Ramad

I actually prefer this to the original scent or best copies like fierte Luna. For me this could be a Naxosal flanker. The overall scent is very familiar and you instantly know this is supposed to be Naxos, but the nature of the scent is different. There is no honey whatsoever which makes scent much lighter and easier to wear. We also have here very prominent and beautiful cardamom which is sweet and aromatic (like the one used in LNDL but I'm talking only about the note itself, not the scent - they are nothing alike). So imagine taking out honey which take off that thick weight from the fragrance and put cardamom instead. I really like what they have done with the scent, it plays really well. For that reason you can easily wear it up to 18C temperature (I would wear Naxos maybe up to 12C). Quality is outstanding, performance is also great. If you are looking for a straight clone, Fierte Luna or Italia are better choices, but even though I have had Luna already, I bought Ramad because it is different enough to have both. I grab Ramad way more often. One of my favorites right now. 9.5/10

Update: Naxos came in today so I could test them side-by-side, which I often don’t get to do Niche vs Clone. EXTREMELY similar scent profiles. It’s good enough you don’t need to own Naxos. Naxos opens for the first 30 seconds or so smelling a little more high quality. After a quick dry down in the air these are very hard to tell apart. Definitely a little less potent per spray. I sprayed this on heavy the past 2 days and I’ll update my original opinion as I caught whiffs well into the afternoon. This one isn’t getting a lot of hype, it definitely deserves it. This is a banger. AP is really killing it! This is going into my weekly rotation along with Aristo.

Owning both Naxos and Ramad, you could argue it’d be pointless or even redundant. Much alike, apart from the price.... However, the difference in quality is noticeable. Naxos will always be in the higher realms of tobacco style scents (IMO) and should be for the price. However, if you want to smell 90-95% close during the day and save on your Naxos, this is stupidly priced for the level you get. Every Ramad from Arabiyat has been a banger. This one is no exception and lies in their top two releases.

I own ateeq from Nusuk Italia from Rayhaan And this Ramad. All 3 are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥! I love all 3 Smell similar but Ateeq from Nusuk is better in my opinion. But if you want a nice fragrance doesn't matter what you choose will be so enjoyable to wear! Highly recommend it!

i dont think this smells like Naxos though it reminds of it .. this one has his own twist and it smells so good but it doesn't have holding power and it doesn't project well.

The opening is literally like afnan 9pm but this drys down to like an honey comb sugary scent that’s really nice and I have smelt naxos before but can’t really remember all that well but I think this is very close and it performs very well too. I get like 4 hours of good projection and then it drys down and last for another 4 so overall good. I’ll update u guys once I smell naxos again and let this macerate.