9 PM Night Out

Opening ---------- Right from the start, the fragrance hits with serious intensity. It’s extremely sweet, very strong, and clearly woody. In terms of sweetness, it can easily compete with Lattafa Khamrah. The first impression is almost overwhelming. It fills the entire room and can feel a bit too much at first. The vibe is heavy, slightly party-like, even a bit suffocating, almost like being at a gypsy wedding. Thankfully, after about 10 to 15 minutes, it starts to calm down and becomes much more wearable. The opening can be off-putting, but it’s worth giving it some time. Drydown ---------- As it develops, the composition settles and becomes far more enjoyable. Notes of toffee, cardamom, and akigalawood become clearly noticeable. The cardamom adds a touch of freshness that helps balance the heavy sweetness, making the scent feel less overwhelming. Once fully developed, it strongly reminds me of a sweeter, woodier version of Azzaro The Most Wanted EDP, with added nuances of cognac, dragon fruit, and apple. Compared to Azzaro, this feels less smooth and more raw due to the stronger woody presence, but it makes up for it with a more intense sweetness. Azzaro comes across as slightly fresher and more refined, while this leans more direct and party-oriented. There’s also a subtle powdery touch throughout. The scent feels energetic rather than calming. That sweet aura makes it quite addictive and something you want to keep smelling. Overall, it leaves a very positive impression, as long as you get past the opening. Performance -------------- Longevity is very good. It lasts a long time on the skin, although it eventually sits closer to it. Projection could be slightly stronger, but it’s still solid overall. Application is crucial here. Overspraying completely ruins the experience. It can turn the scent overly bitter and suffocating. It’s best to spray from a bit more distance and avoid hitting the same spot multiple times, as that tends to bring out unpleasant woody-bitter notes. Versatility ----------- This is best suited for cooler autumn and winter days, but it can also work on spring or summer evenings. It shines most in the evening, especially in romantic or party settings. For daily wear, it might be a bit too heavy unless applied very lightly. It gives off the vibe of a well-dressed man in a suit, but with a younger, more playful and nightlife-oriented edge. It’s less refined than Azzaro, but more direct and seductive. Overall Impression --------------------- My first experience with it was actually negative, mainly due to overspraying, which brought out harsh and bitter notes. When used properly, though, it reveals a completely different side and can be surprisingly good. It’s a very well-executed fragrance within its category. Maybe not as refined or polished as Azzaro The Most Wanted EDP, but still very enjoyable and definitely worth checking out. For the price, it performs really well. Alternatives ------------- If you like this style but want something more refined and cohesive, Azzaro The Most Wanted Eau de Parfum is the natural choice. It’s essentially the older, more polished brother of this fragrance. It feels smoother, more balanced, and more elegant overall. The sweetness is better controlled, and the opening is less aggressive. That said, if you’re after something bolder, more direct, and more party-oriented, Afnan is the more interesting option. Both fragrances share a very similar structure but aim for slightly different vibes. Final Thoughts ---------------- This is a fragrance that needs a bit of time to show its full potential. The opening is over the top and can be discouraging, but it quickly improves. If you’re looking for a sweet, evening fragrance with a strong, party-like character, it’s definitely worth trying. Just be careful with the application, as it’s very easy to overdo. Rating ------- 8.5/10

