Susan

This a seriously strong perfume. I've had it for over a week now, but after trying it a few times without being blown off my feet and disliking it intensely, I've put some on layered over Lattafa's Raghba Classic, just to 'ground' it a bit. It's been on 30 minutes now, and it's not wall-to-wall flowers , just gently floral, and I can smell the Raghba coming through, sweet and heavy. It's now 40 minutes after putting it on, and it just 'amped up' (I've only got the two layered on the back of my hand), and it sent wafts of a beautiful, soft flowery-something, not quite rose, could be gardenia? Not sure of notes, but it smells lovely, and still quite strong but because it's got the Raghba underneath, it's sort of mellowed it out. So, if this is how I have to wear it, I really won't mind at all. I hate giving up on any perfume, and like experimenting with layering, and I've managed to salvage a few this way, that didn't agree with my chemistry on their own. I've never smelled Amirage so I cannot compare the two, but my new 'niche' perfume (Amirage Classic, anyone?) is absolutely fab. Just off to apply to other parts!! NB. I have re-applied this on it's own this afternoon, and I now know what it's about. I still get blown away by the opening, but after 10 minutes I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! (Sorry for the shout). Husband says I smell 'like a lady'!

I used to have Amarige when very young. I remember loving it very much. Lately I haven't even wanted to try it since the fume that I smell from the cap makes me recoil. I also need to add I am not a huge fan of most florals as they fall flat and smell like a vase of wilted flowers with some mold thrown in on me. This is different, it might be due to the carrier being oil and not alcohol but this is one rare floral that I truly like. It's full and rounded and non-cloying and even though I can smell it hovering over the precipice of that dusty moldy soil that I get from almost all the others on the market, it doesn't fall into it. I'm very glad for this! This to me smells very classy and will be nicely paired with an elegant dress, dinner and well behaved conversation and my hair in a strict chignon! Sillage and projection: 5/5 Warning: this, along with the rest of the Al- Rehab oils is very strong smelling. Apply in the tiniest dabs to test your tolerance. Longevity: 3/5, even though they smell strong I find they don't last past the 4-5 hour mark. No problem, keep the tiny roll-on in your purse for a quick and discreet application if needed! Fragrance: 3/5 I would highly recommend this but since I'm not a floral girl I know that I will only sporadically wear it. I'd say it will be amazing for a floral lover and a cheap blind buy.

Susan, my dear, you are a beautiful lady with an intoxicating personality. The notes mentioned is very general and not very specific. But to me Susan smells like a very creamy and vanillic blend of tuberose and gardenia, with an ambery and slightly spicy drydown. The last whiff of Susan reminds me of an old alley in an arab city, close to a herb and spice market. The drydown is such a surprise, because it is very different from the opening and the heart of the scent. It's like smelling two very different scents. From creamy, heady floral to dry, shadowy cobblestone and wicker baskets filled with strange herbs and spices. Susan, you are extremely intriguing! The sillage is phenomenal, don't put on too much of the stuff. And the longevity is amazing. I can smell Susan on my skin, faintly, after 24 hours. Susan is becoming one of my favourite scents actually. And I can't believe that such a gorgeous fragrance costs so little. Such a bliss to have discovered this perfume oil! <3

When I first got this, I got lots of florals and some musk with little fruit. Now I get a distinct white floral of Jasmine and tuberose, but initially, there is a bright citrus note cutting through. It's not overpowering at all. Just a nice break from the typical floral bomb. Upon further sniffing, apricot appears for a moment. But it's rather brief. What this scent settles into is a gorgeous and sophisticated white floral and musk. I've only tested Amarige once, and don't much remember specifics. But this might be close. I sniffed a few tuberose scents today, and this might be my favorite. I'd like to experiment with layering this under Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian, one of the Michael Kors Michael Kors fragrances, or even with a leather like Gres Cabochard or Pierre Balmain Jolie Madame. It dries down to a gorgeous scent that I could wear all day any day... And I'm not so partial to florals. This is a love for me.

Love love love. Beautiful dry down. Definitely like Amarige but less sharp. very nice. Update: last night after my bath, I put on a few swipes of this and then put Everyman Lotion, Cedar and Citrus on with it. When I woke up this morning, it still smelled so good. This is quite a bit less expensive and still very strong and very nice. If you like Amarige, you will like this. No doubt. I think the best value would be to buy the 6 pack if you can. I did just order some online and the roller ball is not working well, so I poured it all out in a spray bottle and added some perfumer's alcohol, so now it is a spray. And if you have Amarige, maybe this would extend the life of the original. Update: I'm obsessed with NR Amber Musc, but I wear the dupe oil from either Arabian Perfume Oils (APO) or Universal and I wear my amber oil with Susan. I like it better that way.

(This review is about the Roll-on oil) What a great hidden gem! The original Amarige seems to lean a bit more floral whereas Susan turns a bit sweeter as time passes by, and therefore i like it better!! Susan starts off as a loud powerhouse vintage cacophony of "stemmy" green-yellow-white florals, however that quickly goes away to reveal the elegant tuberose and jasmine mix typical of Givenchy's Amarige. 2 Hours after application is when the real magic happens, the scent turns into a somewhat fruity, ambery and floral vanillary scent that lasts throughout the day, making it 1 of the best Al-Rehabs i have tried. Can only highly recommend the oil version.

