Original

oh I love this one! especially in the rain. it seems to act differently in different climates. initially I was put off by the initial beetroot note that came out in dry air, it literally was like beetroot, dirt and shaving foam, that later lost the foam smell and it became chocolate and leather. but somehow, after some time, I really got into it? how? I don't know. The best came when I wore it in the rain. This smells just like a unisex cologne in the best way possible. You can't pinpoint anything particular, but not like you need to. it's just good. I don't know how to put this, it's just good. that's it. it's not completely inoffensive but not like it would piss anybody off. it has a very sophisticated but strong character. it's very strong though, so be careful!

I disagree with other reviews that this is a bad fragrance. Maybe they're using an older formulation or something? This smells like a very mossy forest. The oakmoss in this is very strong and very realistic. I also smell cedarwood, but it's mostly just oakmoss. It's like smelling a tree in a forest that has a lot of moss growing on it. Needless to say it leans extremely masculine. The colour of the oil and bottle logo (on the 6 ml concentrated oil) is very accurate as this scent brings to mind the colour dark green very well. I have been using the same bottle for over 3 years and really like it, especially during the winter. Sillage is moderate while longevity is very strong at over 10 hours. 4.5/5

I find 'Original' to be quite similar to Versace L'Homme (1986). An aromatic, oriental-fougere with spicy-floral (carnation prominent) heart and accents of herbs and sweet, honeylike florals. Base is oakmoss, amber, musk, and touch of coumarin, sandalwood, and patchouli. Very classic, very complex for the 80's powerhouse lovers. Scents in the '80's were purposefully challenging to the male-female dichotomy in fragrance... which is why Kouros reads as unisex to many with its oriental (amber-vanilla) overtones. I think this fragrance as well can be easily worn by anyone into vintage scents- especially the oriental fougeres. Quite lovely! And among my Al Rehab faves.

Perfect fragrance for a woman that wants to smell manly. Heck, it is what is is. Although Original was made for a man, it appears woman are all over it, most likely, "masculine" woman (zero balloons for me... but at least I'm honest!) The review below me said this is like Versace L'Homme? Umm say what? Of course the same person also said Kouros is unisex... so I stopped reading their review at that point. Kouros is as unisex as Vin Diesel being female.If you're a female that wears Kouros, well, I'll leave it at that. Original By Al-Rehab is nothing compared to Versace L'Homme - which happens to be one of my favorite colognes of all time. Original by Al-Rehab has no character, no intense notes, and almost no scent at all. I'm the owner of about 60 Al Rehab fragrances, and the house is a hit or miss with me. Some of their fragrances are amazing for a masculine male such as myself(ie Lord, Superman, Dakkar, Cobra, Khaliji, etc) and some are more unisex but still very nice (Soft, Al Nourus, Silver, Inspiration, Of Course, etc). Unfortunately some of Al-Rehab's are either below average or total duds, or even disgusting. Keep in mind, my opinion and experience, is completely subjective, and you may have a total different experience on the aforementioned fragrances. (Note: My reviews are all based on the oils because I've found their roll-on oil fragrances to be far superior. Anyway, Al-Rehab's "Original" is okay, but nothing special IMHO. It's kinda fresh, and not nearly as powerful as many of their other fragrances mentioned above. But by no means is it related to Versace L'Homme (Vintage) which is one of the best leather fragrances ever created. Original is boring to my nose. Nothing much going on. Again, this is to my nose. You may love it... or hate it... or find it a so-so fragrance like myself. One of the things that irks me the most about Original is I can't seem to find the best season to wear it. I enjoy rotating my fragrances by season (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer) and this fragrance does not have enough character to wear it at any special time of the year... or for that matter, anytime occasion. It's just a decent smelling, forgettable fragrance.

I'd call this a cool (as opposed to warm) oakmoss fragrance. Oakmoss is far and away the most prominent note; however, instead of being paired with powdery notes (as is often the case in Western barbershop-style fragrances), here it joins myrrh and sage for a savoury, aromatic atmosphere. It's not a warm fragrance at all - to me, it almost evokes a watery or aldehydic sensation while staying squarely in aromatic territory. It's just too aggressive for me to call it soapy, but it does lean in that direction. It's kind of odd. It smells like a classic or old fashioned fragrance to me, but I don't actually know of any other fragrances which smell quite like it. Maybe it's the equivalent of a traditional barbershop fragrance somewhere in the world that I haven't visited.

This smells like Gillette shaving foam, very very clean and soapy. Definitely has an old school, classy feel to it. Soap and Oak moss and a dry oak moss at that, not fresh or green to me and I get zero florals. Tiny bit of spice at the end, other than that it's classic shaving foam all the way. I wear on a Sunday evening from time to time and this lasts about 5hrs tops, sillage intimate on my skin.

I find this very unisex, I am actually wondering if it mislabeled. I wore it today and received a nice compliment. I rarely receive compliments even on my more expensive perfumes. The Al Rashad website states this Original is a Sweet spicy Oriental floral bouquet. Has slight pleasant musk feel

There's a fragrance oil I came across once that this reminds me of; Bulk Apothecary's Oakmoss scent. I don't get the soapy, fresh, cool, and clean smell that others have mentioned, and it's definitely not the "wet damp earth" smell that people say oakmoss is supposed to smell like, it's just Bulk Apothecary's Oakmoss scent, which smells like a Christmassy blend of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In fact, that's really what it reminds me of; Christmas deserts I used to have at my grandmother's house as a kid, like pumpkin pie or snickerdoodle cookies. There's an odd note of citrus to it, like lemon or orange, not sure which. It's not a bad fragrance by any means, it's just not what I was expecting at all. If you could pair it with a vanilla note, you would have a pretty killer gourmand fragrance.

