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.”

I regularly keep palo santo in my home and I love the smell, and I also love lightning sweet candles. This parfume is giving me this perfect mix of beautiful palo santo, to me its very prominent and vanilla. Its sophisticated from the first sniff, as of now its more of a skin scent so I can't wait to see what it will become after 1 month. The more it sits on the skin, the woodier and sweeter it gets, but right now im not getting much caramel. This is an all year round parfume! I will update in a month

Blooming bliss has quickly become my special occasions scent. It opens with some undisclosed fruity, which stays for the entirety of the life of the fragrance but is subdued by a sweet, creamy, airy and fluffy coconut, vanilla and soft caramel combo. Then there is the creamy and slightly nutty Sandalwood. It has a pervasive tropical vibe i love. I find to be extremely long lasting (over 12 hours) with massive projection. This always gets me compliments.

Absolutely gorgeous 😍 I'm beyond thrilled with this. It took me a hell of a long time to get my grubby mitts on this but I'm so glad I persevered. I had to sell my backup bottle of Vanilla Powder and this has stepped in and helped ease the agony until it can be replaced. But when I do BB will not be cast aside. Nope. Not even the outlandishly ridiculous bottle will keep me from loving and appreciating it. Ma belle rose laide!

Blooming Bliss.. It is Sweet, Playful, Youthful. It smells like vanilla, sugary, candy like but not overly sweet still enjoyable especially on woman. Performance long lasting as the price. Office scent is okay but not sweating activities. I'll let my wife use this fragrance 🫶🏻 *If i have one :( Rate? 9/10 ✨

Very approved!! And even it worth a backup bottle🤗 I loved , yes the resemblance with Vanilla Powder is 70% to 80% . I'm very glad I got this. ❤️❤️❤️ Vanilla Powder is my favorite fragrance between all my 124 perfumes ❤️❤️❤️

I love this fragrance and I can’t speak on if it smells like vanilla powder or not cause I’ve not had my nose on that but this was a love at first sniff and I intend to gatekeep it 😔😔 I’m sorry.

I’m love this. It’s sweet vanilla, but not overpowering. It’s comforting and sexy at the same time. A definite compliment getter. It projects well and lasts at least 8 hours on me.

afnan's dupes have been pretty hit or miss for me and this isn't a faitful recreation of vanilla powder for me personally. i have owned a 10ml sampler in the past and i can tell you right off the bat that vanilla powder is a lot thicker and sweeter. blooming bliss is a lot airier and muskier. like a LOT muskier. i'd say this is more of a musk fragrance then a vanilla fragrance. Vanilla powder smells like sweet sugar cookies while blooming bliss is your every day kind of light vanilla fragrance that's pretty inofensive. they do not compare.

Best vanilla fragrance ive ever had in my life!! But it took 2 months and half to get rid of the famous synthetic smell afnan fragrance have before maceration is established. Longevity and projection are beast, I’m amazed ; i know a fragrance will always be part of my collection if each time applying it, im already thinking of another backup bottle. Edit : i never tried vanilla powder edp, but i got the extrait version (new one). And just to say, this version is IDENTICAL. But Afnan’s one overperforms the extrait one from Matiere Premiere

Blooming Bliss sits in the soft, creamy, gourmand-comfort corner of a fragrance collection. It fits the same emotional profile as your favourite winter sweater or a quiet evening ritual that makes you feel relaxed or soothed. A comfort scent is exactly where Souvenir Blooming Bliss shines, because every part of its structure is engineered to wrap you. It’s warm, creamy, and softly sweet in a way that settles around you like a blanket. It’s the kind of fragrance that feels like it’s meant for you, not for the room.

Okay, a wrote a review here before but changed my mind. I just went to the luxury fragrance boutique with my bottle of blooming bliss in my bag. I compared it to vanilla powder and holy... they’re identical. The bottle only has 1/3 left but macerating has helped it tremendously. Vanilla powder is still a bit smoother but the scent is pretty much IDENTICAL!

A much softer version. I actually find this to be more coconut than the OG, particularly in the dry down. It's definitely not as potent, and certainly not 1:1, but it's a nice fragrance nonetheless. Khadlaj Fursan White is closer to the OG, in my opinion.

It’s nice, pretty unisex leaning. Reminds me a lot of Imperiale Peacock by Alexandre.J. Musky, woody, nutty and a little sweet and powdery. Comforting in some ways and a little unusual to my nose.

This is very close to Vanilla Powder. It’s in my latest video Dupe vs Original on YouTube. Look me up “Rose Ayala Perfume Addict”😉

So nobody realize this is ELDO the ghost in the shell? It is not caramel but lactonic flowery.