. One of the very few scrubbers on my skin.

Amurochka2011 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Hi… LOVE THIS! SWEET CREAM STRAWBERRY AND VANILLA!.. YES NAG CHAMPA! 10 STARS!.. LOVE IT SCENT….EVERYDAY IN YOUR LIFE…OM LOVE FOR ALL…JOY OF THIS PERFUMU

Vitoros – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Love this!
This was hauntingly familiar to me as soon as I put it on, but I couldn’t think from where. Hours later it came to me – this smells exactly the same as a fresh, unopened box of Nag Champa incense sticks – the ones in the blue and white box.
I am thrilled – I’d been looking for something that smelled as good as those incense sticks for years, and at last I have found it.
Amazingly good for the small price – I bought 15mls for under £4, and this will last ages.

InnaNew – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

This is such a unique, fun fragrance! I feel special whenever I wear it. Strawberry incense. That’s pretty much all it is, it sounds so simple, but don’t knock it until you try it. Yes, it’s strawberry, but the incense, amber, and musk keep it from smelling juvenile or unsophisticated. A sure way to brighten a gloomy day, that’s for sure!
And I bless the reviewer (SuzySchnabel)who recommended throwing out the rollerball and just pouring a bit into your palm… I do this after my shower and rub in a generous amount into damp skin. Heavenly!

tema777 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

This is so much like incense! It reminds me of the smell in a spiritualism or hippy shop as I call them, that sells crystals, incense etc! They always have incense like the popular one called Nag Champa burning through the shop. On the first sniff I definitely smell strawberry, but it’s not overpowering or sickly, it’s just right. Second sniff I can smell the Amber & resins. As for citrus – I get a rich orange oil smell, not general citrus smell. As for orange blossom, green, vanilla & powdery notes, I don’t get those. But I do get just a slight hint of musk & Jasmine.
But I do LOVE this! I’ve been after this exact fragrance in a perfume for SO long. I’m so glad I found it finally!
EDIT: I’ve been wearing it several hours now, it has faded a fair bit, and now I can detect vanilla! It’s very soft and sweet.

Саша Бородач – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

I use this to perfume my hair. I love this strawbwerry, vanilla, musky goodness. Especially in my hair it just smells so yummy. I use the roll on and just give my hair a few swipes. My hair is very long and I still only need just a small amount. It’s such a good scent to me. It’s one of my favorites from al haramain I especially love the Amber, vanilla vibe I get as this wears on. So pretty! The strawberry is nostalgic to me in a good way as well. Love this..:)

gfnheitdf – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Among the few Al Haramains I’ve had the chance to try so far, this is the most challenging to me. It was the first one I actually (blind) purchased, but I actually never felt ready to write a review until now, sitting at the corner of a coffee shop, trying not to suffocate the other customers with the intoxicating cloud of sweetness and indoles wafting from my body.
First of all, this is not your typical gourmand, it’s an attar by all means and, even though it doesn’t seem to contain neither rose or oud (apparently present in almost every attar these days, not complaining, just digressing, will be back to that in other review) deserves respect.
Let’s get to the perfume then, top? Inexistent to me, maybe I will get to smell these “green notes and citruses” once I get used to applying from these lovely rollerballs. I just get so distracted looking for points the fragrance won’t transfer to my clothing that, by the time I’m done, it is already in the first stages of the dry down.
And this is when in becomes tricky. If you apply too little, you will smell like strawberry incense for 2-3 hours and then be left with a comforting skin scent, musky sweet for the rest of its duration. If you apply too much, like I suspect I did today, you will be stuck in a cloud of indoles for the first 2 hours, unable to any close human contact without feeling very self conscious. After the nightmare ceases, you will finally be left with the strawberry incense and this will last for ages and come back if you think it’s gone and start sweating.
It seems somehow that the over-application amplifies the middle notes, or maybe it is just my skin: “jasmine, orange blossom and big strawberry”. Should be rewritten as “BIG jasmine, BIG orange blossom and strawberry”. To me, there is nothing more indolic than a jasmine-orange-blossom combo, and this is exactly what you get here. It is borderline pink urinal cake. Don’t run away yet, just avoid over applying this one and you will be fine.
No matter in which extreme you are here, this fragrance reaches its best after 2 hours, the florals finally subside, giving some space to the “amber, resins, musk, powdery notes and vanilla” base. The orange blossom and strawberry never quite disappear, just become more mellow. Oh well, I guess I’m safe now, time to face the world.
I don’t really know if the tone of this review will be positive or not, I just want to make clear that I do love this fragrance, it is definitely a keeper. Despite my today’s trauma, I can only give the best ratings possible in terms of quality, packaging, price, sillage and longevity.

