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.)

Wowee this is a keeper. First of all the packaging is awesome and expensive looking, the bottle is quirky and unique, but OMFG the smell is utterly divine. I understand the initial likeness to PR1M but after 30 seconds this transforms into a lovely smooth spicy almost edible fragrance. Its quite potent so a little goes a long way . Overspraying will melt your nostrils. Im maybe bias as an oud, spice, sweet addict but for the price give it a try . I would deffo re purchase this.

ottimo accordo centrato sull'oud, sorretto da accenni di zafferano e da un solidissimo cuoio. il risultato è asciutto, secco, molto mediorientale e gradevolissimo. senza spendere una fortuna per procacciarsi vari ed eventuali oud di montale, acqua di parma etc etc, provate questo che, come gli altri lattafa, rende assaissimo in termini di durata e sillage, e costa neppure 30€.

This is similar to nepal aoud from montale. The montale obviously smells higher quality but this is still good especially for 16 dollars. Longevity and sillage are both above average. I get mainly oud and leather from this with rose and incense as supporting notes. 8/10.

Dupe of Montale Nepal Oud. I had this for a year and when I recently bought Montale Nepal oud I was really surprised to find that this is a very close copy of it. Tested them both on paper this Lattafa lasted much longer than Montale.

It is 100% feminine .. Low price & beautiful high quality. long lasting & not linear at all it goes through some interesting positive changes. Recommended for the mature ladies.

Its enormous cinnammon rose oud way over the normal human can smell,its really killing me cause it too harsh..

I've had this for a long time. It is indeed a little rough around the edges, but it's still a great fragrance. My personal biggest gripe is that the incense in this smells a little too "ashtray" in the far drydown. Oud needed to be a base note to help tame down the incense. However, for the price you are hard pressed to find perfumes attempting to smell as rich, opulent, and smoky. Not a safe blind buy, although I personally enjoy it. This could be better, but it still has major balls for doing what it's doing here. Projection: Explosive at first, then tames down to arm length for a long time. Longevity: 18+ Scent: "A-" for a good 6-8 hours or so, then the closer to the far drydown it gets the more I start to dislike it for its pure ashtray scent, settling into a "D" for me, but that's so far into the drydown that you'd have to avoid taking a shower, so let's just say it smells great. :-) EDIT: I've been layering a woody oud attar over this after spraying, and it really helps keep things in balance after a while. This is easily one of Lattafa's better offerings, and it deserves more recognition.

I was not expecting to fall in love with this but I couldn't help it! 😳 The reviews are polarizing, some hate it and some adore it. I can absolutely see why this is considered an acquired taste in the perfume world. 😍 My bottle smells wonderful! Balanced and beautiful. Maybe I got a good batch? This is a no-regrets blind buy for me. Very smokey, vanillic ambery creaminess, potent woodiness, weirdly earthy/spicy, surprisingly sweet but not sugary, gentle leather notes and OMG does it punch! 👊 Not one to wash off easily either so you better want to smell it for hours, and oh boy do I! 🤤 It's beautifully complex, projects around corners, the tiniest spritz goes a long way... I am in smokey perfume heaven. 👉💟👈 7.5/10 Will wear this mysterious mix often.👍

I have Montale AOUD NIGHT for the second time and I know its scent well. As soon as I sprayed Lattaf on my left hand I knew they were the same. That's why I also put AOUD NIGHT on my right hand to feel the difference. It is 99% the same and it is great that for the price of €20 in Slovakia I can get such a high-quality and cheap fragrance. My wife couldn't tell the difference in my skin. Buy 2ml samples to compare both and you'll thank me later. Durability and intensity are fine and well above the average of even more expensive designer offerings.

First impression: It opens with a skanky oud and saffron, I love it. Sadly, it's short-lived, perhaps ten minutes or so. A bit of incense appears as well. Then it transforms to a sweet rose and gooey woody-leathery oud scent with just a hint of something that might be perceived as skanky. Knowing me, I'd probably love to wear the skank all day.

Sweet Metallic Medicine oud replication like ointment or salve Sharp Warm ....I imagine a pleasant, fresh smelling dental surgery, and nice flowers, or something slightly sweet. It smells clinically clean. I do like this.

this one hits with the spicy mild leather scent, the oud and rose play good in this cologne.not a loud leather,very subtle scent. after a while of wearing the sandlewood and leather take over. this is one i find okay. would i buy it again ? no. i am not a big fan of leather. some tame it down to be enjoyable. this is not one of them. however it is a good mild scent. i have to put this one more on the ladies side of wearing, i can not get the vanilla and cinnamon scent out of this one.however for 20 bucks it is well worth the money.

Leaning more masculine, leather forward, basically all I can smell is leather and oud, sort of medicinal oud like others have mentioned. I laughed out loud when I read someone said it smells like an ointment or salve because that's exactly what I thought! Anyway I'll have to try this again in the winter. This is my first review but I'm living in the middle east and have gotten so into Arabic scents and brands especially Lattafa! They have turned me into a collector, affordable and good quality

the opening is a burst of cheap synthetic saffron à la Oud/Montale then it evolves into the spicy cheap oud territory but with a touch of animality, skanky leather, who saves the perfume from a total mediocrity. Still not far away from the smell of rubbing alcohol. Déjà vu 1001 times I see an amazing number of review who try to sell you this perfume as a marvel...but it's the equivalent in quality of a Axe for men deodorant in the arabian style.

Nothing like 1 Million, literally nowhere near. I love Lattafa but i'm not a fan of this scent at all. All i get from this is Burnt Oud, Burnt Leather, Burnt musk and Burnt Incense. It sounds masculine but it gives off too much of a dirty vibe, if you spray this after a shower, you just had a shower for no reason. This ones only for super super heavy Burnt Oud/Incense lovers.