Nayel Queen

I've tested Nayel queen on my skin and have compared it simultaneously to the original Babycat, to Fierte by french avenue and to Ebene by Maison Alhambra. Nayel Queen has the most sillage and longevity, followed by Babycat, Fierte and Ebene. It's unbelievable. Over 3 hours of good projection and over 12 hours of longevity. I was surprised when there was no Babycat left on my skin but Nayel Queen was still going! In terms of the smell, Nayel queen is a little bit more fresh and light in comparison to the original. It also comes across a little more smoky. In the air, I'm pretty sure they are not distinguishable. When you smell them side by side, Babycat is more complex, more blended and deeper and of course higher quality. It's like while Babycat is just sitting on the throne effortlessly, doing nothing, Nayel queen is dancing and working and trying very hard to justify it's roll. It's very good, it's just pulling a lot of tricks and trying to hard to smell fantastic. Fierte in comparison is very good at mimicking the deep balanced suede vanilla of Babycat which I love. And it stays for 6 hours with 1 hour of good projection. And Ebene is trying to smell as spicy as babycat, but ends up smelling like the more spicy version of the opening of Babycat for about 2 hours, without much of the vanilla and other nuances, before it changes into a skin scent that smells like cigarette smoke. Therefore Nayel Queen is the best dupe of Babycat that I have tried and I would highly recommend it.

Nayel Queen is easily the best Babycat clone I’ve come across so far. From the very first spray it gives off that same beautiful balance of sweet and spicy — a smooth vanilla wrapped in warm spices that feels rich yet inviting. Sitting just behind it all is a suede-like leather accord that adds depth without overwhelming the fragrance. It’s there in the background, giving it texture and elegance, but the vanilla and spice are always the stars. The blend is incredibly well done. The vanilla feels creamy and addictive while the spice adds just enough bite to keep things interesting. That soft leather nuance keeps it from ever becoming too sweet, which is where a lot of vanilla-heavy scents can stumble. Instead, Nayel Queen walks the line perfectly, staying warm, smooth, and classy. Performance is very good. I consistently get around nine hours of wear on my skin, with a nice balance of projection that announces itself early on and then lingers at a comfortable level as it dries down. Overall, Nayel Queen captures the spirit of Babycat in a way that feels both faithful and wearable. If you’re looking for that spicy vanilla suede vibe without hunting down the original, this one is absolutely worth it.

Scent: Great fragrance and great scent. Very high quality for the $40 I paid. I personally haven't smelled Babycat, but I know it's supposed to be duping it. This is a very heavy vanilla-centric Scent. So if you don't like vanilla forward Scents, then don't get this. It definitely smells like vanilla extract. This is not cake frosting vanilla or scented candle vanilla, but a realistic vanilla. I also get a hint of freshness to it. I personally don't know where that might be coming from, but it's there. I don't get the tobacco, which is unfortunate, but I do get mild spices that are probably coming from the pepper. Leans Unisex in my opinion. Great Scent and great quality for the money you pay. Great job, Arabiyat👍 Performance: This thing has great performance! The projection is going to fill the room at least for the first 30mins. After that you will still have noticeable projection for a couple more hours. The sillage is also strong and leaves a pretty dense Scent trail for the first hour. The Longevity is also insane on me. I was still able to smell it on my wrists the next day. So pretty good Longevity! Seasons: Definitely cold weather fragrance. Late Fall, Winter, and cool nights of Spring.

I just received this fragrance a week ago and I wore it twice. It needs some settling in the closet but the performance right out of the box is acceptable. To me, it smells like gasoline/motor oil (not overly strong) mixed with a dense and sweet vanilla for the first 30 minutes, then it evolves to a beautiful intimate sticky, woody, sueded, creamy vanilla that is so comforting.... It stands for 3 to 4 hours on me. On clothes a little longer. It's well blended, not offensive but very intimate and sexy unisex fragance. It's a big no for summertime, too syrupy to my taste for hot weather. I'll update in a few months when the gasoline note has calmed down a bit. Anyways ai consider Nayel big value for money. I really liked it. It's a jewel for vanilla lovers!

Smelt babycat raw bourbon at an airport and loved it. Its a smoky warm creamy vanilla. As far as I remember this smells exactly like it. Less peppery in the opening on my skin which is good tbh. Dont know abt performance but sillage and longevity im guessing is good but quality in terms of blend and smell is amazing. Edit: 7-8 hours until u can hardly smell it and good sillage/projection. Only thing is that the suede note isnt as prominent as in babycat and this dupe is slightly earthy due to the benzoin and tonka bean which isnt a big issue but lets the drydown slightly. Still reccomend

I never tried original babycat, but I know Rifaqat and Fierte. Rifaqat: basic approach, great for the price but FA and Arabiyat has better quality Fierte: spicy and incensy opening, a bit dryer nature in comparison. I actually like this one the most because of the dry nature. Nayeel Queen: less spicy in the opening, more dense vanilla, a bit sticky feeling vs dry feel from fierte. This one has "the biggest body", could be too heavy for some ppl. Very smooth mix of vanilla and suede. You decide which one you like best

Love, love, love So similar to Rifaaquat. Almost identical, differences might just be age of batches. NQ seems ever so slightly sweeter. They, and Fierte, are the best inspirations of Babycat, and I prefer them to the OG, honestly. Smoother, softer edges. Delicious drydowns. Amazing longevity. Great for layering.

