Ajayeb Dubai Portrait

* Beautiful hybrid fruit and floral fragrance * Strong and long lasting tropical mango and floral notes headline the fragrance * Good blend of mango, floral, woody, powdery and musk aromas * Great for those who love fruit fragrances such as Bade'e al Oud Sublime * Great for social occasions and outdoor activities in all seasons * Great for female users * Strong performer * Beautiful bottle presentation * Niche quality at a good price * May lean too feminine for some male users who were hoping for a Polo Black style fragrance * Surprisingly polarized reviews on Fragrantica * Lacks vanilla, honey and coconut notes gourmand lovers may be looking for * Not good for older users * Lacks a fresh note to liven it up Lattafa's Ajayeb Dubai Portrait is a purported clone of niche fragrance Stephane Humbert Lucas' Soleil de Jeddah Mango Kiss. Having no experience with that fragrance, I can only judge Portrait on its own merits. It's quite a beautiful fruit forward fragrance, specifically a mango fragrance that is very strong and long lasting. That mango note is blended with floral, woody and musk aromas to balance it out. It's a creamy floral mango that comes very close to smelling like actual mangoes hanging on a mango blossom tree (albeit with baby powder mixed in ;D). Quality is niche level and it comes at a good price. All of which makes it really surprising that the reviews on Fragrantica for this are so divided. For some reason, this fragrance has polarized users and they either really love it or really hate it. Maybe the haters were hoping for a more gourmand style fragrance with vanilla, coconut and/or honey notes -- all of which Portrait lacks. I'm really not sure what the issue is, so I hope this review helps in making it clear what you are getting here. This is a hybrid fragrance that blends the fruit and floral DNAs and does so very well. It's a floral powdery mango scent. If that appeals to you, you should definitely get this. This is unisex but leans more feminine to my nose due to the florals. Male users who may be hoping for a fresher and more masculine note on the drydown a la Polo Black should be aware it's not to be found here. As I do a lot of outdoor activities and am a known foodie, I can get away with wearing this. This is great for social and outdoor activities in all seasons. It favors younger users and is unisex, though again it does lean more feminine. Performance is very good and bottle presentation is beautiful. Quality is definitely niche and comes at a very good price. Bottom line: Can you wear and enjoy a fragrance like Lattafa's Bade'e Al Oud Sublime which is also a tropical fruit and floral aroma? Yes? Then you can definitely wear and enjoy this. Recommended.

Oud-y & fresh mango, with sandalwood and musk. at my nose - Fresh, fruity green mango accord, with clean notes (almost shampoo-like) light floral tones, very woody (oud) at the base, with musk and amber. Sandalwood is prominent at my nose on the drydown that adds something powdery. personal thoughts - It's an adventurous and sophisticated perfume, not for everyone; it can be sharp for some people (maybe the oud, sandalwood, amber and musk blend), but I personally love it. I think it's kinda unique; I never smelled something like this before and I'm happy it turns very well on my skin. Ajayeb Dubai Portrait is a mango perfume, yes... but with character. Tropical but not on the typical sweet "coconut" or what people is usually expecting from a tropical fragrance. It's NOT a candied smoothie mango perfume neither. I don't really get the orange & lemon notes, just something very fresh at the opening that adds its perfect touch to the mango. Mango is VERY present (more on the green-side, juicy not entirely ripe) but tends to fade a little over time. I can definitively smell oud and sandalwood in the mix (one of my friend told me it reminds her of some incense/essential oil blends and she loved it) from the opening to the drydown, with musk and amber as well, and something clean in the middle (I guess it's jasmine and osmanthus). Unisex, more on the feminine side. Very long lasting, very good performance. I don't overspray this one. A more "mature" perfume (not girly, more refined), that I will certainly wear this summer ! the vibe - I've read in someone's review that she could see a classy, confident younger woman on vacation: spot on. tarot cards - 9 of pentacles. An earthy, but sophisticated and plentiful energy : the woman depicted on the card has worked hard and now enjoy the fruits of her labor. Unapologetically. She is refined, matured and enjoys things by her own because she knows her worth. She just exaled beauty, like Ajayeb Dubai Portrait. résumé - green and fresh mango accord + light floral + woody oud + powdery sandalwood

