Soft 35ml Al Rehab Oriental Arabic Oud Musk Perfume

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I used to have Amarige when very young. I remember loving it very much. Lately I haven't even wanted to try it since the fume that I smell from the cap makes me recoil. When I first smelled this piece, I was quite sorry, because I bought it without previous trying and it was not quite something I expected.

This a seriously strong perfume. I've had it for over a week now, but after trying it a few times without being blown off my feet and disliking it intensely, I've put some on layered over Lattafa's Raghba Classic, just to 'ground' it a bit. It's been on 30 minutes now, and it's not wall-to-wall flowers , just gently floral, and I can smell the Raghba coming through, sweet and heavy. You have to know, this is very strong fragnance, gourmand, sweet and oriental. And its easy to be over-perfumed, again, when we talk about this bottle in the picture - only a half of a whole dose is enough. That doser gives quite a lot of a fragnance, so think about it.And yes, as someone previously mentioned, it is a lot like Poeme, if my memory serves me well. I can see me wearing this a lot. It’s fresh enough to smell young, but not cloying. It’s not sweet and not musky at all. It’s a generally non offensive scent that won’t bother anyone. However, it is unique! This is quite an accomplishment in my view. Most neuterally pleasing scents are rather generic, but not this one. It’s hard for me to define exactly what sets it apart, but if I had to name anything I would say perhaps the ozone. So... I dont know if I will continue playing around with Susan. I may. My Amarige is getting really low and I am not in a position to buy more at the moment. We'll see. This is my go-to choice when I can’t figure out what else to wear. It’s clean and I smell quite a bit of fresh ozone and a clean, nearly green floral. It’s not a perfume that projects very well, and people in your vicinity may remark on a good smell but I haven’t had anyone be able to pin it directly on me.

I've already put this comment under the oil. But since I suspect that most of them are looking for the scent here, I put my comment here as well. I'm not interested in trophies or anything. I just want my experience to reach as many people as possible :) . The nicest thing about many Arabian scents? Their layerability! Having the 'oud' note in common seems to help this considerably. Organdy is no exception. In place of the greens in Organza, this little darling contains oud! It's TRULY a middle eastern take on a classic. Sabaya has a distinctly feminine quality and yet isn’t the kind of scent that would prevent anyone from taking you seriously (and I wish that weren’t a thing, but oh well). But when I woke up after sampling this for the first time the evening before, I smelled a creamy, vanilla-infused musk instead of the cupcake-vanilla in Fantasy. More perfumey than the baked goods drydown of the original. I tried it two more times and always got the same result, in the final drydown Fantastic becomes its own fragrance. Later I have it on my skin, the more I like this fragnance (probably because flower tones are getting weaker and weaker).

Perfume oil Soft by Al Rehab

Susan is Friday nights in 1993 and is pure nostalgia in a tiny bottle. A powerhouse, but still, slightly gentler than its juggernaut of a sister; this won't harangue those Saturday morning hangovers when you're up for work at six even though you didn't get in til gone two. Something I definitely would have welcomed thirty (THIRTY?!?!) years ago. NB. I have re-applied this on it's own this afternoon, and I now know what it's about. I still get blown away by the opening, but after 10 minutes I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! (Sorry for the shout).

To the perfume: first feeling is caramel together with some citrus chords. Later it becomes more smoothy, "creamy" (if it can be said about this piece, well) and caramel becomes more and more beautiful. There are of course (expecially in the beginning) some flower tones, which probably makes that "enourmous feeling" on the beginning, when its mixed with caramel (and maybe a little bit chocolate - but in this time, cant help myself, but I feel white chocolate). And on my skin, after a few hours, there can be felt: soft and creamy caramel + a little bit of white chocolate + citruses. I also need to add I am not a huge fan of most florals as they fall flat and smell like a vase of wilted flowers with some mold thrown in on me.

Indeed very close to Britney Spears Fantasy, so this review is more of a comparison of these two. The opening is about the same, very bright, sweet and fruity with a tart kiwi note. I think the kiwi is a little more rounded and less sour than in Fantasy. I don't know about pre-reformulated Fantasy, if I ever smelled that it must have been over a decade ago. Fantastic is also a little more floral than Fantasy, but these are only minor differences, so I thought that Fantastic is pretty much just a dupe. there's a dozen of Al Rehab perfumes which I love and this is among them. BTW I have it in 35 mil spray bottle.