Rafia Gold

My dad always got me Al Haramain perfumes (he lives in the M East and gets time to sample them). This was the one he had chosen for my Mom and she had several bottles of it in different countries apparently. So when I finally got the audacity to ask her if I could use it, she whole heartedly gave me a brand new one he had bought for her. I adore this. Sillage is big but not ugly or muddling the person. You can think clearly still so I use it often. With some perfumes they surround you but also keep your mind preoccupied whatever you do. This is a good backdrop. It's regal, majestic, well balanced, no sharp edges, heavily floral, lovely perfume oil which makes me very happy. It has a cardamom smell too

I love this fragrance. I bought a bottle when I saw it on the local 'random stuff' auction site. If nothing else I thought the bottle was pretty. It is now my new favourite scent. I'm trying to work out how many of the rest of the range I should try. So good, so affordable.

I love this perfume for summer! The hotter, the better! It radiates such freshness and lightness in summer. Aldehydes and woody notes make me feel like I’m in a cool and shadowy forest that is full of roses, geranium and saffron 🥰 It doesn’t work like that for me in winter and just lies like a flat floral during colder months.

I have the oil version of it. I prefer the sprayer ones so I can apply on my clothes too, but I like this applicator, it is so authentic and mysterious as the scent itself. At first I did not like it, and still when I first apply it I always have doubts. It might be the saffron mixed with Geranium, kind of a wet savory smell... But then it goes away as the oil dries and leaves a soapy, aldehydic rich rosy musky romantic fragrance And I don't think I have to mention but the bottle is gorgeous

This perfume brings into my mind dark, mysterious and mesmerizing oriental nights, when lovers give their promisses in secret nests. It is rich and heavy. Saffron indicates mystery, rose and geranium femininity, woods and amber masculinity, patchuli and musk heaviness and flowers in the backround a hidden sensuality. A strong perfume for men and women with their senses to the peak, in a never seen before "Palace" bottle.