I used to be obsessed with Carolina Herrera’s 212 Men in high school and so when I saw Maison Alhambra’s inspiration for it, it was an easy add to cart. No. 2 Men is a hot, humid summer friendly freshie that smells slighly sweet, fresh, green. grassy and citrusy in […]
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When the weather is hot and humid, I tend to avoid sweet fragrances as they get easily cloying on my skin. I have over 100 bottles of perfumes and here are my hot, humid summer friendly picks. Video, Transcript and Other Videos Below For men we have Fragrance World’s Brown […]
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For the longest time, I’ve been avoiding Blue Royale by MyPerfumes ’cause it looked like something I’d already have in my collection but the Black Friday sales bug bit and I gave in. This is easily my best blind buy of 2024. In the opening, Blue Royale smells fresh spicy […]
If you’re not a fan of dusty earthy patchouli as well as the Bacarrat Rouge 540 DNA, Zimaya’s Red Carpet Paragon will most likely not sit well with you. This stunner is inspired by Parfums de Marly Kalan and for some reason, it’s controversial. It’s a sweet, creamy, super fresh […]
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My thirst for Rasasi Shuhrah for men made me get Arabiyat Intense Oud by @_arabiyat. The notes for the perfume according to the brand’s official website include Bergamot, Caramel, Musk and Patchouli but I barely get any of these notes. Arabiyat Intense Oud opens smelling like soapy, musky, smoky, incensey, mossy […]
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This is one perfume I’ve been on the fence about because whilst people kept saying it was duping Idole by Lancome, a few testers out there said it wasn’t doing that. I finally decided to get it and see for myself, and I actually love it. Glossy opens sweet, fizzy, […]
I’ve had Lattafa’s Mazaaji for over 2 years and for a while I was kinda in love with it but not anymore It opens with a blast of sweet jasmine, orange blossom and vanilla and almost immediately starts turning creamy and lactonic. This is meant to be a rose forward […]
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I bought Maison Alhambra’s Precious Gold because it was about half the price of Lattafa’s Yara Moi. Both perfumes are said to be duping Marc Jacob’s Perfect Intense. Precious Gold opens like a sweet, creamy, woody melon and what smells like a ylang-ylang accord. I get a bit of earthy […]
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Maison Alhambra Encode Blue just misses the mark for me. Thankfully the perfume it’s trying to dupe has issues too so…. According to folks at Fragrantica, Maison Alhambra’s Encode Blue is a dupe for Mont Blanc’s Explorer Ultra Blue. It opens airy, fresh, blue, floral, aromatic and somewhat zesty with […]
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Purple Oud by Arabiyat Prestige is such a beautiful, sexy, masculine scent. In the opening, it’s giving sweet, powdery, musky citrus, woods, creamy coconuts and lavender with mentholated tobacco leaf and leather coming in within a few minutes. For interested parties, the creamy coconut accord smells like both the flesh […]
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