Khurafi

This intoxicating floral scent is a nod to the wilderness, an escape from reality. It will perk up your senses and revitalize you with its fresh notes. of Vanilla, Lily of the Valley and Jasmine, a magnificient blend of refreshing essential oils. It's citrus aromas will wake you up and get your mind in an optimistic mood. This oil will leave you feeling invigorated and ready to face anything. It greets you like opening a fresh bouquet of flowers. Clean needles and sap. The various conifers lend an almost cooling powdery iris opening, not dissimilar to rosewoods, but this settles quickly, highlighting the agarwood, budha wood, tamarack and black berry. It's floral - almost blue-floral gentiane. Having a tough day? This petal bombshell will be your spirit flourish up to your day. It makes you feel good and happy. And it's not just about the scent - the ingredients are beautifully, lovingly chosen and make for a product that is gentle to your skin. But it's the scent that really makes this product the treat that it is.

I was curious about this scent, and for once it was an inexpensive curiosity to investigate. Khurafi is just wonderful, and even though I usually don't like sweet fragrances this one at least smells of vanilla and nutmeg, in nearly equal measure. It's not fruity or sugary or even gooey. It's really belting out vanilla and nutmeg though, and I only squirted it a little, and close to the skin. I wouldn't want to walk into a cloud of it. Like reviewer Leah Lilly, Fragrantica has the notes wrong. I'll agree with her notes, although it isn't clear what her source was: Notes-Top: Cocoa, Vanilla, Lemon Middle: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Nutmeg Base: Amber. Lemon is a bit of a hard sell, and the vanilla is certainly a middle note, but all the rest are more or less in the right places. I wouldn't wear this every day, but it certainly is cheerful today. And like other reviewers noted, you could easily blend it with other fragrances. I have a couple of disasters I spent big bucks on which might be enhanced with a little of this.

I tested this earlier today at my local Arab perfume shop in Minneapolis. I've gotta thank a fellow Fragrantica member for putting me onto both this shop and this scent! It's a humid, rainy day in May so I shrugged this one off when I sprayed it on because it will be better for winter. As I was driving, I kept getting whiffs of this wonderful chocolate, powdery smell. I can see why people compare this to Valentino Uomo. It has that same chocolate note, but no iris. The notes listed for this fragrance are deceiving. I pick up a hint of incense and oud, but I mostly smell chocolate and a powdery note. The comparison to marshmellows from other reviewers is accurate. I consider this fragrance unisex. A man or woman could easily pull this off. I would recommend anyone that likes gourmands to check this out. I really like this stuff and I am going to return to purchase it this weekend! Great fragrance!

Khurafi is a cozy, sweet and medicinal woody incense, that to me is almost perfect but suffers from the same fate as Al-Rehab Golden Sand where it's reminiscent of a flavored hookah or vape shop. It's got that same synthetic plasticky bubblegum flavored tobacco scent. It has more depth to it than Golden Sand, with some resinous licorice and burnt marshmallow notes along with some dry and earthy woods. I disagree with the comparisons to Al-Rehab Soft and Pink Sugar as Soft is prominently a citrus scent (and there is close to no citrus here), and Soft also smells much less sophisticated, being more reminiscent of a Victoria's Secret body spray or a '00s celebrity fragrance. The cacao here is dry and spicy, and not so much a creamy milk chocolate, but it works well and becomes more prominent with time. Lasts an eternity and has a ton of presence. I'm a fan!

Recently obtained a 100ml bottle as part of a much larger order... WOW...... This is an incredible gourmand incense based fragrance! I have nothing like it in my collection, and find it rather addictive. Aside for the gourmand sweet Vanille, Cacao, and honey.....there is a definite Smokey accord that serves up a toasty, delicious and smooth aspect to this simple yet so very rich and complex fragrance. Wholly unisex, trace amounts of precious Oud and perhaps cedar, Guaic and/or Sandalwood. Lattafa is not too keen on their reveals , note wise...so you have to figure it out yourself.. Oriental, exotic, Rich, decadent, extremely satisfied with this .... Have been wearing this with their Raghba Wood Intense...and the two together are absolutely fantastic. I may have to break out my Hookah to celebrate Bravo , Lattafa The Verdict: EXCELLENT