Your place is set in a manor house’s ornate mango tree solarium. Just-ripened, firm mango slices have been laid out in anticipation of your arrival. A door to the garden is open, and from either the mango itself or the breeze drifting in, you catch soft floral notes, jasmine and osmanthus, delicate and unobtrusive. You take your seat at a sandalwood table. Later, the mango is gone, but its memory lingers on your lightly musky fingers. This is for those seeking an alternative to the usual mango treatment; no aquatic, overly masculine, or strong Middle Eastern vibes. It’s unisex, with an elegant, mature feel. Not candied juvenile mango, either. A lovely option for those who struggle with traditionally bright fruit notes. It's beautiful and I'm a fan. Oud is listed, but don’t worry if you're oud-shy; there are no strong ouds, just soft woods. Nothing animalic. Some say they don’t get mango; I wonder if that’s because the mango and citrus notes arrive together, creating a just-barely-ripe, slightly acidic impression. I definitely get mango, and I don’t detect lemon (fellow cleaning-lemon-fearers can also relax). Superficial and irrelevant note: the bottle looks niche, and, frankly, it looks much better in person. No photo I’ve seen does it justice, I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived. (I paid around £15 for this, and it smells and looks like a niche £200). (Note relevant to gourmand folks: if you want to bring this towards gourmand territory, you can layer with almost any vanillic perfume) Possibly Important Note: My bottle was 8 months old (based on the date on the box), so it had time to macerate. That likely influenced my experience quite a bit, especially compared to earlier reviews.

Ajayeb Dubai Portrait was, past the last summer, one of the most hyped Middle Eastern perfumes, at least online, when reviewers mentioned the note of mango. Well, I finally found the scent for a decent price so I ordered a bottle! And in my experience Ajayeb Dubai Portrait does deserve the hype it got! It’s a creamy, juicy mango, peachy scent with a bit of jasmine added in and smooth sandalwood. Smells way more expensive than it costs and it’s well blended, it doesn’t have that weird smell like some other Arabic perfumes do when you first spray them. This perfume smells good without letting it for weeks on a shelf to macerate. I would say that there’s no oud in this, it has that tropical fruitiness, moderate sweetness and airiness. It’s a fun, warm scent that works during fall season as well but not because the addition of oud, but because of the amber added to the base. Gives this tropical fruity scent a bit of that enveloping, cozy feel that we all want when the temperatures drop suddenly. That’s all I am getting as a first time wearing this. A very enjoyable, feminine, fruity, delicious scent that is very likeable and easy to wear. The more I sample, the more I am impressed by Lataffa’s recent releases! They are doing great perfumes for such affordable prices! The scent quality/performance is good in most of the cases and the bottle/presentation design looks pretty appealing. Both on YT and here, on Fragrantica people say that this is a close dupe of SHL’s Soleil de Jeddah Mango Kiss. Which I haven’t smelled personally but if that’s the case, Ajayeb Dubai Portrait is an absolute treasure because that’s more than 200 euros for a 50 ml bottle.

It’s been a while since I’ve been moved to write a review, but this perfume has me stunned. I purchased from Mercari, and happen to know that this perfume has had some time to macerate, so perhaps that influences my opinion since many Lataffa perfumes seem to get better after some rest. It opens with a bright, juicy mango and citrus opening with a touch of greenness. I see that some people said they interpret this scent as unripe green mango, but to my nose, this smells exactly like cutting open one of those little yellow honey mangoes (and I just ate one yesterday, so the memory is fresh in my mind). I think the citrus and green element add to the realism of the mango accord here. As the opening fades, I’m greeted by a big, pillowy mix of peachy-powdery osmanthus underlined by a generous helping of soft, rather feminine musk, oud, and woods. I’m an oud-lover, and the oud note here is smooth and sweet regardless of whether it is genuine oud or not. Ajayeb Dubai Portrait also seems to have a bit of warm, aromatic cedar and possibly other woods. The fruity element lasts for about four hours, possibly a little more, then the powdery osmanthus-musk-woody concoction that remains slightly sweetened on my skin. The wear time is roughly 8 hours on my skin and might be even longer on clothing. This is an absolutely lovely scent, one that I can’t wait to wear this summer. It's giving immaculately put together woman enjoying the night life on a tropical island. I think you could wear this scent day or night, but the oud makes it more appropriate for night if you ask me.