Aeroviciere – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

I’m reading many reviews comparing this to Montale’s ‘Mukhallat’, but, for clarity’s sake, Al Haramain’s ‘Makkah’ was on the market (with a strong following) long before 2008 (when ‘Mukhallat’ was released), so which is the real dupe? I’m not terribly fond of Montale. The five of their fragrances that I’ve tried have all been simply an “upmarketing” to a western audience of already-existing blends popular in the middle east, repackaged in EDP format and a nice bottle… but not much originality. Unfortunately, people believe appearance+price=quality. The real gem is this unassuming little treasure of an attar in a plain bottle from Al Haramain.

hunter99 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

I love this perfume oil. It starts off strawberry bubblegum on me and sillage is light. Every minute as it melts into your skin it gets stronger. 10 minutes later sillage is perfect. An hour in to wearing Makkah i smell something green and a little bitter/sweet, like grass and oud. I like it, it’s unique. 30 minutes later it changes again to the smell of strawberry incense and a touch of cinnomin in the back ground. Another hour later it smells like cuddly soft strawberry scented cosmetic powder with some incense. It remains in this stage for the remainder of the wear, with whiffs of strawberry powder to strawberry incense back and forth. It’s lovely. It has really good longevity, lasting 8 to 10 hours! Sillage stays moderate all the way to the last couple hours. I’ve heard people say that this scent changes depending on weather. Today it is sunny and warm outside,in excited to try this out in rainy weather! I recommend this to any one wanting to try out arabian oils and like fruity/powdery incense. I love it!

Aerohopleneriyoj – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Oh my. I had no idea until today. This is a very intentional dupe of Montale’s Mukkhalat. The opening is virtually identical. I fell in love with the doppelganger of an expensive fragrance without even knowing…. Makkah is Mukkhalat’s secret twin, dare I say.
The only difference I notice is that the dry down on Mukkhalat is more about cream and vanilla, the wonderful strawberries and incense having almost completely vanished. Makkah STAYS Strawberry-‘n-Incense, and I Looooooove it!
Fabulous value – five stars!

Tomplo – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Sweet and smooth, great for layering, very easy to wear as mood-lifter or in days, when you are craving for something sweet. Instead of eating – just wear Makkah. It might be too simple for experienced noses though, I prefer naughty Wardia or calmly-sweet, honeyed Badar, they are bit more complicated ones.

yroslava17 – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Got this yesterday and was waiting for something I’d never smelled before. But actually one of my unlabelled oils from Morocco smells like this only a bit stronger in white flowers so this scent isn’t totally new for me. So I guess there are dupes and smell alikes of this around so this must be a very popular fragance. The fragance is very sweet and very powdery (note this if you don’t like sweet scents) but it is not your usual candy a la Pink Sugar or LVEB. This is a powdery strawberry jam heavily infused with amber, dark inciense, citrics and some white flowers. Plastic in a nice way, like newly opened dolls. Not as heavy as other attars and very wearable but still a very Eastern, weird and distinct smell. Not my favourite, but pleasant and something you can wear everyday in every season. Very gourmand but at the same time very heady and hippie, lovely for casual wear since it’s not heavy in sliiage. My boyfriend says it smells edible but I think the inciense takes away the excessive foodiness this would have if it was only based in strawberries. On first application this is a bit like a car freshener but after a while this becomes much softer and nice, more skin friendly +must be the musk undertones) I’m not a fan of too foody smells on myself but this one I find it very easy to wear and distinctive. Strangely I get a bit of Chanel n°5 after a few hours of wearing.
Edit: layered this with some sandalwood oil to tone down the excessive sweetness and got a lovely, colder and more adult fume. Like it much better layered this way.
Edit: I’ve been wearing this for some days on its own without layering it with sandalwood oil and I’ve come to love its musky, soapy dry down. I think this is growing on me. The dry down is to die for!.
Edit: my tastes have changed or perhaps it’s the terrible hot weather but nowadays I can’t stand this. It’s too sugary cloying for me. I think I’m going to try this again next winter and see if I find this wearable again. But for now I think this is too sweet and candied for me. I am currently going for green chypres and fresher fumes that doesn’t bother my nose in this heat and this is not at all a summer scent

mtv716speagoessenda – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

The strawberry here is ripe and fragrant, the amber is warm, the musk is sexy and all this hot combination is toned down with some orange/tangerine zesty freshness and some lovely powder.
What you must also be aware of if you blind-buy it is that there is this plastic-like addition to the scent that is not very “user-friendly”. For some reason I actually do like it, it’s quite uncommon and strange but I do not think this particular aspect will appeal to many people.
The bottle is quite pretty too and easy to carry around.

ptiz – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

It smells exactly like industrial bathroom cleaner at first…

olefrost – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

A lovely, fruity woody fragrance which is sweet and a little dense, in the oriental style. The fruit is really nice though. It’s hard to pick out everything but strawberry is definitely a player, along with dark, smoky oud in the background. I also get the amber and vanilla, and something like a candied orange smell too (like a marmalade orange). I usually don’t like my fruit notes too loud in fragrances, but this fruit-oud combination is not bad.

