It is sad that the Middle East is only associated with dupe brands when there are so many good and complex niche brands such as Amouage, Widian, Oman luxury, ojar etc
True I stopped buying designer fragrances a long time ago ,also I use dupes to learn about niche frags which are not really readily available in my country,watching from Botswana
Also the new again french avenue which are just a step above fragrance world..are royal blend .great for angel share.and royal blend Nero is a stronger take of khamrah..
I enjoyed this video, Noura. Some UA-camrs say nice things about free fragrances they receive and sometimes you can even tell from their facial expressions that they don’t like the perfume they are smelling!
I love your honest reviews instead of hyping every perfume!!! Very rare and extremely helpful 😀❤ I look forward to more middle eastern reviews; just subscribed!
Oh, no!!! I LOVE Musamam White Intense and it was delicious right out of the box! I also love layering it. I'm glad, though, that you posted this to weigh in!
From my subscribers reaction, it seems like a polarising scent... love or hate situation, but I do wonder if there are some different batches out there.
You’ve been killing it with your uploads lately! I appreciate your thoughtful, honest reviews and good fragrance content. I also enjoy your long-form videos that never get boring because of your interesting commentary. Keep up the excellent work 👍
Thank you for your honest thoughts. I've purchased a few Middle Eastern fragrances and they are just OK. In most cases I wish I had the original. At least I didn't spend a lot of money buying them.
Thanks Noura! I really appreciate your honesty. I own 3 inexpensive ME fragrances. Khair Pistachio, Khamrah & Le Bois Bois de Vanille. I really enjoy all 3, but the last one is the most refined.
I own about 40 MIddle Eastern fragrances and Mussamam white intense is the best one!! IIt smells incredible, it is better than most of my niche perfumes. My bottle didn’t need to maceration it was great from the very first sniff . I’ve watched many reviews on Mussamam white, you are the only influencer who didn’t like it .maybe you’ve got a fake bottle or bad badge.
Hi Noura, I have decluttered all but two of the Middle Eastern that I tried last year. That includes all three Yaras, Casablanca, Aswad, Asad, and Afnan Ornament. There are more! There is something in the composition of these fragrances that I just don’t like. The sweet top notes can’t quite cover that note up. I have a 15ml bottle of La Danza della Libellule arriving soon. I’m excited to try it! Thank you for this video.
Merci beaucoup pour vos très belles vidéos qui sont également instructives. Je vais peut-être opter pour l'original Khamra ou me tourner carrément vers les parfums Amouage. Très bonne continuation et très bonne journée à vous!❤❤❤❤❤
Some of my favorite Middle Eastern Scents are ones not often talked about, though I guess many of them came just before the ME fragrance mass popularity. I recommend Royal Blends Lattafa, Eternal Oud Lattafa and Fakhar Rose Lattafa. Montale Intense Tiare and Ristretto Intense Cafe are good (but Mocha Woods is a cheaper, good alternative to the latter), Sicily and Roses Vanilla for Mancera (though you may be sick of that profile by now-similar to the coffee ones I mentioned but without the coffee), Ajmal Sonnet, Mohra Silky Rose by Lattafa , Maison Alhambra Kismet Angel (better than Khamra, though you already have your AS dupe)Afnan Modest Deaux and Maison Alhambra Victoria Flower Orchid (though you may think it smells cheap. I'm probably not sophisticated enough to tell the difference, but have a sense this one may be one of the cheaper smelling ones.) I love it! Thanks for sharing your experience with these fragrances!
It's fantastic to hear your thoughts on Middle Eastern scents! Will definitely try to get at least some of them to test for my next video 🙏 Thanks for sharing your favorites!
Hi, Great review - I love your honest opinions when you give a facial expressions. I don’t have any of them except Eclair from Lattafa which is a like NOT a love for me. The parfum I love at first sniff 1 - Victor by khadlaj 2- Blooming Bliss by Afnan 3- Soirée by MAISON Asrar 4- Cherry Bouquet by Afnan 5- Angham by Lattafa 6- Khair Confection by Paris Corner
When I got Nebras I got disappointed because everyone was so excited about it. Great vanilla but nothing else. You are right l, there is something missing.
