Club De Nuit Maleka

This fragrance is simply incredible! I never thought I would find a fruity floral scent that is so intoxicating, one that I would want to wear all the time, but this is it. Typically, I'm not a fan of fruity fragrances; scents like Erba Pura and Delina have turned me off completely. Although I own a few fruity fragrances, I don’t reach for them often. However, this fragrance has completely changed my perspective. It features a sweet, tart, juicy lychee with a bright citrus opening that becomes sweeter in the dry down. The florals are not overly powdery; instead, they have a candied quality that blends seamlessly with the other notes. This scent feels modern and playful, not a dupe of Delina or Fleur Majesty. It’s whimsical, clean, summery, and fresh. I get about 6 to 8 hours of wear time from this fragrance, and just a few sprays can fill an entire room, which speaks volumes about its projection. As someone who tends to overspray and be rather heavy-handed with most of my fragrances, I appreciate this. I don’t experience the hairspray scent that others mention— to me, it reminds me of lychee candies. If you’re expecting it to resemble those early 2000s purple-bottled fragrances that everyone wore to clubs, you’ll be disappointed; this is a sophisticated summer scent. It evokes the feeling of being surrounded by iris and violet flowers while sipping on a lychee spritz and enjoying a cool summer breeze, catching wafts of this delightful fragrance around you. It’s not overwhelmingly sweet or heavy in the gourmand aspect like many recent releases. I highly recommend giving this a try, especially if you’re a fan of Tresor or LVEB fragrances in that particular category. Happy sniffing!

I've got two perfume personalities - ultra masculine or a gourmand girl. I get bored with freshies quickly, I'm not a massive fan of fruity notes and I hate typical feminine florals. But I thought I'm going to be a little adventurous and try something else for a change. Maleka is a bit fruity, but also slightly floral, so it was a risky move. Blind bought it (Olivier Cresp behind it made me pull the trigger) and even though I wasn't so sure about it after the first spray, surprisingly I really, really enjoyed its first full day wear. I'm definitely keeping her. Maleka starts a bit fresh and fruity thanks to lychee and bergamot (I'm not a fan of the latter, but it's really subtle here), but that eases off quickly and gets into creamy and powdery orris and sandalwood territory. The addition of praline gives it nice sweetness, but not in a heavy, gourmand way. I get a little bit of musky ambroxan in the base too. It's very elegant, but in a youthful way. Makes me feel confident and pretty (Maleka means queen in Arabic, there is something to it!). Easy to wear. I think it can be worn in any season. It's bright enough for spring/summer, but the creaminess and coziness makes it work in winter time too. She's got a pretty strong presence on her own, but she also works beautifully as a layering partner to other fragrances (I've layered her with Angham recently and they're just divine together!). Leaning feminine, but I can imagine a man could easily pull it off too. Longevity and sillage are above average, it's better than many of my designer perfumes. Excellent atomiser and very pretty bottle too. All at a very reasonable price. I'm really happy I took the risk. Great fragrance.

I just received it an hour ago from Fragrancebuy.ca. I am definitely not a bot. I can attest that it is a beautiful perfume, and i would like to urge men to stop claiming it is unisex, even if they are bots or fake accounts. Maleka is NOT suitable for any man i can think of; Armaf made it for a woman, and aside from the fragrance itself, both the color of the bottle and the glittery box with a flower motif can confirm that. As for the actual perfume, it is very soft, feminine, and pretty. It smells the way the bottle and box look. Purple. It's a sparingly sweetened floral with some powderiness and nutiness, just slightly teetering above the gourmand line. If i had to place the perfume without knowing what it was, i would have guessed Gucci (one of Gorgeous, Glorious, Gracious fumes) creation, from around 10 to 15 years ago. It truly is gorgeous and unusual. Please stop inserting random perfumes in the "This perfume reminds me of" section, none are correct, i have close to 800 full bottles and around 200 samples, and Maleka smells like none of them, especially not like Nova or any Delina flanker. In my opinion, if you are a girly girl (or a womanly woman), you should get this. It's very, very feminine and i can imagine men liking this on women a lot. I can't say anything about the longevity right now, since i just received it, but i will update on that later.

Man reviewing here. I bought a bottle of Maleka as a Christmas present for my friend. She is 34 (I'm 48). Although I like the lychee note, I was able to confirm that there is no rose nor rhubarb in this composition, which in my opinion is a good thing, as I didn't want to buy yet another Delina clone. Also , the fact that Olivier Cresp is the perfumer, was enough reason for me to pull the trigger. Fortunately my friend loved it! You can smell the lychee right off the top, but also the sweet bergamot makes a huge difference! it makes it more fruity and somehow, fresher than Delina-based dupes. Maleka is different: smoother, less nuclear and more versatile than White Imperiale, just to mention a Delina benchmark. The iris though is very soft, not a lipsticky kind of iris. All in all, this is a sexy, versatile , all year round fragrance.I couldn't pick up the praline note stated in the notes, but there is undoubtedly an underlying sweet note in the base. When I hugged her goodbye, I buried my nose in her neck and my face got impregnated with Maleka, so for the next two hours I couldn't stop thinking of her lol. Highly recommend for the guys to buy as a gifts for their special lady (ies).

I’ve used it everyday since I purchased it 2 weeks ago, that’s how lovely this perfume is. Straight out of the box a sharp, peppery lychee and old smelling rose hit you in the face, don’t let that disappoint you. Just a couple of days later this is coming through as an incredibly well balanced fragrance. Sweet lychee, just slightly powdery, so feminine, delicate. I’m IN LOVE. It doesn’t project much on my skin yet, with all my other middle eastern fragrances I’ve noticed they reach beast mode in a couple of months so I’ll be patient. I’m obsessed over the dry-down it leaves on clothes though. This is my first CDN purchase and couldn’t be happier 😍 Perfectly suited for spring and summer, daytime, casual or for an office scent. My only con is that the bottle is huge and heavy, but the atomizer is perfect Edit: 4 weeks later projection has gotten way better. I’ve had 4 people already stop me to tell me I smelled very feminine and “summery”, and ask what my perfume was