Hayaati Florence

I just went way down the reviews to see if anyone posted the notes for this. It had been a min since I had worn bc I am testing all my new fall/winter fragrances. I have only had for a lil over a month. Yesterday as I went to review, I thought I may need to wear test. When I sprayed up this morning I start sniffing. Well she has changed of course, so I searched the notes. Well that is not what I am smelling at all, dive deeper. This is what I have already done before I bought, lol. I wanted a VGG smelling fragrance and the notes listed above would not result that. Now, to the review, after 5 wks in the cold dark closet, Florence has matured a lil. I smell all the notes now. Before it was just fruity floral, sweet and tart. I really liked it, but it lacked the slight creamy warmness of VGG. As soon as I sprayed today there was an immediate difference. The opening is less tart, smoother. Still very juicy, but sweet tart. I never smelled the peach before, that is what is smoothing out the bite, softly sweet. That’s what had me searching the real notes, when the peach mingles with the praline & vanilla it provides that slight creaminess. The notes listed above have nothing that can produce this sensation. In the dry down, you are left with a sweet, tart rose with an ever so slight creaminess effect from the peach, praline, amber, & vanilla. That’s the best I can explain. She is really close to VGG. She is loud & goes all night. For the price you pay, you get a really good fragrance that performs. You will get compliments because you will smell like a sweet tart candy. 10/10

I blind bought this one..it's pretty cheap.. I thought why not ? I was worried a little bit at the comparison of lattafa mayar.. unfortunately that one is very sharp to me and has that gasoline smell I can't stand in some ME frags.. I'm happy to say this one doesn't have any unpleasant base note aromachemicals. The opening IS a little bit sharp smelling.. not my favorite part but also my bottle is new so I won't judge it on that. ...but the DRY DOWN is heavenly past 5-10 mins I'm getting this beautiful sweet grapefruity candy like light floral muskiness radiating off my skin. And it seems to last a long time. I mean make no mistake this fragrance is entirely synthetic notes but imo in a good way here as it's smooth and blended .. sometimes synthetic is fresh and clean and just uplifting without smelling like chemicals like Mayar does. Also the price is right... Would I buy this for more than $30 cad ? Maybe.. but I have a lot of fragrances that are sort of similar in my collection, but nothing really grapefruity, so I probably wouldn't spend a lot on it, as I said it's synthetic and a scent profile that's been done, so you're going to not get anything groundbreaking here. But what it does it does well and I think this is an easy reach fragrance that could be signature sent worthy as you could wear it every day.

Hayaati Florence has a classic profile once it macerates. Mine has rested for a couple of months, and now it does fall somewhere between Very Good Girl and Delina, yet is more wearable than either. Florence is a fruity gourmand that manages to work in the heat. Sweet but not too sweet. Really, it's cute. The bottle color provides a clue to its fun, accessible character. Random side note: Has anyone else noticed the bizarre trend of referring to perfumes using feminine pronouns (she, her)? As a native English speaker with a degree in English, I don't claim to know everything about English but I do know we don't assign grammatical genders to inanimate objects normally. The exceptions are to ships or boats. There are probably other specialized exceptions, such as reference to the Church as she in theology. Apart from that, it is the custom among native English speakers to refer to objects such as perfumes as IT (neuter gender). If you are learning English and come from a language with grammatical genders, please don't take offense. If English is your native language, straighten up and use the correct pronoun.

This isn’t new to my collection, but is a recent transition into a Love now that summer is here, and it’s macerated a bit. I really agree with @watermelonice that this is somewhere between Meliora and Delina; the juicy, candy-like ripe fruits of Meliora but the rosy/pink floral and lychee in Delina. I actually bought a full bottle of Delina La Rosee and sold it because I preferred this (it’s a bit more amped and sweeter than La Rosee; the watery accord in DLR just didn’t carry the sweetness well enough for me). What’s always scared me about scents that are described to smell like “candy” is that it will smell synthetic and cheap, since that’s what candy is, but this Lattafa has a green stemmy-ness that accompanies the fruit to ground it as a natural sweetness / just picked ripe kind of vibe. This subtle dimension makes it enjoyable for someone like me who doesn’t like fake fruit scents (and is impressive for this price point)! I layered this with Ex Nihilo Fleur narcotique extract today and really enjoyed the combo, but it stands on its own well and has really excellent longevity.