I have posted before and there's another update (sept 2024): I finally got the full bottle and mine was made in 2023. I thought that it'd have to go through the maceration process but this time the fragrance is per-fe-ct right off the bat and now I get why people like it so much. It's beautiful. So beautiful. It's a love. I don't know what happened with the decant I got, probably too new and needing maceration. I get the same bad experience with Bade'al oud Amethyst from that decant store, everybody loves Amethyst and I'm like - what the heck? So this time around I don't get that cigarette vibes, the mango is sweet and fresh and creamy and everything is more rounded. I love mango scents and I've been thinking about buying Paco Rabanne's Fame for a long time, but the thing is: here in Brazil we don't get a lot of options when it comes to fragrances like people in the US with not only all the huge range of designer's but also de niche ones to choose from. And the thing with Fame is that in every store/airport stores/name it, they have all the line available. I'm picky and I avoid very popular scents because I don't like smelling like everyone else, just like a lot of you fellow fragrantica's reviewers live by the same moto. So guys, I feel like this gets better and better every time I wear it. I truly recommend this one. It's a gem. Kudos, Lattafa.

Don’t think this is a clone but I might be wrong. Straight off the top I’m getting juicy mixed tropical fruits including ripe mango with a bit of citrus and something green. Then there’s some pretty white florals with musk. I can’t pinpoint the green note but it reminds me of unripe fruit, perhaps a green mango or fig. Very refreshing and ultra clean, would be great in warm weather or fresh out of the shower. Definitely leans traditionally feminine but that’s no deterrent for me whatsoever, everything is unisex and I love to indulge my feminine side. It’s an uplifting, sunny, carefree vibe, which I love. The green mango note persists throughout much of the life of the fragrance. Apparently there’s oud in this but it can’t be very much, I don’t smell it. In the dry down all the fruits start to fade out, leaving the white floral musky base, a little sandalwood and a quite piercing note like hyacinth. This to me is very much a niche fragrance, not your typical designer stuff on the high street. Projection is strong at first and longevity is ok for this kind of perfume, but I wish the fresh fruits lasted longer. It’s toeing the line between smelling natural and smelling synthetic but not in an objectionable way. After testing my sample I bought a full bottle at an incredibly low price. I will enjoy wearing this in summer and spring.

I read the reviews and made my mind up about this as a more masculine leaning scent, at least for me, as my favorites are solid feminine perfumes. But I do indeed love a little uniqe and complex vibe. So I initially bought it for my son, as a going on a vacation gift - being it’s tropical, I figured that’s a nice gesture. When I received it, I must admit I was very curious myself and had to test it before giving it to my son.. and the opening was so so gorgeous!! Juicy and powdery. I was thinking holy moly, if this stays like this, then I might’ve found a new favorite. I love powdery scents, so it was just my cup of (mango) tea. Then 15-20 mins later, the perfume started to develop and into a more masculine territory. Still a gorgeous scent but a little too oud-y for me. On my son or men in general on the other hand, this will be perfect. Honestly I would simply melt if a man walked by me, wearing this. Smells so elegant and expensive - very niche. What a steal for such small price. I’m actually blown away. If there’s any men reading this considering buying it, please do (- us all a favor😍😂)

I bought this May 2024, initially I was kinda disappointed and it reminded me of Johnson and Johnson baby cologne, particularly the yellow one but with a lot of mango candy and a cheap oud that I wasn't a big fan of. Since then, it has bloomed into a citrusy, clean, creamy, sweet (without being cloying), mango with fruity kinda peachy-apricoty osthmanthus flowers in the background. This is great for warmer weather and honestly a bit underrated imo, especially for its price. I do have to disagree with people who call this a green mango scent, which was the main reason why I was drawn to purchase this. Green to me means, an underripe sappy mango, this lacks that green sap however the oud in here does kinda seem to mimick that sticky green quality I get from green mangos but it falls kinda short. Green mangos are known for being tart and sour, this isn't sour at all BUT I'm not upset. The citrus give just enough tartness to help balance the mango and I love this, I could see how people could regard this as being on the feminine side but it's fairly unisex by my standards.