Frumuz8919 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Al Haramain’s Makkah is nostalgic for me. Smells like those strawberry scented plastic dolls, scratch n’ sniff stickers, and dollar store nail polish remover. All that fun cheap stuff I had as a child. The scent does not project much but I can certainly smell it in my own personal scent bubble and the perfume oil lasts a long time, I would say a solid 6 hours on me. It’s a softly sweet strawberry scent with a syrupy resin that has a smooth vanilla base and a lingering powdery undertone. I like this a lot and I think it will be excellent to layer with my other strawberry, vanilla and amber based fragrances!

moviemenvideo – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Alrighty, I’m gonna keep it 100! This reminds me of a concentrated can of ‘Money House Blessings” air freshener. The lavender can known as, ‘Indian Spirit’. Add a traditional ‘attar-oil’ dense background, you are right in the neck of the woods.
Being fair, my nose tends to tune-out strawberry and several other notes when too much/too intense of another resin/base is going on. I’m saying i don’t smell them distinctively. This reminds me of the color yellow. Dont ask me why i made that weird comment. It just does.

lmoibnvmeed – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Resinous strawberries?
The strawberries smell dried, like those dehydrated for breakfast cereals. They are also sweetened with deep warmth, along with a resinous, rubbery aura.
I will ENJOY wearing this one more over the next few months and deciding about a full size bottle. It’s certainly an interesting take on strawberry! More dark than sweet, and definitely unisex. In short, Fun and possible Weird….
But good! 😀

Sergei_76 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Bought without sampling, fingers-crossed. Idk why am I tempted by these strawberry notes, since I actually wanted something classic with rose & oud. At first I was kinda, it lacks oud in it, but now, as I wore it for few days, I actually made friends with it.
-Start-
Sweet blast of thick, non modern sweetness, not cloying, but as rich as Loukhum with a strawberry. Strawberries might be different, so we stop and explore. *Strawberry* At times perfectly escribed as “chalky” I see it as dried strawberry found in muesli. It’s weird, but gets ‘alive’ when soaked in milk. Ripe strawberry dried in the sun. Also after phase 2 it’s like strawberry caramella… mmm ))) *Strawberry*
-Part 2-
Here comes the change. Ordered some Heliotrope? A helitrope that morphs into Amaretto liqueor and follows to being marzipan acquiring a bit of that almond sharpness. Sits like that for an hour or two and then radically a strawberry in caramel takes over with its richness and sits there with the marzipan.
-Part 3-
After a while strawberry unfolds a new persona of Makkah, which is strikingly familiar. Oh, hi there, Ange ou Demon by Givenchy. Yep, rich and sassy, a bit sharp just like said perfume. It lasts for next ~8hours until becomes more quiet over time, but still there. I think my skin is being weird lately or something xD Oh, it also has some sillage, which is noticeable, but I also use it more than a dab, rub it all over my neck. So, a new favorite. I should try Montale Mukhallat, but doubt that it will unfold on me in this complex way as Makkah did. Still curious…
-Closing part-
I didn’t expect such complexity for an inexpensive fume as there is seemingly rule – the more expensive, the better with attars. Still, so very pleased to enjoy something budget as I am a bit afraid of getting more expensive stuff online, since they leak a bit on the way to me due to being air-mailed. I will sure indulge when it will be possible, *dreams*, *dreams* *dreams*. I want to try Musk, For Ever and Wardia now xD

Irobiabrida – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Yup, it has been said before and I can also agree about it: Makkah smells almost identical to Mukhallat by Montale. However in my opinion Makkah has a more cheerful uplifting vibe to it. Slight differences are only detected after closely analyzing the two side by side and even then you really have to focus to try to pick out the differences.
Makkah is no doubt the best most affordable version from Mukhallat out there!
Also Makkah is way much stronger, it’s highly concentrated ( could be because it is a perfumed oil ) and lasts VERY long.
The scent itself is pretty straight forward: deep delicious musky strawberry scent!

lydrasp – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

I can’t believe how similar this is to Montale Mukhallat. Montale is obviously quality but the scent of both on my skin is identical! Therefore Al Haramain Makkah is worth the purchase if you love Montale Mukhallat but are on a low budget.

