Jasoor

Yoooo, I knew I had to pay more attention to Jasoor when three ladies sampled it—along with a copy of YSL LNDLH BE, a copy of Nishane Hacivat, a copy of Herod, and a copy of Bvlgari Tygar—and chose Jasoor wayyy above the others! The opening of Jasoor is glorious. I can't believe how much this has grown on me—the apple note is way better now. I smell the sweet apple with the spicy cardamom. This combo is what gives it such an interesting scent bubble. As it continues to settle, the tobacco and lavender start to shine, making Jasoor even better. The lavender isn't dominant at all; it's just there, blended perfectly with the tobacco to give it a more masculine oomph. I could swear that at this point, I'm reminded of nuances from some tobacco fragrances I've sampled. When it pretends to dry down, that delicious apple remains mixed with the most fascinating dark, earthy pipe tobacco. But as it really dries down, I pick up more earthiness from the patchouli and vetiver and the tonka creaminess. The apple accord might be faint now—since it is the main backbone—but it's still detectable. Okay, forget the complexities! If you like a very well-made designer scent with its own uniqueness, you might want to try Jasoor. It has a better apple scent compared to Lattafa Fakhar, and it actually gets better as it ages. It has reminded me of nuances from lots of other designer scents on the market, but at the end of the day, I still realize it's its own thing—yeah, of course, if we're skipping what it's trying to clone... Performance is good. 8hrs minimum, with a good sillage, too. I see this as a perfect signature scent. It's not too sweet, not too fresh, and it is still damn sexy. Final verdict: Another A tier fragrance from Lattafa!

Lattafa Jasoor opens with a sweet apple accented by soft spices over a masculine tobacco backdrop. Compared to Valentino Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy, the tobacco is more noticeable immediately, making the opening feel drier and less sweet. The fragrance is well blended from the start, with a balanced texture that sits between airy and dense. As it develops, the tobacco takes control while the apple blends into it, creating the impression of a sweet, fruity tobacco leaf. The tobacco is dry, lightly earthy, and toasty without becoming smoky or ashy. A clean aromatic backbone gradually forms in the background, adding freshness and keeping the composition balanced while the tobacco provides warmth. The drydown gradually loses sweetness as the tobacco gives way to a dry woody character. The clean aromatic backbone remains present, resulting in a minimally sweet blend of tobacco, woods, and clean aromatics. As the fragrance fades, the texture becomes airier while maintaining the same overall profile. Longevity was around seven hours. Overall, I preferred this interpretation over Coral Fantasy. The added tobacco gives the fragrance a drier, less sweet, and more mature character that I found more enjoyable. My only criticism is that it pulls back the sweetness a little too much compared to the original. Even so, it’s a high-quality dupe and an excellent value for anyone who wants a more mature take on the Coral Fantasy DNA. Score: 8.5/10

I absolutely love this fragrance. Valentino BIR Coral Fantasy is my favorite in that line and Lattafa nailed that profile. It is about 95% similar. The 5% difference to me is from Jasoor being a little fresher but out in the air it is pretty much indistinguishable and incredibly intoxicating. I got no alcoholic blast, just straight to the beauty of the fragrance. The apple, spicy cardamom, bergamot combo off the top is almost mouthwatering. Almost immediately you start to get that aromatic lift from the lavender, geranium in the mid with the sweetness of the tobacco. By no means is it any sort of heavy tobacco, just enough to add depth and sweetness. Then as it heads to the drydown, the slight powdery nature from the tonka, mixed with the leather, patchouli and vetiver just bring such an intricacy to the fragrance. When it comes to performance, off my skin, this is no slouch. Projects quite good for about an 1.5-2 hours. Sillage leave a nice trail and longevity is 8+ hours. Again this is off my skin, cant speak for anyone else. If you like the CF DNA but don't want to spend the money, this is a phenomenal alternative and I highly recommend. Also, if you have it and don't like it...HMU. I'll gladly take a back up bottle or 5.

Scent 7.5/10 Clone factor 8.5/10 Longevity 5-6 hrs Moderate projection The fragrance opens with a prominent apple note that isn’t juicy or fresh it’s more like an apple pie filling minus the cinnamon. And there’s something in there that conflicts with it that I’m guessing is the bergamot? It makes it smell kinda sour. But that goes away pretty quickly and just leaves the apple along with cardamom, lavender, and tobacco, very rich and warm. It stays like that for a decent while surprisingly, maybe an hour? Then the apple fades and the tobacco stays while the base notes arrive. The base notes in this are like, extremely generic manly notes but I think they work super well here and I’m only upset that they aren’t stronger. I would love more leather and vetiver because it’s very refreshing after the heavy apple+tobacco barrage. Overall I’d give it a 7.5/10 Compared to coral fantasy, I’d say I’m missing that cider red apple note, and the sweetness just doesn’t hit the same, but it’s still pretty close. I like that Jasoor goes heavier on the tobacco. This makes me think: pumpkin patch, tobacco barn, apple harvest, fall leaves, flannel and jeans, bonfire. Just that whole September-November vibe with a little sexy sweetness.

Was interested in this as a teenager, It’s a versatile fragrance, can fit a teenager in a suit because of that prominent cardamom, lavender and weak tobacco notes, can also be worn in informal situations say when you go to your girls house or a night out with friends because of the apple and tonka notes, it definitely is a compliment getter and mass appealing, beware this is not a summer fragrance, it might look like it but it really isn’t! Anyone who claims it is probably lives in Britain or somewhere like Britain where you only see the sun a few days of the week in summer, point is this is not going to work in high heat and will have a pungent sharp smell if worn during high heat, I speak from experience, works in the other seasons perfectly though! In terms of performance, after macerating for 2-3 months, its average, not above not below, projects for a maximum of 2 hours and a skin scent for the next 3 4 hours, so in all it lasts 5-6 hours before it completely disappears at least on my skin, do I like this fragrance? I love the scent! Would I get it for myself? Most likely not because of the performance, however this will be among the top of my gift list when I need to gift someone special!