Fahad Regal

I get a very dry, powdery, pencil shavings-like type of wood. It's so dry that the cyclamen doesn't make i aquatic?? It smells like dry earth right after a tiny rainfall, when the water has soaked into the earth and brought up the smell of geosmins/petrichor. I think the cedar contributes to that smell too. The labdanum or something else gives this an anonymous sweetness, or it may actually increase the sense of that you're in a desert. It's a "breath of fresh air" kind of perfume... if you took the breath in an earthy desert landscape. Really interesting stuff - definitely worth smelling if you're tired of mainstream smells. It's also perfectly unisex. It is also good for layering! If I have a perfume that's a bit too sweet for me, this sprayed over top makes the sweetness tone down. It also adds a subtle wooden complexity. I kinda use it the same way I use Molecule 01 +Iris when I want something to become more powdery-woody and indistinctly flowery.

On me, this smells woody, powdery, dry earth and mildly sweet. I barely recognize any of the notes listed. I don't get vanilla, I get very dry wood shavings, like a completely desiccated piece of cedar - no sap. It also smells "heat", like spices in a market of a very hot, dry country. The sweetness I get is more from some kind of flower than vanilla, but somehow, but cyclamen is aquatic, so that is not it. It's absolutely not what I would expect from the notes, but I do love it. If you like molecular scents, but want to take it one step further into perfume territory, this one could be interesting to try. Whatever musk is in this must be very different from any of the 10+ musk scents that I have, because nothing in this smells musky to me. Whoever here mentions a plum not... are you reviewing the right perfume? There is absolutely nothing "plum" in here...

If it's duping Vanille Antique, then that name is very adequate. It does smell like something antique. It's quite musky and the labdanum and cedar are quite prominent. Traditionally, it leans a tad masculine because of the cedar I think, but can be perfectly unisex. I enjoy it a lot, worth the £30 price. The cap is heavy, made of metal. I don't understand the comparison to Vanilla Powder. The closest I can tell it is, is Liquid Brun. The OG VA has plum listed and I think I can detect some fruit in here, maybe if you swap the orange/bergamot in Liquid Brun for a plum, you would get Fahad-Regal. The vanilla here is not as sweet as in Mercedes Benz or Silky Woods, as the OG is compared to them.

It's very confusing - I mean the notes. I found on the webpage of Arabiyat Prestige the following description of Fahad Regal: Top: Black Pepper, Citrus Zest, Aromatic Herbs Heart: Cedarwood, Lavender, Dry woods Base: Amber, Musk , Sandalwood. So vastly different to listed here. Someone with perfect nose - your input would be appreciated! I love the perfume and for me it does have sandalwood scent and pepper(not listed in fragrantica) , but I also smell vanilla (not listed on Arabiyat Prestige webpage) Whatever Fahad Regal consists of - I find it magnificent: sweet (not overly - just right), warm, spicy, woody and oriental. It stays on my skin quite long.

It was a blind buy, and I was really nervous about this one, since my hope was that it smells similar to the old version of vanille antique. And it does smell like that! I wanted VA for a few years and smelled it a loooot of times, so I think my comparison should be good enough. I love this <3 My favorite vanilla fragrance, especially since the OG vanille antique is now discontinued...