Shahoor Elixir

I personally do not like devotion. I owned both Lattafa Victoria and Shahoor Elixir before I ever got my nose on devotion. There is something about devotion that just doesn't do it for me and smells off BUT the other two are amazing. Do you need both victoria and shahoor elixir? No. HOWEVER, they are very much similar but not exactly the same to my nose. I find Victoria to be a little creamier, softer and a little bit of a confectioners sugar powderiness compared to Shahoor Elixir's ever so slightly more zesty and bright opening. Both give an amazing creamy, dreamy lemon pound cake with a vanilla glaze on top with a touch of lemon zest to round it all out. Absolutely amazing fragrances. I saw someone compare it to Al-Rehab Soft but the only thing they really have in common is a lemon note. Al-Rehab Soft is like a candied lemon with a bubblegum/cotton candy sweetness and a drizzle of caramel and a kiss of vanilla.

/THIS IS GOOD, BUT NOT A GOOD DUPE FOR LIRA/ Lira has fresher citrus notes and is smoother. This one is really good. It is super gourmand for the most part. I saw that another review said that the orange blossom can be overwhelming, and that is sometimes the case for me as well. Not all of the time on my skin. Kinda weird. Sometimes it's more lemon cakey and others it's heavy orange blossom, but it's good either way. I just prefer the lemon dominant version. (I went hard with Love Don't Be Shy for a good spell and am super over that type of DNA). Anyhoo, when I feel it going orange blossom on me, I will spritz some Al Rehab Soft over it and that fixes it. If you have Soft, try layering it with Shahoor Elixir if you want to amp up the citrus and sweetness and push some of that orange blossom back, it's a perfect solution.

As much as I disliked Lattafa's Noble Blush (which I received the same day), Shahoor Elixir Al Absar made me go absoutely apeshit! (in a good way) 🐵 I love Devotion Dolce&Gabbana, but not its price tag. Shahoor Elixir - another blind buy - is a spot on dupe of that same delicious, lemony cake - I smell like a candy-coated confection - LOVE this stuff! Unfortunately, like many ME fragrances, the sillage is short-lived, as is the longevity. However, I don't care, with Shahoor I can now overspray to my heart's content, and it's perfect for layering. The bottle is pretty sweet as well, very pretty presentation. Now very interested in also acquiring Shahoor Intense and Shahoor Platinum. VERY happy camper with this one!

Lemony, creamy, orange blossom with vanilla. I wanted to replace my nearly empty Devotion and after hearing about all these clones, I first bought Lattafa Victoria after all the hype/reviews but it was very noticeably different since Victoria has neroli, which is not present in D&G Devotion. They are not 1 to 1 dupes. I ended up returning Victoria since its too different from Devotion and the neroli bothers my nose. Shahoor Elixir. however is exactly the same as Devotion. Highly recommend if you like Devotion or want a sweet lemony, orange blossom vanilla scent.

I love this! Super citrusy, sweet and refreshing. Smells like a lemon tart/lemon cake with caramel drizzle 😍 Can’t wait to wear this during summer! It smells quite similar to Lemon Cake by Oakcha, to me. Normally I don’t like fresh citrusy scents, but i love this coz of the candied sweetness and depth to it. Will let it sit and wear it to further add to my thoughts of it.