Oh, this is so nice! I used to wear Amarige years ago, but haven't in quite some time. This is pretty much identical to Amarige. I just received a bottle off of Amazon for a little over $9 and I couldn't be happier. I don't know how the oil is, but I can tell you this, the spray is very strong and long-lasting, just how I remember Amarige being. It's sweet with an abundance of beautiful white flowers and just a bit of fruitiness. This is not a perfume you are going to want to overspray on yourself. It radiates outward quite a bit, but if sprayed carefully, it's quite enjoyable. This really is a beautiful scent and very affordable!

My mum wore amarige when I was a teenager and I loved and coveted her bottle, but it felt too grown up for me. Fast forward 15 years. I wanted to try amarige again but I didn't want to commit to yet another space-hungry bottle so I bought Susan instead. And yes Susan smells the way I remember amarige, and Susan lasts and projects for much longer. For anyone not familiar with the smell of Ms Susan Amarige: she smells like happiness and sunshine, clean bright tuberose, floral nectar sweetness, a beautiful woman walking through the crowded city in a bright yellow floor length voluminous flowing gown.

So delighted I saw this online I immediately purchased it. I read somewhere that this is an exact dup of Givenchy Amarige, one of my beloved perfumes of my youth. So I had to try it out for myself, right? And after spraying it on my wrist and taking a whiff of it, I can say it truly is! And I got it at a fraction of the price of even a small bottle of Amarige. Susan is now my favorite scent cheapie, taking the place of Soft. One has to be gentle with the sprays, though. Just the right amount will make one smell so heavenly, but too much would be ghastly.

I have received to day a small bottle of 6 ml of perfumed oil Susan and I could applied it on the left hand and a sample of Amarige on the right hand. At first : it was a smile : the head note is here ! After 8 hours, the scent on the right side is very light : and my husband find it "dry" On the left hand, Susan has been here for four hours, and is still on my skin, deep, faithfull, and my husband find it soft, flowered, nice. OK I Thank you friends of Fragrantica ! I shall ordered the edp 30 ml bottle when I will find it awailable.

A cute and fruity Amarige dupe that outperforms many 'fumes thrice as costly. What's not to love? I also love that her name is Susan. I have a friend with that name who is also lovely, and it makes me think of her. I'm not sure I would be able to tell it from Jamila by Swiss Arabian in a blind smell test, but I have Susan as a spray, so even if the differences between the two are minute, I'll enjoy having this in two different forms. I could even imagine wearing them together, since they have so many (all?) of the same notes.

BIG GARDENIA, no seriously, BIIIIIIIG gardenia. Like attack of the 50 foot gardenia, with some peach and tuberose and other stuff in the background. Honestly? I love it. I love this incredible gardenia monster stomping in, kicking a** and taking names. This gardenia doesn't eff around, it comes in, smashes up the joint and continues on its gardenia-monster-y way. Yeah there's peach and sandalwood and mimosa, but they're like the non-Beyonce members of Destiny's Child, nice to have around, but not the main attraction.

This is my 1st Al-Rehab fragrance purchase and there's not much that I can say about this that hasn't already been said. It's soft and commanding at the same time. It makes me feel beautiful and confident. The smell is indescribable but it's such a pretty fragrance. The projection is great. I've loved Amarige since I was in Jr High so there's no wonder that I'm in love with this fragrance. And to round it out, the quality is pretty amazing for the price. I can see myself purchasing this over and over again.

Susan. A very strange name for this perfume, but I'll let it pass. On me, this has definite LouLou vibes. It doesn't smell exactly like LouLou, but it's got something in there that is very similar to LouLou. I compared this with my mum's bottle of vintage LouLou EDP from the 80s, and side by side, they're nowhere near identical. More like...cousins. It's absolutely gorgeous on me.

Oil roll-on version. I love this oil so much. The floral and musk mingling beautifully. I kept sniffing this. The floral... either jasmine, tuberose, or lily. Not really sure. I prefer to put this on my clothes instead on skin, the scent will stay longer this way. ----- The scents similar with cheap but not too long lasting scents, Puteri Body Splash White Lily.

It's Amarige...and it's amazing. Anyone who is 35 and older remembers this well and most of us who are Givenchy fans love it. I would wear this and unabashedly tell people I'm wearing Amarige...it's just that good. It's got that strong, oily base that Givenchy is known for so it's long lasting and sensual...pure woman in a bottle...delicious.

salty, watery white flowers! mostly Ylang and borderline-rotting, salty jasmine (in a good way somehow). somewhere in the middle it smells like rain. Maybe twenty minutes after applying it I can definitely sense some nineties in here but not as strong as in Nadine

This is identical to Forever Florals Hawaii Pikake. And i LOVE IT! I swoon over this it is GLORIOUS! Soft, sweet, softly spiced, warm smooth sweetness😍 its gorgeous spiced tuberose but the tuberose that is identical to indian jasmine a.k.a pikake jasmine.

Oil Version: Oh my god, this is so goregeous! And it is straight up Amarige for such a tiny price. This is nothing more than flowers than me. I smell Mimosa, gardenia, Ylang-Ylang, jasmine and carnation. If you like Amarige and florals, this is for you!

This smells exactly like Amarige but for a fraction of the price! To find a big 80's style floral, with 80's staying power and projection is the stuff that dreams are made of ❤ 6 bottles of this gem or 1 bottle of Amarige..hmmm...I'm going to stock up!