Palm Dubai

This perfume right here.... mm. Mm-mm-mmmm! Definition of heart eyes right here. This is perfectly unisex. No matter what your gender, your gonna smell alluring wearing this. This is smooth, deep, complex and somehow still light enough to wear during summer. You have to be into unisex fragrances though or this will come off masculine to you. This is one of my new top favorite Middle Eastern perfumes by far. The lavender is definitely present but its not your sleepy/zen type of lavender. I smell the patchouli and it's not overpowering or "hippy/incense" smelling by any means. It's giving a deep slightly smoky vibe to this scent mixing wonderfully with the musk. There's something sweet in here, I imagine it's the vanilla and tonka bean. There's a somewhat creaminess to this, which is helping give that smooth well roundedness. I don't really detect green apple persay but there is a very faint tart in here that could be coming from the apple and the lemon. I suppose the green apple could be playing into the sweetness as well. With as complex as this is, I know it's hiding in there somewhere, mixing harmoniously with all the other notes. I do detect the geranium and maybe a bit of the rose. There is a powdery thing going on but it's not making this a powdery fragrance, its just an element. I can not emphasize this enough, the complexety and the well balance of all these notes really is on point! This perfume truly is absolutely fantastic. Its so perfectly unisex, making you smell classy, sexy or even casual without having to be necessarily feminine about it, still looking and smelling like a grown woman. There is nothing Juvenile about this fragrance. This is a mature fragrance but its not so mature youll be smelling like you just left the nursing home.. hahaha. I will say that when I first sprayed this, it did smell like an older man, but you have to give it a week or so. This quickly matured into something beautiful and I could tell even fresh out the box that this was something that just needed some time to gather itself. Its got good sillage, People are gooiinggg to smell you. Its not overbearing, but it's not quiet either. I'd say this lasts at the very least 6 hours on skin. On your clothes, as most perfumes, it does last longer. Like days. And I kinda feel this could be worn all year round, possibly even winter. I just love this perfume so so so much.

Amazing scent for spring and summer. It smells very ethereal and luxurious. It really gives off Dubai hotel vibes or summer beach vibes. It's a head turner and even makes me feel high every time a little breeze moves through my hair to spread the fragrance in the air towards my nose. This thing gets to my head like no other. It's not blind buy safe for ultra male lovers cz it's a spicier version. But other than that, that's a 10/10. This is my favourite out of all the dupes. But this is an inspired by, not a 1:1. It's kind of a blend of JPG Ultra Male and the spices from PDM Layton Exclusif.

Wonderful lavender patchouli vanilla fragrance! Really quite extraordinary.

A horrible combination of citrus, vanilla and polluted air

This is like a mix of Ultra Male and Versace Eros (blue) - in short, a daily, fresher version of Ultra Male. For those looking for alternatives to Afnan's 9 pm (due to poor batches reported lately) - you can try this one. It's extrait de parfum and it really lasts a long time. Also, it is not heavy on patchouli on my skin (as 9pm turned out to be), so I find it better balanced. Didn't like the opening*, but after 30-45 minutes the notes settled down. I could still sense it on my skin the next morning and despite taking a shower in the evening. Still, a more masculine scent, but a very nice one - too bad, because I really love this DNA and was looking for a more women-friendly version. -- *After sampling a few of Al Haramain's fragrances, I see they really struggle to balance citrusy notes (especially grapefruit and lemon) with other notes. So, I would advise to try a decant first.