Souvenir Blooming Bliss

Arabic perfumes can be soooo hit or miss (usually a miss) they get your hopes up and either they don’t perform, they don’t evolve or they just smell ehh. Every so often you find one that’s niche, or high designer worthy!! THIS? Is a KEEPER!! It’s not spot on BUT, it’s very very close and I have a feeling with a month of maceration (I don’t think it will need long) it’s going to develop what I can smell is the coconut but it’s light and the vanilla waiting to pop!! They’re all there the notes, the palo santo is what I smell the most atm then the coconut but it’s a light coconut NOT sunscreen at all! And the vanilla is there this is simple...but really lovely and a man or woman would get away this!! I’ve been waiting over a year after smelling vanilla powder, for a dupe!! And thinking no one would make it (it seems like Arabic houses do the same stuff over and over like 100 my ways or libre or oud) so I was thrilled when I heard there are two out!! I think the other one is a Lattafa and then there’s this! TikTok was pushing the slightly cheaper Lattafa (so I went against that!! Ha I don’t trust TikTok) and the second reason I also chose this? Was the other one didn’t have palo santo listed and this one does! And palo santo was a note I wanted it’s what makes vanilla powder special....so I chose this I honestly think that a little bit of maceration not that long and I think even warmer weather? Might really make this blossom!! Also I noticed it’s much sweeter ON clothing than on skin! So far ... So if you like wood? You’ll like this! This is a love of a blind buy!! Someone mentioned below they get booze? I don’t at all. Someone mentioned below no coconut, it is there but it’s faint I truly think macerate this a few weeks!! I think it’s just got to breathe a bit!

I just had this delivered to me as a late birthday gift from my brother, as my birthday was last week. Oh my God! This is the vanilla fragrance that I have been looking for ALL MY LIFE! Souvenir Blooming Bliss is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. Completely mesmerizing. It's sweet with a hint of coconut. But that vanilla? Good Lord. I can't stop sniffing my hands. I have a feeling my mother will attempt to share this with me, so I have to hide this anytime I am leaving the house. This is for that IT girl who likes to look and feel good. Of course, smelling good comes naturally to her. I feel like this will work for both day and night. Hot or cold weather. Work, play, and in-between. Because it's an Arab perfume, I am sure it is also going to macerate. I can't wait to see what it turns into then. If you can get your hands on this, please do.

Don't be fooled by the bottle adorned with a rose bouquet! This fragrance has nothing to do with rose notes. It's a clone that surpasses the original Vanilla Powder by Matiere Premiere. On my dry skin, it comes across as much sweeter and has less dry sandalwood than the original. The key difference with Blooming Bliss lies in the combination of Palo Santo, Caramel and Coconut, which creates a slightly floral sweet accord opening. This eventually evolves into a beautifully sweet, somewhat light powdery vanilla and sandalwood dry-down. The balance is so remarkable that it elevates the fragrance to a more sophisticated vanilla scent. Definitely a must have type of fragrance. Updated on 04/01/2025

It is an absolute wonder to sniff, it's a beautiful vanilla-coco mixture with some woodiness. But for the untrained nose like mine, it smells exactly the same as Khadlaj's Fursan White. I far prefer Fursan's bottle, Souvenir Blooming Bliss is strange to say the least. Some people will love the uniqueness of the design and will want to display it I guess. Let's see what a good few months of maturation do to both of those. But unlike most ME perfumes, this one performs well straight out of the box so it can only get better!

At first spray, I honestly thought this fragrance was a total miss. it just smelled like straight alcohol. But once it dried down, everything changed. The scent that emerged was smooth, addictive, and had me constantly sniffing my arm. It really needs time to show its true character. Projection is solid without being too much. A lot of people say it smells like vanilla powder, which I get, but to me it also has a vibe similar to Punk Motel by Coreterno. It went from “what is this?” to “wow, this is actually so good.”