Manaal

Manaal is not your typical pistachio sugar bomb. If you’re expecting another Yum Pistachio/Khair Pistachio gourmand candy floss with pistachio sprinkles, look elsewhere. This one is floral, sweet, creamy, a touch nutty, and downright divine. Imagine Good Girl’s sultry florals linking arms with Girl of Now’s creamy pistachio sweetness. Manaal balances warmth, florals, and subtle sweetness like it actually passed fragrance school - no sticky dessert vibes, just smooth, chic charm. It’s maybe 60% Good Girl and 40% Girl of Now. The 'reminds me of' section is completely off, and I agree with the reviewer who corrected the notes. There's no bergamot and lavender to my nose. It’s all about white florals, almonds and pistachios. Someone said Manaal smells like Lattafa Peace & Love - which is kind of like saying a velvet dress smells like a cashmere sweater because both feel soft. Sure, they both give that fancy body lotion vibe, but that’s where the family reunion ends. Peace & Love is the soft-spoken cousin who smells like clean laundry folded by angels. The basics; Great longevity and lovely sillage. This one will give you the scent bubble of your dreams. Super affordable, and for me a safe blind buy. Manaal is the plot twist in the pistachio trend - elegant and addictive.

I got this because the reviews on TikTok said Angham + Pistachio and I was sold plus the bottle was so cute ☺️. Got it and at first spray I fell in love with the scent however it didn’t really last all that long about an hour or two it was gone. I was worried because I’ve had several fragrances from this house in the longevity is always been a problem for me. I trusted my gut and I let it sit, now two weeks later it lasts about 4 to 5 hours before it gets very intimate, and I feel like I have to reapply. Already a massive improvement in a matter of weeks so for those that are saying that they’re not getting any longevity I would say let’s sit for a couple weeks maybe even up till month and it should really improve. I’m excited to update further down the line. I’m gonna let this sit again because I bought a bunch of fragrances during the black Friday sale so I’m gonna be testing out a lot, but I feel like this is only gonna get stronger as it sits, for sure a grower not a show-er lol.

What a charming scent for the price point! I have to agree with Shaafora below. The opening on skin really does smell like a brand-new laptop. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves because it’s not giving me that MacBook elegance note. No, this is full-on Dell or Lenovo vibes . . . like fresh plastic, ambition, and a startup that’s already months behind schedule with a faint whiff of corporate despair.

Obsessed with this. Vanilla forward with beautiful pistachio notes. I’m wearing it today and probably oversprayed because I love it so much. The bottle is beautiful and so is the fragrance. The floral notes come out as well. This is well mixed and well balanced. A great deal and worth the money. Safe blind buy if you like vanilla and pistachio.

It's angam with less lavender and and added note of almond and pistachio . Very feminine and beautiful. The package itself is amazing, perfect to carry perfume when travelling or as a makeup brush case. Really beautiful perfume and presentation. If you have angam then no point in getting this one because in the dry down they smell the same.

IT’S SO WONDERFUL! I love it! It’s so creamy and sexy! A mature scent that you can wear in any occasions and you’ll get soooo many compliments. My boyfriend loves it so much! I dont get the pistachio note AT all! It’s the almond note that makes it so creamy. The bottle is GORGEOUS! This one gets a STRONG 9/10!

this ONE should be banned because of how damn GOOD its smells, ugggg mesmerizing, gorgeous think in angham but creamier + pistachio the longevity is so good, about 6H with strong projection I cannot see myself running out of stock of this one, so yummy

Fantastic Goddess dupe with Added nuttiness. For me the almond is more prominent than pistachio, and i prefer it that way. Right from the start, decent longevity and projection. Very pleasant and gourmand. Smells designer. Highly recommend.

Just wow! I own over 100 perfume bottles, this is just the best presentation I've ever seen. Beautiful faux leather with embroidered patern solid case. The scent is beautiful too 95% similar to rare beauty by Selena Gomez.