I blind bought this perfume June 2024. I sprayed it when I first received it and I wasn't impressed. Fast forward to early 2025, and I decluttered quite a few of my Arabian fragrances. However, for some reason I kept this one. Well, I just sprayed this again and I am so glad I kept this one. This has bloomed into a beautiful powdery bouquet of sweetness. I absolutely LOVE this! I wish I had sprayed it months ago. It's fresh, clean, powdery, floral, and grapefruity. I can't stop smelling my arm. This is a really nice surprise. It's good to get away from all the sweet gourmand fragrances sometimes. I've been buying a lot of gourmand fragrances and they have never been my style. But for some reason after I hit 44, my hormones have changed and I love gourmand fragrances. But this perfume reminds me of all the reasons why I've always worn fresh fragrances. This can even be worn in this southern heat and humidity. I can't see me wearing this in the winter. If a fresh floral is your vibe check it out.

I have 45 perfumes in my humble (and very cheapskate) collection and I've only had this one for 5 days, and during these 5 days I've been using only this. It's a big deal for me because I usually don't like wearing the same fragrance even two days in a row, given I have so many and I want to enjoy them all, but ugh, it is SO addictive! I can see why a lot of people compare it to Mayar, which I also have and love, but I can assure you they're not the same fragrance. They both have a very prominent lychee note (not sure why it's not listed here, it is on Lattafa's website) but Mayar is more fruity, young and sparkly, while Florence is, I'd say, softer, more floral and sophisticated. And keep in mind I don't usually like rosy perfumes but here the rose is very well done and the fruity notes balance it really well (rose note is also not listed here but it is on Lattafa website, and I defnitely can feel it's there). I don't know how this is not more viral than the rather disappointing Yara.

It’s sooooo beautiful !! I’ve got it today and when i first sprayed it i was so surprised. It’s a very soft, sweet & sensual fruity perfume! It just smells soft I don’t know how to explain it. Beautiful sugar powdered fruits that are lingering the whole day on my body ! It’s not crazy loud but it’s evening now and it’s still here !! I have to see how the longevity and silage is going to be but what I can tell you, my family complimented me today on my scent!! This smells like a pretty girl ! Sensual and very feminine. Tbh this could be a PERFECT signature scent, there’s just something about it that is really pretty and memorable ❤️ It’s not a bold one, it’s a soft one and I LOVE IT. It’s not too much like Delina or very good girl bc these are a bit screechy and Hayaati is not that at all!! I 100% recommend it’s for sure blind buy safe LOVEE💋

A clean girl dressed in tiny baby pink flowers and sucking on one of those pink cream swirl candy just passed you a fruit jelly. Not delina, but smells like delina DNA was sprayed a while ago before spraying very good girl. Not exact dupes, and am normally not happy to hear that when I'm looking for something particular, but I'm loving the VGG DNA that's very juicy. Tho it's not the same. Leans more powdery. I'm not a fan of powder, and I don't mind this. More like a pink moisturizing lotion that smells powdery. Some folks say they smell shampoo here but it's definitely a soft non harsh creamy smelling one. Like it better then Khair Fusion, angel Nova EDT and EDP, Mayar, nest lychee rose, Ameerat Al Arab Prive Rose.

(wrote this review last year but lost my other account) honestly just wanted it because of the cute bottle and because of the name which has a special and personal meaning to me but i ended up loving it at the store. its very fresh tangy citrusy sweet in the beginning, after that dims you can smell the other fruity notes and floral notes and the dry down is so beautiful to me. on me its musky floral and creamy, even slightly vanilla ..... ill see if anything changes with maceration it lasts longer maybe a bit sweeter to me after macerating but i dont think it was a huge difference i let it sit for like a month or so

I got this as a blind by and the price was pretty affordable so I decided to try it. I could tell you that I’m not disappointed at all. I’m finally getting into like florals cause I’m normally a gourmand girl and I’ve been getting into the floral and I really like this one because it’s sweet and it has his floral but it’s like so soft. I know his compared to another high-quality perfume, but I wouldn’t know cause I don’t know it, but I could tell you this that this is a good floral sweet smell at first is a little strong, but as it goes and dies down is just amazing.

