Marrakech

I quite liked this scent, despite expecting not to. I have an extremely low tolerance for hippies, hipsters and hypocrisy, which made me instantly suspicious of this scent and everything around it. The only reason I even contemplated entering an Aesop store we because I’d smelled an Aesop bathroom fragrance at a friend’s house and was surprised that it was both effective and pleasant. I guess if you’re not into oriental scents, you won’t like this. If you like aldehydes or sweet fragrances, you won’t like this. But for someone like me who enjoys oud based fragrances of all sorts, this was an extremely pleasant scent. It reminded me quite strongly of Montale’s Dark Aoud, which maybe some of the previous reviewers are not familiar with. My main criticisms are based around sillage and longevity. They could be better, especially the longevity. And when it’s $85 for 50ml, it’s a bit expensive to keep reapplying all day. Aside from that, it’s a beautiful scent that’s worth owning.

Had the occasion to smell it on a perfumed letter, very pleasant and warm scent, long lasting too!

In the beginning Marrakech is strong, herbal, and slightly spicy with notes of anise, cumin, coriander, cardamon and cloves. The anise note quickly fades away, leaving the sturdier, woodier spices along with a slightly floral-soapy note and a hint of patchouli. The overall impression is dry and transparent, like standing near a homemade soap and potpourri stand at an outdoor craft fair, the kind that sells rough-cut soap with lots of little bits of unidentifiable plant matter embedded in it. After an hour there’s not much left except patchouli. I like patchouli, so can’t complain about the drydown too much. It’s simple and straightforward, and reminds me of perfume that my mother used to wear. Patchouli always produces considerable sillage, so in this phase there’s a nice cloud of it floating all around me. Close to the skin I can still detect a hint of the dry spices and soap. The patchouli gradually fades away to oblivion over the course of about 3 hours. If Marrakech was meant to evoke a North African spice market, it misses the mark. It’s a pleasant, light scent that’s more evocative of a neo-hippie soapmaker who’s afraid to go full-out headshop or wanted to save money by skimping on the fragrance. I’m not impressed.

I suppose it was serendipity that I first tested this the day after I went to the Renaissance Fair; because that is exactly what it smells like. Doc Elly's review is spot on. At the Ren Fair, I was in a soap and lotion booth for awhile, since my daughter and her friend were enamoured of testing everything. I found myself dabbing on a bit of the "Juniper Sage" lotion and then I absolutely slathered my hands in the "Sandalwood" lotion. There were other similar booths and also many featuring incense and handmade wood and leather products. And that general smell; sandalwood with airy spices and herbs (a tad smokey) is kinda exactly what this perfume smells like. It's very much a hippie-ish essential oil sandalwood rather than the creamy Mysore soap variety but a light soapiness is present in the scent. It's a nice soft, dry cloud of scent; projects noticably for awhile and lasts about 4-5 hours.

I wanted to try this one since a while as I've read wonders about. Then I found a corner shop for Aesop and tried it. Well... I remember trying a body cream from Aesop many years ago that smelled like furniture wax polish. This Marrakesh smells like cardamom and that's all. On my skin the cardamom really peaks out and it's not unpleasant, but very monodimensional. Sandalwood (I hoped for this) not seen around. There is a patchouli vibe, not bad, but no creamy sandalwood. A very simple scent, not airy, good if you want to smell spicy and organic, but not very interesting out of any "organic" life style. Longlasting but poor sillage.

I made an effort just to go and sniff this at their shop in westborne grove and i wasn't disappointed. This is how I would imagine Marrakesh to smell like . I like it but to buy a bottle i need try it out a bit longer than just a sniff to see how it wears down. pity they don't do samples

Very strong and dry. Before ordering a test sample I thought this would bring more of an Arabian perfume formula to the table. I'm very happy that I didn't blind buy the whole bottle, as this fragrance is simply too intense, herby and spicy for my liking.

Mostly coriander to me. Not warm, but rather citrus-y. I can’t help but think of citronella.

This fragrance was just okay to me. I wasn't really into it right out of bottle and it didn't intrigue me throughout the day. It was - as expected - I guess you could say. It wasn't bad at all, it just didn't seem to develop on me and just was not very interesting overall.

It is very strong in its herbal clove notes. It felt like autumn to me, a dry autumn or end of very hot and dry summer - dry woods and such. Very earthy and dry.

This promised mystery and the Middle East, dry spices and desert. It absolutely did not deliver. Marrakech opens with a strong clove note, initially promising. But this scent mellows quickly to a fizzy cola smell and that's pretty much how it remains, though a delicate cardamom is noticeable. It's not unpleasant, just unexpected and unwanted. If I'm promised Middle Eastern spice market I don't want the spilled Coca Cola at a kids birthday party. The longer this wears the more a slightly fecal undertone grows, that remains however restrained. Disappointing. Hopefully I'll have better luck with Mystra.

This isn't bad. It has a very natural oil aromatic nature, and the spices are sweet, which I wasn't expecting - but as someone else did note, it almost becomes a spicy coke - a - cola. I like the spices, however sweet, though the clove initially is probably a bit much. Clove isn't my favourite scent. Have to say, would make a fabulous autumn or evening scent.

Hmmmm I think I will always love this.... My fave way to wear this is by layering with Officine Universelle Buly Huile Antique Scottish Lichen body oil. Divine combo that gives enchanted forest nymph nrg... ̊˖𓍢ִ໋`🌿

Nope, this does not smell like Marrakech at all, but that is because Marrakech smells mostly like petrol fumes and grilled meat. The fragrance itself is very dry spicy and pleasant, but nothing special.

I checked on Fragrance Net to see if they sell samples of this and Marrakech Intense but they don't have any perfumes.Does anyone know where I can find them ???

Very heavy cardamom note. Last for hours & is better to buy 10ml roller applicator as they do not do spray bottles.