I love, but I’m questioning my nose because I’m not seeing similarities to Goddess. Maybe a little. I’ll have to compare. This is rich, gourmand, sexy and smooth. I can smell the pistachio, but I wish it was stronger.

Think Angham or Burberry Goddess with a hint of pistachio almond. She’s lovely.

#142 of My Fragrance Journey - Ard Al Zaafaran Manaal: Softness isn't a surrender Some bottles perform before you've even touched them. Manaal's one of those - pale green, Corinthian column, ornate detailing, embossed leather. It reads cool stone, botanical restraint. The whole visual language points you toward fresh and green. Then it ignores all of that. First spray gives you a brief nod in that direction - bergamot does its clean sparkling thing, lavender sits composed alongside it, elegant for about thirty seconds. You think you know where it's going. You don't. The citrus steps aside almost immediately, and what comes through instead is pistachio - dense, velvety, not cloying. Toasted almond gives it warmth rather than crunch. Soft white florals keep the sweetness floating instead of letting it sink. Nothing sticky, nothing childish. The gourmand quality here is polished and, honestly, surprisingly self-assured. I find that interesting. There's something quietly bold about a fragrance that picks softness and doesn't apologise for it. Doesn't reach for sharp woods or aggressive spices to justify itself. Presence through consistency rather than volume - it doesn't need to be loud to hold a room. At least in theory. As it settles, the texture smooths out even further - vanilla folding into dry cacao, sandalwood underneath keeping it calm and skin-close. The sweetness doesn't disappear; it just gets more grounded. Less dessert, more memory. That's where Manaal actually finds itself - not in excess, just in ease. Here's the honest bit though. Performance is where it loses some nerve. On my skin, the pistachio accord projects exactly as confidently as it should - it's beautiful. But that's not everyone's experience. On some skin types, this thing goes quiet fast, and quiet becomes nearly inaudible. The intimate drydown that I think is intentional ends up arriving too soon for some people, and overspraying becomes less of a choice and more of a necessity if you want it to actually exist in the space around you. At this price, that's forgivable. For a composition with this much genuine character, it's still a frustrating limitation. The bottle tension is worth a mention too - mint green promising crispness, delivering creamy gourmand comfort instead. Some people will call that misleading. I think it's more interesting than that. It just shows how much the packaging teaches us what we're supposed to feel before we smell a single thing. Manaal quietly ignores those instructions. Looks one way, lives completely another. That's exactly where the charm is. Vibe: pistachio cream under pale green marble, soft afternoon light Performance: intimate projection, inconsistent longevity - spray more than you think you need to Fit: refined gourmand lovers, anyone who wants texture over spectacle and comfort over convention The strongest thing it does isn't getting louder. It's refusing to get harder. Does the softness read as confidence to you, or does it need more weight behind it to earn that? More scent stories and visuals on Instagram - @lavendercloudsjd

This is a lovely fragrance (see below) but I don’t get the comparison with Goddess or Angham that much. It’s closer to Rare by Selena GomezI don’t usually enjoy lavender and I’m not getting that note - I don’t think the notes are accurate (even on the AAZ U.S. website) but another listed them as follows: Top Notes - Orange blossom, Red Fruits, Banana Heart Notes - Pistachio, Creamy (Lactonic) Notes Base Notes - Vanilla, Musk, Sandalwood This accounts for all of the folks (including me) who don’t catch lavender and do get the banana note! The scent is better than Goddess for sure and the lactonic element would make this more wearable year round. HOWEVER...longevity is garbage and it dissipates to a skin scent within an hour. I’m hoping this strengthens in a few months but right now it’s a waste of my time, sadly.

Manaal, to my nose, smells like it got caught in a love triangle between Burberry Goddess and Rare Beauty. It definitely leans closer to the Burberry Goddess side of the family tree, so if you already own that one, you may feel a bit of déjà vu here. If you have Angham, honestly, you probably don’t need Manaal. Unless you just like collecting cousins who all show up to the reunion in the same outfit. I was secretly hoping for more of that dreamy pistachio vibe, but it never really showed up. Still, it’s a solid choice, especially with the beautiful packaging. It looks every bit as good as it smells.