This is such a pretty, SUPER feminine fragrance. It opens with bright grapefruit and a fresh spiciness before drying down to a sweet, clean, floral scent. I'm not typically a fan of floral fragrances as I find them too old lady-ish, but this isn't that at all. It's lighthearted, but still grown up, if that makes any sense. (My husband said it makes me smell like a milf, whatever that's supposed to mean lol) It lasts about 4 hours at moderate sillage, but 8 hours later, I can still smell it as a skin scent and get whiffs from my clothes. Definitely a new favorite!

This perfume to me is juicy, think of a freshly squeezed pineapple or grapefruit that to me is what it smells like. This perfume is more of a youthful take or approach but even older women can wear this. It's such a playful scent but not too juvenile. It's very linear in scent so I just smell fruity and sweet with some muskiness in the background the entire time. Projection is good at arm's length and lasts 8 hrs more even longer on clothes. I would advise this to be worn during the day in summer or spring.

I’m surprised by how great this little beauty is. There’s a note in Delina that I can’t get on with, so when I saw this is similar at a great price I thought I’d go for it. It’s a tangy citrus start, then it settles into sweet floral...and then lasts for hours. It’s definitely on the sweet side and the kick-off can feel bit sour at points, but for £18 it’s an absolute no-brainer. I’ve not spent a lot of time wearing this but I know it’ll be an easy reach for when I need something beautiful and long-lasting.

On it's own: Florence is a delicious, musky, tropical cocktail with soft florals. The citrus is tart, but dialed down. I love love love it. The scent really suits the bottle, it's so girly and lovely and sweet. As a dupe for VGG: They smell similar, they really do, but the lychee in that one is far more tart, like a bright slightly-sour burst of it. It's more toned down in Florence. I feel like it may be more well rounded than this one, but at that price tag, I sure hope so lol. I love both.

honestly just wanted it because of the cute bottle and because of the name which has a special and personal meaning to me but i ended up loving it at the store. its very fresh tangy citrusy sweet in the beginning, after that dims you can smell the other fruity notes and floral notes and the dry down is so beautiful to me. on me its musky floral and creamy, even slightly vanilla ..... ill see if anything changes with maceration

This is a tart, fruity floral with a powdery and creamy base. It's really good on skin...almost like a fruity powdered candy! Also the fruit feels tropical, so perfect for spring and summer. It reminds me a little bit of the pink gg and mod blush. I don't get any rose but it's tart and fruity like very gg. I do smell the vanilla and it's a little musky. Overall I really like it and think it's a great perfume for the price.

Very Good Girl ❤️ + a touch of La Vie Este Belle 🎀 = This Eternal Performer ✨ Easy Blind Buy & affordable price point. Let it sit and deepen and it performs ETERNAL. You will easily get 24 hours or more BEAST Performance out of it. Straight out of the box it smells like Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl with 2-3 hours performance. *⭐️ I own both and I prefer this to Very Good Girl because it OUTPERFORMS. ✨🔥 so good 🤍

Right after spraying, the initial scent of grapefruit appears rather sour but after a few seconds the perfume fragrance settles and resembles more rose heavy version of Carolina Herrera's Very Good Girl. Kind of like VGG and PDM Delina had a baby, the DNA appears really close to me 😍 Sadly on my skin the perfume performs maximum of 2 hours, after that time, it's an intimate scent.

This smells so pretty. Candied fruit and soft florals - light and bright and sweet without being cloying. I think you can wear this in the summer because it won’t choke anyone out in the heat. It feels sweet enough not to be too formal, but pretty enough not to be extremely casual. Great for spring and summer days, dressed down or dressed up. Not for serious or formal occasions.

It's just a very fresh, happy fragrance. Not cloying at all, perfect for everyday use. Appeals to a wide range of ages (yes I tested this, asked my mid-50s mother, my mid 20s sister and her girlfriend, and our 6-year old kid at home: 100% approval rate.) Ended up getting my mom and sister a decant of their own.

A bouquet of pink flowers dipped in honey and splashed with sour fruit juice. Delicious for the summertime but not totally revolutionary. I have this and Atheeri and they are very close in vibes, so if you like one you will definitely like the other. Quite lovely and very easy to wear everyday.

