Al Areeq Silver

Al Areeq Silver is a quite complex, definitely underrated, fragrance offering a multidimensional experience that effortlessly balances freshness, sweetness, and depth, making it a versatile addition to any fragrance collection.. Here's my very personal breakdown of its performance and personality, phase by phase: Opening: Fresh and Aromatic The fragrance greets you with an energetic burst of apple, lavender, and cardamom. The apple provides a crisp, juicy sweetness, while the lavender lends a slightly herbaceous, calming vibe. Cardamom adds a touch of spiciness that elevates the opening, making it vibrant yet well-rounded. The interplay of these notes is both approachable and intriguing. Perfect for drawing people in without being overpowering. Heart: Warm and Textured As the fragrance develops, it transitions into a rich and textured heart dominated by tobacco, cypress, jasmine, and oud. The tobacco is sweet yet smoky, exuding warmth and comfort. The cypress introduces a dry, woody character that balances the sweetness, while jasmine adds a subtle floral elegance. The oud here is gentle and smooth, more of a supporting player than a dominant force, which makes the fragrance versatile and wearable even for those not typically drawn to oud-heavy scents. Base: Creamy and Sensual The dry-down is where Al Areeq Silver really shines. The base is a luxurious blend of leather, sandalwood, musk, and vanilla. The leather is soft and supple, grounding the composition, while sandalwood provides a creamy, almost milky undertone. Musk adds a clean, skin-like warmth, and the vanilla rounds everything out with a subtle sweetness. Together, these elements create a comforting yet elegant trail that lingers for hours. In terms of longevity, Al Areeq Silver easily lasts 6 hours on my skin, with moderate projection that doesn’t overwhelm but is noticeable enough to leave an impression. It feels perfect for cooler weather but can transition into spring evenings seamlessly. Its balanced profile makes it suitable for both formal settings and casual outings, offering a refined yet approachable vibe. Overall Impressions Al Areeq Silver is an olfactory journey, from its bright and aromatic opening to its warm, textured heart and sensual base. It’s a fragrance that manages to feel luxurious and versatile, capturing the essence of Middle Eastern perfumery in a way that’s accessible to a broad audience. If you appreciate fragrances with a balance of sweet, smoky, and woody elements, this one is a must-try. In my opinion, it stands out for its smooth transitions and lack of harshness, making it a comforting yet sophisticated scent. Whether you’re new to Middle Eastern-inspired fragrances or a seasoned enthusiast, Al Areeq Silver delivers an experience that’s both unique and highly wearable.

* Powerful masculine fragrance * Adds a strong tobacco note to original Al Areeq Gold * Potent blend of sweet, leather, tobacco, oud, woody, powdery, musk, floral and vanilla aromas * Drier than most sweet fragrances thanks to a good note balance * Perfect for date nights and social occasions * Good for older male users * Good for those who love tobacco and leather fragrance DNAs * Strong performer * Beautiful bottle presentation * High QPR value * Niche quality for discounter price * Not as unique as Al Areeq Gold * Not unisex * Not good for younger users * Notes may come off as rubber or petrol to some noses * Love it or leave it proposition * Absolutely unnecessary, hard to open and plain looking display case Having just reviewed Lattafa's Al Areeq Gold and calling it probably the most masculine fragrance to date I've experienced, I take it all back. Lattafa's Al Areeq Silver body slams its sibling flanker down to mat and pins it for the 1-2-3 count. THIS is the most masculine fragrance I've experienced to date. Silver is a hybrid leather and tobacco fragrance. It subs in a dense tobacco note for Gold's black tea. This pulls it out of Gold's gourmand arena and turns Silver into a powerful masculine fragrance. It's a potent blend of sweet, leather, tobacco, oud, woody, powdery, musk, floral and vanilla aromas, though the excellent balance in the notes makes this a lot drier than most sweet fragrances on the market. Where Gold is a nice intro to the leather fragrance DNA for gourmand lovers, Silver is unapologetically intended for users experienced with both leather and tobacco fragrances already. No easing anyone into anything here. This is definitely not unisex, is not good for younger male users, and is really best suited for confident older male users. The audience might be limited but this is extremely rewarding to that audience. It is potentially polarizing to everyone else Like Gold, Al Areeq Silver is very much a niche quality perfume for a discount price. Performance is quite strong. Very high QPR value here. The bottle presentation is beautiful. Note that this also comes in a display case that is IMHO completely unnecessary. It's hard to open and rather plain looking, especially in comparison to Lattafa's outstanding display case presentations for Thouq, Eternal Oud and the Winners Trophy fragrances. Case aside, this is an easy high recommend from me to male users.