Edited to say this is my gateway fragrance, my gateway to oud. It is done so well in this that I have purchased 3 more fragrances with oud. Plus gave the one that didn’t agree with my chemistry another shot. It has matured & I like it now. Now, I had no intentions to ever buy this since believing my aversion to oud. I found this box opened on the bottom shelf at TJmax. Took a sniff, hmm, not bad. I took to the sales lady explained, they looked up retail price and said we’ll sell it for $12.99, let me make you a bar code. So I bought an oud fragrance. I like it’s smell, but will by skin agree is the question 2bc... Update: after a proper wear test, I can say this is a beautiful fragrance. It most definitely prefers the heat & next Summer this baby will be so perfect in our heat & humidity. While wearing indoors, I stopped smelling it. I went outside to do chores and this baby started screaming. The dry down is so, so pretty. I really, really like this. Yes I am in disbelief bc my other 2 oud fragrances didn’t agree with my chemistry. This smells lovely on me. 20/10

I am so pleasantly surprised by this blind buy. It was a steal at $20. I have had samples of Mango Kiss and I own the rather good dupe for it (Tropical Kiss by Frangrance World - a love for me). This is very similar, but feels a bit more refined. It is a bit sweeter and airier than the other two. It smells so pretty and clean. I think I could wear this one in colder weather too. It is simply lovely. The citrus in the opening does not last very long, but gives it an airy, fizzy feel. The mango truly shines without being overly sweet. It is not juvenile at all. The oud and sandalwood gives it a bit of depth and interest and the musk keeps it clean and comforting. Something in the dry down reminded me a bit of Musamam White Intense by Lattafa, so I also layered the two and the combo works very well. The bottle is very pretty and not similar to any other perfume that I own. It is heavy glass and of great quality. If you enjoy mango fragrances you should definitely try to get your nose on this one.

I'm in love with this scent. I've recently started purchasing middle eastern perfumes and it's crucial to let them develop and macerate after opening. Initially sprayed this was very bitter, didn't get any mango or florals, and dried down woody but very strong and screechy. 2 months after it has developed into an amazing scent, the initial citruses are softer, and almost immediately a rich mango comes out, which has me completely in love. It's not your typical tropical body mist or sweet mango scent; as a fan of mango fruit, the mango note in this is almost exactly like the juicy, ripe fruit. The combination with osmanthus and jasmine is exquisite, and the oud and sandalwood on this one are quite shy, almost imperceptible, but still there. I have other oud fragrances that have developed stronger in time, I expect this one to be the same. I get easily 5 hours of good projection that I can feel it around me, and even on my skin the day after. This one is totally worth the hype it's getting.

I have been struggling to find an Arabic perfume that really wowed me, despite the fact that I love a rich, affordable perfume. Most of them, especially Lattafa ones, felt all too similar and often abrasive/overwhelming. Like siblings with kinda all the same face but with slightly different features. But this one...yeah, this one does it for me. I spotted it in a T.J. Maxx, ended up getting some other fragrance (that was kinda lackluster) and I couldn't stop thinking about this one. I went home and ordered it online cause I kept dreaming of her. It's creamy and fruity. Not fruity in a girly and playful way. But in a seductive way. Makes me wanna listen to some jazz. The textured glass on the bottle in nice too, it has an identity. For the price, I cannot say anything better about this fragrance. It's not groundbreaking, but the value its amazing. This is more of a summer day fragrance but its musky enough to be worn on autumn night.

First impression, just out of the box: this smells like someone furiously spraying lemon Pledge in the lumber section of Home Depot, including the hot-but-not-quite-burnt smell of cutting pine boards and the fairest whiff of sweaty contractors. Or maybe eating a red Popsicle in a cedar closet full of old clothes, in a house that has a fireplace a couple rooms over. Citrus air freshener and very mild, pleasant armpit in a living-history museum house. As far as I'm concerned it's absolutely unisex- It harmonizes just fine with the 'girly/fruity' deodorant/lotion/shampoo I'm using today, but it really seems it would go equally well with some woodlands bear-man scents as well, which is nice. The sweaty undertone is probably the mango, it has that funk that you either love or hate (more like the clean sweat smell of someone jogging, not the bad meat smell of someone in week-old clothes who badly needs a wash.) I really love it so far.

