Mishlah

Really great fragrance. Love the bottle. It's much more reserved and classy than your typical middle eastern fragrances. The scent profile itself is super appealing, but the airy-spiciness doesnt hang around very long before things thicken up a good bit. Still wearable in warm weather but definitely not the sweltering heat. The amber accords along with the powdery iris that they use here just give it a bit too much heft for the serious heat. But that shouldn't take anything away from the unbearable quality of this stuff. For $27 the bottle and quality of the scent are so far above what you would expect it isn't even funny. The fragrance itself is easily designer quality and even certain niche brands don't surpass this in quality! So if you want a slightly spicy, airy at first and musky amber with a beautiful powdery iris note then this stuff is exactly what you want. I say that it's easily blind buy safe. Give it a try and I think you'll agree.

I've smelled the OG Metallic Musk and I can absolutely get that peppery, musky soapiness in this that I get from the original. Oddly, both remind me of Little Trees' New Car freshener lol, but I do absolutely dig the scent profile. I'll admit, I did succumb to the hype and blind buy before knowing what Metallic Musk smelled like BUT I know that musky/spicy scent profiles largely appeal to me, so this was a win! This fragrance does also remind me a little of Penhaligon's Sports Car Club a little. Mishlah, to me, smells like a more powdery and slightly bitter/fresh eucalyptus-y version. Last 6-7 hours with decent projection, well over a day on clothing.

I have been waiting for a good alternative to Spicebomb MM. Mishlah did not disappoint me. The only thing in SBMM that I feel Mishlah is lacking is the cinnamon. Mishlah adds some smooth iris and amber which I feel is a fair trade. Mishlah is a little bit more subtle with the spices which I feel makes it more versatile on warmer days. On the scent alone I can't say one is better than the other. If you factor in price value then Mishlah wins hands down. SBMM causes me itching and rashes. My nose loves it but my skin hates it. No skin problems with Mishlah so far. Lattafa vs. designer..... Lattafa wins again.

To my nose this is a spectacular fragrance given its price. Bottle looks really nice and is solid, atomiser is perfect and the cap clicks in place. The scent reminds me a lot of Spicebomb extreme that everyone loves. It’s an inspiration from Metallic Musk but I would prefer Mishlah as it performs much better ( I get around 9-10 hours of longevity, sillage is strong during the first hours then becomes moderate ) and seems to have more spices throughout the drydown. This would make for a fantastic signature scent that could work for any occasion. PS: My bottle hasn’t been macerated yet, will update later

Update after 4 months: I said when I first got it from the first sprays it was beautiful, but now I realize that those first sprays were the worst this fragrance will ever be. 4 months later of maceration, it became even more pleasant and well blended. It is probably one of my favorite from Lattafa by far. It's so pleasant and clean in a very distinct way that I can't even describe it. It's just perfection. For 20$? To smell like Heaven? (After maceration, of course) feels unreal, that it really gives a reality check for designer corpo brands that are unapologetically hungry for your money. 10/10