Al Awsaaf

Initially, I attempted to purchase "Lattafa - Wafa", however, the purchase went waaaaaaaay left and the bottle got sent across the country 2x and took 4 months to arrive in my neighborhood only to go to the wrong house and then it was stolen. I received a refund and pretty much was told "Good luck, goodbye". Unfortunately that was the last available bottle (At a normal sane price) in the USA online. So I'd resolved to build a clone of the fragrance myself when I happened to see "Lattafa - Al Awsaaf" on this site and read the reviews, watched review videos and researched the fragrance. I believe that this will be an improvement to what I expected to received from "Wafa", so in the end...it all worked out. If this winds up being a "Chocolate version of Tobacco Vanille" on my skin, I will be so happy. So VERY happy! According to all of the reviewers below...this will be right up my alley! Thank you all for leaving your impression of the fragrance so that the rest of us can have an idea of how it smells. <3 Review incoming... 27JUL24 REVIEW: Wow...this is soooo much like the "Tobacco Vanille" clone I picked up a few years back from a clone house in Chicago (that I no longer do business with). So this was a welcome find/experience, considering it has a strong note of the same type of cacao that's in my vintage bottle of DHI. The brighter, more vibrant version of "TV" that this fragrance brings is sooo much more enjoyable than the clone of "TV" that I made myself. I greatly enjoyed this fragrance...until the far far dry down...lol. The fragrance arrived yesterday afternoon, and I wore it last night to an evening event that I attended. I could smell it the entire time I was out and I had an awesome cloud of scent around me the entire time. I got a familiar "tobacco-vanille" experience but MUCH brighter! It does indeed have an "Effervescence" to it in the first 30-45 minutes and I don't know what causes that...BUT I LIKE IT! I almost oversprayed it because I wanted to keep experiencing that freshy-fizzy burst in the opening. But common-sense got the best of me and I kept it at 6 sprays. The fragrance felt very linear up until the very drydown..where it switched from a chocolaty "Tobacco-vanille" to a spicy "Grand Soir" skin-scent. What you smell in the opening...is what you keep on smelling through the entire ACTIVE wear...and that's great!! No comments or compliments, but I expected as much. I never really ever get compliments on any middle-eastern fragrances for some reason. The only negative in this that I am experiencing is that there is "Benzoin" in this fragrance. I know that Benzoin isn't listed in the notes but some combination of the notes is causing that effect. But other than that, this fragrance IS my "TV" replacement for this upcoming winter season!! I'm going to put this away until it gets colder and then see how it does. For now...if I want a spicy frag for the summer and fall, I'm falling back on my all-time fave...Red Tobacco. When the snow falls, I'll take this one back out and see if its changed at all. I'll update this review when the colder weather hits. 23OCT24 UPDATE: This has blossomed into the most AMAZING fragrance!! "Spicy-chocolatey-floral-musky-woody-vanilla" is the closest description of what this has become! My goodness...this is amazing! I spent the entire lunchbreak running errands and just marvelling in the scent cloud I had surrounding me. This may be my fall/winter "Dumb Reach" fragrance! (This actually may get a backup bottle purchased!)

When I researched extensively on this fragrance, I came across, and still come across these keywords: Ambre Tabac by Daniel Josier, Lattafa Khamrah, PDM Oajan, Spicebomb extreme, Tomford tobacco vanille, Tomford Noir extreme, Ck shock & Zara warm black. Now, when I sprayed Al awsaaf for the first time, I started to get the vibes of Carolina Herrera Nightfall Patchouli mixed with tobacco vanille (this was what prompted my research). Having seen those keywords, I can easily connect something- this is a DNA that has facets of different fragrances, but most especially is that of Hermes Ambre narguile DNA, with cinnamon and vanilla linking the majority of those keywords, too. This might be Lattafa's attempt at that Ambre narguile DNA, but with a twist of maybe Spicebomb extreme and tobacco vanille. I love this fragrance. My first impression on this is high. This is really a hidden gem. I'm still new to it, I'll study it and then when I finally understand it, I'll drop a detailed review. Also, I don't trust these fragrantica notes. NOTES I GET: Rum, Cinnamon, Patchouli, Tonka bean, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Cedar, Licorice, Ginger, Vanilla, Cola, Honey and Some spices and raisins. Edit- I saw two people who bodily claimed this was inspired by Penhaligon Roaring Radcliff(which have tobacco vanille vibes, too). Roaring Radcliff is discontinued, and not many people are vast with Penhaligon's fragrances, so, there's a possibility that it's why not many have drawn the connection yet. But clone or not, I don't care. Lattafa Al Awsaaf is a very lovely smelling fragrance.

You will constantly hear reviewers say "this will make you smell like an Arabian Prince" and they are usually talking about Carlisle or some disgustingly fecal oud Amouage fragrance. I think Carlisle makes you smell like batman and fecal oud makes you smell like, well, fecal oud 😭. This fragrance though taps into the real essence of an "Arabian Prince" it smells of exotic spices, incense and resins like elemi and myrrh, dark and powerful woods like cedar and wearable oud, an earthy patchouli, oud, and oakmoss, and finally a sweet but realistic tonka bean to balance it all together. It really feels like something a 10th century Arabian King would wear to consult his subjects. Am I drunk while writing this? Yes. Am I somewhat overhyping it? Absolutely. But does it smells good? Hell yeah. 8.7/10 🥂

Got this today, I genuinely don’t get the Oajan and Spicebomb comparisons. Imma let it macerate but so far all I get is this Balsamic and Ambery Sweetness with a tiny bit of spice. Reminds me of Barrakat Ambre Eve and Ferragamo Uomo. And not Oajan or Spicebomb Extreme. Still smells good though but I was expecting a more sweet version of SB extreme and this isn’t it. Ive had fragrances change on me like Turathi Blue, Barrakat Ambre Eve and Asad just to name a few. So I wouldn’t be surprised if this changes within the next month or two I lied, sprayed on skin and I 100% get way more spice. Definitely not Oajan or SBE. But its a nice Resinous/Balsamic with a almost Gourmand spice. So far Smell 9/10 Projection 5/10 Longevity 5/10 Price 10/10

A solid unisex fragrance. Im super feminine and my husband is ultra masculine and we both wear this and garish many compliments. I find fragrances with an elemi note as well as pink pepper can work well with most peoples body chemistry. This is a beautiful, rich, spicey, intriguing scent that will definitely have strangers ask what you are wearing. I get 10 to 12 hours longevity on clothes and about 8 hrs on skin. This is not a dupe for anything although I see realtons with the fragrances listed. Affordable. Is it a safe blind buy? Well that's what I did and I am very happy. Licorice isbt listed as a note but on my skin I do get licorice or anise.