I did my normal 10 sprays after I let her sit for some hours after she was delivered. I smelled the atomizer and I knew it was going to be a love. On my skin: sweet, bitter grapefruit with delicate florals. Perfect. I look forward to seeing how she macerates. Edit 2/5/25: One of my favorites!

my sister bought this and I'm soooo jealous but I don't want to get it for myself and copy her. it smells really good. like floral musk, sweet fresh. it seems like the kind of scent where it would depend on the person and it's so my style. if you like feminine scents, this is good for you.

Recent blind purchase. I wore it twice and twice I got compliments from other women near me who asked me "you smell so good, what are you wearing?". It smells of roses and flowers, in a beautiful mix, it's feminine and bright, elegant and persistent. 2 thumbs up for me.

This is a lovely fragrance!! To me it smells like a better, less cloying Lancome idole nectar - the difference is uncanny. I smell something that resembles the popcorn note, maybe the praline in the base. Sweet and fresh, will definitely be wearing this a lot.

SO PINK SO PRETTY😍😍😍 I love this scent, it's so Barbie coded. As much as I love it for day time I can picture wearing this for date night. Beautiful tart rose floral pretty pretty scent. So worth the price point as well. I am obsessed ❤️❤️❤️❤️

It's a happy scent. I smell citrusy + sweet notes with just a tiny bit of florals. The longevity is moderate, it's definitely better on clothes. It screams pink & girly! Perfect for everyday use. Overall I'm quite enjoying it. (ᐢ. .ᐢ) + ̊⊹♡

Hear me out, Hayaati Florence is that girl!!! I love it 😍 it’s super fruity, juicy, bright, cheerful, playful, flirty, girly but not juvenile. She is super gorgeous. Long lasting with great projection too. A complete 10/10 for me

I loved it right out of the box. Didn't even need time to sit. I feel like it could be a little stronger but I like to change my scents mid day anyways so that works for me. Give this one a try. You won't be disappointed.

On my skin, she gives about 4-6 hours, but on my clothes, she lasts a full 12hr shift and beyond. She is definitely one of my summer signature scents. And for the price point, everyone can try this Lattafa gem.

Why are the notes wrong 👀 Completely different on Lattafa's own homepage. This is a VERY good quality perfume. It is very fruity and fresh. So so lovely 🤩 Office friendly, and a crowd pleaser ⭐

Correct Fragrance pyramid directly from Lattafa's website: Top Notes: Lychee, Grapefruit, Red Currant Middle Notes: Rose, Peach, Cedarwood Base Notes: Vanilla, Praline, Amber

Wrong notes. Str8 from Lattafa's website. Top: Lychee, Grapefruit, Red Current Heart: Rose, Peach, Cedarwood Base: Vanilla, Praline, Amber

This was love at first sniff for me... It really reminds me of mayar by lataffa but not as synthetically sweet... A great blind buy

One pump on my wrist a couple of hours ago, still smell it. Wonderful. Smells a lot like grapefruit with a candy-like undertone.

I find this perfume very beautiful. Light, fruity floral and honey sweet. Reminds me of elderflower syrup my mom used to make ❤️

suchhh a beautiful, powdery grapefruit scent. i'd say it's clean and a bit girly? wears 3hrs for me, i use it to go running

Smells like sweet and tangy pink gummy bears. Great for daytime in spring and summer. It’s sweet and yummy. Slightly musky.

I really like this one. Bright and fresh. For the price under $20, it's worth it.

Let this dry down and it’s magic.

I’m a bit surprised what I’m doing here - “gourmand” in scent profile is always off putting for me, but I tested this perfume before I read what’s inside (btw - on the second thought, it’s not a bad idea to do it more often ;)). And as someone who strongly dislike typical gourmands - I find it interesting and.. nice:) Still not my cup of tea, because it was simply too much/too sweet, but if you like sweet fruity scents - definitely give it a try! It reminds me of a fruity jelly. It’s not cloying though, which is a big plus. It’s juicy, energetic and intensive, but not nauseating. I don’t smell much flowers here, I would describe it as a fruity bomb with a tiny bit of delicate rose. I’m pretty sure it might be loved by many! Longevity and sillage are very good, especially for the price. I also liked the packaging and the bottle. As for the Delina comparison - I didn’t get much similarities, more to Very Good Girl. But I consider Delina mostly as a strong rose fragrance whereas here, as I said before, a happy rainbow of skittles is the main theme for me ;)

