24 Carat Pure Gold

STRONG and SEXY, but a little ROUGH AROUND the EDGES, as others have mentioned. I've owned this fragrance for about 5-years, and I can safely say there is enough fragrance in this potent bottle to last most people a lifetime. My initial impression was that 24 Carat Gold reminded me somewhat of Mancera Black to Black (UAE exclusive) and other Montale Aoud fragrances. I didn't really get the 1 Million connection that others have mentioned. However, it opened with beastly longevity and projection and is definitely better suited for the cooler Fall and Winter months. I've spent a quite a bit of time with 24 Carat Gold over the years and I still stumble when trying to describing this scent. It is unique, for sure! I sense incense right upon first spray, but it is not intense nor would I say this fragrance is balsamic; there is certainly oud (medicinal type) but I do not consider this one to be oud heavy like so many of my other Middle Eastern frags; it is certainly warm-spicy, but I don't detect much cinnamon. In my opinion, I would say there are notes of chili pepper and cloves which are not listed. Moreover, the saffron is intense at the opening and well into the heart, with a touch of a bright rose playing casually in the background. Amber, leather, musk and vanilla push forward in the drydown, but they all blend together as this fragrance transitions closer to the skin after the 6-hours mark. I would not be surprised if folks cannot detect amber, leather of vanilla because, to me, it's just a lightly sweetened, light amber-leather scent. Overall performance was SOLID, but not quite beastly, as it lasts 12+ hours on my skin (although the last 6+ hours are much softer) and it projected very well...although not quite as beastly as when it opens. After speaking to others...yes, my initial 4-5 sprays did, in fact, fill a large room. So go easy on the trigger. I enjoy wearing 24 Carat Gold on cool evenings and only in an open venue as it is not a date-night or snuggle scent during the first 2-3 hours. Wear with caution (too much is NOT a good thing) and make sure you love really strong and spicy saffron, incense, oud scents. Finally, I highly recommend layering this fragrance with something like Cologne of the Missions (vanilla intense) or something with a strong leather or amber drydown. Seriously, give it a try...vanilla does a really nice job or smoothing out the rough edges.

The Nightmare on Oud Street/ The Hills have Roses/ The Saffron Chainsaw Massacre Is Fragrantica a secret support group for all the weirdos with a p**p fetish where you gather and share your adventures in the eternal magic of the promised scat? Does it get you guys hard when you use colourful exaggerations for anything you don't understand? Did we secretly get colonised for shit and spice was just an excuse? Have you consumed only saffron and oud and drank only rose water to the point your p**p smells like it? I know the West was technologically ahead but forgive me for not knowing about this otherworldly make-your-poop-ethereal technology. Clowning aside, this is a basic, really simple saffron-leather-oud fragrance with tons of rose. Nothing about this is even half as wild or polarising as xenophobicpoopiebros here suggest. Maybe if you guys start eating some fibre and p**p more often, it won't haunt your dreams and consume your reality like Freddy Krueger. It won't chase you in a snowy maze yelling daddy's home; just make you smell like roses and oud-saffron.

Subversive, Mellow & Sweet Saffron-Rose-Oud with Leather & Vanilla... This sheer & bright scent has a slightly subversive feel to it, and yet it's mellow & sweet. It's hard to pinpoint, but it may be that the oud is moving slightly out of tame territory with some leather-saddle/barnyard animalics that won't be for everyone. In the first couple of minutes I feel the oud & saffron, and already the rose is swelling through. As the sillage opens up, the rose is bringing a sheer & bright projection to the oud-rose-saffron combo. Cinnamon is there in the backseat, bringing a little sparkle to the saffron. The oud here leans leather-y with animalics, supported by leather again in the base. Vanilla from the base is more forward than the notes would suggest, bringing a creamy sweetness. Overall it's a bright & sweet oud-rose-saffron scent with animalics and above average performance. I didn't love this at first sniff, but as I'm coming back to it I'm really enjoying the sheer & bright projection of the saffron-rose-oud. For oud lovers. Enjoy!

I got more time with this now that it's getting colder and colder outside. The first blast chokes you.. Literally! For me, it's like someone had hands around my neck. It's a cocktail of notes fighting to get your attention : smoky, woody, leathery and even some sweetness. It's violent (that's how I would describe it), but I find rather pleasant once you get used to it. It settles into a confusing smooth-routh ambery, smoky westernized oud smell with hints of sweetness and a good dose of spice. As for performance, you can easily overspray this if you are not careful and it lasts and lasts and lasts!!! I paid 19$ for this and I think I got a great fragrance!

Imagine 1 million done with oud...this is that dream come true. Besides all the crap that 1 million gets all the time, i like it and i use it at least every weekend...love the strenght and the lasting power,this is that taken a little bit further...the oud note makes it deeper and mature. Lattafa fragrances never dissapoint, so far all 3 i have bought from them are great (maybe the bottles are not that good, but the juices...are just great) 95/100 RIYL: 1 Million, 1 Million Parfum, 1 million clones (212 vip, halloween man, etc.)