Shiyaaka Snow

I Never smelled Météore. It smells like a clean a slightly bitter unscented shampoo, moments after you've stepped out of the shower. Which I actually quite enjoy, I'm not saying it's addicting but I keep leaning over my arm smelling it. I can pickup a bit of citrus in the opening, after that really I can't tell which notes I'm smelling. It has a synthetic smell to it and it stays that way, but it's not exactly "rubber", though I get the "baby wipe" comments. But that synthetic smell really gives it a cool a frigid thing to it making it a bit masculine and making it live up to it's name: "Snow" so it's not a real drawback. The real drawback is it's weird powdery headache inducing "baby wipe "sweetness to it, which can be a bit too much if you overspray it. Because it projects pretty decently. It has a very linear dry down, first the citrus disappear then finally the sweet "baby powder" and it leaves you with this very clean and slightly bitter scent. I would say it has about 5-6 hours of projection, with like 8-10 hours of skin scent. I don't think It's blind buy safe, I would think that a lot of people would dislike it's "baby wipe" smell. On the street though I think a lot of people wouldn't even notice you are wearing a fragrance, and just think that you washed your hair an hour before. This is the first summer Fragrance that I would genuinely not wear in colder days. Like it needs some heat source to work. So hot weather + day to really make this fragrance make sense. Scent: (3.8-4/5) Clean. Performance (4/5) Actually decent. Longevity (4/5) 6-8 hours. I mean Fuck it It's alright for the money, again it isn't really blind buy safe.

So this is definitely not 1:1. I did a skin test of both to compare, and Snow is noticeably sweeter whereas meteore is more soapy. Other than that they are pretty close (about 85-90%). Tbh I actually prefer the slight sweetness that Snow has. I feel like that extra sweetness actually makes the DNA more mass appealing. It's a clean, fresh, and slightly soapy scent that makes a great daily with high versatility. This would also make a great gym scent. The one thing I don't really like is the bottle. It looks like a deodorant stick and a bit tacky/cheap. I am nitpicking here but I am a sucker for a nice bottle. Either way I can't deny the juice is fire and I can get past that. In terms of performance, meteore and Snow had similar longevity on my skin. With projection, meteore does have a bit more umph but not by much. They projected around the same mark as well. I need to keep testing it bc I've had varying results. The first time I tested Snow, it projected for a good 3-4 hours and stayed a skin scent for 6. Then, I've had wears where it barely projected for 2 hours and lasted for 4. It might have something to do with weather or my skin but, the time I tested it against meteore they both had similar subpar results. I remember meteore being a beast so it may have just been the weather (it was a bit cold that day). Overall, I actually do think this one is worth the hype. It's a pretty easy scent to like and for a fraction of the price of meteore, this is a great option if you don't mind a slight twist on the DNA.

Louis Vuitton is my favorite house. I have Creeds, Chanels, Diors.... I have quite a few perfumes and a good selection of different brands and styles. Meteoré is probably my favorite LV besides Imagination. I have 200ml of both. I paid $40 from a fellow fraghead in my city that I met through a fragrance group on FB. In my opinion, this is a good dupe of Meteoré. No, it is not a 1-1, and no, it does not smell 99% to Meteoré. But to my nose, this is a very good dupe and it smells really nice on its own. There is an obvious difference in quality, but damn does it smell good. Once it dries down, it is very close to the LV and if you spray one hand with LV and one hand with Snow, and ask 10 people to guess which one is the real thing, I think half would get it wrong. My brother who has a 100ml of Meteoré guessed wrong lol. So to cap off this review, I think it's a very good blind buy for $40 if you like Meteoré and LV in general. Makes a great gift for frag heads and non fragheads too.

Khadlaj Snow... I loved it from the first spray. I’ll be honest—the bottle is kind of off-putting. It feels like no real thought went into it, and a fragrance like this definitely deserves better presentation. But once you get past that, the scent itself is what matters. To me, it’s a really nice blend of floral, musky, earthy, and slightly sweet notes. I even pick up a bit of a rose vibe in there. It’s not overly sweet though—it leans more fresh and clean, which I really enjoy. I’ve seen a lot of negativity about a “bad smell” or off-putting opening, but I personally never got that from mine. One thing I will say—it definitely needs to macerate. At first, the longevity and projection were pretty weak, but after letting it sit for about a month, it improved a lot. Yeah, it’s a hyped fragrance, but for the price, it’s honestly a solid buy.

In the air, on a tester strip, I can get how people can compare it to baby wipes. Soon as it touches my skin though... Magic. The real magic is in the gym. Somehow, my sweat reacts to this fragrance in a way that removes the wipesy feel and makes it turn into some of the best fresh lemony kind of white flowery scent I've smelled on myself. Weirdly enough, I don't get nose fatigued by this, and smell it from myself throughout my entire workout constantly, plus granting me my first ever compliments in the gym. All that and with this price?... Witchcraft. It's only been about a week, on top of me being new to this fragrance hobby, maybe my taste will change in the future. But as of right now, I love this.