Always sample before buying and save yourself $$$ on wasted blind buys :) If anyone's interested in a sample at the best price check it out at my website: Decantified.com we have them all! ---- thank you! Here is my honest review for Fragrantica: I'm going to make this review short, sweet and to the point. It all started when I sprayed this fragrance yesterday while making a unboxing video. Sprayed it 3 times into the air. Next morning my entire house smelled like this fragrance. I'm talking about even on the second floor it smelled like Night Out... Longevity is easily 12+ hours. I showered 10 hours after I applied and I could still smell it in the AIR after I showered. I literally cant scrub this fragrance off lol. As for Projection, I put on 4 sprays today. I could smell it through a jacket I threw on 5 hours later.. scent bubble might be close to 6 hours of fairly strong projection. Aventus kind of projection, and then a small scent bubble for another couple hours. It's ridiculous. As for the fragrance itself. It's supposed to be similar to Wanted Elixir. But I also think I heard this is Afnan's own creation. I don't have the OG to compare. But this leans a little fruity on the opening. It reminds me of so many fragrances, yet I can't put my finger on it. Hawas? 9pm? La Beau JPG, 9pm Rebel. It's a very familiar scent. Even though it's "new" scent, I feel like it's also a combination of others. There's some freshness coming in on the opening from the lavender, apple, and bergamot but the cognac is very present in a balanced way. Giving it some spicy sweetness. Not like Royal blend where it's stronger liqueur smell. It's very warm, sweet and spicy. You can feel a tropical kind of gourmand in the back ground. As it dry's down it gets better and better. The freshness gives away a little to some slight leather notes mixed with a strong resinous woody and amber accords. There is certainly a lot of depth in this fragrance. I instantly recognize the cognac, toffee, Cardamom, Suede, and tonka bean. I would assume the apple and bergamot are giving the fruity twist this has. They say Pitahaya is in the notes. I work with those fruits and I know for a fact that Pitahaya does not have a smell lol. Perhaps they meant to say the flower, so they should clarify that if that's the case because I do get a strong fruity smell I can't recognize. The dry down get's a little smoky and more gourmand, I really enjoyed that part. The juice itself is great quality just like most Afnan's fragrances. The bottle feels great in hand. Lots of texture to it, feels like a combination of some type of rock and snake skin. Cap is very heavy, bottle feels good quality. No issues with leaking, and the atomizer sprays tremendous amounts. Don't really see anything plastic or cheap about this and it's a unique design/ rating 8.7/10 Conclusion It's a great fragrance. This may even become some peoples favorite. For me personally, even though I like it, I wouldn't place it in my top 20... but I do have 500 bottles. It may find a place in my 20's which is not too bad at all. It's a little too heavy so be careful as a lot of people might find this overwhelming. NOT office safe. Better suited for colder temperature. I would highly recommend sampling this before buying because of how strong it is. The quality is very high. This definitely leans more masculine, I would say 70/30. But it's still unisex. Happy smelling!

I just got my bottle two days ago in the mail, and I am thoroughly impressed! Until now, I had only owned the original 9pm, and have tested out decants of the other flankers. The other 9pm flankers didn't impress me enough to buy a bottle. They were all good, but simply didn't inspire any purchases. 9pm Night Out, however, is a different situation. The middle eastern houses have come a very, very, long way in terms of improving the quality of their products. Admittedly, many years ago, I was railing against them. But, over the past two years, I can honestly say they have changed my mind. While this recent release feels like a mash-up of several other designer fragrances, I would still consider this an original creation. If you put 9pm Night Out in a popular designer house bottle (and slapped a $100 price tag on it), the entire online community and retail fragrance counter associates would all be clamoring over this release. 9pm Night Out is a modern, sweet-fruity fragrance with a bit of freshness. At the start, a colorful fruit mix hits you, along with quite a bit of lavender. In the middle, it becomes sweet and slightly spicy, with a soft leather feel. In the end, a warm, vanilla sweetness with dry wood lingers. The fact that this fragrance is so well blended and evolves from the top, mid, and base shows that Afnan is taking things to the next level. Hiring two well-regarded perfumers to design this release has paid off big time, and the investment shows! The scent profile is absolutely addicting, my gf couldn't get enough of this one. She must have smelled me 4 or 5 times last night and said how good I smelled each time lol! The performance is also top notch. My bottle was manufactured in February, so it has had some time to settle and mature. I have gotten no less than 12 hours of noticeable performance on my skin and clothes. I could even smell it on my pillow the next morning and on my skin while the hot shower water started to hit it. The projection is also very strong. I'm not sure if it is quite a room filler. But I can tell it's grabbing noses from 4-5 feet away from me for the first 4 hours or so. Anyone complaining about performance has completely destroyed their olfactory system from massively overspraying everything for years. For best time/occasion to wear: I think this is definitely best suited for evening wear. Not to say you couldn't wear this during the day, I just might spray this for an afternoon out as well. I wouldn't wear this to work though, if you did, it would need to be just 1-2 sprays on your chest before you put on a shirt. For seasons, I honestly believe this can be worn in the evening for all four seasons. The only time during the summer I would not want to wear this would be on a hot/humid evening outdoors. For daytime wear, this could easily be worn during the cooler months. Finally, when it comes to price, you just can't beat this. I was able to pick up a tester bottle on Frangranceshop for $32.00, but you can get the full presentation for $40 if you look around. Even at the full presentation price, I would say $40 is well worth it. You are not going to find anything else like this for $40 currently. If you're patient, I'm pretty sure the average price of this will drop to the low $30 range in a few months, which is par for the course when it comes to Afnan and other middle eastern brands.