Dense, swarthy, smoky, deep, moody and very masculine. So whats not to love? This is beautiful. A mysterious and quite dark fragrance. Al Areeq Silver is bold, assertive and muscular. cardamom, cypress, jasmine, leather, lavender, bakhoor smoke, apple.....challenging and direct. This is a statement maker who's not here to make friends. I get a warm depth of vetiver/patchouli here but its not listed as a note/accord. Its got a defined smoky herbal camphoraceous depth to it behind the exquisite naturalistic leather scent, with a freshness of the lavender and faint lightness from the apple. It takes months to mature so be warned. It takes about 3-6 months to smell its best. I love this now. potent performer, stays all day sillage above average/strong I bought this two years ago and wasn't sure i liked it or not, i kept it a while but ended up rejecting it but regretted it so i recently got another bottle as it was discounted. At my first attempt i was testing Maahir Black and Encre Noir at the same time and the scents got confused in my mind as they were sprayed on the same fabric....they were all very similar at first. As time has gone by after maturing, they're VERY different. In a dark resin way, they have a smilar ghostly density and darkness. They have a wholehearted dark vibe, a strength of conviction and a unique smoky and heavy herbal base. This feels Interesting and very middle eastern to my nose. Kind of like Encre Noir middle eastern style. I guess lovers of deep moody scents like Encre Noir and Maahir Black will dig Al Areeq Silver, its got some gothic gangster vampire grunge to it. I like it, but it won't be for everyone for sure, its deep and moody and pretty rude 8/10 for me

I loved this perfume from the first spray!! I was looking for something like this for a very long time!! If you live or ever lived in Arabian gulf area you will appreciate this type of scent!! "The Mubkhar" shape on the bottle gives you a clue of how this perfume smells!! It smells like a manly quality incense that you would usually smell on an elegant sheikh!! I bought this for the last Eid to complete my local Saudi outfit and it was just perfect!! At least that's how I felt! When you really like a fragrance you are not waiting for complements!! Because you just feel good and confident! After 12 hours I can still smell the perfume on my clothes which is great! I mostly get the notes of cardamom, tobacco, cypress, oud and leather and I think this mix is what's creating the smell of luxurious arabic incense!! And I get a little of apple in the opening which gives this fresh feel and a little bit of vanilla in the dry down, to me this is a work of art!! Very exciting scent but not for everyone! My wife likes the opening but in the dry down she tells me every time that she smells a tobacco in me which is something I like.. Because I enjoy masculine fragrances, this is for 40+ men not for younger guys and definitely not for women don't you dare to try it!! I'm a guy who appreciates fragrances like Aramis and Dior fehrenhite!! Just to give you an idea of how this fragrance is manly, daring and sophisticated!! Enjoy 😉