I lke it a lot! And better yet I believe it is unique to my collection, well HF could be a mixture of Yara and Angel Nova edt! Citrus floral candy musk! It is a little sour, though, but she needs to age some before I can give a complete review, but worth the $15 at Ross so far! Edit: She is very strong and somewhat synthetic. I think if you don’t like gourmands, this may not be for you. That candy note is strong and I can see it being polarizing. Now she is reminding me of a mixture of Givenchy Irresistible and Donna PP. Edit: similar to Fleur de Vanille S+F too. I have the oil and they are very similar when comparing side by side. That is supposed to be GG Blush dupe. I think many will have something similar to Florence already in their collection so contrary to what I said earlier, not very unique. Layers well with Champagne Toast B&BW and with Hollister Festival Vibes, all a similar vibe.

I only smell grapefruit at the initial spray. It's very fruity but once it dries down, it smells so much of candies. This one is sweet and fruity, very prim girl coded. I imagine a girl wearing doll dresses when i smell this scent. Unfortunately, i dont think other people smells my scent lol. It's does not project much but the longevity lasts all day on my clothes but 2 hours only on my skin, it's sad because i really like the smell on my body chemistry compares to my clothes. It gives more floral on my skin but more sweet candy on my clothes. I layer Elizabeth Arden on this and it gives a more mature take, I love it! This is my first arab perfume blind buy, I was not expecting much on the smell but I really like it. 9/10 for me.

Reminds me a bit of Ansaam gold (similar but much fainter sweet tart smell) with some white grapefruit like Mayar. Smells a lot like Qissa, pleasant like Yara pink and a hint sugar like Khair Confection, and judging by the number smells like listed below? This perfume is nice but it smells like just about everything else out there. So yes, this is perfectly lovely and perfectly unnecessary for my collection for a full bottle. I do like it better than Qissa though. These notes are to help me remember my thoughts on the samples I’ve been testing.

Every time I spray this it's like I opened a bag of Sour Patch watermelon gummies. My coworker wore it yesterday and it smelled so much more complex on her so maybe it's just my skin... but on me this is just straight sour candy smell. It's good don't get me wrong, but the candy note is no joke. Safe for the gourmand lovers especially since I got my bottle for $16 on Amazon. Personally, not a must have but a fun cheapie. This does last a long time, and the silage is impressive so for the price you are getting an excellent product.

wasn't very fond of it when i first got it but after macerating it smells so good i want to eat it, i'm so happy i gave it another chance. at first it smelled very synthetic, like super sweet candy grapefruit but now the notes blend very well together. i heard this is common for lattafa perfumes. i don't really get the musk note in this, it's subtle, comes up more after dry down. overall a nice fruity summer scent. don't get discouraged by the first impression:)

I bought this because I saw it was a dupe for the Zara Thursday perfume, which has been discontinued in my country. (Derailment: What’s up with Zara continuously discontinuing all the good scents? Anyways) It’s a good dupe for the Zara perfume however I do find that it’s pretty linear & screechy compared to it. It’s strong and lasts up to 5 hours on me. The dry down is my favorite as it’s less screechy and becomes a soft, mellow, comforting scent.

Similar to Very Good Girl. Lovely, youthful, vibrant, very fruity (goes without saying, I guess) And easy grab when you just want to smell fruity good. Lasts a good 10+ hours on clothes and around 5 hours on my skin. Projects 1 to 2 feet - tops - the first 2 - 3 hours on me. I respray and enjoy the bubbly opening. This is inexpensive and I have had really expensive designer perfumes with worse performance

Beautiful candied citrus fragrance. Smells refreshing and youthful without being overly synthetic or juvenile. I’ve found it to be a great scent for layering. Just a heads up to anyone who owns this fragrance or is thinking of purchasing it make sure to apply it lightly to avoid a headache. I’ve noticed when over-sprayed this scent becomes sickly sweet.

When I first got it like 6mo ago I wasn’t impressed it was just ok. Recently I was looking to declutter but before I did I wanted to see about layering. Well after sitting for months it does smell a lot better. However like I stated i want to layer as im obsessed with layering right now. Anyway this with Lattafa Rave Now is😍😍😍. So glad i kept it.