Ansaam Gold

I ordered Ansaam Gold specifically as a dupe, because as much as I love Parfums de Marly Oriana, she has zero lasting power and I refuse to continue to support a fragrance house that charges *that much* for something that lasts an hour. That's some real balls you have, PdM. So, how good a dupe is Ansaam Gold? **TL;DR: Incredible - even better than Oriana thanks to beast mode sillage and enduring lasting power. 10/10 dupe, almost identical, even when compared with Oriana side by side.** For my full and very long winded review, keep reading... I compared Ansaam Gold to Oriana (one on each arm) and here's my thoughts: At first spray (wrist, inner elbow, back of hand): Ansaam has slightly less citrus, slightly more powder. Same sweetness, same overall vibe, definitely smells the same, but stronger. I'm getting the mandarin, musk and vanilla. If I didn't already have Oriana sitting on my other arm for this test, I'd easily mistake Ansaam for her. At 10 minutes: I am giggling at how hard Lattafa have nailed this. Ansaam is the same smell but much bolder - I can smell it without actively sniffing. Creamsicle sweet with the dryer sheets / laundry powder vibe. At 30 minutes: Still creamsicles and dryer sheets but the fluffy, citrusy marshmallow and vanilla are coming through more. Ansaam, I think, is starting to warm up and has *more* fluff, *more* warmth, and still a nice bold scent throw. This is so incredibly spot-on as a dupe. At 1.5 hours: Oriana is starting to die out now. Based on experience, another 30 minutes or so and she'll be gone. As it is, she's settled into a skin scent and I'm sniffing my arm to identify her notes. Ansaam Gold, on the other hands, is still sitting pretty where she was at 30 minutes. There is something "car air freshener" about Oriana coming through, when I compare them side by side. I think maybe Ansaam Gold has a more sugary fruitiness. Without a comparison, I always thought Oriana was super fruity, but Ansaam obviously more so, and that is making Oriana smell a little more masculine or synthetic by comparison. At 3 hours: Oriana is well and truly gone. Ansaam Gold still working her magic. SO just came in and said he loves when I wear this one...Oriana is one of his faves and obviously that's what he thinks this is. This is just marshmallows with citrus syrup and a warm, fluffy cashmere sweater now. I expect, based on Oriana, that this is where Ansaam will sit until she fades. At 5 hours: I'm at the gym and just had 2 of the staff separately tell me I smell "lovely" and "like ice cream". I can still smell this on my elbow and around me in general, but I've definitely washed it off my hand and wrist a hundred times over. At 7 hours: Home, showered, and I can still smell it softly on my inner elbow. So tempted to spray more, but trying to let this test run! At 11 hours: It's bed time and I can still get a whiff of Ansaam if I try really hard. So does SO, he just pointed it out when I rolled over. Overall: Magical lasting powder, large scent bubble, and spot on dupe for PdM Oriana. I literally can't see any reason to shell out the big coins for her, except if you like the bright pink bottle. But Ansaam Gold is superior in every category. Well done Lattafa.

I have tested it in a perfume store, This fragrance is cozy from the first spray, starts with fruity, Jasmine and Bubblegum Candy fragrance, then these ingrediant moves to the background with a hint of Raspberry, the dry down is musk with cozy sweety vanilla plus a simple touch of powdrey. I put it in my wish list, I think it's special perfume from lattafa, I had read that it's a dupe of "Oriana Parfums de Marly", I didn't smell it to insure this information, but surly this perfume is masterpeice from lattafa for it's resonable price. Synthetic fragrance here if it exist is unnoticeable at all, In General, I advise anyone going to buy any of lattafa perfumes to macerate it from 2 - 3 mothes then start to use it, beacause the maceration make the pefrume ingrediants to be harmonizes together. If you didn't smell this perfume before, I advise that you can blind buy if you interest fresh sweety vanilla with a little touch of powdery perfumes. Balanced Very elegant, classy suitable to very feminine women, this kind of cozy sweet vanilla exist in perfumes like; "Attraction Avon", "Nebras Lattafa", "Evoke Silver Edition Ajmal", "Yara Lattafa" but it's not a dupe for any of them. This fragrance suitable to wear it during the day or at Night in winter and Autumn seasons, It lasts 8 hours on the leather and one day on the clothes. لقد جربته في متجر للعطور، هذا العطر مريح من أول رشة، يبدأ برائحة الفواكة والياسمين وحلوى العلكة، ثم تنتقل هذه المكونات إلى الخلفية مع لمحة من رائحة توت العليق، أما قاعدة العطر فهي المسك مع الفانيليا الحلوة المريحة بالإضافة إلى لمسة بسيطة من البودرية. لقد وضعته في قائمة أمنياتي، أعتقد أنه عطر مميز من لطافة، لقد قرأت أنه نسخة طبق الأصل لرائحة عطر "أوريانا من دي مارلي"، لم أشمه للتأكد من هذه المعلومة، ولكن بالتأكيد هذا العطر تحفة فنية من لطافة بسعره المعقول. الرائحة الصناعية هنا إذا كانت موجودة فهي غير محسوسة على الإطلاق، بشكل عام، أنصح أي شخص ينوي شراء أي من عطور لطافة بتعتيقه لمدة 2 - 3 أشهر ثم يبدأ في استخدامه، لأن التعتيق يجعل مكونات العطر متناغمة معًا. إذا لم تشمِ هذا العطر من قبل، أنصحك بإمكانك شراؤه شراء أعمى إذا كنتِ مهتمة بعطور الفانيليا الحلوة المنعشة مع المسك ولمسة بسيطة من الرائحة البودرية. متوازن أنيق للغاية، راقٍ ومناسب للنساء شديدات الأنوثة، هذا النوع من الفانيليا الحلوة المريحة موجود في عطور مثل؛ "أتراكشن من أفون"، "نبراس من لطافة"، "إيفوك الزجاجة الفضية من أجمل"، "يارا من لطافة" لكنه ليس بديلاً لأي منهم. هذا العطر مناسب لارتدائه أثناء النهار أو في الليل في فصلي الشتاء والخريف، يدوم لمدة 8 ساعات على الجلد ويوم واحد على الملابس.