This is a challenging scent and not for beginners. The opening is smokey and the smell of burning rubber. But once that's gone you're left with leather, tobacco, smoke, some incense & some woods. The vanilla & sweetness is there but in the background. Longevity is about 7-8 hours and sillage is about 6'. Make no mistake: This is a strong, masculine scent and not for the faint at heart. Definitely best suited for the late fall - winter - early spring if you live in the northern part of the USA. You can wear it in a casual setting but also in a more formal setting as long as you don't over spray and not on clothes. Update: After wearing this on 4 different occasions, I have to say that this is one awesome scent. After the dry down you get tobacco, leather and some slight smoke & incense along with vanilla. As time goes by the vanilla becomes a little more prominent along with some woody accord. I'm no expert on ME scents, but this screams ME in my opinion. And the best part is that it's unique. It's not inspired by anything to my knowledge. Lattafa did a great job. For $25, it's an absolute no brainer. Beast mode as well. Projects for a good 4-5 hours and as it lasts on the skin easily over 8 hours. Update - 9/17/2024: I'm wearing Amouage Epic Man today and it has a similar DNA. Think of Al-Areeq-Silver without the leather & vanilla. That's Epic Man.

I just received this yesterday and wanted to leave a quick first impression. It's not as dark as I thought it would be according to previous reviews. One even mentioned this was to leather like Encre Noire is the vetiver...I wouldn't go that far. Yes, it is smoky, but like an incense burning from a distance. A bit gasoline-like :-D. The leather is pure opulence! It smells like a store full of leather goods. Today will be the first full wearing. Sprayed on at 6am and 3.5 hours later, still projecting very well. Looking forward to see the longevity from an immatured bottle. So far, I'm not getting the apple, but I am getting some sweetness. I do get some cardamom. Not really getting tobacco yet, but this came out yesterday when I put it on strip...not on skin though. So, if this is how this fragrance smells fresh out the bottle, I'm very excited about what it will smell like a month from now. This is already projecting very well and seems like the longevity will also be very good off top. Maybe some of those other notes will start filtering in as time goes by. For the price and for leather lovers, you owe it to yourself to at least sample. Last thing, it smells like a 1st cousin to Fragrance World's Spectre, which is supposed to be cloning Falcon Leather from Matière Premiere...dark leather, smoke, gasoline, and birch tar heaven!

Was very interested in trying this one, the note breakdown and reviews suggest it is hyper masculine and challenging. Personally I didn’t find it challenging but I see why people are describing this as hyper masculine - it’s an absolute powerhouse; rough and raw, very bold, bordering on harsh, with amped up traditionally masculine notes of tobacco, leather, spices and woods, plus some strong oud. Wow! This isn’t for metrosexual youngsters with their sweet gourmands, it’s the opposite of all that, very macho and mature. Not sure if I’m man enough to pull this off and enjoy wearing it! 😆 This is ideally suited to a rugged outdoorsman with muscles, a moustache and a hairy chest 😂. I love it though, would be very sexy on the right guy, but sadly I’m pretty sure that’s not me.

What an underrated Masculine masterpiece of art. The Green Apples open up fresh, and the Lavender give them a sharp fragrant edge, with a bit of a dark undertone from the Cardamom. Transmits into a heavy darker righteous monster with the Tobacco pushing the Oud out, which is a beautifully made clean-heavy Oud. The Jasmine, Vanilla and Musk round up and make this monster a righteous one, one that stands on the side of good. Then the Leather starts jumping forward, holding all the notes together, like they were all scrubbed on it and uniting them into this beautiful dark Green and Brown gem. Elegant and daring. Not for the faint of heart. Suitable for office, general outings, date nights or just a cosy night at home with your lady.. Best Lattafa on the market. 10/10

I can't understand why this beauty seems to get all this hate on here :( I absolutely love this fragrance!! I see the comparison to Black Incense malaki and definitely get the "band aid" like note from Gucci Guilty Absolute which I personally love. This lasts forever but doesn't project as much and that's a good thing because this is something you wear for yourself and may not solicit too many compliments. Best worn on a cold winter night over a sexy leather jacket and you're a man about town.. surprisingly the apple comes through a lot more on a woman but barely shows up on me.. on the whole it's a lovely fragrance and the fact that it is so polarising makes me love it more!!