This a such a gorgeous presentation.. fragrance is beautiful too. The notes I get prominently are Pistachio, Cacao, Vanilla, White Flowers, and Almond. The combination of the sandalwood and white flowers with the sweet pistachio almost come across as banana. It’s not listed as a note, but I definitely get it. Pairs well with Maui in a bottle, or Sunkissed banana by Zara for a tropical flair. For a gourmand girl, pair with caramel or coffee. Doesn’t stay long but initial whiffs are strong. Wish it lasted longer on my skin, definitely does when layered.

This is gorgeous. I immediately loved this one and only don't give it a 5 star because it doesn't last quite as long as I would like it to. The smell is beautiful. What makes this so stunning is that although it is a gourmand, it is not overly sweet. You immediately get the pistachio and the almond as a beautiful grown up blend. Then the Sandalwood and vanilla creep in to give it some depth. Truly beautiful. Oh and I forgot to mention the packaging- It is SO unique! Also, I do feel that it leans feminine & is more of a day time perfume.

I got a decant to try and straight away, I thought.. this is Lattafa Angham... but after wearing it for the day, I actually prefer this more. I have a full bottle of Angham, it's ok but I feel like it's nothing special, so I don't reach for it. Manaal, on the other hand, smells expensive, it is smoother, slightly creamier and to me and my tastes, this is a lot more wearable. If you don't like Angham, then this would be redundant in your collection. If you love Angham, I think you will love this.

Oh no another ambroxan bomb. The Yara, Zara Cocoa Sunset, Pepe Jeans, Amo Ferragamo curse is chasing me. The bergamot in this is straight up ambroxan, like bleach, screechy - that's the high pitched sour source, and the vanilla-almond along with some Orange blossom that I'm sure it contains, provide the sweet waxy element to complete the ambroxan heady disaster 😭. It's reminiscent of Pepe Jeans, but it's got the deeper leafy-herbal lavender while the sour green ambroxan pistachio effect is similar to that of the lactones and pistachio of Affection Lattafa being a green scent like this is, only that one's more soapy, more spicy by the black currant and with intense pistachio. The good thing is that its essence is green and the lavender differentiates it a bit from the Yara clan. Yes as it transitions to the drydown it's quite a sour screechy waxy sweet ambroxan bomb like Pepe Jeans. In the opening I like the waxy salty solar orange blossom element that I smell and which exists throughout. There's def orange blossom in this and it makes the scent better. The bergamot is the party pooper here. The green detergent-like ambroxan is dominant. It's slightly botanical and deep by the lavender but the ambroxan overpowers everything. The green element of the pistachio with the orange blossom's waxiness is lovely - at least the orange blossom that I detect - and it prolly has some jasmine too. It reminds me of the sour citrusy and waxy orange blossom essence of Armani Code Turquoise, minus the salty fizzy pear-ginger of that one. It's not too nutty tho. With maceration, ambroxan becomes more piercing and sour-waxy by the sweet notes so that's what I fear with this. There's still a green screechy scent like bug spray with pistachio at the drydown and in its projection, like a mix of Pepe Jeans and Lattafa Affection, but the waxy floral part I smell up close on my skin makes the citrusy ambroxan effect more pleasant. I need to stop relying on most of the reviews on fragrantica tho. I always thank the ones who mention the screechy ambroxan effect in scents. I need to just avoid middle eastern perfumes that feature the risky note combinations like sour ambroxan-like notes paired with waxy sweet ones and alcohol notes. -Tangerine with heliotrope vanilla in Yara. -Vodka, almond milk, tangerine almond in Pepe Jeans. -Vanilla, ambroxan, campari, black currant, rhubarb in Amo Ferragamo. -Vanilla, passionfruit, whipped cream in Cocoa Sunset. -Bergamot, vanilla-almond in this, but still you can never know where they put the despicable screechy ambroxan. The Yara clan is alot sweeter, fruitier more girly and overly sour waxy so very obnoxious to me. The sprayer tho smells like the Pepe Jeans one, very sour ambroxan-sweet. Way later at the 3 HR mark I get a moderately sweet and smoother creamy and powdery cacao almondy lavender blend, especially at the projection, even tho the green ambroxan sourness is still present but in time it stays in the background finally. The later drydown of Guimauve with the lavender orange vanilla almond notes, when its heady marshmallowy neroli has faded a bit, is similar to the later drydown of this with the lavender, vanilla, almond here too, given they both have intense green notes, but this is more sour with weaker vanilla that it deviates from Guimauve's musky vanilla-sweet tonka, the salty powdery ambergris with the marshmallowy neroli and the petitgrain tropical vein. Guimauve has bergamot too but it's not ambroxan sour. So I do like the later drydown and I get more of the cacao lavender at the projection without the ambroxan but the vanilla is weak. We'll see how it becomes once it macerates. Btw it's nothing like Eclaire Pistache or Burberry Goddess, wth.