This is going to be somewhat controversial!... but maybe not. I just got this scent, no maturation has occurred, making this sentiment tentative; It’s 6 months old already since it’s PD; and, I am a man. That being said, I am the type of man that wears fragrances for my own pleasure, regardless of intended consumer. I have many fragrances marketed as feminine, unisex, as well as, masculine. I bought this because of the trending statements that it smelled of Orange Blossom. I am a huge fan of the orange blossom not which probably comes down to nostalgia as many women in my family wore fragrances that featured the note prominently when I was much younger. Yes, this is orange blossom right out the gate. But, the orange blossom has a denser, thicker , sharper or pungent feeling to it that makes me feel like it’s a close cousin to neroli... maybe a layered effect? Mind you, it’s not as dirty, earthy green as neroli. But, it’s not the light, airy, warm Orange Blossom either. This quality leans this fragrance towards a unisex nature. It is very beautiful and pleasant. Here is the possible controversy... it smells like a better, more wearable version of TF Neroli Portafino! I like NP but this knocks it out of the water. Im going to have to layer them and see what magic results. Now, it’s only been one day. It’s very linear at the moment. Projection and longevity seem average. Sillage is stellar. Will this change with time? We’ll see. My favorite Orange Blossom fragrance of all time remains Prada Infusion d’Orangeur. I still have bottles of many of the fragrances in that line. It is a masterpiece... as are all the entries in that line. Update: It’s only been two weeks but this fragrance has changed. It’s now more balanced and the “dirtiness” that was present initially is gone. The projection and longevity have increased and if you’re not deliberate with the placement and number or sprays, it can become cloying quickly. It’s still a beautiful fluffy, powdery orange dreamsicle scent. The biggest and best news is the results of layering this fragrance with Lattafa Affection. The combination of the marshmallowy orange blossom with the creamy pistachio fluff is phenomenal and should be a new fragrance. It is for me.

I first reviewed this 5/1, when it was a newly opened bottle. As you can see, I hated it. Twenty days later, I am not in love, but I'm not hating this at all. That screaming candy sweetness has calmed down. I think what I'm getting more of now is a combo of rose-raspberry-vanilla (if not vanilla, then musk). The point is that, while this is still sugary, it's softer and the dry down has some powder. I will wait for it to get even softer. It's still too sweet for me (and I LOVE sweet!) so... we will see. As of right now, this is one I would give to a friend and not miss it much. (Trust me - there WILL be an update coming!) I am going to have to get better at understanding notes and accords because this one is throwing me off. (It is a new bottle & Lattafa scents do need time to ripen, so...) Here is what I get right now: UPDATE A year to the day... FINALLY! I can now say that I am falling in love with this,. It now reminds me of Sakeena - which I always liked but only in cooler temps. This doesn't have the sharp sweetness of Sakeena that can be overbearing in warmer temps. I also am getting a whiff of the raspberry. Man! I am so glad I didn't give this away... 1 minute after spraying: Sweet candy with some soapy-cherry medicine smell. And that's it. I get nothing else except *maybe* the cherry medicine is raspberry medicine. I'm begging for some citrus or vanilla, or at least some musk. 5 minutes later: still the medicine. I can almost taste the memory of being given spoonfuls of a cough medicine. 10 minutes later (or maybe 15 min): Nothing much has changed except that I can *sense* the rose note. I am going to set this aside for some days or weeks and then do an update. If I had to rate this right now, it would come in as the first Lattafa scent that I have every seriously disliked. Right now, it's not jsut unimpressive, but it also smells cheap - and I have NEVER had a cheap-smelling Lattafa! If this had been my first (instead of Nebras), it would be my last.

Very, really, extremely, TREMENDOUSLY glad I didn't drop my cash on Oriana. This is a fantastic dupe, and the presentation is gorgeous. When I first received this, AG progressed *slightly* different on my skin - Oriana's "sour candy" note lasted longer, whereas here the fluffy laconic base notes come out to play a lot sooner, but 3 months later that is no longer true! I guess maceration isn't a myth because Ansaam Gold is now completely indistinguishable from my Oriana sample. Overall they're extremely similar, and to put it bluntly the performance of this pisses all over Oriana. Ansaam Gold lasts longer AND projects better - it's still not going to fill a room or choke people out (as long as you spray sensibly) but this doesn't sit so close to the skin either; moderate silage rather than intimate. Also there's the whole thing where PdM have decided to take the Pink Tax to its absolute extreme: whilst there's some variation in pricing for the men's perfumes, typically £230 will get you 125ml. £230 in the women's section, however, will only get you 75ml (a men's 75ml runs for about £190). So your choice is that nonsense, or this for ~£30 at 100ml - a total no-brainer IMO. Edit: As of 2025, this has aged like fine wine - the longevity is INCREDIBLE now! I get 12+ hours out of it. I don't know _exactly_ how long it lasts because it's gone by the time I wake up in the morning, but when I say it lasts morning til night I mean it very literally. PdM aught to hang their heads in shame lol