well, there's an update: maceration is KEY! mine have been in the dark for a month or so and it's more rounded and pleasant. I kind of liked it on the dry down at first try but I was waiting to see how it goes and I'm definitely thinking of giving this one a try with a full bottle :) I know this is a polarizing scent, and unfortunately I'm one more for the no-no team :( I don't know how to define this but it feels like when you hug someone (to say hi) and this person is a smoker wearing a fruity scent. There's no tobbaco note but it's soooo present to me. It's bug spray, but also male deodorant generic scent in the top + mango. I'm definitely on the "oud is challenging for me" wagon. I only have a decant and I'll forget this for one month or so, to see if it changes, but it's too masculine for me. I'll update it if it turns out to be something else, but for now it' just weird.

The best of the best tropical scent! I am not a tropical scent kind of person, but after hearing many people rave about this scent as the best green mango scent, even for people who don't prefer this type of perfume. I thought I'd give it a try. I didn't like it, of course, and I thought "that's what you get for blind buying a tropical scent." But I knew I had to put it away for a bit. I sprayed it here and there for a few months, then took her out for a spin today in high heat and humidity in Florida. She's a lovely, creamy, green mango on the verge of being ripe with just barely a hint of spice. This is a tropical scent for people who don't like tropical scents. Not a hint of sunscreen vibes. But I literally can't get past this bottle looking like a glass of beer. I can't see anything else.

This is a banger! I have Xerjoff Cruz Del Sur II and was worried it would somehow end up smelling like it even if there's no lactonic notes in this fragrance. I am amazed. I got it after 2 weeks of maceration and the first sprays were heavenly. Such a smooth mango scent. The kind where you go "oh, it really does smell like mango." Quite ripened just a tad bit. The opening is so fresh and uplifting, it makes me happy smelling the bottle. I don't have mango kiss but I would repurchase this for sure. On clothes it lasts 8hrs on me and durable in the high heat. The osmanthus, jasmine florals, and oud balance the fragrance out so well with added depth. Geekin' as this is a successful mango find for me and I'm happy about it lol. In the cooler winds I feel this fragrance could also last quite long.

I was very skeptical about picking this up. I was afraid of it being too feminine, too tropical, or too mango forward since I dislike Masa, another mango scent from the same house. But now that I have it, I totally love it! It's unisex, not too tropical as there's a good dose of woods in it, and it's not as mango forward as I thought as it's not a sickly sweet mango and the jasmine and woods are also sharing the stage with it. It's balanced and blended nicely to my liking when it comes to fruity scents. Moderate performance that is adequate enough for this type of scent. This could've been called Ajayeb Day and the other Ajayeb Night. They're different but both share a slight playdough undertone linking them as flankers. Another good release by Lattafa.

This is beautiful but it took me a year! to come to that. My bottle needed to sit to get rid of the oudy woody sharpness that lingered all the way to the drydown. To me this is the best calming spa feeling in a fragrance. Tiny bit of harshness is still there but gone within the first minute. I don’t really get anything juicy. It’s like sniffing an unripe mango still hanging from the tree with something almost incensy about it. You get the bark and leaves but also a hint of not-there-yet sweetness and a touch of clean freshness. The blend is amazing now, no separate distinct notes sticking out. Almost a healing effect. It’s not a green fragrance, also not a fruity floral, nothing playful or gourmand about it. Love how it makes me feel.

The notes on this intrigued me so I caved and purchased. Upon initial sprays, I found it way too heavy, almost too woody and oudy and the mango note was very green. It leaned very unisex and that's not my usual vibe. I didn't get any orange or lemon in the top notes, either. So I considered it yet another unsuccessful blind buy but thought it was worth macerating anyway. Fast forward a week or two and oh my goodness, what a change! Still woody, still green mango, but juicier, sweeter and creamier. Everything feels blended and smooth and mellow, and I can't stop spraying it! It's definitely still unisex, but after maceration, I think it's one of those scents that smell good on anyone. I've already ordered another bottle! 😍