I really like how you express your dislike for some of these fragrances. My biggest regret was purchasing PARIS CORNER, KHAIR PISTACHIO which I find makes me nauseated. It smells weak and like fabric softener that you put in when you wash clothes. It is just awful! I agree with most of your observations though. I have only a few Middle Eastern fragrances that I truly like and one of them is Lataffa Eclaire. Most are hit and miss for me and the synthetic nature of some of the notes are too jarring.
I love musamam white and teriaq 😍 I prefer khamra qahwa to the OG. I don’t like Nebras, qaed fursan unlimited and the OG, the yum pistachio/the angel’s share /bianco latte dna. I have a lot of ME perfums and the most are great, but some are really a fail blind buy. The problem is you can’t find them in a store or decants. But I don’t want to buy any extreme designer ir niche perfumes anymore.
It's from a reliable retailer so I don't think so. I got a lot of comments actually that hate on the fragrance as well. It seems like a love-hate situation 🤷🏻♀️
I don't really gravitate towards gourmands, ambers or ouds, so Middle Eastern fragrances are not what I tend to look for. I did buy my husband Dirham by Ard Al Zaafaran. To me it smelled petrol like when it first arrived, but after sitting for several months it became better - a good everyday, masculine aromatic, without smelling too shower gel like. It has a bit of depth to it. But yes, I'm like you, I don't have time for all this "maceration" stuff. Great to hear your thoughts on these perfumes, and hear how their names are meant to be pronounced ❤
I didn't get the hype for musamam either. Like, at all! tried it several times, on paper, on skin,on clothes... it was so meh and so not special 😢 but on the other hand it made me decide to NEVER blind buy fragrances again 😂 i noticed I'm not into spicy fragrances since i had to declutter my Khamrah as well. The spicyness sadly give me masculine vibes. Sehr was just as unappealing to me it made me sad because i actually love that menacing bottle 😂
Your reviews are insightful and honest, thank you!!! I hope this helps someone avoid losing good money: Do NOT bother with Mocha from Fragrance World or Angelique from Riiffs. Fell for the hype reviews on these and they are *foul.* I was so disappointed and upset with myself. Mocha is a stomach turning synthetic hazelnut with stale rubbery cardamom tea. Angelique smells like Windex cleaner that has gone off, if you can imagine that. Do yourself a favor and hard pass on these two.
I totally agree with you re Musamann white intense. It is the most foul petvine I have ever smelled. It is ghastly and I threw it away it’s so repulsive. .
@nectariad6164 I bought it because it was hyped up by Paulina Scharr and the box looked do fabulous but I honestly think it’s the most foul smelling perfume I’ve out my nose on. It wasn’t yhst cheap either.
I totally agree Noura. Middle eastern perfumes are more than « cheap perfumes that are duping other brands »…. Infortunately people make this association in general .There’s a lot of middle eastern brand that are just top tier and no one talks about (and they are not cheap at all.. (for exemple Abdulsamad Al Qurashi, Arabian Oud, Ahmed Al Maghribi, Widian and so many more…). I’d love a video about those middle eastern houses ❤😘 thank you for your videos and your honesty, really appreciate that to be honest..
Can't bring myself to get into middle Eastern perfumes.... Guess the names bottles and all just don't make sense to me. They often seem to be described as strong and to me sound a bit offensive smelling
I agree with you, these hyped up Middle Eastern brands dupe popular Western fragrances😅so ironic..like be original and come up with your own combos😅plus they might be cheap but to be honest the quality is not there. Why buy 4 dupes when with the same amount of money you can get a good perfume from an indie brand and not smell generic😅I'm sorry but I rather save up my coins and get something of a better quality than buy a dupe and let it "macerate"😂
I have trust issues when it comes to middle eastern recommendations 😄 Most of the time I'd just go for the original, not the dupe. I feel like the nuances are not there. But I like when they release something of their own 🙂
It is sad that the Middle East is only associated with dupe brands when there are so many good and complex niche brands such as Amouage, Widian, Oman luxury, ojar etc
True I stopped buying designer fragrances a long time ago ,also I use dupes to learn about niche frags which are not really readily available in my country,watching from Botswana
I hope to do a video on those brands one day, but I still need to build a sample wardrobe of them.
