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garyaga – :
This was a heavily discounted blind buy for me. When I first spray this I get a blast of strong, bracing, medicinal oud that clashes with the crunch of toasted, sugared coconut. After a few seconds though, and a bit of a scuffle between the oud and vanilla, things finally settle into a creamy sweet, balsamic, oudy coconut. It reminds me a bit of Black Sugar by Aquolina, but this is smoother, with beautiful resinous touches. The initial crunchy, toasted sweet notes blend wonderfully into the background, but don’t disappear completely. I think this could grow from a “like” to a “love”, time will tell!
крокодил – :
I bought this fragrance on a whim when I was in Dubai. It wasn’t exactly a blind buy; I sniffed it first, but the store was basically a greenhouse of fragrances from countless customers spraying testers, so I couldn’t get a good sense of what I was smelling. Anyway, I remembered liking it from a sample I got years back and I wanted to buy a perfume before I left the UAE, so a minute later I was on my way with a FB.
Later on in my hotel room, I opened the box and sprayed it and was horrified at how strong it was and not how I remembered it to be. I flew home to the States and put the bottle away. Periodically, I’d take it out and smell it only to feel nauseated and appalled at how I used to like it years ago from the sample and loathe it so much now. I figured my tastes have just changed dramatically over the years.
Fast forward 9 months (today), I lit one of my favorite candles (Voluspa Baltic Amber) this morning and went about my chores with the lingering dark, woodsy amber smell I love from my candle. Then this afternoon, I went to my bedroom and applied a clay mask to my face and went to my perfume drawer to spray something. It had been a while since I smelled Zafeer Oud Vanille so inreluctantly picked it up to “try it out” again knowing I’d hate it, but something clicked this time. It no longer smelled to me like horrific powdery cotton candy; all of a sudden I was smelling a take on Voluspa’s Baltic Amber!! And just like that, voila! My perception of the fragrance changed and my nose did a 180. So basically my message is, how you perceive a fragrance can heavily impact your impression! And if you like Baltic Amber, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this fragrance. But spray lightly—it’s so strong.
afiop – :
opens up with creamy coconut and vanilla, i think its deffinitely unisex.
i can smells something like shampoo in the background, maybe ylang-ylang?
after 1 hour, the vanilla still going strong, but the coconut smoothen up and become background.
this thing project crazily in every condition.
Strong like!
i think its best worn for outdoor occation
Scent: 8.5
Projection: 10
Sillage: 10
Longetivity: 10
awesome performance on my skin !
lomavola – :
MY NEW SIGNATURE SCENT.A WINTER VIE LOVE IT
stas717 – :
I’m going to heaven! Wow! What a lovely creamy and coconut scent? I love love this. A winner hand’s down.
greewusaste – :
koku sıktığınız gibi kalıyor.baş ağrıtıyor.hiç bir notası ve özelliği yok önermem.berbat
gellin – :
This is a big like for me. Coconut and vanilla opening is strong, then it goes in the spicy-caramel-light wood direction for the second and third acts, but the opening notes are still present. I can’t detect the oud, but it might be the thing that prevents Zafeer from becoming too sweet. I have gotten many compliments from both sexes.
Zafeer is my go to winter fragrance pick me up. It’s easy to wear and even easier to like… or love. I’m on my second bottle – first was bought from Lucky Scent, and the second was purchased for 1/2 off from Fragrencenet.
I own three perfumes from Alexandre J. My only criticism is the over-the-top, gratuitous packaging obviously created for another market. The bottle is pretty without the silly gold adornements and the outer packaging should go in the recycling bin and not become more landfill. I hope someday to see these changes.
Mashik – :
This is a sweet vanilla coconut fragrance! and i can’t detect any oud in here! it has that toffee caramel coconut gourmand with huge doses of vanilla.
This one makes me hungry and in need of some cake! it’s just satisfying sniffing this over, and over!
This is a very gourmand fragrance and i recommend this to anyone who adores sweet coconut gourmand blends.
Sootronse – :
What a beautiful winter fragrance. Warm, cosy, alluring. Wraps you up in a warm blanket with a cup of tea and some sweeties. Like being surrounded by a light fragrant aura, gently rubbing your nose. Yes, it’s sweet, but not ‘cheap’, not sticky, cloying or nauseating, not overly loud. Just mild, sweet whisper. It’s not sexy, it’s cosy and beautiful.