I got this in a few days ago and it's very nice. The hype behind this is justified in my opinion. I wondered how well they could execute the fantasy Dragon fruit accord and they have managed to capture it perfectly. The opening of this fragrance is mouth wateringly juicy! But the dragon fruit doesn't last more than 10 minutes, then you get an overdose of Ambrofix, Akigalawood, apple and congac. Those are the main players here. If you smell it and take away the fruitiness and the smoky Akigalawood then you can easily see the heavy resemblance between the Ambrofix and vanilla overdose used in MYSLF and MYSLF Le Parfum. That's what they started with on this fragrance, but they took that clean laundry vibe and made it into a blatant sexually driven fragrance for dates and clubbing. I can't say that they didn't do a great job because they did. But the performance is overrated here with me getting no more than 8 hours, which is still well above average. Projection is room filling for the first hour and drops quickly until hour 3 where it's close to the skin for the remaining 5 hours. The longer it's on your skin the woodier and smokier it gets. I personally prefer the opening here, but I've read several reviews that prefer the scent from mid to base. It's just a personal preference I suppose. It's a darn good fragrance though, and I definitely think it's going to pull plenty of compliments and work great for dates and clubbing. If you like fragrances such as Ultra Male, Scandal Absolu and Victory Elixir/Absolu then this one is easily blind buy safe and probably has the best scent profile of all of them, just not the best performance. That would be a close tie between Victory Elixir and Scandal Absolu.

Found at burlington today for 39.99, was done buying frags but def couldn't help but get this because the original 9pm is fantastic. Will do a wear test for this soon. Edit: Very well blended fragrance! Its nothing ground breaking as it reminds me of quite of few designer frags just mashed together but its still definitely its own thing. Right off the top I get a fruity, but very unusual type (in a good way) of fruitiness. This is most definitely the dragon fruit (with the bergamont and apple acting to support the dragon fruit rather than be smelt individually) and its prominent for the first few hours. Same could be said for the lavender which chills in the background throughout most this scent. The cognac I get too but its not that boozy at all of a frag. As it dries, more of the darker elements come out. The frag, while sweet, isnt that sweet at all, I wouldn't even describe this as a sweet frag, I would say its just thats its fruity sweet in the same way that Forever Wanted Elixir is fruity sweet in the opening. Definitely not overly sweet. This sweetness gets darker and less fruity as the fragrence as a whole gets darker. This doesn't remind me of Le beau, kinda invokes images of Forever Wanted Elixir if anything and the original 9pm as well. But its no where near as sweet or synthetic as the original 9pm. Far more mature and classy to my nose on my skin. I preferbthe original 9pm over this but this is for more versatile. Any occasion and any season, night time leaning. Projects pretty nicely and is long lasting fresh out the box. More woody than I expected though but still very good. If you only was able to get one 9pm, this would be what I recommend. Most mass appealing one.