I’m female and I liked it. Yes, “liked it” is past tense as I’ve been on a journey with this. It’s that traditional shaving soap smell, that you swirl around with a badger-hair kabuki brush. It’s old-skool barbershop, spicy, powdery, aldehydey, oakmossy and a classic clean (men’s) fragrance. My boyfriend says it reminds him of his dads Ralph Lauren Polo Green from a time when all men had moustaches and wore metal aviator glasses with saddle bridges. The dry-down is a spicy, oakmossy dream of the past. Then I wore it to work and found that I didn’t like it. It became smoky, spicy and swirled around and smelt like an old man that’s been smoking all day and the smoke is now stale. I’ve said this before, but I think I’m now done with these budget Arabians. I keep coming back to them to try to find an amazing cheapie to use carelessly for work, rather than the crazily expensive masterpieces.

Ah, the pain of disappointment and the variety of reviews made without listed notes! I love old school masculines, R&G Open being one of my tops and barbershop fragrances being one of my favorite genres. This is neither of them. This leads with a somewhat ambiguous floral accord of lily, cyclamen and rose, which is joined by a less-forceful resinous/herbal accord of myrrh, eugenol, soap, synthetic balsam, vanilla/amber, and a camphorous geranium. In the drydown, bits of smoky leather appear. While the pieces are fine on their own, the yellow floral clashes with the camphor, the sweetness conflicts with the smoke, the pine is too close to a cardboard car pine tree, and the whole thing is just kind of a vague shotgun mess. I have tried several Al-Rehabs (Khaliji and Dakar both being very good), but this one is a big miss.

OK, so I hardly ever do negative fragrance reviews, mainly because I (usually) read a lot of information before I buy things to make sure they'll suit me, but this cost me $4 for 6ml so who cares. It was also the only dud in an otherwise great batch of 10. Original is a floral musk fragrance for men. I smell oakmoss, black musk (the type I don't like), flowers, spice and astringent lemon oil. This smells like something you'd use to clean a stainless steel sink or remove limescale from a shower. It is sharp and acrid. Men who smoked 40-a-day in 1982 used to wear cologne like this to (attempt to) cover up the smell. There are old fragrance types which have successfully had a renaissance. This is not one of them. (Review based on concentrated perfume oil)

Overwhelming soapiness on me, it smells like Lifebuoy soap. Clean and fresh, but very soapy. I don't get anything else-no musk, no sweetness, no spice.

smell like carbol cleaner,almost similar to dakar al rehab. í dont like the fragrance.

As I live in Dubai, UAE, I have had more of a chance than most to see the Al Rehab fragrances in their local cultural setting. I am altogether aware that the vast majority of people who buy Al Rehab perfumes in the West will have had them supplied from online retailers, but I would like to share with you something about purchasing these fragrances here before I give my short review. For a start, buying an Al Rehab fragrance in Dubai will mean in all likelihood that you will need to visit the Perfume Souk area in the city near to the famous Gold Souk of Dubai. This is because Al Rehab is not stocked in any of the major or minor retail outlets and - unlike Rasasi, Arabian Oud, Swiss Arabian or the other local brands - does not have an outlet based in a mall. This also means that you will have to take a route through one of the older parts of the city, by the side of the Creek, along past the shops selling all sorts of knick-knacks, past the Asian cyclists carrying stacks of cardboard on the backs of bikes, past the East Africans trading with Afghans, past the shwarma and juice stalls, until you come to the Perfume Souk area. Here you find the Al Rehab shop at the end of a busy, crowded, furiously neon-lit street.... Now when you enter this shop, you will truly wonder how it is that some of these fragrances are so well recognised as being very credible dupes of some of the fragrances from the most admired houses internationally. Creed? Montale?.....Surely not. The Al Rehab shop is staffed by some very friendly elderly local Arab gentlemen. Very nice, and a Salaam Aleikum and a few words of Arabic goes a long way. But yet, the shop. My, my, my....More like a hardware store than a fragrance shop, it is not unusual for your total to be worked out on the back of an envelope and change to be plucked out of wooden drawer. Last time I went there I wondered if I could pick up a hammer and a box of masonry nails while I was at it!...Suffice to say that this is nothing like the image of sparkling, shiny Dubai portrayed around the world. Yet, there is charm in this as well - and most definitely value for money if this is a consideration at all. (As an aside, buying these 6 ml CPO vials costs me 4 UAE dirhams each, about $1.10, ie they are practically giving the stuff away.) So what are their fragrances actually like..... Original - in spite of what the name suggests - is not unlike a plethora of fragrances found for low prices here in the Middle East. It is, as noted, an oriental with a clear floral musk vibe, making it a palatable and pleasant fragrance which will appeal to many. It is almost perfect in its unisex appeal (which is a very strong and successful feature of Al Rehab in general). It is not the longest lasting Al Rehab fragrance, but it certainly beats many EDP concentrations of Western perfumery. In fact, that may be the trump card of some of these Al Rehab fragrances: they outlast so many fragrances that are instead sold for such hefty prices. All said, Original is a Highly Recommended Buy for those who love oriental unisex fragrances with floral musk features. Well done, Al Rehab....

FYI...Al Rashad Book Store where I purchase my Al Rehab perfumes from has Original listed as unisex perfume...and they rank it as 5/5 ....LOL....Now I gotta try it soon!...You guys get me into such trouble!!!