dakster777 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

Just smelling a sample of Mukhallat here, they’re SO alike 🙂

dmitriy703 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

I am absolutely getting the same vibe as the reviewer, patxaran ahead of me…
Reminds me of Gonesh incense ‘Perfumes of Orchards and Vines’. Also: Hem ‘Love’. A fruity musk, with just touches of soft florals and a wee bit of spices (cinnamon and cloves) and I’m smelling something like cardamom which gives a “lift” to everything else with its camphorous, cooling quality. There’s labdanum and benzoin (“amber”), and a touch of vanilla for a classic oriental base. Lots of musk. This is an unusual, sensual fragrance… quite unexpected from something named after the holy city…
And… it TOTALLY smells like a head shop. When I first put this on, I was like “I don’t think I’ll like this…”, but then it started to settle and I found it intriguing… and now past 30 minutes I’m starting to really like it…I’m also reminded of Satya’s ‘Nag Champa’ or ‘Superhit’ with that vanilla-benzoin-champa-orris-sandalwood-labdanum-musk combo. Wow!
Still, if I were to name the 3 strongest notes, they would be strawberry lokum, cinnamon, musk. REALLY nice if you’re into “fruity incense-like” smells.

Elephant – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Oh dear this is so intense! I tested it in a shop the other day amongs loads of other attars and it really stood out… BUT my nose was probably a bit fatigued already. Well, now the baby arrived in the post from good old fleebay and I almost nuked my arm. One drop or touch from the rollerball and you turn into a smokeless walking incense stick – strawberry vanilla musk. Or actually, hang on, I really had a real life incense product that smelled very similar – they were Indian incense sticks classified as “outdoor” i.e. large length and a little too powerful for a small room. Will post the name / scent type if I can find the pack. Looking at the notes above I don’t disagree however I can’t help getting the incense association here. Definitely a scent worth checking out if you like sweet powerful fruity scents with mega sillage. Just be prepared for the head shop effect – this is not cupcakes, it’s more like smoking cupcakes (It’s ironic this should come in a 15ml rollerball because even if you were to use it everyday I doubt you would finish the bottle in less than a year’s time!)

xasan2009 – 2022-06-23:

3 out of 5

Hot and sweet smell of good behavior, he is one of my favorites in this category.

bolwoybrat – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

It reminds me of dubble bubble gum with “chalky” strawberries. It is really unique. Sadly I do not smell the other notes but I am still happy with it. As mentioned by others the sillage is very weak.
Edit: This is my third bottle, I rub it on lightbulbs, add to my bath etc!!!

tasja-05 – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

Forget the habit to alcohol-based perfumes. Attar fragrances are a kind of sensuos trip, much more intimate and evoking than spraying careless mainstream stuffs. Oils stick lovingly to cleavage and wrists and persist for hours closer to skin, with a little projection. Using attar has become an essential part of an indulging, private ritual for me.
I don’t know how one could perceive a breath of bubble gum in this scent, really. It is a quite austere fragrance, with just a hint of camphor in the opening. Then, it softens and becomes resinous, ambery and deep. It reminds me the smell of chopped pieces of coniferous wood consuming slowly in a fireplace. Strawberry notes are barely noticeable: they give a sort of harshness to the fragrance that balances the dizzying voluptuousness of amber notes.
Dusty and powdery notes are scattered wisely around the vibrant, languid core of the fragrance, enhancing its remote solemnity

DJ_MAKSIM – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

As another fragrantican mentioned below this is perfect to scent your hair with, it smells like a lovely shampoo, in fact it smells similar but obiously nicer to my beloved Aussie hair care range!
Sweet, with a bit of Indian clothes shop feeling. Unfortunately it goes way too cheap incensy on my skin but for my hair it’s perfectly refined oriental candyshop!
Yum yum!

autodok1 – 2022-06-23:

5 out of 5

A beautiful strawberry perfume that brings back my childhood – it smells like a scented eraser that my class mate had.
I still like it though, although the sillage isn’t what I’d hoped for. I should have listened to the 2 fragrantica members who said the sillage was moderate rather than the 1 fragrantica member who said it was heavy. Oh well, it’s a nice perfume anyway.
If you rub the bottle in your palm, you can then rub a bit of the oil in your hair and it scents your hair. It smells like shampoo so that is a good use for it.

abannainded – 2022-06-23:

4 out of 5

This is simply wonderful, such an Indian smell. For some reason it reminds me of Indian incense which I use to buy in a very old shop. Now, smelling this attar, there are some notes I won’t be even able to describe; to me the first place is fresh strawberry (not a “girly” type but really pretty fruit) with some sort of “mist”, something smells exactly like “Gaura Incense” sticks, premium quality sticks made from natural oils and flowers. I won’t recall any other fragrances I feel into this attar. On