Al Areeq Silver: The first time I sprayed this on(last night around 11pm) my first impression was that it is "VERY" similar to North Stag Hypnotic Oud Quinze. Overall it has the same profile with the notable differences that AAS initially has a burning coals/gunpowder thread running through it and has a milder, more pleasant approach. There's really not much more I can add other than I could still smell it wafting around this morning at 10am when I came home from work, so a solid 11 hours. It's a mild projector but steady at probably around a 1 foot or less bubble. It's interesting and one that I will wear from time to time

Deep, dark, leathery, and challenging. Even prior to maturing and leveling out I knew this was a good one. Now that I've pulled Al Areeq Silver back out for the winter months ahead, it has come into its own. The leather and cardamom meld into a creamy softness, and the tobacco, cypress, and oud provide a sharp, dry, masculine base. If you sprayed this at the Amouage counter you wouldn't consider it out of place even a little bit. Al Areeq Silver is the kind of hidden gem that makes this silly game so much fun. It's blended as well as frags that sell for literally 20x the price, and smells better than quite a few.

Smells incredible well at the opening and middle... dry down is not the best which is a shame for me cuz it is almost a 10/10 Great leather accord, IMO better than Tom Fords cuz even though I was hook with Ombre Leather at first I didn't like smelling like a bag or a car IYKWIM. This leather is strong testosterone not sissy stuff. Still expensive sophisticated smelling. You can detect the tabaco but not like in MM Jazz Club photo realistic fume, is more creamy. There's apple and green notes too. Dry down turns a little too apple for me but still good. As right now one of my fav for sure.

Awesome. A favourite Lattafa of mine. This is a leather scent with support from incense, woods, tobacco, and apple notes. The apple lends sweetness to the leathery and smoky woods as well as a touch of freshness. This smells great on skin and lasts the day on clothing. Good for cool weather casual to formal wear. It's too heavy for my wife. She said I smell like I was standing around a bonfire. I wear this for me. If I had to compare it to familiar fragrances I own, I could describe it as someone pouring my boss bottled oud on my Gucci absolute. All amazing

This fragrance is very masculine. Same family as Tom Ford's Oud Wood. Spicy, Oudi but also added some green notes, which makes it smells like forest. It's also quite incense and leathery. Which is interesting. Overall it's quite smooth, relax and pleasant. Updated on Oct 6th, 2024 : Actually this fragrance's drydown, that spicy Oudi reminds of me of "The Voice of Snake" from Gucci, identical drydown. Which I really love about.

An excellent concentrate of leather, tobacco and wood. Exclusively for gentlemen 45+. The low rating of 3.85 absolutely does not correspond the reality of the perfume. I think that this is a reaction from a younger audience of perfume lovers, and in this case it is misleading. My personal rating is ~4.3.

My favourite Lattafa. This smells amazing. If you are a leather, tobacco , woody accord lover then this is a must! Dry, masculine, with no hint of sweetness. Rugged and dark whilst being aesthetic and addictive at the same time. An absolute win and underrated!

Well blended. Oud, musky, a bit dark. I don't pick up on any of the flowery notes mentioned, but maybe those are used to round it out. It's definitely a very unique one in my collection. Smells very niche. Musty dressed up, powerful scent. A mysterious scent.

Maybe one of the best leather fragrance I've ever smell. Apple, leather, cigarette juice with chocolatey oud dry down. Oh man, this is amazing creation. Really bold, masculine, yet so poise like Bob Dylan's leather jacket

remind me of when I was burning wasted leaf in my childhood,smoke mixed with leather, suit for motoRiders. please if you tried it 5 sprays and tested for 10 hour to get into the mood, LIKE vote guaranteed

Very solid mature scent.Leather-Tobacco-Cypress If you need more aromatic version,check out Paris Corner North Stag Hypnotic Oud. Both parfums are 45+.