Hi if you love zimaya and that general DNA . One of the best is one from french avenue a called enigma Deux..it's really nice .
Also the new again french avenue which are just a step above fragrance world..are royal blend .great for angel share.and royal blend Nero is a stronger take of khamrah..
Yes, I'm so glad you filmed this one for the second time. Thank you
You are so welcome! Thank you for your patience 🙏
I enjoyed this video, Noura. Some UA-camrs say nice things about free fragrances they receive and sometimes you can even tell from their facial expressions that they don’t like the perfume they are smelling!
Totally get what you mean! You can almost see them mentally preparing for the awkward “I love it!” moment! Thanks for watching! 😊
I love your honest reviews instead of hyping every perfume!!! Very rare and extremely helpful 😀❤ I look forward to more middle eastern reviews; just subscribed!
Oh, no!!! I LOVE Musamam White Intense and it was delicious right out of the box! I also love layering it. I'm glad, though, that you posted this to weigh in!
From my subscribers reaction, it seems like a polarising scent... love or hate situation, but I do wonder if there are some different batches out there.
@@mywaynoura Maybe so!
Love these reviews. Thank you 😊
Thank you for watching 🙏
appreciate your no BS approach :) I hope you will review banana bliss and speculoos tiramisu by pairs corner at some point
Noted!
I love the honesty. New sub
Thanks for the sub!
You’ve been killing it with your uploads lately! I appreciate your thoughtful, honest reviews and good fragrance content. I also enjoy your long-form videos that never get boring because of your interesting commentary. Keep up the excellent work 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the content and finding it valuable. Your support means a lot!
Thank you for your honest thoughts. I've purchased a few Middle Eastern fragrances and they are just OK. In most cases I wish I had the original. At least I didn't spend a lot of money buying them.
Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s always a journey finding the right fragrance that resonates with us.
Junoon Noir - Al Haramain (Dama Bianca Dupe) was one of the few, which impressed me quality wise
Have to check this one for my next video 🙏 Thank you for sharing!
Your honesty made me subscribe right away! I love u!
Thank you for subscribing 🥰
Just subscribed. Finally someone who tells the truth!!! Thank you!
Thank you for subscribing 🙏
Top picks: Lattafa Ansaam Gold, Khamrah, Liam Grey, Nebras, Tharwah Gold. Swiss Arabian Casablanca. Paris Corner Rifaaqat. Maison Alhambra Leonie Intense.
Thank you for sharing 🙏 will try to check them!
Musamam is everything n more! Its going to be a staple i have forever
Fursan Unlimited is delightful !!
Hey friend!🙋🏻♀️🥰🥰🥰🥰 I definitely agree with you that Sharaf blend smells sooo good🙌🏻🤓
It's so good! I'm totally in love 😍
Thanks Noura! I really appreciate your honesty. I own 3 inexpensive ME fragrances. Khair Pistachio, Khamrah & Le Bois Bois de Vanille. I really enjoy all 3, but the last one is the most refined.
Thanks for sharing!!
I own about 40 MIddle Eastern fragrances and Mussamam white intense is the best one!! IIt smells incredible, it is better than most of my niche perfumes. My bottle didn’t need to maceration it was great from the very first sniff . I’ve watched many reviews on Mussamam white, you are the only influencer who didn’t like it .maybe you’ve got a fake bottle or bad badge.
Thanks for sharing! I will purchase it again and hope for the best 🤞
I’m loving Eclaire as well!
what is the fragrance which resembles essence of casablanca?
It's La Danza D'elle Libellule from Nobile 1942
Hi Noura,
I have decluttered all but two of the Middle Eastern that I tried last year. That includes all three Yaras, Casablanca, Aswad, Asad, and Afnan Ornament. There are more!