I don't really feel this scent is closely comparable to Angham, but I understand that the lavender-vanilla combo resonates with that.🪻🍦 If I have to compare Manaal to it, the smoothness of Angham is taken away by this overpowering powdery, soapy hazelnut accent, and it gives rather an elderly vibe, than feminin chic, which is the downside of this perfume. Definitely a skin scent with poor longevity, maybe it's just my skin, but after an hour neither did I, nor did my husband sitting next to me feel anything.😒 It goes to the "whatever" cathegory.🤷🏻♀️

Well that was disappointing.... I was influenced to believe that it smells like Rare from Rare beauty..like a mix of Burberry Goddess with added pistachio.. I actually owned Rare and sold it only because it didn’t last on my skin but I really liked the scent... Goddess on the other hand is a pleasant scent but not full bottle worthy for me.I love pistachio so I figured I would go for the more affordable option and buy Manaal. I couldn’t find it anywhere to test so it was a blind buy and it was a big fail. Although it has the Goddess -Rare DNA on my skin it has this added caramel and banana note that a few people also mentioned here.I cannot detect any pistachio and hate banana on perfumes ...It is a shame because this one last for ever on my skin. Definitely not a dupe of Rare.They share the DNA but this is quite a different take. Pleasant if you like banana ,very long lasting,great presentation and value for money but not what I expected and not for me.

Who the f***k thinks this has strong sillage and longevity?? This BARELY projects, I mean I gotta smash my nose in my arm to smell it. It does smell like a lovely vanilla almond with a hint of white florals/lavender but it doesn't fucking matter coz it barely smells and lasts 30min. Dissapointment.

I do NOT own this fragrance nor have I put my nose on it. If referencing here be forewarned bc the notes listed here versus on Amazon (using the link on Fragnatica) from the brand itself is quite different. From Ard Al Zaafaran (on Amazon) are as follows: **Top Notes: Orange blossom, Red Fruits, Banana **Heart Notes: Pistachio, Creamy (Lactonic) Notes **Base Notes: Vanilla, Musk, Sandalwood Again, I haven’t smelled this fragrance so have no opinion either way on it, but Bergamot, Lavender, Almond, White Flowers and Cacao are NOT listed in the notes whatsoever according to Amazon from the brand itself...

So at first I thought it smelled like yum because I recognized the smell but NO it's Soie Malaquais Dries Van Noten or peace and love by latafa!!! I hated those scents but many people loved them. I'm just sad because I wanted what the notes read and I got none of them!!

I love this fragrance soo much! It personally smells quite different to me than Angham. Can someone confirm if there is banana in this fragrance? I definitely pick up the pistachio but I swear I smell banana or I might be losing my mind.

this is a mix between paris corner khair pistachio and kind of angham yes...or lattafa affection, but a bit creamier..not a strong projector