I haven’t tried the original Babycat but I have Rifaqat but I must say this one is much better 👍 I also have a bottle of Rosendo Mateu No 5 with similar scent profile. Overall this is a great dupe 👌 9/10 🙌

This is the second best vanilla fragrance after nishane ani. Warm, boozy, spicy vanilla. You just can't go wrong with this one. Also the sillage on this is beast mode.

haven’t tried Babycat, but if Nayel Queen smells 80% similar, then Babycat has to be the best vanilla of all time because this smells absolutely amazing!!

absolutely sensational.megical spelbound which makes people ask you what ur wearing.10/10 well blended smooth ,strong

I have this, but I don't wear it much because it has a kind of vinyl note on me that smells quite artificial. However, I recently bought a sample of Red Oud from Arabiyat... and although it's supposed to probably dupe something from Sospiros/Xerjoff, it's very in the same genre as Nayel Queen. It's like a less plasticky, slightly more complex Nayel Queen, with cinnamon or something in the opening, but it dries down to tobacco-suede-tonka. If you like Nayel Queen, you should at least sample Red Oud. And it's as beast mode as Nayel Queen too.

I have smelt Babycat before, but it was years ago. When I smelt this, I remembered the smell, so there's definitely at least a lot of similarity. I can't compare the two as I don't have Babycat, but this perfume is beautiful! It's an elegant, spicy, rubbery vanilla with some earthy and peppery undertones. The notes pyramid describes this one pretty well, actually!

I think this can be described with one word: vinylla. It's not just some kind of boozy vanilla, but a very suade-heavy one. Suade usually smells like all kind of preservative chemicals, and this is HEAVY on those kind of smells. It's a plasticky, peppery, low-sweetness vanilla, resembling something vinyl. Best for cool weather or rainy days.

I had high hopes for this, since I LOVE YSL Babycat, but, there is something in there that smells very fake/chemically/plasticky. If this doesn't get better with some maceration, I will get rid of it.

After experiencing both Nayel Queen & Rifaaqat, I would say Nayel Queen wins in terms of quality. Nayel Queen does not have that off-putting thing at the top that Rifaaqat has. It starts out airy, light, spicy and sweet but within a few weeks it becomes dense, heavy, spicier, and warm with heavy tobacco & suede note. This was when it became too much for me. At first, I thought this leaned feminine, but the longer it sat, that changed. The spice, tobacco and suede became more prominent with a powdery dry down. I think a man would smell really good with this. Rifaaqat, on the other hand, gets sweeter with a stronger vanilla-woody base. The dry down on Rifaaqat is all vanilla to my nose. Longevity and projection on this is mindblowing! On clothes, it goes on and on for weeks. Cold weather, nights out & special occasion appropriate.

Powdery, rubbery and oddly metallic. You open a pack of fresh rubber bands coated in vanilla and suede, and mix them with old plasters/bandaids. Then have YSL launch that, decrease the price by three quarters and decrease the quality by 35-40%. Here's what you'll get jumping at you: Synthetic saffron, suede, vanilla, and then more saffron, and more suede. More vanilla. Imagine a gourmand BR540/Instant Crush meets a very powdery-vanillic Ganymede. It's intriguing in the air but hell no I'm not smelling like this.

Peace been upon you 🖐️ This is just... Ugggh I wish my future wife is the type of person who loves this, you know the French short hair who wears leather boots and screaming-red lipstick and who is sarcastic to elders, yes it's her, because I don't think nice women could wear this, but as a dude it's amazing leathery Vanille, my cool uncle told me you smell like chocolate Thank u for reading ♦️

Never tried Babycat. My wife says Nayal Queen smells like cookies---so that would make me the cookie monster. I like layering Versace Eros + Nayal, for a maxxed-out clubbing scent. You could layer a base lactonic caramel edp, with the Eros + Nayal and you get a massively spicy/juicy, Italian gourmand.

I really like this type of VANILLA (cookies) blended with Cedar RESINS and (veryyyy Catholic Church type of) INCENSE that never becomes too sweet or too sticky due to spices. Right after opening it was very potent, airy and incense-y, but after a month it settled into a more resinous, less airy scent.

I dont know why I am detecting cumin in this and its ruining the experience:|

It's a little less sweet, more fresh and earthy (tobacco?) version of babycat

@ssaminn between Nayel Queen and Ebene, which has higher quality?