There is something in the composition of these fragrances that I just don’t like. The sweet top notes can’t quite cover that note up.
I have a 15ml bottle of La Danza della Libellule arriving soon. I’m excited to try it!
Thank you for this video.
Thank you for sharing and I hope you are enjoying your bottle of la Danza delle Libellule 🥰
Good to know im not alone with Musamam white intense. It was a bleah for me and i did not smell any coconut in it
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Merci beaucoup pour vos très belles vidéos qui sont également instructives. Je vais peut-être opter pour l'original Khamra ou me tourner carrément vers les parfums Amouage.
Très bonne continuation et très bonne journée à vous!❤❤❤❤❤
Some of my favorite Middle Eastern Scents are ones not often talked about, though I guess many of them came just before the ME fragrance mass popularity. I recommend Royal Blends Lattafa, Eternal Oud Lattafa and Fakhar Rose Lattafa. Montale Intense Tiare and Ristretto Intense Cafe are good (but Mocha Woods is a cheaper, good alternative to the latter), Sicily and Roses Vanilla for Mancera (though you may be sick of that profile by now-similar to the coffee ones I mentioned but without the coffee), Ajmal Sonnet, Mohra Silky Rose by Lattafa , Maison Alhambra Kismet Angel (better than Khamra, though you already have your AS dupe)Afnan Modest Deaux and Maison Alhambra Victoria Flower Orchid (though you may think it smells cheap. I'm probably not sophisticated enough to tell the difference, but have a sense this one may be one of the cheaper smelling ones.) I love it! Thanks for sharing your experience with these fragrances!
It's fantastic to hear your thoughts on Middle Eastern scents! Will definitely try to get at least some of them to test for my next video 🙏 Thanks for sharing your favorites!
thank you very much!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the content.
I definitely don’t get “pistachio gelato” from Khair pistachio. It’s more like a marshmallow milkshake for me🤓
That sounds good actually 😅
Loved my Qaed al Fursan Unlimited, but i do enjoy sweet fragrances like givenchy’s irresistible and giorgio armani’s my way so it’s as expected.
Hi,
Great review - I love your honest opinions when you give a facial expressions. I don’t have any of them except Eclair from Lattafa which is a like NOT a love for me.
The parfum I love at first sniff
1 - Victor by khadlaj
2- Blooming Bliss by Afnan
3- Soirée by MAISON Asrar
4- Cherry Bouquet by Afnan
5- Angham by Lattafa
6- Khair Confection by Paris Corner
Thank you so much for sharing 🙏
When I got Nebras I got disappointed because everyone was so excited about it. Great vanilla but nothing else. You are right l, there is something missing.
Thank for sharing 🥰
I really like how you express your dislike for some of these fragrances. My biggest regret was purchasing PARIS CORNER, KHAIR PISTACHIO which I find makes me nauseated. It smells weak and like fabric softener that you put in when you wash clothes. It is just awful! I agree with most of your observations though. I have only a few Middle Eastern fragrances that I truly like and one of them is Lataffa Eclaire. Most are hit and miss for me and the synthetic nature of some of the notes are too jarring.
Thank you sharing your thoughts 🙏 🥰
I love musamam white and teriaq 😍 I prefer khamra qahwa to the OG. I don’t like Nebras, qaed fursan unlimited and the OG, the yum pistachio/the angel’s share /bianco latte dna. I have a lot of ME perfums and the most are great, but some are really a fail blind buy. The problem is you can’t find them in a store or decants. But I don’t want to buy any extreme designer ir niche perfumes anymore.
Thanks for sharing!! And I agree about the sample and decant problem 😤
Hi Noura 😊 I love Musamam white intense 😂 hope yours wasn’t a fake since you hated it so much 😮
It's from a reliable retailer so I don't think so. I got a lot of comments actually that hate on the fragrance as well. It seems like a love-hate situation 🤷🏻♀️
I agree with you on that maceration process stuff it just don't make no sense I'm not holding perfume
Love teriaq❤ sharaf blend❤essence of casablanca.