I mostly get creamy vanilla, hint of coconut and some sweet toffee base. A little spices and amber in the background to balance it out nicely. Rich, indulging and creamy fragrance.
Lasts a good while and the bottle is just stunning. Love this one for a cold winter day.
subaru906 – :
I think this would be a great perfume without coconut.
Oh..and this is for SURE a ROSE perfume!!
Cynccoisy – :
Blind bought it a year ago and didn’t like it. Gave it several shots, but couldn’t get over the medicinal smell and the feeling that it was meant for older people, so I left it gathering dust.
Recently gave it another shot and my impression on it changed greatly.
I’m still no fan of the medicinal opening, but after that fades…… Well, just read the other reviews. 🙂
I’d love to get the coconut though, since I’ve been crazy for fragrances with coconut lately, but no signs of it so far :/
That said, I’ll enjoy it well until the last spritz, but I probably won’t be buying again. While it’s creamy and yummy, there are others that do it better.
ADAM06 – :
I’m now trying this out in cooler weather and smaller doses and decided that I really, really like it now. I’m getting more oud and woody notes and it’s smoother and smells well rounded now. Definitely thinking it might be FB worthy after all. The coconut note is divine mixed with the vanilla and oud.
ira30 – :
I could almost love this scent but it verges on cloying and synthetic. It would make a great layering fragrance (it was awesome with alien!) but it’s too expensive for that. I’ll save my sample for the winter when hopefully it’ll remain a cozy toasted coconut scent rather than getting sharp and plasticky.
bIPYc – :
I was scared of oud here but thanks goodness I can’t detect much oud here,if any
It opens kind of sharp but in couple of minutes it settles to a creamy vanilla,coconut and a hint of Musky leather which is more like a warm hug.I usually have problem in detecting coconut in perfume.I can’t pick it up even in perfumes everyone says they’re all about coconut but I can easily smell it here and I love coconut in warm,creamy sweet fumes
It’s easily wearable by both genders and boy,it’s looong lasting
Definitely gonna buy it
Arthurik – :
Got my sample and have worn this twice. I loved it when I applied a smudge to my wrist the first time – I then liberally applied this today. The initial scent was a little overwhelming at first – Very Woodsy and Oud – smothered in Vanilla. I must admit that I questioned my choice as I gasped through the heavy veil that flooded my senses. But after the first ten minutes I was hooked. This settled into a softly spicy, creamy vanilla yumminess that has an alluring sweetness that pulls you in. I want to hug myself and nuzzle my own neck. I’m constantly smelling my wrist as I snuggle down into my office chair in delight. I am definitely purchasing this baby. My one piece of advice would be to go easy on the application. Its pretty strong and I have a feeling if over-sprayed – it can become nauseating – too much of a good thing. A simply complex delight.
Ptaxaslv – :
Only worn this once but from the opening blast I was hooked. It’s a simple vanilla coconut fragrance, there’s a small dash of oud in the background that helps to balance this and hold back the sweetness a bit. It also adds to the unisex appeal. Performance wise well it’s lasts and lasts. Doesn’t project too far but deffo a crowd pleaser had a compliment from both a female and male. The female commented 6 hrs after application. Very unisex and bottle worthy if purely just for the presentation. This line has my interest
sasha.zvonarev2011 – :
So interesting! So this is what oud must smell like. This is a very unique scent! A very friendly member sent me a decant of this yummy fragrance (thanks Mona-Jo, you da best! :D)
It first comes on as a woody, sort of mossy scent with a good punch of vanilla to sweeten it up just a tad. The wood/moss combo I’m guessing is the oud note, of which I haven’t tried before so I’m new to this. It’s softly sweet and a little bit resinous and spicy. After about 10-15 mins it dries down but I don’t find it evolved much, just sort of softened a bit, became rounder and filled itself out more. It envelopes you in a lovely woodsy and warm cloud, ever so slightly sweet with the vanilla. The vanilla also makes it kind of yummy. Later in the day I also pick up a light masculine green note in the background. This scent is easily unisex.
It’s pretty strong, it can be too much so if overdone (I used 2 sprays on each wrist), and has a good medium projection. It lasted a long time too, I sprayed it in the morning and am still getting it this evening, over 9 hours.