I don't really gravitate towards gourmands, ambers or ouds, so Middle Eastern fragrances are not what I tend to look for.
I did buy my husband Dirham by Ard Al Zaafaran. To me it smelled petrol like when it first arrived, but after sitting for several months it became better - a good everyday, masculine aromatic, without smelling too shower gel like. It has a bit of depth to it. But yes, I'm like you, I don't have time for all this "maceration" stuff.
Great to hear your thoughts on these perfumes, and hear how their names are meant to be pronounced ❤
Also, I agree with your conclusion. Amouage is in a class of its own
Thank you for sharing your experience! It’s always great to hear different perspectives on fragrances, especially when they evolve over time!
I didn't get the hype for musamam either. Like, at all! tried it several times, on paper, on skin,on clothes... it was so meh and so not special 😢 but on the other hand it made me decide to NEVER blind buy fragrances again 😂 i noticed I'm not into spicy fragrances since i had to declutter my Khamrah as well. The spicyness sadly give me masculine vibes. Sehr was just as unappealing to me it made me sad because i actually love that menacing bottle 😂
Thanks for sharing!!
Your reviews are insightful and honest, thank you!!!
I hope this helps someone avoid losing good money: Do NOT bother with Mocha from Fragrance World or Angelique from Riiffs. Fell for the hype reviews on these and they are *foul.* I was so disappointed and upset with myself. Mocha is a stomach turning synthetic hazelnut with stale rubbery cardamom tea. Angelique smells like Windex cleaner that has gone off, if you can imagine that. Do yourself a favor and hard pass on these two.
Thank you so much for sharing 🥰 🙏
Caramel cascade opens up with a mushroom smell 😊😖
I totally agree with you re Musamann white intense. It is the most foul petvine I have ever smelled. It is ghastly and I threw it away it’s so repulsive. .
Agree, it's terrible
@nectariad6164
I bought it because it was hyped up by Paulina Scharr and the box looked do fabulous but I honestly think it’s the most foul smelling perfume I’ve out my nose on. It wasn’t yhst cheap either.
So we aren't alone
@@HeatherAbbott-bd3cm yeah me too
It's so refreshing to find someone who agrees with me about Musammam White Intense. I almost thought there something wrong with my nose!
I love Kismet Magic precisely because it is lighter than Angel’s Share, which was too boozy for me.
Thank you for sharing 🙏 and I get it... it is more versatile also compared to Angel's Share 😊
I totally agree Noura. Middle eastern perfumes are more than « cheap perfumes that are duping other brands »…. Infortunately people make this association in general .There’s a lot of middle eastern brand that are just top tier and no one talks about (and they are not cheap at all.. (for exemple Abdulsamad Al Qurashi, Arabian Oud, Ahmed Al Maghribi, Widian and so many more…). I’d love a video about those middle eastern houses ❤😘 thank you for your videos and your honesty, really appreciate that to be honest..
Thank you 🥰
I also do not like Sehr by Lattafa 😅
Maybe you don’t get the notes that most of people gets because you don’t have a noise (kindly said ❤)
Can't bring myself to get into middle Eastern perfumes.... Guess the names bottles and all just don't make sense to me. They often seem to be described as strong and to me sound a bit offensive smelling
I agree with you, these hyped up Middle Eastern brands dupe popular Western fragrances😅so ironic..like be original and come up with your own combos😅plus they might be cheap but to be honest the quality is not there. Why buy 4 dupes when with the same amount of money you can get a good perfume from an indie brand and not smell generic😅I'm sorry but I rather save up my coins and get something of a better quality than buy a dupe and let it "macerate"😂
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I have trust issues when it comes to middle eastern recommendations 😄 Most of the time I'd just go for the original, not the dupe. I feel like the nuances are not there. But I like when they release something of their own 🙂
Totally agree!
Oh first impressions, how unhelpful they are…
Loved my Qaed al Fursan Unlimited, but i do enjoy sweet fragrances like givenchy’s irresistible and giorgio armani’s my way so it’s as expected.